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SPORTS
BRAVE
TALK
by ^ e Publicity Dept,
of the Atlanta Braves
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NIEKRO
Phil Niekro and Bob Didier
. . .they’ve found a pitching
partnership that had the
Braves in first placethisyear
at the All-Star break. Now
Niekro, 30-year-old veteran,
and Didier, 20-year-old rook
ie, are inseparable buddies.
At the end of the season, if
the Braves’ success contin
ues, there are a few honors
in store for that pair.
With 15 victories through
July 20, Phil led the major
leagues and needed just five
more to fulfill a lifetime goal
in Baseball, a 20-victory sea
son.
The Braves, however, would
like to see Phil become the
National League winner of the
Cy Young award, naming him
the league’s best pitcher.
Os course, the end of the
season is still a long way off.
For Didier, the writers who
vote the year-end honors are
going to have to give a lot of
consideration to the Louisiana
youngster for NL ‘Rookie of
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Enjoys Leave
Ricky W. Echols, son of Mrs.
and the late G. L. Echols of
Mountain View, has been home
on leave for the past 30 days,
after training at Fort Benning
and later at Fort Polk, La. He
left today for Fort Jackson and
from there he is to go to Ger
many where he will be stationed
for 18 months. He has been
trained in A, L T. Recoilesi
Rifle. Ricky is a former stu
dent of Forest Park High. His
mother will be glad to give
his address as soon as he is in
Germany, to any of his friends.
Her phone number is 366-7456.
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DIDIER
the Year.’
Br u ' bolstered Niekro’s
confidence by successfully
catching the knuckler. And
young Didier has really im
pressed the Braves with his
improvement at the plate.
Through the first 20 days of
July he was batting .380 for
the month!
Bob’s importance to Nie
kro was apparent at the All-
Star Game. Catching Niekro
in the ninth inning, Randy
Hundley of the Chicago Cubs
failed to hold on to two of
Phil’s knuckleball pitches.
Let’s look at some facets
of Niekro’s first 24 games
of the ’69 season:
-- In all but five of them,
Didier went all the way be
hind the plate;
-- Three of them were
shutouts;
-- Sixteen were complete
games;
-- He won 15, lost 7;
-- The average time for his
Carl Madison
FP Jaycees
Guest Speaker
The Forest Park Jaycees are
pleased to announce that Coach
Carl Madison will be the guest
speaker at the next regularly
scheduled Jaycee meeting on
Aug. 12th. Coach Madison’s
topic will be “The Upcoming
Football Season at Forest Park
Senior High”. As an added
attraction, Coach Madison will
show color films of the Dalton
Forest Park North Ga. Cham
pionship game.
Let us take this opportunity
to invite all interested Forest
Park citizens. This will be a
timely talk and the Jaycees
are anxious to meet prospect
ive members. Please come.
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16 complete games was only
one hour, 52 minutes;
— Two of the wins were in
relief, and he ‘saved’ another
game in relief;
-- One of the complete
games was a two-hitter, June
11 at Chicago;
-- He won three in a row
three times and four in a
row once;
— His first loss came on
two unearned runs, in the se
cond he had a no-hitter
through the first seven inn
’ ings, in the fourth the tying
run scored on an error, and
in tile third, fourth, fifth and
sixth, opposing pitchers threw
shutouts. They were Tom Sea
ver (three-hitter), Bob Bolin,
Bill Singer and Phil’s bro
ther, Joe Niekro;
-- Along the way Phil be
came the majors’ first 11-
game, 12-game, 13-game, 14-
game, and 15-game winner;
-- For a period of 12 ap
pearances, June 6 - July 17,
he walked only seven batters
in 86 innings!
-- He was selected to tile
All-Star team for the first
time, and at a White House
reception ITesident Nixon
told him he “would be around
as long as Hoyt Wilhelm.’’
-- He led the Braves in
innings pitched, strikeouts,
earned run average and few
est walks;
-- He was preparingto open
a restaurant in Atlanta;
— He and his wife Nancy
were expecting their second
child “any day now,’’
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METS, PHILLIES
CARDINALS ARE COMING
For the Braves next home
stand, it’s going to be the
Mets, Phillies and Cardi
nals as Atlanta goes back to
playing Eastern Division
Clubs. New York is in town
August 8 - 10; Philadelphia
August 12 - 14 and St. Louis
August 15 - 17.
One-Car Crash
Kills Driver
At Jonesboro
A 41-year-old Stockbridge
man was killed in a one-car
traffic accident last Wednesday
night on Georgia 138 about three
miles east of Jonesboro.
Police identified the victim
as J. Roy Rowan of Catherine’s
Trailer Park.
Meanwhile, the brother of a
youth killed in a head-on col
lision on U.S. 41 south of Jones
boro three weeks ago identified
the victim.
Detective Capt. Frank Over
ton said the victim was posi
tively identified as Generoso
Hernandez Matos, 19, of Villa
Carolina, Puerto Rica. Also
killed with Matos was James B.
Cross, 22, of DeKalb County',
Tennessee. Matos, according to
his family, was discharged from
the Army at Ft. Benning July 11.
Police said Rowan’s 1959 car
went out of control, ran off the
right shoulder and overturned.
His two sons, 13 and 14 years
old, were with him in the car,
but were only slightly injured.
Strong Man Contest
At Lake Spivey
There won’t be much sand
kicking at Lake Spivey on Satur
day and Sunday, August 16-17,
because most of the south’s out
standing weighlifters and body
builders will be at Spivey for two
regional championships.
The Georgia Association of
the A mature Athletic Union
(AAU) has awarded the 1969
Region HI power-lift champion
ships, best built man contest,
and the most perfect figure con
test to Lake Spivey Park In
Jonesboro.
Power - lift championships
begin at 12 noon Saturday, and
end with the heavyweight
classes early Sunday afternoon.
The lifting competition consist
of, bench press, dead lift, and
squat, and is open to all regis
tered AAU athletes and YMCA
College Park, Demolay
Attend Conclave
College Park Demolay at
tended a three day conclave at
Savannah Aug. 1-2-3. Approxi
mately 500 youths attended the
50th Annual Conclave of the
Associated Demolay Order of
Georgia. The State Demolay
Sweetheart was crowned at the
Grand Ball Saturday night. An-
Quarterbacks
Plan Meeting
The Forest Park Quarterback
Club will hold Its first meeting
of the new year on Monday, Au
gust 11, at 7;30 p.m., according
to Milton Worsham, president.
Worsham said that films of
the North Georgia AAA
championship game with Dal
ton will be shown that even
ing and all persons interested
in joining the club are invited
to attend. The meeting will
be held in the high school
library.
North Clayton
The North Clayton Athletic
Association will hold registrat
ion for Pop Warner football, age
5 to 13 years old as of Sept. 1,
on Aug. 9at West Clayton School
on Riverdale Rd., between 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
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members 17 years of age and
over living in Georgia, Ala
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North Carolina, and South Caro
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The physique contest begins
on Saturday August 16 immedi
ately after the lifting with three
divisions: the most muscular
man and the most symmetri
cal man, with the best built
man contest on Sunday.
The Region HI “ perfect fi
gure contest Is open to any
girl 17 years of age and over
living in the region. This event
will conclude the competition.
Atlanta’s well known athletic
coach Karo Whitfield is Region
in chairman for the A mature
Athletic Union and is coordi
nating the competition with Lake
Spivey officials.
gelo Haris of Atlanta was elect
ed State Master Counselor. Pat
Swindell of Atlanta, Deputy State
Master Counselor. Everyone
had a great time and the op
portunities offered them to
learn more about the pur
poses of Demolay. The Con
clave will be held in Atlanta
next year 7-8-9 of August.
Lieutenant Raines
Stationed At Okinawa
U. S. Air Force First
Lieutenant Norman W. Raines
Jr., son of'Mr. and Mrs. N. W.
Raines, 106 E. Earle St., Green
ville, S. C., has arrived for duty
at Naha AB, Okinawa.
Lieutenant Raines, a pilot,
Is assigned to a unit of the
Pacific Air Forces. He pre
viously served at William AFB,
Arlz.
A graduate of Greenville High
School, the lieutenant earned his
B.S. degree in 1967 from Mars
Hill (N.C.) College. He was
commissioned through Officers
training School,LacklandAFß,
Tex.
His wife, Karen, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. L C.
Hensley, 242 Highway 54,
Jonesboro, Ga.
Sandy Poulk
Wins Middle
Georgia Title
Miss Sandy Poulk, former
Forest Park resident, and vi
siting Tennis Instructor at the
Forest Park Recreation Cen
ter, won the Middle Georgia
Women’s Tennis Tournament,
held annually on the Griffin,
Georgia City Courts, Saturday,
July 26th, by defeating Angie
Gooden of Griffin in the finals
6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
The finals match, producing
some of the finest women’s
tennis seen here in several
years, was closely con
tested and held the gallery in
tense attention throughout, with
the lead constantly changing
from one player to the other
during the first two sets. Good
en’s effective volley and fore
court game in the final set
was over compensated by San
dy’s steady backcourt play and
alert strategy, featuring deftly
executed and tantalizing lobs
just out of reach of her oppo
nent. Miss Poulk was pre
sented a handsome winner’s tro
phy at the conclusion of the
match.
The new tennis champion Is
an employee of Delta Air Lines
and is tire niece ofMr.andMrs.
Sharon Abercrombie, well
known residents of Forest Park.
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Southside Ambulance Service to our communities. He
are sure that they will continue to provide to the
people the service that we have rendered for the past
twenty-five years.
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Funeral Directors
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Live below your means.
If you’d like to get oround the high
cost of living, we have a suggestion.
Cut down on the high cost of getting
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Free Press-News & Farmer, Thurs., August 7, 1969 *
Cincinnati Youth Band
Will Play Concert At
Stone Mountain Park
Georgia’s Official Carlllon
neur, Herbie Koch, will play
a special selection on the Bells
of Stone Mountain.
Band members, whose ages
range from 12 to 24, give up
their Saturday mornings for
regular practice. Former band
members have gone on to the
Cleveland Symphony, Tel-A-
Vlv Symphony in Isreal, Radio
City Music Hall, Dallas and
San Antonio Symphonies in
Texas.
Hollywood celebrities and other well-know persons presumed
to be wealthy are known as “Target Risks’’.
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Self confidence is the first requisite to a new venture.
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One In four Americans suffers an accident each year and about
one in ten is hospitalized as a result.
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The reason so may people don’t live within their Incomes is that
they don’t consider that living.
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It is estimated that only one-fifth of the losses resulting from
fraudulent, dishonest or criminal acts are Insured.
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Fidelity Bonds cover loss due to employee dishonesty’ and are
available through Al Ewing Insurance Agency, 688-3394.
And it gets about 27 miles to the gal
lon. The average car (thirsty devil that it
is) only gets 14.
So the more you drive, the more you
save.
And chances are, you'll drive it for
years and years. (Since we never change
the style, a VW never goes out of style.l
Os course, a VWs not much to look
at. So a lot of people buy a big flashy
car just to save face.
Try putting that in the bank.
The 65-member Cincinnati
YMCA Youth Symphonic Band
will be featured in an 8 p.m.
concert at the Stone Mountain
Park carillon tower Monday,
August 11.
Directed by Herbert A. Tle
meyer, the outstanding band
has performed at the New York
World’s Fair, Montreal’s Expo
’67 and some of the largest
state fairs in the nation. They
annually schedule eight con
certs tn Cincinnati.
Extended
Coverage
BY AL I WING
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