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Don Drysdale Visits Covington
Enroute To Spring Training Site
By 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
Don Drysdale, elongated 6'6”
pitcher for the Los Angeles
Dodgers of the National Lea
gue, was an interesting visitor
to Covington Thursday. He was
accompanied by his charming
wife, the former Miss Ginger
Dubberly, Mrs. Drysdale is a
niece of Mrs. H. Claude Cook of
Covington and spent much of
her childhood in Covington be
fore her family moved to Cali
fornia.
Drysdale, who vanned the
Brooklyn Dodger mound staff
in 1957 with a record of 17-9
during the last year that the
National Leaguers operated at
Flat Bush, had a somewhat
dismal year last season. How
ever, he did end up the season
with a flurry of neatly pitched
games. During August alone he
had six straight wins which
included four route jobs against
Milwaukee and San Francisco.
The Drysdales, stopping over
in Covington for the day to
visit the Cooks on Floyd Street,
were on their way to Florida
where Don will start spring
training with the LA Dodgers
mound staff in the near future.
He plans to enter the Major
Leaguers’ golf tournament in
the Sunshine State next week.
During his stay in Coving
ton Don visited The Covington
News and the Newton County
High School. In the afternoon
he had an expert wash job on
his 1958 Lincoln automobile at
Ginn Motor Company.
The question most frequent
ly asked Drysdale on his visit
here was: “Do you think the
Dodgers will win the pennant
this year?” Don was very dip
lomatic about his answers and
invariably gave a few “ifs and
ands”.
A recent headline story in
The Sporting News stated that
“if the Dodgers are to make a
comeback this season, a good
share of the burden will rest
squarely on the broad shoulders
of Don Drysdale.”
Pitching in the Los Angeles
Coliseum is comparable to
hurling in Sulphur Dell in
Nashville because of the short
left field screen where a “Chin
ese homer” can spell a hurler’s
doom at any time in a close
game. “There’s only one way
for me to pitch in the Coliseum
-—pitch everybody low and
Athletic Schedule
Girls’ Basketball — Com
pany A vs Company B —
Thursday (today) — Gymna
sium —7 p.m.
Boys’ Basketball — Jr. Var
sity, Company A vs C — Sat
urday (Feb. 14) — Gym. —
1:30 p.m.: Varsity, Company A
vs C — Saturday (Feb. 14) —
Gym. — 2:30 p.m.
Basketball Standings through
February 6.
Boys Won Lost
A 1 3
B 2 2
C 3 1
Girls Won Lost
A 0 2
B 11
C 2 0
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MR. AND MRS. DON DRYSDALE are shown at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Claude Cook, Floyd Street, Thursday as the Drysdale
stopped in Covington to see Mrs. Cook who was a patient at the
Newton County Hospital. The picture was taken at the Cooks'
home as the Los Angeles Dodger pitcher and his wife read a copy
of The Covington NEWS.
make ‘em hit the ball on the
ground,” he gestured.
We informed Don that we
had viewed a TV show in which
Pee Wee Reese stated that he
(Drysdale) was one of the best
young hurlers in the National
Loop. Only 20 years of age
when he broke into the big time
with the Brooklyn club in 1956,
he exhibited remarkable prow
ess on the mound in 1957 when
he copped those 17 victories.
And at the age of 21, too.
Don’s 1957 record can be
compared to some of the other
hurlers in the majors and we
find that Bob Friend of Pitts
burgh was 26 years old when he
won as many as 17 games in a
campaign. Bob Turley of the
Yankees was 25 and Don New
combe was 23.
“I sure hope I can have a
better year than I had in 1958,”
Don said as he viewed many
of the scenes around Coving
ton, the birthplace of his wife.
It was most interesting the
way that Don met his future
wife. She was a Princess of
the Tou '.ament of Roses (Rose
Bowl) at Pasadena two years
ago when he was introduced
to her. The Dodgers were to
have started playing at L. A. in
April and since Don was born
and reared at Van Nuys, Cali
fornia, the distance for the
drive to the Pasadena Junior
College was not too far away.
They were married on Septem
ber 28, a day before the end of
the 1958 baseball season.
Only last New Year’s day
Mr. and Mrs. Drysdale appear-
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ed in the Tournament of Roses
Parade that was viewed by
many Covingtonians over a
nation-wide hook up. True to
life, they were on a large, at
tractive float as an ideal “Bride
and Groom”.
Drysdale who looks more like
one of those tall Kentucky bas
ketball players stated a couple
of weeks ago to a sportswriter
that he “was still a growing
boy.”
He said that he already had
signed his 1959 contract and
that the LA Dodgers would be
in the thick of the pennant
fight. If there are any more
of his teammates as nice and
clean-cut as Don then the
words of former manager Dur
ocher of the team can be re
futed. We’ll just change those
classical words to read: “Nice
guys DO win ball games.”
Livingston Counts
On Patricia Martin
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PATRICIA MARTIN
Miss Patricia Martin is an
other of Livingstons’ outstand
ing players. She has a tinge of
quickness that allows her to
get over the floor quick and
fact. She is extra good on foul
shots and this is a good char
’ acteristic for a ball player
I especially in tight ball games.
Patricia lives at Rocky Plains
and is in the eighth grade at
Livingston Junior High.
AGRICULTURE — BIG
BUSINESS
Agriculture in the United
States is the basis for the jobs
iof 37 percent of all persons in
this country, and its production
accounts for more than SIOO
million in business. These facts
are from a leaflet, “Building
i Agriculture is Building Geor
। gia,” prepared and distributed
by the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture Alumni
I Association.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959
Spring Football
Practice Starts
Mon. at NCHS
Leather will start popping
Monday afternoon, February 16
on the Newton County High
School practice field as spring
drills gets underway under the
watchful eyes of Coaches Mil
ton McLaney and Bobby Way.
A modified rebuilding pro
gram will have to be accomp
lished by next fall as there are
only 10 lettermen returning for
the 1959 gridiron grind. Twelve
men were lost via the gradua
tion route from the NCHS ele
ven of a year ago. The 1958
season record of the Rams was
7-2-1.
Expected to don the pads for
the spring game, which is set
for Friday, March 13, are the
following lettermen from a year
ago:
Doug Dooley, Fat Carter,
Beany Carter, Phillip White,
Billy Strickland, Larry Wagner,
Russell Hinton, Charles Turn
er, Lary Studdard and Johnny
Capes. Only Capes will b? un
able to attend the early drills
as he is a member of the Rams’
basketball squad.
Coach McLaney said Monday
that he believes several fresh
men will break into the lineup
this fall as there are many fine
prospects coming out for the
team. At least a couple of back
field slots and several line posi
tions will be up for grabs, the
NCHS mentor declared.
Spencer Boyd Is
Top Scorer At
North Georgia
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CADET SPENCER S. BOYD of
Porterdale is a member of the
North Georgia College Varsity
Basketball Team this year. A
5’ 11” Junior, he is a guard on
the Cadet team. He is very fast
and an excellent shot. He is
the top scorer on the Cadet
team. He is the son of Mrs.
! Effie Stroud Boyd of 14 North
Broad, Porterdale.
Palmer Stone P-TA
Meets Mon. 7:30
The Palmer Stone P. T. A.
I will meet Monday Night, Feb
' i uary 16th, at Palmer Stone
[School at 7:30 o’clock.
The Eighth Grade will have
[a Founder’s Day Program un
[ der the Direction of Miss Eva
Mask and Mr. James Bohan
-1 nan.
Let’s not forget the “Turkey
[ Supper”, Friday Night, Febru
[ ary 20th, also at Palmer Stone
School sponsored by the P.T.A.
[Tickets, adults $1.25 and chil
[ dren 75 cents. Proceeds will go
I to buy a curtain for the audi
‘ torium.
Labor Representative
Here Friday at 9:30
A representative of the Geor
gia State Employment Service
will be in Covington on Fri
day, February 13, 1959, at 9:30
a.m., in the Court House to dis
cuss Job Insurance with appli
cants.
Newton Teams Score 41 Victories
Schools' Best Overall Record I
By 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
It took the combined efforts
of two fine Ram forwards at
Chamblee Friday night to help
the Newton County boys com
pile one of the best records in
the state in basketball as the
NCHS five concluded regular
season play with an enviable
21-1 slate.
Forwards Bobby Mobley and
Larry Parnell had that some
thing extra that brought beams
of Smiles to the face of Coach
Ronald Bradley in the 55-54
win. Mobley led the scorers in
the game with 17 points and
Parnell garnered an amazing
26 rebounds in the encounter.
Coach Stone Cooper’s girls,
already the proud possesor of
the all-winning habit in the
regular season, ran up their
20th win of the campaign. They
have lost only two tilts during
the ‘SB-59 sojourn. The score
of their game Friday was 50-
29.
The Rams held a 6-point lead
at the half and kept that pace
alive until the waning minutes
of the game when the home
boys started to hit from all an
gles.
Mobley sank the clincher
with a minute and 15 seconds
to play with his famous two
handed jump shot from the
sidecourt. Chamblee racked up
their final basket 14 seconds
before the end of the game.
The two wins Friday night
for the NCHS squads undoubt
edly brought the school its best
overall record in its history.
The total wins was 41 and the
losses only three. The NCHS
girls lost two upset tilts to
Winder Barrow 45-40 and
Baldwin County 35-29. The
boys only loss was at Gaines
ville 57-48.
Emory at Oxford
Basketball Tilts
Emory-at-Oxford Basketball
Games Varsity Company A vs
Company C, Feb. 7, 1959.
A Company 41 Company 850
Lucas, B. 22 Smith, K. 3
Hattaway, J. 6 Sharp, J. 4
Walker, B. 4 Mcßae, P. 19
Durrance, D. 5 Knowles, V. 14
Saunders, S. 4 Moultrie.B. 10
Halftime score 34-19, B Com
pany.
Mcßae and Knowles are
freshmen and did an outstand
ing job—both on offense and
defense.
Jr. Varsity.
Company B vs Company C,
Feb. 9, 1959.
Company 827 Company €2B
(overtime, 23-23)
Waddle, R. 5 Payne, D. 8
Knowles 14 Ragsdale, D. 4
Williams, L. 1 Kollar, B. 1
Lee, B. 7 Hayes, R. 8
Rowe, B. 0 Gould, D. 7
Dessau Payne scored 4 points
in the overtime, two of which
were scored just before the
whistle sounded ending the
game. Gould scored one point
for C Company during the
overtime period.
Varsity
Company 859 Company C 47
Smith, K. 5 Duane, L. 4
Knowles, V. 6 Charles, L. 18
Sharp, J. 12 Stokes, D. 10
Mcßae, P. 18 Shadbum, B. 9
Moultrie, B. 10 Newton, W. 6
Bozeman 8
This game was a thriller
throughout. The lead changed
hands constantly. At one time
B was behind 11 points, but Van
Knowles’ rebounding and B
Co’s men, Sharp, Mcßae and
Moultrie hitting in double fig
ures helped tremendously. C
Co’s Dick Stokes, another re
bounding artist, fouled out near
the end of the game, but he hit
ten points, eight of which were
foul shots. 100% from the foul
line. Lyle Charles played an
outstanding game for the losers, |
scoring 18 points. j
Notice—The Lettermen’s Club
will sponsor a basketball tour- .
nament composed of three)
teams from Emory and three
from Emory at Oxford. Feb
ruary 19, 20-21. Details of this
tournament will be announced
next week. The public is invited
to attend.
The cheetah is the fleetest
animal on Earth, sustaining
speeds in excess of 60 mph.
—Sports Afield.
GIRLS GAME
Pos. Newton 50 Chamblee 29
F—White 27 Young 15
F—Harris 8 Vosburgh 8
F—Moore 5 Ferrell 4
G—Johnson Childs
G —Biggers King
G — Hammonds Bird
Score at half: Newton 26, j
Chamblee 17.
Subs: Newton — Bryant. 8.
Jefferies 2. Chamblee — Boles
2.
BOYS GAME
Pos. Newton 55 Chamblee 54
F—Mobley 17 Montgomery 13
F—Parneil 5 Crow 15
C—Hertwig 9 Roberts 12
G—Autry 7 Stephens 9
G — Rutledge 15 Berrong 4
Score at half: Newton 34,
Chamblee 28.
Subs: Newton — Haymore,
Rowe 2, Moore. Chamblee —
■Thompson, Pennington 1.
Rams See
Action Tonite
Newton County Rams will
meet host Avondale tonight
(Thursday) in the 4AA East
Sub-Region Tournament at 9:30
o’clock. The Newton High girls
were to have played the Bald
win County sextet last night
(Wednesday) at 9:30.
Seeding in the tourney, a pre
lude affair to the overall Re
gion 4AA meet next week at
Cross Keys gymnasium, saw
the Rams rated in the number
one spot and in the same brac
ket with Hart County, Elberton
and Avondale.
The NCHS girls were seeded
number two behind the unbeat
en Hart County lassies. Each
team is favored to reach the
finals in their respective brac
kets.
Wolverine Team
Ends Season
Undefeated
The R. L. Cousin Wolverines
will journey into the District
Tournament undefeated in 18
straight games.
This season was the first
time that this has been done
in the schools’ and the Wolver
ines history. Their victorous
season started by defeating the
college all stars 47-45.
It wasn’t very easy at all for
the team to set a record like
this because the competition in
this district is very great. But
the boys played hard through
out the entire season.
The final game was played
in Eatonton Feb. 6, which de
termined whether or not their
winning streak would continue.
The boys won by a score of
38-35. The girls lost 40-38.
I know that Coach Charlie
J. Tinsley is very proud of the
boys and of what they have !
I done.
This season was the first time
that Mr. Tinsley has ever
Coached a high school team.
Here’s what Coach Tinsley has
to say about his successful sea
son:
“Boys, we’ve had a wonder
ful season, an undefeated sea
son and I am proud of all my
boys, especially the Seniors who I
have set themselves a record. I
When we journey into the Dis
trict Tournament Friday with '
a squad of 10 boys, led by cap
tain Herman Johnson and Char
les Thomas, our chances are I
promising with sharp shooter I
! Eddie Uardeman and Billy Mid- [
dleton and experienced guards i
like Phillip Hardeman and;
George Tuggle and of course j
[that 6’ 5” center Herman John
son. _ . I
The team will play in Monti
cello Friday night and we hope >
the superstition about Friday;
the 13th is wrong. But, how
ever, the team will be playing
hard every minute to win. The
game wil Istart at 10:30 p.m.
These are the boys that will
be in action Friday night:
Eddie Hardeman, Phillip
Hardeman, Billey Middleton,
George Tuggle, Herman John-
Coach Wally Butts To Be Honored Friday
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ATHENS There's nothing superstitious about the friends of
Coach Wallace Butts of the University of Georgia. They have sched
uled "Wally Butts Day" on Friday, February 13. The highlignt of
the day will be a banquet honoring Coach Butts on the beginning
of his 21st year at Georgia and his recent election as president of
the American Football Coaches Association.
son. Charles Thomas. Curtis
Whaley, Alex C. Tuggle, Ben
Hardeman, Frank Hardeman,
Jerry Roseberry.
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The R. L. Cousins lassies
ended their season Friday night,
being downed by Eatonton 44-
31. If nothing else, the girls
go to the District Tournament
on Friday with winning on
their minds. We are looking for
revenge after a season record
of 4 wins and 11 losses.
The girls love the game, and
with only one senior on the
squad, this team should develop
into one of Cousins’ best.
Tournament District 6
Monticello — February 13-14
Class “A” Pairing
Friday, Feb. 13 — Covington,
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Better Newspaper
Contests
NUMBER 7
vs Thompson (Girls) 3:00-4:00;
Gainesville vs Thomson (Boys)
6:30-7:30; Monticello vs Greens
boro (Girls) 7:30-8:30; Sparta
vs Eatonton (Boys) 8:30-9:30;
Washington vs winner of Cov
ington-Thompson Game (Girls)
9:30-10:30; Covington vs Win
ner of Gainesville-Thompson
Game (Boys) 10:30-11:30.
Saturday, Feb. 14 — Sparta
vs Eatonton (Girls) 10:00-11:00
a.m.; Washington vs Greens
boro (Boys) 11:00-12:00 a.m.;
Girls Semifinals 12:00-1:00 p.m.,
2:30-3:30 p.m.; Boys finals
semi 1:00-2:00 p.m., 3:30-4:30
p.m.; Girls finals 9:00-10:00
p.m. Boys finals 10:00-11:00
p.m.
Leon Perry
Reporter,