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Another “impossible” record was broken last
Tuesday night when Nate Colbert of the San Diego
Padres knocked in 13 runs in a double header
against the Atlanta Braves.
The long ball belter also crashed five homers in
the twin-bill to tie another record established by
Colbert’s boyhood idol, Stan Musial. Colbert,
oddly enough, was in the bleachers that historic
day eighteen years ago when Musial had his
“super” game against the Chicago Cubs.
Colbert’s feat last Tuesday night just goes to
show you that records are made to be broken ... at
least most of them.
Babe Ruth’s long-standing home run record in
714 was thought to be as safe as gold in Fort Knox
from ever being threatened. But, Atlanta’s Henry
Aaron is making a determined bid to topple the
Babe’s “safe” home run standard. Sometimes
during the 1972 season, Aaron will, barring injury
or a total collapse at the plate, break the Sultan of
Swat’s four decade old record. Like it or not,
Henry is probably going to be the most prolific
home run hitter of all time.
One season record that will more than likely
stand the test of time is Hack Wilson’s 190 RBI
season in 1935. In the past thirty years no player
has even come close to the “Boozer’s” record.
Tommy Davis of the Dodgers drove in 100 runs
during the first half of the 1962 season, but then
cooled off and finished with 153, thirty-seven short
of Hack’s mark. Johnny Bench, too, had a hot
season in 1970, but had to put on a rush to finish
with 148 ribbies. Hack’s record appears to be safe.
Even the great hitters of the forties, fifties and
sixties could not come close.
Most experts agree that Joe Dimaggio’s 56
game hitting streak in 1941 is another that
is untouchable. Nobody has come within twenty
games of the Yankee Clipper’s hot streak. Rico
Carty was the most recent challenger, but his 32
game hitting barrage was way short of the Major
League mark. If anybody has a shot at the record
now, it will be a hitter like Atlanta’s Ralph Garr
who gets a lot of leg hits. He’ll also need a lot of
luck.
Sandy Koufax set the Major League record for
strikeouts in 1965 when he fanned 382 batters.
Until recently Dandy Sandy’s KO mark appeared
out of reach, but the way Steve Carlton is going
the record may be short lived. If the Phillie south
paw doesn’t get it this year he’ll break it within
the next two or three seasons. He’s only 27 and is
getting better.
Roger Maris, who carved his name in the hall of
fame with his fabulous 61 homer season in 1961,
broke a record that had stood since 1927, when
Babe Ruth rocketed 60. Even though it took Roger
eight more games, due to the expanded season, he
still has the record. This reporter feels that
Roger’s 61 circuit shots will stand for several
seasons to come. Bench, Colbert, Allen, Jackson
and May have plenty of power, but not enough to
snap Maris’ season record.
Os all records the safest for all time is the
consecutive games played streak set by the late
Lou Gerigh. The Iron Man played in 2,130 straight
games. An unbelieveable performance.
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LAFB GWTTtot. Shown (I-r) are Pro Buddy Hanson of the Houston Lake
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AUG. 10. 1972
PAGE 10-A
PERRY CHURCH LEAGUE STANDINGS
' FINAL RESULTS
NATIONAL AMERICA*
DIVISION WL GB DIVISION W L-. G i
FIRST BART. FALCONS II 4 - HAYNEVILLE BART- 14 1-
HOUSTON LAKE BART. 10 6 2 FIRST BART. HORNETS 13 3 \\i
FIRST METH. JETS 97 3 THARPE MEMORIAL 211 11
CATHOLIC-EPISCOPAL 510 6 PERRY PRESBYTERIAN 313 llVz
CROSSROADS METHODIST 113 9 1 /z
Perry Church League
Play-Off Start Today
The Ferry Church league
playoffs will commence
Thursday evening when the
powerful Hayneville Baptist
softball team takes on the
F irst Baptist Hornets in the
lidlifter, while the First
Baptist Falcons tangle with
the Houston I,ake Baptist
team in the nightcap The
opener will begin at 6:30
p in. and the second contest
will start immediately after
the conclusion of the
Hayneville BaptisUHornets
opener.
Both games are slated for
Ferry Elementary Field and
PCC Tourney
Ends In Tie
The Ferry Country Club
Mens Golf Association
sponsored a 4 ball tour
nament this past Sunday. It
was a fine day and some
excellent scores were turned
in. First place ended in a tie
with the team of Stan Booney
and Ed Cain shooting a fine
60 to tie with Walter Gray
and Seabie Hickson who also
had a 60. Third place was the
team of Jim Smallwood and
Jim Thomason all alone with
a fine 61. Fourth, Fifth, and
Sixth places were a big three
way tie with Don Colder and
Olin Taylor, Jerry Rogers
and Charlie Whitworth,
Hubert Baker and Jackie
Holtzclaw all shooting
identical 625.
The entries are starting to
come in for the Ist annual Sid
Charke Memorial tour
nament that will be held
Aug. 26th and 27th. Perry
Country Club and all of Sid’s
family would like to thank all
the local merchants who are
contributing toward the
beautiful memorial trophy.
You may mail your entry in
or come by the pro shop
anytime before Aug. 22nd.
will pit the top four teams in
the PCL. Hayneville rolled
up the finest record of the
four winners (14-1) in route
to the American Division
title, while the second place
Hornets strolled to a 13-3
season slate.
Over in the National
Division the First Baptist
RECREATION NEWS
The recreation staff at the
Houston Recreation Center
on Creekwood Drive and the
Adult Training Union Inc.
wishes to express their
thanks to the N.Y C.
department and the coor
dinator Mrs. Lightfoot for
the N.Y.C. workers at the
recreation and Day Care
Center. It is needless to say
that we could not have en
joyed a good summer if it
Cheerleading
Signup Underway
The registration for the
Midget Football
Cheerleading program
started Saturday morning,
July 29, at the Recreation
Center for Warner Robins
and Bonaire girls. The time
will be from 9 til 12 noon, on
Saturday’s and 9 til 5:30
Monday through Friday.
Girls in Perry will start
registration on Saturday,
August 5, at the Houston
County Jr. High, 9 til 12.
Registration for the Cen
terville girls will be held at
the Youth Center starting
July 31 from 2 til 7 every day
Monday through Friday.
Girls for the base team will
register at the Base Gym
Saturday, August 5 and 12
from 10 til 12 noon. All girls 7
through 13 are eligible to be
cheerleaders. Six year olds
may be mascots. A
registration fee of $5.00 for
the first girl in the family,
SB.OO for two girls in the
family, and SIO.OO for three
or more girls in the family
must be paid. This fee will
cover the cost of the shirt
with imprinted megaphone,
team shakers, and in
surance.
Optimist Youth Football
Registration Continues
Football time is just
around the corner and it is
the time to start signing up to
play. The Optimist Youth
Football program is
designed for boys aged 7 thru
13 with a weight limit not to
exceed 115 pounds. Sep
tember Ist is the age control
date for the program.
There will be three leagues
in the program.
Mite League - Ages 7. 8 and
(9 year olds not exceeding 60
lbs.)
“B" League - Ages 9, 10
and (11 year olds not ex
ceeding 70 lbs.)
“A" League - Ages 11, 12
and 13.
The program will kick off
with registration of retur
ning players on July 22, 29
and August 5. Registration of
new players will be on
August 12, 19 and 26 with
play beginning 12 Sep
tember. The registration fee
is SIO.OO per boy or per
family if more than one boy
per family participates.
Each boy must supply a
Falcons wrapped up the
crown with a 11-4 record and
Houston Lake Baptist
finished one and a half
games back with a 10-6
mark.
The winners of these
playoffs will advance to the
championship finals starting
next week.
had not been for the N.Y.C.
workers. We thank each of
you for a job well done.
The recreational program
at the Houston High Schoool
Gym closed for the summer
Friday, Aug. 4,1972.
Our learn to Swim
program will end on Friday
Aug. 11, 1972. We are asking
each individual who par
ticipated in the learn to
Swim program this summer
to meet at the recreational
center Friday Aug. 11, 1972
at 10:30 a.m.
The free lunch program
will end on Aug. 11, 1972. We
have plenty of lunches for
your children for the
remainder of this week.
Please send them out to
enjoy recreational games
and have lunch.
| HLCC NEWS |
The winners of the Houston
I,ake Country Club Scotch
Foursome golf tournament
held August 6th were: Dr.
and Mrs. George Fuller and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Varner who
tied for the first place spot.
There was also a tie for
second place between Mary
and Bill Barton, and Doris
and David Hulbert. Third
place was also a logjam with
Jo and Jack Dunning, Peg
Pry and Bob Leimbach, and
Hannah and Roy Young all
being for third place.
Winners of last Thursday’s
Twilight Tournament were:
Betty and John T. I.ewis with
a 72, good for the top
position. Second place went
to Jo and Jack Dunning with
an 81. Peg Pry and Jeff
Brown fired an 83 for the
third place position.
copy of his birth certificate
at the time of registration
unless he turned one thru the
Baseball For Youth
program.
Registration will be held at
the Houston Jr. Hi Athletic
Field (old Houston Hi) from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the dates
shown. Perry is expanding
play this year and will field
two teams in each league,
the Panthers in the Western
Division and the Saints in the
Eastern Division.
The Perry teams had a
fine record last year winning
the County championship in
the Mite league and cap
turing 3rd place in both the
“B” and “A” leagues. All
boys are urged to join and
have another fine year of
football in Perry.
Anyone having any
questions regarding the
program may contact J. C.
Parker 987-4277. Also any
adults desiring to help as a
coach or an assistant is
asked to contact Mr. Parker.
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The Perry Eagles of the County Recreation Department’s softball for girls
program are pictured above.
Front row left to right - Katrina Faye Bryant, Joni Hickey, Pamela Walker,
Rudy Lane. Second row - Patricia Stokes, Regina Jackson, Naomi Solomon,
Veronda Griffin. Third row • Coach Annie Hammock.
THIS SATURDAY
Old-Timers Game Set By Braves
It’ll be nostalgia at its
sentimental best when the
Atlanta Braves hold their
annual Old-Timers Game
Saturday, August 12.
The contest, which will
precede the regular Braves-
Cincinnati game, will be the
focal point of festivities that
also will include antique cars
and an old-time band. The
entire evening will honor the
1914 Miracle Braves.
Former Southern minor
leaguers, dressed in
uniforms of that era fur
nished by Sears, will pose as
the rough-and-ready Miracle
club and take on a group of
ex-Major League stars.
Among the latter will be
Bill Dickey, Early Wynn,
Ted Kluszewski, Bob Turley,
Bobby Richardson, Enos
Slaughter, Smoky Burgess,
Monte Irvin, Luke Appling,
Joe Nuxhall, Dixie Walker
and Alex Grammas. Current
Braves’ personnel Lou
Burdette, Eddie Mathews,
Jim Busby, Ken Silvestri and
Ernie Johnson also will
participate.
Bob Montag, former
Atlanta Cracker player
manager and one of the
minors’ all-time home run
kings, will manage the
Miracle Braves. Country
Brown, Charlie Trippi, Jim
Greengrass, Corky Valen
tine, Marshall Mauldin,
Dave Harris, Buck Riddle,
Leon Culberson, Dick
Grabowski, Charley Clock,
Bob Sadowski, Roy Hawes
and Jim Callaway will play
for Montag.
The 1914 Braves will be
remembered as long as
baseball is played as the
team that rocketed from last
place on July 19 to a World
Series championship. They
were a rowdy bunch, but
manager George Stallings
told them to show up at the
park ready to play and, once
they got a few early-season
problems solved, they did
just that.
On July 19 the Braves had
a 35-43 won-loss record and
were 11 games behind the
first-place Giants. But
the National League was
closely-bunched and by
August 10 the Braves were
second. They tied for the
lead August 23, climbed into
first Sept 2 and, after
dropping back briefly to
third, took over the lead for
good Sept. 8. The Braves won
the pennant by lOVfe games,
going 60-16 the second half of
the season, and became the
first team to sweep the
World Series in four straight
games, over the
Philadelphia Athletics.
Pitchers Dick Rudolph (27-
10), Bill James (26-7), and
George Tyler (16-14)
generally are given much of
the credit for the 1914
Nome Journal
FORECAST
NORTH GEORGIA
ALLATOONA: Muddy on the upper end, cat
ching bass at nite around the points using plastic
worms, fair for bream and crappie, good for
catfish using catalpa worms.
BLUE RIDGE: Clear, dingy on the upper end.
Fair for all.
BURTON: 4 to 5’ low, fair for walleye, poor for
others.
CHATUGE: Full, dingy on upper end, poor for
all.
HARTWELL: Full, clear. Good for crappie
using minnows, good for largemouth bass.
LANIER: Good for bass at nite using plastic
worms, fair for catfish and white bass.
NOTTELY: 20’ low, clear, dingy on upper end.
Fair for bass using lizards and plastic worms, fair
for crappie late in the afternoon using minnows.
MIDDLE GEORGIA
CLARK HILL: Fair for crappie and bass, poor
for others.
JACKSON: Fair for all species.
SINCLAIR: Fair for all species.
SOUTH GEORGIA
BLACKSHEAR: Low, clear. Fair for white
bass.
SEMINOLE: Normal, clear. Fair for bass,
bream and white bass, good for catfish.
W.F. GEORGE: Normal, clear. Good for bream
and bass, fair for others.
WORTH: Normal, clear. Fair for all.
RIVERS
ALAPHAHA: Normal, fishing is good.
ALT AM AHA: Low, clearing, fishing is fair.
CHATTAHOOCHEE: Normal, clear. Fair for
bream, bass and white bass, good for catfish^
COOSA: Low, muddy. Good for bass using
plastic worms, good for catfish using catalpa
worms.
ETOWAH: Muddy, good for catfish on catalpa
worms, fair for others.
OCHLOCKONEE: Normal, fishing is fair.
OCMULGEE: Rising, muddy. Fishing is fair.
OCONEE: Low, fair to good for all species using
crickets and worms.
OGEECHEE: Low, fair for red breast
OHOOPEE: Low, fair for catfish and bream.
SATILLA; Rising, slightly stained. Fishing is
fair to poor.
St. MARY’S: Normal, fair for all.
SUWANNEE: Dropping, fair for all.
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP: Dropping, fair for
all.
COASTAL REGION
Fishing is good for all species.
Braves’ success, but fiery
infielders Rabbit Maranville
and Johnny Evers and a
whole platoon of outfielders
also contributed.