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Fans Vote Eddie Robinson
Greatest Sox First Baseman
Oxford resident Eddie Ro
binson, Director of Player Dev
elopment and Procurement for the
Atlanta Braves, has been voted the
Chicago White Sox “Greatest
First Baseman.” The poll was
conducted among Chicago fans as
every team in the Major Lea
gues will name their All-Time
Greatest Team during 1969, which
is the 100th Anniversary of Pro
fessional Baseball.
A Chicago newspaper car
ried the following story on Rob
inson’s selection for the honor:
By George Berger
Eddie Robinson, the oft-traded
slugger of the 19505, has been
voted the greatest White Sox first
baseman ever.
Robby, who only played three
seasons with the Sox, collected
8,848 votes while Earl Sheely was
a distant second with only 3,663
votes. Joe Kuhel was third with
2,826. Another 5,000-plus votes
were split up among Zeke Bon
ura, Chick Gandil, Lew Fonseca,
Ferris Fain, Art Shires and Ch-
Cycle Moto-
Cross Races
Set Sunday
The Covington Cycle Club has
scheduled a program of Moto-
Cross Races for Sunday, May
25th, at the club’s raceway be
yond Porterdale.
Practice will be held at noon
and races at 1 p.m. Hie price
of admission is sl. The event
is sponsored by the Georgia Cr
ackers.
For fans going to the races
on Interstate 20 Atlanta-Coving
ton, turn off the Expressway at
the Salem Exit. Turn right to
wards Salem and follow the red
arrows to the track. It is ap
proximately six miles from In
terstate 20. *
Moy 31 Is Braves’ Deadline
For ’Greatest Ever’ Ballots
Hall of Famers Walter Mar
anville and Hugh Duffy and Hank
Aaron and Felipe Alou of the pre
sent club are among the leaders
in the balloting for the Braves
“Greatest Players Ever.”
Braves fans must submit their
votes by May 31st. The ballot
is published in the Braves score
book, available at all home ga
mes.
Here’s how the voting stands
after five weeks:
FIRST BASE — Joe Adcock,
231; Orlando Cepeda, 25; Fred
Tenney, 18; Earl Torgeson, 4;
Frank Torre, 2.
SECOND BASE — Red Schoen
dienst, 127; Rogers Hornsby, 90;
Felix Millan, 34; Bobby Lowe,
18; Frank Bolling, Alvin Dark,
Johnny Evers, Denis Menke and
Sibby Sisti, 1 apiece.
THIRD BASE — Eddie Mat
hews, 252; Jimmy Collins, 16;
Clete Boyer, 14; Bob Elliott,
1.
SHORTSTOP — Walter Mar
anville, 130; Johnny Logan 92;
Eddie Miller, 33; Sonny Jack
\ son, 19; Roy McMillan and Woody
Woodward, 1 apice.
LEFT FIELD — Hugh Duffy,
124; Wally Berger, 42; Rico Car
ty, 28; Bobby Thomson, 27; Andy
Pafko, 5; Felipe Alou and Tito
Drop by and make your choice
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Eddie Robinson
arles Comiskey I.
Robinson came to the Sox from
Washington in the spring of 1950
to bat a robust .311. In the
“Go-Go-Sox” year of ’sl, big Ed
tied Gus zernlal’s club homer
record of 29 while driving in
117 runs with a .282 batting av
average. In 1952, his final year
with the Sox, Robinson hit .296,
had 22 homers and drove in 104
runs.
In addition to the White Sox,
Robinson played for the Phila
delphia Athletics, Washington
Senators, Cleveland Indians, New
York Yankees and Detroit Tigers.
Apparently many Sox fans for-
Georgia Tennis
10-Y ear-Record
Best In S.E.C.
ATHENS-Georgla Coach Dan
Magill’s tennis team has made
the conslstently-best record in
the SEC tournament the past 10
years with an average finish of
3.05. Mississippi State is a
close second with 3.10 and Flo
rida third with 3.35.
The Bulldogs have been second
four times, third three times
(once a tie), fourth two times and
fifth once during the past 10
years.
Francona, 2 apiece, Wes Cov
ington, Sid Gordon, Mike Lum
and Lance Richbourg, 1 apiece.
RIGHT FIELD — Hank Aaron,
274; Tommy Holmes, 6; Sid Gor
don, 1.
CENTERFIELD—FeIipe Alou,
164; Bill Bruton, 21; Andy Pafko,
7; San Jethroe, 2; Hank Aaron,
Wally Berger, Tommy Holmes,
Mack Jones and Lance Richbourg,
1 apiece.
CATCHER — Del Crandall,
152; Joe Torre, 65; Hank Gowdy,
52; Bob Tillman, 2; Bob Di
dier and Bob Decker, 1 apiece.
RIGHTHANDED PITCHER —
Lou Burdette, 175; Charles Nic
hols, 60; Phil Niekro, 15; Johnny
Sain, 9; Pat Jarvis and Dick Ru
dolph, 4 apiece; Tony Cloninger
and Ron Reed, 3 apiece.
LEFTHANDED PITCHER —
Warren Spahn, 268; George Stone,
3.
GREATEST PLAYER EVER —
Hank Aaron, 140; Warren Spahn,
45; Eddie Mathews, 21; Rogers
Hornsby, 8; Felipe Alou, 5; Hugh
Duffy, 3; Joe Torre 2; Joe Ad
cock, Orlando Cepeda, Tony Clo
ninger, Jimmy Collins, Tommy
Holmes, Sonny Jackson, Walter
Maranville and Red Schoendie
nst, 1 apiece.
got about old Earl Sheely who
starred for the South siders thr
ough eight big league seasons.
Sheely was rated as one of the
greatest fielding first baseman in
baseball and was a consistent
.300 hitter.
Most experts claim that his
slowness afoot, caused by a
badly set broken ankle, is the only
thing that kept him from true
greatness.
NEWTON NIGHT
BRAVES GAME
JUNE 20TH
Newton County baseball fans
are reminded that the Covington-
Newton County Night at the At
lanta Braves-San Francisco Gi
ants game on Friday, June 20,
is just around the corner and
choice tickets are available at
many locations in the county.
Ticket outlets are; Chamber of
Commerce Office, Evans Drug
Store, Newton Federal Savings &
Loan Assn., Steele-Prescott
Agency, Morcock-Banks Agency,
Walker Harris Autos and stand
ard Pharmacy in Porterdale.
Newton High
Loses In
State Tennis
Newton High school’s Tennis
Team, champions of Region 8-AA,
lost out in the State Tennis To
urnament, which was held in Ma
con last week on the courts of
Mercer University.
Billy Dobbs of NCHS lost in a
close three-set match to Sam
Stovall of Waycross, 9-7; 2-6;
6-4.
Barbara Johnson (NCHS) won
out in a first round match over
Robyn Carlton of O’Keefe, 6-1;
6-1. Then, in the semi-finals
Barbara lost to Mary Miller of
Westminister, 6-1; 6-0.
Newton Iflgh’s girls doubles
team of Susan Lott-Gall Costley
defeated Marti Berry - Bar
bara Prall of East Rome, 6-3;
6-0. Later, they lost in the
semi-finals in a long three set
match to Margaret Hatcher -
Nancy Carver of Westminister,
6-4; 3-6; 6-4.
Senior League Starts
Play In Covington
The Newton Senior League
play in the 1969 season is un
derway, according to an an
nouncement by President Henry
Baker.
The first game will start at
6 p.m.
Schedule follows;
SENIOR LEAGUE
May 23 Jets vs Braves
Falcons vs Tigers
May 26 Yankees vs Tigers
Jets vs Falcons
May 28 Rebels vs Braves
Tigers vs Jets
May 30 Braves vs Yankees
Falcons vs Rebels
June 2 Yankees vs Falcons
Tigers vs Braves
June 4 Jets vs Rebels
BASEBALL:
Newton LL:
May 22 Colts vs Pirates,
Braves vs Trojans.
May 24 Yankess vs Colts,
Rams vs Yankees.
May 26 Trojans vs Braves,
Cardinals vs Cubs.
May 27 Braves vs Colts,
Trojans vs Rams.
May 28 Pirates vs Trojans,
Cubs vs Braves.
** * *
ATLANTA BRAVES:
Thursday, May 22, New York
Mets at Atlanta Stadium.
♦ * *
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
May 23-24-25, Philadelphia Phil
lies at Atlanta Stadium.
♦ ♦ *
Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, May 26-27-28, St. Louis
Cardinals at Atlanta Stadium.
LL Candy Sale
Was Successful
Newton Little League Presi
dent Henry Baker has report
ed that the recent candy sale
by members of the various
teams was most successful.
The money derived from the
project will aid the league in
necessary financing.
"We want to thank the work
ers and those who bought candy
in the drive,” Mr. Baker stated.
Professional,
Mongol Take
Tag Match
The Professional and El Mon
gol withstood the challenge of Paul
DeMarco and Scandor Akbar in a
tag team wrestling match
Saturday night at the American
Legion Field arena. The Pro
and Mongol had announced that
they would take on any team of
grapplers Promoter Corsica Jean
could line up for Covington action.
In the semi-final the Los Toros
were the only winner of a fall
that was scheduled two out of
three, 45 minutes, against Dennis
Hall and Silento Rodriguez. In
the first match Toros Number 2
was defeated by Dennis Hall in a
one fall match that went 20 min
utes.
MORE SPORTS
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Falcons vs Braves
June 6 Jets vs Yankees
Rebels vs Tigers
June 9 Yankees vs Rebels
Braves vs Jets
June 11 Tigers vs Falcons
Braves vs Rebels
June 13 Falcons vs Jets
Tigers vs Yankees
June 16 Yankees vs Braves
Jets vs Tigers
June 18 Rebels vs Falcons
Braves vs Tigers
June 20 Rebels vs Jets
Falcons vs Yankees
June 23 Falcons vs Tigers
Yankees vs Jets
June 25 Braves vs Falcons
Rebels vs Yankees
June 27 Jets vs Braves
Tigers vs Rebels
Spring Drills
Revealed Much
At Ga. Tech
ATLANTA (Special)-A look at
the statistics for Georgia Tech’s
spring football scrimmages re
veals some surprising and some
expected items.
First place in the unexpected
category goes to Eddie Hughes, a
holdout sophomore from Auburn
dale, Fla. Hughes, 5-9 1/2,
180, was switched from defense
early in the spring and proceeded
to compile the best rushing aver
age of any Yellow Jacket runner.
Hughes gained 7.1 yards on each
of 42 carries and finished third in
total yards with 297. He and
oft-injured Gene Splotta (304
yards, a 5.2 average) are certain
to provide needed tailback depth
behind scurrying sophomore
Brent Cunningham.
The latter, the 5-7, 158-pound
package of balance and speed
(4.4 in the 40), not-so-surpris
ingly topped all Tech backs with
378 yards in 60 trips for a 6.3
average.
The three tailbacks and Steve
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3 Big Softball Games At
Porterdale This Weekend
The Porterdale All-Star Soft
ball team has lined-up three fine
teams as opponents for games at
snow Field on Thursday (tonight),
Friday and Saturday. Each game
will start at 7:30.
The Thursday encounter will
bring to Snow Field, K & G
Carpet of Atlanta, whose playing
personnel formerly comprised
the great Charley’s Trading
Post.
Friday night the neemy will be
McDonald’s of Atlanta, another
fine team that is compiling a tre
mendous record in the Metrop
olitan area.
Saturday’s game will be with
the Bremen team of Bremen, Ga.
This outfit will be one of Por
terdale’s main opponents in the
1969 State Softball Tournament
later this summer.
Manager of the Porterdale
team is Walker Fincher and he
says that “These three games
brings the strongest teams to
Porterdale that we have booked
in many years.”
Hurling for the P o rter d a 1 e
team will be the durable and
seemingly everlasting Blunt Pat
terson. This smoke-ball artist
will attempt to hurl all three
games and if his fastball, sink
er, fadaway and curve are all
working the opponents had bet
ter choke up on their bats in
order to get at least a foul tip.
Action In Local LL Gamo
THE CUBS downed the Covington Trojans 6-1 in a Newton LL game
at Baker Field. This action at second base shows Cubs’ 2B Sigman
and Shortstop Corley, as Trojan Scott Gober (No. 4) is the runner.
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It is reported that Patterson
has been offered a pro con
tract from many Southern soft
ball teams Including the Sou-
ball teams including the World’s
Champion Clearwater (Fla.)
Bombers.
♦ * *
OLD-TIMERS GAME
Porterdale softball Old-Tim
ers will meet the current Por
terdale team in a special game
on Saturday, June 28 at Snow
Field, according to an announce
ment by Blunt Patterson.
The Porterdale softball pro
gram was started about 1946
and has seen some great play
rrs in action since then.
Then Old-Timers are expect
ed to have in uniform on June
28, the following stars:
Catchers: Archie Patterson
and Avis Coady.
Pitchers: Freeh Newman, Sid
Hodges and Pat Patterson.
First Base: Sid Hatfield.
Second Base: Bill Bowden and
Tootle Smith.
Shortstop: Hubert Strops
hire.
Third Base: Billy Crowell.
Left Field: Gib Holifield.
Center Field: Blackie Jeffer
ies
Right Field: Monk Moody, Bob
by Tuggle and Whitney Alexan
der.
Hit Won The Game 11-10
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BUTCH JOHNSON, second baseman for the Covington Pirates, throws
out a Porterdale Yankee runner in the tilt at Baker Field, Covington.
The Pirates won the game 11-10 in the last inning on a hit by Kris
Tumlln.
Loose Ball In LL Game
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THE BALL eluded CF Matt Roberts of the Covington Trojans in
Little League action as this photo was taken by The NEWS’ Bob
Hunter. The second baseman is Lynch (No. 2). The Cubs won 6-1.