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SPORTS
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Sports
1956
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Bob Gree
Editor
'New' is the Ram Word
There seems to be one word that may aptly describe
everything connected with the Newton County High School
Rain football team this fall. That word would be “NEW.”
First of all the team will be master-minded by a new
head-coach, Milton McLaney, who comes to the school
from outstanding seasons at Monticello High. His team
last year won the State C Football title, which is quite
• an accomplishment in Georgia sports annals.
Secondly, the team will play their home games on a
new field. Heretofore, or rather since 1948, NCHS played
their home games on Legion Field. This situation had its
drawbacks in the fact that most of the home games were
played after the American Legion’s annual fair and there
fore the playing surface was packed almost as hard as
concrete. Injuries were numerous and this one fact hurt the
team’s chances of staying at full strength for the entire
season.
The new field is a credit to any high school in this im
mediate section of Georgia. A stand of grass has been nursed
along for the past two years. Plenty of choice seats will
be available by time the first home game rolls around on
September 21. All seats are high enough to afford the
spectators an excellent view of the action on the field.
Thirdly, the team will depend more this year on speed,
•ather than size, which had been the case for the past
dtree years Newton’s line this fall will weigh in at the
r. -rest figure in many years. Graduation last spring took
•oth guards and both tackles and the center from the
r idle of the line. These five boys weighed more than a
naif a ton. Their average weight was 201 pounds per man.
In moving into at new State Classification, Class AA,
Newton will face a somewhat new schedule which includes
•ix new teams on the slate this fall. Only holdover games
trnari the schedule of the past two years include Winder.
Gainesville, Monroe and Morgan County (Madison)
Newton's backfield should be streamlined this fall as the
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Thre former Newton County• football stars will attend
colleges this fall. Tom Hogan enrolled at Tennessee Tech.
Cookeville. Tenn . and John (Salty) Prince will report to
the University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming, the latter
part of the week. David McCullough may enter either
the University of Chattanooga or Middle Tennessee State
teachers College. Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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speed is there along with the experience. For the past
two seasons the Rams offense was impotent. Only 64
points were scored in 1954 and just 34 last year.
An all-the-way performer at one halfback spot will be
Willie Moore, while he will have able assistance from
Wendell Crowe. Each is exceptionally fast and gained
valuable experience last season. Moore had a season-aver
age of 5.5 yards every time he carried the ball in 1955
and scored four of the five touchdowns made by the Rams.
Crowe’s average per carry was 3.7 yards.
Newton's quarterback, Kent Campbell, should come
into his own this fall. From mid-season last year to the
tinal game Kent played stellar ball. He is an excellent de
fensive player and led all Newton backs in individual
tackles on defense over the season-route. Kent can carry
the ball as well as chunk it, which makes him a threat
along with the two jack-rabbits mentioned above.
Indeed, the dyed-in-the-wool football fans of Newton
County await Friday night's opening whistle at Winder
v..h a feeling that the Rams will give a good account
of themselves in 1956.
And now for our forecast of the Rams’ scheduled games
this fall. Remember, I hate to eat crow just as badly as
some other fellows in the past month have had to do,
namely. Harry Truman and Harold Stassen. I am hoping
that the Rams win more games than I have them down
for this year.
Winder. Sepl 7— This team
beat us last year 13-6 on our
। own field. Their loss from grad
uation hasn't been too much.
The Rams aren’t in very good
shape physically for this game.
In our opinion this is strictly a
a toss-up.
Conyers, Sept. 14 — They are
saying up in Rockdale that they
have the players and experience
■ to go places. Eight of (he eleven
' first-stringers are back. We’ll
have to take Coqyers in this
one in a tight game.
Avondale. Sept. 21 — This
is the Rams’ first home game.
। However, last year they had a
i fair club, winning seven and
: losing three games. By this time
of the season the Rams should
be jelled. We'll take Newton in
this game before the home folks
I on the new field.
Morgan County, Sept. 28
Madison can always be counted
।on to have a good team. Al
, though they lost several key
players from last year’s State
B Champs, they, still have fine
i material. We give the edge to
THE COVINGTON NEWS
RAMS OPEN 1956 SEASON
AT WINDER FRIDAY NIGHT
BY 808 GREER
(Covington News Sport* Editor!
Newton County will open the 1956 season at Winder
Friday night without their number one running back
Willie Moore. He has been sidelined for the past two
weeks with a case of “water on the knee.’’
Coach Milton McLaney and
his assistants Gene Cork and
Kirk Price are looking forward
to a comparatively new sched
ule, due to Ihe Rams moving
up in Classification in the State
All three boys were members
of the Rams team for four years,
each earning a letter from his
freshman through his senior
year. Hogan and McCullough
graduated from NCHS last
spring while Prince was grad
uated in 1955.
Hogan, a solid 215-pounder,
stands a good chance to make
the team at Tennessee Tech in-
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SALTY PRINCE
as much as freshmen art per
mitted to play in thp Omo Va.-
ley Conference, of which Tech
is a member. The team won the
conference championship in 1953
and 1954. They played in the
Tangerine Bowl. Orlando, Flor
ida in 1953.
McCullough is a 205-pound
lineman and played his best ball
al Newton High in 3953 when
’he team won eight game' and
lost one and tied one.
Prince had his best year also
in 1953 when he scored nine
TD’s for Jim Rogers’ Rams. He
ran at a halfback position. Salty
has also played in the line and
t isn’t known just where the
Wyoming coaches will use the
' 175-pounder.
AH three boys were aided by
Coach Stone Cooper in receiv
ing their chance at college foot
ball. Cooper is an alumnus of
I Tech.
Madison in this game.
Gainesville, Oct. 12 _ Gaines
ville hag a veteran team with
key players at all positions
back from last year. Not much
chance here for a Newton vic
tory.
Druid Hills. Oct. 19 Here
is the team that is supposed to
be the class of A A teams this
fall. Our choice is Druid Hills.
Westminster, Oct. 26 — Little
is known of the Westminster
team. However, they played in
the Mid-South Prep League last
year and did very well. We’ll
take Newton County in this
। game.
Monroe. Nov. 2 — Monroe
' beat us last year 7-0 at Mon-
I roe. I think the Rams will even
i the score this year on our field.
Chamblee. Nov. 9 Here
is another team that is touted
- to be good. The game is played
I there and so, we think. Cham
• I blee should win it.
Henry County, Nov. 16 —
1 ' In the season’s final game here.
' we believe that Newton will
> । take the McDonough boys.
to AA They are hoping for an
even break in the won-lost col
umn in the slate this fall.
Replacing the entire middle of
the line, which was lost through ■
graduation last spring, has posed
the biggest problem for the
Newton coaches. The inner-line
defense will probably find all
five boys starting the game
with less than a half-season of
active competition under their
belt.
Center Don Wood, slated to
get the pivot post call, played
in most of the games near the
end of the ’55 season. His co
horts at the guards will prob
ably be Henry Rogers, and
either Phil Milligan or Jimmy
Coggins. Rogers and Coggins
are non-lettermen.
The tackle slots will find
.Jimmy Richardson and Ronnie
Pickerel], Richardson didn’t let
ter last year but has shown well
in the practice sessions. Pickerel!
saw a lot of action before he
suffered a bruised leg near the
end of last season.
Newton’s backfield will be a
familiar one since all four prob
able starters saw action last
i year. Taking Moore’s place at
। the left-half position will be
A school bus will trans
port students to the game at
Winder ala nominal fare.
Further information may be
obtained by contacting Bill
Austin or Cornelius (Rip)
Collins.
Cooper Harwell. At quarter will
be Kent Campbell and at full,
the starting performer will be
Larry Laster. The other half
back spot will be filled by
Wendell Crowe, qpe of the main
threats on offense last year.
Coach McLaney said Mon
day that one of his best backs
! won’t be in action until about
mid-season. He is fullback Har
old McCart, who suffered a
। broken collar-bone in an early
practice session. McCart, a 180-
pounder, has phenomenal driving
power on line thrusts and, al
though only a sophomore, will
figure prominently in McLan
i ey’s future plans here.
Other backs who were sin
gled out by coaches Cork and
McLaney for their hustle and
grit were Cooper Harwell, Wen
dell Crowe, Larry Laster and
! Kent Campbell.
i Linemen singled out for praise
। from the coaching staff for
■ outstanding work thus far are
Don Wood, Henry Rogers, Joe
j Sharp and Mike Caudill.
After the Winder game the
Rams will journey to Conyers
on September 14th and return
to their new home field for the
local lid-lifter on Friday, Sep
tember 21.
Lino-Lineup —
All sports fans who are in
terested in Newton County
athletic teams lender their
sympathy to Willie Moore in
the passing of his father last
Monday afternoon.
Former Ram Coach Earl Hoff
meister, who is in his second
year at Powell, Tenn., High
School, may be thankful that
his team does not have to play
at Clinton this year. Hoffmeis
ter's team played at Clinton
last year. At present the school
integration problem is’ flaring
in that town.
Curtis Turner of Roanoke,
Virginia, won the Darlington, S.
C., 500-mile race Monday, Labor
Day. Turner out-raced Speedy
Thompson for the title. Herb
Thomas, winner of the two pre
vious “500’’s failed to finish in
the upper bracket.
Jimmy Laster, Auburn back
field hopeful for the coming
season, has been switched back
to left half after a fling at the
right half spot. This move was
made Saturday at the first prac
tice.
Johnny Mize. Hank Greenberg
and Jimmy Foxx are the latest
former major leaguers to say
that Mickey Mantle can break
Babe Ruth's 60-homer record
this year. They made their pre
diction last week when Mickey
had 44.
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Stewart Drops First Game
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Motorcade To
Form At 6 P.M.
Th* Newton High football
Motorcade to Winder Friday
night will form at the High
School at 6 o'clock, according
io Mrs. W. E. Smith, sponsor
of the Newton Tri-Hi-Y Club,
whose members will decorate
the cars at that time.
Mrs. Smith also said that
tickets to ihe game could be
purchased here and thereby
eliminate delay when the Mot
orcade arrives at the field in
Winder.
All persons who enter ihe
Motorcade will proceed io
Winder by Covington Police
escort. Game time is 8 o'clock.
All school students who wish
to attend the game and need
transportation, are asked to be
present and their demands will
be filled.
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i Stewart's baseball team lost
their first game in the finals of
the Middle Georgia Amateur
League playoffs Sunday at Por
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favor of Farmington.
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the best of five-game series for
the title will be played,at Far
mington Saturday and Sunday!
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fourth encounter will be played
at Stewart, or at Porterdale.
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