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Sports Editor
Last Saturday, baseball fans from Houston
Lake Baptist Church made their annual trek to
Atlanta Stadium to see the Braves, and as usual,
Luman Harris and his tribe Lost
At least the score was respectable this time, 5-2,
but the Braves managed to give away three runs
with a throwing error by Evans and a mental
miscue by Aaron, and that proved to be the dif
ference. It was a typical Braves loss.
This reporter has now seen the Braves play nine
times, in the past two seasons, and the Atlantans
have won a grand total of “zero”. Hang in there,
Luman! Nate Colbert likes you.
In last week’s paper we erroneously reported
that Daryl Parker had clubbed the last home run
of the Perry Junior League baseball season. Well,
we were wrong. Mo Wright, who does a great job
of reporting for the PJL, called yesterday and
said Lee Williams was the young man with the
honor.
Sure enough, Mo was right Lee Williams
crashed a circuit shot in the ninth inning of the
Perry Junior League All-Star game for the final
home run of the season. Parker rapped his HR
earlier in the contest.
The Men’s Golf Association of Perry Country
Club are sponsoring a 4-Ball Tournament this
Sunday at PCC. All club members with
established handicaps are encouraged to par
ticipate, men, women, boys and girls.
There will be prizes for the winners of the 4-Ball
meet, and the action will begin at 1:30 P.M.
Sunday. This tourney will be an 18-hole event with
members choosing their own playing partners.
Sounds like a winner.
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Demons Club Pilots 5-2
In Junior League Game
The Jr. League Perry
Demons won a fine game
over the Warner Robins
Pilots 5-2. Pitching and
defense were superb and
while Demon bats were not
robust the hits were timely.
After 2 outs in the first Jess
Wright smashed a hard liner
to left which carried far
enough for him to circle the
bases and just beat the relay
to the plate for a solo homer
and put the Demons out front
1-0.
The Pilots countered with
a run after a walk and a
tremendous triple to deep
center. A hustling retrieve of
the ball by Kevin Smith, off
the fence, and a good relay to
Wright held the runner at
third. Roy “Boo" Mathis led
the Demon second with a
walk but was doubled off
first as Sam Johnson hit a
wicked liner which was
converted into a double play.
“Boo" Mathis pitched an
excellent game facing the
minimum batters in the 3rd
thru sth and 7th innings.
The Demon defense was
razor sharp. "Boo" allowed
only 3 hits and 2 walks in the
game. The Demons sent ten
batters to the plate in the
third. David Hickey led with
a single, Tyrone Hickey was
hit and Wayne Scott struck
the big blow -a two run
single to right on which he
took third on the fielders
boot, Wright walked and
stole second. James
Richardson grounded to
second and took second on a
throw to the plate too late to
get Scott and was an error.
Kevin Smith lashed a hard
grounder in the hole, with no
play, to load the bases.
Mathis walked to force in a
run, Jeff Vogt narrowly
missed padding the Demon
lead when he was robbed of a
hit in the sth that would have
scored 2 runs.
The Pilots picked up a run
in the sixth on a well hit
triple which Kevin Smith
barely missed making a long
running catch but Johnson,
backing the play did a good
job on the relay. Demon
pitcher Mathis made a great
stop on a wicked smash but
the run scored. This was
followed by a great play by
shortstop Wright to rob a
hitter and get an eyelash
force at second. David
Hickey made a great
unassisted play at first to rob
a hitter. Wright, Vogt,
Hickey and Scott turned in
several nice plays.
Richardson caught a great
game. Kevin Smith made a
fine catch on a falling Texas
leaguer even though
colliding with Wright. He
was shaken but unhurt. It
was the best Perry Demon
victory of 1972.
Panthers Clip Tigers 8-3 In
All-Perry B’ League Finals
The Perry Panthers
displayed their own version
of the “Marshall Plan”
Saturday, as they defeated
the Perry Tigers 8-3, for the
county “B” league Cham
pionship. This was the
Rubber game of a best two
out of three tournament,
each team having won once
before Saturday.
The Panthers, coached by
Voy Heath, won the right to
the 3 game playoff by win
ning the Western Division of
the county “B” League with
a 13 won - 2 loss record. The
Tigers, coached by Carlton
PERRY CHURCH LEAGUE STANDINGS
INCLUDING GAMES OF AUG. Ist 3358
NATIONAL AMERICAN
DIVISION W L GB DIVISION W L GB
FIRST BART. FALCONS 11 4 ■ HAYNEVILLE BART. 13 1 ■
HOUSTON LAKE BART. 9 6 2 FIRST BART. HORNETS 12 3 IV,
FIRST METH. JETS 96 2 THARPE MEMORIAL 210 10
CATHOLIC-EPISCOPAL 5 9 5% PERRY PRESBYTERIAN 2 13 HVi
CROSSROADS METHODIST 112 9
‘ T ’ Championship
Statistics Told
In the recenUy completed
T-League championship
series between the Perry
Panthers and the Perry
Pirates several leaders on
these two fine teams failed to
be mentioned in the original
article. All boys played well
in the game and deserve to
be recognized as follows:
Panther players doing a
good job were Fred Dooley
and Tres Sinyard. Lee Jones
had 4 Panther hits in game
two to be a co-leader. Richie
Morrison had 4 hits to co
lead in the second game and
had a fine 10 hits total to pace
his team. Blake West
moreland scored 3 runs in
the third game to lead the
Panther scoring -a fine
effort for a six year old.
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Eight Perry Girls
Nab All-Star Berths
Eight Perry girls have
been selected to play on the
All Star teams which will
participate in the state,
district and area Georgia
Recreation and Parks
Society softball tour
naments.
Linda Scott. Georgia
Hagin, Vanna Lumpkin,
Celestine McGhee and
Yvonne were chosen
from the Perry Senior
League Wildcats; Wanda
Clarington and Ethel Scott
have been selected from the
Junior league Bearcats and
Dana Ross was selected
from the “A" League
Pantherettes. These girls
have been outstanding
players throughout the
Bearcats
Rip Braves;
Askew 2-3
The Perry Bearcats won
over the Warner Robins
Braves 8 to 4 in a Jr. League
softball game at Sewell
Circle Park. The Bearcats
out hit the Braves 11 to 6 with
Shirley Askew leading 2-3.
Pitching for the Bearcats
was Rosemary McGhee.
Other Perry players were
Wanda Clarington, Vanessa
Durham, Linda Rawls,
Loretta Soloman, Barbara
Kendrick, Shershina
Jackson, Monica Mobley,
Ethel Scott, Vivian Askew,
Carolyn Askew, Katherine
Lumpkin, Vivian Harding
and Loretta Lasse ter.
Clarington, won the Eastern
Division with a perfect 14-0
record.
The Panther ‘Marshall
Plan’ worked to perfection.
Brothers Maurice and
Horace Marshall combined
for five of the Panther’s 7
hits, and scored five of their
8 runs. Ronnie Askew pit
ched an effective game
against the Tigers, allowing
only 4 hits and 4 walks.
Charlie Culler pitched for
the Tigers, giving up only 7
hits, and walking 4 Panthers.
The Tigers scored first, in
the bottom of the Ist inning,
pionship
*.s Told
Bert Harvey and Joe
Thomas shared the series
scoring title for the Panthers
with 6 runs each. Whitt
Smith drove in 7 runs to lead
the Panther series in that
area.
Pirates deserving mention
are Ted Labadie with 3 hits
to lead his team in game one.
Zack Sorrows, one of the
smallest players, led his
team with 11 hits for the
series plus co-shared the
runs scored lead with Darryl
Albritton as each had 7 runs.
Pirate players making a
significant contribution in
the series were Gary
Bramlett, Garnett Clark,
Johnny Bryant, Jeff Merritt,
Jerry Allen and Brian I^ewis.
r y Girls
nr Berths
season. The tournaments
will be held in Warner
Robins, Wednesday through
Friday at Sewell Circle Park
and Junior Field.
I RECREATION NEWS
The inspectors from
Washington, D.C. were here
to visit the sites on Tuesday,
July 25, and Wednesday,
July 26. They were well
pleased with the Recreation
Center and the Houston
Gym. They left us in the hope
that we will continue to
improve our playing
equipment.
The second swimming
class began July 25. The
students in that class were
James Lester, Ted Culler,
Valerie Culler, Tamie Culler
and Deborah Stembridge.
In baseball, the Perry
Athletics played Henderson
on Saturday. July 29. They
won by a score of 7-3. Jerry
Clarington was the winning
pitcher. On Sunday, July 30,
the A s played the Macon All-
Stars. Edward Scott was the
winning pitcher.
On July 24, there was a
volleyball game consisting of
two Perry teams. The two
captains were Larry- Holmes
and Joseph Atkinson. The
young men on Larry
Holmes’s team were:
Johnny (Chuck) Clerkley,
Evage (Luke) Simon, Larry
Holmes, Edward Irby, Amos
Wylder, and Earl Jackson.
The substitute on Larry
as Carlton Clarington Jr. hit
the first pitch by Askew deep
for a triple, and scored when
the throw from the outfield
got away from the Panthers.
Rick Harding followed
with a single, Doyle Lane
walked, but Ronnie got the
next three batters out and
held the Tigers to 1 run.
The Panthers came back
in the top of the second to tie
the score. Maurice Marshall
led off with the Ist of his 3
hits, finally scoring on a
passed ball.
The Tigers went down in
order in the bottom of the
Panthers
Win 4-3 In
’B’ Lidlifter
The first game of a three
game series saw the two
finest “B” league teams in
Houston County play a real
close contest. These teams
enjoyed a great season. The
Perry Tigers won their
Division with a perfect 14-0
slate as they took the
Eastern title over 8 other
County teams. The Perry
Panthers captured the
Western Division crown
while winning 13 and losing
only 2 with 8 other teams.
The four Perry “B” teams
took the first five slots in the
County standings.
Before the opening pitch it
appeared the Panthers were
slight underdogs to the
Tigers due to their season
records. The Panthers must
have failed to check the odds
as they won the game 4 to 3.
Cedric Little, Ronnie Askew
and Robert Morgan
delivered hits to score twice
in the bottom of the sth for
the Panthers. Ronnie Askew
led both teams with 2 for 3.
Each team had 4 hits. Chuck
Spears, Debro Hill, Danny
Rush and Doug King had the
Tiger hits.
Holmes’s team was Thomas
Evans, The young men on
Joseph Atkinson’s team
were; William Hudson, Earl
Thornton, Lawrence
Clarington, Simons,
Joseph Atkinson and sub
stitute, James Scott.
There were four games
played by the two Perry
teams. They were:
Holmes 13 11 16 15
Atkinston 11 15 13 9
Out of the four games,
Holmes’s team won three.
The game was called by Mr.
Elijah Weatherspoon. Scores
were kept by Lottie Mae
Rogers and the time of eight
minutes per game was kept
by Faye Clerkley.
Come to where the hap
penings are every Monday
thru Friday from 9:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and Monday,
Wednesday and Friday
nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The Athletics will play the
Macon All-Stars at Bibb
Tech Baseball Field, Friday
night and on Saturday the
A’s will play the old-timers
game at 3:00 at the
Recreation Center.
Sunday the A’s will play
Kathleen at the Recreation
Center at 3:00 p.m.
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PAGE 14-A
second, leaving the score at 1
to 1.
Cedric Little led off the
third inning with a double,
Sherman Askew was hit by
the pitcher, putting 2 men on
base with nobody out for the
Panthers, Charlie Culler got
the next two men out, but
Maurice Marshall had other
plans, as a hard single
scored both runs, then
Maurice himself scored as
the Tigers misplayed the
Tigers Crush Panthers
7-1 In ‘B’ Contest Two
The Perry Tigers won the
second game of the cham
pionship “B” league series
and evened the won-loss
column for each team to 1-1.
The Tigers won over the
Perry Panthers 7 to 1 behind
the excellent no-hit pitching
of Carlton Clarington Jr. He
fanned four and walked only
one while causing 11 batters
to hit grounders and retired 5
on poppers.
Although not over
powering Clarington kept the
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| Perry Teams I
Do It Again! I
This is the second County
League Championship in
Perry, and is further
I testimony to the fine ball
players we have in Perry,
and further proof that Perry
has the best volunteer
coaches in the county.
For the record, Perry had
4 “B” League teams this
year, out of a total of 18
county “B” league teams. In
the Eastern Division, the
Tigers were in Ist place with
a 14-0 record. The Cubs,
coached by Jerry Payne,
were second with a 14-2
record. In the Western
Division, the Panthers were
in Ist place with a 13-2
record. The Gunners,
coached by Earl Rawls,
were in 3rd place with a 10-5
record. This adds up to a
fantastic 51 to 9 record
against the rest of Houston
County.
Both of the coaches in
Saturday’s championship
game are Perry grown folks.
Voy Heath is head coach of
the winning Panthers. This is
Voy’s second straight year to
make the county playoff.
Last year the Panthers lost
in the finals to the Warner
Robins Redlegs. This year,
of course, the Panthers took
all the marbles. Voy coached
in the “A” league year
before last, the first in the
league. Voy works in the
Supply Section of Robins Air
Force Base. Besides
baseball, Voy also is an
assistant coach in our
football program. His wife,
throw in. This gave the
Panthers a 4 to 1 lead.
In the bottom of the 3rd
inning, the Tigers got 1 run
back. Carlton Clarington
lived on an error, moved to
second on a passed ball, and
scored on a single by Rick
Harding, his second straight
hit. Askew got Debro Hill to
end the inning.
In the 4th, Horace Mar
shall led off with a long
triple, and scored for the
Panthers on a ground out by
I Cedric Little.
The Tigers came back in
the bottom of the 4th to get
one run, as Doug King
smacked one way out in the
outfield and came all the
way for a home run. This
made the score 5 to 3, still a
close game. What no one
knew, of course, was Doug’s
home run was to be the last
Tiger hit.
For the Panther’s in the
sth, Maurice Marshall again.
This time Maurice made
sure of a score as he knocked
the ball a mile and a half,
scoring easily on a home run.
After the Tigers went down
in order in their half of the
sth, the Panthers came right
back in the 6th with 2 more
runs. Horace Marshall led
off with his second triple,
and scored on an error. Nick
Felder singled, then was
forced out by Cedric Little.
Cedric scored on an error
his teammates get the outs.
Rick Harding, Tiger first
sacker was the other big gun
going 2 for 3 with a single and
triple, driving in 2 runs. He
and Clarington, who had an
RBI single, had the only
Tiger hits.
Harding started a nifty
double play in the sixth when
a Panther reached second on
an error. As the next batter
grounded out short to first
the runner tried to move to
third but was cut down on a
fine, quick relay from
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Mary, coaches in our
basketball and softball
program. Voy’s faithful
assistant coaches are James
Askew and Fate Radford.
Both of these men work in
our other programs also.
This is the Ist year in “B”
league for Tiger’s coach,
Carlton Clarington. The two
previous years he woked
with the “T” league Pan
thers. The teams he has
worked with for 3 years have
a 33-4 record. Carlton works
in the supply section of
Robins Air Force Base, and
is vice-president of the
Public Recreation Boosters.
His wife, Mattie, works in
the girls softball program.
Carlton also works in our
football program. His faith
ful assistants are Carl
Quesenberry, Leon Loomis
and Doyle Lane.
The Public Recreation
Program is successful
because it has a large
number of good people who
care for their children, and
will work for them.
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and a passed ball, to make
the score 8 to 3, going into the
bottom of the 6th.
The game ended as Danny
Rush walked, then was
doubled off second as Doug
Kings’ line drive was caught
by Terance Griffin, standing
right next to second base.
There were many ex
cellent plays on defense, too
many to list. Both of these
ball clubs have played good
ball all year, as sixteen other
“B” league teams can attest.
It is a tribute to Perry
ballplayers, parents and
coaches that both Division
winners were Perry teams.
The winning Panthers are
coached by Voy Heath,
James Askew, and Fate
Radford. They are: Cedric
Little, Sherman Askew,
Reggie Montgomery, Ronnie
Askew, Maurice
Marshall, Lonnie Boone,
Horace Marshall, Robert
Morgan, Terance Griffin,
Bryan Walston, Nick Felder
and William Alford.
The Tigers are coached by
Carlton Clarington, Carl
Quesenberry, Leon Loomis
and Doyle Lane. They are:
Carlton Clarington Jr., Rick
Harding, Doyle Lane, Debro
Hill, Danny Rush, Doug
King, Chuck Spears, Robby
Quesenberry, Charlie Culler,
Darrel Collins, Eric Loomis,
Eric Thomas and Alex
McWhorter.
third who made the tag out.
The Panthers used Horace
Marshall, Maurice Marshall
and Reggie Montgomery on
the mound. This trio only
allowed 3 hits. Their
downfall was 11 walks,
several passed balls and wild
pitches and 3 Panther errors.
Panther hurlers fanned 9
Tigers.
In the swift moving game
the Tigers drew first blood
with 4 second inning runs.
Doug King found life on an
error, Eric Thomas walked
as did Charlie Culler. One
out later King and Thomas
scored on a wild pitch and an
error. Clarington followed
with an RBI single to plate
Culler and then scored as
Harding lashed his three
bagger to right.
King led the Tiger third
with a walk followed by a
free pass to Thomas. The
runners advanced on a wild
pitch allowing King to score
on a passed ball. The Tigers
concluded their scoring in
the sth. Culler led with a
walk as did Darryl Collins.
Both moved up a base on a
ground out. Culler scored on
Harding’s ribby groundout
then Collins scored on a
Panther error.
The Panthers got their
only run in the 4th as
Sherman Askew was safe on
an infield error and reached
second. He moved to third on
a ground out and then
scored on Maurice Mar
shall’s RBI ground out.
Defensively the Tigers Doug
King at third and Cedric
Little at second for the
Panthers made a difficult
play in the game. Doyle
Lane, Debro Hill, Danny
Rush, Eric Loomis, Chuck
Spears and Alex McWhorter
played for the Tigers.
Panther players were
Ronnie Askew, Lonnie
Boone, Nick Felder and
Bryan Walston. Robbie
Quesenberry also played for
the Tigers, as Robert
Morgan, Williams Alford
and Terence Griffin played
for the Panthers. The series
all comes down to the final
third game to decide the
County champions. Both
teams are winners in the
hearts of Perry fans as a
large crowd was present
rooting for their favorite
player and each team.