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Beechwood Colonels "Rat" Young Zero's Hornets s—o Diminutive Beechwood hurler Bemie “Rat” Young effectively silenced the Westfield Hornet bats last Thursday in Marshallville, giving up just two hits and shutting out the Hornets s*o. Young struck out 9 Westfield batters, most of that number coming on wicked sinker halls Tony Albritton and Stan Montgomery led the Colonel offense with 2 hits apiece, each also having RBIs and stolen bases. Westfield moundsman Lynn Bacon also pitched fine ball, fanning 9 Colonel batters and giving up only 8 hits. The Hornets mounted several scoring threats but Young escaped each time with good pitching and fine Colonel fielding. Westfield as a result left 9 runners on base in the contest, more than enough to win. The Colonels opened up a quick lead in the first inning when leadoff batter Edwin Nelson was hit by a Lynn Bacon pitch. Big Don Doles then singled to left taking second on a wild relay by the Bernie Young ...Blanks Westfield Hornets. Nelson held at third. Mike Watson then hit a fielders choice to Ricky Ellis who threw Watson out at first, Nelson scoring on the play. After Billy Parker struck out, Tony Albritton singled to right scoring Doles. Stan Montgomery fanned to close the top of the first, Beechwood owning a 2- 0 lead. Jackson Ellis reached base on an error to open the bottom of the first but the “Rat”, as Young is called by his teammates, whiffed Ricky Ellis and Lynn Bacon and got Bobby Harrison to ground out. Beechwood threatened again in the 2nd inning but a good throw by Westfield right fielder Danny Overton and fine hurling by Lynn Bacon kept the plate un crossed. In the bottom of the 2nd, Westfield mounted their first serious scoring threat. Hornet first sacker Ted Bell opened things up with a base on balls. Danny Overton then drove a Young pitch high and deep to center field which barely missed clearing the fence. Overton wound up on second base with a double, Bell hanging on at 3rd. Beechwood pitcher Bernie Young appeared a little shaken at this point, walking Bob Bledsoe on five pitches. So the bases were loaded with no one out. Young rose to the task facing him by getting Westfield’s Buddy Roper to line into a double play. Roper hit the ball hard but right at Young who relayed the ball to third doubling up Ted Bell. Tony Albritton, Beechwood’s fine third baseman then saved two runs by robbing Westfield’s Jim Chapman on a sizzling liner over third. So the Colonels escaped with no damage done to their 2-0 lead. Beechwood added to its lead in the 3rd inning when with 2 out Mike Watson walked, and stole second base. Albritton drove him around to third with a single. Stan Montgomery then singled Watson home to give Hornets Baton fans A Colonel In 5-0 loss Beechwood a 3-0 lead. Albritton was later thrown out trying to steal home. Ricky Ellis reached base on a Beechwood error after Jackson Ellis had opened the Westfield 3rd by grounding out. A passed ball on the Colonel catches sent Ricky to 2nd. Moments later Bernie Young’s balk moved Ellis to 3rd. Bacon then walked. One out later Ted Bell also walked again loading the bases for Westfield. Colonel coach Bert Bozeman walked to the mound and conferred with Young. Bozeman’s advice must have helped because Young struck out Danny Overton to again escape unharmed. Lynn Bacon set the Colonels out in order in the top of the fourth but West field again threatened in the bottom of the inning. After Bob Bledsoe fanned to open the inning, Buddy Roper walked on 4 pitches. Young again balked, moving Roper to 2nd. Jim Chapman then popped up. Jackson Ellis walked, putting runners on Ist and 2nd with 1 out. Young reached into his bag of tricks, setting Ricky Ellis down on strikes. For the 3rd straight inning Westfield has failed to capitalize on Westfield Nips Monroe Academy 4- In Tennis Wednesday April 12th the Westfield tennis team traveled up 1-75 to Forsyth and triumphed over Monroe Academy 4-3. The 4-3 victory marked the second win over Monroe this season. An unusual scoring system was used. Instead of the regular two set match, a one set match was played whereby the winner had to win 10 games. Boys doubles play started the action. Representing Westfield were Mark Etheridge and David Hurley A closely contested match took place with the Hornets falling 7-10. Westfield evened the match up by winning girls doubles by forfeit when Monroe did not field a team. Boys singles matches followed with Felix Smith, Westfield’s number one, going down to defeat 7-10. David Hurley, Hornet number two singles, again squared the match by whipping his opponent KM. Monroe went ahead 3-2 when Sandy Hudson , Westfield’s number one girls singles, dropped her contest 5- In the girls second singles, Becky Hooten played superbly, white washing her Mustang op position 10-0. In the deciding match Debbie Hooten won the contest for Westfield by beating her opponent 4-0 in a four game match. scoring opportunities. Beechwood padded its lead in the top of the fifth when Don Doles reached base on an error, stole second and raced home on a long double by Billy Parker. In the bottom of the sth Westfield went out in order, Young getting stronger as the game progressed. In the top of the sixth in ning fleet footed Stan 'Hot Pants IOO' Set For Sunday At NCR Beautiful girls and plenty of horsepower will be the featured attractions at Byron Middle Georgia Raceway Sunday, April 23, the date of the Hot Pants 100 independent late model sportsman stock car race. A Miss Byron Middle Georgia Raceway and a Little Miss Byron Middle Georgia Raceway will be chosen. Trophies will be awarded to each and, in addition, Miss Byron Middle Georgia Raceway will have her choice of SIOO cash or merchandise worth S2OO. Girls between the ages of 13 and 16 are eligible for the “Little Miss” contest. Young ladies interested in entering may call Del Pruitt at (912) 953-4900 in Byron. On the masculine side, there is the $6,000 Hot Pants 100 with a record field of drivers expected. More than 90 chauffeurs signed up for the April 9 Georgia 100 and even more are expected to be on hand this time since many drivers were unable to have their race cars ready for the season-opening event which attracted over 6,000 spec tators. Home Journal s p 0 % L S PAGE 15-A APRIL 20, 1972 Montgomery beat out an infield hit, stole second base, went to third on a passed ball and scored on a ground out by Eddie Bryan. Bob Mc- Crary then doubled to left center before Lynn Bacon struck out Young and Edwin Nelson. Westfield briefly threatened in the bottom of the 6th when Eddie Moreland singled to right. Moreland Sells of Mableton and Charlie Mincey of Austell were the class of the Georgia 100 and both have served notice that they’ll be back this week. Sells edged Mincey, the pole sitter, across the finish line by less than two seconds. Other strong challengers include Bullet Bob Burcham of Rossville, Buck Simmons of Baldwin, Aaron Gailey of Don Tomberlin and Wayne Buzzell of Warner Hornet Netters Lose To Southland Academy A week ago this past Tuesday, the Westfield tennis team traveled to Southland Academy in Americus and lost to the Golden Raiders 4-1-1. Sandy Hudson’s girls singles vic tory was Westfield’s lone win of the day’s matches. Boys and girls singles initiated the days action. Felix Smith, boys number one, was beaten by his op ponent 3-6, 6-1, 4-6. Sandy Hudson evened up the score by whipping her opponent 6- 0, 6-1. Sandy never lost her service in this match and allowed the Southland lassie only one point. Action continued with the doubles match. The boys doubles went 3 sets before Southland finally prevailed, 4-6, 8-6, 4-6. The exciting doubles tandem of Felix Smith and David Hurley played good tough tennis but were finally overcome by the Southland netters. In the girls doubles match, Westfield’s Sandy Hudson and Becky Hooten contested a strong Southland duo. After a long struggle the match was finally halted by darkness with the score tied, 7-5, 5-7. During the long girls doubles match the boys 2nd and 3rd singles were played. David Hurley started strongly, winning the first set 6-1, but his opposite number won the next two sets 4-6, 3-6 to capture the was batting for Buddy Roper. But this too fizzled. In the top of the seventh inning Bacon set Beechwood down 1,2,3, but Young did the same in the bottom of the 7th to preserve his shutout victory. Westfield had numerous opportunities to win but Young stood tall each time and got a well deserved win. Robins and Bobby Prather of Milledgeville. The track will open for practice at 10 a.m. Sunday with time trials beginning at 1 p.m. and the first heat race at 2:30. There will be three 15-lap heats and a 30-lap consolation preceeding the 100-lap (50 mile) Hot Pants 100, which will start at 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and free for children under 10. match. Boys third singles saw Mark Etheridge falling to Southland 4-6, 6-3, 4-6. So Southland took the contest 4 wins to one for Westfield. The next day Westfield met Monroe Academy in For syth. Ninth Grade Panthers Upset Rumble Jr. High The ninth grade Perry Panthers baseball team handed Rumble Junior High of Warner Robins their first set back of the season last Monday at Houston Jr. High Field. Both teams records now stand at two wins against one loss. The Panthers lost their season opener to Northside by the count of 6-4. The locals, then, knocked off Tabor Junior 3 to 1, prior to the win over Rumble. The winning pitcher for Perry, against Rumble, was Elijah King, who’s record now stands at 2-1. King went the entire route against the Imps. Leading the baby cats batting attack were; King (1- 3), Milton (1-3), Carswell (1- 3), Willard (1-3), Nadeau (1- 3), and Askew (1-3). Perry out slugged the visitors six to five. Perry trailed 3-1 after four and a half innings, but w v \ Morrison Tokos A Cot A gainsf Booth wood »>IO>>>>XM>I«>X»!»!»!«!i!i!«Y»Vi%V«%ViV«V.V«V«V»V»V«ViViV*V»*MV»ViV«V»Vi%V«V»ViV»V»V«V»!*V»Vi!*y*!t!*y»!»y»I*!»!»>>>!*I*!»!* ) Perry Little League | I I I Rosters Announced i •X* X: The 1972 Perry Little League Teams have been selected and practice will begin in the next few days. Each of the managers will notify their team members the time and place of practice. They will have approximately five weeks of practice before the season opens May 30, 1972. The league will operate with six teams again this year. The Pee Wee teams will be an nounced and their practice sessions will begin soon. The following is a list of teams: Super Foods, David Walker Manager - Johnny Tucker, Roger McNutt, Charles Blue Cook, Daryl Parker, Jay Kinnas, Matthew Jerles, Dan Wright, Ben Wright, Richard Fred Fountain, Gene Beckham, Jim Bat chelor, Tony Carter, Mike Nipper, Jamie Whitten, Jeff Linder, and Jan Garrett. Beavers Insurance, Riley Young and Harold Wilson Mangers- Billy Jones, George Schwartz, Eddie Wilson, Wesley Goodroe, Michael Francis, William Rainey, Rick Harding, Kevin Rodgers, Jim McKinney, Jefferson Hunt, David George, Jim Cawthon, Bobby Taylor, Reid Meyer, Terry Theus, Walter Martin, and Kent Fleming. Andrew - Earl Washington and Martin Beeland Managers - Jimmy Beeland, Mark Montgomery, Daniel Rainey, Greg Gentry, Alan Culpepper, Bobby Darnell, Alan Brown, Jessey Evans. David Arnall, Colton Sexton, Yancy Chastain, Philip Washington, David Washington, John Croom, Jamey Matthews, and Richard T. Francis. Tolleson; Jimmy Smallwood and Jim Thompson Managers - rallied for seven big runs, while pounding out six safties, in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead for good. Outstanding performances for the Panthers were: a fly ball caught in center field by Bob Brown, who made a r COVERAGE \ I EACH WEEK IN I \ THE HOME J XjOURNAL/ sensational throw after the catch and doubled up the Rumble runner off first base. Randy Murphy executed a great squeeze bunt during the Panthers uprising. King fanned nine Imps, walked six and allowed only five hits. Beaver Bullock, Jon Pierce, Speedy Langston, James Parker, Keith Owens, Marty Dominy, Ted Thames, Rodney Simpson, Julian Cawthon, Ricky Minchew, James Nelson, Richard Funk, Ricky Johnson, Michael Kinsley, Owen Poole, Mike Moore, and Boyd Brooks. Lions, Richard Goodroe and Randall Daniel Managers - Bert Brown, Francis Bowen, Marq Hammerle, Derick Daniel, Greg Beste, I-arry Simpson, Donnie Cockrel, Gene ♦★★★★★★★★★A★★★★ First Annual Ochlahatchee Invitational Basketball Tournament Starts Monday^ The opening round of the first annual Ochlahatchee Invitational Civic Basketball tournament, sponsored by the Perry Club Council, Inc., will be held next Monday night, April 24th, at the Westfield Schools gymnasium. The first game of the double-elimination tournament will begin at 7:30 PM. with the second contest to follow at approximately 8:30 PM. The opening games will feature the Exchange Club against the Rotary Club in the first game of the night, and the Kiwanis Club taking on the Civitan Club in the nightcap. Games will be played Monday, Tuesday and Thursday nights until a winner has been determined. Tickets for the first annual event are $2.00 per family, for the entire tournament. All proceeds will be donated to the Perry Club Council, Inc. for the improvementof Ochlahatchee Park. All Perry Club members urge your support for this wor thwhile tournament. Panther Boosters Meet The Perry Panther Booster Club met on Monday Night April 17, at the Perry High School Field House. Ben Marshall conducted the meeting. Comments about the Winter Spurts Banquet held on April 3, were given by Coach Morrow. A special thanks to those who had a part in contributing the trophies, the decorating committee, and the food committee, were given both by the club and Coach Morrow in behalf of the Athletic Department. The nominating com mittee gave its report of officers for the coming year, and nominations were in order from the group. Selected were Robert Brown, president, James Ash, vice-president; Mrs. Mary Murphy, Sec.-Treas. and Mrs. Sara Lawson, membership chairman. A film of the Spring Football Jamboree, held at Cordele was shown to the group, and discussed by Coach Kennedy. The Perry High School is sponsoring a group of Country and Western Singers on April 22, and the club will have tickets, Moreland, Bill O’Neal, Phil Tedders, Larry Partain, Hale Groom, Steven Wright, Geoffrey Hill, Eric Griffin, Candler Pritchett, Charles Harrell Kiwanis, Tubby Fowler and Johnny Brewer Managers - Mike Cain, Greg Carroll, Lee Williams, Mike Fowler, Jimmy Linder, Andy Fowler, Scott Mat thews, Craig Evans, Charles O'Neal, Rex Ellis, Don Yawn, Dennis Stewart, Ray Johnson, Jody Andrews, Jeff lasseter, and David Henson. anyone desiring to attend the program can contact any member of the coaching staff the High School office or members of the Booster Club. Tourney Starts Sunday At PCC Perry Country Club golf professional Wilts Bernard announced yesterday that the PCC Spring Handicap Golf Tournament will be held this Sunday, April 23rd. The event will commence with a shot gun start at 1:30 PM. Flights will be arranged according to handicaps, and full handicaps will be used. Wiltz stated that all par ticipants must use their established handicaps. The entrance fee for the popular tournament will be $3.00, which includes green fees. The event is open to both men and women. “We expect a good turnout for our handicap tour nament,” Bernard said. “The weather has been great and the course is in excellent condition for some low scores.”