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It seems that most super stars have names that
just sparkle with stardom; Willie Mays, Mickey
Mantle, Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose
and Frank Robinson are a few examples.
On the scene today is a new up and coming
super and his name is Wilbur Wood. Is he the
cotton picking champion of Alabama? No, he’s the
darling of Chicago where his knuckleball
deliveries have baffled American League hitters
to the tune of a 13-3 record at Memorial Day.
Wood is a 31-year old lefthander who has
already put twenty victory seasons back-to-back
and has an excellent chance to join the elite thirty
win circle this season. On Monday, Wood pitched
in two games and won them both. The portly
southpaw tossed five innings for the White Sox in
their 21 inning win over the Cleveland Indians in a
suspended game and then came back twenty
minutes later to pitch a 4-hit shutout in the
regularly scheduled game.
With the season barely one-fourth completed
Wood has already pitched an unbelievable 129
innings. He could become the first 400-innings
pitcher in fifty years. Wood’s deliveries put about
as much strain on his arm as throwing mar
shmellows into a fireplace.
Until the White Sox made him a starting pitcher
three years ago Wood was a relief specialist, and
not one of the best. Starting off in the Red Sox
organization Wood came up for a few cups of tea
and wound up with an 0-5 slate with the Bosox, and
another trip back to the minors.
Things weren’t any better in Pittsburgh where
he was traded in 1964. In two seasons W'ood
comprised a 1-2 record and a sky-high ERA. It
was back to the minors again for Wood.
Wilbur was sold to the White Sox in October of
1960 and stepped right into the bullpen, where he
led the league three straight years in games
pitched. In 1971 manager Chuck Tanner gave
Wood an opportunity to earn a berth on the Pale
Hose starting rotation, and he’s been there ever
since.
Pitching with only two days rest is nothing new
to Wilbur as his 50 starts last year will attest.
Bight now he’s the top pitcher in baseball and
wants to stay there awhile. Wood was on the rocks
long enough.
M-Day 4-Ball
Tourney At PCC
Tlu* Memorial Day 4 ball
handicap tournament held at
the Ferry Country Club was
almost rained out, but after a
long wait the teams began
teeing off at 1:30. Otis
Whitten and Lory Hunter
took first place with a net low
ball of (>4 Lory really got the
team rolling by making
natural birdies on both
number 11 and 12. Otis then
chipped m on number 13 for
still another birdie Second,
third and fourth places
ended up in a three way tie
Perry's Cynthia Jacobs
Ties High Jump Record
Perry High School's only
representative in the state
girls track meet held in
Atlanta last Friday tied a
state record and brought
home a first place in the high
jump.
Cynthia Jacobs, a
sophomore, traveled to
lakewood High School last
week as one of the favorites
in the high jump and did not
let her school down The 5-
fool, 5-inch lassie high
jumped an even five feet to
tie the slate record and
capture first place in the
event.
Coach James Kinchen,
coach of the Perry High
female thinclads, witnessed
Cynthia’s record-tieing jump
and had nothing but praise
for his tenth grade phenom.
"The entire school and
community is proud of the
effort Cynthia made in the
.Joe Davis. John Michael,
Jack Smith, Carl Pierce, Jim
Smallwood, and Jim
Thomason all had team best
hall scores of 86.
Friday, June Bth, the
Georgia State Pro Am
Association will have the
stale pro am at the Perry
Country Club. Pros and
amateurs from all over the
state will participate in thus
event. All local members
who wish to participate are
asked to sign up in the pro
shop.
state meet. She is only a
sophomore and has an ex
cellent chance to set a new
Ceorgia high school record
before departing Perry
High." Kinchen said.
Jacobs entered the
competition and was pitted
against 18 of the top girl high
jumpers in the state,
regardless of classification.
Cynthia started off by easily
jumping the first setting at i-
C The bar was then raised to
F 6 and 4-8. Cynthia leaped
them with room to spare
Her competitors began to
fall by the wayside as the bar
was hiked to 4-10. The local
lady thinclad sailed over the
4-10 standard and then joined
a foursome making it over at
4-
The bar was then raised to
5- and after two misses
Cynthia skimmed over to tie
the state record in the high
In Spring Game
Seniors Win
Cliffhanger
Coach Bob Morrow’s
“new" Fantherettes gave
the powerful senior Pan
theretles all they could
handle before losing a 52-42
decision in last Friday
night's spring basketball
game.
Morrow’s ladies had the
three-time region champion
Fantherettes tied at 16-16
after one period and trailed
only 29-27 at the half. A 13-2
spurt by the seniors in the
third quarter helped them to
a 40-31 lead after three
stanzas. The two squads
played on nearly even terms
in the final quarter to
produce the final 52-42 count.
All-state performer Vivian
Brown led the senior of
fensive attack with 23 points,
with Lynn Lawson and
LuAnn Thompson dropping
in 8 and 7 tallies respec
tively. Linda Scott was the
high point lady for the "new"
Fantherettes with 15 points.
Margaret Riley was next in
line with 11. Morrow was
elated over the performance
of his team. “We showed
them we weren't afraid.
They had blown us out of the
gym in a practice game the
day before, but we came
back Friday night with
renewed enthusiasm.
Against that group of seniors
we did a good job,” Morrow
explained.
Judy Langston, Kathy
Fthridge and Angela
Thomas, a freshman loaded
with potential, played a
super spring game, ac
cording to the Fantherette
head mentor. Susan Arnall,
the most improved player
this spring, also performed
admirably. Feggy Lynn, a
starter on last season's
Fantherette team, played a
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jump. No other opponent
managed to jump the 5-feet
barrier.
With first place already in
the bag Cynthia attempted to
break the existing state
record but missed on three
tries. She was a little ex
cited after winning the stale
title and that hurt her in
trying for a new record,"
coach Kinchen explained.
Cynthia just missed at the 5-1
level when her arm nicked
the pole after her body had
cleared.
Southwest High of Atlanta
and Campbell tied for second
place behind Perry High's
Jacobs, at 4-11.
Two weeks ago Cynthia
captured the region high
jump title with a 4-10 leap in
Sandersville.
"We may have a state
champion on our hands for
two more years." Kinchen
summed up.
great defensive game dispite
an injury.
Morrow fielded 13 per
formers in the spring game
and commented, "We may
surprise a few people this
fall. This is a tough bunch.”
In the boys spring contest,
the white team edged the
maroon squad 51-50 in a
thriller. Bobby Little 12,
Kevin Beste 11, and Albert
Simons 8, led the whites
balanced scoring attack,
while Joe Andrews paced the
maroon attack with 25
points. Calvin Felder and
Elijah King each popped in 6.
i was really impressed
with the performance of our
boys in the Friday in
trasquad game,” coach Bob
Morrow said. "The team
does not have a lot of
heighth, but it does have a lot
of hustle and togetherness.”
The way the boys played
Friday night Morrow
predicts the 73-74 Panthers
have a good shot at turning
around boys basketball at
Perry High.
200-Lapper
Scheduled
At BMGR
The first annual "Byron
PERMATEX 200”, a 100
mile event for NASCAR Late
Model Sportsman is
scheduled Sunday, June 3, at
BYRON MIDDLE
GEORGIA RACEWAY.
This event will be the
second in the 1973 series
sanctioned by National
Association Stock Car Auto
Racing at Byron. Ralph
Brawner, president of the
raceway along with
NASCAR officials are very
pleased with the par
ticipation of the Permatex
Company, as this is in
complete harmony with
Brawner’s program of
oringing ihe BEST in racing
to Georgia.
Russell Nelson of Buford,
Ga., who is the present
leader in track points will be
defending his position as
■Ate'S*.
194«-W3 A.
there are 216 National
Championship Points on the
line.
Nelson, by virture of
fastest qualifying time
(20.10) led the mnaugral 200
all but 4 laps to take the
checkerd flag heading off Ihe
1972 NASCAR l.ate Model
Sportsman Champion JACK
INGRAM and the present
leader in the National Point
standing’s SAM ARD, of
Asheboro, N.C.
Thirty cars and drivers
will be in the starting line up.
Time trials for this 200
lapper will get under way at
1:30 and the race will start
promptly at 3:00 P.M.
Ochlahatchee
Summer
Calendar
The swimming pool will
open June 2. Saturday, at 10
am. Register for girls
softball, grades 4. 5 and 6.
Register for tennis lessons,
instructor Felix Smith, Jr.,
920 Keitli Dr., or call 987-
3261.
Perry Junior League Teems
. . . Were Introduced To Near Capacity Crowd
Riley Young Introduces Pee Wee Teoms
... In Opening Ceremonies At Ochlahatchee Park
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Perry Junior League
Opens 73 Campaign
Although the weather was
dark and threatening the
Ochlahatchee Park was a
bright spot in the night as
Junior league Baseball got
underway Monday evening
in Perry* Representative
Larry Walker gave the in
vocation then Riley Young
introduced all the teams and
v*.
In Perry Softball Action
Thorpe, FBC, HCCI Nob Wins
Tharpe Memorial
swamped St. Christopher’s
11 to 1 with some heavy
hitting in the first inning,.
Tharpe tallied eight runs
including a homer in the first
while batting eleven men.
St. Christopher's got their
only run in the third inning.
For Tharpe Memorial,
Jack Nash was 3 for 3;
Wayne Nixon. Tommy Sike
and Gene Hair were 2 for 3.
Ronald Vance, Barkwell
Roland, Ken McKinley, Don
Feck, Joke Meens collected
hits for the Episcopals.
* * *
First Baptist slaughtered
Perry Methodist 18-0 in a
complete route. The
Methodist made a good try
but could not hold back the
powerful Baptist bats. The
Baptists played a brilliant
defensive ball as not one
Methodist got to third base.
For the Baptist, Marvin
Arrington, and Jimmy
Hardy were 3 for 4; Don
Simmons, Riley Hunt, 2 for
4; and John Warlick, Danny
Shelton, Ronnie Harper,
Gary Hall and Tommy
Storey had one hit apiece.
Vogt, Larry Ellison, George
Nunn and Jody Matt
collected hits for the
Methodist.
* ★ *
On the game of the week
: managers of both the Mite
and Junior leagues. The
fans settled back to watch as
the action began.
In the first game Beavers
Insurance clashed with Red
and White. Red and White’s
leadoff batter scored but
then the game turned into a
pitching duel. Wilson of
between probably the two
best teams in the league,
HCCI took a tough battle
from Medusa Cement before
winning 12-8. HCCI took off
with four quick runs in the
top half of the first while
Medusa only got one.
Medusa steamed back with 5
in the second after holding
Sparks East 8-0 Win
Brown May Get
BP Scholarship
Perry High baseball
standout Earl Brown per
formed in last week’s East-
West all-star games and ‘did
a good job", according to
Panther baseball coach
Terry Holder.
Brown, a senior, knocked
in three of the East runs in
the 8-0 win in the first game.
“Earl’s hit was the turning
point of the win,” Holder
proclaimed. "We were
leading only 1-0 when Earl
slapped a single that scored
two runs and made the score
3-0. We kept the momentum
Beavers eventually ac
counted for 12 strikeouts
while Cockrel and Linder of
Red and White got 14 via the
whiff route in a short six
innings. Red and White did
not score again but Beavers
got one run in the fourth and
three in the fifth to wind up
on top.
HCCI scoreless and looked
like they were going to win.
For HCCI, J.C. Hemphill
was 3 for 3, with a homer;
George Ginellette, 3 for 4;
and Dan Cowart, Nathan
Tidwell, Jimmy Green,
Tommy Cooper, Larry
Cromer and Soloman Mayes
all had one hit apiece. Hugh
after that.”
Brown also toiled on the
mound in the ninth inning of
the first game and held the
West squad scoreless
without a hit, while fanning a
batter. The rangy southpaw
played first base when not on
the hill and did a fine job at
the initial sack.
Brown went 0-2 in the
East’s tough 6-5 loss in the
second game in Columbus.
Earl walked, sacrificed,
grounded out, and was safe
on an error in four plate
appearances.
Huns Hits Errors
Beavers Ins 4 2 0
Bed and White 11 2
Hitters: 8.1., Black and
Arnold, 1 for 2
R. &W., Jones 1 for 3
The second game between
Kiwanis and Andrew
McLendon was called in the
third inning due to rain.
Avera and William Ivory
also played. J.C. Hemphill
was masterful on the mound.
Marvin Rowler, Bobby
Fowler and Lamar Fowler
had 2 hits each while Norris
Bedgood, Donny Fowler,
Robert Spainbow, Wimp
Huff and David Yansom had
one hit each.
The Panther baseball
MVP may get a chance at a
college baseball scholarship
this weekend. Brewton
Parker, a junior college in
Mt. Vernon, has showed a lot
of interest in Brown and has
invited the left handed hit
ting first baseman pitcher to
visit the campus this
weekend.
"Their coach has seen
Earl play and is impressed
with his talent," coach Terry
Holder stated. There is a
chance he might sign with
the Barons during the week.