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VOLUME 97
BLAB SLAB
THIS AND THAT!
One significant basketball score last week was the vic
tory of Madison County (Danielsville) over Forsyth County
of Cumming. The score was 40-36. Region 4AA tournament
will be played at Danielsville the last of February . . . .
Larry Laster is slated to be shifted to a halfback position
at Auburn. He was used at fullback last season. Auburn’s
spring practice starts on March 27 . . . Can you imagine
a young man whose age is 32 and is also a 17-year veteran
in the baseball’s big leagues? Well, Joe Nuxhall. recently
of Cincinnati, signed with the Reds when he was barely 15
. . . No Virginia, “The Groaner” is not a wrestler. That is
the nickname given to Bing Crosby, the singer . . . AA base
ball in Atlanta is so lightly regarded this year that The
Atlanta Constitution will not send a sports writer with the
team on the road trips in 1961 . . . Also, there may not be
a radio broadcast of the Cracker games this year as WQXI
has shown no interest thereto . . .
A famous ex-football-coach (living today) was born in 1862,
the 2nd year of the War Between the States. He is Amos
Alonzo Stagg. This past August he was 98 years old . . .
It’s only been a very few years since the four-minute mile
was cracked. Today there are 66 members of track pro
fession who have run the mile in four minutes or less . . .
Bob Budd was home recently and informed us that his Young
Harris basketball team is averaging about 100 points a game.
Says that Jimmy Coyle, a regular on the Gainesville high
team last season, is on the third team at Young Harris . . .
We never thought at this time of the basketball season that
Georgia Tech would be in the cellar of the SEC standings.
Tech’s loss to Tennessee Saturday night gave them the base
ment . . . Clemson’s Coach Frank Howard says that he went
hunting and killed a “Goose” (Warren Giese) and now he
is out to catch a big mouth Bass (Marvin Bass of S.C.) . . .
The January Newton County grand jury really stirred
up a “hornet’s nest” when they recommended that law en
forcement officers enforce the Blue Law in regards to hunt
ing, fishing and trespassing. It seems it all got started over
some thoughtless hunters shooting near a church while
Sunday services were being held.
They tell this incident that happened in one of the big
department stores in New York: The store was having a
sale of some fabric material and there was a 10-yard limit
on the amoun the customer could purchase. The floor-walker
was keeping the ladies in line when one of the women
bumped another and nudged her out of the line. “Penalize
that woman 5-yards,” yelled the floor-walker.
Don Drysdale, who was a visitor to Covington in early
1959, has signed his 1961 contract with the Los Angeles
Dodgers. It calls for $32,000 and is a record for a Dodger
pitcher . . . Newton county football fans will be torn apart
this fall when the round-robin games of Georgia, Tech and
Auburn are played. Each of those teams has a NCHS graduate
on the varsity this year — Larry Laster at Auburn, Ed Hert
wig at Tech, and John (Salty) Prince at Georgia . . •
Tech’s Roger Kaiser certainly picked top-flight competi
tion to play two of his finest games this season when the
Jackets met Kentucky. In the first fame at Lexington he
had 38 points, and Monday night came back with 29 points
against Coach Rupp’s team.
Jockey Bill Hartack was asked to underwrite (pay ex
penses) a team of Little Leaguers. He obliged by under
writing the entire league of some 400 players.
Isn’t prosperity something you feel, fold and forward to
Washington?
Belated congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Silver Dollar
of Frontenac, Kansas, and their new daughter Penny.
"Salty 9 Prince Is
On Bulldog Squad
Newton County is represent
ed on the University of Geor
gia football roster for the
spring practice which started
at Athens Monday. He is John
(Salty) Prince of Porterdale
who made an outstanding high
school record at guard and
halfback at Newton County
Hight School.
Salty was a member of the
1953 NCHS team that set the
school record for most wins in
a single season. The team had
an 8-1-1 slate in 1953. Prince
was halfback on the Ram team
in ’53.
Starting off his career at
Newton High as a guard, Prince
was moved to a halfback slot
by Coach Jim Rogers in Sal
ty’s junior year. He scored nine
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SPORTS
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touchdowns in 1953 and added
three others in 1954 his final
year at NCHS.
Salty played two seasons at
GMC at Milledgeville,, before
transferring to Georgia. Last
year he was a member of t h e
Georgia B team.
Now weighing 210 pounds
and listed as a right guard, the
NCHS graduate may see a lot
of action in the coming season
under Coach Johnny Griffith.
Georgia’s drills will be con
cluded on March 4th with the
annual G-Day game at Sanford
Stadium,
Recent statistics reveal that
more than 40 per cent of t h e
families in the United States
own dogs,
Slip Nms
A. I. R. Offering
$200,000 In Prize
Money in 1961
Prize money estimated at
close to $200,000 is on the
schedule for race drivers com
peting on the Atlanta Interna
tional Raceway this year.
Four major races involving
NASCAR late model stock
cars and USAC Indianapolis
Speedway cars are already
planned, three of the dates de
finite.
Each of the race dates will
involve a full week of activi
ty.
The season opens on the
multi-million dollar 1 1/2-
mile asphalt speedway Sun
day, March 26, the second an
nual running of the Atlanta
500. a national championship
late model stock car race.
Cars will arrive for techni
cal inspection Monday, March
20. with practice, time trials
and special short races spread
over the week.
Second event of the busy
summer season is set for Sun
day June 11, the second an
nual Dixie 300 late model na
tional title stock car contest,
again with practice, time trials
and added feature races
throughout the preceding week.
The Indianapolis Speedway
cars and drivers move into At
lanta for preliminary practice
Sunday, July 2. leading to the
most important event on the
Championship Trial, the 250-
miler Sunday, July 9.
This race will be second on
ly to the Indianapolis 500 in
distance and importance, USAC
officials have said, with the
prize money expected to be in
the same category.
The fourth race will be held
in early fall, Raceway Presi
dent Nelson Weaver said, with
details to be worked out.
Orders for reserved seat
tickets for the March 26 At
lanta 500 have been pouring
into the Atlanta International
Raceway office. 1022 Mortgage
Guarantee Building in down
town Atlanta, officials report
and early purchase is recom
mended for the best seat loca
tions.
Water Temperature
Important Factor
When Fishing
It’s a known fact that fish,
much like you and I, love op
posites.
When it’s warm, they want
to cool off. according to the
Mercury outboard company;
and when the water turns chil
ly they hunt up a warm place
to loaf and relax.
So they find a spring, or an
inlet, or a deep hole in the
river or lake and congregate
like flies around a honey bar
rel.
There they find the freshest
water in the entire lake, for
there is where the most oxy
gen is contained in the water.
Presto—fish heaven!
Knowng fishermen are able
to take advantage of this little
peculiarity of nature by carry
ing a good water thermometer,
one that will register the giv
en temperature at any depth.
They tie this to a rod and
reel and lower it into the
depths of the water, checking
first one spot and then another
till they find the place where
the water is coolest in summer
or warmest in winter.
Into this “opposite” spot
they lower bait or lure, which
ever is preffered and works the
best, and lean back to enjoy
the fish-catchingest session of
anyone on the lake.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961
Cynthia Harris
Gets Triple
Honor at Tift
CYNTHIA HARRIS
Miss Cjmthia Harris, a fresh
man at Tift College, Forsyth,
is the recipient of three honors
during the past few weeks at
the college.
Cynthia, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Harris of Coving
ton, was elected president of
the freshman class, made the
dean’s list and won a starting
assignment with the basket
ball team.
Cynthia was a forward on
the Newton County High
School team for the past three
years. Her two brothers Larry
and Jimmy were also stars for
NCHS teams in former years,
A member of Coach Stone
Cooper’s Class AA state entry
in tournaments at Macon in
1958 and 1959, Miss Harris was
one of the teams’ leading scor
ers.
Emory-AtOxford
Basketball
MEN’S INTRAMURAI
BASKETBALL RESULTS:
January 18, 1961
B Comoany Junior Varsity
Tidsdale 2
Hernsberger
Griner 10
Eberhardt
Cahoon 5
Collins
Shimp
Hill 2
Bech am 6
Total 25
A Co. won 37 - 25
A Company Junior Varsity.
Walker, B. 4
Newton 6
Hollingsworth 5
Payne 1
Montgomery 17
Thornton 4
Long
Total 37
B Company Varsity
Purcell 1
Willson 18
Smith, C. 17
Moye 4
Drane 5
Cahoon 3
Total 48
A Company Varsity
Fitzgerald 5
Whiting 4
Wakefield
Fortson 22
Egan 3
Montgomery 4
Newton 4
Total 42
Monty Willson, a former
Newton County player, led B
Company’s scoring attack by
sinking 18 points, as B slipped
past A Company 48-42. S i d
Fortson was high scorer for the
losers with 22 points.
WOMEN’S INTRAMURAL
BASKETBALL RESULTS:
January 18, 1961
B Company
Heath 7
Pridgen 8
Hudson 6
Walker 24
Hardegree
Smith
Hertwig
Hardmen
Johnson
Daffin
Total 45
C Company
Musgrove 8
Jenkins 4
Lowe 6
McFee
Bennett
Patterson
Ginn
Woodruff
Total 18
Emory-At-Oxford
Athletic Schedule
Girls' Basketball, Company A
vs. Company B. Thursday (to
night), 7 p. m. Gymnasium. Men's
Basketball. Company A vs. Com
pany C. Monday. February «. 5
p. m. and 7 p. tn. Gymnasium.
OUR RAMS MAKE IT 19 STRAIGHT
Newton County’s crack bas
ketball Rams made it 19
straight Tuesday night on the
local gym floor by turning
back the Jackson quint 55-28.
The NCHS girls also won their
game by a score of 37 to 23.
Playing another sterling de
fensive ball game Coach Stone
Cooper’s girls held the Butts
County sextet to a low 23
points in the game. The count
at halftime was 21-10.
Bob Mitchell and Allan
Rowe paced the scoring attack
in the NCHS boys’ victory,
which set a record for con
secutive wins by a Newton
County high school team. Coach
Ronald Bradley’s charges now
have scored 19 triumphs with
out a loss for the 1960-61 sea
son. The 1958-59 team had a
record of 18 wins in a row.
Rowe had 15 points and 17
rebounds in the clash Tues
day, and Mitchell fired away
for 20 points and brought down
16 rebounds.
The Rams-Briarcliff game
was postponed Friday night
due to the icy condition of the
roads in the Covington and
Atlanta area. The game has
been re-scheduled for Satur
day night, February 4th at
the Avondale gymnasium.
Friday night the Rams will
face one of their toughest foes
on the road. The Clarkston
team will be played at Clark
ston. Newton had to stage a
last-quarter rally in their first
meeting here on December 9
to down the Clarkston quint.
Next Tuesday the local
teams will journey over to
Jackson for a return match
with the Butts County outfits.
Course In Gun
Safety Planned
At Oglethorpe
Atlanta Boys Club members
will receive instructions about
guns from assistant instructors
of the Yamacraw Gun Club at
Oglethorpe University.
The class, which will be held
on Saturday, February 4 from
2-5 P.M., will include famil
iarization with the parts of
guns and safety in their use.
The instructors will be Ogle
thorpe students. They will get
credits, as a result of the course,
toward satisfying instructor
qualification requirements of
the National Rifle Association.
In an effort to reduce acci
dents involving guns, the Gun
Club plans to sponsor a Hunter
and Safety course during the
Fred Daniel Returns Home For Concert
FRED DANIEL, Porterdale native, will return to Newton County
February 9th for a concert at the NCHS auditorium.
Devotion To Job, Is Secret
Os Coach Bradley's Success
By 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
It isn’t often that a young col
lege graduate takes over a high
school coaching assignment and
immediately makes a success.
But Newton County’s Ronald
Bradley is so used to winning
basketball games there's no
telling what he might do if he
eVer has a losing season.
Thus far in four years of
B team mentor) Coach Bradley
has left thegymnasium floor the
winner in 76 times and loser
in only 11 games. This sum
mary includes his team’s 19
straight wins this year.
Coach Bradley is one of the
few coaches anywhere in Geor
gia who is so devoted to his
team that he practically lives
basketball from November
through March. When his team
isn’t playing he is viewing an
other game, high school or col
lege, in some distant city.
Just where does Mrs. Brad
ley come into the picture?
Well, she shares her husband’s
success to the point that she
knows the rules, teams, and
local team personnel just as
well as her husband. She aids
him in keeping accurate sta
tistics, and on occasions takes
many pictures for viewing on
a projection screen.
It isn’t easy for the Brad
ley’s to live basketball for
five months as they have two
young children and that al
ways requires a baby-sitter.
This could be rather expen
sive stretched out over that
period of time.
Ronald is a native of Avon
dale and during the past sev
eral years he had a running,
good-natured feud with Avon
dale Coach Harry Logue. In
fact Coach Logue told Bradley
that he was having an extra
digit on the Avondale score
board so that the scorer could
put a 100 points or more when
he played NCHS. However,
that never materialized as
Coach Bradley came out the
winner the majority of times
the two met.
Bradley is the type coach
who spends endless hours with
his boys on the gym floor. He
COACH BRADLEY
actually teaches the boys by
showing them just how he
wants it done. Ronald was a
letterman at the University of
Georgia in 1953-54-55. He
came to Newton High in 1957.
The first year he tutored the
varsity the season and and
tournament record was a good
24-3. That 1958-59 team will
be remembered as the one that
had two fine guards, the late
Billy Dean Rutledge and Ger
ald Autry.
During the 1959-60 season he
amassed a 21-5 slate and only
missed a State Class AA trip
Livingston Boys
Continue Their
Unbeaten Pace
i Livingston Junior high boys con-
I tinued their unbeaten pace in ele-
I mentary school play last week in
' thecounty as they turned back Fic
quett School 45 to 42. The Livings
ton girls also won their joust over
Ficquett by a 31-27 count.
Porterdale boys and girls won
both tilts over the Palmer-Stone
school with the girls posting a
close 20-19 score and the boys 44-
14.
High scorers in the Livingston-
Gospel Sing
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ers still live in Newton Coun
ty-
He is married to the former
Hilda Dial of Oxford, Georgia
and they have two sons, Gary
16 and Scott 5.
Fred moved to Covington,
Georgia in 1947 and worked
for George Allen Cleaners and
later for Tri Cities. While in
Covington he sang with The
Happy Four Quartet.
After joining The Sunshine
Boys in 1949 Fred moved to
Atlanta where the quartet was
employed by the WSB Radio
and Television Stations.
The Sunshine Boys have
traveled over one million miles
by car and their custom built
Mercedes Benz bus since Fred
joined them. They make per
sonal appearances in 41 states
and Canada. The quartet has
been featured on three separ
ate occasions on the Canadian
Television and Radio net
works.
They have appeared numer
ous times on the CBS and ABC
Television networks from
New York and Hollywood.
Fred made his motion picture
debut with the quartet in 1950
with Columbia Pictures. It
was a western and Fred rode
his first horse.
Fred presently makes his I
home in Wheeling, W. Va. ’
where the Sunshine Boys are
employed by the Storer Broad
cast Company.
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
1960
' Better Newspaper
Contests
by one point when Sandy
Springs upset the Rams 47-
46. The Rams had won the
Sub-Region crown over Gain
esville 50-49 to reach the
overall regional meet.
What will the upcoming Re
gion tournament at Daniels
ville bring for Coach Bradley
and his boys? Only time and
fate will tell. The two-finalists
of the Danielsville tournament
will make the trip to the state.
The path to the tournament
is still rocky with some for
midable foes to be met be
tween now and February 22.
We have confidence in the lo
cal coach and boys, and like
many fans, are keeping our
fingers crossed in hopes that
Rowe, Mitchell, Shaw and the
other Ram players will be per
forming on the Alexander Me
morial Coliseum floor on March
9th.
Ficquett girls game were Carol
Hudson with 14 and Christian with
12. Billy Roberts of Ficuett and
Aiken of Livingston paced the boys
game with 14 and 15 points.
Tonight’s games pits the Palmer-
Stone squads at Ficquett. Game
time is 7 o'clock.
Livingston will play at Porter
dale and the starting time is also
set for 7 P. M.
Oglethorpe U's
Record Now 13-1;
Host Stetson U.
Oglethorpe’s Stormy Petrels
made it a 13-1 season Satur
day night when they defeated
a highly rated University of
Chattanooga basketball team
by a score of 71-59.
The Petrels were led by
sophomore forward Bobby
Nance, who scored 23 points
in the first full game he has
played for the Birds. He sunk
a fabulous 8 for 11 field goals
for a 72.7 percent, and added
7 for 9 from the free throw
line.
Morris Mitchell and Roger
Couch shared second place
scoring honors for the Petrels
with 18 apiece. Couch did not
miss a shot. He sunk 5 for 5
field goals and 8 for 8 from
the gift line. Mitchell was a
stickout on the boards by
grabbing twelve rebounds.
Oglethorpe has two of its
tougher opponents on tap Feb
ruary 4 and February 9. The
Stormy Petrels, hoping to fin
ish the year as the nation’s
top defensive club for the
third straight season, travel to
LaGrange on February 4 and
host Stetson February 9.
LaGrange is a team that has
continually given Oglethorpe
stiff opposition. This year the
Stormy Petrels downed La-
Grange soundly, but only af
ter fighting all the way, and
having only a five point half
time lead. O. U. finally took
the contest 62-43 and La-
Grange, playing on their home
court, will be out for revenge.
Against Oglethorpe, Larry
Boswell was the LaGrange star.
The husky forward led hie
team in rebounds, 7, and scor
ing, 17 points, as he hit on 8
out of 16 field goals.
Stetson’s Hatters will pro
vide strong opposition for the
Petrels when the boys from
DeLand, Florida invade Atlan
ta February 9. Before the sea
son Oglethorpe Coach Garland
Pinholster cited this game as
one of the three games in
which he felt O. U. would not
be favored. The other two
were the Georgia Southern
games, and Georgia Southern
handed Oglethorpe its first de
feat after nine consecutive Pet
rel victories. Stetson has play
ed Southern twice, and like
Oglethorpe, has won one, and
lost one against GSC.
A small pocket warmer will
keep your bait from freezing
on ice-fishing trips. Cover it
with a piece of flannel and
place it in your bait box. The
temperature is just right for
most baits. — Sports Afield.
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