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Rams. Touchdowns To See Great Game
Newton Ram varsity football players and members of
the Newton Touchdown Club who make the trip to Jackson
ville, Fla. to see the Georgia Tech-Penn State game will, no
doubt, see one of the better holiday attractions as the Gator
Bowl game will pit the South against the East.
Tech’s three losses this year have all been to topnotch
teams — LSU, Tennessee and Alabama. Both Bams and LSU
are in bowls also come New Years Day. Jenn States is no
stranger to post-season action as the team won the first two
games of the Liberty Bowl in Philadelphia. In the first
Liberty attraction two years ago they walloped Bear Bryant’s
Alabama team 7-0.
Newton gridiron players, coaches and team managers
will leave Covington sometime around noon of December
29th and will make their Jacksonville headquarters at the
famed Jefferson Hotel. A variety of attractions await the
boys on Friday nig u t in Jacksonville. The Gator basketball
tournament starts that night and also next to the Coliseum
is the Gator Bowl itself and always a stupendous, mammoth
fireworks show unfolds on Friday night at the bowl.
Touchdown club officials, headed by President John
Jernigan, have almost completed the plans for the trip. This
marks the first time that any organization or club has taken
the Rams on any kind of trip with all expenses paid.
Newton County Rams basketball team members will see
the Poinsettia basketball tournament at Greenville, South
Carolina on December 29-30 as guests of several interested
fans in Newton County. Dr. E. L. (Peaches) Smith is heading
the group footing the bill for the team and coach to attend
the tourney involving Georgia Tech, Furman, Clemson and
Arkansas.
THIS AND THAT!
Coach Frank Broyles of Arkansas has had phenomenal
success since he came to the Razorbacks three years ago.
One trip to the Gator Bowl, one to the Cotton (last year) and
now to the Sugar Bowl . . . Here’s a basketball record for
Coach Stone Cooper to shoot at! Jack Kiser of Lincolnton
(N.C.) high school girls’ basketball teams have won 350
games and lost only 24 in the past 30 years . . . This example
will give you an idea of the growing popularity of Pro foot
ball: Washington Redskins haven’t won a game in 22 straights
and yet they played the Baltimore Colts Sunday before a
crowd of more than 40,000 at Washington recently.
Bill Bentley, former SEC football official, says that if all
rules violations were called in a game that the contest would
“last at least five hours."
Two bowling exploits on local lanes recently that de
serves special mention are a sizzling 208 bowled by Ann
Hodges at Gold Crown Lanes, and a five-game series of
1,067 by John Bledsoe at Holliday Lanes.
Monroe football program was one of the finest we saw all
year. Had individual pictures of the players, coaches, and
a group picture of the cheerleaders and Monroe Girls Corps
. . . Should you rest on your laurels in any movement, pro
gram or campaign! Well, here’s a quote BSA Chairman E. G.
Lassiter, Jr. made at the annual banquet Thursday night:
“Today’s ball game cannot be won with the hits we made
yesterday.” . . .
Mrs. Gary Hiott of Pickens, (S. C.) Sentinel says that
“People are unpredictable — they do odd things to get even.”
. . . “Take away my ham, take away my eggs, even my chili,
but leave me my newspaper.” — Will Rogers . . . We have
wondered what would happen if the curfew caught a basket
ball game at 10 p. m. Well, it happened here Friday night
in the Rams-Baldwin County game. It was stopped with 3
minutes and nine seconds left to play . . . Two new teams
will be on the Tech and Georgia slate for 1962. Tech meets
Clemson and Fla. State, while the Bulldogs take on Clemson
and N. C. State . . .
Childs, Glanton All-State Honorable Mentions
Charlie Childs and Thomas Glanton, Ram football players,
were given Honorable Mention Sunday in the Atlanta Jour
nal-Constitution All-State Class AA team.
Childs was a standout at end and quarterback for the
1961 Rams. Glanton performed at a tackle position.
Rev. Frank Crawley, main speaker at the BSA Banquet
here last week says that he loves golf and often plays with
an 89-year-old companion in Atlanta. Mr. Crawley seldom
beats the old gentleman. One day he had taken a trimming
3-2. His companion commented to him “It looks like I’ll never
lose a hole to you until I die.” Crawley snapped back “But
it will still be your hole when we put you in the ground.”
Terry Rutledge and James Knight will have a tough time
choosing which trip they want to take over the holidays as
both are members of the Ram sage team and each perform
ed as members of the Ram football team. The football boys
are going to the Gator Bowl ar Jacksonville, and the basket
ball team is going to Greenville, S. C. for the Poinsettia Cage
Classic. Both trips are the same date, December 29-30.
Notes Penned At The Tech-Ga. Game
It was fitting that the final crowd at Grant Field be
fore the East stands are decked was the largest ever to at
tend a game — 47,098. * *
Billy Williamson's 30-yard TD came within a gnat's hair
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SPORTS
808 GREER, Sport* Editor
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Bowling
Fobloc Woman's League
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Hardman's Prescrips 9 3
Evans Black & Red Pills 9 3
Sappy & Ben’s Alley
Cats 8 4
Holliday Lane’s Red
Devils 6 6
Tate Street Tigers 6 8
Morgan’s Misfits 5 7
Stephen’s Grease
Monkeys 5 7
Holliday Lanes Rebels 4 8
High team single game,
Hardman’s Prescrips 564.
High individual game, Fran
ces Rowland 192.
Merchants League
(At Gold Crown Lanes)
Team W L
Ray Jewelers 18 6
Meadors Freight 18 6
National Neon 17 7
Morgan Ins. 14 10
Ginn Motor 14 10
Home Bldrs. 14 10
White’s Ent. 13 11
Marine Bld. Sup. 13 11
Cov. Furniture 12 12
Southern Disc. 11 13
Meadors Laundry 10(4 13’4
Evans Drugs 10 14
Cov. Electric 9’4 14’4
Kroger 9 15
Piper Hdw. Co. 9 15
Latham’s Groc. 4 20
High Game, Hooper, 224.
High Series, Dial, Jr., 537. High
Team Game, Ray Jlrs., 884.
High Team Series, Ray Jlrs.,
2434.
Tri-Pacers League
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Cov. Mills Bowl
Weevils 17 7
Hughes Shell Service 14 10
Ideal Daries 12 12
Covington Mills 11 13
Morgan Timber &
Pulpwood 9 15
Southern Discount Co. 9 15
High team game, Covington
Mills 539.
High individual game, Ed
Rowe, 257.
Junior League
(At Gold Crown)
Team W L
Terry Ellington's Team 5 1
Ken McAllister's Team 5 1
Jim Mitchell’s Team 5 1
Johnny Mask’s Team 4 2
Donna Repetske Team 4 2
Mary Jane Odum’s Team 3 3
Linda Katz’s Team 3 3
Larry Martin’s Team 3 3
Betty Faith Jayne’s Team 3 3
High Game, Randall Mead
ows, 185. High Series, Freddy
Harwell. 388. High Team Game,
J. Mask’s Team, 553.
Monday Mixed League
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
The Yah’s 23 13
The Go-Getters 22(4 1314
The Bulldogs 19 17
The Alley Cats 17 19
The Hit & Miss 16 20
The Fowl Four 10’4 25’4
High team game, The Go-
of being interrupted by his brother Wally Williamson of
Georgia. Wally lunged at brother Billy on the five but missed.
• * * *
Jack Meadors of Covington, an Explorer Scout advisor,
was again stationed in the Press Box at the game.
* * * *
Tech ended the season with a 7-3 record and Georgia had
the opposite — 3 wins and 7 losses.
♦ » » »
An oddity in scoring unfolded in the game as Durward
Pennington kicked an extra point. It marked the third straight
year that Pennington had scored against Tech.
♦ * * ♦
Billy Williamson ordinarily weighs only 160 pounds. Coach
Dod4 reported Sunday that Billy weighed 147 after the game
Saturday.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961
Newton High Teams March On
Newton County High School
girls and boys team continued
I their torrid victory pace as they
won their fifth games of the
season Tuesday night at Con
yers. The score of the girls tilt
was NCHS 47, Rockdale County
28. The Rams score was 76-39.
After a trip to Madison
Friday night for a double
header with Morgan County,
the squads will return home
next Tuesday for an “acid test”
game with strong Central
Gwinnett of Lawrencevile. The
latter clubs are two of t h e
strongest on the NCHS sche
dule this year.
The fourth victories scored
by Coaches Stone Cooper and
Ronald Bradley’s teams on Fri
day night were at the expense
of the Baldwin County squads.
Baldwin is a sub-region foe
of the local high school. Scor
ers were; NCHS girls 42-7 and
the Rams 71-47.
In Tuesday’s girls team vic
tory at Conyers, Jordye Bailey
had 25 points to lead the scor
ers in that game. For the Rams
it was the fine all-around work
of Henry Bowen and Billy
Preceding the Central Gwin-
Shaw that paced the boys win.
nett varsity games here will
be two “B” team games pitting
the girls of each school at 4:30
o’clock and then the boys “B”
team game will follow.
Getters 850.
High individual game, Clarke
McCuller 253.
Bantam Buster League
(At Gold Crown)
Team W L
Mary Ann Freeman’s
Team 4 0
Danny Johnson’s Team 3 1
Mike Lassiter’s Team 3 1
Gene Johnson’s Team 2 2
Jackie Howard’s Team 2 2
Danny Harwell’s Team 1 3
Paul Hackett’s Team 1 3
Donna Moore’s Team 0 4
High Game, Ronnie House,
172. High Series. Ronnie House,
272. High Team Game. Danny
Johnson’s Team, 47-t. High
Team Series, Danny Johnson's
Team, 874.
Meadow Larks
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Hot Point Hot Shots 71
Steel Shockers 6 2
Thrift Oil 4 4
Team No. 7 3 1
Coca-Cola 3 5
Team No. 5 3 5
Team No. 8 13
Team No. 3 17
High team game, Hot Point
Hot Shots 812.
High individual game, Jim
my Payne 203.
Thursday Men’s League
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Tri-City Slickers 18 10
Madison Lions Club 17 11
Jones-Lambert Agency 17 11
Emory Wildcats 13 15
Morgan Stump Jumpers 12 16
Morgan Rebs 12 16
Oakside Farms 12 16
Morgan Missiles 11 17
High team game, Morgan I
Rebs. 654.
High individual game, E. E.
(Buck) Callaway 215.
“After all in said and done,
you usually find more has
been said than done.”
Newton's Jordye Bailey Sinks Two-Pointer in Cage Game
■ i ' Hli * - /
JORDYE BAILEY (Number 54) leaps high in the air to sink a two-pointer in the NCHS
triumph over Baldwin County Friday night. Other Newton players in the photo are Day
Morcock (Number 24) and Sherry Jeffries (Number 22) Baldwin County players are from
left to right in photo: Kidd, Pinyan and McMallam. The local girla scored their fourth
straight win 42-7.
Tech Downs Georgia 111;
Accepts Gator Bowl Bid
Georgia Tech, showing a
craving for Gator meat, down
; ed the University of Georgia
; Bulldogs Saturday on Grant
; Field 22-7 and immediately
l made it official that the Engi
! neers will play in the Gator
Bowl on December 30 against
the strong Eastern representa
tive Penn. State.
Two “Billys” had a big hand
in the Tech triumph, as Billy
Williamson was the star ball -
carrier of the game and Billy
Lothridge ran the team well at
a quarterback spot. Lothridge
kicked a field goal and an ex
tra point while Williamson
scored two TDs, one on a 30 -
yard run and another on a 6
yard sprint.
Georgia's Bulldogs opened the
second half with a TD achieved
through a mixture of running
and passing plays. The scoring
play, a 30-yard pass from Mor
gan County - bred Jake Saye
to Billy Knowles, was a play
of perfection.
A record crowd for Grant
Field saw the game. It was an
nonuced that 47,098 fans were
present for the year-ending
Clash.
Tech wound up the 1961
campaign with 7 victories and
3 defeats. Georgia was 3-7
for the year.
Industrial League
(At Goio Crown)
Team W L
। Ideal Dairy 13 3
’Lithonia Lt. No. 2 13 3
Bibb P’dale W’launee IC 6
Lithonia Lt. No. 1 10 6
Dodge Wire No. 2 10 6
Bibb Osprey 9 7
Austex Food 7 9
Brunswick No. 2 6'4 9’4
Brunswick No. 1 6 10
Coca - Cola 5 11
Dance Freight 3’4 12’4 ;
Dodge Wire No. 1 3 .13
High game, Rooks 212. High j
series Rooks 523. High team i
game Ideal Dairy 842 High
team series Dance Freight 1
2211. I
<
Business Women’s League
(At Gold Crown) r
Team W L ‘
“Mac’s Bowlers” 10 2 t
Covington Mills 9 3 c
Lithonia Lt. No. 2 9 3
Bank of Covington 8 4
Belk - Gallant Co. 8 4
McGuire Mtr. Co. 6 6
Crown Jewels 6 6
Pacific Overall 5 7
Lithonia Lt. No. 14 8
Dodge Wire 4 8
Tastee • Freeze 2 10
Newton Federal 1 11
High game Ann Hodges 208.
High series Ann Hodges 527.
High team game Bank of Cov
ington 768. High team series
Bank of Covington 2084.
i, YARDSTICK
’ Tech (22) Georgia (7)
20 First Downs 7
306 Yards Rush. 31
0 Yards Passing 87
r 6 Passes Attemp. 22
. 0 Passes Comp. 8
1 Fumbles Lost 1
7 Yards Penalized 35
I Score by quarter:
' Tech 10 6 0 6—22
Georgia 0 0 7 0— 7
' Scoring: Tech — Gann (8
. run), Williamson (30 run), Wil
“ liamson (6 run). PATS: Loth
ridge (pl’kick), FG: Lothridge
i (26 yards). Georgia: Knowles
pass from Saye (30 yards). PAT
Pennington (placekick).
Ram Gagers to
Take Holiday
Trip to S.C.
The Newton County High;
School boys basketball team:
has revealed plans for a three ■
day all-expense paid trip to
Greenville. South Carolina, to
attend the Poinsettia Cage j
Classic.
Last March, Dr. E. L. Smith
with the help of Dr. Maurice
Griffin, Shug Campbell and
Bernys Shaw, undertook the
project of raising the money to
send the team on a holiday trip.
The group then offered t h e
team their choice of attending
a tournament in Lexington, Ky.,
Jacksonville, Fla., or Green
ville. The team voted to attend
the tournament in Greenville.
The team will leave the
morning of December 29. That
night Clemson will play Arkan
sas. and Georgia Tech will face
Furman. The losers and win
ners will be paired the next
night.
The boys will be staying at
the Ottaray Hotel and will re
turn home Sunday evening, De
cember 31.
Plans have also been an
nounced to feed the eagers
dinner in Atlanta, January 29,
after which they will attend
the Georgia Tech - University
of Kentucky basketball game.
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“You're an old timer if you
can remember when the sky
waa the limit.*
U. of Ga. Makes
Admission Change
A change has been made in
the admission requirements of
the University of Georgia. In
addition to the Schola; tic Ap
titude Test scores of the Col
lege Entrance Examination
Board, the University is now
requiring scores of the English
Composition and Intermediate
Mathematics Achievement
Tests.
These tests, also administer
ed by the College Entrance
Examination Board, will re
place the regular freshmen
placement tests, given by the
University during its traditional
Orientation Week. The results
will be used to classify stu
dents for possible exemption of
certain elementary courses. It
will also determine students
eligible for Honors Courses,
remedial courses and other
special programs.
University officials urge all
high school seniors seeking ad- <
mission in the Fall, 1962, to ;
HOLLIDAY LANES
NEWS NOTES
* Try the Ladies Morning Special: 3 games for SI.OO, and
shoot at the RED HEAD pin for Silver Bucks on Wednes
day morning.
* No new records this week to report — just consistently
high scoring games. Take a look at the bulletin board
next time you are down at The Lanes. You may not know
your friends can bowl like they do in the leagues.
SIOO.OO for 300 game
* Recommended reading: November issue Southern Bowler
article by Joe Robinson "The Ten Pin Stood", the true
story of Atlanta bowler Jimmy Morris end his three
heartbreakers; 3 near-perfect games; 3 times the ten
pin stood in the 12th frame for 3 tallies of 299.
* In a hurry at lunch time? Call us for your lunch order.
We will have it ready for you when you arrive.
• The answer to your gift problem for a bowling conscious
person: An AMF Gift Certificate redeemable in the
correct size, style, end color.
* Turkey Shoot still on!! Win one now — we will keep it
for you 'til Christmas.
• Had to get a bigger box for the stubs for the Pony. Get
a FREE chance every time you bowl. Everybody is
eligible.
' This week's most improved bowlers: Don Wood, Sr., who
put five in a row straight into the pocket Tuesday night.
* It can be done! Luke Lassiter made the tough 7-9 split
Tuesday night.
• PERMANENT OFFER: Free instructions to anyone desir
ing to learn to bowl. We are always happy to assist any
one in bettering their game.
A Prize-Winning
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1961
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Contests
Football Awards
Banquet Dec. 18
The 1961 Newton County
Ram football awards banquet
will be held Monday evening,
December 18 at the NCHS
Cafeteria, starting at 7 o’clock.
Coach Milt on McLaney has
announced that fans who wish
to attend the banquet may
purchase their tickets at the
high school office before Mon
day the 18th. Price of each
ticket is $1.50.
Highlighting the program of
awards will be the naming of
the Most Valuable Lineman and
Back who will receive the
Covington Elks Trophy. Also
the Most Improved Lineman
and Back will be announced as
will also the player who will
receive the Sportsmanship tro
phy.
During the evening letters
will be awarded and jackets
will be presented those players
and the team managers.
Lindabury Is
Winner 3-Mile
Cross Country
Trion Lindabury of Mariet
ta, a student at Emory-Oxford
College, was the finner of the
3-mile course event at Oxford
Saturday as the Georgia Junior
College Cross Country teams
held their first meeting. Lind
abury’s time was 15 minutes,
41.6 seconds. Second was Ab
raham Baldwin’s Billy Frank
lin.
High team score in all events
at the meet went to Abraham
Baldwin College with 31 points.
Southern Tech was second with
46 points and Emory-Oxford
third with 48 points. (Low score
wins in the cross country scor
ing).
take the Scholastic Aptitude
Test of the C. E. E. B. in Jan
uary or March. The students
should then take the English
Composition and Intermediate
Mathematics Achievement Tests
in January, March or May. The
officials indicate that the test
may be taken at different times.
Additional information from
all high school principals and
counselors.
Recent surveys show that
of every S2O spent for groceries
in the U. S., $1.50 to $2.00 is
for packing. Many other ser
vices, such as processing and
partial preparation, may also
be included in the food bill,
according to Dr. Mary Gibbs,
extension consumer marketing
specialist.
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