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VOLUME 92
Newton Defeats Monroe 20-13 For Third Victory
Laster, Campbell Pave ’
Way on Offense, Defense
BY 808 GREER
(Cnvinrton News Sports Editor)
Newton County's Rams posted their third win of the
1956 football season here last Friday night over Monroe
High 20-13 in the Homecoming game for. the local high
school.
During pre-game and halftime
ceremonies the 1956 Homecom
ing Queen, Miss Sue Pratt was
honored as the central figure
of the evening. Princesses in
Miss Pratt's Court, included
Misses Marsha Lott, Betty Rob
erts, Josephine Heard and Elaine
Hornbuckle.
The football game itself was
a thriller from the initial whis
tle as the Monroe team took the
opening kick-off and marched
61-yards for the first touch
down of the game. The visitors
added the extra point and the
local forces were behind 0-7
after six minutes had elapsed.
Newton came right back to
put together a sustained drive
from their own 39 and with
Harold McCart, Willie Moore,
Larry Laster, Kent Campbell and
Larry Parnell plunging the line
and running the ends, scored
early in the second quarter to
tie the game at 7-all. Laster
scored the TD and the PAT.
Late in the second canto the
Rams took the ball on downs
on their own 41, and with three
minutes showing on the score- I
hoard clock the boys of Coach
Milton McLaney went to work.
McCart slashed his way for
1" yards on two plunges. Moore
got six at end and then McCart
banged out five for a first down
ne the Monroe 24.
McCart went to the 21. Kent
Campbell then threw a pass to
Willie Moore on the two and
the bull-like Moore churned into
the end zone with two Monroe
defenders holding on. Laster ad
ded the extra point and the
Rams had a 14-7 lead.
No scoring took place in the
third quarter but the fireworks
were really lit in the fourth
quarter.
Ronnie Harris, the versatile
Monroe signal-caller, reeled off
a 64-yard run to the Newton
two, but a Monroe player was
guilty of a personal foul and
the visitors drew a 15-yard pen
alty to the Ram 31-yard mark.
The infraction took place on the
16-yard mark.
After three line plunges failed
to gain, Ronnie Jackson of Mon
roe went over his own right
tackle and cut-back, going to
the two where Jimmy Coggins
ran him out of bounds. In two
plays Harris scored his second
TD for the Walton Countians.
His line-buck for the extra point
failed. The score read at this
point 14-13.
The home team took the en
suing kick-off and marched un
internrpted to another score with
Laster again bulling his way
over from the six.
Monroe filled the air with
passes during the remainder of
the game while they were in
possession of the ball. They had
a first down on the Newson
20 and it was at this point that
Larry Parnell’s interception caus
ed the Newton fans to breathe
a sigh of relief. For three min- I
utes and six seconds the Rams
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Moore Scores TD
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WILLIE MOORE. Ram halfback,
seis sail for pay-dirt in the sec
ond quarter of the Ram-Monroe
game here last Friday night.
Moore had just eaught a 'flair'
pass thrown by Quarterback
Kent Campbell, seconds before
this action picture was taken by
Leo Mallard Sr., NEWS photo
grapher. Willie scored as two
Monroe players closed in on him
at the goal-line. Newton won the
Homecoming game 20-13.
ran out the clock only to have
the Monroe team get the ball
for a final play at the local 45-
yard line.
Defensively the Rams were
paced by linebacker Kent Camp
bell who had seven individual
tackles. Mike Caudill and Ed
Hertwig had five each.
In the offensive department
the Homecoming fans were
brought to their collective feet
by the running of Harold Mc-
Cart. Willie Moore and Larry
Laster.
This week the Rams will in
vade Chamblee for another Re
gion 4AA game. Chamblee last
week defeated the Westminster
team 26-14. Newton earlier had
beaten the Westminster clan
only 13-6.
Newton's season record is now
three wins and, five setbacks. If
the team can cop the two final
games on their schedule they
will wind up the campaign with
a respectable 5-5.
Ram Tacklers Chari:
Campbell 7
Caudill 5
Hertwig 5
Richardson 4
Coggin 4
Wood 4
Parnell 4
Sharp „ 4
Moore 3
Laster 3
Dooley . 3
Milligan and Hanson, 1 each.
This Paper Is Covington's Index To Civic Pride and Prosperity — Not Just A Newspaper But An Institution
Laster to Caudill Pass Clicks At Westminster
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ACTION IN THE RAMS-WESTMINSTER GAME two
weeks ago was caught by the Atlanta Journal TRICLOPS
CAMERA as shown in the three photos above. On this
particular play Larry Laster, Ram quarterback, rolled out
(No. 1 picture) to spot his pass receiver. In center photo.
Everybody's Happy This Week!
All Three Favorites Are Winners
There’s joy in all Newton County this week as Tech.
Georgia and the Rams all won important games last
weekend.
Newton s Homecoming victory over arch-rival Monroe
20-13 Friday night was most delectable to followers of
the pigskin game locally. Tech edging Duke at Durham
by a 7-0 score kept their 1956 record unsullied. Georgia
put on a tremendous last half surge to edge the Crimson
Tide of Alabama 16-13 at Birmingham.
Big battle of the Southland will take place this Saturday
at Grant Field. Atlanta. Tech will meet the Tennessee
Vols, who are also listed among the ’56 unbeatens.
The Bulldogs will travel to Jacksonville to play a good
> University of Florida team. Florida only last week annhi
,ated the bundlesome Auburn team 20-0.
The University of Cincinnati team has a halfback named
George Ruth. Yes, they call him “Babe.”
Football is a noisy game and especially so at the Mich-
I igan High School Band Day in Michigan's Stadium. This
year 171 bands, which included 10.500 musicians played
between halves of the Michigan-Northwestern game.
Some observers point to the Oklahoma schedule as one
that is almost a “must” each year. They play each member
of the Big Seven (the league in which they operate) which
makes six games; then they have two traditional foes in
Texas and Oklahoma A&M. That leaves only two outside
foes. This year they were North Carolina and Notre
Dame. Next year it will, be Pitt and the Irish.
Georgia’s Ken Cooper has kicked three field goals in
the past two years and two of those three have won games
for the Bulldogs. His toe victories were over Florida State
3-0. Alabama last week 16-13. The loss was to Tech 21-3.
We wonder what kind of gasoline Coach Bobby Dodd
uses in his limousine! He has two TV programs which are
sponsored by Pure Oil and Shell.
Many fans wondered last fall when the Pros selected
Don Chandler of Florida, high on their list of prospects
from the SEC. Well, last Sunday in the Steelers-New York
Giants game when he punted and kicked-off as he did
for the Giants, one may not wonder any longer.
Stove-league baseball talk has it that Ed Mathews will
be shifted to the outfield next season by the Milwaukee
Braves.
YARDSTICK
Newton (20) Monroe (13)
15 First Downs 10
218 Yards Rushing 148
15 Yards Passing 56
233 Total Yards 204
4 Passes Attemp. 8
1 Passes Comp. 3
25 Yards Penalized 45
Score by Quarters:
Monroe 7 0 0 6—13
Newton 0 14 0 6—20
Scoring: Newton Laster 2 TDs
■ (1 yard and 6 yards) Moore (21-
yard pass from Campbell). PATS
| Laster (2).
Monroe: Harris 2 TDs (2 yards
and 1 yard). PAT. Stevens.
Rams' Ball-Carrier Chart:
Yds. Carries Arg.
CroWe 15 3 5.0
j Parnell 15 3 5.0
I Campbell 27 6 4.5
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1956
Laster 43 10 4.3
McCart 67 16 4.2
Moore 56 15 3.7
Caudill —5 1 -5.0
Totals 218 54 4.0
Rams-Monroe
Game Notes
Jimmy Richardson and Mike
Caudill combined to just about
pull the game out of the reach
of the Monroe Purple Hurricane
in the third quarter. Ronnie Har
ris reeled off a 64 yard run to
the Newton 2 w'here he wa s
caught from behind by Caudill.
However on the 16-yard line,
a Monroe player roughed up
Richardson and of course that
penalized Monroe to the 31.
Richardson was really "cagey”
on the play because he didn't
; fight back as an official was
he jumps and fires a 21-yard aerial to Ram End Mike
Caudill. The Newton County flankman (picture No. 3)
pulled the ball in with one hand on the Westminster 36
yard line., Caudill s end play has been a bright spot in
the Rams play all season. It is on such phenomenal
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NEWTON RAMS COACHING Staff is pictured above at
the 1956 Homecoming game last Friday night. Left tc right,
Kirk Price (head coach baseball, B team football and B
team basketball), Don Shea (assistant football and head boys
basketball). Milton McLeney (head football), and Stone
Cooper (athletic director and girls basketball).
standing over the play.
Monroe’s crack VFW Girls
Drum and Bugle Corps put on
a snappy halftime show. This
is always one of the bright spots
in playing Monroe High. These
expert drillers come along as a
crowd pleaser, too.
Larry Parnell turned in a good
game on defense as he con
tinues to improve. Ln the fourth
quarter, he not only made a
vital tackle after a Monroe end
had caught a pass behind the
entire Newton secondary, but
he intercepted a Monroe pass
with only three minutes left in
the game. The visitors were
driving at the time and were
on the Newton 14.
Jimmy Coggins, squat guard
under Coach Don Shea, is an
other lineman who played a
good game up front. Then too,
he overtook the fleet Ronnie
Jackson on the Ram 2 in the
fourth quarter after the visit
ing back had treked 30 yards
to set-up their second TD.
Larry Laster's two touchdowns
and two extra points were the
most points scored by a New
ton back in one game since the
1953 season. The team's total
thus far this season is 65 points,
s which is more than the team
i scored in either 1954 or 1955.
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5 Monroe's Ronnie Harris was
> the leading ground-gainer in the
i game as he had 83 yards in 13
carries.
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; Sports Afield
t BY TED RESTING
' i Proper care of your boat is
not just a question of upkeep.!
With most models, particularly
with small boats it's not a mat
ter of how much scraping, calk-
' j ing and painting — if any —
you do. It is a matter of taking
' the trouble to find out just I
• what care and treatment the
craft needs, and then giving
it that consistently.
Different size boats require
different treatment, just because
। of their size. So do the various
i constructions — metal, plastic,
wood covered and uncovered,
aluminum, and others by the
dozen.
( The most important item in i
catches as this above that Mike stands a good chance te
'and on the Class AA All-State team of 1956.
—Photos Courtesy of Atlanta Journal
preserving the life of your boat Ij
is not to hit any solid objects j.
hard enough to spring the hull
j or crack any part of it. Or, as
! Willard Crandall, boats and 1
motors editor of Sports Afield
magazine, says, "drive sensiblv.”
No boat can be used without I
being scratched, marred or dent
ed. A boatman soon learns the
latest touch-up products and
। techniques and to take such
' precautions as hanging out rub
fenders over the gunwales be-
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"LAST OF THE DESPERADOS"
With James Craig
— ALSO —
"MISTER ROBERTS"
With Henry Fonda - James Cagney
Also Color Cartoon "Get Lost"
"Last of Desperados" 6:45 and 10:45
"Mister Roberts" 8:00
Sunday - Monday, Nov. 11-12
"MAN WITH THE GUN"
With Robert Mitchum
— ALSO —
"LISBON"
With Ray Milland - Maureen O'Hara
Also Color Cartoon "SHELL GAME"
"Man With the Gun" 6:45 & 10:00 — "Lisbon" 8:15
Tuesday- Wednesday, Nov. 13 -14
"QUENTIN DURWARD"
With Robert Taylor
Also Color Cartoon "TWO GUN GOOFY"
first show 6:45 — Second show 8:45
Thursday - Friday, Nov. 15 - 16
"THAT CERTAIN FEELING"
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Also Color Cartoon "TWO SCENTS WORTH”
First show 6:45 — Second show 8:45
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fore each landing. Resale values
are poor on excessively scratch
ed boats, partly because deal
ers and other buyers suspect a
slam-banged boat is one that is
loosened up or crocked. To be
' appearance-conscious is one of
the best ways to avoid real
damage to your hull. If it's on
your mind not to scratch and
scrape your boat, you’re not
i likely to wham it hard enough
ito hurt the hull.