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Richard Moore’s Austin Peay College football team has
taken it on the chin five straight games this season. However,
Moore’s passing has been very good as he has thrown 24
times and completed 11 for a total of 123 yards ... Jimmy
Laster, former Ram All-State QB, is now a Southeastern
representative of the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company . . .
And by the way, Coach Billy Crowell reports that the Aub
urn coaching staff feels that Larry Laster is the best blocker
the Tigers have had in years . ..
The type of football (in design) that we use today was
adopted in 1926. The football prior to 1926 was much bigger
and more shaped like a pumpkin . . . President Terry Roose
velt threatened to have Congress legislate football out of
existence. Said it was too dangerous; but afier a set of rules
were submitted he relented ... How's this for a Gator
Bowl attraction for December 29: Auburn vs Penn State . . .
Mrs. Henry H. Fitzpatrick of Covington, advises us that she
has five tickets to the Georgia Tech-Tulane game in Atlanta
Saturday which she wishes to dispose of. Anyone interested
might call Mrs. Fitzpatrick . ..
R. A. Coleman of Oxford won the Journal-Constitution
Magazines “Titles” contest Sunday. His award was $5 for
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Baseball Is Almost Life to
Fletcher Hill of Covington
A remarkable man in more
ways than one, Fletcher Hill
of Washington Sireet in Cov
ingion, is also Newton Coun
ty’s number one fan of the Na
tional Pastime — baseball. He
has listened to and kept statis
tics on 2.566 games over a 12-
year span.
Mr. Hill has been confined
to his wheelchair for 13 years.
The first vear of his affliction
he was not able to listen to the
radio but since that time has
become a daily baseball fan
.
Mr. Hill Now Has Logged 2,566 Baseball Games
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FLETCHER HILL, Newton County’s greatest baseball fan and statistician, is shown in
bis familiar wheelchair on his porch in Covington, looking over the past season’s record
of teams in baseball. The baseball in his lefthand was autographed by members of the
1958 Atlanta Cracker team and given to Mr. Hill by Roy Hill. In the past 12 seasons Mr.
Hill has kept records of games he has heard and viewed and the total is 2,566 games.
This past season alone he heard and saw some 272 tilts.
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for Cracker games as well as
!t;he “Game of the Day”. On
weekends he sees the big league
games on TV.
This past diamond season
Mr. Hill heard and saw more
games than any single year.
Starting with the spring train
ing broadcasts he has scored
[ 272 tilts. The National League
playoffs and the World Series
afforded him plenty of plea
sure during the past weeks.
Continued on Page 24
Che Couington News
Punt, Pass and
Kick Entries
Must Sign Up
Registration for young boys
in the 1962 Punt, Pass and
Kick Contest in Covington is
now underway at Covington
Auto Service, local Ford deal
er
The deadline for registering
is Wednesday, October 31.
Boys in the age group seven
through 11 years may register
during the month of October,
and must be accompanied by a
parent or guardian. The con
test has been set for Sharp
Field, Saturday, November 3
at 10 a.m.
Many valuable prizes await
the winners in each age group.
First prize in the local contest
will be an NFL Football auto
graphed by the Champion
Green Bay Packers.
All who register for the con
test in Covington will receive
a “Football Tele - Viewer”
which gives all the rosters of
the pro teams and other perti
nent information for those
who view the games on TV,
Region Footbali:
October 26-27:
Newton Co. at St. Pius
(Oct. 27 at East Point)
Baldwin Co. at Chamblee
Stephens Co. at Elberton
Forsyth Co. at Pickens Co.
So. Hall at Hart Co.
Winder-Barrow (open)
Other area games:
Rockdale Co. at Clarkston
(Adams Stadium, Oct. 27)
Monticello at Putnam Co.
Royston at Morgan Co.
Monroe at Toccoa
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1962
Newton County’s First Midget Football Team and Coaches
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NEWTON COUNTY'S FIRST MIDGET FOOTBALL team is shown in
the picture above with the coaches and managers. First row left to right:
Mark Davis, Gary Price, Andy Howell, Mike Shropshire, John Moon,
Billy Childers, David Jernigan and Stanlsy Owens. Second row, left to
right: Billy Smith, manager: Terry Morrell, Tony Moon, Danny Harwell,
Jim Gainer, Bill Brooks, Larry Allen, Ronnie Aiken, Artie Hays and
Hapeville Takes Newton 18-7
| The Newton County Rams
| opened up their 1962 Home
{ coming game Friday night
| against Hapeville with a flur
|ty of action by marching 72
| yards with the opening kick
off and ‘then for the remainder
of the game turned the
| offensive show over to the wvis
i o] ~
iting team as the NCHS eleven
‘lnst by an 18-7 score.
Two quick touchdowns by
jlhe Hornets in the fading min
iums of the first half put 12
points on the scoreboard by
virtue of an intercepied pass
and a Ram fumble.
Saturday night the Rams
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ED HERTWIG |
Ed Hertwig, tackle on the
University of South Carolina
football team, suffered a torn
ligament in his left knee Sat
|urday in the Gamecock-North
| Carolina game at Crapel Hill
| Hertwig will be lost to the team
‘ror the remainder of the 1962
| season.
! Surgery was performed on
;“le knee Saturday night at the
Columbia General Hospital in
I(3olumbia. S. C. His parents,
|Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hertwig, Si
|of Porterdale motored to Col
umbia late Saturday evening
| after being informed of the
| seriousness of the injury. They
| returned to Porterdale Sunday
night
This marked the first time
in Hertwig’s football career
that he had been seriously In
jured. His playing days covered
grammar school in Columbus,
IGa. and at Newton County hign
will visit East Point for a sub
region game with St. Pius.
The game will be played at
Russell High School stadium,
Newton season slale is now
3 wins, 3 losses and one tie. A
loss to the St. Pius team will
eliminate Coach Milton Mec-
Laney’s boys from the race in
Region 4AA East.
In the loss to the Hapeville
team Friday, Newton's TD
was scored on a 33-yard pass
and run play from Quarter
back Tim Christian to End
Dennis Hammonds. This mark
ed the second straight game
that Hammonds has scored a
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"Dixie 400" Set Sunday as the
Atlanfa Infernational Speedway
The race next Sunday at the
Atlanta International! Raceway
will be the last race of the sea
son of the NASCAR Grand Na
tional Division.
The Dixie 400 will also be
the last race, in what has
proved to be one of the tough
est battles ever for the title of
Grand Nationa] Champion.
At least five drivers have
been going strong all year for
this title, This is the most in any
one season who have said from
the start that they were shoot
ing for this honor.
It is a long and hard road to
the top in point standings. Joe
Weatherly, Richard Petty, Jack
Smith, Ned Jarrett and Rex
White will tell you that it is
a battle all the way.
The Atlanta race will be the
52nd race since last February
for these drivers. And if you
will eount the number of weeks
since the Daytona 500 and sub-
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in Covington. Ed had cne vear
of prep school football at GMA
in Barnesville,
He enrolled at the University
of South Carolina in the fall of
1961 and served a vear of re
sidence there after transferring
from Georgia Tech.
This season he started the
campaign as a member of the
Gamecock “Sidewinders”, but
that unit was junked and Ed
had seen service on both of
fense and defense in recen'
games. ’
Glenn Hudson, manager. Third row, left to right: Bill Marks, Phil Shaw,
Bobby Matocha, Terry Schell, Bill Vaughn, Luke Odum and Mike Myers
Back row, left to right: B, C. Crowell, coach: Danny Moore, Wayne Stinch
comb, Tommy Moore, Jeb Terry, Bubba Hill, Craig Hertwig and Tom
Lovern, coach.
TD on a long pass. In the
Georgia Military High School
game he caught an aerial for a
66 yard pass-run play.
YARDSTICK
Newton Co. 7 Hapeville 18
11 First Downs 8
90 Yards Rushing 191
101 Yards Passing 0
13 Passes Attemp. 4
. Passes Comp, 0
5 Yards Penalized 35
3 Fumbles Lost 1
Hapeville 0120 618
Newton Co. 7 00 0-—l7
Scoring Newton TD: Ham
monds (Pass from Christian 33
vards), Rutledge PAT (line).
Hapeville TDs: Williamson 56
yds., Kinsey 7 yrds, Brooks,
recovered fumble and ran 28
yards.
HIGH SCHOOL SCORES:
Hapeville 18, Newton Co. T
Morgan Co. 13, Hart Co. 0
Monroe 6, Winder-Barrow 0
Jackson 68, Henry Co. 0
Rockdale 33, Duluth 6
Monticello 27, Macon Co. 0
Elberton 19, Thomson 0
Chamblee 19, Druid Hills 0
Dublin 13. Baldwin Co. 12
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The familiar press box and south grax.ld'stand. pictured above, will be the scene next Sun.
day, Oct. 28, for the second annual Dixie 400 when the Atlanta International Raceway will
play host to the top NASCAR drivers, includ’'ng Fireball Roberts (inset right), winner of
the first race at the Georgia track, and Fred Lorenzen (inset left), the only driver to win
two races at Atlanta, and the winner of this year’s Atlanta 500. The race starts at 1 pm
larry Laster Praised as Key
To Auburn’s Fine ‘6l Season
Editor's Note — The Zol
lowing article was written by
Benny Marshall, Sports Edit
or of The Birmingham News,
~and was sent to us by Cleon
~ Wiley of Birmingham, who |
~is also a native of Covington.
i The title of Marshail’s com
plete column was “Laster Is
A Symbol At Auburn,”
- . . -
AUBURN, Ala, Oct, 18 —
Thomas Lawrence Laster of|
Covington, Ga,, has spent four
of the 22 years of his life as a
scholar-athlete at Auburn Uni
versity, This last one makesl
five,
He might have gone to Geor—!
gia Tech when he came out of
Newton County High School
over there but his brother
Jimmy had been an Auburn
football player.
Larry Laster became one.f
too. ‘l
He was a freshman, a red
shirt, then bh's sophomore yea"
as a fullback Ed Dyas was up!
ahead of him. Dyas got hur!.l
Laster did, too. The following |
spring it happened again, and |
injuries kept follow ag after]
him, right on up to the Sept
ember start of his senior season.
Maybe some other things had
been after him, too, for Laster
hadn’'t become the football
player he wanted so be.
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THEN, ALL of a sudden, all
of it changed. Against Tenn=
essee and against Kentucky im
the Tigers' leadoff Southe
eastern Conference victories,
Auburn Right Halfback Larry
Laster was a bigger man than
ihis 195 pounds ever had made
him before.
Laster's four-yard run for
Auburn’s first touchdown
|against Tennessee was a blast
|that took him a!l the way out
of the end zone, almost.
It was Laster's block that
turned Jimmy Burson loose on
the long run which put Auburm
back in contention for come
lback winning that startling
|Saturday at Legion Field.
And Laster tackled Mallon
Faircloth, the Vol tailbzck tar,
more times than the law allow=
‘ed. Laster was everywhere,
| Wednesday, three days ahead
jof climactic collision with
'Georgia Tech on Lesion Field,
|Larry Laster of Ce¢ :ngton and
{Aub 'n was one to be regarded
135 .othing less than a symbol
{of Tiger transformation.
| 'A halfback who wasn’t supe
{ posed to now is one of the ones
out front of a team which
wasn't supposed to, either. -
THE STRONG - looking,
good-looking young man pulied
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