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Chip
WASHINGTON
Sports Columnist
COMMISSIONER HONORED
The best laid plans of mice and
men invariably go astray as Richard
Goodroe. Junior League Baseball Com
missioner learned Monday night dur
ing pre-season ceremonies. Retiring
Commissioner “Skeet” Chapman was
to be brought to Tolleson Field lor
presentation of an award but for some
undisclosed reason he didn’t make it.
Richard presented a plaque to
“Rubber” Pierce, one of Skeet’s many
friends. The plaque was inscribed
with these words:
Presented to
“Skeet” Chapman
For His Dedication, Humility
and Untiring Work as Com
missioner of Perry Junior
League Baseball.
These words were few but to the
point and written with a great deal
of sincerity, “Skeet” of course isn’t
one for flowery words or for making
gross over anything he has done. His
satisfaction has come from seeing the
boys who have played ball in the Jun
ior League Program turn out to be a
credit to themselves and to those
about them.
In reflecting back over the years
I remember that just before each sea
son began several managers decided to
call it quits but they decided to stay
just one more year because “Skeet”
requested that they give it another
try. Managers have away of jawing
back and forth but you could always
depend on the commissioner to nudge
our efforts in the right direction.
It was through “Skeet’s" leader
ship that the Junior League Baseball
Program got off the ground each year
and its success is directly attributed to
his creative work and interest.
A collective thanks goes to “Skeet”
for a job well done.
PCC EVENTS
Two major golfing events will be
featured at the Perry Country Club
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Fishing is at its peak and
will remain good for the
next few weeks. This is es
pecially true as long as the
nights continue to be cool
and the days bright and sun
ny. Most everyone that I
have talked to lately who has
been fishing, whether in a
small pond or one of the
large reservoirs, has had
some luck with most of them
reporting good catches.
Bream and bass are feeding
on top and can be taken on
top waterlures.
If you have never caught
fish on top water you owe
yourself the treat of trying
it. An old fishing partner of
mine that used to fish at
least 360 days a year if not
more used a long cane pole
with a monifiliment line the
length of the pole and a
bream bug tied on. If you
don’t want to invest in a
fly rod this type rig will
work. The secret is to use
it either early or late so that
the bream bed or the shore
can be reached without scar
ing the fish off. Then one
tlips the bream bug up close
to the shore or on top of the
bed and waits for the action.
Usually the bug will not get
on the water good before
you get a strike, but if not,
then allow the bug to remain
motionless until the ripples
made by the bug hitting the
water have dissappeared and
then give the bug a slight
twitching jerk. This should
be repeated several times
and if no action then move
along the shore.
I have read and heard
many a tale about being able
to locate a bream bed by
smell and without a doubt
one can smell bream when
they are bedding and also
carp, crappie, etc. The best
way to locate bream beds is
by observing the shallow
areas around the pond. One
should look for unusual ac
tivity on the top or the beds
during this month. The first event will
be the Annual Four Ball Invitational
Tournament on Sunday, June 21. Club
Pro Wiltz Bernard states that the field
will be limited to 40 teams and that
the entry fee Will be $25.00 per team.
A luncheon will be provided. Wiltz «
has received over 20 entries including
one from last year’s winner, Eddie
Wiggins and David Potts of Warner
Robins. The deadline for entering is
June 17.
The second event is a Pro-Junior
Tournament which will be held on the
25th of June. To qualify, juniors must
be 12 to 19 years of age and have a
maximum-usuable handicaps of 24.
Entrance fee is $5.00 per junior and
sls for pros.
In the individual pro event, each
team will include 3 juniors. The pro
may enter as many teams as he wish
es for one entry fee.
June will be a busy month at the
Perry Country Club with these two top
notch events drawing many excellent
golfers from all over Georgia.
SORRY BOUT THAT
Three weeks ago I wrote an article
about a housewife who had taken up
the game of golf with such gusto that
her family is now eating cold chop
suey at their evening meals. To add
humor, 1 jokingly mentioned that she
was using a rolling pin for a golf club.
The only humor 1 received from
this article was before it appeared in
print. Since then I have received noth
ing but, “how could you be so nasty?”
Lady goiters it seems don’t want any
one dabbling in their game and have
frankly told me that its their only es
cape irom the hum-drum of daily
housekeeping.
Lady golfers do take their game
seriously and irom my observations
they are quite good. I certainly didn’t
mean to step on any toes; it’s just that
frozen dinners and baby sitting is a
high price to pay tor a wife’s pleasure, _
that fish fan in the shallow
waters.
A minimum size limit of
15 inches and a creel limit
of 5 fish per day on striped
bass has been announced by
George T. Bagby, Director
of the Georgia Game anti
Fish Commission. The size
limit is designed to protect
the striper populaton by re
stricting the harvesting of
immature fish.
The stripers also known as
rockfish, are originally salt
water dwellers which have
proven themselves adaptable
to fresh water in experimen
tal stockings. Stocked in five
Georga lakes, these fish may
attain weights of 20 to 30
pounds within the next few
years if the populations be
come well established. The
minimum size rule will help
in this regard as it will pro
tect the juvenile fish and
keep the stock from being
depleted.
The striped bass should
not be confused with its cou
sin the white bass, a popular
panfish already well estab
lished in m any Georgia
lakes. The fish are similar in
appearance and the white
bass fisherman should check
his catch carefully to make
sure he isn’t stringing un
dersized stripers. A close
examination will reveal the
telltale differences between
the species. The striped bass
has a long, racy body pro
file, while the white bass is
somewhat stubby, and rath
er broad in relation to its
length. Both fish have dark
lines running the length of
their bodies, but the strip
er’s lines are distinct and
unbroken. On the white bass
the lines are faint, and they
are segmented above the la
teral line. The striped bass
should provide Georgia fish
ermen with a tremendous
new sport fish if they are
allowed to gain a toehold in
the state.
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Lady Golfers
Set Party
The Ladies Golf Associa
tion is sponsoring a Card
Party Friday, June 12 at Hous
ton Lake Country Club from
8:00 - 11:00 p.m. The May
Card Party was cancelled and
all those still holding tickets
for that event will be able to
use them at the June Card
Party. Tickets are being sold
in advance at SI.OO per person
and will go toward obtaining
tennis courts - - the 1970 pro
ject of the I.GA.
Tickets and information may
be obtained from Co-Chairmen
Lee Austin, 987-1049 or Peggy
Davis, 922-5881. Reserva
tions must be made by calling
987-3040,
All types of cards will be
played. Then 1 will be prizes
awarded for duplicate bridge,
table bridge and progressive
bridge. Prizes will also be
awarded for any tables of can
asta, hearts, etc, if anyone
brings their own group. Door
prizes will be given out and
snacks will be served. All
members and guests welcome.
Golf Awards
Held At HLCC
\wards for the Third An j
nual Carl Pry Handicap i
Tournament were made]
Tuesday evening, May 26 at i
Houston Lake Country Club. ]
The Men’s Golf Association i
took the occasion of their]
regular monthly meeting to
make the presentations to
the tournament winners and
had Mrs. Carl Pry, widow of
the HLCC charter member
after whom the tournament
is named, as their guest.
Jerry Smith of Warner
Robins was winner of the
Handicap Tournament and
Joe Jackson of Perry placed
second Wally W a Hauer,
Tournament Chairman of
the MGA, presented prizes
to the winners as well as a
yearly - rotating permanent
trophy to Smith,
The tournament has been
held over a two-month per
iod.
The Home Journal, as
new as tomorrow.
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THESE PERRY BOYS racked up the fish at Carrabelle, Fla., recently. L. to
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Jr. League Reveals Schedule
Dates First Game Second
June 1 Kiwanis vs. Super Foods Beavers vs. Lions
June 3 Kiwanis vs. Beavers Tolleson vs. Andrew-McLendon
June 5 Tolleson vs. Lions Super Foods vs. Andrew-McLendon
June 8 Lions vs. Super Foods Beavers vs. Tolleson
June 10 Andrew-McLendon vs. Kiwanis Super Foods vs. Tolleson
June 12 Andrew-McLendon vs. Beavers Lions vs. Kiwanis
June 15 Super Foods vs. Beavers Andrew-McLendon vs. Lions
June 17 Tolleson vs. Kiwanis Super Foods vs. Andrew-McLendon
June 19 Lions vs- Tolleson Beavers vs. Kiwanis
June 22 Tolleson vs. Andrew-McLendon Super Foods vs. Kiwanis
June 24 Lions vs. Beavers Kiwanis vs. Andrew-McLendon
June 26 Super Foods vs. Lions Beavers vs. Tolleson
June 29 Beavers vs. Super Foods Kiwanis vs. Tolleson
June 30 Tolleson vs. Super Foods Lions vs. Andrew-McLendon
July 1 Beavers vs. Andrew-McLendon Kiwanis vs. Lions
July 6 Tolleson vs. Lions Andrew'-McLendon vs. Super Foods
July 8 Beavers vs. Kiwanis Andrew-McLendon vs. Tolleson
July 10 Kiwanis vs. Super Foods Lions vs. Beavers
July 13 Beavers vs. Andrew-McLendon Kiwanis vs. Lions
July 15 Andrew-McLendon vs. Kiwanis Super Foods vs- Tolleson
July 17 Lions vs. Super Foods Tolleson vs. Beavers
July 20 Kiwanis vs. Tolleson Andrew-McLendon vs. Lions
July 22 Super Foods vs. Beavers
The first game each night will begin at 7:30 promptly. The second
game will begin five minutes after the completion of the first game. All
games are scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights except for
the week of July 4 and they will be played on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of that week. Rained out games will be re-scheduled by the commis
sioner of the Junior League Baseball.
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The Homton Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thursday, J une 4
Perry High Athletic Director
Announces Sports Schedule
Perry High School Athle- «
tic Director Will Roy Cooley
announced this week the (
schedules for both football
and basketball at Perry High *
for next year.
Cooley said that Perry -
moves into region 2 AA West
next season and will be play- 1
ing some teams never be
fore played. !
“We are a bigger school
and have moved into a big- ;
ger region,” Cooley said,
“But we’re looking forward
to a very challenging season
next year both in football
and basketball,” he said.
1970 Football Schedule
Sept. 4: Wilkinson Co. (Ir
winton) at Perry.
Sept 11: Mitchell Co. (Ca
milla) at Perry.
Sept 18: Open (filled later)
Sept. 25: Hawkinsville at
♦Perry.
( Oct. 2: Hapcvillc (Atlanta)
at Atlanta.
Oct. 9: Dublin at
Oct. 16: Open.
Oct. 23: Mary Persons
(Forsyth) at Terry.
Oct. 30: Jones Co. (Gray)
at '"Gray.
Nov. 6: Collins (Atlanta) at
Atlanta.
Nov. 13: Dodge Co. at
Terry.
* Sub-Region games
Region 2 AA Teams
Thomson, Effingham Co.,
Statesboro, Glenn Hills-Au
gusta, Dublin, Evans-Augus
ta, Dodge, T. S. Elder, Mary
Persons, Dudley Hughes-Ma
con, Jones Co., Telfair Co.,
Swainsboro and Perry.
Basketball Schedule
Tuesday, Nov. 24, Hawk
insville —away.
Wednesday, Nov. 25, Hape
ville, Atlanta—away.
Tuesday, Dec. 1, Unadilla
—away.
"“Friday, Dec. 4, Dublin—
away.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, Forsyth—
home.
Friday, Dec. 11, Warner
Robins—away.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, Taylor
Co.—Home.
Friday, Dec. 18, Christmas
Tournament.
Saturday, Dec. 19, Christ
mas tournament.
Tuesday, Jan. 5, Northside
—home.
♦Friday, Jan. 8, Dodge Co.
—away.
♦Tuesday, Jan. 12, Hawk
insville—Home.
♦Friday, Jan 15, Telfair—
away.
♦Tuesday, Jan. 19, Dodge
Co.—home.
♦Friday, Jan. 22, Dublin
home.
Tuesday, Jan. 26, Unadilla
—home.
* Friday, Jan. 29, Telfair
home.
Saturday, Jan. 30, North
side—away.
Tuesday, Feb. 2, Forsyth—
away.
Friday, Feb. 5, Taylor Co
—away.
Saturday, Feb. 6, Hapeville
Atlanta—Home.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, Open date
Friday, Feb. 12. Warner
Robins'—home.
Sub Region games.
Jr. League
Kicks Off
1970 Season
Richard Goodroe, Baseball
Commisioner. opened the 1970
season at a brief ceremony by
welcoming the spectators and
guests. L. C. Walker gave the
invocation, and Jack Ragland,
President of the Perry Club
Council, welcomed the partici
pants and invited each to join
in other summer club activi
ties.
Goodroe introduced the team
players, their coaches, and the
officials who will call the
games. He also presented a
plaque to Skeet Chapman in re
cognition of his fine services in
the past years for Junior
League baseball. It was accep
ted for him by Bubba Pierce,
The first game of the season,
Kiwanis vs. Super Foods.
R H E
Super Foods 9 8 3
Kiwanis 8 10 0
Pitchers, Super Foods, Jess
Wright; Kiwanis, Mitch John
son and Byron McDonald.
Leading hitters: Super Foods:
Willard, 2 for 3; Newberry 2
for 4; Wright, 2 for 3. Kiwanis:
Johnson 4 for 4; McDonald 2
for 3; Bowen 2 for 3.
Jess Wright blasted the Ist
home run of the season in the
second inning of the game.
The Lions-Beavers Ins. gams
was a rained out game but not
before Tracy Bramblett hit a
home run which unfortunately
cannot be counted.