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Jackets Won The Gator Bowl
rame For Coach Bobby Dodd
Jacksonville, Fla^Georgia Tech players were jubilant at the
victory dinner at the George Washington Hotel in Jacksonville
Friday night after the Jackets had won the 1965 Gator Bowl football
•'game for Coach Dodd.” The score was 31-21 and was achieved
over a favored Texas Tech eleven, second best team of the Southwest
Conference and boasting of the most valuable gridiron player in
the college game today, Donny Anderson.
Tailback Lenny Snow and Tech
quarterbacks Kim Kingand Jerry
Priestly, aided by the thrusts of
Giles Smith, ripped the Red Raid
ers to shreds on the ground for
a total of 368 yards. Snow had
115 yards In the first half of 15
carries.
Georgia Tech had a 9-7 half
time lead and early In the fourth
period it looked like the Red
Raiders vaunted running and
passing game would get going
in high gear as Anderson made
several circus catches and Tom
Smith’s passes were accurate
to several of his other team
mates. The Raider’s had 283
yards via the airways.
However, the Jackets put 15
points on the scoreboard in the
final quarter and throttled the
long-aerial attack of the SWC
team.
The Gator victory ended a
three-game losing streak In bowl
engagements for Coach Dodd.
He had lost to Arkansas In Jack
sonville 14-7 and to Penn State
by a 30-15 score on the same
turf. The other recent loss was
to Missouri in the Bluebonnet
Bowl by a 14-10 score. Dodd
now has won nine of 12 bowl
games.
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BY 808 GREER
(News and Sports Editor)
Geo. Tech Texas Tech
First downs 27 17
Rushing
yardage 368 112
Passing
yardage 77 283
Passes 5-10 22-40
Passes inter
cepted by 2 1
Punts 4-32 3-41
Fumbles lost 1
Yards penal
ized 57 25
Lanier Bass
Sets Record
There was a scramble for
the record book this week when
Gainesville fisherman hauled
In a tremendous 17-pound, 9-
ounce large mouth bass Sunday
on Lake Lanier.
The huge bass smashed the
Lanier record only a month old,
for the largest bass from that
water. The earlier fish, caught
just before Thanksgiving, was
better than 14 pounds.
Emory W. Dunahoo, Clarks
Bridge Road, Gainesville, caught
the fish near his home on a deep
diving white Waterdog plug. The
29-lnch-long fish is the third
largest recorded in the state
of Georgia. The world’s record
largemouth was taken In 1932 by
George Perry of Brunswick. It
weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces.
Dunahoo was beaten by just a
few months and a few ounces on
having the second largest bass in
the state’s history. A 17-pound
14-ounce bass was caught last
July.
(Best Coverage: News, Pictures, and Features)
Weekend Tournament
Attract* Big Entry
Field At Bowling Lane
Gold Crown Lanes, Highway
278 in Covington, opened the
new year of 1966 by conducting
what was probably the wildest
and highest-scoring bowling
tournament in Covington’s his
tory. Manager Bob Acker and
Greater Covington Bowling As
sociation Member John Bledsoe
concocted a fantastic ”3-6-9 No
Tap Handicap” Bowling Tour
nament. By taking an automatic
strike In the 3rd, 6th, and 9th
frames of each game; and by
taking an automatic strike If a
9-count ball was thrown first In
the other frames; and then by
adding in each bowler’s handi
cap; some tremendous scores
were bowled this past weekend at
Gold Crown Lanes.
The tournament was run in two
separate divisions: one for men;
and one for women. Winner In
the men’s division with a high
series score of 878 was James
“Obie” Wilson, while second
place was taken by Billy Banks.
In the ladles division June Banks
copped first place honors with a
series score of 846, with Inez
Bowen coming in second from
among the gal bowlers.
Other novelty bowling tour
nament events are on schedule
at Gold Crown Lanes, as Man
ager Bob Acker is currently
planning to run two weekend tour
naments each month. Coming
up later this month Is a planned
“March of Dimes” Tournament,
with each contestant contributing
an additional dime to the prize
fund, which will go for the bene
fit of the January Campaign for
Newton County for the March of
Dimes.
Still later at Gold Crown Lanes,
a “Sweetheart Mixed Doubles”
Tournament will be conducted.
Covington bowlers are being
given the opportunity to parti
cipate In these novelty events,
as well as their regular weekly
league bowling. Further infor
mation about these bowling events
can be found at Gold Crown Lanes,
Highway 278 in Covington, or you
can call them at 786-8157 for
additional information.
Christmas Jr. Learn-To-Bowl Program
Huge Success At Gold Crown Lanes
A delighted crowd of forty
two youngsters, ranging in age
from seven to twelve, greeted
manager Bob Acker at Gold
Crown Lanes for the opening
session of Brunswick’s Christ
mas Junior Learn-To-Bowl Pro
gram. The free lessons were
given to all Interested bantam
boys and girls during the vac
ation period from December 27th
through December 31st. Each
day, Monday through Friday, of.
school vacation week, a different
lesson was given to the boys
and girls in attendance. The
program began with a slide film
session, pointing out how to stand
and approach; how to pick the
right ball; how to release the
bowling ball; how to co-ordinate
all the motions correctly; and
how to pick up spares.
By the end of Friday’s Learn-
To-Bowl Program, there were
over thirty Junior boys and girls
who had learned how to bowl
correctly, and who had enjoyed
themselves tremendously during
Christmas Vacation Week. The
bantam youngsters who graduated
from the bowling school on Fri
day, celebrated their graduation
by bowling a complete free game,
compliments of Bob Acker and
Gold Crown Lanes. Even the
tiniest youngsters were thrilled
Newton County Won 'Big 4 Meet
Newton County Rams turned
back both Monroe and Hart
County here last week as the boys
“Big 4” meet shifted to the local
four for two nights of action
during the Yuletide Holidays.
Wednesday evening Newton
disposed of Monroe 65-50 and on
Thursday evening the Rams edged
Coach Bill Ensley’s Hart Count
lans 64-62. In other games dur
ing the two days here Hart downed
Henry County 72-51 and Monroe
sank Henry on Thursday 54-41.
The Rams’ Bob Richardson
and Hart’s Lyle Martin burned
the nylon In the NCHS gymnas
ium on Thursday night as Rich
ardson had 30 points and Martin
had one more, 31. Martin’s
teammate, Troy Richardson, had
20 markers In the tussle.
Newton’s field goal shooting
in the game was nothing short
of phenomenal as the percentage
from the floor was 57. They
hit on 27 of 47 shots during the
game. In rebounds Center Gary
(Yogi) Wilkerson hauled down
11 to lead in that Important
category.
Bob Richardson In the two
games here last week had 24
field goals In 34 shots from the
field for a sensational 71% ac
curacy. His total point prod
uction was 48 markers with 28
against Monroe and 30 vs Hart
County.
Newton 65 Monroe 50
F—Schell 8 Allen 9
F—Hinton 10 Bryant 10
C—Wilkerson 9 Towler 0
G—Hall 10 Mitcham 6
G—Richardson 28 Jones 19
SCORING SUBS:
Prather 6
*♦ ♦ ♦
Newton 64 Hart Co. 62
F—Schell 12 Torrence 8
F—Hinton 7 McCollum 0
C—Wilkerson 7 Harris 3
G—Hall 8 Martin 31
G—Richardson 30 Richardson 20
*♦ ♦ *
4AA WEST STANDINGS:
Won Lost
Newton 3 0
Tucker 3 0
Chamblee 1 2
Forsyth Co. 0 3
Baldwin Co. 0 3
♦* * ♦
All-America Football Game
To Be Played In Atlanta,July 9
Executive Director, Henry Kl
eronskl, has announced that the
sixth annual American Football
Coaches AL L-A M E RIC A N
FOOTBALL GAME will be play
ed on Saturday, July 9, at the
new Atlanta Stadium. Kick-off
by scores much greater than
they had ever thought possible,
when the school began Monday
morning.
Later this month, the grad
uates from the Gold Crown Lanes
Christmas Learn-To-Bowl Pro
gram will be contacted by Mr.
Acker, in order to organize a
junior league which will bowl on
Saturday mornings. During these
Saturday A M league bowling ses
sions, individual help and in
struction will be given to those
boys and girls who are bowling
to help them continue to be bet
ter bowlers, and enjoy a sport
and recreation that will follow
them through a lifetime of act
ivity and soclalibility, and thus
join the more than ten million
bowlers who participate in
America’s favorite indoor rec
reation fun game.
LOOKING AT WILDLIFE
< with DAVE ALMAND
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Extension Wildlife Specialist
PRIMER ON THE BOBWHITE
“Man, what a bonanza day!
What a bird season! Did you
ever see so many birds? We
really had quail where we had
cover. What a difference from
the last two skimpy seasons!”
Does this strike a familiar
note with you? Perhaps it does,
for it briefly sums up the picture
of annual quail abundance or
scarcity.
As quail hunters, we’ve been
extremely fortunate in that “lady
luck” has provided us with birds
during past seasons. But for
many of us, the time is here
when she can no longer do so.
Upland game habitat and quail
numbers are dwindling rapidly in
many localities. Tomorrow’s
quail will be even more limited
unless we adopt quail manage
ment practices as seriously as
we do our hunting practices.
The time for action is now.
Soon it will be too late for quail
on thousands of Georgia acres,
for as natural habitat is de
stroyed, the point is ultimately
reached where quail fail to re
spond favorably to normal man
agement. This point has been
passed on many acres today,
in areas that formerly provided
excellent quail hunting.
The best starting point is with
the goal itself — the bobwhite
quail. Basic facts on the bird’s
life history and behavior,
population mathematics, its food
and cover requirements, and the
many other factors affecting his
abundance are the keys to suc-
THE COVINGTON NEWS
♦♦ » *
Newton Teams
Down Athens
Both County High School bas
ketball teams downed the Athens
High boys and girls aggregations
here Tuesday night. The NCHS
girls score was 48-26 and the
Rams win was 56-55.
Four of the Ram starters and
finishers in the game against
the AAA Trojans scored in the
double figures with Center Gary
Wilkerson getting 15 points.
Wayne Hall had 13 and both Terry
Schell and Bob Richardson had 12.
Mike Hale was high man for the
visitors with 18.
In the girls’ tussle Coach Tom
Wortman’s girls led the visiting
Trojanettes all the way.
GIRLS GAME:
Newton 48 Athens 26
F Floyd 21 Brackett 5
F—Jeffries 10 Bennett 13
F—Prosser 6 Vleck 2
G—O’Kelley Hill
G—Carter Steffey
G—Parker Turner
Scoring Subs:
Matthews 3 Finney
day 6 Bowen 2
Flanagan 2
** * ♦
RAMS 99th AT HOME:
Newton 56 Athens 55
F—Schell 12 Wood 13
F—Hinton 4 Hale 18
C—Wilkerson 15 Weaver 9
G—Richardson 12 Dußose 3
G—Hall 13 Garrison 10
Epting 2
** * *
Although moray eels are notor
iously powerful and vicious
biters, they seldom attack unless
provoked, according to scientists
at Marineland of Florida. When
wounded, they can inflict severe
lacerations with their narrow
muscular jaws, which are armed
with strong, knife-like teeth.
They may retain their bulldog
like grip until death.
is set for 8:30 P.M.
The nucleus of the thirty men
East and West squads is the
American Football Coaches As
sociation All-American team
which is announced each Novem
ber on the Ed Sullivan TV Show.
Since the game’s inception, its
rosters have Included the out
standing names of college foot
ball, including Heisman and Max
well Trophy winners and recip
ients of the Lineman-of-the-Year
Award.
Among the outstanding stars of
the Eastern Team last year were:
Dick Butkus (Illinois), Bob Hayes
(Florida A & M), John Huarte
(Notre Dame), Brian Piccolo
(Wake Forest), Jack Snow (Notre
Dame), Roger Staubach (Navy),
and Rollie Stichweh (Army).
Included on the 1965 Western
Team roster were: Rick Mc-
Curdy (California), Craig Mor
ton (Washington), Jerry Rhome
(Tulsa), and Gale Sayers (Kan
sas).
The 1966 ALL-AMERICAN
FOOTBALL GAME will be seen
at home by approximately thirty
million television viewers over
a 200 station American Broad
casting Company coast to coast
network.
cessful quail management. We
must clearly understand the
needs and reasons for quail man
agement if we hope to apply them
successfully.
Unfortunately, there is no
single food plant, nor one plan
of habitat management, satisfac
tory to every person and to every
farm. The kind of food and cover
you will have to provide on your
area will depend upon what you
already have present.
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RAM NOTES:
Big game of the year in Region
4AA West will take place Friday
night at Tucker gymnasium when
the Newton Rams will battle the
Tucker Tigers. Both are 3-0
in the western division of 4AA.
Steve Raburn Is back at Tucker
and he aided by two sensational
sophomores this year. Coach
A. Z. Johnson just may have
the horses this year to turn the
trick against Coach Bradley’s
Bombers.
♦* * *
January 14th could be the date
when the Ram hit their 100th
consecutive win on the home
court. Conyers is the opponent.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
If Bob Richardson continues
his heavy scoring pace he may
set a record per-game average
at NCHS this year. I believe
Billy Shaw averaged 24 points
per game In 1962.
♦♦ ♦ *
Pat Floyd’s Average
Now 25.8 Per Game
Newton County’s junior for
ward Pat Floyd has an U-game
point average of 25.8 markers
per contest this season, accord
ing to school records in the
tilts thus far.
Miss Floyd has scored a total
of 284 points in the 11 contests
with a one-game high of 41
against the Baldwin County team
at Milledgeville. Against Grif
fin, an AAA team, she scored
34 points.
There are said tobe about 1500
string ray attacks reported in the
United States each year. These
injuries occur mainly among per
sons wading in the surf. Usually
the body of the ray is pinned
down by the weight of the victim,
thereby permitting the ray to
make a successful strike. Ma
rineland of Florida suggests that
this danger can be partially eli
minated by shuffling one’s feet
along the bottom, routing the
sting ray from its lair.
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Gator Bowl Notes:
Coach Bobby Dodd’s 31-21 victory In the Gator Bowl over Texas
Tech broke a three game bowl losing streak for the Yellow Jacket
mentor. Texas Tech now In successive years has lost to both
Georgia (7-0 in the Sun Bowl last year) and Tech in the Gator game
31-21. . .Mike Nordholtz of Alabama sent greeting by yours truly
to Ram Coach Ronald Bradley. Mike’s Barna team lost in the first
round of the Gator Bowl basketball tourney to the eventual champs
Penn State 68-66. . .Someone quoted Texas Tech Coach J. T. King
with "we practiced in the rain, mud and sunshine before coming
to Florida and in the Gator Bowl game we got hit by a SNOW storm.
We attended the press conference at which Donny Anderson
signed with Green Bay for a reported $600,000 to $700,000. An
dersons’ father has worked for Phillips “66” for the past 16 years
and now plans to quit. Phillips is owned mainly by the Houston
Oilers’ Bud Adams of the AFL. . .Not only did the football game
break the Gator Bowl record (60,127 fans) but the Gator Bowl
basketball tourney also broke the attendance mark with 8,300
at the finals on Thursday night. Penn State edged Florida 54-52
for the title.
Guess who actually ended 1965 as the only major unbeaten college
football team after the Bowl games? It was Dartmouth of the Ivy
League with a 9-0 record ... The PA announcer at the Gator Bowl,
"Turtle” Talbert, was busy announcing Lenny Snow’s carries as
“Snow On The Go” . . . The two most recent games on the NCHS
basketball court have been the closest here in six years. The two
point Ram win over Hart County on Dec. 30 and the 56-55 thriller
over AAA Athens Tuesday night was cutting it thin right down to the
whistle.
Texas Tech’s 250 piece band put on one of the greatest halftime
shows ever seen In the 21- year history of the Gator Bowl. The fans
were so impressed and appreciative of the show that they stood and
cheered for about five minutes as the band concluded its spectacle
. . .A total of 50 passes filled the ozone of the Gator Bowl game as
Texas Tech heaved 40 and Georgia Tech 10. The Yellow Jackets
completed 5 and the Red Raiders 22, and that made a total of 27
completions of 50. . .Donny Anderson said the turning point of
the game came when Tommy Bleick intercepted a pass with the score
24-21 and setup the Jackets’ final TD.
Georgia Football Coach Vince Dooley has left the way open for
the three football players suspended in mid-1965 to return to the
team for the 1966 season. One first stringer especially, Jiggy Smaha
of Macon, should be a great lineman at the Athens school next fall.
Harley Bowers of the Macon Telegraph commented at the Gator Bowl
that Smaha was one of the best football players to ever come out of
the Macon area. _________
Thursday, January 6, 1966