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VOLUME 99
Newton Rams Continue Scoring Show In 46-7 Victory
BLAB SLAB
It was one of those great football weeks for Newton
County fans last week as all three favorites won their
Games. Here are the scores:
Rams 46, Forsyth Co. 7
Tech 27, Clemson 0
Georgia 20, Vandy 0
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Newton’s Rams are rated Bth in State AA classification
by Charlie Roberts of the Atlanta Constitution this week.
Those listed by Roberts ahead of the Rams are: Rossville.
Waycross, Jesup, Ware County. Dublin and Cedartown. And
by the way, Cedartown is Coach McLaney’s high school alma
mater.
Not only may the Rams set a scoring record at Newton
High this season but an attendance record for home games
may be established also. Three other home games are on the
slate — GMC on October 18, St. Pius November 1, and Bald
win County on Nov. 8 . . . Carl Yastzremski of the Boston
Red Sox is the batting king of the American League for 1963
with a .321 mark. Guess whose place he took in the outfield
a few years ago? It was the mighty Ted Williams . . . Game
of the week in Region 4AA will be at Baldwin Friday night
when St. Pius visits the Braves camp.
What happened in the race between the water, the let
tuce and the tomato? The water kept running, the lettuce
got ahead, and the tomato tried to “catchup”. . . Clemson s
fine footballer Joe Sellers, a Jackson, Ga. boy, will be re
membered as a great high school basketball player at Jack
son. The Rams played Jackson in those days and Sellers al
ways played brilliantly . . . Ram football players and coach
es can get ready to see Pittsburgh, Nebraska. Kansas or
Penn State in the Gator Bowl this December if early sea
son performances are any indications of the visitor likely to
be invited to the post season classic at Jacksonville.
Wallace (Happy) Edwards is a close friend of Tech End
Frank Sexton’s father. The Sextons live in Knoxville, Tenn,
and the Edwards were their neighbors in Knoxville a few
years ago . . . Georgia Tech for the second straight home
game has had rain and mud. Last Saturday against Clemson
34.000 fans showed up for the rainy game although 52,000
tickets were sold to the tilt. . . Ernie Harwell, whose parents
originally came from Newton County, is announcing the
play-by-play of the 1963 World Series over NBC radio.
All three local favorite football teams (Rams. Tech and
Georgia) won impressive victories last weekend. The Rams
downed Forsyth County 46-7, Georgia took Vandy 20-0 and
Tech walloped Clemson 27-0 . . . Bill Curry, Tech center from
College Park and roommate of Ed Hertwig when Ed was at
Tech, recovered two Clemson fumbles Saturday in Tech’s
27-0 victory . . .The Duck Hawk has beent clocked at a speed
or 165 miles an hour.
Punt, Pass and Kick Contest October 12
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PUNT, PASS AND KICK Competition prizes are being ad
■nired by Wilbur Fisher, director of the local contest slated
for Saturday, October 12 at Homer Sharp Field, Covington.
Boys in the age group 8 through 11 years are eligible for the
local contest sponsored by the Covington Auto Service. Pri
zes io the three winners in each age category will be jac
. cels, footballs and helmets.
A Prize-Winning
i Newspaper
| 1963
" Better Newspaper
Contests
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen • Observer, Established in 1953
SPORTS
808 GREER, Sports Editor
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Football Schedule:
Colleges: (Saturday)
! Georgia vs South Carolina at
Athens
Tech vs LSU at Baton Rouge
(Night)
High School (Friday):
Newton County (Open Date)
Monticello at Morgan Co.
Norcross at Rockdale Co.
St. Pius at Baldwin Co.
Forsyth Co. at Cherokee Co.
Monroe at Commerce
Henry Co. at Troup Co.
Elbert Co. at Winder
High School Scores:
Newton Rams 46. Forsyth Co. 7
I St. Pius 28. Central Gwinnett 7
Monticello 47, Wilcox Central 0
Hart Co. 0. Stephens Co. 0
Chamblee 26. South Hall 12
Morgan County 34, Jones Co. 0
Jackson 28. Ft. Valley 0
Madison Co. 6. Monroe 0
Georgia-S. S.
Battle Saturday
In Athens, 2 PM
University of Georgia Bull
dogs, fresh from a 20-0 SEC
win over the Vanderbilt Com
; modores last Week, will meet
; the Gamecocks of South Caro-
I lina Saturday at Sanford Stad
ium, Athens. Kickoff is set for
2 o’clock.
Georgia Tech, riding the
crest of two victories in which
the Yellow Jackets have not
been scored on, will meet the
LSU Bengals in Baton Rouge
: Saturday night.
The Bulldogs’ opponent Sat
urday has Ed Hertwig of Por
! terdale at a starting guard posi
| tion. Ed has started the two
Gamecock games against Duke
and Maryland at that position.
He stands 6-4 and weighs 216.
Hertwig was an All-State
tackle at Newton High in
1958. He was originally signed
by Georgia Tech and transfer
red to South Carolina two
years ago. He suffered a twist
ed knee last, season in the
North Carolina game but an
operation has apparently pro
ved successful.
Georgia’s season slate thus
far is 1-1. The Bulldogs lost to
Barna in the season’s opener
32-7.
"B" Team Loses
To Winder 6-15
Newton County High School
; "B" team lost a hard-fought
game to the Winder-Barrow
“B” squad here Thursday night
by a 15-6 score. The NCHS
team led* going into the fourth
quarter 6-2.
Winder scored a TD early in
the final period and then added
another TD late in the game
over Coach Stone Cooper’s
team.
The loss evened Newton’s
record at 1-1. The NCHS “B”
squad downed Baldwin County
20-6 two weeks ago.
Confronted by danger, the
gorilla becomes an extremely
l dangerous animal whose fan-
I tastic strength is terrifying.
Gorillas can and have seized
a man with their huge arms,
lifted him in the air and. grasp-,
I ing one leg in each hand, torn
the unlucky individual in half,
j—Sports Afield.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1963
Team Gains 431 Yards
In Second Region Triumph
BY 808 GREER
(News Sports Editor)
The rain peppered down on the turf at Cumming Friday
night and the Newton Rams churned up the yardage in an
other dazzling first-half display of offense that saw the NCHS
team post a 46-7 sub-Region win over Forsvth County
Those “Amazing Rams” ran
up a total of 330 yards in the
first half of the game rushing
and passing to put 39 points
on the scoreboard. John Glass
had the longest scoring jaunt
of the evening in the second
period when he took a pass
from Tim Christian and put on
a broken-field display of hip
shaking to run 60 yards for
the marker. Long rushing
plays of the first half saw-
Freeman Batchelor ramble 36
yards, Jeffrey Hinton 29 and
Tim Christian 27.
Coaches Milton McLaney and
Wilbur Fisher used all the
players who made the trip with
most of the second-unit boys
playing the last half.
In winning their third vic
tory of the ’63 season the Rams
now have a season slate of 3-1,
better than any team has had
at this junction of the schedule
in many years. The squad has
an open date Friday.
The Rams staged a 67-yard
march for their initial 6-point
er when they first got the ball
in the game. Billy Shepherd
scored the TD on a 1-yard
sneak. Christian added the
PAT via the placekick route.
Later in the same period Hin
ton reeled off a 29-yard scor
ing play. Christian missed the
point as the ball sailed wde
of the up-rights.
Batchelor got the Rams’ third
Ram-Forsyth Co. Yardstick by Quarters
Ram - Forsyth County Yardstick by Quarters:
RAMS 1 2 3 4 Total
First Downs 7 5 5 2 18
Yards Rush 127 100 76 44 347
Yards Pass 14 69 0 11 94
Passes Att. 2 2 0 3 7
Passes Comp. 12 0 14
Penalized 15 45 15 20 95
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FORSYTH 1 2 3 4 Total
First Downs 0 2 0 5 7
Yards Rush 5 35 16 53 109
Yards Pass 0 0 0 0 0
Passes Att. 0 2 0 2 4
Passes Comp. 0 0 0 0 0
Penalized 10 35 16 6 67
"Second Season"
Fishing season has opened
. . . . again!
September traditionally sig
nals the end of summer vaca
tions. It also ushers in a re
vitalized fishing period that
rivals the action - packed
weeks of spring.
With the approach of cool
autumn weather and lower wa
ter temperatures, the fishing
staff at Mercury outboard mo
tors reminds us that we can
expect to find activity pick
ing up at a brisk clip. And it
will steadily improve until
snow flurries appear.
As the blistering heat of
summer subsides, game fish
lose their lethargy and move
out of deep water havens into
the shallows. Their appetites
are whetted by more agreea
ble temperatures and a rapid
ly diminishing food supply.
They’re less choosey, now. and
and inclined to gobble a tasty
morsel whenever the oppor
tunity arises.
Areas which produced only
bullheads and bluegills in July
and August suddenly start
yielding Junkers again.
During fall, too, you’ll dis
cover many of our best waters
virtually deserted. With the
kids back in school and vaca
tions over, many families
won’t return until next year.
Most of the trotlines have been
stored away and can’t inter
fere with shoreline trolling.
Autumn’s definitely the time
to go fishing, the Mercury ex
perts say. The fish are co
operative. Days are pleasant.
। TD of the encounter on a one
yard thrust. Christian's PAT
again was wide. Tim added the
; fourth TD on a 14 yard scam
per.
Batchelor and Glass scored
: the other two NCHS six-point
ers before the half ended. Reu
ben Whisnante added an extra
point with a line plunge after
the Glass’ TD.
Forsyth County scored their
marker in the fourth quarter
when they started a drive on
their own 34-yard line. Ken
Holtzclaw scored the TD from
the one. He also added the
PAT with a bull-like line
thrust.
Newton's final TD was put
on the scoreboard by Whis
nante, who almost single
handed carried the ball from
the Forsyth 26 after Randy
Price recovered a fumble. Reu
ben’s scoring trek was a 15-
yard run.
Score by quarters:
Newton Co. 13 26 7 0—46
Forsyth Co. 0 00 7— 7
Scoring: Newton County:
Shepherd, 1 yard; Hinton, 29;
Batchelor, 1 yard and 36 yards;
Christian, 14 yards; Glass, pass
from Christian 60 yards; Whis
nante, 15 yards. PATs: Christ
ian (kick). Hinton (line). Whis
nante (line). Hopkins (line).
I Forsyth Co.; Holtzclaw. 1 yard.
PAT; Holtzclaw (line).
And there’s plenty of elbow
room for all.
This “second season” can be
the best of the year.
Georgia Council to
Review Water Pollution
Today at Meeting
Georgia Water Quality Coun
cil and Georgia Water Resour-
I ces Commission will meet on
I October 3, 1963 at 10:00 a. m.
in Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia
Department of Public Health,
Room 316 H.) Reports on pollu-
I tion investigations and a re-
I view of developments since the
summer session will be made
before the council at this fall
quarterly meeting. B. F. Mer
ritt. Mayor of Macon, Georgia,
j and chairman of the eleven
man council, will preside.
The Council will hear reports
on investigation of specific
complaints of water quality
problems that might affect
public health or beneficial use
1 of the water resources in the
State.
My Neighbors
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Glass Scores TD on 60-Yard Pass-Run Play
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RAM CO-CAPTAIN JOHN GLASS is caught by The News photographer on his 60-yard
TD run in the second quarter of the Ram-Forsyth County game Friday night. Glass took a
pass from Tim Christian and reeled off a scintillating trek to the goal-line, eluding two
tacklers in the secondary.
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Newton Notes —
The Rams are now leading
Region 4AA West standings
with 2-0. St. Pius is in second
place with a 1-0 chart.
♦ ♦ * ♦
Eight Ram ballcarriers got
into the game Friday night at
Cumming and all eight carried
the ball at least twice.
* * • *
Jeffrey Hinton threw one
pass in the Ram-Forsyth game
■ and, believe it or not, it was
I complete — to the enemy.
. Forsyth intercepted on their
! own 28 yard line.
• • • •
. Newton now has scored 105
points in four games this sea
i son. Other than the 46-7 win
I Friday night the other scores
are: 12 points against Morgan
County, 19 against Rockdale
: County and 28 in the Chamblee
annihilation.
♦ • ♦ *
Rams 1963 Homecoming
game will be with GMC on
Friday night, October 18. The
Newton High Diversified Co
operative Training (DCT) Club
will stage a Barbecue prior to
the game that evening.
♦ ♦ « *
This year's Ram team may be
the highest scoring squad in the
history of the school, although the
1957 team scored 255 points for the
record. That is an average of 25.5
per game. The 1963 Rams are pre
sently averaging 26 1 points per
game — 105 in four tilts.
♦ » »
Records show that only one
Ram team scored in all its 10
games in a season and that was
in 1953. The 1957 and 1958 teams
failed to score in only one game
each season.
Bowling Notes . . .
Grand winners of the Sunday
evening Bowling Fair at Gold
Crown Lanes were Joan Bost
wick. James Carpenter, G. A.
Rosecrance, Marie Hall, Dr.
Joe Brown, Butch Pannell,
Tom Mclntosh, C. B. Davis,
Mrs. Norman Walker, Mrs.
Herman Casey. Danny Findley,
Randall Meadors, Mr. Brackett
and Patty Walker. High game
winner for the men was Mr.
Brackett with a 213. High
game winner for the women
was Mrs. Herman Casey with
149.
Members of Gold Crown
Lanes Junior Traveling League
will bowl at Dixie Bowl in
Hapeville Sunday afternoon,
October 6th at 2:30. The
Traveling League consist of
Beechwood Bowl in Athens;
Dixie Bowl in Hapeville; Gold
Crown Lanes, Covington;'
Lenox Lanes Atlanta and Grif
fin. Covington bowlers are
John Hunt. Danny Sammons,
Danny Clower. Tommy Bowen
and Gary Freeman.
MAJOR PROVIDER
A large share of the nation's
total lumber, supply comes from
the 9?>uth. Two-thirds of the
region's output is Southern
Pine.
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Cleveland Digby, center on the 1954 Ram football team
and now in the armed services in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
suffered a broken leg last week while playing football on
the base team. . .
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