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Bradley Hurls Challenge to Area Teams
Coach Ronald Bradley, in an interview carried in the
Atlanta Journal - Constitution Sunday, has answered critics
with an answer as to why the Rams don t play a tougher
schedule. Gene Asher of the Journal wrote the article and
said that “Victors in 24 of 27 outings, the Rams have drawn
fire for playing a ‘soft schedule’.”
Coach Bradley said. “We will play anyone who is willing
to play us. Why should we care if we lose. Nothing counts
anyway except the tournament. ’
Many local tans have asked yours truly why the Rams
didn't play teams like Avondale, Gainesville, Decatur, Henry
County and possibly some of the Macon region teams. Many
of the aforementioned teams are AAA and AA and should,
no doubt be met during the season. Scheduling them is an
other thing as Coach Bradly has stated.
On the Rams schedule this year there was only two AA
teams Baldwin County and Briarcliff. All others were
A, B and C. It isn’t the fault of Coaches Bradley and Cooper
that the schedule isn’t stronger. I firmly believe that many
larger schools can get on the NCHS schedule merely by con
tacting local school officials.
A sore spot this past year, in particular, was the Newt. In
vitational Tournament. There wasn’t a potent team in the
tournament that tested either Coach Bradley’s team or Coach
Cooper’s squad. Many fans expressed their disgust by com
menting on the caliber of the teams entered.
One fan in particular said that it would be to the best
interests of the local high school if the Invitational Tour
nament is junked and that the two NCHS teams play in some
of the other tournaments, probably the Jaycee meet in Atlan
ta.
News Notes of Former Newton Athletes:
Willie Moore is now a married man. The knot with
Martha Banks of Mansfield was tied in early February.
Willie was a football-baseball star at NCHS . . . Bobby
Hopkins is now a proud father of a baby boy. Hopkins was
the manager of the Porterdale baseball team in the Mid
dle Georgia loop last summer . . • Another bride-groom of
recent months was Wallace Potts, now a Boy Scout Execu
tive in Ensley, S. C. Wallace hurled for the Newton Crackers
in 1958 when the team won the Mid-Georgia pennant . . .
Briarcliff boys basketball coach Ray Hambrick played gram
mar school ball in Porterdale and high school ball here many
vears ago . . . Bob Budd, manager of the Georgia Southern
College basketball team, will be disappointed when the
Junior College tourney is played at Statesboro this weekend.
Young Harris is the favorite and Bob was the manager of
the Y-H team last year. Saturday night when the finals
come off Bob will be at Jacksonville with the Georgia South
ern team for a game ...
THIS AND THAT!
Rosemary Laster missed the Newton-Briarcliff game last
Friday due to a sprained ankle. Day Morcock started the
tilt at forward and scored 13 points in the first five minutes
of the game, her total for the evening . . . First AA teams
to qualify for the State Tournament next month are from
Region 3 where the Murray County and Cedartown girls
won games Monday night. Also the Rossville, Ringgold and
Calhoun boys . . .
Coach Adolph Rupp, who gets a lot of his basketball
players from the mountain section of Kentucky, has a favor
ite Bible verse he quotes: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills, w'hence cometh my help.” . . • Coach D. B. Carroll of
Forsyth County is apparently laying a trap for the Newton
County teams in the Region 4AA tournament Wednesday
and Thursday. He has “scouted” the NCHS teams here in
their past two home games . . . And by the way, Forsyth
County girls are the only team Coach Stone Cooper has nev
er defeated in three games, two regular season games last
year and in the 4AA meet . . .
Outfielder Tommy Vandiver of Monroe looms big in
the baseball plans of the University of Georgia this spring.
Tommy has played summer ball in the Middle Georgia lea
gue for the past three seasons . . . This is the last cage
tourney for Gainesville high as a Class AA team. Next year
they will move up to AAA . . . Joe Schultz, cracker mana
ger, has tabbed Bobby Dews as a future big league ball
player- Bobby was a teammate of Gerald Autry’s at Day
tona Beach two years ago . . .
Art Booth, manager of Holliday Lanes here in Coving
ton, has had little time to get used to bowling on his lanes.
However, Tuesday evening bowling with the Hughes’ Shell
Service team, rolled a 604 series- Action took place in the
Tn-Pacers League . . .
At least two teams in Region 4AA have a chance to send
both clubs to the State AA tournament in March that could
cause a shift of plans for an interim coach of either the boys
or girls. Hart County is coached by Bill Ensley and Forsyth
County by D. B. Carroll. The State tourney for boys is to be
held at Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta aqd the
girls at Fitzgerald on the same dates . . .
Here's a nifty definition of a loafer: A man who likes
to mow the lawn in the winter and shovel snow in the
lummer.
Don't always give your wife credit; she appreciates a
Ut»le cash, too. — (Trux Magazine) i
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in J 953
SPORTS
808 GREER, Sport* Editor
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Newton Girls
Add Another
Victory Tilt
Both Newton County basket
ball teams won final tilts of
the regular season Friday night
at the NCHS gymnasium. The
local girls downed Briarcliff
66 to 18 and the Rams took
the visitors 68-52.
The records of the local teams
are now 26-1 for the NCHS
lassies and 24-3 for the Rams.
The Region 4AA tourney start
ed in Gainesville, Wednesday,
February 21.
Billy Shaw and Mike Rut
ledge vanned the scoring for
Coach Ronald Bradley's team.
Shaw had 27 points and Rut
ledge swished the nets for 22.
Briarcliff’s Woodall was high
for his team with 19 points.
In the girls game the New
ton sextet added frosting to
their regular season record
cake with their 26th win of
the year 1961-62. Sherry Jef
fries and Day Morcock, the
latter starting the game, led
the scoring for the local team
with 17 and 13 points respec
tively.
Coach Cooper’s girls now
have completed the regular sea
son With a school record of 26
wins and only one loss.
GIRLS 26th WIN
Newton 66 Briarcliff 18
Pos.
F—Jeffries 17 C. Smith 8
F—Bailey 12 Hobbs 6
F—Morcock 13 Cox 2
G —Jaynes Godlewski
G—King Williams
G —George King
Scoring subs: Newton—Hop
kins 7, Johnson 6, Satterfield
7, Jaynes 4 (Also played
guard). Briarcliff—Weeks 2.
BOYS’ 34th WIN
Newton 68 Briarcliff 52
Pos.
F—Shaw 27 Woodall 19
F—M. Rutledge 22 Corbin 11
C—Jordan 3 Sharp 5
G—Bowen 11 Olson 9
G —T. Rutledge 5 Battle 0
Scoring subs: Newton—
Smith, Christian. Briarcliff:
Skinner 2, Camuso 2, Ander
berg 4.
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1962
Region 4AA Coaches, School
Officials Mes Here Wednesday
Main topic that came up for
discussion at the Region 4AA
meeting at Newton County high
school Wednesday evening of
last week was the pairings for
the regional tournament now
underway at Gainesville.
Coaches of the various teams
and many school officials at
tended the meeting which w s s
under the direction of Region
Secretary Homer Sharp of
NCHS.
Pairings in both girls and
boys brackets are made on a
basis of the teams record for
the entire year up until the
pairing date. Hart County’s boys
and girls had the best seasonal
records. The girls of Coach Bill
Ensley had a 23-0 slate while his
boys had a 21-2 record. New
ton County was second seeded
with records of 25-1 (girls) and
23-3 (boys).
Other impressive won - lost
record are boasted by the Bald
win County boys (17-4) and the
Forsyth County girls (23-4).
Price of admission is always
one of the agenda points and
it was decided that 75 cents
would be the admission price
for all games, students and
adults. Free - loaders was an
other item brought up and
passed on. Such groups as
cheerleaders, bus drivers, man
agers, team scorers, athletic
coaches, etc. are always ad
mitted free to the tourney
games.
Officials named to handle the
games at the tournament will
be Cecil Huff, Tom Harvill and
Gibson Holifield. Time f o r
starting the games was also
agreed upon and all games,
Wednesday through Saturday
evening, will start at 5, 6:15,
7:30 and 8:45 o’clock.
This year there will be four
games on Saturday evening in
order that third and fourth
place teams may be determin
ed for the upcoming State AA
meet in March. The State meet
four teams from each Region, a
total of 16 girls teams at Fitz
gerald and 16 boys teams at
Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
Eight teams were entered in
each tournament last year in
Atlanta.
Covington is just about the
central point of Region 4AA
which has nine teams. Cumming
is the fartherert point north,
about 70 miler while Milledge
ville is abou* 60 miles south of
Covington. Hartwell is about
85 miles to the northeast.
Principal Homer Sharp, and
Coaches Stone Cooper and
Ronald Bradley are to be com
mended for the efficent handl
ing of the meeting and pre
paring the bracket sheets via
mimeographing while the meet
ing was underway. All the
coaches and officials had a ‘
complete bracket pairing when
they returned to their homes
Wednesday evening.
Newton Teams
Continued From Page 1
second in the pairings and the
third seeded team is Baldwin
County, who upset the NCHS
team at Milledgeville two weeks
ago 67-48. If both teams sur
ville they will meet Friday
vill they will meet Friday
evening at 6:15.
The NCHS girls, should they
win their first game on Wed
nesday evening, will play in
the semi-finals on Friday af
ternoon at 5. The opponent
would be the winner of the
Forsyth County - Baldwin
County game.
Men's Luncheon
League to Start
Holliday Lanes has announc
ed plans for a “Man’s 3-6-9”
bowling luncheon league Mon
day, Feb. 26, according to an
announcement from Art Booth,
manager.
Special prizes and menus will
be featured at the bowling cen
ter for the league and a new
innovation will be the "bot
tomless cup of coffee."
BOWLING
Monday Nite Mixed League
(At Holliday Lanes)
TEAM W L
Go-Getters 4314 28 Vz
Yah’s 41 31
Hit & Miss 39 33
Alley Cats 33 39
Foul Four 32 1 2 39Vi
Bulldogs 27 45
High Games: Clarke McCul
lers 253.
High Series: Ray Jones 678.
High Team Game: Go-Get
ters 850.
High Team Series: Go Get
ters 2377.
Bantam Buster League
(At Gold Crown Lanes)
Team W L
P’dale Mercantile 22 7
Moore’s Ice Cream 15 14
Kitchen’s Market 14 15 i
H. R. Holifield Prod. 14 15
Harris Autos 14 15
Allgood’s Grocery 13 16
Bill’s Grill 12 17
Gainer Lumber 12 17
High game. Matt Crowell 181.
High series, Matt Crowell
441.
High Team Game P'Dale
Mercantile 590.
High Team Series P’dale
Mercantile 1467.
many of the players can you identify? The name* may be
found on Page 18 of The Covingion New* today.
Trophy Winners in Junior Bowling Match
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TROPHY WINNERS in th© recent Covington-Augusta junior bowling match at Gold Crown
Lanes were, from left to right: Rose Mary Kelley, Augusta; Jim Gainer, Covington?
Jan Herring, Augusta; Randall Meadows. Covington; Danny Clower, Covington; K^thie
Sanders. Augusta; and Herbie Duke. Covington.
Meadow Larks League
(At Holliday Lanes)
TEAM W I.
Hot Point Hotshots 39 12!4
Steel Shockers 33 19
Thrift Strikers 29 23
Elk Staggs 28 24
No. 8 23 >4 28 Vz
Coca - Cola 23 29
No. 3 19 33
No. 5 13 39
High Series: Banks & Booth
573.
High Team Game. Hotshots
893.
High Teain Series: Hotshots
> 2482.
Men’s Social League
(At Gold Crown Lanes)
Covington Lions 27’/a 12 la
Rotary 22 18
Mixers 20 20
Gutters 20 20
Elks 19‘4 2014
Neptunes 15 21
Oxford Lions 16 24
Bells 14 22
High Game: Bone 214.
High Series Bone 578.
High Team Game Rotary
873.
High Team Series Mixers
2419.
More Bowling
News On
Page 18
This Paper Is Covington's
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Interest is High in
Crackers in Atlanta
With the 1962 baseball sea
son just around the corner, the
all-new Atlanta Crackers ap
pear to be stirring the imagi
nation of sports fans in Atlan
ta and throughout Georgia. In
fact, preseason interest is far
exceeding expectations, accord
ing to reports.
Main reason: The Crackers
will be playing for the first
time in the Class AAA Inter
national League which is just
a rung below the major league*
"Fact is, fans will have con
siderable trouble distinguish
ing between International
League baseball and major
league baseball,” contends Joe
Schultz, 43-year-old former
big league catcher who will
manage the Crackers, now af
filiated with the St. Louis
Covington Youth League
(Al (iold Crown Lanes)
Team W L
Cov. Laundromat 26 7
Ideal Dairies * 21 12
Digby and Skinner 20 13
Standard Oil 20 13
Morcock and Banks 18 l /z 14^4
Cowan and Cowan 17 16
Quonsett Coin Dry
Cleaner 17 16
Health Thru Chiro. 16 17
Carter’s Cutpus 15 18
Henson Furniture 14!4 18’4
Consolidated Stores 13 20
Newton Federal 12 21
Cotton State Ins. 12 21
Major Appliance 9 24
High Game Steve Allen 193.
High Series Randall Mea
dows 508.
High Team Game Quonsett
Coin D. C. 602.
High Team Series Cov. Laun
dromat 1706.
Tips and gratuities are tax
able income for Federal income
tax purposes.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
TO ATTEND
MOONLIGHT BOWLING
SUNDAY NIGHT
9:00 P. M.
• REGULAR PRICE FOR BOWLING
• 3 GAMES $1.50 (plus shoes)
• FREE PASSES FOR BOWLING
• JACKPOT PRIZES
• FUN FOR ALL
• RESERVE YOUR LANE
• BOWL WITH YOUR FRIENDS
HOLLIDAY LANES
• 16 AUTOMATIC AMF LANES
• NURSERY. • SNACK BAR
• PRO SHOP • FREE INSTRUCTIONS
COVINGTON, GA. f»HONI 786-5342
- Cardinals.
p “We are delighted with th*
- pre-season interest being shown
- in the new Crackers," declared
- Joe Ryan, general manager of
i the club now owned by Bill
r MacDonald, millionaire Miami
- sportsman who transferred the
franchise from Charleston, W.
Va.
s
it “Advance ticket sales have
. been encouraging, both for the
t t regular season which opens in
s Atlanta April 25, and for the
exhibition game here April 8
between the St. Louis Cardi
' nals and the Philadelphia Phil
lies," Ryan said. “We are hap
' py to be in Atlanta and we
1 believe Georgians will be
। pleased with our team.”
Except for the name and the
place (it’s still Ponce De Leon
Park), just about everything
else will be new this season.
Even old Poncey Park, itself,
will have a new look. They are
completely renovating the plant.
For example, the seating ar
rangement is being changed.
There will be box seats, re
served grandstand seats, un
! reserved grandstand seats and,
. of course, the bleachers. It is
in the manner of some big
league parks.
Aside from the physical
changes of the park, Georgia
fans will be seeing new play
ers, new managers, rew um
pires and new opposition. In
place of the old Southern Assn,
entries, Atlanta’# opponents
will be Rochester, Buffalo,
Toronto, Syracuse. Jackson
ville, Richmond and Columbus
(Ohio).
Meanwhile, Kyan Is busy
singing players to their con
tracts. Already well over hai^
I of the 34 players who received
i Cracker contracts have signed.
They will report for spring
j training March 11 at Home
stead Florida.
NUMBER 1