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BOWL SCORES
PEACH BOWL: (Atlanta, Dec. 30)
Louisiana St. 31, Florida St. 27
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SUN BOWL: (El Paso, Texas, Dec. 28)
Auburn 34, Arizona U. 10
★ ★ ★
GATOR BOWL: (Jacksonville, Dec. 28)
Missouri 35, Alabama 10
LSU Nips FSU 31-27
In First Peach Bowl
BY 808 GREER
(News And Sports Editor)
Atlanta’s first Annual peach Bowl Game Monday night at grant
Field should be stamped with the two words “very successful’’
in view of a steady rain all during the late afternoon and evening.
Louisiana State downed the Florida State team 31-27 with a TD in the
final three minutes of the tilt.
The actual attendance at the
game was 35,545 and most of
those dyed-in-the-wool fans st
ayed until the very end. LSU’S
Maurice La Blanc scored the fin
al TD on a three-yard rim. This
overcame an FSU 27-24 lead the
Seminoles were enjoying at the
time. The 61-yard drive for the
final six-pointer by the Bengals
took nine plays with La Blanc the
work horse amid some fine pas
sing by two quarterbacks Mike
Hillman, a lefthander, and Fred
Haynes, who was back at the con
trols after an early season in
jury.
To hold junior’s interest on a
cruise, make him an active parti
cipant. Assign him specific na
vigational and household duties,
such as spotting buoys (especially
good if he can use binoculars^
putting out fenders and securing
dock lines. Keep him busy, say
the Mercury outboard autho
rities, and he’ll enjoy himself
more. So will you.
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If you ordinarily run your boat
onto a beach when you come in
from boating, lay an old auto
tire flat on the sand with half of
it in the water. Dig a depression
in the beach, sink the tire to half
its depth and fill it with sand.
This gives you a firmly-anchored
rubber “landing field,” say the
Mercury outboard people, and
prevents scratching of your boat
bottom.
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Choke — not gauge — determ
ines the size of a shotgun pat
tern. A full-choke 20-gauge pat
tern would be the same diam
eter as a full-coke 12-gauge, but
the 12-gauge would put more
shot within the pattern.
—Sports Afield.
Fish Story from Berlin
Karl Triebel, <3O, of West Berlin, caught a fish. It was
a very large fish, a pike, 43 inches long, that weighed
28 pounds. Karl presented it to the Berlin Aquarium. The
Aquarium, largest of its kind in the world, already had
400 tanks filled with 10,000 specimens from 1,320 species;
but it gladly accepted the new arrival which was a record
for pike caught in Berlin waters in the last 35 years.
They named it “Karl der Grosse,” the German name for
Charlemagne. Then the fun started.
First off, Charlemagne went on a hunger strike. It took
•several days of menu-changing to discover what suited the
finicky palate of their selective guest.
Soon after meeting that challenge, Aquarium officials
had a new one: they learned that Charlemagne was un
royally but literally lousy with marine parasites. The huge
pike was again in trouble.
The Aquarium experts designed a louse trap consisting
of a funnel, light bulb and suction hose. Inserted into
Charlemagne’s abode, the light on this gadget attracts the
parasitic lice to the funnel, which then sucks them up and
out of the tank through the hose.
Naturally, the light-attracting properties of this appara
tus work best at night. See the next problem coming? The
Aquarium is now waiting to see just how long it will take
Charlemagne to decide that the brilliant illumination keeps
him awake. When that happens, what next? Sleeping pills?
A custom-made sleep mask?
But don’t get them wrong: the Berlin Aquarium stoutly
asserts that none of this is any reason to start looking a
gift fish in the mouth.
SPORTS
808 GREER
News And Sports Editor
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PEACH NOTES:
Florida State with its vaunted
passing team of QB Bill Cappie
man and Flanker Ron Sellers,
the All - American on almost
everyone’s team, took a 13-0
lead in the first half. In fact
the FSU team scored the very
first kickoff at the LSU 36.
Tom Bailey carried the ball
over the double stripes.
The halftime show was one of
the most beautiful spectacles
seen on Grant Field in many
years. Both bands from Loui
siana State and Florida State,
Deer Hunting Tips
Deer hunting is a popular sport
in our state. This is reflected
by the fact that last year over
120,000 Georgians hunted deer.
This is an increase of some
34,000 hunters since the 1962-
63 season. One important thing
is indicated by this increase.
There are a lot of people going
deer hunting who most likely
have had little experience in this
sport.
This was vividly called to my
attention recently when a friend
called and asked how to hunt
deer. It seems that his 15-
year-old son was just dying to
go hunting but my friend had
never been deer hunting. I’m
sure there are many others in
my friend’s predicament of not
knowing exactly how to go about
hunting deer once they get into
the woods.
I don’t claim to be an expert
in deer hunting but I would like
to share with you some tips which
might help you bag that big buck
this season.
First of all, it is important
and the champion Dalton High
Band, did scintillating maneu
vers amid masterful musical
accompaniment.
Peach Bowl Executive Direc
tor George Crumbley estimated
that some 38,000 tickets were
sold to the new bowl venture.
The actual crowd who attended
the game was 35,545, and that
was a tribute to the teams and
Bowl game itself—despite the
cold, chilly, damp evening.
FSU struck early for their
first two TDs. In the opening
period it was on the first play
and in 15 seconds, and in the se
cond period It was the first 10
seconds of that quarter. Ron
Sellers scored the final two
touchdowns on fine catches in the
end zone. Hie latter put his team
ahead at the time 27-24.
that you have some fundamental
knowledge of deer habits. Tills
is particularly important because
seasonal changes often modify the
movements of deer. For
instance, the trails deer use
during the summer months
usually are not the ones they use
during November and vice versa.
This is particularly true with
bucks.
A knowledge of what deer eat
is also important. Normally,
deer eat the leaves and ends of
tender twigs and consume only
small amounts of grasses. Since
suitable food is often more
plentiful in brushy and fairly
open timber stands, these are
usually important feeding areas.
Large open fields, even thougn
planted with grass, are seldom
used. Small openings in the
forest, particularly if planted
in grass, are also good feeding
areas.
The presence of heavy crops
of acorns and other special foods
is also important in determining
where to hunt. In many areas
there appears to be a shortage
of acorns this year. Therefore,
if you are able to find a hard
wood area where acorns are
abundant, you will probably see
a great deal of deer signs as a
result of feeding there. I have
noticed that about midway through
November, particularly In the
Piedmont section of the state,
deer begin eating mushrooms
which are usually found in pine
stands.
Time of day is important, too.
Deer usually begin feeding early
in the morning. By mid-morning,
feeding activity has about ceased
and most deer have bedded down
in some thick stand of timber.
Feeding activity starts again
shortly before dark. It Is a good
strategy to do considerable
trail sitting during the early
morning and late afternoon hours.
During the middle of the day you
can rest, track or stalk deer
or organize a group and conduct
a deer drive.
One point to remember is that
on moonlit nights deer often do a
great deal of feeding, particularly
during the hunting season. This
being the case, the morning and
evening periods during which they
move around the feeding grounds
will be short.
Os course, It is very important
to scout the area you plan to hunt
in order to determine what the
deer are currently doing. This
will provide an opportunity to
locate and study the deer trails
and feeding areas. Tracks are
a very important sign. The num
ber of tracks, their freshness and
the direction of prevailing travel
are all Important factors in det
ermining the best minting strat
egy.
Local Wrestling
Promoter Corsica
Jean Saved By Bell
At the usual Saturday night
wrestling The Mad Russian was
unmasked.
Seiji Sakaguchi was wrestling
for the Mad Russian who had
been injured Friday night. The
Russian was at ringside with his
crutch. The agreement was for
the looser to unmask. The Pro
fessional defeated Sakaguchi two
straight falls and then pulled the
Russian’s mask. It was Stan
Vachon, he tried to hide his face
but everybody saw him.
Promoter Corsica Jean who
had to wrestle Tim Geohogen in
the first match went to a draw,
but was saved by the bell from
Tim’s sleeper hold.
In the semi-final Mario Gal
ento had a victory over Joe
Turco.
In the second match Alberto
Torres, who is still a big fav
orite in Covington, was the vic
tor over Mike Burns.
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BUBBA HILL and Ben Voyles of Woodward Academy battle for the
rebound as this photo was taken by The NEWS’ Bob Hunter Saturday
night in Covington. Tony Harris (24) and Luke Odum (44) are the
other Ram players in the photo. NCHS won the game 57-44 for their
sixth straight victory of the year.
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TONY HARRIS was all alone under the Newton basket for this
“snowbird” in the “Big Four” tilt here Friday night. This photo
is unusual as it shows all the other players of both teams standing
flatfooted watching Harris get the two-pointer. The Rams downed the
Stephens County team 55-41.
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THAD BLANKENSHIP (No. 20) looks like the Leaning Tower of
Pisa in this picture at the NCHS gym Friday night. However,
teammates Jim Gainer (left) and Tony Harris (center) gave Thad
a helping hand for the ball. The NCHS team won the tilt over
Stephens by a 55-41 score.
Rams Defeat Stephens
And Woodward
The Newton County Rams continued their fine basketball play
in the “Big Four” meet held in Covington on Friday and Satur
day nights. Coach Ronald Bradley’s team downed a good Stephens
County five on Friday night 55-41, and came back Saturday night
to take Coach Tom Church’s Woodward Academy club 57-44.
The two victories brought the
Rams to a six-straight victory
skein and chopped off an 8-game
winning streak of both visiting
clubs.
Coach Bradley stated Monday
that the defense of “the Rams
has been a dominant factor in
recent play. In the past seven
games our team has not per
mitted more than 45 points in
Cordele Hatchery
Has Undergone
Face-Lifting
A renovation program has be
gun at the State Game and Fish
Commission’s fish hatchery at
Cordele, which will increase the
facility’s output of channel cat
fish by some 33 to 50 percent.
Announcement of the beginning
of the construction was made by
Game and Fish Commission Di
rector George T. Bagby jointly
with Representative Howard Ra
iney of Cordele and Senator Mar
tin Young.
The renovation project will in
clude rebuilding of all dikes,
deepening the current ponds, re
placing water lines and putting
additional ponds into production.
Cordele hatchery currently
yeilds some 400,000 channel cat
fish fingerlings per year, and at
present is barely able to meet the
demands of needs for catfish,
said Leon Kirkland, chief of
Fisheries for the Game and Fish
Commission. In poor production
years, he said, the hatchery fails
to meet the demand. The demand
increases substantially each
year, he added. Hatchery reared
catfish are used to stock farm
ponds and public waters, parti
cularly public fishing areas.
Kirkland said that the present
water system at Cordele is in
such poor condition that it is ne
cessary to wrap pipes with auto
inner tubes for them to hold the
needed water pressure.
He said that work on the hatc
hery will probably be completed
by the end of 1969. During that
time, the Commission will rear
catfish at other warm -
water hatcheries around the
state. The system of distri
bution of catfish to pond owners
will be unchanged. He said every
effort will be made to continue
to make catfish available during
the renovation period.
Keep Moving
The old paraphrased idea that
“fish are where you find them”
has been worked to death. Most
folks agree with the adage; many
promptly Ignore it once they get
in a boat. When you see a guy
flailing the same area for a long
period without any encourage
ment by the fish, you’re witness
ing neglect angling’s basic ten
ant.
Instead of waiting for fish to
come to you, go looking for them,
urges the fishing experts at Mer
cury outboards. Fish are not
evenly distributed throughout a
lake or river, they note, and
time spent looking pays off better
than that just sitting and waiting.
While trolling is usually the
best all-around fish-finder, other
techniques may be equally g00d...
depending on season, waters and
species.
If you’re a casting man, work
the points for bass during the
day, hopping to the next one
down the shoreline when the first
fails to produce after being ex
plored. At night, work these
same points again, but also probe
back into the coves.
For white bass, alias sadles
or barfish, crank up the out
board and literally go looking.
Cruise along at a good clip un
til you find a school creating
mayhem with shad on the sur
face . Cur the motor and cast
right into the middle of the ac
tivity.
Dry fly fishermen look for
surface boils; muskle addicts
look for weeds; crappie fans
troll deep to discover hidden
brush. Even on the vastness
of the ocean, coastal charter
skippers keep their eyes “peel
ed” for circling gulls working
over a school of bait—game fish
are nearby.
Keep moving, repeat the Mer
cury lads. Keep your attention
glued for the telltale signs that
indicate likely fish hangouts.
Then fish.
Looking is the key to much
fishing.
Brave Notes:
Atlanta thira base coach Jim
Busby became a grandfather for
the first time Dec. 5. Jim’s
daughter, Vicky, gave birth to
a six-pound boy, Scott Edward.
Vicky’s husband, Edward Mur
phy, is a U. S. Army lieutenant
stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va.
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Nap Reyes, Atlanta’s Carib
bean scout, has signed three
Venezuelan youngsters — out
fielders Concepcion Escalona and
Nelson Cana and righthanded pit
cher Omar Machado—to Green
wood, S. C, contracts. Cana is
17; Escalona and Machado are
18-year-olds.
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Braves bullpen coach Ken Sil
vestri will be starting his se
venth year with the club In 1969.
The only other current National
League coach who has been with
the same club in that capacity
for a longer period is Verlon
Walker, bullpen coach for the
Chicago Cubs.
any one game.” He could have
pointed to the excellent board
work of Thad Blankenship and
Tony Harris, especially in the
weekend play here. Friday night
Harris had 18 rebounds and
Blankenship 15, and the same two
had 16 and 18 on Saturday even
ing.
Another bright spot in the cur
rent play of the NCHS five has
been the floor work of Bubba
Hill. He Improves each game
bringing the ball up for his team -
mates to shoot at the basket.
He did some fine shooting him
self on Saturday night against
Woodward. He banged home 10
of 17 field goal tries from more
than 20 feet out. Bradley said
this was the best outside shoot
ing he had seen since the late
Billy Dean Rutledge played for
him in 1958-59.
“The next road games (3) will
tell a lot about the type team we
have here at Newton County,”
Bradley stated. “Against Mur-
By 808 GREER
News and Sports Editor
Bear’s Tiger String Is Broken
Alabama’s Bear Bryant had a string of 13 victories over teams
with the nickname “Tiger.” All those victories over Auburn,
LSU and Clemson went down the drain as the Missouri Tigers pro
ved too much for the Alabamians. . .A Georgia fan remarked to an
Alabama fan on the bus to the Gator Bowl “Georgia is Number One
in the nation.” The Barna fan said: “Yes, they ought to be, they are
coached by an Alabamian (Vince Dooley of Mobile).”
Cooks Get Free Gator Bowl Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Cook of Rome, Ga., saw the Gator Bowl foot
ball game Saturday at Jacksonville via the courtesy of his employer,
the Security Life Insurance Company. Mr. Cook won the three-day,
all-expense trip for his insurance sales record out of the Rome Of
fice. The Cooks were guests at the Roosevelt Hotel, which also was
the headquarters of the Georgia basketball team and the Alabama
football team.
While speaking of the Gator Bowl game and the Gator Basketball
tournament, we got a first-hand view of the two best punt returners
in the nation during the past season. We had already seen what
Georgia’s Jake Scott can do with that football, and Saturday we saw
the vaunted Roger Wehrli of Missouri. In comparison, we’ll say that
both are definitely All-Americans. . .After Alabama got clobbered
in the game by Missouri (35-10) some of the University of Florida
fans were joining the Alabama fans in chanting “Wait ’til next year.”
The New Orleans Saints aren’t going anywhere in the NFL standings
this season, but they have drawn tremendous crowds to their home
games. In fact, the seven games in New Orleans have averaged some
75,000 per tilt. . . Jim Minter, Sports Writer for the Atlanta Journal
says that “More baseball players are overpaid than underpaid.”
Could he be referring to some of the Atlanta Braves? ... A little
boy, who had been absent from school, called in and told his teacher,
“I’ve got the King Kong flu.”
In 11 years as a coach Alabama’s Coach Bear Bryant has esta
lished a record of 187 wins, 55 loses and 15 ties. His 1968 Gator
Bowl team marked the 10th time that Coach Bryant has sent a
team to a major bowl . . .The career field goal shooting of Geor
gia’s Bob Lienhard is nothing short of sensational. As a fresh
man he hit on 63.8% and last year as a sophomore it was 58.2%.
Christmas cards and greetings sent during the Yule season
exceeds all other mail during the rest of the year ... Newton
Countians (some 80) used just about all the means of transporta
tion when they went to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl game—
planes, cars and railroad.
It may be a fitting climax that Tim Christian’s final football
game as an amateur will be covered by the Atlanta Journal’s
Tom McColllster, sports writer. Tom, along with The Coving
ton NEWS and Radio Station WGFS, helped project Tim into the
National sportlight as an All-State football QB, and an All-Ameri
can as a basketball player at Newton County High School. . .
New York Jets’ Joe Namath got SIO,OOO for shaving off his Fu
Manchu mustache on television . . .Dallas Cowboys’ Don Meredith
says the one main thing that makes a great footbaH player is “Atti
tude.”
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SI,OOO CHALLENGE MATCH
DALE LEWIS
Versus
THE PROFESSIONAL
PAUL DEMARCO
VERSUS
DICK STEINDORN
MIKE BURNS vs TIMOTHY GEOHAGEN
ray County at Chatsworth, Rock
dale County at Conyers and Bur
ney Harris at Athens, we wiH
have to play top notch ball.”
Newton-Stephens Co. Game
Newton: Blankenship 23, Har
ris 8, Hill 7, Gainer 13, Odum
4. Stephens County: Smith 18,
Ivester 5, Adams 6, Wiley 8
Martin 4.
Newton-Woodward Academy:
Newton: Blankenship 27, Har
ris 4, Hill 20, Gainer 3, Odum
2, Clive 1. Woodward: Voyles
2, Vaughan 0, Harkey 2, Ire
land 23, Zeigler 9, Jones 5, Does
3.
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