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I BYRD
“'A Over”
The major league baseball season is one third
over already and things are going about as ex
pected. In the National League East, the Pirates,
after a dismal start, have charged back and are
now at the top of the division. Yogi Berra’s Mets
are still close but they don’t have the fire-power to
stay with the Bucs for long. By mid-season the NL
East race will be as good as over. The Cubbies and
Mets will tangle the rest of the way for second
spot.
One of the closest divisions, and it usually is, is
the NL West where the red hot Cincinnati Reds
have overpowered the Dodgers and Astros. The
Reds surge has been led by Johnney Bench, who
has reverted back to his 1970 form. Bench has won
several games as of late with his explosive bat and
is leading the league in homers, and rbis, and is
hitting over the .300 mark. If the Reds, and Bench,
stay hot they’re going to be tough to beat. The
Dodgers and Astros both have the pitching
strength to stay with the Big Red Machine if it
should sling a rod. The Braves are within striking
distance but must get better mound duties from
Niekro, Stone, Reed and Kelly if they are to
seriously challenge the leaders. Picking up Joe
Hoerner from the Phillies was an excellent trade.
He will help the Braves sagging bullpen.
Over in the American League, the Orioles and
A's are beginning to make 1972 a carbon copy of
the 71 campaign. The Birds, after a miserable
April and May, are in the groove now and will
start pulling away from the Tigers as the season
progresses. Baltimore is not as strong as they
were last year, but they have plenty left to take
the AL East. The Tigers have performed ad
mirably to date, but the hot weather is beginning
to take its toll on Billy Martin’s veteran ball club.
They have Lolich and Coleman, but after that they
are poor on the mound. Boston should wake up and
contend with the Tigers for second place. Overall,
the American League East is the weakest division
in baseball.
If is wasn’t for the Chicago White Sox the AL
West would already be decided. Chuck Tanner
and his upstarts are the most popular item on the
baseball scene and they may fight it out with
Oakland for the West title. Anyway you look at it,
the A's aren’t going to run away and hide like they
did a year ago. The A’s have cocky Vida Blue back
in uniform, but the ’7l Cy Young and MVP award
winner hasn’t done much for the A’s won-lost
percentage. Newcomer Ken Holtzman and Catfish
Hunter have been carrying the Oakland pitching
banner so far. The pale Hose have the best pit
ching in the American League with Wood, Bradley
and Bahsen all striving for twenty win seasons.
Those arms will keep Chicago fans happy, and in
the AL West race.
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THAT FISH HAS A BIG MOUTH - and Hervia Ingram Jr. sticks his hand in
it to demonstrate the size of one of the whoppers caught at Camp John Hope
near here by his dad with a pink plastic worm for bait. One bass weighed six
pounds and the other ten pounds. Hervia Ingram Sr. is an Agriculture teacher
and FFA Advisor at Perry High School.
Grubb Team Wins Again
Gruhh-Eisman Grab PCC
1972 4-Ball Invitational
The Third Annual Four Ball
Invitational held at the
Ferry Country Club, Sunday
was rated a success by all. A
sis
4-Ball Tourney Winners
...Bill Eisman and John Grubb
All-Star Game Ticket
Sales Underway Today
The Commissioner of
Baseball, Bowie K, Kuhn,
has given the Atlanta Braves
permission ot start selling
tickets by mail order only on
.lone 22 to the 1972 Major
League All-Star Game,
which will hike place at
Atlanta Stadium on Tuesday
night July 25th.
In order to give all
total of 70-two man teams
played in the twenty-seven
hole event. Gusty winds and
the threat of rain plagued the
baseball fans an equal op
portunity to purchase All-
Star Game tickets, the
following procedures must
be adhered to when ordering
tickets:
1. At present, tickets will
be sold by mail order only.
2. Applications will be ac
cepted bearing a postmark
of June 22. 1972, or later. Any
envelopes postmarked prior
to June 22 will be returned.
3. Each envelope must
contain one order only. If
more than one person’s
order is included, all will be
returned.
4. Ticket sales will be
limited to four tickets per
individual. If more than four
tickets are ordered, the
entire application will be
returned.
5. The prices of the seats
are: $12.00 field level, SB.OO
upper and pavillion levels,
$4.00 upper deck outfield.
6. Each order must include
an additional SI.OO for
postage and handling.
7. All orders must include
name, address and telephone
niunber of person ordering.
8. Mail must be addressed
to: All-Star Game Tickets,
Atlanta Braves, Inc. P.O.
Box 4000, Atlanta, Georgia
30302
9. Remittance in full must
accompany each order.
Remit by cashier’s check,
postal money order or
commercial money order
made payable in U.S.
currency only to: Atlanta
Braves. Personal checks and
certified checks will not be
accepted, and orders ac
companying them will be
returned. Wrong remittance
totals will void your ap
plication.
10. Orders will be filled
with the best location
available. A lower priced
ticket will be substituted
when the tickets ordered
are no longer available. A
refund for the difference will
be mailed at a later date.
11. All sales are final,
FOLLOW THE PERRY
PANTHERS THIS SEASON
IN THE HOUSTON HOME
JOURNAL.
players up to the very last
hole.
In the Championship
P light, John Grubb and Bill
Lis man were the winners.
Second place went to John
and Gerald Inhulsen.
Third place was D. L. Head
and Charles McDaniel.
Fourth place was Mark
Faulk and Frank Fennell.
The First F’light winners
were: Ist, Wally Goforth and
Don Fatatt; 2nd, Bill
Brannin and Bob Bell; 3rd,
Jack Smith and Al Vuxta;
4th Sam Smith and Jim
Bryant.
In the Second Flight the
winners were Craig
Biebaum and Bob Gordon,
2nd place. Will Frazier and
Mark Waller, 3rd place John
Little and Kay Clark. 4th
place Bobby Fullerton and
Benny Livingston.
Third Flight winners were
Henry Woodward and Sam
Slade, 2nd place was Charlie
F ree and Sherman Case. 3rd
place was Hd Sullivan and
Hal Stewart and 4th was Dr.
Duncan Walker and Duncan
Walker 111.
The Men’s Golf
Association and the Indies
Golf Association helped with
the scorekeeping and
supervising the play on the
course. Their help was
greatly appreciated. A
delicious lunch was served to
the players and their guests.
HLCC Golf Clinic
Starts Final Week
Buddy Hansen, Pro at
Houston Lake, started Jr.
Golf Clinics for children of
Houston Lake members
June 5. Monday is the clinic
for G-9 years of age; Tuesday
is the clinic for 10-12 year
olds; and Wednesday is the
clinic for 13-17 year olds. The
clinics will continue for three
weeks and then a tour
nament and luncheon will be
held.
| PERRY CHURCH SOFTBALL LEAGUE |
| Postponed Games |
(Rescheduled Tonight|
Perry Church Softball League commissioner,
iijij Tommy Storey, has announced that all games $
;j:j: scheduled for last Tuesday night (June 20th) that $
were cancelled due to rain will be made up &
Thursday night (June 22nd). •:£
£: Storey also added that a managers meeting will :j:j:
be held immediately after the second game at ijij;
Perry Elementary Field. All PCL managers are &
urged to attend.
1972 First Baptist Hornets
The hard-hitting First Baptist Hornets of the
Perry Church Softball League are pictured above,
before a league contest last Thursday night.
(Front row) 1 to r ■ Ricky Vance, Jerry
Langston, David Crockett, Gary Hall, Ray Mims.
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Perrys PH&T Winners
Perry’s local Pitch, Hit and Throw competition winners and runnerups are
pictured above after receiving their awards at Ogletree’s Phillips 66 service
station in Perry.
(L to R) front row ■ James Nadeau, runnerup 10 year old; Timmy Ken
dricks, winner in the nine year old division; David Thompson, winner in the 10
year old division.
Second row • Bernard Lasseter, runnerup 12 year old; Ernest Peavy, winner
in the 11 year old division; Ricky Rawls, winner of the 12 year old class and
Eric Loomis, runnerup among the nine year olds.
Norbert Jackson was the runnerup in the 11 year old classification, but
was not available when photo was made.
The local winners advanced to the district competition last Saturday in
Atlanta.
PERRY CHURCH LEAGUE STANDINGS j
| NATIONAL AMERICAN J
DIVISION w L GB DIVISION w L GB
First Bapt. Falcons 6 1- Hayneville Bapt. 6 1-
First Meth. Jets 4 3 2 First Bapt. Hornets 6 1-
Houston Lake Bapt. 3 3 2V2 Tharpe Memorial 1 4 4V?
Catholic Eliscopal 2 5 4 Perry Presbyterian 0 7 6
Crossroads Methodist 1 5 4Vz
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1972
PCC Golf League
After completion of league
play on June 15th, the
Thursday night golf league
has developed into a real
scramble for top spot. There
are seven teams within
striking distance of each
other with a spread of only
seven points.
TEAM POINTS
Weik - Booney 76
Vest-Krall 76
Borders - Habitzruther 73
Vance - Myers 71
Brown - Weatherall 70
Curtiss - LeVan 69
Jackson-Mulkey 68
Michael-Russo 52
Cain - Walker 38
King - Sizemore 37
Back row ■ Ronald Vance, Lynwood Barrett,
Danny Sheldon, Don Simmons and Carl Barrett.
(Not present for photo) Terry Todd, Ronnie
Harper, John Warlick, Dickie Jones and Billy
Irwin.
PERRY
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LEAGUE
SCORES
Thursday June 15th
JETS 14 RFC 2
FBF 17 HLB 12
FBH 12 CRM 2
HBC 11 TMB 1
Tuesday June 20th
POSTPONED (Rain