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Clark, from 7 A Dooly County, under second year coach David Yeary, will win over Southeast Macon. *** * * Betsy King is not in the LPGA Hall of Fame. Neither is Beth Daniel, Or Amy Alcott. Perhaps the requirements for induction need to be examined. It's the only sport in which pre determined statistical achievements are set. In baseball, there's no cer tain number of victories by a pitcher, no required number of home runs, no specific lifetime bat ting average. In basketball, it's the same. But in ladies' golf, to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame re quires a player to notch thirty career victories,of which at least two must be 'majors'. Right now, King has 29 victories including five majors. Daniel has the required 30 wins, but Jones looks for draft By VETO F. ROLEY Sports Editor Just four years after helping the Panthers win a state championship in 1991, former Perry standout Sy Jones is starting his junior year with the Eagles of Georgia Southern. After seeing limited duty last year, Jones captured the starting catcher's position, and played nearly every game behind the plate. He appeared in a dozen games as the designated hitter, giving him a start in every game for the Eagles. This year, Jones was one of the leading Eagles in Southern Conference play, collecting a bat ting average of .321 in league play. He also collected his first college homer, finding the other side of the fence against South Carolina in Columbia, one of four homers he had on the season. Another homer came against Georgia in Athens. In addition to playing over 60 games for the Eagles, Jones also played in the Virginia Valley League, where he appeared in an ad ditional 45 games. There he fin ished second in the league in dou bles with 10 and stole 10 bases, while batting .275. Playing in the Virginia League also gave Jones a chance to demon strate that he could hit with some thing other than a metal bat. The Virginia League, like the profes sional leagues, uses wooden bats. "I'm trying to prepare myself for the next level," said Jones. He added that the Virginia League gave him a chance to prove he could play over 100 games in a season, as well as hit with a wooden bat. "I love the game," he said. "I had the opportunity, and I took it." Jones said that there was "big difference" between the aluminium bat he used in college and the wooden bat he used in the Virginia League. "The obvious difference is that the sweet spot in the wooden bat is smaller," said Jones. A ball hit off the end or jammed against the hands could be a single with a metal bat, he said, but would be an out with a wooden bat. Jones said his goal this year was to get drafted as a junior. He was not drafted coming out of high school. He said that several scouts said he had a chance to get drafted if PAK to hold Han San Fall championship at Agricenter The Perry Athletic Karate team will host the third annual Hae San Regional Fall Championship at the New South Arena at the Perry Agricenter Sept. 17. Proceeds from the championship will go to the Weapons and Violence Education Foundation, which was developed by Perry Police Chief Frank Simons and ap proved by the Houston County Board of Education. The tournament will feature championships in the forms compe tition, women's black belt and men's black belt. There will be six rings of competition during the championships. Panthers, from 7A And, the momentum behind Perry's second half surge continued over the spring, summer and fall. Stephens said getting a good start to the season was very impor tant. "The better start you get, the better off you will be." just one major, while Alcott's record is the same as King's, twenty nine wins, five majors. The sad part is that today, there are so many more good players on the LPGA, quite frankly it's harder and harder for the older players to win a tournament. King, for exam ple, won twenty of her tournaments between 1984 and 1989, but has had trouble winning since. She did win once last year. But the other golfers are getting better, so there’s always that threat of one of them overtaking the lead ers in the last day of a tournament. That happened to King in March in the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions when she led by four strokes after two rounds, a stroke behind going into the last day, but finished tied for seventh after a fi nal round 76. For players like Daniel, Alcott and King, who have meant so much he developed more. "I’m working as hard as I can to get stronger, to go on to the next level." In addition to setting high goals for himself, Jones also sees his team making some noise next year. "We would love to win the Southern Conference tournament. That would give us an automatic bid into the N.C.A.A. regional tournament." Jones said that seven of nine starters would be back from last year's team, which finished second in the conference. In 1990, the Eagles just missed a trip to the World Series, getting knocked out rnzen wmammammmmmm rj Hartman I Dallas Wald rip Jason Knowles John Long bine 1 , Eric Shugart BG| John Crowe Tong Arnold ... __ \ . I Matt Coffee Kevin Bennett Jake Chawkers I Setarvm Jackson Allan Rou/dl M HjVLtkflH £7/aj - i§[ ' im. ■* Sy Jones stands beside the number one painted on the concessions stand at Panther field honoring the 1991 state championship team. Think Of It As A Checkbook, An ATM Card And A Pocket Full Of Coupons. Bank South's Check Card does everything other check cards do. And one thing no other check card does. Our Check Card saves you money. Use Bank South's Check Card and save 5% off groceries at Kroger. Think of it. 5% off. Day after day, week after week, month after month. It really to the game of golf, and have paved the way for today’s young lionesses it's a pity there's a prerequisite for induction into the hall. It shouldn't be that way. Overall career accom plishments should be all that matter, whether a golfer has 25, 30 or forty victories. In Betsy King's case, she proba bly could have already won the thirty tournaments. She has been one to devote time to other impor tant things, giving up chances to win back during her glory years. Today, she continues that same charitable attitude. And she is a deeply religious person who devotes much time to things like Habitat for Humanity, spending not only money, but pre cious time in helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house near her Scotsdale home. She did a lot of the work herself. She could have been fine tuning of the regional tournament by South Alabama. Jones said that Georgia Southern's classification as a small school would not hurt their chances to go all the way, since "the talent was pretty much the same through out the schools." Last year, the Eagles beat Georgia twice. Even though the talent level be tween the schools is equal, Jones said he still took a little more satis faction in beating a Georgia, Florida State or Clemson. "You prove to yourself and others that you are capable of playing with those schools athletes." , r— A,>ou ' * . 11l „,|I -. \W|,,| Mil.,' - Ati’Mii Oh- v«in> rtwif-. Wt,.- .11 tin- Smith that •• Wh# Hike About >1 I I Ih.u . i in..- th. L Hi.- tlu- 'yv ___ ~. . fh.,i ; J/h.il I tik. A Ik ' ..,1 I 1 ikt- V" * ..Wli.it Hill,' Alm.iil 111. .1 •. Wli.ll I lllci- Almnl WP" _ "* riiili .Hike Abo ' isWtki* .n* South That s I like About ■ - * * « . Sci 77W te ' u,teAb<>ut \ ferf I.Uk* C » *r*Y J*** ’ .Wv w»»t fl.te About * Ute ?!*• hM Ml tt*-. 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There are so many more good players today than when the rules were set, so many more ca pable of winning on a given week. And it's getting tougher, espe cially for a 39-year old. Can she get that 30th win? One certainly hopes so. Even if she does, even if Beth Daniel gets another major, and Amy Alcott wins again, the rules ought to be changed. There won't be many more 30-toumament win ners. Hornets, from 7A- off. However, the Cavaliers were not able to pick the pass off until it went through the hands of a Hornet receiver. Not only did Shepley play well on offense, but he also turned in the play of the game as a punt returner, returning a Mt. de Sales punt 99 yards, setting a school record Late in the second quarter, after exchanging punts, the Cavaliers drove the ball inside the Hornet 40 yard line, where the Westfield stiff ened, forcing a punt. With the ball around midfield, Jones sent nine members of the receiving team into the Cavalier punting backfield to block the kick. Mt. de Sales got the kick away, with the ball coming to a rest on the Homet one yard line. With his coaches yelling for him to stay away from the ball, Shepley picked up the ball and headed for the left sideline. After the Hornet 20, Shepley was in front of all Cavalier defenders and on his way for the six points. The extra point was good, giv ing the Hornets a 14-0 lead going into the half. The Hornets showed early in the game that they had come to Henderson field to play, scoring on their opening possession. On Westfield's third play from scrimmage, Michael Davis found a huge hole in the Cavalier defense, exploiting it for 53 yards to the Mt. de Sales eight yard line. Allen then tested the middle of the Cavalier, finding it soft enough to go for over seven yards, putting the ball inches outside the goal line. John Morton completed the drive with a one yard plunge for two. Alex Gambill added the point after. After getting only one first down in the first half, and that on a Homet facemask penalty, the Cavaliers would find their offense in the second half, taking over just accepted at 11 million MasterCard® locations. Because Check Card isn't a credit card, there are no interest charges. And no annual fee. Our Check Card even replaces your traditional ATM card. Stop by Bank South, or call 1 -800-299-BANK until 10 p.m. any day of the week to get yours. In fact only thirteen golfers are in the Hall of Fame. Far too few. And with Betsy King spending so much time with Habitat for Win, from 7A third. However, the thirdbaseman's throw to first was wild, with Shipes crossing the plate. Gilbert crossed the plate when the first baseman tried to cut her down at home. In the sixth, the Panthers again went on the attack. Emily Mathis started the inning with a single up the middle. One out later, Laura Coffee walked and Griffen singled to load the bases. April Fendley lifted a single to on their side of the 50 after a Homet fumble. Greg Burney ripped a 30 yard run to get the Cavaliers to the Westfield 22. However, Mt. de Sales started going backwards, and was soon faced with a fourth-and-15 from the 27. The Hornet defense had been coming hard all night long, and Cavalier coach Robert Slocum wanted to see if he could take ad vantage of that aggressiveness, call ing for a screen pass. Keith Hatcher hit Rico Stubbs on the right side line, and he sprinted into the end zone for the only Cavalier score of the night. The extra point cut the . - • ><<S|HH^^^pHH^^HHHw If Bbr. hH «£*►>&.** \i B - - » wSHB 9B 5^ Brian Staines stops Cobb Pearson early in the game . The Westfield defense limited Mt. de Sales to one penalty first down in the first half. Humanity, and with orphans in Romania, and other charitable en deavors, it is getting harder and harder to win on the tour. left that scored Mathis and Coffee. Christy Fowler, running for Griffen, was able to cross the plate when the leftfielder misplayed the ball. Shipes and Gilbert had three hits each to pace the Panther attack. Mills and April Fendley had two hits each. Jensen had two of Houston County's four base hits on the afternoon. Homet lead to 14-7. Westfield answered the Cavalier score quickly. Taking over at their own 33 following the kickoff, the Hornets, behind the running of Brian Staines (20 yards) and Morton (29 yards), advanced the ball to the Mt. de Sales seven. There Shepley scored on a rollout to the left on the ninth play of the drive. Davis led all rushers with 56 yards, despite being taken out of the game with an injury early in the second quarter. Staines had 54 yards, while Morton had 51 yards. Brian Nash caught both of Shepley's completions. A check card that actually saves you money, just what you'd expect from the only bank that's open to new ideas seven days a week. Ij|= Bank South