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VOLUME 99
Peering Into the Sports Future!
There are a lot of things we'd like to see come to fruition
this summer and fall. Here are a few of them:
Jack Nicklaus, a recent visitor at the local MacGregor
Plant in Covington, win the 1963 Masters which starts to
day (Thursday) at Augusta . . . Eddie Mathews of the Braves
wallop his 400th homer in the very first game of the 63
season on Tuesday, April 9 . . . The NCHS Ram baseball
team make it all the way to the State AA title this year.
They came in second last year . . .
Early Wynn win his 300th Major League baseball game
this spring. Buddy Baker remembers when Wynn was toil
ing in the Class C Piedmont League in North Carolina in
the mid-1980s ... At least 100 entries in the 1963 Snow Open
Golf Tournament at Porterdale this summer so that the
tee-off time will be at sunrise . . . Another 7-2-1 season in
football this fall for Coaches Milton McLaney and Wilbur
Fisher . . .
The Little League area tournament be brought to Cov
ington this summer. In the past our teams have travelled
to Hartwell, Winder and Gainesville . . . Another Newton
County boy making it to the Big Leagues in baseball. In
fact we believe that the last one to make it to the top was
Sherrod Smith, the Mansfield lefty. That was some 40 years
ago ... A Community Center for recreational activities,
and an office for the receration director as well . . .
Stan Musial of the Cardinals hit one over the rightfield
signs at Ponce de Leon Park Sunday to thrill the expected
15.000 local baseball fans . . . The hiring of more competent
personnel and public relations men like John Morford of
the local MacGregor Plant and Earl Hilligan of Brunswick
Sports (Chicago) . . .
THIS AND THAT!
Ed Miles of the Atlanta Journal interviewed Jack Nick
laus here in Covington Thursday. We noted in the Sunday
newspaper that Miles picked Arnold Palmer to win the
Masters, with Nicklaus his second choice . . . Here’s hoping
that Jerry Wild of Monticello sticks with the Atlanta Crack
ers this season. He is a former Pony League player with
Mansfiled and at Monticello High School . . . Georgia State
Patrolman Steve Polk, a native of Newborn, accompanied
golfer Jack Nicklaus to Covington Thursday on his visit to
the local MacGregor plant . . . While this isn’t exactly sports
news it is a “foul” way of saying that the per capita con
sumption of chicken and turkey has risen 50% since 1950.
William H. Kirby to Head
Newton County Pony League
Reverend William F. Kirby,
Pastor of the Covington Mills
Methodist Church, was elected
president of the Newton Co
unty Pony League Thursday
evening at a meeting at the
Conyers Street gymnasium. Mr.
Kirby succeeds Tommy Smith
as head of the league known
as the Alcovy Pony League
last year.
Others officers on the slate
of the newly-named loop are
Tom Lovern, Vice-President;
Tom Wiley, Secretary-Treasur
er; Bob Ballard, Player Agent.
One new team is entering the
local Pony league when school
is recessed for the summer.
That club is Mansfield, and
they will succeed Social Circle
for the fourth spot. Other
teams of the league include
Oxford, Covington and Porter
dale.
All games of the Newton
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Army News Service presents the first tn • senes of six exer
etses. for both male and female Army personnel, recommended
by the Department of the Army for those persons assigned m
specialists, staff personnel, and to TD organizations. The exer
cises are extracted from Department of the Army Pamphlets
tl-1 and 21-2. Army Minimum Physical Fitness Tests will be
taken by individuals, who fall into the described catagories,
based on these exercises. Reference will be made to Pamphlets
tl-1 and 21-2 for the minimum acceptable standards based on
tbs age of the individual.
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
SPORTS
808 GREER, Sports Editor
Pony league will be played on
the Covington Mills Field.
Starting times will be announ
ced at a later date. Double
headers will be played two
days a week—Wednesday and
Saturday.
Age limits for the Pony Lea
guers is 13-14 years, inclusive.
Managers of the various teams
in the league will be named at
a later date.
Oldit/nu/L
“The honeymoon is really
over when there are more
"-^is than coos."
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Rams Baseball
Season Opens
I Here Monday
Newton County Rams base
ball team will open the 1963
season in Covington Monday,
. April 8, against the Avondale
. Blue Devils. Game time is set
for 4 p.m. on Legion Field.
Coach Ronald Bradley has
, announced his lineup for the
Ram-Avondiale game as fol
■ lows:
Catcher —Ronnie Lynoh
Pitcher —Doug Bledsoe
First Base —Tim Christian
[ Second Base —Freeman
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Third Base —Terry Smith
Short Stop—Terry Rutledge
’ Leftfield—Jimmy Jones
1 Centerfield —Denny Dobbs
Rightfield—Billy Shepherd
The 1963 schedule (thus far)
follows:
April 8 Avondale at Coving
i ton.
April 9 Jackson at Jackson .
April 12 Forsyth Co. at Cov
ington.
April 15 Jackson at Coving
ton.
April 19 Chamblee at
Chamblee
April 24 St. Pius at Coving
ton.
■ April 26 Forsyth Co. at
; Cumming.
May 1 St. Pius at Atlanta.
May 3 Chamblee at Coving
. ton.
Game and Fish
Regulations Given
For 1963-64 Season
Hunting and fishing seasons,
limits and regulations for 1963-
64 have been announced by the
Georgia Game and Fish Com
missioners. In an executive ses
sion this week, the Commiss
ioners set Georgia’s 1963-64
seasons, including regulations
for trout fishing on the state’s
managed trout streams.
One big change is the open
ing of an archery season next
fall on deer of any sex Oct
ober 1, through October 31, in
counties having an open gun
season with the exception of
eastern counties generally from
Burke County south. The Fort
Stewart Military Reservation
will be open to bow and arrow
hunters in this area, however.
Since the gun season in co
unties having an archery sea
unties having an archery season
does not open until November
1, this amounts to a pre-season
archers may take either buck or
doe.
Another change is the re
opening of the alligator season
in Chatham, Bryan, Liberty,
Mclntosh, Glynn and Camden
Counties. The season will run
from June 1, 1963 through Jan
uary 31, 1964. There is no bag
limit, however, ’gators that are
taken must measure at least
five feet in length. A special
license is required for hunting
’gators.
Fort Stewart will be open for
hunting deer with guns Oct
ober 15, 1963 through January
6, 1964. Bag limit is set as two
deer of either sex. This season
, can be closed at any time by
the Commanding General if the
total take reaches a figure of
1500 deer. The same conditions
will apply on a deer season in
the Fort Benning Military Re
servation November 1, 1963
through January 6, 1964. A
maximum of 1000 deer can be
harvested from this area, how
ever.
The spring gobbler season
will open March 26 and run
through April 15 of this year in
all spring gobbler counties ex
cept Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon,
Walker and Whitfield where
the season will be from April
15 through April 20.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963
Jack Nicklaus Visits Covington
BY 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
Golfing great Jack Nicklaus, looking the picture of health,
was a visitor at the Covington MacGregor plant Thursday
afternoon. Nicklaus and Brunswick Sports officials were
on a whirl-wind tour of Albany and Covington golf facilities
of the MacGregor firm.
Suntanned and sandy haired,
the Ohio State graduate toured
the local plant and chatted
with many of the employees
during his two-hour stay on
Industrial Boulevard.
Representatives of the press
and photographers took up
much of Nicklaus time here
inasmuch as he is one of the
three favorites to take the 1963
Masters title next week at
Augusta. Jack, Arnold Palmer
(the defending champ) and
Gary Player are cast in the
favorites role.
When questioned as to the
eventual winner of the 1963
Masters, top prize in the world
of golf, Nicklaus said, “I’ll take
Gary (Player). He’s sharp
right now.”
Nicklaus will be entering his
second Masters as a profession
al. He joined the money bags
rank in November of 1961. Last
year in the Masters he finish
ed 15th. He was quoted as say
ing, “one of these years I am
going to put together four good
rounds down here. And when I
do, watch out.”
During the tour of the Cov
ington golf ball factory, where
all of the MacGregor brand
Lee Campbell Hurls
6-3 Victory Over
Western Carolina
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LEE CAMPBELL
Lee Campbell, a freshman on
the North Georgia College
baseball team, hurled his out
fit to a convincing 6-3 victory
over Western Carolina Teach
ers at Dahlonega Saturday af
ternoon.
Campbell, a member of
Coach Ronald Bradley’s NCHS
diamond team a year ago, went
the route for the victory and
was never in trouble after the
second frame. It marked the
first time in nine years that
North Georgia had defeated
the Carolina team in baseball.
Young Campbell is a fresh
man at North Georgia and this
was his first start as a college
pitcher. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Campbell of
Covington.
Bowling Notes
The Grand winner at the
Sunday Evening Bowling Fair
at Gold Crown Lanes Sunday
evening, was Mrs. Tom Mcln
tosh of Monroe. Mrs. Mclntosh
was the winner of a gift cer
tificate of $15.00 for groceries.
Mrs. Mickey Davis and Mrs.
Benson Plunkett were winners
of gift certificates.
Ann Casey, a Bantam Bowl
er was high game winner for
the ladies, and Mr. Norman
Walker was high game winner
of the men, Ann had a 189.
Mr. Walker bowled a 224.
Other free game winners for
Gold Pin Strikes and Splits,
were, Ed Parker, Bill Wood,
Walter Pretzer, Steve Shaffer,
Martha Ellen Banks, Mike
Rapp, John Waggoner, Willie
Savage, Geneva Waggoner,
Tom Mclntosh, Ann Casey,
Steve Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Mickey Davis, Benson Plunkett,
Cleo Casey and Sara Walker.
Bowling News
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balls are now made. Jack saw
his own personal brand being
manufactured, along with the
famed DX-Tourney and Super
88 balks.
In commenting on the Mas
ters course at Augusta, Jack
said that “the course is my
favorite. It isn’t the toughest,
but it is the best in the coun
try.” If he wins the '63 diadem
next week he may well have
some super adjectives to say
about Bobby Jones and Cliff
JACK NICKLAUS (center) visited the Covington Mac-
Gregor Plant Thursday prior to the 1963 Masters Tourna
ment at Augusta which gets underway today. Shown with
Nicklaus, who is a member of the Brunswick Advisory
Staff, are from left to right: John Morford. Personnel Man-
Little League
Officials Met
Tuesday Night
Officials, managers, repre
sentatives and members of the
Newton County Umpires As
sociation held a meeting at
Conyers Street Gym Tuesday
night. Many important issues
were discussed and ruled upon.
According to official Little
League rules, each team shall
be scheduled to play not less
than two games per week. No
team is allowed to play two
games in one day. This being
the case, it was therefore de
cided to remain with six teams
in each league. A previous re
quest by J. R. Stowe to re
admit the Oxford team was de
nied.
Since Roy Barnett had to re
sign as secretary - treasurer
from the Little League Asso
ciation, B. J. Matocha was
elected to this office. The con
cession stand will again be un
der the able supervision of
Mrs. Mary Frances Reed.
The umpires Association
proposed to furnish two quali
fied umpires for each game for
a fee of $3.00 per game to be
paid by the league sponsor.
Final discussion and decision
is to be made at the next meet
ing.
President Tom Lovern and
Vice President Buddy Baker
were appointed to investigate
out of town fields for suitabili
ty of Little League play.
Present at the meeting were:
Robert Ballard, Tom Wiley
Jimmy Wiley, Charles Moody,
Lindsy Vaughn, J. W. Aaron,
Buddy Baker, John Rooks, Joe
Marks, Tommy Smith, Mary
Frances Reed, J. R. Stowe,
Tom Lovern, B. J. Matocha, L.
G. Carney and Billy Crowell.
Another important meeting
will be held on Monday even
ing, April 8, at 7:30 at Conyers
Street Gym. League schedules
I and pending issues will be dis
cussed.
Any boys wishing to register
I for Little League contact Tom
I Lovern or Joel Bowen.
Roberts' layout. nold Palmer in the National
In four previous Masters ap- Open in a playoff may well be
pearances. Nicklaus — rated a the incentive he needs for an
threat everytime — has never accelerated victory trail this
finished higher than seventh, year.
W g v^ that I” 1961 ’ hiS On the trip to Covington
last year as an amateur. .
He has been plagued every Thursday, Nicklaus was ac
time by one bad round. Last companied by Earl Hilligan,
year, for example, he opened Public Relations Director of
with a74 to fall far behind, but Brunswick Sports, Chicago;
rallied the last three days to Mark Cox, Director of Market
gain 15th place. ing Services. Brunswick Corp.,
In the 1961 tournament, Chicago; Mike Snyder, photo-
Nicklaus shot brilliant golf grapher for Brunswick Corp.,
most of the way, but balooned Chicago; Ed Miles and Hugh
to a disastrous 75 in the second Stovall of the Atlanta Journal
round. sports department; Larry Loyd
Nicklaus has definitely of Governor Sanders’ office in
shown that he is capable of Atlanta: Steve Polk and Troo
taking the title in the Masters, per Kull of the Georgia High-
His pressure victory over Ar- way Patrol, Atlanta.
Cynthia Harris
Named to Dean's
List at Tift
FORSYTH — Tift College
Dean Gordon S. Miller today
announced that 61 students
have qualified for the Winter
Quarter Dean’s List.
To achieve this honor, a stu
dent must attain a scholastic
average of 2.25 for the quarter
on ten or more hours of work
and have an overall average of
2.00
The Winter Quarter Dean's
List included Cynthia Harris
of Covington.
Sugar Bowl Races
Set for April 12
Jalopy and Sportsman Races
will be staged at the Sugar
Bowl Speedway on U. S. 278
between Covington and Con
yers, Friday night April 12.
Bill Cooly of Athens is the
new manager of the track and
racing is scheduled every Fri
day night throughout the sum
mer.
Time Trials on April 12 will
start at 7 o’clock and the races
will start at 8 o’clock.
Bowling
The Jack & Jill Mixed
Couple League
(At Holiday Lanes)
W L
The Alley Cats 28 16
The Hit and Miss 26 18
The Cow-hands 23fa 20'4
The Strikers 23 21
The Hi-Lo's 22 22
The Buckaneer’s 20 24
The Foul-Outs 17'4 26'4
The Bulldogs 16 28
Industrial League
(At Gold Crown Lanes)
Steele Insurance 25 *4 18'4
Austex 24 20
Felspar 23 21
Coca-Cola 22'4 21'4
Lithonia Lighting 22 22
Dance 19 25
High Game: Robert Sams
House 200.
High Series: Joel Carter 533.
ager of the local Brunswick Sports facility; Earl Hilligan.
Public Relations Director of Brunswick Sports, Chicago;
Nicklaus: Dean Getz, Covington Plant Manager; and Carl
Lundgren. Production Superintendent of the Covington
Plant.
SPORT
By Al Silverman, Editor. Sport Magazine
Inside
H ASEB A LL'S DANG EROL S
KEASON. It’s that time of the
year for ballplayers, who must
endure manifold temptations
•while trying to get in shape
for the baseball season. And
sometimes these temptations
are just too much. Marshall
Bridges, the Yankee pitcher
■who was shot this spring by
a woman, at least was able to
go back to Mississippi to re
cuperate from his leg wound.
But Los Angeles Angels’
pitcher Bo Belinsky had no
wound to flaunt at manager
Bill Rigney for showing up
late for practice. He had an
alibi, though.
"I got caught for speeding,"
Bo said, after arriving 15
minutes late on the second day
of practice. The first day he
was an hour late, without an
excuse. Bill Rigney is not the
forgiving type and he publicly
blisterea the celebrated 80.
’Whether it will have an effect
on Belinsky is hard U> judge.
Bo Belinsky, you see, is the
same fellow who told a Holly
wood journalist just before
the opening of spring training,
“I’m going to be a dedicated
Ballplayer thia year."
WHEN WILL FIGHTERS
LEARN? It’s a little pathetic,
isn’t it, watching the likes of
Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene
Fullmer trying to hang on,
long past the days of keen
reflexes. For Robinson, hia
last years have been a debase
ment of a glorious boxing
career. For Fullmer, it is not
yet quite as bad. Gene, who is
32, promised he would retire
if Dick Tiger beat him again.
Well, the February 23 fight
was called a draw and Tiger
retained his middleweight title
but Fullmer wants at Tiger
again. “I don’t want to go out
with a draw,” Gene says plain
tively. What he really means,
we're afraid, is that he just
wants to keep fighting.
Willie Pep was like that,
too. In his 229th fight, years
past his prime, Pep was
knocked out by Hogan "Kid"
Bassey in the ninth round. In
the dressing room afterward,
Pep sat there disconsolate,
muttering, “A sucker punch,
imagine getting hit by a suck
er punch.” But then he looked
inside him for a moment and
caught the truth. “No,” he
said aloud, “it wasn’t a sucker
punch. It’s just that I never
•aw it coming-" He fought
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News, Pictures,
and Features
Benefit Basketball
Games Friday
At Livingston
A benefit basketball double
header will be played at the
Livingston gymnasium Friday
night. April 5, starting at 7:00
o’clock. Eighth grade boys will
meet the men of the commun
ity, and the Eighth grade girls
will play the women of the
community.
Proceeds will be used to buy
uniforms for both boys and
girls teams of the Livingston
School, and the Cheerleaders.
The Livingston P-TA is aiding
the school in this worthy pro
ject.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
> tw, e ;iul i hat. *a < it.
s And there in Johnny Saxton,
t once a welterweight champion,
i once worth a quarter of *
• million dollars. Then all down—
-1 hill — the money gone, wif®
i trouble, armed robbery, an at—
I tempted suicide and rehabilita
■ tion in a mental hospital, lia
the April issue of SPORT,
> Johnny Saxton reflects on hi*
• experiences — the bitter and
the sweet — and when be is
’ asked if kids should go int®
i boxing, Johnny answers yes.
“What’s he got if he does
> n't?" Saxton said. “There’s *
i million Joe Greens. Who ever
heard of them ? But people
1 heard of me. At least I hav®
i that. I’m not sorry."
’ SHORT TAKES. The New
• York newspaper strike has had
। a profound effect on the road*
• ing habits of all New Yorkers.
’ Recently, New York Senator
Kenneth Keating proclaimed,
> “It’s gotten so bad that Cardi
nal Spellman is reading th®
• Christian Science Monitor."
... Tommy Brooker, offen-
1 sive end for the Dallas Texan^
• caught a 82-yard touchdown.
1 pass last year. Brooker, wb®
. does not run terribly fast,
returned to the bench breath-
I after that long gallops
Instead of congratulating?
’ him, Dallas safetyman Bobby
’ Hunt said, “What were yo® -
1 trying to do, Tom, run oufc2
’ the clock?"
... When Casey Stengel ~
managed the Yankees, he waa.
always restrained in his ap
praisal of his star centerfield-2
er, Mickey Mantle. Not any
more. At the recent New Yorlc
baseball writers’ dinner, Casey -
got up and said of Mantle, Z
“He’s the only cripple I know —
who can out-do the world." “
Casey also had a shrewd Z
analysis of Yogi Berra, th®-
new player-coach of the Yan-~
kees. Said Stengel: “He’ll be a2
tremendous co ;h. It’s amazin’ ~
what he can do to annoy ya.*
. . . Japanese baseball i®Z
getting closer in quality to th®
American game, but there re
main certain ceremonial dif
ferences. When the batter ask*
the umpire ‘o look at th*
ball, the pitcher immediately
throws it out of the game.
According to Japanese custom,
if the umpire looked at th®
ball and found nothing wrong
with it, the batter would!
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