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Wrestling At
Porterdale Tonight
Professional wrestling will be
staged at the Porterdale Gym
starting Thursday (tonight) under
the sponsorship of Porterdale
Boy Scout Troop 207.
Billy' Crowell, scoutmaster of
the troop said that the big names
in wrestling on TV .and in At
lanta Would be booked for an
appearance at Porterdale in the
future weeks. Last year the bouts
were the means of the Porterdale
Scouts raising money for their
activities among which is a trip
for two-of the boys to the Na
tional BSBr Scout Jamboree. Last
summer«the two boys selected
went to California for a week’s
stay with all-expenses paid by
the Porterdale Troop 207.
Crowell said that two boqts
•ind Australian tag match would
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be staged tonight. This will make
three interesting matches.
Jack Steele will meet El Torro
in the first bout and then Johnny
Harmon and Ben Matta meet.
All have made recent appear
ances on TV.
Elsewhere in The NEWS is a
detailed report on the program
for this week’s matches.
What's Wrong
With Tech?
At the start of the 1954 foot
ball season loyal Georgia Tech
fans in the' Atlanta ar^a looked
forward to what they believed
might be an unbeaten season.
After all, the so-called experts
had picked the Yellow Jackets
as high as second nationally and
many had tabbed Coach Bobby
Dodd’s boys for the SEC crown.
One slick magazine had picked
Tech to go through unbeaten. To
date the Techmen have lost three
ball games and the team is now
withuot their main ball-carrier,
Billy Teas, who was dropped
from the squad last week by the
Tech coaching staff.
In speaking of the team of
fensively, they ‘have scored
enough points to win almost all
their games. On defense lies the
rub. Tech's first loss was to
Florida by 13-12 and even the 13
points that Bob Woodruff's boys
scored was outrid for their after
noon’s work. They came very
near scoring two more TDs.
In the LSU game, against a
team that handn’t shown any
thing up to that time, the Jack
et gave up 20 points in winning
30-20. The Kentucky Wildcats
under a new Coach Blanton
Collier, solved the Tech defense
and scored 13 points enough to
win 13-6.
Last week came the ultimate
in “I never thought it could
happen.” Tech was leading Duke
bv 20 points and approximately
20 minutes to play in the game.
Then the inevitable began to
take form as the Blue Devils
started scoring and didn’t stop
until 40 seconds remained in
the game. They made just enough
— 21 points and Tech had blown
a 20-point lead.
We are inclined to believe
that Tech is suffering just as
most of the former powerhouses
around the nation are suffering.
Namely, the opposition is rel
atively as strong as Tech. It isn’t
any secret that all the Tech op
ponents are looking forward to
the Tech game as a springboard
to getting a strong rating.
As for Tech losing three games
this season, we didn’t think it
could happen, either.
"The Tumult and
The Shouting"
This week a very interesting
book came off the press written
by a Southerner, the Dean of
American Sportwriters, the late
Grantland Rice. The title of the
book is “The Tumult and The
Shouting.”’
A good portion of the book
deals with Rice’s life in Georgia
where he was helped in writing
sports for the Atlanta Journal
from 1902 to 1905. He later work
ed for newspapers in Nashville,
Tenn.
The book takes the reader
back to many memorable occa
sions as reported by Rice in his
hey-day in American snorts. He
knew and was esteemed by such
favorites as Jack Dempsey, Gene
Tunney, Bobby Jones. Bill Alex
ander, Pop Warner. Knute Rock
ne. Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb. Lou
Gehrig, Earl Sande, and count
less others who helped make the
various sports in America what
thev are today.
Rice’s wife, the former Miss
Kate Hollis, was a native of
Americus. Georgia. His mother
in-law, Mrs. Florence Davenport
Hollis died last October 18 at
the age of 105.
Williams, Musial
Top Baseball Men
Baseball figures released last
week of active players in the
American and National leagues
show that Ted Williams of the
Boston Red Sox and Stan Musial
of the St. Louis Cardinals are
the leaders.
Both are 13-year men and are
currently sporting lifetime bat
ting averages of .348 and .344.
Williams is the leader having
been to bat 5573 times and has
garnered 1937 hits.
Musial’s average of 344 in
cludes 7028 times at bat with
2418 hits.
Georgia baseball fans will be
pleased to learn that Billv Good
man, former Atlanta Cracker,
is third among the active Amer
ican Leaguers with an average
of .310. He has been to bat 3385
times and has 1050 hits.
New Brownies
Elect Officers
Officers were elected for the
new Brownie Troop recently.
They are as follows: president,
Cathy Mitchell: vice president.
Cathy Callaway; secretary, Scot
tie Kirkland, treasurer. Judy
Lassiter and flag bearers, Donna
Dooley and Mary Jane Odum.
The Brownies were guests at
a party Tuesday, October 19 at
the Legion Hall given for them
by Girl Scout Troop No. 5.
Dances, led by Mrs. Jimmy
Gardner, were taught the Brown
ies- Following the dances and
songs, refreshments were served
by members of Troop 5.
The Brownies joined other
Brownie and Girl Scout Troops
and attended church last Sun
day at the Covington Methodist
Church in celebration of Girl
Scout Week. October 31, through
November 6.
NICKEL USE TRIPLED OVER
PAST 25 YEARS
The use of nickel throughout
the world has expanded con
siderably over the past 25 years,
with consumption of the metal
increasing more than three-fold
since 1929. Improved nickel-plat
ing, stainless steels, alloy steels
and cast irons, and high nickel
alloys have been outstanding
developments which have con
tributed to the greater use of
nickel.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Riegel vs. Pund
Recently the Atlanta Journal
gave an account of Roy Riegel’s
wrong-way run in the Rose Bowl
of 1929. The final score was 8-7,
Riegel’s run setting up a blocked
punt by Georgia Tech which re
sulted in a safety and the two
points that meant victory.
Many observers who saw the
game believe that Tech’s center
Peter Pund completely outplay
ed California’s Riegel in that
game and that the Californian
may have been a bit groggy
from the pounding that Pund
gave him all during the game
and therefore had directions all
mixed up: When he scooped up
the fumble then it -was under
standable that he just ran, not
knowing which way he was
going.
Pund and Riegel made vir
tually all the All American se
lections for the 1928 season as
center. - ।
OBSERVATIONS—
Georgia Bulldogs are atop the
Southeastern Conference with
two wins and one tie after last
week's 0-0 engagement with Ala
bama. The only blot on the Geor
gia record this season in all
games played is a 6-0 loss to
Bear Bryant’s Texas Aggies.
The season’s record follows:
Georgia 14 Florida State 0
Georgia 14 Clemson 7
Georgia 0 Texas A&M 6
Georgia 21 N. Carolina 7
Georgia 16 Vanderbile 14
Georgia 7 Tulane 0
Georgia 0 Alabama 0
Illinois Coach Ray Eliot bench
ed his Negro All-American star
J. C. Caroline in an effort to win
their first Big Ten game of the
season last week. It was to no
avail as Purdue inflicted the
fifth loss of the season on the
Illini. Rumors have been cir
culating that the Illinois team is
racked with the racial problem.
Ts was good to see Salty Prince
back in the Newton-Elberton
game last week if only for a few
plays. Salty is an earnest c6m
petitor and we are glad to see
him finish out his career on the
field and not on the bench with
a bruised leg.
Professional wrestling will re
turn to Porterdale Thursday (to
night) under the sponsorship of
the Boy Scouts of Porterdale.
The grapplers you have seen on
TV for the past few months are
carded for the Porterdale Gvm
in the next few weeks. The Boy
Scouts annually raise money from
these bouts to defray expenses
of boys sent to the National Scout
Jamboree. Last year two boys
were sent to California.
Bill Teas. Tech’s leading ground
gainer who was dropped from
the team last week, is a brother
of Floyd Teas, Vanderbilt grid
der of 1952-53. When their par
ents saw the Vandy-Tech game
last year in Nashville, thev sat
on the Vandy side of the field for
one half and on the Tech side
during the other half.
Quote from Marilvn Monroe,
ex-wife of Joe DiMaggio: "And
you might say that I don’t know
anything about baseball, yet.”
Regional football game of the
week is the encounter at Gaines
ville Friday night with Athens.
Each has lost one game and each
is undefeated in Region 4A
(East). It should decide the title.
The very week that we picked
to laud the Wofford Terriers for
their unbeaten string in 1954 was
an omen for them to lose their
first game of the season the next
day (Friday). Citadel edged them
14-13 with a TD late in the fourth
quarter.
Elberton drew 80 yards In
penalties in the game and each
was for a different violation of
the rules — roughing the kicker,
pass interference, unnecessary
roughness, holding, offsides,
backfield in motion and delay
of game.
Frank (Lefty) O’Doul. former
manager of the San Francisco
Seals and the San Diego Padres,
is expected to land a managerial
job in the majors in 1955. O’Doul
gained fame on his baseball tour
to Japan in the 1930’s as “The
man in the green suit.”
David (Hog Jaws) McCullough
was knocked sold in the third
period and came out of the
game for a few plays. However,
he was soon back in action.
Elberton Edges
Rams 7-0 in
Homecoming
By 808 GREER
Elberton’s Blue Devils pushed
over a touchdown in the last
minute of the third quarter Fri
day night to shade Lhe Newton
County Rams 7-0 in the 1954
Homecoming tilt here.
Miss Ninia Allen was crowned
Homecoming Queen at halftime
in an impressive ceremony. The
intermission festivities were
sponsored by the Newton County
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Earlier in the afternoon a parade
to the downtown district of Cov
ington by the Newton County
High School band heralded the
start of the 1954 Homecoming
activities.
In the gridiron battle neither
team threatened in the first half
with all the running and passing
by both teams centering be
tween the 30-yard lines.
After intermission Coach James
Rogers’ lads took the kick-off
and made their one sustained
bid for a score but they didn’t
get very far on the fast charging
Elberton line led by the perfor
mance of left end Rod Daniel
and linebacker Cecil Smith.
Bobby Gene Rogers took the
kick-off on his ten and returned
to the 22. William Moore wert
to the ?5 and then Blunt Pat
terson made it first down on the
35. After Newton was penalized
five-yards for delay of game
Rogers made nine yards to the
Rams’ 44. Patterson hit the line
for two and another first down.
Patterson again went through
center for four yards to the 50.
Johnny Carter made six and
Rogers failed to gain. Carter
then punted to the Elberton 15
from where the safety man re
turned to the 35.
Elebrton’s chance to score came
shortly thereafter as the third
period drew to a close. Carter,
kicking into a stiff gale that
swept the gridiron, had the ball
blown out of bounds on his own
29. Gene Jordan, Bob Farmer and
Gene Edwards alternated in lug
ging the ball to the two where
Edwards plunged over for the
TD. Jimmy DePalma added the
PAT from placement.
The entire Newton team played
a good defensive game with
Buddy Galloway intercepting two
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passes, Thomas Hogan and Lamar
Smith recovering crucial fumbles !
to keep the Blue Devils at bay.
The Elebrton team has lost only
two games this season — an 18-14
loss at Athens and a 7-0 game to
Madison County in the season's
opener.
Outstanding in the Newton j
line were Wilbur Fisher, David
McCullough and Thomas Hog
an. Commendable backfield per
formances were turned in by
Bobby Gene Rogers and Blunt
Patterson.
Newton will play at Winder
Friday night. On November 12
Monroe will come tr Covington
for the last home game of the
season.
GOOD TRY. BOYS I
Newton Co. (0) Elberton (7)
6 First Downs 10
52 Yards Rushing 148
6 Yards Passing 42
4 Passes Attemp. 7
1 Passes Comp 3
2 Passes Interc. By 0
2 Fumbles Recov. By 0
20 Penalized 80
Game Notes—
Radio Station WFGC Elberton
broadcast the game direct from
the playing field, including the
halftime activities. WGFS Cov
ington made a tape recording of
the Homecoming program at half
time with Bill Tabor at the mic
rophone and aired the proceed
ings at 12:15 p. m. Saturday.
Newton’s band director Fran
cis Perry handled the public ad
dress system at intermission for
the appearance of th” crack El
berton band and for the crown
ing of the queen ceremony. He
received a big hand for his vocal
rendition of “The Girl of My
Dreams” during the crowning of
Queen Nina Allen .
Johnny Carter had another
good night on his boots in the
game. His average for seven
kicks was 35.3. During the last
half a stiff gale hurt the kick
ers’ averages. •
John (Salty) Prince got into
the game for a few offensive
plays in the fourth period after
being out of action for two
weeks. He carried the ball twice
and picked up 11 yards.
Elebrton’s line gave their passer
the best protection of any other
team the Rams have played this
year. Quarterback Wilson stood
in the pocket and had plenty of
time to pick out his receivers.
Newton High
Player of the Week
O'
Linemen:
We had a hard time this week
trying to figure out the one or
two most outstanding boys ih
the Newton line. Therefore we
are naming the entire line for
a good job of holding the strong
Elberton team to only one TD
in the game. All the Rams’ for
ward wall members deserve a
“well done” pat on the back.
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Backs:
Buddy Galloway's interception
of two passes and Blunt Patter-
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son’s 39 yards in nine carries
are singled out as vital parts in
the Elberton game. They did a
good job y against a tough team.
Scores of the three remaining
opponents of Newton County
last week were Athens 26, Wind
er 7; Newnan 27, Monroe 0. Mon
roe played the game without the
services of fullback Walt Foster,
the team’s leading ground-gainer.
Gene Tunney, former heavy
weight champion of the world,
says that boys should start box
ing at the age of 10-14.