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pm phil BYRD 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. " w*fiywN|t ■■ f jm . W *m v *JJ <■ IW, 3 J ■ 4 JB | t jjj^H^R Houston Lake Fans Board Bus To Atlanta Stadium 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. ■ 1 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. i, PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1972 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 Kail in thp ctrilfp ?nnp anH Ipf ■ ■■■ | 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 U»»prl inrt f/\ T'lrvurf l/irwr of 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. STARTS % SOON 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.