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Thursday, January 26, 1967
SPORTS
808 GREEK
BUB GREER /
- News And Sports Editor A
Lou Thesz At Sports Palace Saturday
Night; Torres Brothers Disqualified
The Torres Brothers were dis
qualified in Saturday’s Wrestling
Matches at the Sports Palace in
Covington after a rough battle
against Butcher Vachon and Louie
Tillet, before a sellout crowd
after the Torres Brothers knock
ed the referee down in the third
fall.
In the Semi Final Match, Buddy
Fuller defeated Pancho Rosario
in a hectic two out of three falls.
In the opening match newcomer
Dickie Merrick, of Dallas, Texas
pinned Jack Bence in a tough
twenty three minutes out of a
thirty minute time limit.
This Saturday’s Matches bring
Six Times World Champion Lou
Thesz to the Sports Palace.
Thesz, long respected as one of
the greatest Wrestlers in the pro
fession of wrestling comes from
St. Louis, Missouri. The late
great Ed (Strangler) Lewis was
a long time friend and tutor of
Lou Thesz.
Thesz has a Tag Team part
ner a very good wrestler from
Atlanta Buddy Fuller, as they
team to go against Minnesota’s
Tag Team Champions Krusher
Kowalski and Black Jack Dan
iels, in a one hour time limit
for a two out of three fall event.
Returning for a Grudge Match
will be one half of the Torres
Brothers Tag Team, Ramon Tor
res taking on Butcher Vachon
in a two out of three fall match
for a forty-five minute time li
mit.
The first match brings Rowdy
Red Roberts going against Greg
Peterson in a one fall thirty
minute event.
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ington Supply Company in Coving
ton.
Officers Elected At Bulldog Club’s Initial Meeting
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OFFICERS AND GEORGIA officials of the Bulldog Club are shown above following the organizational
meeting of the Covington-Newton County Bulldog Club at the REA building Tuesday night. Seated, left
to right: Dan Magill, Secretary of the Georgia Bulldog Club; Edgar Wood, President of the local club;
Bill Hartman, Chairman of the Georgia Bulldog Club. Standing: E. E. (Buck) Callaway, Secretary-
Treasurer of the Covington-Newton County club; and Robert O. Arnold, Vice-President. Hartman and
Magill presented the program at the meeting Tuesday. A color film of the highlights of the Bulldogs’
1966 season was shown.
Edgar Wood Elected President
Covington-Newton C. Bulldog Club
A Covington - Newton County
Bulldog Club held its organizat
ional meeting Tuesday night at
the Snapping Shoals REA build
ing and a slate of officers were
elected to head the local sports
group. Edgar Wood was elected
president, Robert O. Arnold,
vice-president, and E. E. (Buck)
Callaway, secretary-treasurer.
Bill Hartman, chairman of the
Georgia Bulldog Club, and Dan
Magill, secretary, presented the
program and showed a color film
of the highlights of the Bulldogs’
1966 season in which the team
won nine games and lost one;
going on to score a 24-9 win
over Southern Methodist in the
Cotton Bowl.
Magill explained many of the
fringed benefits available to
members of a Bulldog Club. He
brought along athletic brochures
of the football, basketball, swim
ming, tennis and golf teams at the
University of Georgia. Also, the
Bulldog Club members receive
a weekly of “The Georgia Bull
dog’’ during the gridiron season.
Hartman outlined the ticket
priority benefits to the mem
bers and he explained the pro
posed ticket situation for the
coming football season at San
ford Stadium. Some 14,000 new
seats will be added to the Athens
plant, he explained. Mr. Hart
man also gave a brief history
of the Bulldog Club and told the
members that George Woodruff
of Columbus was the organizer
in 1948. He stated that some
100 clubs are now in existence
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in Georgia, and several in the
larger cities of the Southeast.
Both Magill and Hartman re
viewed the 1966 season and ans
wered many questions as to the
1967 prospects for a winning sea
son. Player personnel and sch
edules and coaching staff lineup
questions were answered by the
two Athenians. Four games are
set for Athens this fall; Miss.
State, South Carolina, VMI and
Auburn. Magill said that five
home games would be on the
Bulldog schedule in the near
future.
A crowd of some 80 people
were on hand for the meeting.
Mr. Wood stated that some 40
signatures were already on the
local club petition. Several sig
ned up for membership at the
end of the meeting Tuesday. Wood
said that he expects at least 100
members in the next few weeks.
James Hutchins made the nom
inations for the local club of
ficers.
Refreshments of coffee, Coca
Colas, cookies and cheese snacks
were served by Mrs. Edgar Wood
and the Woods’ daughters.
BULLDOG BANTER:
In recapping the past football
season of the Georgia Bulldogs,
Bill Hartman, a former coach
at the University, said that “the
hardest game of the year was
the Mississippi State clash at
Jackson.” He said the opening
game eventually made Coach Vi
nce dooley the “Coach Os The
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Year” and State Coach Paul Da
vis got fired.
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Dan Magill told the local Bull-
Newton Girls Receive Tourney Trophy
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SENIOR GIRLS of the Newton County sextet received the trophy for their team in the 1967 Newton In
vitational Tournament Saturday. Rockdale County Principal James Hudmon (left) presented the trop
hies. Kathy Flanagan, Faye Carter and Rhonda Jeffries are shown left to right as members of the
Monroe team look on. NCHS downed the Monroe squad 45-39 In the finals.
Newton Teams Take Invitational,
AAA Griffin Here Saturday Night
BY 808 GREER
(News And Sports Editor)
The 1967 Newton County Invitational Tournament was shortened to
two nights of play and that apparently made it easier for the home
teams to rack another tourney title during the weekend. The girls
score was Newton 45, Monroe 39, and the boys action saw the Rams
down Rockdale County 48-31.
Coach Ronald Bradley, who
has a perfect Newton Invitational
record in nine starts, was well
pleased with the Ram defense in
the championship game Saturday
night. "I thought our defense
was about the best of the sea
son,” he stated Monday. Rock
dale High has been one of the
most prolific scoring teams in
this section of the state.
Also, noteworthy in the girls’
championship game, it marked
the second straight title for Coach
Tom Wortman in just two tries.
Newton Guard Helen Parker
played her best game of the sea
son and probably her career
Saturday evening against the st
rong Monroe sextet. Time and
time again she brought down re
bounds from the boards and pass
ed the ball to the centerline to
her forwards.
Gary (Yogi) Wilkerson was also
a power under the baskets in the
two tilts. On Friday against the
Henry County five he hauled down
23 rebounds for a season-game
high. In the championship clash
Wilkerson was credited with 15.
He had a total of 33 points in
the games.
Scoring in the female title game
Saturday evening saw the three
forwards of Coach Wortman
score 17-15-13 points respec
tively by Pat Floyd, Rhonda Jef
fries and Judy Clay. Newton led
the Monroe team at the end of
each quarter, 10-8 after the first
period, 27-22 at the half, and 34-
30 at the expiration of the third
period.
A red-hot second quarter and
a going-away scoring spree in
the final quarter was all that
Coach Ronald Bradley’s team
needed for the team to score
their 119th straight win at home.
The victory string for Coach
Bradley dates back to December
of 1959. That one loss to Bald
win County is the only victory
scored by a visiting team to the
NCHS gym since Bradley took
over in 1958. The halftime score
Saturday evening was 27-14.
Terry Schell, Gary Wilkerson
and Richard Allen were in double
figures in the scoring for the
NCHS five. Schell and Wilkerson
had 11 each and Allen one point
less. Marvin Dooley, the tall
center for Coach Richard
Moore’s team, led his Conyers
mates with 10 markers.
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RAM NOTES:
The Newton Rams were third
in the State A A ratings last week.
In first place were the Northsid
ers of Atlanta; and Russell was
the second place team.
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An oddity of the girls’ cham
pionship game Saturday evening
saw the tilt go into the final 30
seconds before the one-and-one
took place. NCHS finally got the
extra free throw as Monroe fou
led in the waning seconds.
** * *
A total of 11 Rams entered the
scoring column in the boys’ game
dogers that the film of the 1966
games had been used so much
and so often that time had not
been found to put sound on the
celluloid. The color was the
best ever of a season’s high
lights.
** * *
In the Georgia-Auburn game
it showed Tim Christian catching
the ball in the fourth quarter
and the three Bulldogs tackling
him just before he fumbled and
Kohn recovered. Magill said
that if the Tigers had maintain
ed possession at that point it
could have meant a change in
the game’s outcome.
** * *
Edgar Wood, in opening the
meeting, read a telegram from
three Covingtonians, apparently
all Georgia Tech lx>osters. It
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Friday. Subs Jim Gainer, Luke
Odum, Tony Harris, Mike Hod
ges, Tony Moon and Phil Shaw
zipped the nets.
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The Monroe girls used an of
fense similar to that used by
Helen Parker
Forsyth County with the for
wards holding the ball high over
their head and waiting for crip
shots under the basket. Coach
Tom Wortman says he will use
that type offense next season.
** * *
An overflow crowd packed the
NCHS gymnasium Saturday even
ing. Rockdale High Principal
James Hudmon again presented
the trophies after the final tilts
were played.
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Spectator Ben Banks got his
"shins” banged at the Newton
High gym Saturday night as he
sat in a front-row seat and watch
ed the boys’ championship game.
Terry Schell crashed into Banks
as he (Schell) tried for a ball
going out of bounds.
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Henry County girls team saw
a big lead vanish in the final
quarter of their game with Mon
roe. The Henry team was leading
at one time in the tilt by 27-13.
The final score was 48-46 in
favor of the Monroe sextet.
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SEMI-FINALS:
Girls:
Monroe, 48, Henry Co. 46
Monroe 48, Henry Co. 46
Newton 56, Rockdale 19
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Boys:
Rockdale 57, Monroe 45
Newton 81, Henry Co. 44
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FINALS:
Newton 45, Monroe 39 (girls)
Newton 48, Rockdale Co. 31 (boys)
wished the new Bulldog Club much
success. Signees were Dr.
Johnny Maloney, Jack Meadors
and Bill Hoffman
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Hartman, who coached at Geor
gia when the team won three
championships, said that “Phy
sically, Paul Gilbert is the best
quarterback prospect we have
had at Georgia since Zeke Brat
kowski.” Gilbert was a fresh
man this past season.
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BOYS TITLE GAME:
Newton 48: Blankenship 6,
Allen 10, Schell 11, Hinton 2,
Wilkerson 11, Hodges 6, Shaw 2.
Rockdale Co. 31: Hicks 4,
McCart 4, Dooley 10, Elliott 2,
Gilstrap 6, Christian 2, Fore 3.
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BOYS SEMI-FINALS:
Newton 81: Blankenship 8,
Allen 16, Schell 9, Hinton 8,
Wilkerson 22, Gainer 3, Odum
4, Harris 2, Hodges 2, Moon
5, Shaw 2.
Henry Co. 43: Ward 9, Mos
ley 12, Owen 3, Hamlin 9, Rus
sell, Pullin 2, Chaffin 6, Stroud 2.
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THE TWO SENIOR members of the Newton Ram team received the trophy above after the home team
downed Rockdale County Saturday night 48-31. Rockdale Principal James Hudmon made the presentation
to Eddie Hinton (left) and Gary Wilkerson (right) as squad members looked on in the background. This
was the ninth straight for the Rams in the meet.
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Griffin High, loser of only one
game this season and now poss
essing a string of 18 straight
wins, will invade the NCHS gym
nasium Saturday night to meet
the Newton County Rams. The
Rams have dropped just two tilts
this season, one of those to the
Eagles at Griffin 54-44 in Dec
ember.
The girls’ clash will start at
the usual 7 p.m. Coach Tom
Wortman’s team downed the Eag
lettes at Griffin in their first
meeting of the campaign.
It will be a revenge game for
the forces of Coach Ronald Brad
ley of the Rams. Injuries have
played a big part in the two
games the Rams have played
at Griffin. Two seasons ago
Rams Take Invitational Tourney
Wayne Hall was on crutches when
the Rams lost by 11 points to
the Griffin clan. In December
Center Gary Wilkerson sprained
an ankle just as the second quar
ter got underway. However,
Yogi played the last half as he
hobbled about the court.
Griffin is rated In third place
in the State AA ratings as of
last week. The Rams were
notched in third place in the
Georgia AA ratings by The At
lanta Journal.
Starting lineups of the two
powers will be:
NEWTON GRIFFIN
F —Hinton Strickland
F —Blankenship Griffin
C —Wilkerson Webb
G —Allen Turner
G--Schell Lynch
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