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BLAB SLAB
It's hard for me to see anyone naming a greater baseball
player than Ty Cobb. But Connie Mack once said that he
thought Babe Ruth was the greatest of them all.
Our good friend. Fletcher Hill tells this one on himself:
A friend gave him an 8-transistor radio for a present recent
ly. Someone asked Mr. Hill what kind of radio it was and
he replied: “It has 8 twin sisters.” Mr. Hill says that was the
first thang that came in his mind when he couldn’t think of
the word “transistor.”
Bobby Hopkins, manager of the Porterdale team of the
Middle Georgia League, has had his ups and downs since
taking over the reins in mid-season. Porterdale is in sixth
place in the loop standings.
National League president Warren Giles has suspended
Dodger Pitcher Don Drysdale for intentionally throwing at
a batter, Frank Robinson of Cincinnati. This is believed to
be the first time in modern baseball that such action has been
taken by the league president.
Joe DiMaggio is best known for his 56 consecutive game
hitting streak as a New York Yankee. However, he has a
longer consecutive hitting-streak than that. He hit in 61
straight games as a San Francisco Seal in 1933.
Next year it will be AAA baseball in Atlanta or none at
all. The LA Dodgers have officially notified the Southern
Association that a AA team will not be placed in Atlanta
in 1962 by the Dodgers. No one else seems to be interested
in minor league ball in Atlanta.
Note to NCAA: A modern college athlete is one whose
father continually writes to him for money . . . “We read
that a form of baseball was a favorite sport of the ancient
Greeks. We do remember something about a Homer.” (Mar
tha Goode, Highlands (N. C.) Highlander) . . . Here’s another
Hot Dog oddity: The American public ate ll’/a billion hot
dogs in 1960 — figures out to be 69 per mouth .. . One
million dollars is being spent on a 36-lane bowling establish
ment in Houston, scheduled for completion in September.
Dr. Karl Menninger, noted psychiatrist, may have the answer
for bowling’s tremendous growth in recent years. He says:
“Bowling is not only a good exercise and recreation, but it
gives a person an opportunity to take out aggression by
knocking down the pins and seeing them go helter-skelter."
Fred Lorenzen won the July 9th 250-Mile NASCAR race
at Atlanta International Raceway. He drove a Ford to the
victory . . .
The most notable canine of all is the Hot Dog. It feeds
the hand that bites it!
If you think this isn't appropriate since all the rain we
have had in June and July, just listen: “It is theorized that
if you throw things at the moon, you gotta expect they’ll
throw things back.”
CAMPING
To anchor .your tent in soft
ground, get a log about the
length of the tent, fasten ropes
to it, bury log about a foot in
bury the log about a food in
the ground. It will hold, even
in a stiff breeze. Works with
snow, too.
USE TRAILER SAFELY
/ ~ ~ I
Many people today are moving
small boats, eamping equipment,
household goods and building
materials in 2-wbeel trailer*. If
you nse a trailer:
V Be rar* the bitch is secure,
•afety chains in place.
5/ See to it that any neeesasry
license plates are procured and
attached properly; that trailer
stop lights are working right, that
back plate is not covered by bitch
when trailer isn’t attached.
V Be sure that the trailer in
adequate for th* job intended and
take precantioo that the trailer
isn’t overloaded.
V Make certain aot to evt eor
•ers too sharply R now how to
back up i. id do it with extreme
ear*.
4ft MWMC** MUTUAL LIAB CO
The Covington Enterprise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
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SPORTS
808 GREER, Sports Editor
Peach State
Scoreboard For
Darlington Track
The Peach State Scoreb card
company of Macon, Ga., was a
warded the contract for installa
tion of a new all-electric score
board at Darlington S. C. Raceway
for the 12th Southern 500 stock
car race, Labor Day. the nation's
oldest and largest major contest
in the popular stock car racing
sport.
The scoreboard will be the new
est and most modern in auto rac
ing. Race fans will be informed,
instantly, of the leading cars in
! the *90.000 event, termed the
world series of stock car racing,
and th? distance each is behind
| the leader on every lap.
Bob Colvin, Darlington’s general
manager, in making the announce-
I ment, said, "We have been search
i ing for years to find someone who
j could develop a scoreboard that
will keep the public informed on
' the progress of an auto race at
exactly the same time it happens.
1 We're so enthused over this score
board that our board voted to
start construction at once so that
; those who attend the Southern 500
Labor Day will benefit”.
The Georgia firm has specializ
ed in baseball scoreboards and
many of their creations are install
ed in league ball parks throughout
the nation.
The Darlington boards are 60 ft
in length with ear numerals and
lap counts on each of the contend
ing cars six feet in height. Yellow
lights on a black background con
vey the messages. The board will
be operated from the scoring
■ stand on each lap.
Stye (Umnuutmt Nms
Newton-Midway
Pony League
Game Tonight
The Sub - Area Pony Lea
gue Tournament will get un
derway tonight (Thursday) at
Midway, near Atlanta, when
the Newton County Stars will
meet the Midway Stars. Game
time is 8 o'clock.
The second game of a best of
three - game series will be
played at the local Covington
Mills Field Friday (tomorrow)
at 5 p. m. Manager of t h e
Newton team is Jack Hinton of
Oxford. Buddy Baker of Cov
ington Mills is the coach.
Tournament participation for
the Newton Countians this year
marks the first time that the
local 13-14 year olds will have
engaged in Pony League play
offs.
Players from the five teams
of the Newton Pony League
will take part in the game.
Objects Can Be
Danger at Home
The American Medical As
sociation News points out that
“seemingly innocent objects can
be hazardous to very small
children.” It quotes a Public
Health Service report on 5,605
drownings that occure in a re
cent year. Three - fifths of
those thus killed were less than
five years old. A number of
them were drowned in 5-gal
lon cans, buckets and crocks.
In sum, home can be a
mighty hazardous place for
small fry — and constant pre
caution is essential.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE COVINGTON NEWS
Athlete's Foot Especially Common
During The Warm Summer Months
These summer days it’s a
smart idea to avoid athlete's
foot. Many persons are going
swimming now, and it is in
locker rooms that athlete’s foot
is often contracted. So, always
wear playshoes of some type
while you are getting into your
swim suit, or walking around
in the locker room. Protect
your feet . . . keep several
jumps ahead of athlete’s foot.
A bathroom floor is another
place where you may contact
this skin irritation if some
member of the family has it.
A person with athlete’s foot
should have his own bathmat
to stand on, after getting out
of the tub. and should wear
shoes or slippers at all times
when walking on the bathroom
or other floors.
Athlete’s foot is caused by a
low form of plant life called a
fungus growth. Some of it is
almost always on everyone’s
feet. It causes no trouble unless
it grows. Like mould on food,
this fungus grows in warm,
moist, poorly ventilated places.
The spaces between the toes
make ideal places for fungus
growth, especially on feet that
stay Damp with perspiration.
Two other things that help a
fungus growth along are: bits
of soggy dead skin between the
toes and around the nails, and
snug shoes that do not let air
get to the feet.
When the fungus on the feet
grows, it causes athlete’s foot.
You can recognize this skin
irritation by a condition t r
scaliness or sogginess betwM
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
Georgia Bulldogs Report Brisk
Sale of 1961 Football Tickets
Georgia’s advance football
ticket sales are the highest in
history, reports Bulldog Busi
ness Manager Howell T. Hollis.
“Last year was the best we
ever had at the gate,” says Hol
lis, “and it looks like we’ll im
prove this year, judging by
current advance sales.”
Hollis thinks the record ad
vance sales are due to t h e
fine five - game home sche
dule, which he considers one of
the most attractive in Bulldog
annals: pre-season SEC favo
rite Alabama, Vanderbilt, South
, Carolina, Kentucky and peren
nial SEC power Auburn.
| “We are also happy to re
port to our supporters that
Sanford Stadium is being im
proved in several ways: new
dressing room for visiting team
underneath scoreboard, new
rest rooms at both ends of the
upper level of South side of
stadium, renovated press box,
new concession stands and new
President’s box,” continues Hol-
I lis.
Hollis reminds all Bulldog
ticket priority holders (contri
butors to Georgia Student Edu
cational Fund) that their dead
line for ordering tickets is July
15.
“We will open sale to t h e
Newton Little League All-Star
Team Picked For LL Tourney
Newton Little League All -
Star team for 1961 has been
announced by league officials
and managers of the various
teams.
First - half winner Oxford
Dodgers placed four players on
the squad of 15 named. This
was a high total for any one
team of the loop.
Named as the manager of the
team for the upcoming LL
Tournament at Winder is Dod
ger pilot J. R. Stowe. The
coach of the team is Buddy j
Baker of Covington Mills.
Newton Stars will meet the
Monroe team in the first game
of the tournament Thursday,
July 20th.
Player personnel! on the
Newton Little League All -
Stars:
Eddie Hinton, Ronnie Mc-
Cart. Danny Barnes and Steve
McMullen of Oxford Dodgers;
the toes, or itching and blisters
on the feet. When the condition
becomes worse, there can be
larger blisters and raw places
with swelling and redness.
Some severe cases look and
feel much like poison ivy in
fections.
There are several forms of
athlete’s foot. Each one needs
its own treatment. Let you doc
tor decide and tell you what to
do. Athlete’s foot can clear up
in a short time if the right
treatment is begun early and
followed faithfully. Wrong
treatment can make athlete’s
foot worse. A person can have
this disease as often as germs
on his feet find enough warmth
and moisture for growth.
Keep your feet dry and free
from soggy dead skin. When
you bathe, don’t forget to soap
between your toes; use a nail
brush or orangewood stick un
der and around your nails—
these are the places where dead
skin collects. Rinse and dry
your feet thoroughly, rubbing
off any dead skin. Dust your
feet well with talcum pow
der. If talcum fails to keep
your feet dry all day, use pe
trolatum or zinc ointment in
stead; rub very little on your
feet, not forgetting your toe
nails and the spaces between
your toes. Wear stockings and
shoes that are comfortably
roomy. Change hose at least
once each day. It is well to al
ternate shoes also, giving each
pair plenty of time to air out
between wearings.
general public after the prior
ity deadline of July 15,” says
Hollis. “However, we are very
sorry that we will not have
any Georgia Tech tickets for the
general public. When the game
is played in Atlanta we only
get enough tickets to take care
of our GSEF (Bulldog Club)
members and alumni, and not
quite all of their requests.”
Ticket orders may be made
now by writing the Athletic
Assn., University of Georgia,
Athens.
The sechedule with starting
times and prices of tickets:
Sept. 23 Alabama in Athens,
2 p. m., $5.00.
Sept. 30 Vanderbilt in At
hens, 2 p. m., $4.00.
Oct. 7 South Carolina in At
hens, 2 p. m„ $4.00.
October. 14 Florida State at
Tallahassee, 8 p. m. $5.00.
Oct. 21 Miss. State in Atlan
ta. 8 p. m„ $5.00 (E & W), $3.00
(N & S).
Oct. 28 Kentucky in Athens,
, 2 p. m., $5.00.
Nov. 3 Miami in Miami, 8
p. m., $4.50.
Nov. 11 Florida in Jackson
ville, 2 p. m., $5.00.
Nov. 18 Auburn in Athens, 2
p. m. $5.00.
Dec. 2 Ga. Tech in Atlanta,
2 p. m„ $5.50.
[Tony Hawkins and Jimmy Wal
den of Covington Mill Trojans;
Alvin Whisnante and Bobby
Marks of Mansfield Red Sox;
' Billy Edge and Jerry Fisher of
। Porterdale Yankees; Billy
Shepherd and Steve Smith of
Covington Braves; Billy Nor-
I ton and Gary Johnson of Liv
ington Giants: Rickey Smith of
Covington Cubs.
The following players were
runners - up in the balloting:
Tommy Bowen, Wayne Rooks
and George Bailey of Coving
ton Mills Trojans; Rickey John
son of Oxford Dodgers; Larry
Martin of Covington Cubs;
Johnny Stewart of Livingston.
Old Hula Hoop
Can Be Casting
Target at Pond
Children change their minds
about what kind of toys they
like as often as anglers change
their minds about what lures
the fish should be hitting.
Here’s how to put one of Jun
ior’s outmoded playthings to
work—his hula hoop. First
plug up any holes in the tub
ing. Next, attach one of your
extra duck decoy anchors and
sufficient line to anchor the
hoops in a nearby pool or pond.
What have you got? Why it’s
a first class casting target for
brushing up on your fly and
spin fishing.
Many anglers value pork rind
highly as a sure-catchum lure.
It’s no wonder, because rind is
versatile and a valuable addi
tion to any tackle box. How
ever, pork rind comes in jars,
and jars can break or spill
out their liquid, messing up a
tackle box. Here’s the tip.
Place your pork rinds in petro
leum jelly and wrap in waxed
paper. The rinds will stay soft,
there’s nothing to spill and
there’s a lot less weight to lug
around.
Put yourself in this picture:
You’re in your boat and on the
lake; there’s a big fish sitting
within casting distance just
waiting for your next offering;
and the end of your monofila
ment line is so badly worn you
know it would never hold a
lunker. Os course, there’s no
problem if you’ve remembered
to bring a knife — but you’d
forgotten! Here’s the answer. ;
Take out your faithful wind i
proof lighter, insert a line to
word the hinge. It works bet- ,
ter than a knife. — (Sports'
Afield).
— -—— — —-
The giant ferocious forest!
hog of Kenya, Africa, can
weigh over 500 pounds and is
rated with the bango as Afri
ca's most difficult game to
hunt.—Sports Afield.
P'dale Downs
Juliette 12-8
I
In Mid-Ga. Loop
. Porterdale took the measure
. of Juliette in the Middle Geor
gia League Sunday 12 - 8 as
Whitehall clung to the lead in
the loop with a victory over
the Livingston team.
In Saturday’s makeup game
. the Oconee County nine blank
. ed the Porterdale team 9-0.
Other game results Sunday
included: Monroe’s 13-2 win
[ over Monticello and Oconee’s
4-3 victory over Athens.
In the thriller of the day the
Oconee outfit had two men on
base in the last of the ninth and
two outs. Moore slammed a
double to score two runs and
edge the Athens clan 4-3.
Jim Roberts was the hero
for Monroe as he had 3-for-3
in their tilt. Huff was the win-
I ning hurler with a two-hitter.
Larry Parnell was credited
, with the win over Juliette in a
slugfest as Porterdale downed
I the Juliette team 12 - 8.
Final games of the regular
season will be played Sunday,
July 16th. All are doublehead
! ers.
July 16 (2 Games)
, Porterdale at Monticello
Livingston at Oconee Co.
Juliette at Monroe
Whitehall at Athens
'Bass Bugging'
Is Great Sport
He who has had his soul
seared by a truly good fish
smashing a bass popper he was
fishing will forever search for
ways to do it again, and for
ever look down a little on al
most every other kind of fish
ing.ing. For a darned good rea
son.
No other method of fishing or
type of fish has the explosive
quality that quite matches a
largemouth bass hitting a sur
face lure, at least none in
freshwater, and no other
makes the adrenalin surge
through your system like a bas.-
can do.
Bigger bass will be taken on
deep water lures, almost al
ways, but for some reason a
great many fishermen prefer
the smaller stuff that will hit a
hunk of cork about as big as
your thumbnail, as it gurgles
and pops on the top of the
water, the Mercury outboard
fishing research people claim.
And there are ways to induce
more of them to hit these
fakes.
Don’t be afraid to fish them
slowly. It’s almost an aquatic
adage that the way to tell a
“pro” is to see how slowly he
fishes an artificial lure, and
the more tedious he works the
longer he has been doing it.
Another tip that will some- I
limes produce fish is to use pro
gressively smaller poppers, par
ticularly so if bass strike but
are not hooked. They tend to
take a small popper deeper in -
to their jaws, and are there
fore easier to hook. In general,
however, the Mercury people
advise, bigger fish will hit big
poppers, smaller fish the little
stuff.
Which leaves the decision
ud to the individual. If he
wants a lot of strikes and more
but smaller fish — pop away
with the tiniest bug in the col
lection; but if it’s the lunker
size he is shooting for then tie
on the biggest bug in the box
and flail away.
One further tip — slip the
bug right into weed bed- and
patches of lily pads. That's
where the bass will be most
likely to hang out, just wait
ing for your offering for his
morning snack.
MS
“Why, what’a the harry,
folk.?”
National L L:
Thursday, July 13:
Yankees vs Nuggets
Braves vs Red Sox
• * ♦ •
Saturday, July 15:
Pirates vs Yankees
Trojans vs Nuggets
♦ ♦ * ♦
Tuesday, July 18:
Red Sox vs Trojans
Nuggets vs Pirates
American LL:
Friday, July 14:
Trojans vs Braves
Red Sox vs Cubs
Saturday, July 15:
Giants vs Yankees
Indians vs Dodgers
The One That Didn't Get Away
Charles D. Tyson of Albany, Ga., with a flip of his
wrist, tossed an old battle-scarred top plug into the
middle of a partially submerged tree top in Lake
Seminole.
How the plug managed to escape the braches is an
attest to Mr. Tyson’s skill—but what happened in
the next few minutes he admits today was “mostly
luck.”
The Albany fisherman landed what is believed
to be the largest bigmouth bass taken in Geor
gia since the national record was established in
the state way back in 1932.
“When the fish took the top bait,” said Tyson, "I
didn’t realize he was a giant. He sort of sucked it in.
My partner, Ralph Taylor, also of Albany, said
'Charlie you’ve got a big, old good ’un.”
Tyson said he set the hooks and the battle was on.
All sorts of doubts ran through Tyson’s mind as
he battled the bass and Tavlor worked the boat
expertly in the big lake located just south of Bain
। bridge, Ga.
In the first place, there were all sorts of maga
in the water—trees and submerged brush— and
Tyson was using a rather slender 17-pound
monofilament line on his Ambassador 5000 cast
ing reel.
“Golly,” he said after the fight, "that bass turned
me every way but loose.” He said the fish sounded,
tried to jump and sounded again. It was a real tug
of-war. Finally, Tyson maneuvered the bass near
the boat and his fishing companion netted it.
In the net, Tyson got his first good look at his
catch. “I was sweating as it was,” he said, “but when
I saw that critter up close, I just laid my rod down
in the boat, wiped the sweat off my face and took a
big drink of ice water.”
I hat big hunk of fish Tyson was looking at
was a 15-pound monster. People who inspected
it in Bainbridge and Albany swore that a man
could put his head inside its mouth.
Some time after it had been caught, the fish
weighed a fraction under 15 pounds It length, the
day after it was caught, was mor* than 26 inches.
All my life,” said Tyson, a lumberman, "I had
been hoping to catch ‘old granddad.’ I had hooked
some big ones at Seminole, but somehow they all
managed to get away—except those which weighed
in at the 10 to 12-pound level.”
An odd—i and rather sad—part of Tyson’s experi
ence was that the big bass got awav after all. Not
realizing the worth of his catch at first, a friend of
Tyson s was busily engaged in the task of cutting up
the fish into fillets when its owner decided to have it
mounted.
But Tyson, encouraged by the catch, next dav
took off for Sem’nole again, with his partner
lay lor. with ho^es for a repeat performance.
I hey didn t snag another 15-pounder, hut Tvson
and Taylor came home on Saturday afternoon,
with a tubfull of bream—caught fly-fishing
and a cooler full of bass which weighed from
three to 12 pounds.
But don’t sell Mr. Tyson’s bass fishing short. It’s
the story of a determined, experienced fisherman’s
efforts to really see what’s under the water in one
of Georgia s newest and best fishing lakes
Tyson is a lumberman. He works hard and
fishes hard. When the weather is not right for
tramping through the woodlands in his regular
business, he does the next best thing—goes
fishing. *
J ve been fishing for bass more than 20 vears ”
says Tyson, and I’ve never seen bigger, prettier
bass anywhere than in Lake Seminole. And they
fight harder than any bass I’ve caught.” J
°“ a ’i° n 2 recently. Tyson and Tavlor have
caught the limit of bass. When they get the legaJ
bream USUally up their fly r °ds and catch
“I wouldn’t be surprised.” say Tyson, “that
TlT^^ ,ar « em °«th baSS Will
come out of the Seminole reservoir. I’ve hooked
some that got away that I would hate to guc
Xin™ 8 ’ "fc*" 1
At any rate Tyson’s 15-pound catch stands as >
monument to the ever-increasing good bas!
in Lake Seminole. It’s too bad Xt the
furnished several good fish dinners rathe^than
mounted monument to those Largemouth Gentleman
in Georgia s waters. weuiiemen
Newspaper
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Better Newspaper
Ceateeta
Pony League:
Saturday, July 15:
Trojans vs Braves
Stewart vs Oxford
• » • »
J Tuesday, July 18;
Braves vs Porterdale
Trojans vs Oxford
_ -
Old. li/mut’
"There's nothing wrong
with the younger generation
that the older generation
didn’t outgrow.”
GAME
AND
FISH
By FULTON LOVELL
NUMBER 21