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Champs Still Champs, Until Dethroned
This weekend marks the kickoff of the 1960 Southeast
ern Conference race. It’s almost unanimous that the Mis
sissippi Rebs are the team to beat. However, I’m a dissenter.
I believe that the champ is the champ until he is beaten. And
of course, the champ of the SEC is the University of Ga.
Past records have proven that the favorite seldom takes
home the cake. Records also prove that one defeat can ruin
a title bid for an SEC team. So that leaves the title to the
team that goes through unscathed.
Why do I believe that Georgia will go through again as
the top team in the South? Well, for the most important
factor in a team, the Bulldogs have the best all-around
backfield in the South. True, the line may not be as
strong as last year, but the Bulldogs will score more TD’s
than they did last year. That means that the Georgia eleven
can give away a TD or two more than in ’59 and still win
the games.
I have faith in Francis Tarkenton as long as he is
sound physically, and, that old soup-bone doesn’t get sore
from tossing the pigskin. Then too, the long, booming punts
of Bobby Walden will help the Georgia cause.
I also have enough faith in the Georgia coaching staff
to believe that they (the coaches) won’t permit all their
ends to graduate in one season, such as many will have you
believe. True, the Bulldogs lost some good defensive men,
and excellent pass snatchers, but the team will have some
good boys on the flanks when the bell rings.
In naming the Mississippi Rebels for second slot (mainly
because of their weak schedule) one would have to group
Georgia Tech, Auburn and Tennessee as runnersup.
As for Florida, Kentucky, and Alabama, they play too
many of the top boys in the loop.
Now, all that remains for me to be a goat in this foot
ball season, is for Alabama to beat Georgia Saturday and
then I’ll wish I hadn’t brought up the subject.
The Blab Slab
Georgia Tech’s intra-squad game Saturday saw the
Whites down the Blue 34-7. The proceeds went for a most
worthy cause, that of the Georgia Association For Retarded
Children, Coach Dodd is the state chairmen of the associa
tion.
The first NCAA-TV game of the year Saturday at Bir
mingham pits the Georgia Bulldogs against the Crimson
Tide of Alabama. Announcers for the telecast will be Curt
Gowdy and Paul Christian. Atlanta's Channel II (ABC) will
carry the tilt, starting at 2:45 P.M.
We didn’t realize it until Coach Milton McLaney of
Newton High revealed that the average weight of the 1960
Rams starting team is 147 pounds. This is the lightest
team the school has ever had. The heaviest man on the
team weights 180 pounds.
It fell to the lot of a former Atlanta Cracker, Ev Joyner,
to score the run for Nashville Sunday that gave the 1960
pennant to the Atlanta Crackers. The Vols beat Shreveport
in the final game of the season 2-1.
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SPORTS
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Gunkel-Nelson
On Wrestling
Card Monday
Next Monday night Ray Gun
kel will meet Pretty Boy Nel
son in the wrestling matches
to be held at the National
Guard armory in Covington.
This will be the main event and
will be a best two out of three
falls with a one hour time limit.
Last Monday night, Pretty Boy
Nelson won over Dickie Stein
born, who was injured in the
last fall.
The first match next Mon
day night will have the referee,
Charlie Harbin, going against
Mr. “X”. Last Monday night,
the referee disqualified Mr.
“X”, who then challenged the
referee to a match next Mon
day night.
The wrestling begins next
Monday night at the National
Guard Armory at 8 P. M.
5 Former Rams
On College
Football Teams
Five former Newton County
High School Rams will be
members of college football
squads this fall as the 1960
season gets underway this
weekend on the campuses of
the schools of higher learning.
Two of the five will be mem
bers of the Austin Peay Col
lege eleven in Clarkesville,
Tenn. They are Perry Hay
more, lineman, and Richard
Moore, back. These two boys
lettered at Austin Peay last
season.
Larry Laster, after a year at
GMC, Milledgeville, and the
past season at Auburn to get
eligible for the varsity, will
make a determined bid for the
Tiger varsity. He is a fullback
and rates high in the Auburn
plans for the coming cam
paign.
Bob Hunter has entered jun
ior college at Mississippi East
cock. Standing, left to right. Walker Harris, loagvn president:
Buddy Baker, team manager; Dud Childers, league vice-president:
George Jolley, Covington Mills plant manager; Tim Hopkins:
Henry Baker, team coach; and Bud Baker. Other players of the
championship team were not present for the occassion.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1960
Rams Wallop Madison County 18-6
By 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
First home game of the 1960 season proved to be a
springboard to much hoped for success of Newton County’s
young football team Friday night as the Rams walloped
Madison County of Danielsville 18 to 6. Newton County
wasted no time scoring once they got the ball in the first
period. A 65-yard march, cap
ped off by a one-yard-plunge
by Terry Rutledge broke the
season’s scoring ice for the
Newton Countains. The first of
four PATs of the night was
missed from placement.
In the second quarter the
Ranas pulled one of the longest
scoring plays in years when
Rutledge passed to End Char
lie Childs for a 76-yard pass,
run for a touchdown. The ball
was on the Rams’ own 24 when
Rutledge faded back and hit
Childs on the dead run near
the 40-yard mark. Childs turn
ed on the steam with three
Madison County defenders in
hot pursuit. According to avail
able records this is the longest
scoring pass play in recent
years by the Rams.
At the halftime the score was
12-6 as the visiting Red Raid
ers put together a march of
66-yards in the first quarter.
A mixture of running plays
and passes paved the way for
Madison County Captain Pat
Fortson to plunge the final
yard for the TD. Actually the
only other real threat by the
visitors came at the end of the
first half when Fortson un
corked a pass to the Ram 8
just as the buzzer went off.
Bob Wheeler, Ronnie Lynch
and Randall Meadows led the
ground gaining for the Rams.
Wheeler had 63 yards in nine
carries, Lynch had 60 in 12
and Meadows had 53 in 12.
Bobby Wilbanks and Thom
as Glanton were the mainstays
in the Ram line in the en
counter. Wilbanks had six in
dividual tackles and Glanton
cleared the way for Fullback
Randall Meadows to set up the
second TD of the game. His
block of a Madison County
end enabled Meadows to truck
Central College, in Decatur,
Miss. Bob will be used at an
end position. Bob’s wife, Vick
ie, is also a student at the col
lege.
Ed Hertwig is a member of
the Georgia Tech freshman
team this fall after playing the
1959 season at Gordon Mili
tary Academy at Barnesville.
Ed is a tackle.
Firearm accidents in the
home cause more than 1,200
youngsters to die and many
thonsands more to become crip
pled every year. Keep guns and
all ammunition locked safely
away until you are ready to
leave for that hunting trip, ad
vises your Easter Seal Society.
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. from the 10 to the one-yard
. stripe.
On defense again it was a
> stellar game in the secondary
■ by Monty Laster that stymied
two Danielsville drives. He in
tercepted two passes, one on
his own 13-yard stripe and the
other on the Ram 33 late in
1 the game.
The Rams will play at Tuck
er Friday night at 8 o’clock.
Tucker is a power in Class B
football, having compiled a
9-1 record last year.
RAM YARDSTICK
Rams (18) Madison Co. (16)
16 First Downs 6
226 Yards Rushing 111
75 Yards Passing 841
302 Total Yards 195
6 Passes Attemp. 13
1 Passes Comp. 6
; 1 Fumbles 1
20 Penalized 5
' Score by Quarters:
Madison Co. 6 0 0 o—6
; Newton Co. 6 6 6 o—lß0 —18
Scoring: Newton — Rutledge
. (1-yard), Charlie Childs (76-
. yard pass), Monty Laster (1-
i yard). Madison County — Pat
■ Fortson (1-yard).
"B" Team^fo
Meet Baldwin
September 22
First game of the football
season for the Newton County
High School “B” team is set
for Thursday, September 22,
on Homer Sharp Field at 7:30
o’clock.
The “B” team is made up
i mainly of freshmen and sopho
: mores at NCHS.
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: Newton "B" Team
Cheerleaders
Are Named
The student body of Newton
County High School, at an
election held on Friday, Sep
tember 9, chose the following
Freshmen and Sophomore girls
to serve as B-Team Cheerlead
ers: Freshmen, Lynn Barker,
Jane Coggins, Robbie Dennison
and Cheryl Pannell, Sopho
mores, Mary Bledsoe, Brenda
Dixon, Judy Fincher and Nan
cy Holifield.
John Dearing
Named To Dean's
List At Auburn
John J. Dearing of Covington,
Ga., qualified for the summer
I quarter dean’s list at Auburn
' University, according to Dean
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COVINGTON MILLS LITTLE LEAGUE baseball team was
tendered a hamburger supper with all the trimmings at Hender
son's Restaurant Friday evening by the Covington Mills, Inc., an
affiliate of M. Lowenstein md Sons, Inc. Team personnel present
for the occasion were, seated from left to right: Billy Childers,
Newton Junior High Plays
1-1 Tie At Rockdale County
The newly-organized Newton
County Junior High football
team, composed of members
from all the junior high schools
of the county, played their
first game of the season at
Conyers Thursday night. The
affair ended in a 7-7 tie.
Newton County’s elongated,
hot - tempered fullback Billy
Roberts scored the touchdown
for his team on a brilliant 48-
yard run on fourth down. The
marker was chalked up the first
time the Newton Countians got
the ball. Roberts faked a punt
and rounded his own left end
to go into the end zone un
touched as teammates cleared
the way for him. Billy also add
ed the PAT on a line buck.
In the third period the
Rockdale Countians capitalized
on a recovered fumble on the
Newton County 37-yard stripe.
Dave Elder, an excellent high
school prospect, scored the TD
for Coach Reid’s boys on a 6-
yard slant off tackle. Jack
Sears added the point - after
on a line thrust up the middle.
In between the two touch
downs and afterwards, the
teams battled up and down the
Rockdale field with penalty af
ter penalty stalling the game.
Four fumbles were lost by the
squads in the encounter with
the visitors recovering three
miscues by the enemy.
Coach Billy Crowell, head
man for the county squad, was
assisted in the affair by
Coaches Carney Johnson, Cris
well, and Bohannon. The squad
now has 49 players on t h e
roster and all were in uniform
for the game Thursday.
Coach Crowell stated Friday
that he wasn’t too disappointed
in the game as his boys had
practiced only nine days. He
singled out the offensive play
of Billy Roberts, Tim Christ
ian and Jerry Herring as out
standing. On defense he threw
bouquets to linemen Tony Far
mer and James Hancock, and
Herring for superlative efforts,
key tackles by these three
boys saved at least two TD’s by
the Rockdale outfit.
The next game for the New
ton All - Stars is set for Homer
Sharp Field on Tuesday, Sep
tember 20th at 7:30 o’clock.
The strong Monroe junior high
Samuel T. Hurst of the School
of Architecture and The Arts.
John was an outstanding aca
demic student and basketball
player at Newton County High.
He played center on the 1956-
57 team.
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Newton Juniors
Trim Jackson
Halfback Jerry Herring scor
ed two touchdowns, James ■
Hancock and Mac Gay made
key interceptions of enemy
passes Tuesday night on t h e
local gridiron as the Newton
County Junior High School
team downed the Jackson ele
ven 19 to 0.
The game was the second of
the season for the Newton Jun
ior team. Last Thursday they
were tied by Rockdale County
7-7.
Billy Roberts scored the other
TD Tuesday night and also
added the PAT. All the scoring
was in the first half of t h e
game.
Score by periods:
Jackson 0 0 0 o—o
Newton Jr. Hi 7 12 0 0-19
team is the opponent.
Score by periods:
Newton 7 0 0 o—7
Rockdale 0 0 7 o—7
Scoring: Newton — Roberts,
48-yard run. PAT — Roberts
(line).
Rockdale — Elder, 6-yard
run. PAT — Jack Sears (line).*
STATISTICS
Newton Rockdale
I 3 First Downs 9
I 4 Passes Attemp. 5
i 0 Passes Comp 1
j 1 Fumbles Lost 3
65 Penalized 30
2 Passes Inter. 2
Newton County Junior High
lineup:
Ends: Hewitt, Wiley, Rut
ledge, Womack.
Tackles: Farmer, Hinton, Ai
ken, Lewis.
Guards: Loyd, Hancock.
Centers: Tribble. Jernigan.
Quarterbacks: Christian, L.
Womack.
Fullbacks: Roberts, Herring.
Halfback: Hammonds, Hill,
Dickson.
Football Scores
Newton County 18, Madison
County 6
Avondale 34, Briarcliff 0
Monroe 7, Toccoa 0
Forsyth County 0, Buford 0
Monticello 25, Jackson 7
Hart County 28, S. Haber
sham 0
Chamblee 28, Sandy Springs 0
Morgan County 24, Mary Per
sons 0
Rockdale 40, Lovett 0
Washington Co. 13, Baldwin
Co. 7
Gainesville 19, So. Hall 0
Tucker 12, Central Gwinnett 0
Druid Hills 7, Marietta 0
Wayne Stinchcomb, Joe Parker, Tommy Aaron, Tony Hawkins
and Wayne Rooks. Center Row: Phil Waters, Luther Baker*
Tommy Bowen, Bill Aaron, George Bailey and Stove Temple'
Back Row: Dewey Hicks. Al Bledsoe, Joel Bowen, Manager Budd
Baker, Dud Childers, and George Jolley, plant manager.
Newspaper I
1960
Batter Newspaper!
Contests |
Crackers Win
Pennant On
Final Day
Atlanta’s Crackers, jittery at
the end, won the 1960 Southern
Association pennant Sunday as
the Nashville Vols downed the
Shreveport Sports in the final
game of the season 2-1. Atlanta
won the diadem by a bare .003
percentage points over the
Sports.
Going into the final day of
action leading the loop by al
most two games, the Crackers
lost both tilts to the Mobile
Bears at games played at Co
lumbus due to hurricane Don
na. Mobile was experiencing the
hurricane and the games were
moved to Columbus.
Shreveport, putting on one of
the most spectacular finishes in
Southern Association history,
had won 24 of their last 27
games going into the last dou
ble bill of the season at Sulphur
Dell. They won the first game
and then lost the pennent in
the seventh inning of the night
cap.
Atlanta, an affiliate of the
World Champion Los Angeles
Dodgers, led the league from
early June and at times during
the season they had a bulge of
7 and 8 games over the second
-place team. Rube Walker, a
former Brooklyn catcher, was
the manager of the team.
Final Standing 1960
W L Pet.
Atlanta 87 67 .565
I Shreveport 86 67 .562
I Little Rock 82 69 .543
i Birmingham 83 70 .542
Mobile 79 72 .523
. Nashville 71 82 .464
Memphis 59 87 .404
Chattanooga 60 93 .392
Henry Roqers, Jr.
Returns To
Young Harris
Henry Rogers, Jr. is one of
the local students returning to
college this weekend. Henry
returns to Young Harris Col
lege, where he will be a can
didate for a Junior College Di
ploma.
Other than making an Honor
Roll scholastic record, Henry
has been active in several cam
pus activities He will be Pres
ident of the Young Harris De
bating Society for Fall Quar
ter.
Henry also represented
Younp Harris at the Methodist
Student Fellowship Conference
at Lake Junaluska, N. C. in
August.
Rogers was a member of the
Ram football team at Newton
County high school in 1956-57,
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