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BLAB SLAB
Buffalo and Syracuse are the next home opponents of
the Atlanta Crackers at Ponce de Leon Park. The Bisons
will visit the Atlanta park Monday through Thursday, July
23-26. Syracuse and the Crax will play four games in the
three ensuing days.
Two Little League baseball teams received free bowling
at local lanes for their record as candy salesmen and as a
pennant winner. Frank Christian’s Covington Braves sold
the most candy during the year for money to aid the local
LL program, and the Covington Pirates, managed by Bob
Ballard, won the National League pennant.
THIS AND THATI
The “Telstar” satellite will make it possible for American
sport fans to see part of the 1964 Olympics from Japan live
on their TV screens . . . Here’s a bit of advice we’d all
like to be able to give (and receive): “Try to be nice to
everyone until you have made your first million dollars —
after that they’ll be nice to you.” . . . Softball has again
taken over local interest at Porterdale after several years
absence. Many years ago Porterdale had one of the best
•oftball teams (and record) in the South . . .
Tom Kinney, who started on his newspaper career on
The Covington News more than a quarter century ago, is
the new news and sports editor of The Rockdale Citizen at
Conyers. He succeeds Britt Fayssoux on the Conyers paper
. . . Newton High football Rams will make two trips to
Milledgeville for games this fall. The NCHS eleven will
meet GMC high there on October 12 and will meet Baldwin
high on November 2 . . .
Arnold Palmer is one fellow who apparently thinks that
Friday the 13th is a lucky day. Last Friday he won the
British Open again with a 276 . . . Vic Davalillo, the ver
satile outfielder for the Jacksonville Suns of the Inter
national League, may be the most valuable player in the
loop. And he’s only 5 ft. 8 inches tall, and weighs 142 pounds
. . . Dizzy Dean says that the latest All-Star baseball game
proved “that pitching can take care of good hitting.”
If you have pitching aspirations in the big leagues you
might want to sign with the Los Angeles Angels of the
American League. In some 80 games this year Manager Bill
Rigney has changed pitchers so often that the average per
game is 3% ... If you were a great college baseball player
in your junior year and you were offered a big bonus to
sign. Would you take it or hope for another sensational year
as a senior? Then you'd have an education and maybe a
fat baseball bonus, this situation is coming up each spring.
Bill Webb, scout for the San Francisco Giants, says
that the caliber of high school and college players in Georgia
this year “is the lowest it has been in years.” He said there
just weren’t any good prospects . . . One young man who
completed his college course before signing a pro baseball
contract is Tommy Norwood. He recently was graduated
from Oglethorpe University and signed with the Phila
delphia Philly organization . . .
BOATING PRECAUTIONS!
Some 40 million people will take to the water this year
in pleasure boats. The American Medical Association stresses
certain basic precautions that all boaters should know and
observe. Among them are these:
Don’t overload the craft. Don’t stand up or change seats
while the boat is underway. Watch your wake — waves
can cause damage. Avoid boating too close to swimmers,
fishermen and water skiers. Don't jump or dive from a
moving boat. Be sure everyone aboard wears a life jacket.
Don't venture too far from shore.
And if your boat overturns, stay with it until you’re
picked up.
Bowling
CAREFREE LEAGUE 1
(At Holliday Lanes) <
Team W L (
“U” Too’s 25 7
May Bee's 23% 12% (
Gopher’s 22 14
Twister’s 18% 13*4 ;
Monroe Scrub's 17% 18*4
Nnstrikable's 15*4 20Vs j
Skipper’s 15 21
Champ’s 14% 17% h
Beacher’s 13 23 | (
WOPA's 11% 24*4
High game (M) Al Gilbert I
204. ’
High Game (W) Barbara
Waiden 174.
High series (M) Al Gil
bert 564.
High series (W) Ann Hodges
447.
High team game Monroe
Scrub's 734.
High team series May Bee's
2098
*’oo. games: A! Gilbert 204.
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The Covington Enterprise, Established io 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
SPORTS
808 GREER. Sports Editor
Single Classic
(At Holliday Lanes)
Name Games Av. Pts.
Rip Pepetske 78 178 357
John Bledsoe 78 176 354
Gary Crawford 78 173 333
Carlton Bone ”8 168 325
Clyde Young 170 323 Vs
Herb Vining 167 323
Charlie Boss 168 318*4
Ben Banks 78 165 317*4
Harry Cowan 75 171 316
Jack Cason 78 160 309
Melvin Huff 78 162 308*4
Billy Banks 78 162 304*4
Gene Garner 75 163 304
C. A. Hughes 78 160 303
Ralph Mulkey 78 157 296*4
H. E. Collier 75 160 293%
Jimmy Williams 75 159 292
Joel Bowen 75 158 290*4
Dewey Cason 75 161 287
Jim Pound 72 162 284
Al Smith 78 155 283
Peter Cowan 78 148 280
Jerry Prosser 72 158 269*4
Vern Cowan 69 160 266%
Don Carter 75 146 241%
Jerry Durden 75 137 233
Bennie Barber 65 159 218
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
LN THE COVINGTON NEWS
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Junior Bowlers
Receive Awards
At H'liday Lanes
Covington junior bowlers
were rewarded Thursday for
their recent victorious invasion
of the Masters Lanes in Au
gusta when Holliday Lane re
presentatives took five first
places and two seconds in the
Tri-State Tournament. Bowl
ers from Georgia, South Caro
lina and North Carolina were
entered in the tourney.
In Covington for the presen
tation of the trophies at the
local lane Thursday was Bill
Kirschheim, President of the
Georgia State BPAA, and
manager of the Masters Lanes.
Taking first place honors in
the Junior Girls Singles was
Donna Repetske, while Shirley
Adams won the Bantam Girls
Singles crown. Miss Repetske
had a 630 series and Miss Ad
ams bowled a 626.
First place winner of the
Junior Boys Doubles was Gary
Freeman and Tim Exley. They
had a 1254. The local Junior
Boys Team, composed of John
Hunt, Tony White, Tommy
Bowen, Gary Freeman and
Tim Exley, also took first place
with 3080 pins.
The Bantam Boys Double
title with Tommy Bowen and
Slade Exley, bowling 1261, was
also good for first place in the
tournament.
Charles Reynolds missed a
singles title by only 36 pins.
President Kirschheim said that
Reynolds’ trophy will be sent to
him in the near future. Taking
second place in the Junior
Boys Doubles were the team
composed of John Hunt and
Johnny Whelchel. They had a
1243.
Frank Bennett, coach of the
AJBC program at Holliday
Lanes presented the AJBC
patches to Gary Freeman, who
had a 242 game and makes him
a member of the “225 Patch
Club.” John Hunt and Tony
White each rolled a 200-game
at Augusta. They received
house trophies for the feat.
Hunt banged a 202 and White
had a 201.
Holliday Manager Art Booth
served as Master of Ceremonies
Thursday evening during the
wards program. He also pre
sented team and individual
awards to local bowlers for
their participation in the vari
ous leagues during the past six
months.
Presentations included the
following to local bowlers:
(Trophies)
Bennett’s Bantams: Top
Cats, Gary Patrick and Smitty
Callaway; Runners-up: Mike
Smith, Joe Schell.
Coca-Cola Bowlerettes Ban
tams: Wildcats, Shirley Adams
and Linda Adams; Runners
up: Alley Angels, Mary Lewis
and Elisa Callaway.
Coca-Cola National Jr. Boys:
Gang Busters: John Hunt and
Gary Freeman: Runners-up:
Untouchables, Tim Exley and
Charles Reynolds.
Coca-Cola American Jr.
Boys: Lumbermen, Gary Free
man, Elliott Hewitt and Jeffry
Hinton. Runners-up: Rams,
Lanier Crawley and Charles
Hunt.
Melvin Huff Takes
Big Cash Prize
Melvin Huff, rolling a 611
series, to John Bledsoe’s 507,
won first place and $59.25 in
the final playoff of the 3-6-9
Wheel of Fortune Tournament
in bowling.
Rip Repetske was third
($15.00) and Mac McCullough
'fourth ($15.00). Bledsoe took
। down $29.25 for second place.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1962
LL, Pony And Colt Playoffs Set
There will be all kinds of
baseball for boys in the age
group 11 through 16 of New
ton County in the next two
weeks as the tournaments start
for all three classifications.
The Newton Little League
All-Stars played their first
game in the Gainesville tour
nament yesterday (Wednesday)
against the Gainesville Na
tionals. The local Alcovy Pony
Stars will play their first game
of the tourney at Hampton on
Monday, July 23rd, against the
strong Tucker nine. The Colt
League boys of this area will
play in the State Tournament
at Chastain Park in Atlanta,
Thursday, July 30th. Macon
will be the opponent.
The Pony loop boys, one of
five to enter the meet at Hamp-
Ronald Bradleys
Proud Parents
Os Twin Boys
Newton County high school
boys coach Ronald Bradley and
Mrs. Bradley are the parents
of twin boys bom at Newton
County Hospital, Saturday,
July i 4. The youngsters have
been named Robert Winston
and William Allan.
Coach Bradley said that the
boys are named in honor of
the four all-star basketball
players he has coached here at
Newton High in the past four
years. The late Billy Dean Rut
ledge, Bob Mitchell, Allan Rowe
and Billy Shaw are the players
so honored.
The twins will be called Bill
and Bob. The Bradleys have
two other children, a daughter
6 years of age, and a son, three
and one-half years of age.
• ♦ * •
A prominent lady sports fan
of Covington observed that, in
a few years, the NCHS athletes
born to Mr. and Mrs. Bradley
will probably be called the
“B-Boys.”
She said that stands for Bill
and Bob, also that the ‘B’
stands for Basketball and Base
ball, and ‘B’ stands for the
Bradley Boys.
A friend of mine once said that with the com
ing of fall frost and crysanthemums, fields become
swarmed with crow hunters.
But, spring flowers and crows go together, too.
In fact, early spring shooting can be fast and furious,
and with a lot less competition from the growing
clan of crow-shooting addicts.
Here are some helpful “How To’s” on the
subject of spring crow shooting.
Crows remain flocked right up to the beginning
of nesting, so the first step to a spring shoot is
locate a roost. This can be done rather easily by
traveling the rural roads at sundown and watching
ind listening for crows.
After you have located the roosting site, plot the
direction of travel of the birds to and from their
sleeping quarters.
Then seek out a few vantage points along the
travel lanes but don’t crowd the roost. The
birds will put up with a fair amount of shooting
on feeding grounds and flight lanes, but shoot
ing in or near the roost leads to quick aban
donment.
A patch of v/oods, a brushy fence row, or an
abandoned house or outbuilding offer good hunting
cover. Remember, however, you are dealing with
nature’s number one egghead!
Take pains to add a few limbs and twigs to give
the best possible concealment. Camouflage clothing
and a face mask are worth-while extras in many
situations. And, you should move as little as pos
sible while waiting and shooting.
A few decoys and a good mouth call are necessary
items on feeding grounds. Dedicated crow hunters
sometimes extend their calling range by using a
recording and a battery operated turntable. A handv
way to supplement the detoy spread is to carry a
bundle of 12-inch wires cut from metal coat hangers.
Shove one through the breast cavity, aeck, and into
the head of a shot bird. Then prop the lifelike decoy
up in the ground.
Early spring is a period of food shortage for
many types of wildlife including crows. It’s the
period when the waste grains of fall harvest are
pretty well cleaned up and the new growth
hasn’t started yet.
Choice spots to find crows are in garbage damns
and around manure pi'es. These pieces are sought
out by crows, and you will find them there regularly.
ton Area I, will have several
days of action. The schedule
has not been released as yet
but the other four teams in
the tourney will be Monroe,
Jonesboro and Henry County.
Henry County has drawn a bye
through the first round how
ever. Covington’s Buddy Baker
is manager of the local stars
in the Pony league.
The Colt boys are currently
holding a try-out camp for
spots on the all-star team, ac
cording to Joel Bowen, man
ager of the Covington entry.
Teams in the loop include Por
terdale, Covington, Ola and
McDonough.
P'dale Softball
Team Throttles
Atlanta 9 to 1
The Porterdale Softball team
downed the Hemphill Avenue
Church of God softball team
Saturday evening 9 to 1 on
Snow Field, Porterdale.
Porterdale Manager Eddie
Lee Digby called on Sid Hodge
for the hurling duties in the
game and he pitched a master
piece, giving up only eight hits
in the contest. J Christian, G.
Curtis, C. Smallwood and B.
Ogletree had two hits each in
the encounter.
A Friday night game was to
have been played at Snow Field
but the Carling Black Label
team called the game off. A
makeup game was scheduled
between Porterdale and Rock
dale County Baptist Church.
The line-up for Porterdale in
the Porterdale - Hemphill
Church game was as follows:
J. D. Smallwood, cf; J. Christ
ian, ss; G. Curtis, lb; C. Small
wood, c; A. Smith, 2b; R. Wil
kerson, If; B. Ogletree, rs; H.
Hodge, 3b; S. Hodge, p. Subs
were: Young and Smallwood.
Hemphill line-up: Cole 2b,
McCurry ss, Walker cf, John
son 3b, Argo If, Portwood lb,
G. Watson rs, J. Watson c,
Moore p. Subs were: Lyons and
Chastain.
GAME
AND
FISH
By FULTON LOVELL
Newton Stars
Down Oxford
In a practice game prior to
the Little League tournament
at Gainesville and Athens, the
Newton Little League All -
Stars downed the Oxford Dod
gers Monday evening at the lo
cal field 14 to 1.
Manager Lindsey Vaughn's
team had downed the Alcovy
LL All-Stars in two games
during the past week in prac
tice tilts. Oxford is the cham
pion of the Alcovy LL.
Starting on the mound for
the Newton boys Monday was
Tommy Moore, and he hurled
the first three innings giving
up two hits. He was in trouble
in the very first inning when
Jabbo Cowan led oft with a
single and Hal Bailey dougled
to put runners on second and
third and none out. Moore
withstood the pressure and got
the next three batters out in
order.
Delmas Pippin started the
game for the Oxford team and
Manager J. R. Stowe. Kenneth
Hodges’ single as a leadoff bat
ter and Tim Autry's one-base
blow set the stage for Richard
Allen’s double to plate the first
two runs of the game. However,
the main RBI man of the night
was Gary (Yogi) Wilkerson.
He had consecutive doubles in
the fourth and fifth, each time
with the bases loaded. Tim Au
try had three hits in the game.
Fielding play of the game
was turned in by shortstop
Kenneth Hodges who took Bai
ley’s liner in the fifth with two
men on. Hodges snagged the
ball with a leaping, one-hand
catch over his head.
Manager Vaughn used three
hurlers in the game with Skip
per Stowe employing two. The
Newton pitchers were Moore,
Tim Autry and Gary Wilkerson
Oxford chunkers were Pippin
and Larry Johnson.
Oxford AB R H
Cowan, cf 2 0 1 j
Bailey, ss 3 0 I
Smith, T. lb. 3 0 0
Pippin, p-3b 2 11
Garner, 2b 2 0 0
Ellis, c 3 0 0
English, rs 2 0 0i
Johnson, 3b - P 2 0 0
Smith, K. If 10 0
Totals 20 1 3
• • • •
Newton All-Stars AB R H
K. Hodges, ss 4 3 2
Myers, cf 110
Mask, cf 111
Wilkerson, e- p 4 2 2
T. Autry, cf - p 4 2 3
Allen, 2b 3 1 2
Schell, lb 4 0 1
M. Hodge, 3b 412
Berry, rs 0 10
King, rs 2 11
Moore, p 10 1
S. Autry, cf 111
Totals 29 14 16
Stewart Wallops
Juliette 10 to 5
Stewart’s baseball team of
the Middle Georgia baseball
loop, behind the five - hit
pitching of Hack Johnston,
downed Juliette Sunday by a
10 to 5 score.
Livingston and Monticello
battled to a 9-9 tie until dark
ness forced the game to be
called. In the other game Sun
day Forsyth defeated Hillsboro
8-6
Main hitlers in the Stewart
game were Charles Pickett and
Kit Jones, each with two for
three.
Standings of the Middle Ga
teams:
Team W L
Livingston 10 3
Forsyth 8 6
Juliette 8 6
Monticello 7 6
Stewart 4 10
Hillsboro 4 10
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Cynthia Harris is
Elected President
Os Tift Athletics
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I If
CYNTHIA HARRIS, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris
of Covington, was elected pre
sident of the Women’s Athletic
Association at Tift College for
the school year 1962- 6.3. Cyn
thia, a star baskethall player,
will be a senior at Tift next
year.
Covington Braves
Were Champion
"Candy Sellers"
Frank Christian’s Braves Lit
tle League baseball team was
the top little league baseball
team selling candy to raise
funds to finance the Little
League program. The Braves
sold $157 worth of milk choco
lates and for this, the entire
team receives free bowling al
Gold Crown Lanes
Team members who will re
ceive free bowling are; Wen
dell C. Myers, Michael B
Myers, Bobby Patrick, Timothy
Autry, Ernest L. Kitchens, Ro
bert B. Dial, Glenn L. Parker.
Terry McCullers, Dennis Dig
by, Charles C. McDaniel, Mar
cus T. Reed, Marshall L. Ginn.
Archie McDaniel, Wallace E.
Christian and Michael Smith.
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Contests
Chub Ivey Wins
Bowling Award
Winner of the grand prize at
the “Bowling Fair” at Gold
Crown Lanes Sunday evening
was Chub Ivey, who was pre
sented 5,000 trading stamps.
Other award winners for con
verting difficult splits were:
Dot New, Wayne Zahn, Billy
Ray Hooper, Eddie Ray Taylor,
Jackie Brinkley, Charles Kelly,
Dottie Newberry, Helen Ivev,
Lucile Skinner, Billy Letson,
Susan Walker, Benny Matocha,
Wendell Kitchens and Sara
Walker.
Ralph Mulkey and
Billy Banks Now
Members 230 Club
Ralph Mulkey and Biliy
Banks of the Singles Classic
League at Holliday Lanes hava
joined the exclusive “230
Club.”
Mulkey hit a 233 game and
Banks rolled an even 230 game
to become eligible for a wri t
watch, emblematic of their
club membership.
Bowling
Ladies - Morning - Coffee
League
(At Gold Crown Lanes)
Three Game Series
Mrs. Luke Lassiter 410
Mrs. Felton Jones 416
Mrs. Norman Walker 402
Mrs. G. L. Dennison 371
Mrs. Henry Odum, Jr. 3' 2
Mrs. Ralph Spears 362
Mrs. M. D. Bledsoe 341
Mrs. J. K. Norton 325
Mrs. Gladys Wilson 325
High Game: Mrs. Norman
Walker 166
High Series: Mrs. Luke Lassi
ter 440.
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