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SPORTS
Defense Has Been Big Factor
In tabulating the final results of the games played this
past season by the Newton County high school teams, one
would have to point a finger at the defensive records of
Coach Ronald Bradley’s and Coach Stone Cooper’s squads
2s a top achievement of the year.
In girl’s play the Newton guards have permitted the
opponents to score an average of only 29.4 points per con
test. The boys squad permitted a low 41.8 points per game
in racking up their 21 victories.
In the offensive department the boys team averaged
67.9 points per encounter by scoring a total of 1,493 points
in the 22 contests. The Newton girls scored 1,077 markers
in their 20-game victory season for an average of 49 points.
One may say that you have to score to win a ball
game, but the overall objective in achieving victory is to
hold the opponent to less points than your score.
. The two teams’ 41 victories against only three losses
speaks highly for the boys and girls on Newton County
High School.
Observati
The Bob Franklins of Decatur are the parents of a
baby girl born on February 12. Little Denise Michele’s
mother is a former basketball star of Newton County High
School nee Nan Hollingsworth.
Two football players on the Ram team for the past
couple of seasons have been named eligible for the National
Merit Scholarship Contest by virtue of their high grades in
school. They are Donald House and Jimmy Richardson, both
tackles on the football team.
Do the pitchers of the American League waik more bat
ters intentionally than the National League? Not nearly as
many, according to recent statistics. During the past four
years there were 1735 walked on purpose in the National
and 1,198 in the American.
The late Jake Ruppert, owner of the Yankees and worth
some $30,000,000 once blurted out to Waite Hoyt who was
seeking a contract of only $30,000, “What do you think I
am, a millionaire?”
Have you thought how tremendous a sport hunting and
fishing is in America? Some 25-million people are spending
about 3 pillion dollars a year to pursue their favorite sport.
It will pay you to remember that the cost of experience
has gone up like everything else.
Two of the better teams of the recent 4AA Sub-Region
tournament were the Newton Rams and Avondale and it
was a pity that they weren’t in separate brackets. The Rams
eliminated the Blue Devils on Thursday night in a free
scoring affair 88-72.
Friday’s semi-final loss in the tournament at Avondale
tor Newtons’ boys and girls marked the first time in many
years that both teams had lost on the same floor.
Ed Hertwig played his best game of his career, up to
this time, in the game Friday night when the Hart County
boys edged us 62-38. He had 21 poinis and controlled the
backboards for most of the game.
Much interest is being generated among the Junior High
schools of the county about the upcoming tournament in
which their boys and girls teams will participate. There
isn’t an undefeated outfit among the four schools.
Coach Ronald Bradley, when introduced to Don Drys
dale, the Los Angeles Dodger pitcher, exclaimed: “I thought
you had brought me another basketball player.” Drysdale
stands six foot, six inches.
Widening of the goal posts in college football should
pat the monkey on the place-kicker’s back in those extra
point trys. They shouldn’t miss many of them now.
Myrt Power, whose Buford home burned recently
end along with it practically all of her furniture, lamented:
*I only had $2,500 insurance on the house and only $1,500
on the furniture. How stupid can one be?”
Apparently a lot of football coaches over the United
States are dissatisfied with their present positions. More
than 150 sought the Florida State University head-job be
fore Perry Moss was selected to succeed Tom Nugent.
According to an AP report, John XXIII is the first cig
arette-smoking Pope. The Pontiff smokes two each day.
The Gator Bowl game in Jacksonville this coming year
wi'l he played on Saturday, January 2. The following year
the game will return to the last Saturday in December.
Ever sat in a case or dining room in a fit of exaspera
tion? Well, here’s a fitting joke to suit the scene:
“Old Edge Parkins who's been a waiter down at the
Porter House since it was built, passed away the other day.
Some of the fellows thought a proper epitaph would be
“§i Peter Sinally eaught his eye.”
The Covméton Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
The Covington News
’ For Grid Drills
Some 45 football players an
swered the call for spring prac
tice at Newton County High
School Monday. Daily drills
will be held from now until
Friday, March 13 at which
time the annual spring game
‘will be played on Homer Sharp
Field.
- Coaches Milton McLaney and
‘Bobby Way have reported that
several newcomers are mak
ing a determined bid for the
1959 Ram team. They singled
out several boys who have
shone brightly in the practices
thus far.
~ Among the boys who have
impressed the coaches are: Ron
lnie Kitchens, Jerry Bouchillon,
Randall Meadows, Charde
Childs and Melvin Capes.
~ Coach McLaney said that
much work remains to be done
before the start of the 1959
campaign on September 4 when
the strong, arch-rival Morgan
Countians will come to Cov
ington to start the grid season.
Other than the three weeks of
spring practice, only three
weeks of drills will be held in
the fall when school convenes.
i - -
“Livingston Downs
‘ - -
Covington Twice
Livingston Junior High
School took the measure of
Covington’s E. L. Ficquett
School in two basketball games
Thursday evening on the Liv
ingston floor. The scores were
boys 40-29 and girls 38-28.
Leading the point attack for
the winning girls outfit were
Jordye Bailey with 12 and San
dra Lester with 26. Faye Knox
had two. The point scoring for
the Ficquett team was as fol
lows: Day Morcock 17, Naomi
Smith 10, and Jane Richardson
2.
In the boys game the players
scoring for the Livingston team
were: Doug Treadwell 14, Bob
Wheeler 10, Ralph Hodge 8, and
Jimmy Day 6. Covington’s scor
ing was led by Terry Rutledge
with 19. Johnny Chesnut had
6, Walker Birdsong 2, and Ernie
Strickland 1.
Livingston’s record now
stands at 8-1 for the boys, while
the girls slate reads 6-3.
et e R T
Exhibition Ball
Game at Livingston
Friday, Feb. 28th
An exhibition basketball
game will be played at the
Livingston gymnasium on Fri
day evening, February 28, at
7:30 o’clock. The game is be
ing sponsored by the Salem
Lions Club.
Participants in the game will
pit the “Old Folks” against the
"‘Young Folks.” Price of ad
mission is 25 and 50 cen's.
Palmer-Stone 4-H
Met at School Gym
The Palmer-Stone 4-H Club
rsnet in the school gym February
Phyllis Edwards was in
charge of the devotional, Lyn
da Mann read the Bible, Carol
George lead the prayer, Lynda
Holifield lead the pledge to the
flag and the 4-H Pledge.
Dianne Hamby gave a dem
onstration on cooking and Mrs.
Malone gave a demonstration
on nutrition. Both were very
interesting.
We are looking forward to
our next meeting which is in
March.
i Phyllis Edwards |
Reporter
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 195
Rams Capture Third - Place
Girls Are Fourth In Meet
Newton County boys emerg
ed as third-place- winners in
the Sub-Region tournament at
Avondale last week. The local
girls had a fourth-place finish
in the meet.
Region 4AA tournament at
Cross Keys gymnasium, featur
ing four teams from each secton
of the region, will square off
for the two spots in the Class
AA State meet next week in
Macon. Only the winner and
runner-up is eligible for the big
tourney at Macon Auditorium.
The Rams won two of their
three encounters in the Avon
dale affairs, losing on Friday
night to the Hart County boys
by a 62-58 count. In their first
game of the tournament the
Rams eliminated the host-
Avondale quint by an 88-72
score. Saturday night in the
consolation game the Rams
‘looked impressive as they
downed the East Hall squad by
‘a comfortable 75-56 score.
Coach Stone Cooper’s girls,
after winning their first tourna
‘ment start on Thursday over
}Baldwin County 37~ 28, lost in
‘the semis to Elbert County 51-
37. On Saturday the NCHS
sextet succumbed to East Hall
by a 50-35 count.
Main downfall of the Newton
girls in the tournament was
their lack of height. However,
the short Shirley Ruth White
did manage to score 64 points
in the three games to van her
team’s attack in the offensive
department.
In boys action the play of Ed
Hertwig, Billy Dean Rutledge
and Bobby Mobley stood out in
the tournament. Hertwig’s re
bounding and point production
in the games was most com
mendable. He had 40 points in
the three games and controlled
both backboards when he was
in action. Most noteworthy was
his game Friday night against
Hart County when he bagged 21
points and had 28 rebounds.
Rutledge was the leading
scorer of the tourney with a
total of 78 points in three
games. His ipdividual games
were listeu as 33, 18 and 27.
. Mobley had 17 points in the
Avondale game and came back
‘Saturday with 20 to help defeat
the dangerous East Hall five.
‘ Tournament Boxes
GIRLS GAME
(Wednesday Night)
Pos. Newton 37 Baldwin 28
F—White 21 K. Tanner 16
F—Harris 9 N. Kitchens 11
F—Moore 5 McCuller 1
G—Johnson Layfield
G—Biggers Harris
G—Hammonds Tanner
Score at Half: Newton 24,
!Baldwin 17.
Subs: Newton — Hale, Bry-‘
ant 2. Baldwin — Barfield.
| BOYS GAME
(Thursday Nig'it)
Pos. Newton 88 Avondale 72
#—Mebley 17 Wolf 3|
F—Parnell 2 Thomas 16 !
C—Hertwig 8 Guy 29
G—Autry 22 Scoggins 18
G—Rutledge 33 James 0
Score at Half: Avondale 44,
Newton County 38.
Subs: Newton -— Rowe 6,
Haymore, Capes, Freeman,
Moore, Pickett, Harper and
Shaw. Avondale — Bell 6,
Johnson, Black.
BOYS GAME
Pos. Newton 58 Hartwell 62
F—Mobley 6 Holland 11
F—Parnell 3 Vassar 10
C—Hertwig 21 Haley 22
G—Autry 2 Fleming 8
G—Rutledge 18 Harris 11
Score at Half: Newton 26,
Hart County 23.
Subs: Newton — Rowe 4,
;Moore 4, Hart County — none.
‘ GIRLS GAME
Pos. Newton 37 Elberton 51
F—White 21 Lee 28
F—Harris 7 Oglesby 16
F—Moore 4 Jones 7
'G—Johnson Gaines
G—PBiggers Anderson
G—Hammonds Maxwell
Score at Half: Elberton 23,
Newton 21.
Subs: Newton — Bryant §,
Hale, Kitchens, Elberton —
none.
She: “What’s the score since
we girls went out for a Coke”
He: *“Nothing to nothing,
dear.”
She: “Well, that's good — we
didn’t miss a thing, did we?”
The Rams will play to
night in the meet at Cross
Keys gym and the opponent
is Headland. Game time for
the NCHS squad is 8 o'clock.
The Newton girls were to
have played last night (Wed
nesday), meeting the Number
One team of the west sec
tion Westminster at 9:30
o’clock.
Consolation Games
(For Third Place)
‘Newton 35 East Hall 50
}Pos. l
F—White 24 Harrington 35
| F—Harris 1 England 9
' F—Moore 4 Wood 6
' G—Johnson Elliott |
' G—Biggers Webb
G—Hammonds Stephens
Score at half: East Hall 20,
Newton 18. |
} Subs: Newton — Bryant, 5,
Jefferies 1, McDonald, Hale,
‘Masten. Smith, Hertwig. East
‘Hall——-Murphy, Logan.
| (For Third Place)
!Newton 75 East Hall 56
Pos.
fF——Mobley 20 Armour 20
F—Parnell 2 Seymour 9
.C——Hertwig 11 Smith 7{‘
|G-——Autr'y 1 Davidson 3
G—Rutledge 27 Latty 10
Score at half; Newton 35,
East Hall 26.
Subs: Newton — Moore 4,
Rowe 2, Harper 8, Capes. East
Hall—Griffin 5, Latimer and
Mize 2.
Tourney Notes—
Yours truly was afraid that
the Newton boys would be
l paired with Headland in the
overall region tournament
and that is just what hap
pened. The teams play Thurs
day night at 8 o’clock. Head
land eliminated the Rams last
year at Roosevely gym by 14
points, It will be interesting
to see whether we can make
un that 14 points tonight
(Thursday). If not, the Ram
players can hang up their un
iforms for the year!
Big Ed Hertwig, playing his
second game in a row Satur
day night, fouled out midway of
the third period but he had 11
big points at that time. In a
little over a half of play he had
bagged 19 rebounds.
East Hall’s girls Coach Hal
sey took no chances on losing
his game against the NCHS
sextet on Saturday afternoon.
He kept his three first-string
forwards in the tilt to the end
of the game, although his squad
‘had a 12- point lead.
Three seniors of the Newton
girls basketball team will play
in their final tournament at
Cross Keys, unless they can
turn back the Westminster team |
in their very first game. Shirley
Ruth Hayes White, Harriette
Johnson and Hilda Biggers will
graduate next June.
Don’t force other drivers to
slow up for you, especially on
slippery roads, warns the All
state Safety Crusade. You risk
having approaching cars brake
suddenly, which could cause
them to skid or go out of con
trol.
EMORY-AT-OXFORD basketball players and coach map plans
for the annual Lettermen’s Club Invitational Tournament at the
Emory Gym on February 19-21. The four teams participating in
the meet will be Companies A, B and Cos EAO and Phi Delta
Two Seniors At ‘
Scholarships
Two seniors at Newton Coun
ty high school have been com
mended by the National Merit‘
Scholarship Corporation for |
their outstanding performances
on a nationwide test of educa-‘
tional development, accordingl
to Principal H. F. Sharp.
The seniors honored are:
Donald House and Jimmy Rich
ardson.
The Newton County students
were the Georgia runners-up in
the 1958-59 Merit Scholarshipl
House and Richarison are
both members of the Rams’
varsity football team. |
o A e set e Te AR
competition. Each has been sent
a Letter of Commendation by
National Merit Scholarship Cor
poration. John M. Stalnaker,
President of NMSC, believes
that the 10,000 students who
received the commendation
rank in the top two or three
per cent in ability of the senior
students in their respective
states and should be given every
encouragement to continue with
their education. ‘
“While the students receiv-‘
ing this commendation did not
quite reach the finals of the
1958-59 Merit Scholarship com
petition, each of them has dem
onstrated highly superior abil
ity and outstanding promise to
benefit from college training,”
declared Mr. Stalnaker.
“I hope that every one of
' them will make a special effort
*to obtain a college education.
| With further education, these
young people can play a vital
role in our nation.”
D EAR NOAH— DoOES
A VACANT STARE
DENOTE EMPTY SPACE
IN THE UPPER STORY 7
LARRY KUHN
N CotumßiAa, R 4,
AR NOAH- WHEN A
MAN LOOKS A WOMAN
STRAIGHT N THE BYE,
SHOULD SHE DO SOMETHING
ABoUT HER FiGure Z .
FARRIS SMITH
PAGELAND, So.CAR,
M’“”pm;? ;:i,: Ngfi; -: ‘f‘;;ifl ]
’ Tournament At Emory-Oxford
Scheduled For February 19-21
! The Letterman’s Club of
Emory at Oxford will sponsor
lan invitational basketball tour
inament February 19, 20, and
21
} On Thursday night at 7:30,
“A” Company of Oxford will
face the Phil Delta Theta Fra
ternity of Emory University.
Following this game, Oxford’s
co-champions, “C” Company,
will battle the Pi Kappa Alphas
of Emory.
The “B” Company ¢o-champs
‘drew a bye until Friday at 7:30
when they’ll play the winner
of Thursday’s first game, Later
that evening, defending cham
pions of the 1958 Invitational
Tourney, the Sigma Chi Fra-
Don't Spoil
Your Fish
{ The man who takes pride in |
|serving a savory casserole of
,baked fish to his guests exer
|cises as much care in' preserv
|ing his prize as he did in catch- |
{ing it.
Proper care makes the dif
ference between a gourmet’s
delight and a smelly mess des
tined for the garbage can. This
begins at the moment a fish is
boated, and continues until it
reaches the table. The Mercury
outboard motor people prescribe
a few simple rules which con
tribute to tasty dishes — the
mark of a true angler.
Generally, fish should be
cleaned as soon as they are
tcaught, then put on ice. Tem
lperature is moat’s greatest foe.
| If you can keep a fish reason
|ably cool and dry, it will re
main fresh for several hours.
When fishing from a boat, a
portable ice chest is a welcome
| piece of gear,
l Stringing a catch works sat
istactorily only with live fish.
i'Prolonged soaking spoils flav
or and texture of the flesh, It’s
better to stow yecur catch in
a damp burlap sack in o ¢ool
shady spot.
Wicker creels used by trout
anglers are one of the better
devices for keeping fish rela
tively fresh. Cleaned and plac
ed between loose layers of moist
grass, fish are cooled by evap
oration as air circulates through
| the creel.
| Burying fish deep in moist
sand or a forest turf will keep
'|them fresh longer than any
| thing short of ice. Ciean body
.| cavity and strip out gills, but
*|do not wash,
Ll So, when the action’s hot,
take a few minutes off and look
after your catch. The “little
woman” will appreciate the ef
fort. It may even earn you a
good hot breakfast before your
next early-morning outing.
Channel catfish will often
take a deep-running plug,
though catching them on a
surface plug is quite rare.—
Sports Afield
Mirriam’s .turkey is the largest
of the four forms of American
turkeys.—Sports Afield.
' ternity, will take on the win
. Iner of Thursday’s second game.
_'The final games will be played
{‘Saturday afternoon at 2:00 and
g:ls.
Emory at Oxford’s Athletic
| Department reports a very suc
|cesful intramural basketball
season, with B and C Compan
|ies both winning four of their
|six games. These teams were
led by Newton County’s Joe
Sharp averaging 12 points per
game, and Wadley’s Dick Stokes
pumping in 17 points per game.
Coach Charlie Burnett, Di
rector of Intramural Athletics,
promises that this tournament
will be an interesting event for
sports fans of this area, and that
the public is cordially invited.
Theta Fraternity of Emory University, Atlanta. Shown
photo above are, from left to right: Jack Bullock, Coach u
Burnett, Larry Duane, Dick Stokes, president of the Lettermen's
Ciub, Bill Alien and Bobby Moulirie. (Phofo by Richard Gunter)
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1958 l
Better Newspaper
Contesis
NUMBER 8
Suggested Route
To Cross Keys
A suggested route has been
mapped out by NCHS school of
ficials for fans going to the
tournament at the Cross Keys
gymnasium,
From the public square in
Decatur take Clairmont Road
to the intersection of North
Druid Hills Road and then make
a left turn on North Druid Hills
‘Road. Proceed under the new
Express Way and cross the Old
Buford Highway, then furn
right at first street and the gym
‘is not very far away on this
street.
Ae S ol
ii tee talk
This week &% _, b
pow W
FINSTERWALD M
ives you the [l SR )
inside story ST
HARNEY-SEAD |
ABC-TY ALL-STAR GOLF MATCH
“I was pretty Jucky . . . he
missed the short ones and I
made the long ones”, said Sam
Snead as he collected his check
bringing his total earnings on
All-gltar Golf to $10,500. Only
the great can be so sincerely
modest—as Sam Snead’s com:
ment hardly describes the bril.
liant, breath-taking match which
he won with a record breaking
63. on the Sea Island Georgia
Golf Course.
Sam wasted no time . . . on
the very first hole he laid his
| 8-iron shot 3 feet from the pin
and then rapped in his{utt for
' a birdie 3. Bn the par 3 No. 3.
, he birdied again with an 18
footer. Sam took it easy wntil
the 6th, par 4, 420 vard ho'e
| when his 8-iron placed the ball
: 8 feet from the pin, and his
: magical putter sank it for his
' third birdie.
' On the 7th and Bth, Harney
' k—eg;pace with "ShmminiSnm"
th of them scon'ng irdies
back to back. On the 9th, Snead
made his only error, taking a
bogey 5 . . . while Harney
parred, giving him a 34 against
Snead’s 32 on the first nine.
Harney, running into trouble,
after 12 holes was 5 strokes
down and it looked like the ex
citement was over for the after
noon; but Sam suddenly got hot
again. On the 15th, par 5, 460
vard hole, he just missed a 48
foot putt for an eagle, to take a
birdie 4. On the l‘gth hole, par
4. he sank a 21 foot putt for a
birdie 3. On the 17th, par 3, he
sank a 17 footer for liirdie %
| On the 18th, par 5, 464 yard
hole, “Slamming Sam” Snead
lived up to his nickname and
put his liron, 2nd shot, on the
green, 16 feet from the pin . . .
and then proceeded to calmly
sink it for an eagle B—and a
8500 cash award. Millions of
TV fans must have upset their
potato chip bowls in excitement
over this one. This rocket-like
finish of Snead’s on the second
nine gave him a 31 which,
coupled with his first round 32,
added up i 0 a neat 63 for a brand
new record at Sea Island. Har
ney finished with a 1 under par,
71, for 2nd place money.
As your Munsingwear golf
reporter, I will ‘?a.in be giving
you the colorful inside story
next week in this same column
on the Sam Snead-Ted Kroll
Match, to be played at the
DeSoto Country Club, Sarasota,
Florida.