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The University of Georgia Bulldogs may play before their
third straight record crowd Saturday at Sanford Stadium,
Athens. They broke records at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville
(Nov. 5), Auburn’s Cliff Hare Stadium, Auburn (Nov. 12).
Briarcliff boys coach Ray Hambrick was just about
as busy Friday night at the NCHS gym shaking hands with
acquaintances as he was running his ball team. Ray is a high
school product of Newton County where he played basket
ball and football. He graduated from NCHS in 1952.
Big lumps came in the throats of the Newton fans just
before the halftime when Allan Rowe went down on the
floor and came up holding his right wrist. However, Dr.
James Mitchell was on hand and quickly administered the
proper aid to Allan’s hand. We shudder to think what kind
of a cage season we would have without Rowe.
One of the girl basketball players at Newton High will
have two special fans rooting for her when she enters the
games. Jordye Ruth Bailey, a forward, is the namesake of
Misses Jordye and Ruth Tanner. Miss Jordye is the principal
of the Porterdale Junior High and Miss Ruth is home eco
nomics teacher at the local high school.
Jack Meadors says that Coach Stone Coopers girls are
weak on defense, judging by the score of their first game. He
says they permitted the Briarcliff girls to score four times
as many points in the last half as they did in the first half.
Briarcliff scored one point in the first half and four in the
last.
How much money is spent to field athletic teams in a
Southeastern Conference school in one year? Well, an LSU
official Jim Corbett says that his school spends some sl,-
000,000 a year. One of the big revenue sources (football)
brings in most of that. They have averaged 51,000 fans at
their home games this year.
Many sports fans think that President Eisenhower is the
first president to take to the game of golf. In the way of
correction, President William Howard Taft was the first to
play the game from his White House headquarters.
South Carolina's Coach Warren Giese has just about had
to eat those words that he believed that “coaching was 90
per cent of a team’s success.”
“Home grown things are usually the best,” says a writer.
If he's talking about children we agree.
Some coaches are stressing that the goal-line stripe be
panted gold. The first college game we saw this had the
s ripe painted gold. It was at Legion field for the Tenn.-
Auburn game.
The Yankees new manager, Ralph Houk, says that he
won’t be a ‘yes’ man while he manages on the field. As long
as he manages the team we would rathei think that he will
do what the two owners say. Anyhow, I admire the guy for
a king for a one-year contract when he could have gotten a
longer tenure.
Three Southern boys were talking and one said “I know
how we can make a million dollars.” And by golly, they did.
V, e re referring to the Kingston Trio. They did it in about
two years.
Just about the time a women thinks she has h«r work
done, she becomes a Grandmother. (Selected).
PRESS BOX PATTER —
And what about a post-season Banish Bowl game between
Auburn and Kansas? Both are ineligible for bowl participa
tion this year via NCAA ban . . . Isn’t it a bit of irony that
A’abama hasn’t a player being prominently mentioned as
Ali-SEC? . . . Larry Laster scored one of the Auburn touch
downs Saturday on a 1-Yard plunge . . . Johnny Capes, a
Rem football-basketball - baseball star last year, is a student
at Emory-At-Oxford this year .... Cage officials at the Rams
-Briarcliff game Friday night were on hand at 6:45 p. m.
and had the game underway at 7 o’clock. The action was
o\ cr by 9:30 . . . New state AAA football champion may be
Avondale, who jumped from our Region 4AA this season.
They were 10-0 in regular season and have won their semi
final state playoff in AAA . . .
Keep Tab On Your Favorite Football Team Throughout The Season
newton high rams
Score Rama Opp.
Sept. 2At Madison .. — 0 27
Sept. 9 Madison County 18 6
Sept. 16 At Tucker 0 20
Sept. 23 Forsyth County 21
Oct. 7At Chamblee ... 13 52
Oct. 14 At Henry County -7
Oct. 21 Briarcliff — 6 13
Oct. 28 Hart Counay
Nov. 4At Baldwin County 0
Nov. 11 Monroe 27 26
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen-Observer, Established in 1953
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SPORTS
808 GKEER. Editor
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
, Score Ga. Opp.
Sept. 17 At Alabama (Bmg.) 6 21
Sept. 24 At Vanderbilt 18 7
Oct. 1 So. Carolina 38 6
Oct. 7 At So. Calif. (Night) 10 3
Oct. 15 Miss. State - 20 17
Oct. 22 At Kentucky 17 13
Oct. 29 Tulsa 45 7
Nov. 5 At Florida (Jax) 14 22
Nov. 12 At Auburn . — 6 9
Nov. 26 Ga. Tech — —
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Petrels Open
With Two
Tough Games
Some football teams have a
tradition of playing their first
game against some weak op
ponent, in order to get the
squad ready for the other op
ponents. This is certainly not
true of the Oglethorpe Univer
sity basketball . team. Coach
Garland Pinholsiter’s Stormy
Petrels play their first two
games against two of the
toughest teams they will face
this season. One consolation is
that the Petrels will have the
Halfbacks Wheeler And Lynch
Paced Ram 1960 Ballcarriers
Newton Ram halfbacks Bob
Wheeler and Ronnie Lynch
paced the NCHS ballcarriers
diring the 1960 season in yards
gained and average per try, ac
cording to The Covington News
statistics for the year.
Wheeler lugged the ball from
the line of scrimmage on 68
occasions and gained a total of
469 yards. Lynch had almost as
many yards — 461. However,
Ronnie carried the ball 81
times.
In all the youthful and inex
perienced Ram team of 1960
gained 1,547 yards in 318 car
ries. That is a respectable av
erage per carry of 4.8 yards. It
Wilbanks Is Rams' Outstanding
Defensive Player In '6O Season
Bobby Wilbanks, 164-pound
sophomore guard of the New
ton County Rams football team,
completely dominated the 1960
individual tackle statistics as
kept by The Covington NEWS
during the past season.
Wilbanks had 74 stops and
the nearest player to that num
ber was linebacker Monty Las
ter with 54. In third olace was
end Charlie Ch.lds with 51.
Bobbv’s uncanny knack of
diagnosing the opponents’ run
ning game caused the foe’s
backs a great amount of trou
ble during the entire campaign.
In the Henry County game
Newton Rams 1960 Passing Record
Rams' passing statistics for I 960:
Receiver No. Receptions Total Yds.
Childs 10 • 156
Wheeler 7 118
Hammonds 3 54
Lynch 4 45
Laster 3 43
Meadows 3 34
Farr 5 33
Jordan 1 8
Totals 36 491
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1960
advantage of the home court,
both contests scheduled for
Oglethorpe’s new fieldhouse.
Piedmont invades North At
lanta on November 28 in what
should be an exciting opener.
Early last season the Petrels
; drubbed Piedmont 61-to-24,
but later in the season, Ogle
; thorpe just barely managed to
win 35-to-34. Oglethorpe's
Junior guard Johnny Guthrie,
who played with Piedmont’s
Bruce Stroud in the North-
South High School All Star
game, rates Stroud as "One of
the better ball players in the
conference." Stroud will be an
important man for Piedmont
this year. An all-state basket
ball and football player in
high school, the Cornelia,
Georgia, boy plays center de
spite being only 6’ 2”.
Piedmont may be hurt by
: the loss of some key players,
namely all-conference perform
er Jerry Aiderman. However,
Oglethorpe’s Guthrie points out
that Piedmont should be help
ed by the addition of Eddie
Waldrip, a 6’ 2” junior college
transfer from Truett-McCon
nell Like Stroud, Waldrip also
played for the victorious North
team with Guthrie. A Gaines
ville, Georgia, product, Wal
drip is noted for his keen
shooting eye.
is an encouraging note indeed,
that every backfield man on
the Ram team this past season,
will be back next year for the
gridiron grind. Eight players
carried the ball from scrimmage
during the year.
1960 Rams’ Rushing Chart:
Player Yds. Car. Avg.
Wheeler 469 68 6.9
■ Criswell 6 1 6.0
Lynch 461 81 5.7
Goins 56 11 5.1
Meadows 302 62 4.9
; Laster 90 26 3.5
T. Rutledge 156 66 2.4
Childs 7 3 2.3
Totals 1.547 318 4.8
alone he had 20 individual stops
for a Ram team record in re
cent years.
Rams with 10 or more tack
les during the season:
Wilbanks 74
Laster 54
Childs 51
Glanton 42
Knight 4 2
Shelton 40
D. Rutledge 40
Lynch 34
Bouchillon 32
Wheeler 28
T. Rutledge 24
Hammonds 17
Meadows 12
GEORGIA TECH
Score Tach Opp.
Sept. 17 Kentucky 23 13
Sept. 24 At Rice 16 13
Oct. 1 At Florida 17 18
Oct. 8 La. State U. _ 6 2
Oct. 15 At Auburn (Bmg.) . 7 9
Oct. 22 Tulane .14 6
Oct. 29 Duke 0 6
Nov. 5 Tennessee . 14 7
Nov. 12 Alabama . 15 16
Nov. 26 At Georgia — —
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of a 300 lb. buck that he shot while hunting in Jasper county on
Saturday. The buck had 14 points and was one of the largest that
Newton Teams
Season With A
Briarcliff Victim 71-5,59-40
By 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
Opening of the 1960-61 bas
ketball season at Newton Coun
ty High School Friday night in
Covington afforded a gymna
sium oacked house to see all
the olayers on the two local
squads in the two games. The
NCHS girls turned back Briar
cliff bv a 71-5 count and t h e
boys downed the Briarcliff five
by a 59-40 mark.
Coach Stone Cooper’s girls
who started the game were ta
ken out at the start of t h e
second Quarter as it became ap
parent that the Briarcliff team
was sadlv outclassed in t h e
round ball game. Score at the
halftime was 38-1 and it
wasn’t until the middle of the
third period that Briarcliff for
ward Susan Hobbs hit a field
goal.
Carole Bryant, speedier and
more deceptive than last year,
led the NCHS scoring with 16
points. However, two members
of the second unit were only a
f ew points behind as Sherry
Jeffries had 12 and Day Mor
cock 11.
The Rams quickly built up
a 29-15 halftime advantage
and every member of Coach
Donald Bradlev’s squad saw ac
tion in the game during the
half. Allan Rowe, Bob Mit
chell and Billy Shaw vanned
the scoring attack for the home
forces with 19. 15 and 12 points
Rams Passing Combination Rutledge To Childs
RAM QUARTERBACK Terry Rutledge’s pass to End Charlie Childs clicked many times dicing the
season for valuable yardage. The shot above was taken in the Baldwin County game. Childs caught
10 passes during the season for a total of 156 yards. One of his catches was good for a 76-yard scor
ing play.
• • • •
। respectively. Rowe injured his
thumb late in the second per-
I iod and it was first feared that
| he may be out of action for
sometime. However, he came
back in the third period with
his wrist tapped and played a
whale of a ball game on t h e
boards as well as hitting five
of 10 field goal attempts.
From the floor the Rams had
I a phenomenal shooting accu
racy mark. They had 22 field
goals on 47 shots for a figure
of 47 per cent.
Briarcliff forward Bill Wood
i all paced his team in the point
department with 12. Many of
his shots were jumpers from
far outcourt.
Coach Ray Hambrick, a 1952
graduate of Newton County
High School, is mentor of the
Briarcliff boys team. The
school, only in its third year,
shows promise of having an up
per bracket team in the region
in a year or so.
Hambrick was a football and
basketball star at Newton High
unde- Coach Earl Hoffmeister. 1
GIRLS GAME
Newton 71 B'cliff 5
F—Bryant 16 Cox 0
F—Moore 9 Hobbs 2 |
—Masten 9 Smith 1 I
G —Jaynes Godlewski |
. G—George Skypect 1
| G—King Hall
Scoring Subs: Newton —|
Bailey 6. Hopkins 8, Jeffries
has ever been killed in Jasper county. Other members of the
hunting party are shown left to right: Joe Hunt Jr.. Joe Hunt
Sr.. Billy Banks, and John Hunt.
Open Cage
Loud Bang
12, Morcock 11. Briarcliff: Per
menter 2.
BOYS GAME
Newton 59 B'cliff 40
F —Evans 3 Sharp 2
F—Mitchell 15 Woodall 12
C—Rowe 19 Montgomery 6
G—Shaw 12 Camuso 111
G —Freeman 0 Coco 9
Scoring Subs: Newton Coun
ty — Smith 2, M. Rutledge 2,
T. Rutledge 2, Bowen 2, Baker
2.
Hog prices are now near their
seasonal low and will be im
proving by December, says The |
Progressive Farmer.
Gridiron Battle Os The
Year Saturday At Athens
Identical season records will
be carried into the annual
Georgia football battle Satur
day at Sanford Stadium when
Georgia Tech and the Univer
sity of Georgia square off for
their traditional joust. Game
time is 2 o’clock and another
packed Stands will be on hand
for the battle.
Each of the two teams has
compiled a 5-4 season slate
thus far and the game this
Saturday will put the winner
into a spot for a bowl invita
tion.
At least three Southeastern
Conference teams are in line
Prise-Winning
Newspaper
1960
AvK—Better Newspaper
Contests
Newton Teams
Meet S. Circle,
Forsyth County
As The NEWS went to press
late Tuesday afternoon the
Newton County High School
basketball teams were prepar
ing for their encounter with
Social Circle at Social Circle.
Tomorrow night (Wednes
day) the NCHS aggregations
will go to Cumming for a
joust with the strong Forsyth
j County squads. Forsyth Coun
ty is a newcomer to Region
4AA but their past records in
both girls and boys play sure
ly stamps them as contenders
for regional honors.
Next Tuesday the NCHS
teams will play at Monroe.
Next home game for the New
ton High gymnasium will be
Friday evening, December 2nd.
Baldwin County will be th*
opponent.
for a sure shot at major bowl
invitation. Mississippi is just
about set for the Sugar invi
tation. Florida has already re
ceived the Gater Bowl invite
and Tennessee is in the running
for a shot at one of the post •
season affairs.
Offensively the game Satur
day in Athens will spot light
the throwing of Georgia’s All-
SEC Quarterback Francis Tar
kenton against the speed and
deception of Billy Williamson
of Tech. However, many fans
seem to think that the game
will develop into a battle of
“the toes.” Tommy Wells of
Tech and Durward Pennington
of the Bulldogs are experts at
splitting the uprights for the
three - ooin’er.
Bnfh Georgia and Tech play
ed in bowls test year with the
| Bulldogs blanking Missouri in
the Orange Bowl 14-0 and Tech
losing to Arkansas 14-7 in the
Gator.
Horace Payne
Assigned to Bth
Infantry Div.
Army Pvt. Horace L. Payne,
18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo
A. Payne, Route 1, Covington,
Ga., recently was assigned to
the Bth Infantry Division in
Germany.
Payne, an ammunition bear
er in Company B of the divi
sion's 16th Infantry in Baum
holder, entered the Army last
May and completed basic train
ing at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Before entering the Army ha
was employed by Sears, Roe
buck and Co., in Atlanta.
Serious and fatal injuries are
reduced more than one-third
by use of seat belts in auto
biles, reports Extension Engi
neer Willis Huston.
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