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PAUL FEDDER, Covington angler of note, proudly holds this
21-lnch brown trout that he landed Wednesday on the Chestatee
River. Redder has hooked many big fish but this is one of his
prize catches.
THE CLOSED SEASON HUNTERS
Spring rains are now bathing
Georgia, washing away the leth
argy and cobwebs of winter. Soon,
there’ll be warm days and green
leaves and grass.
Around us, the outdoor world
sings its praises of the new,
warm season. Wildlife cheers
loudly at the arrival of spring.
All nature shows its happiness
over the end of winter. Sports
men will be eagerly putting their
boats out onto a lake, or slip
ping into waders before step
ping gingerly into icy trout
streams.
The sportsman may tend to
forget the game birds and ani
mals he hunted all fall and win
ter, forsaking them for the next
several months for creatures of
the water.
Yet, you can be sure that though
the toughest time of year is over
for wildlife of field and forest,
there is a difficult time ahead
of them - yes, even in beauti
ful springtime.
For it is spring that produces
the new crop of animals for the
coming year. Along with new
grass, new leaves, new flowers,
come newborn quail, rabbits,
squirrels, deer - all the species
that the outdoors man loves so
well.
These species are not, how
ever, completely forgotten in this
season. The hunters in the
animal world know no closed sea
son. The predator species in
the wildlife world, who have re
mained hungry all winter, now
find easy pickings with the young
birds and animals so plentiful...
and not yet smart enough or
strong enough to escape the
clutches of their mortal enemies.
This is natural. It is expect
ed. And in the overall pic
ture, it is good. For if it were
not for natural predation, perhaps
there would be too many rab
bits in an area where there is
not enough food for that many
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News And Sports Editor
rabbits...or squirrels, quail, or
whatever.
And when the country became
oversupplied with new wildlife
and food became in short sup
ply, there would be weakness,
starvation, disease and death.
Perhaps all of the species could
be wiped out by disease and
hunger.
But with natural predators
there to control populations, the
stupid, weakest and most dis
eased are the first ones elimi
nated. The stronger and more
intelligent of the species are
the survivors, thus producing the
best possible brood stock for a
stronger strain of the species
for next year...and the next.
Undisturbed by forces other
than nature, wildlife pretty well
takes care of its own popula
tion levels.
Yet in this day and age, wild
life is not left to its own. Other
foreign forces move into the
wildlife world and throw off the
balances of nature.
First, we find the dog pro
blem, which has been much pub
licized of late. Unwanted dogs,
left in the wild to care for them
selves, become shrewd preda
tors. After all, if they do not
hunt they do not eat. And if
they do not eat they do not
live.
Folks who think they are too
softhearted to put unwanted pups
to sleep do them a far greater
cruelty and injustice, not to men
tion the cruelty and injustice done
to other wildlife species, by turn
ing the dogs loose on nature.
In addition, dogs that sleep
in the shade near a home dur
ing the day, get their ears
scratched by a loving owner and
have food before them in a pan
every day, become wild killers,
werewolf-like, at night, going
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Course Offered
At Oxford Coll.
An 8-weeks Sports Fitness
Program will be initiated at Ox
ford College, Oxford, this summ
er for boys and girls in the age
groups from 7 through 13. Hie
course will start in June and reg
istration should be made by May
Ist.
Included in the schedule of ac
tivities will be: swimming, track
and field, gymnastics and condi
tioning; and endurance schedule.
Those registered will be divi
ded into three age groups as
follows: Group A 7-8 years,
Group B 9-10 years, and Group
C 11-13 years.
For further details concerning
the course, we suggest that you
turn to the advertisement in to
day’s Covington NEWS.
Braves To Televise 20
Games During The Season
Twenty of the Atlanta Braves’
games during the 1968 season,
18 on the road and two at home,
will be televisedover the Braves’
network of more than 20 stations
around the Southeast.
The announcement was made
today by Chairman and President
william C. Bartholomay and Dir
ector of Broadcasting Jim Faszh
olz.
The first telecast of the season
will originate from St. Louis
April 9th, when the Braves open
against the world champion Card
inals.
The two home dates on the sc
hedule are May 21st, a Tuesday
night meeting with the Giants,
and August sth, a Monday night
game against the Cubs.
Nine, or almost half, of the
games to be televised are day
games. Nine of them are on
Sunday, one on Monday, three on
Tuesday, two on Wednesday, one
on Thursday, and four on Friday.
Here’s how the nine National
League opponents will appear on
Braves; TV: Cardinals, four
times; Reds and Phillies, three
times apiece; Pirates, Mets, As
tros and Cubs, twice each; and
Giants and Dodgers, once each.
As in the past two seasons,
WSB in Atlanta will be the orig
inating station for the telecasts.
The commentators are Milo
Hamilton and Ernie Johnson, who
also do Braves’radiobroadcasts,
and Carl Sell, WSB’s Sports Dir
ector.
The probable lineup for the
Braves’ TV network in 19G8 incl
udes Atlanta’s WSB, WRDW in
Augusta, WTVM in Columbus,
WMAZ in Macon, and WTOc in
Savannah, Georgia; WAPI in Bir
mingham, WMSL in Decatur,
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By 808 GREER
News and Sports Editor
While this incident may not be in the line of sports, it should
prove interesting to many Covingtonians! E. L. (Too Tall) Rainey
was named “Father Os The Year” by the Parent Youth Council
last week at the annual banquet. Rev. Edgar Callaway, in pre
senting the award to Mr. Rainey stated: “We were figuring the
record of Too Tall Rainey as a booster of the Newton High bands,
and, believe it or not, we came up with the number of years that
Mr. Rainey will have been selling Donuts to help the band. It
is 34 years” . . . Newton High eagers Terry Schell and Richard
Allen have signed basketball grants to Truett-McConnell College
at Cleveland, Ga. Wayne Hall and J. W. Rutledge were members
of the T-R team last year.
Rockdale County boys basketball coach Richard Moore (a native
of Newton County) should be happy this week since his star Clyde
Fore, 6-7, signed a grant-in-aid scholarship with Coach Whack
Hyder’s Yellow Jackets. The only other Rockdale cage star who
we can remember signing a major college grant was Jimmy John
son back in 1952 and that was to Georgia Tech also ... Coach
Perry Raymore’s trackmen at Newton High do not have track
facilities for a meet here in Covington. All NCHS track meets
are held on the visitors grounds.
It may be a strange quirk of fate, but the second largest ski
club in America is located in Atlanta, some 200 miles from any
snow or ski lodge . . . Five of the 10 football games scheduled bv
Georgia Tech in 1972 will be intersectional. Tilts are slated with
Michigan State, Rice, Clemson, Boston College and Navy ... If
you think a woman driving a car can snarl traffic, you ought to
see a man pushing a cart in a supermarket.
Governor Lester Maddox, in a speaking engagement at NCHS
Friday, commended the local high school on its basketball team
and the record Coach Ronald Bradley’s team has established in
recent years. We can’t help but think that Captain Steve Polk
of the State Highway Patrol had wised the Governor up on the New
ton High cage phenomena of 129 straight wins at home . . . Georgia
Coach Vince Doolev and his gridiron staff wiU visit Notre Dame
during the current spring practice sessions there ... A group of
Newton Countians journeyed over to Athens Saturday to see Terry
Smith of Covington and to witness the Georgia-Tennessee SEC
baseball battle. Terry is the RF of the Vols.
Do you realize just how many golfers took to the links during
1967? Statistics show that 10,760,000 played at least one round
last year . . . Milo Hamilton says that “Hank Aaron will be the
greatest Brave of all.” That would include Eddie Matthews and Babe
Ruth, who was once a Brave at Boston ... Ram Cage mentor Ronald
Bradley says that next year’s schedule will include two tilts with
Murray County . . . Southeast football fans may have a chance to
see these successive games on TV this September: Georgia-
Tennessee on Sept. 14, Ga. Tech-TCU on September 21, and Florida-
FSU on Sept. 28.
Ram Trackmen Down Henry County 54-36
Coach Perry Hay more’s cin
dermen downed the Henry County
squad Thursday afternoon at
McDonough 54-36 to open the lo
nol cPQCnn.
Billy Williams of NCHS won
three events and that helped build
up the point total for the Newton
Countians. He was first in the
120 yd. high hurdles, the broad
jump and the triple jump. Other
Tech’s Football Jackets To
Start Spring Practice Monday
ATLANTA (Special) — The
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will
begin “our most Important spring
football practice in years,” ac
cording to Head Coach Bud Car
son, on Monday afternoon, April
15. The drills will conclude
with the Jackets’ annual “T-
Nlght Intra-Squad Game” on Fri
day evening, May 17th.
“With so many key players
gone like (QB) Kim King, (TB)
Lenny Snow, (Def. HB) Bill East
man, (LB) Randall Edmunds,
(Wrecker) David Barber, (Def.
E) Tommy Carlisle, (Def. Tack
les) Mike Ashmore and John La
gana, and (Off. G) Rick Nelson
we have a very real re-build
ing problem facing us,” Coach
Carson said. “We’ll start out
working overtime with the young
WOWL in Florence, and WSFAin
Montgomery, Alabama; WJKS in
Jacksonville, WTUX In Fort Pie
rce, WDBO in Orlando, WEAR in
Pensacola, WCTV in Tallahas
see, and WFLA in Tampa, Flor
ida; WDAM in Hattiesburg, Miss
issippi; WSOC in Charlotte, North
Carolina; WUSN in Charleston,
WIS in Columbia and WFBC in
Greenville, South Carolina; and
WRCB in Chattanooga, WBIR in
Knoxville, and WSM in Nashville,
Tennessee.
Newton High
Athletics:
BASEBALL:
Friday, April 12 Rams at
Gainesville.
Monday, April 15, So. Hall at
Covington.
Tuesday, April 16, Rams at
Winder.
Wednesday, April 17, Rams at
Forsyth County.
** • *
TENNIS
Friday, April 12, NCHS vs
Morgan County at Madison.
Wednesday, April 17, Region
8 AA Tournament in Covington
and Porterdale.
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GOLF:
Friday, April 12, Gainesville
at Porterdale.
Tuesday, April 16, Henry
County at Porterdale.
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TRACK:
Monday, April 15, Rams at
Winder-Barrow.
first place winners In the meet
Included: Danny Fleming in the
1-mile run, Jim Allen in the 100-
yard dash, Jerry Fisher in the
discus; Tommy Davis in the shot
put, and Archie Sowers in the pole
vault.
The next meet for the NCHS
trackmen will be Monday at Win
der.
players during the first week,
looking at them at various pos
itions both offensively and de
fensively where we need help the
most.”
Carson suggested that the first
full scale “game scrimmage” of
the spring would probably be held
Saturday afternoon, April 20th,
but declared there would be
“plenty of contact work” at every
practice session.
The Yellow Jackets will have
just 23 lettermen returning from
last season’s fine squad which got
off to such a good start before
running into the most unbeliev
able rash of injuries in the
schooljs history and dropping six
of their last seven games to finish
with a 4-6 record. At one time
the Jackets’ first four quarter
backs were sidelined and at no
game after the first three were
there less than three starters un
able to play.
"They say that everyone has
their share of good and bad luck,”
Coach Carson philosophies. “I
certainly hope that is true be
cause if so we’ve definitely earn
ed a few years of good fortune
to balance last season’s frus
trations.”
Among the outstanding players
who will return for the 1968
season are flanker John Sias,
Quarterback Larry Good, Guard
Joe Vltunlc and Tight End Joel
Stevenson off the offensive unit,
Safetyman Bill Kinard, Lineback
er Eric Wilcox and End Mike
Bradley from the defensive team.
Other than these most of the
1968 starters will come from a
group of young players who saw
limited action last season, or
from the Jackets’ fine 1967
Freshman squad.
As has been the case for many
years, the Yellow Jackets will
again play one of the Nation’s
most difficult and interesting
football schedules. Six of the
opponents will be met on Tech’s
Grant Field, assuring the Jackets
another banner year in ticket
sales.
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Newton County High Ram Baseball Squad And Coach
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NEWTON HIGH RAMS baseball squad and Coach Bradley are pictured above at Legion Field. First
row (left to right): Bryant Steele, Billy Reagan, Dennis Ellis, Hoke Blankenship, Sam Cohen, Mike
Johnson and Joe Brown. Second Row; Randle Aiken, Rodney Bankston, Bruce Lynch, Bill Marks,
Freddie Adams, and Ronnie Aiken. Back Row; Wallace Christian, Dave Johnston, Hal Bailey, Bubba
Hill, Ken Hodges, Mork Winn, Tony Harris, Chan McDougald, Terry Schell, Mike Hodges and Coach
Bradley. The next home game for the Rams will be April 15 against South Hall.
Social Circle Squad Gets Signals From Coach
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SOCIAL CIRCLE Coach Tony McClure (in white shirt) goes over game plans and signals with his
squad members prior to the start of the Circle-NCHS game Tuesday at Legion Field. McClure is a
graduate of Newton County High School. At S. C. he coaches boys and girls basketball as well as
the boys baseball team.