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Only team to defeat Coach Ronald Bradley’s team twice
in the past three years in regular season is Baldwin County.
They are also the” only team to down a Coach Bradley team
here in Covington in the past four years. They did it two
years ago . . . Professional bowler’s tour will roll next
week on Johnny Unitas’ Colt Lanes in Baltimore. Unitas is
* Bruswick Advistory Staff member . . . And by the way,
did you see that cover picture of Ernie Johnson on the
Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine Sunday? Ernie
is the son of cage referee Jimmy Johnson of Clarkston. The
red-head is a regular on the Clarkston basketball team . . ■
Gainesville’s Tommy Aaron, now a top Pro golfer, formerly
played quarterback on the Red Elephants’ team. His senior
year at Gainesville high was 1954 . . .
One of the managers in the International League this
lummer will be Charley Dressen of the Toronto team. We
wonder how he feels about managing a minor league team
of the parent Milwaukee Braves after being let out in Mil
waukee last summer? ... A freshman and a sophomore may
prove to be two of the best cage stars that Coach Ronald
Bradley will have next season. Tim Christian and Terry
Smith both are showing promise of exceptional basketball
ability . . . Ben Banks was bowling with Wendell Crowe
last week and he (Ben) boasted that he was going to mark
in every frame. This he did and rolled a 189 — but he lost
the game to Crowe who had a 197. Ben made nine spares and
one strike, Crowe had four strikes in a row in his game . . .
Toupee or not Toupee
Bob Neal, ABC's man behind the mike at its American
Football League telecasts, was once the possessor of wavy
blond hair. He now finds himself increasingly described as
balding. One day last year, reports TV Guide. Neal was de
livering a commercial at a football game when the wind
threatened to lift Bob’s hat. With one hand clinging desper
ately to the hat and the other gripping the microphone, Bob
went blithely about delivering the commercial —for a hair
tonic!
“Did your lecture to your wife on economy get results?’
“It sure did. I have to give up smoking.”
Little League Program To Be
Supervised by Bd. of Directors
The Newton Little League
baseball program in the city
and county will be administered
by a Board of Directors this
coming summer, according to
a meeting of managers, officials
and board members Monday
evening at City Hall.
Olin Allen, President of the
Newton LL, presided at t h e
meeting Monday at which some
20 persons were present.
Much of the discussion cen
tered around the construction
of a playing field and the nam
ing or securing of a competent
director of the program for the
summer. The city of Covington
recently included SB,OOO in their
1962 budget for recreation pur
poses, of which the Little Lea-
Tom Singley, Newton Native, Named
Civitan ‘Citizen Os Year’ In DeKalb
The following article
which appeared in a recent
issue of East Atlanta News
is of interest to many friends
in this vicinity.
» • • •
“The Southeast Atlanta Civi
tans in a regular meeting on
Monday, November 6. present
ed the new organization’s first
citizenship award to Tom L.
Singley. The citation was pre
rented by George Couch, vice
president, and Dr. George S.
Cook, visiting Civitan. The life
sketch, prepared by Jess Mat
thews, was presented for the
records. It reads as follows:
“For the thousands of hours
Tom Singley has willingly vol
unteered since 1955 to make
possible the DeKalb Memorial
Athletic Association with Lit
tle League. Babe Ruth League,
and Connie Mack League this
meeting of Southeast Atlanta
Civitan Club is dedicated.
“Tom L. Singley was born
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
SPORTS
808 GREER, Sport* Editor
gue program is included.
Fourteen teams are apparent
ly making plans for entry in
the Newton LL program this
summer. Eight teams were in
the American division last year
and six in the National.
President Allen stated that
all the clubs had not yet named
their member of the board of
directors. He said that as soon
as the board is completed a
meeting will be held and de
finite plans made for the com
ing baseball season.
The S6OO basic exemption fi
gure used on Federal income
tax returns started during the
Civil War.
to Mr. and Mrs. James F. Sing
ley on August 31, 1925, near
Covington, Georgia. He attend
ed the public schools near Cov
ington and joined the Marines
serving four years.
“Returning to civilian life,
Tom secured employment as a
surveyor. Making this his life’s
vocation, he is presently em
ployed by Ruppe Engineers of
Decatur, Georgia.
Married to the former Lu
cile Carroll, they have one son
Rondy, both making real part
ners in Tom's Little League
success. The family attends
Moreland Avenue Baptist
Church where Mr. Singley is
active in the Sunday School.
“ ‘Mr. Little League’, he has
often been called, began this
organization in 1954-55 by
picking up boys around the
community and forming a team
called “East Atlanta Sluggers”.
These boy’s played most of the
Little League teams in the area
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Butch Farr Has
Broken Wrist
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BUTCH FARK
Butch Farr, senior center on
Coach Ronald Bradley’s New
ton Ram basketball team sus
tained a broken right wrist in
the Jackson game a week ago
and will probably be lost to the
team for the remainder of the
year.
Farr was an excellent re
bounder and was one of the
tallest players on the team,
standing at an even 6-foot. His
defensive ability has impressed
Coach Bradley and the fans
throughout the year.
Dr. J. B. Mitchell has told
Farr that it will be some four
weeks before he will be able
to play again if the fracture
heals properly.
Bowlerettes Bantams (girls)
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Alley Angels 4 0
Team No. 1 3 1
Team No. 3 3 1
Team No. 2 13
Team No. 4 13
White-Faced Angus 0 4
High Game: Elisa Callaway
127.
High Series: Elisa Callaway
368.
High Team Game: Alley An
gels. 203.
High Team Series: Alley An
gels 591.
More Bowling
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and thoroughly gave an account
of themselves. Mr. Singley fur
nished the transportation and
equipment for these boys who
later became “All Stars”.
“Tom’s interest, at this point,
ivas so keen for the youth of
the community that it began
to rub off on others. He gath
ered capable leaders about
him, sponsors among the busi
ness men for the various teams,
and entered into negotiations
with DeKalb County officials
which resulted in securing a
small plot for one Little League
field at the corner of Wilker
son Drive and Glenwood Ave
nue.
“The neucleus of an organi
zation had been found with
Jim Geislin as president; Tom
Singley, vice-president; Ralph
Odum, treasurer; J. Whitfield,
secretary. The International
Headquarters of Little League
in Williamsport, Pennsylvania,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1962
Coach Cooper
NCHS Girls Also Set Record
With 25 Wins This Season
BY 808 GREER
(New* Sport* Editor)
In the short span of seven years Coach Stone Cooper of
the Newton County girls basketball team has guided his
squads to a phenomenal 150 victories. His 150th win of his
career at NCHS was achieved at Baldwin County Friday
night by a score of 44-31.
Bowling
National Boys (Jr.) League
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Strikers 9 3
Gangbuster* 8 4
Fireballs 8 4
Globetrotters 5 3
Gutterbusters 5 7
Lions 5 7
Wildcats 5 7
Dynamics 3 5
Panthers 3
Mistakes 1 s
Untouchables 4 8
Bowl-A-Matics 4 8
High Games: Jeff Hinton
158.
High Series: Jeff Hinton 403.
High Team Game: Gang
busters 277.
High Team Series: Gangbus
ters 790.
Business Men’s Luncheon
(At Gold Crown Ivanes)
Name Avg.
Harry Cowan 206
Moncey Pratt 175
Dr. H. E. Collier 174
Otis Spillers 174
Herbert Katz 174
Carl Smith 173
Ed. Ricker 169
Bonham Johnson 163
Billy Smith 162
John Claud 159
Top Five Games: Harry
Cowan 257, Carl Smith 227,
Otis Spiller* 223, Dr. H. E.
Collier 197, Herbert Katz 192.
Bennett's Bantam’s (Boys)
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Lane Runner* 71
Top Cats 5 3
The Doc’s 5 3
Bowling Eagles 5 3
The Snakes 5 3
Bulldogs 4 4
Tigers 4 4
Longhorns 2 6
Arrows 2 6
Fireballs 17
High Game: John Travis 128:
Gary Patrick 126.
High Series: Jud Callaway
394.
High Team Game: Lane
Runners 252.
High Team Series: The Doc’s
672.
was convinced that this type
of leadership could not fail and
granted a charter to DeKalb
Memorial Little League, Inc.
“The work has just begun
and a real challenge to Mr.
Singley’s leadership ability, but
many more volunteers answer
ed his cry. Four teams with a
total of 60 boys participated in
1955. In 1956 the League ex
panded to six teams, but the
community was still growing;
kids and parents interest alike.
Today, Mr. Singley, the South
east Civitans are proud of your
accomplishment and you can be
proud of yourself—as there are
31 teams of Little League,
Babe Ruth, and Connie Mack
with approximately 550 boys
in the program you began.
“Our hats are off to you,
Tom, because we know of no
individual citizen who has done
so much, without monetary re
muneration.
Cooper took over the reins
of the NCHS girls in the fall
of 1955 after the resignation of
Coach Earl Hoffmeister who re
turned to his native Powell,
Tenn. Since then Coach Coop
er’s teams have lost only 30
games and that includes regu
lar season and tournament en
counters.
The Newton girls team this
year has the best record of
any team since the high school
was consolidated in 1949. The
1961-62 sextet has won 25
games and lost only one — that
to Mary Persons High of For
syth by a score of 32-28 on
January 12.
The 25 victories thus far is
also a high total for Coach
Cooper. The previous season
high for his team was in 1957-
58 when the team won 24 games
and lost only three. One of
those was in the Class A state
tournament at Macon. NCHS
was the region champ that
year.
Cooper’s complete record to
date is as follows:
1955 - 56 — 14-4
1956 - 57 — 20-7
1957 - 58 — 24-3
1958 - 59 — 23-6
1959 - 60 — 23-4
1960 _ 61 — 21-5
1961 - 62 — 25-1
A native of Sparta, Tennes
see, Coach Cooper came to New
ton County 1952 as an assistant
football coach and head coach
of the school’s baseball team.
He coaches the baseball team
through the 1955 season and
was head football coach for the
season of 1955. In football
Cooper’s record was a dismal
one victory an nine defeats. He
jokingly referred to his short
tenure as a head football coach
“as the best season I ever had
as a head coach in football.”
Cooper is the father of three
girls and no doubt is taking
steps to see that he has ample
replacments for his girls bas
ketball team in the future. Su
san is 14 years old, Sarah Beth
is 12 and Vickie is 6.
If Cooper’s team makes it to
the State Class AA tournament
at Fitzgerald in March, it will
mark the third time one of his
NCHS teams will have gone to
the big meet.
Wednesday Junior Boy* league
(At Holliday Lanes)
Team W L
Yankees 3 1
Lumbermen 2 2
Rams 2 2
Eagle* 1 3
High Game: Jimmy Patrick
189.
High Serie*: Jimmy Patrick
456.
High Team Game: Eagles
275.
High Team Series: Yankees
778.
Merchants league
(At Gold Crown Lanes)
W L
National Neon 38% 31%
Home Builder* 37 23
Evans Drug 34% 25%
Meadors Freight 34 26
Cov. Furniture 34 26
Ray Jewelers 33 27
Morgan Insurance 33 27
Meadors Laundry 32% 27%
Cov. Electric 30% 29%
Sou. Discount 29 31
Marine Bldg & Sply. 29 31
Piper Hardware 27 33
Ginn Motor 27 33
Kroger 26 34
Whites Enterprises 22 38
Latham Grocery 20 40
High Game: B Johnson 213.
High Series: B. Johnson 587.
High Team Game: National
Neon 875.
High Team Series: National
Neon 2447.
200 Games: J. Gates 203-209,
B Johnson 202-213, R. Tomlin
210. I
Posts 150th Victory
Cooper and Sharp Admire Placard
jet o
7 150 HI
COACH STONE COOPER (left) looks at a placard denoting
hi* 150 victories as coach of the NCHS girls basketball team
for th* past seven years. Homer F. Sharp, Supervising Prin
cipal of the local high school, is shown with Cooper. The
team this year has broken th* school record for victories
in one season with 25 triumphs against only one defeat and
one more game io play before the Region 4AA tournament
next week at Gainesvill*.
Coach Cooper's 150th Victory
Pos. Newton Co. 44 Baldwin Co. 31
F—J*ffriM 16 Brantl*y 8
F—Bailey 14 McDonald 9
F—La*i*r 4 Harper 14
G—Jayne* McMillon
G—King Kidd
G—Georg* Owen*
Subs: N*wton County — Morcock 10, Johnson, Hop
kins, L*st*r, Kit*. Baldwin Co- — Prather, Montgomery,
Moorman, V*al, Teague.
Score at Half: N*wton Co. 33, Baldwin Co. 11.
Covington Jrs.
Lose Match
To Augusta
It was an exciting day at Gold
Crown Lanes Sunday as the
Covington Junior Bowlers lost
a very close match to the Au
gusta Junior Bowlers, said Ha
rold Hoffman, Manager. The ac
tual difference in pine for the
three games were 104, 69, and
12. All in all, the junior bowl
ers made an outstanding show
ing their first time in city com
petition.
“Here is Augusta, with three
I years experience and to come to
Covington and beat us by 185
pins all three games is excel
lent,” stated Mr. Hoffman.
Over 300 persons attended the
three game match and the sup
port helped a great deal in mak
ing our youngsters bowl their
best.
Actually, a new house record
was established by the Senior
boys team from Augusta as they
rolled a 1014 series their first
game or an average for t h e
five bowlers at 205. The Cov
ington Juniors are eager for
their return match which has
been established in Augusta,
Sunday, February 25, at 2:30
PM. Covington is invited to at
tend this bowling return match
in Augusta that date if they
can attend.
Some of the highlights of the
match featured a 240 and 236
game rolled by two Augusta
Senior boys, a 1014 game by
the same team, a 213 rolled by
an Augusta Junior Girl, a one
pm win by Covington’s Junior
boys in their third game, a tie
by the Bantam Bowlers the
first game of their match and
the making of a 6-7-10 split by
one of the Augusta Junior Girls.
Six trophies were awarded to
six bowlers who rolled the most
over their average.
Mr. Hoffman also added that
there will be free prac ice
bowling on spares for the
bowlers who will go to Augusta
on Tuesday and Thursday as-
Continued On Page 25
Starting Time
Moved Up for
Cracker Games
General Manager Joe Ryan
today announced the starting
times of Atlanta Cracker base
ball games at Ponce De Leon
Park for the 1962 season.
Ryan said the starting times
would be:
Single Night Games — 7:30
P.M.
Night Doubleheaders — 6
P. M.
Single Sunday Games — 2:30
P. M.
Sunday Doubleheader — 2
P. M.
Ryan said “We’re starting the
night games at 7:30 to allow
the fans, especially the young
sters, plenty of time to get home
early.”
The Major League Exhibi
tion game Sunday afternoon,
April Bth, between the St.
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Final Game of
Regular Season
Here Friday
Final game of the regular
cage season will be played ia
Covington Friday evening with
the girls game starting at 7
o’clock. Briarcliff is the op
ponent.
Friday’s game at Milledge
ville saw the Rams lose their
third game of the season 67-
48. The NCHS girls won their
25th game of the year 44-31.
Action in the Region 4AA
tournament at Gainesville will
start Wednesday afternoon.
Pairings were to have been
made at a regional meeting at
the NCHS Library yesterday
evening (Wednesday).
Bowlers Start
Qualifying at
Holliday Lanes
Bowlers have started quali
fying for the Holliday Lani*
team in Covington with 11 men
posting a four - game total
score for a berth on the five -
man team, according to Man
ager Art Booth.
Wednesday the qualifying
started and the men were io
have rolled their final 4-gamis
yesterday (Wednesday) at Hol
liday Lanes. Jim Parnell wbi
top man with a 4-game series
of 696 in the games rolled a
week ago.
Other scores posted were as
follows: Richard Ridling 689,
Clyde Young 672, Harrjt- Co
wan 659, Charles Carter 632,
Carlton Bone 624, Dr. Lavern*
Cowan 618, Billy Banks 616,
John Bledsoe 601, James Cor
ry 581, and Frank Bennett 509.
• * • •
Manager Booth announced
that the “Wheel of Fortune”
spins each hour at Holliday
Lanes in open bowling The
jackpot was won by Sonny
Benton Saturday at it p. m.,
and by Snuffy Thompson at 2
p. m.
• • • •
Thursday at 10 a. m. a Wo
men’s Bowling College is con
ducted at Holliday Lane*. Mr.
Booth says that free instruc
tions, free bowling, free nur
sery and free eoffee is given at
that time.
Louis Cardinals and the Phila
delphia Phillies will start at 2
P. M. m order to permit both
teams to leave early that night
for points north.
The Cracker’s General Man
ager also announced that Cha: -
les Taylor, a 19 year old left
handed pitcher from Bell
Buckle, Tenn., had signed his
1962 contract. Taylor pitched
for Johnson City in the Apala
for Johnson City in the Appala
chian League last year and
chalked up a 3-5 record, with a
3.57 ERA.
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