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4 Teams In Tournament Here
Friday And Saturday Nghts
Newton Girls Meet Rockdale,
Rams-Henry County Set For Friday
BY 808 GREER
(News And Sports Editor)
Newton County High’s 14th Annual Invitational basketball tour
nament, shortened to four teams (boys and girls) and two nights
of play this year, will get underway Friday afternoon at the NCHS
gymnasium. Teams entered in the event this year are the host
squads, and Monroe, Rockdale County and Henry County.
Four games are on the sch
edule for Friday’s action with the
first two encounters seeing the
girls in action. At 5 p.m. the
Henry County girls will meet the
Monroe team, and at 6:25 the de
fending champion NCHSgirls will
take on the visiting Rockdale Cou
nty sextet.
Boys action will have the Rock
dale Bulldogs meeting the Monroe
boys at 7:50, and at 9:15 the New
ton Rams will engage the Henry
County five. The Rams are the
defending champions.
Both Newton teams took the
tourney last year. It was the
first tournament victory for
Coach Tom Wortman in his first
year as mentor of NCHS.
Coach Ronald Bradley has yet
to lose the local tourney. His
teams have won all diadems since
he took over the varsity reins in
1958. He will be seeking his
ninth straight this year.
Both Rockdale and Monroe en
ter the meet with similar rec
ords. Coach Richard Moore’s
Bulldogs have won 12 games this
season and lost only two, both
losses to the NCHS Rams. The
Monroe season record is 11-2.
Monroe and Rockdale are Class
A teams.
Finals in the tournament are
scheduled for Saturday evening.
The girls championship game will
start at 7;30 p.m. and the boys
affair at 9:00.
Jackets Hitting
Almost 50% Field
Goal Attempts
ATLANTA — Percentages are
sometimes deceiving when eval
uating a basketball team, but a
glance at the shooting figures of
Georgia Tech’s starting five
shows why the Yellow Jackets
are again flashing their early
season form.
The Jacket Quintet—with Phil
Wagner’s 55.0 per cent leading
the way-- is firing at a 49.4
clip having hit on 325 field goals
in 658 attempts. Following Wag
ner is Stan Guth (54.3), Ted
Tomasovich (50.3) Pres Judy
(48.2) and Pete Thorne (40.7).
With these five leading the way
in a team effort, the Jackets of
Coach John “Whack” Hyder stop
ped a five game losing streak
last weekend with a resounding
102-85 victory over a good North
Carolina State five. They follow
ed this win with an equally im
pressive victory over Ohio State
the following Monday 84-73.
With their season mark read
ing 7-6 after these two homecourt
victories, the Jackets will host
the University of Georgia Satur
day night looking to avenge an
early season 89-87 defeat by the
Bulldogs substained in Athens.
Eight o’clock is tip-off for the
varsity contest with a freshman
game between the two rivals be
ginning at 5:45 P.M.
PROVIDE FOOD FOR MORE
BIRDS
Now is the time of year when
the food supply is beginning to
run short for many species of
birds. You can help the birds
during their time of need by sup
plying food and water. It is not
necessary to be an expert. Prac
tically anyone can attract birds
provided they are willing to find
out what foods the various spe
cies of birds prefer.
Generally, we don’t think of
overfeeding birds, because the
more food there is available, the
more birds there will be at your
feeder and the greater the va
riety of species. However, since
various species of birds have
different feeding habits, it will
be necessary to provide a va
riety of foods for best results.
For example, woodpeckers
prefer suet or other animal foods,
cardinals prefer sunflower seed,
and sparrows and finches pre
fer various seeds.
It is best to place your feed
in some type of feeder. Plans
on building feeders can be found
in Extension Bulletin 645,
"Building Wildlife Houses and
Feeders,’’ available from your
local county agent. Be sure to
place your feeder near your house
so that you can observe the birds
from a window.
Since a great deal of your bird
food will be in the form of
seeds, you may want to put it
out in suet-seed cakes in addi
tion to the normal wayof‘‘dump
ing” it into the feeder. These
cakes are easily made. Simply
heat beef suet until it is fluid,
pour the semi-liquid suet into a
RAMS’ GAMES:
Newton 70 Rockdale 59
F—Blankenship 3 Hicks 11
F—Hinton 7 McCart 12
C—Wilkerson 27 Dooley 16
G—Hodges 11 Elliott 11
G—Schell 18 Gilstrap 9
Scoring Subs. Newton: Moon
2, Shaw 2. Rebounds: Wilkerson
15 (high).
** * *
Newton 77 Baldwin Co. 34
F—Hinton 4 King 2
G—Shaw 9 McCoy 2
C—Wilkerson 15 Howell 1
G—Schell 15 Burgany 11
F—Hodges 10 Wildman 3
Scoring Subs: Newton —Gainer
2, Harris 1, Blankenship 7, Hill
8, Moon 6. Baldwin: Dillard
9, Herrin 4, Whittaker 2. Re
bounds: Hinton 11 (high).
** * *
Newton 58 Henry Co. 41
F—Blankenship 4 Ward 9
F—Hinton 5 Owens 2
C—Wilkerson 32 Hamlin 7
G—Shaw 2 Russell 4
G—Schell 12 Moseley 15
Scoring Subs: Newton--Gainer
1, Moon 2. Henry County--
Chaffin 3, Taylor 1. Rebounds:
Wilkerson 20 (high).
Lawrence Receives Invitation
To National Indoor 60 Yd. Dash
ATHENS—Kent Lawrence, the
University of Georgia’s sen
sational sophomore tailback of
Central, S. C., has received an
invitation to participate in the
National Indoor Invitation USTFF
60-yard dash Feb. 10 at Madison
Square Garden in New York, N.Y.
“Kent is looking forward to
running in this famous meet,”
says Georgia track coach Forrest
(Speck) Towns, 1936 Olympic high
hurdles champion and former
world’s recordholder.
The 5-10, 165-pound Law
rence on Dec. 31 at Dallas led
Georgia to a 24-9 triump over
S.M.U. in the Cotton Bowl. On
the game’s third play he dashed
74 yards for a touchdown. He
netted 14P yards rushing in 16
tries, a Georgia bowl rushing
record.
He received the award as the
game’s outstanding back.
North America’s breeding duck
population has made a remark
able comeback from the low pe
riod of 1965. This increase, plus
improved nesting conditions on
the vital northern prairie breed
ing grounds, is expected to pro
duce a larger flight of ducks this
fall, according to the Department
of the Interior.—Sports Afield.
LOOKING AT WILDLIFE
with DAVE ALMAND
University of Georgia College of Agriculture
Extension Wildlife Specialist
cake or bread mold, add grain
as the mold is filled, and allow
the mixture to cool. The mold
ed suet-grain mixture can be cut
and placed in hardware baskets or
pressed into one-inch holes drill
ed into small logs. If suet is
not readily available, use a pea
nut butter-grain mixture as it is
relished by a number of birds.
You can purchase bird feed in
most grocery or pet supply
stores. However, you can also
make your own if you so desire.
A good balanced mixture for
most seed-eating birds should
contain 30 percent sunflower
seed, 30 percent hemp seed, 30
percent millet, and 10 percent
buckwheat.
Whole corn and starch grain
are also taken by a large num
ber of species, such as English
sparrows, starlings, blue jays
and pigeons. Starlings, squir
rels, and English sparrows are
sometimes the most frequent vi
sitors, and are difficult to dis
courage. If the feeder is moun
ted on a post of isolated tree,
squirrels and cats may be dis
couraged by an inverted cone of
sheet metal around the post be
low the feeder.
However, the most permanent
method for attracting birds is to
provide natural conditions which
meet their needs. Conifers pro
vide preferred nesting and roos
ting places for several species.
Almost every plant which pro
duces small fruit or seed will
attract certain birds. There
fore, when planning landscape
or wildlife habitat plantings, se
lect plants which will provide for
the needs of the species you wish
to benefit.
Addition Os Clete Boyer
Fortifies Braves’ Infield
The Atlanta Braves have taken
a big step toward fortifying their
infield for the 1967 season, gain
ing the services of third base
man Clete Boyer in a trade with
the New York Yankees.
Boyer’s acquisition makes the
Braves especially strong at third
base, where he will share time
with veteran Eddie Mathews.
Boyer is one of the major leag
ues’ slickest fielders at third
base, while Mathews holds the
lifetime record for home runs
by a third baseman.
Atlanta dealt outfielder Bill
Robinson and relief pitcher Chi
Chi Olivo to the Yankees in ex
change for Boyer and another pla
yer to be named later. The trade
was made during the major league
winter meeting in Columbus,
Ohio.
“The Braves came to the meet
ing hoping to get a left-handed
reliever and to shore up the
infield,” manager Billy Hitch
cock said, “and we accomplished
both without damaging our major
league roster.”
Ramon Hernandez, the left
handed reliever sought by the
Braves, was drafted from Seattle
in the California Angels’ organ
ization.
Bob Kennedy, a new member
of the Atlanta coaching staff,
says Hernandez has excellent
control. Kennedy watched the
young southpaw pitch last season
at El Paso in the Texas League.
“I don’t remember seeing him
pitch a ball above the waist,”
Kennedy says.
Ex-Yankee Boyer holds the
World Series record for most
assists (65) in a series, and came
to bat six times in one game
for another record.
He is considered one of the
game’s top fielders at third, and
Brave Notes:
John Blanchard, out of organ
ized baseball last season, asked
to come to Spring Training with
the Braves and got approval to
do so this week. He will join
the team at West Palm Beach
next month.
** * *
The Braves have already sold
more than 2600 season tickets,
well ahead of the 1966 pace, and
ticket manager Austin Brown ho
pes “to sell a million dollars
worth of tickets before opening
day.” Last season’s total sea
son ticket sale was 2800 (prices
of the tickets range from $250
to $375) and Brown’s sales staff
of four threatens to exceed that
soon. “We’ve sold more than
2600 using only our staff, with
out the aid of players,” Brown
says.
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fewer than 46 runs in a season.
Hitchcock says the addition
of Boyer’s RBI potential will
mean much to the Braves, who
lost 27 one-run games in 1966.
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OXFORD COLLEGE SOCCER lettermen are shown in the photo above with Coach Vaughn Christian.
Seated (left to right): Andy Jones, Steve Sharpie, Rod Heller, Allen Young, Ron Caylor, James Tail
man, Dick Noblet, Jeff Harrison and John Howard. Standing: Rusty Black, Bill Gaylor, Ed Penn,
Buz Robertson, Jeff Solem, George Nettles, Charles Vinson, Jim Cole and Coach Christian.
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Named To 1966
Academic Team
ATHENS — Two members Os
Georgia’s SEC and Cotton Bowl
championship football team have
been selected to the 1966 Aca
demic All - America football
team, picked by the College
Sports Information Directors of
America. Players had to have a
B average or better and also be a
standout performer.
Bulldogs picked were place
kicker Bob Etter, senior of Chat
tanooga, Tenn., (a repeater) and
safetyman Lynn Hughes, senior
of Atlanta.
Two Bulldogs made third team:
quarterback Kirby Moore and
linebacker Tommy Lawhorne.
Torres Brothers To Appear
On Wrestling Card Saturday
In Covington at the Sports Pal
ace last Saturday, the. team of
Buddy Fuller and Nick Kozak
defeated the Anderson Brothers
in a hectic 2 out of 3 falls. Ko
zak substituted for Galento, who
had been Injured.
In the semifinal Black Jack
Daniels went down in a 2 out of
3 falls under the terrific ability
of Big Bill Dromo.
Pancho Rosario defeated Joe
Kono in a fast and furious one
fall match.
Coming to the Sports Palace
Saturday night, January 21, at
8:30 P.M. will be the Tag Team
of The Torres Brothers going
against Louie Tlllet and one half
Oxford College Soccer Team Lettermen
SPORTS
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News And Sports Editor
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of the World’s Tag Team Champ
ions, Butcher Vachon, in 2 out of
3 falls.
From the Orient, comes Oki
Shlkina to take on Buddy Fuller
in 2 out of 3 falls, and this
should prove to be quite inter
esting.
Black Jack Daniels takes on for
mer Olympic star, Jack Bence,
who is as tough as it takes to
be.
“Anyone throwing objects in
to the ring will be arrested and
prosecuted, as they can cause
serious injury,” Promoter
Gene Meyers has emphatically
stated.
By 808 GREER
News and Sports Editor
Georgia Cage Fortunes On The Upswing
Basketball at the University of Georgia under Coach Ken Rosemond
is definitely on the move—upward!
We traveled over to Athens Saturday afternoon and saw the Bull
dogs meet the Tennessee Vols in an SEC game. The score was
87-70 in favor of the tall Vols, but Coach Rosemond’s team was
equal to the Tennesseans—with the exception of one man, 7-ft.
Tom Boerwinkle. With Boerwinkle in the lineup Tennessee was a
better team.
In the two recent games which we saw the Bulldogs engage Penn
State and Tennessee the forces of Athens with Frank Harsher,
Jim Youngblood, Don Wix, Dick Mclntosh, Mickey Wiles and Dwayne
Powell battled overwhelming odds in the heighth department and
came through with a big victory in the consolation Gator Bowl game
at Jax, 87-82 over Penn State.
** * *
Billy Shaw, playing in an industrial basketball league team in
Macon, last week scored 53 points in a single game. That’s 12 more
points than his one-game total for the Rams when he dumped in 41
against Central Gwinnett. . .Howard Samuels, a vice-president of
Mobil Chemical and a politician of New York state, paid the Newton
Blue Rambler Band a great compliment here Friday. He said, “I
understand your band is better than your basketball team.” .. .
Name of The Week; Percival Punter of New York City who was
named as an administrator of Labor’s Bureau of Employment Se
curity. No, he isn’t a football player!
That Kentucky basketball announcer, Keywood Ledford, is so dis
appointed with the Kentucky Wildcats that it might be best for him
to start coaching the team instead of Coach Adolph Rupp. Ledford
is highly critical of the Wildcats in his play-by-play calls ... It
now seems that the University of Georgia may have its first winning
basketball season in 16 years. The Bulldogs are now 6-6 for the year
. . . Jim Youngblood of the Ga. Bulldogs cage team has the rare
distinction of hitting 1.000% from the field against the Kentucky
Wildcats Monday. He had 7 for 7 and 6 for 7at the free throw line.
That’s a total of 20 points.
Brice Lunsford recently visited his brother in Dover, Delaware,
and he came back to Covington and reported that on a Saturday night
there were 5 basketball games on TV that could be seen in the Dover
area. . .The Atlanta Braves made aprofitof $991,000 last season. . .
Bill Stanfill of Georgia, was named on the Florida foe’s all-defensive
team at a tackle position. . .If you think children don’t know the
value of money, try giving one a nickel.
Gary Patrick of Covington, in viewing his first professional
football game at Atlanta Stadium said, “They don’t have the spirit
that you see at a college game”. . .Georgia’s basketball Bulldogs
have three players on their roster from Austell, Ga. . . .Jim Bre
land of Georgia Tech, an All-American center, has the distinction
of playing in bowl games as a member of two teams—Navy in the
Cotton Bowl in 1963 and Tech in the Gator and Orange during the past
two years.
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“I don’t like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, In order not
to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never
do anything.” -- Henry Ward Beecher.