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Georgia championship and the
runner-up spot to the Burly;
Bulldogs of Rossville in the
State AA championship.
Castronis. the coach, is a
Christian leader. The writer
has seen him lead many devo
tionals at Athens “Y” Camp, be- j
yond Tallulah Falls, in the edge;
of the Appalachian mountains,
and he has always won the af
fection and respect of the boys,
whether campers, play e r s, j
neighbors or just friends.
Miko gave “credit" for any
success he might have achieved
to his wife. He said: “Coach
Dowis knows my wife Mr. Troy I
over there knows my wife. She ।
is a wonderful girl. Why, when
I come home from a long, hard
day. Bulldog-tired, she always;
has the water HOT for me. She
knows that I hate to WASH
DISHES in COLD WATER!"
That's Black Mike—great
competitor, fine speaker, out- :
standing coach and individ
ual. A hoy is always better for
having played under him,
same as he is better at North ;
Clayton for having played ।
under Coaches Tom Dowis,
Tom Aiken, Harold Krafchick
and Leon McCord. All fine,
outstanding coaches.
Coach Castronis emphasized
several points for success in life |
and football
1. Cooperation.
2. Competition.
3. Leadership.
4. Respect for rules and au-
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5. Loyalty. And this, he em- i
phasized as the most important
trait, one that former Coach j
Wallace Butts, now Athletic Di- '
rector, demanded of his bowl
winning Bulldogs. LOYALTY! [
It’s inseparable with success.
Mike emphasized in his fine
talk that he has always been in
terested in young people, their
future and their careers, and so
he always has been, either as
an advisor, councilor, coach or
friend.
The year 1962 was a great
year for North Clayton ath
letically and scholastically. The
Eagles went all the way to the
top. battling for the state AA
title in an unbeaten season—
their first in history.
And 1962 is the year the fine
school in Clayton's second!
largest voting district received j
its accreditation rating in the ■
Southern Association of sec- i
ondary schools and colleges.
And, too, Captain Frank Oli- !
ver, a star back in his own right 1
and Lynn Rector, another back- ;
field standout, placed first in a j
deadheat as the scholastic lead
ers of the senior class.
George Glaze, president of the j
South College Park Kiwanis;
Club, banquet sponsors and
hearty backers of the athletic j
program at North Clayton, wel- I
corned guests, players and ।
school folks. And introduced ;
such distinguished guests as
Mayor and Mayor-elect E. W. I
(Pete) Millians and Mrs. Mil- !
lians, of College Park; Council
man Cary Webb and Mrs. Webb I
of North Clayton; Commis
sioners P. K. Dixon, Terrell |
Starr and James Duncan, and;
the latters’ wives; Representa-1
tive Bill Lee and Mrs. Mary Lee; j
Mrs. Ed Edmonds and Mrs.
Ernest Stroud.
County School Supt. Ed Ed
monds praised the progress of
the North Clayton School,
scholastically and athletically;
gave the players and coaches
a big hand and remarked as
to the “stroke of genius” that
caused him to kick up Cliff
England from coach to prin
cipal, and replace him with a
winner, Max Dowis, and staff, i
England—there’ll always be
an England, you know—acted as
the Emcee for the occasion, and
when he got around to the
coaches, a new record of pres
entation of trophies was set at
North Clayton High School,
both athletically and scholasti
cally for the football players.
Coach Dowis stepped up and
announced that he “hated this
job” because it meant singling
out one boy from among all of
the valiant Eagles, but he added
that, for the year 1962, “there
has been one boy really out
standing.” And then he awarded
the Most Valuable Player trophy
to Georgia-bound Phil Smith,
who apparently adopted the
! credo that if you can’t lick ’em,
i join ’em. He finished second
। best to the Rossville Bulldogs,
but is top prospect with the
freshman Bullpups of Georgia.
Coach Krafchick honored
Frank Oliver, Lynn Rector
and Doug Jenkins, equally, as
the Outstanding Back of the
। Year.
Coach Aiken, who did a great
' job with the Eagles’ forward
wall, spoke feeling of the fine ।
! work of linemen Jimmy De-1
; Loach and Eddie Williams, who j
j “gave away up to 50 pounds a
| game,” and then he proudly
presented them trophies as Out
| standing Lineman of the Year.
As for Buddy Robinson’s
I trophy for the most valuable
■ player in the Rossville game,
it was a decision the coaches
and the Free Press couldn’t
make until after the banquet
had started. Finally, it was
decided the honor belonged t<r
fi n e quarterback Thurston
Taylor.
At the conclusion of the ban
quet, following Coach Mike
Castronis’ inspiring message,
Coach Dowis was honored with
a trophy from The Free Press
as having done the outstanding (
coaching job of all time in Clay-
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phies, North Clayton Eagles, South Georgia AA
champions and runnersup to Rossville for the
State Title, now have hit the jackpot, with 12
straight victories in 1962 and more than enough
handsome team and individual trophies to
match, including, even, scholastic trophies!
What a year this has been! More than 300 en
thusiastic supporters turned out last Thursday
for the annual Kiwanis banquet for the team,
a record in itself. Front row, left to right, Bar-
ton. Then the players presented
fine gifts to the coaches, and as
a “spontaneous gesture”, Ki
wanian members, members of
the Booster Club, and other
friends, made up cash awards
for the coaches which were pre- ।
sented to each in sealed en-;
velopes. Merry Christmas!
It was a great season, cli
maxed with a colorful, jam
packed banquet befitting the
youthful champions. Beautiful
| girl cheerleaders were intro
duced, beautiful FHA girls
served the fine food, and there
was glory enough to go around,
with no one feeling in the least
slighted. We certainly appre-1
dated the kind words Principal;
and Emcee England had for our
paper, The Free Press, and we. 1
in turn, are proud of having had
a small part in publicizing the
success of a most worthy school,
team and host of supporters.
Hail the Eagles—Long may
they reign!
It’s hard to remember after
all these years—but believe it or
not this country was founded by
| men who sought relief from
high taxes.
old Krafchick (Georgia), B team coach; Max
Dowis (Georgia), head coach and Coach of the
Year —also Coach of all-time in Clayton Coun
ty—and Tom Akin (North Georgia), line coach.
Back row, Doug Jenkins, Jimmy DeLoach, two
fisted trophy winner Phil Smith, two-fisted
trophy winner Lynn Rector, Thurston Taylor
and two-fisted trophy winner Frank Oliver.
Eddie Williams, third row. The Eagles look for
ward to another successful season in 1963.
(Staff Photo by Pete Smith)
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Point of View
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; equally. And so it should be. And this I always tried to do.
However, when the day came, in 1949, that I left The Con-
I stitution for a job as roving correspondent of The Florida Times-
I Union at Jacksonville, I started writing a book called "Leading
a Bulldog’s Life”, a light, anecdotal history'of The University of
Georgia’s colorful football days.
The late Arthur Pew and friend Jack Frost underwrote the
book, and it was published by Foote and Davies, Atlanta. Georgia
scouts used it to attract football material, giving the book to
parents and prospects. It'sold a few copies too.
I don’t mean to speak disparagingly of the memory of Mr.
Danforth, but as a man he was not in the class of O. B. Keeler,
nor was he as good a writer as Keeler, nor Ralph McGill, nor
Furman Bisher, or Jesse Outlar. He once again tried to get my
job when Frankie Sinkwich came along at the U. of Georgia.
Sinkwich was a natural for All-America, and a great bet in
his senior year for the Heisman Memorial Trophy. I happened
to be on the Heisman committee, as a sectional committeeman.
Heisman had been the first of the three coaches Georgia Tech
has had in football—Heisman, Alexander and Dodd.
Well, I voted for Sinkwich, and not only that, I went to
New York in advance of the Georgia-Columbia game, and tipped
off Grantland Rice, former Journal sports editor, who also was
on the Heisman committee, that on the coming Saturday he
wanted to cover Georgia-Columbia because I believed he would
see in action the Heisman Memorial Trophy winner in Sinkwich.
Sinkwich won the Columbia game for Georgia, 7 to 3, and
u’»s pward^d the envetpd Heisman trophy at the annual dinner *
at the Downtown Athletic Club in the Wall Street section of
uotnam.
Danforth and L. W. (Chip) Robert weren’t pleased a bit by
this, and so they did everything they could to try to get Clark
Howell and Ralph McGill to fire me. The late Trammell Scott,
once president of the Southern League and then owner of Tram
mell Scott Sporting Goods store (now Reeder and McGaughey),
interceded, and I kept the job.
There were many other things in those hard-nose days of
rival competition, but there are certain ethics that will not
I permit their disclosure. I only want to say I am sorry Ed Danforth
passed on. I tried to help him as best I could when he handled
the political campaign for Hoke O’Kelly in the last gubernatorial
race. Danforth had a public relations and advertising agency in
Atlanta. I really never tried to do Danforth anv harm, although
he was usually trying to cut my throat. Once I wrote a sentence
in a sports column that was not exactly in the king’s English,
and he had photostatic copies made and mailed them all over the
South to other sports editors. I didn’t like it when I ran across
copies in Nashville and other places, but I didn’t retaliate. He
; sometimes wrote things that were pure barnyard sweepings.
I never tried to curry favor with bosses or coaches, but tried
; to do my job. I am sorry Mr. Danforth is dead, however, and I
i hope he can carry on his work after he enters the pearly gates.
• i He and O. B. Keeler should have a lot to talk about.
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11 Max Dowis Named
; Journal-Constitution
i Coach ol the Year
I •
I The Journal - Constitution in
, ! naming their annual AA AU-
i State team included North Clay-
| ton’s fine tackle Phil Smith Co-
1 Captain of the Eagles South
Georgia Champions. In addition,
Head Coach Max Dowis was
named the AA Coach of the
Year. Frank Oliver was an hon-
i orable mention choice. The •
i honors were richly desired by all
, three.