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Newspaper Page TextSports Perry Junior League to add fall play By Jj JOHNSON Times-Journal Editor The Perry Junior League will have its first fall baseball program this year. Commissioner Eddie Wilson told members of die Perry Rotary- Club Aug. 7 that because of con tinued growth and interest in the program, both fall baseball and fast-pitch softball will be offered. Games will be each Saturday, Sept. 9-Oct. 28, he said. Programs will be offered for boys and girls ages 5-15. Registration continues this week at Trust Co. Bank of Perry and at the Ochlahatchee Club House Aug. 12 from 9 a.m.- noon. Tall sports are not all that is new at Ochlahatchee, Wilson said. The Junior League leaders are considering aligning the boys baseball V- • WjM/ghfa 3? #&&&■'- ‘ .. „■ ■ ‘ y v,~, . ■ -PS? -7 ~ Times-Joumal Photos by Eric Zellars WINNERS Several women picked up trophies and prizes during the World Horseshoe matches last week at the Georgia Agricenter including (above, from left) Rosalie Judy, $310; Teddy Guillotte, $590; Helen Eakins, $170; Maxine Mann, $270; Cyrena Sergnaski, $315; and Iris Sandham, $l4O. Allen Francis, 3-time world champion, picked up the big prize (below, left) from Georgia Agricenter Director Michael Froelich. Jan Collier (below, right) was a local winner in the women’s tournament. :5 • 1 . i In ■Hif ' 1 fr*- p : Creative Kids Craft Carnival set at Rozar Park Creative Kids Craft Carnival: Kids of all ages came and join in the fun. There will be games, crafts, food, demonstrations and a whole lot of fun. Aug. 22 from 1 - 7 p.m.; Perry Community Center, Community Room, Rozar Park; 5 tickets for $1; 6 tickets for S 1 if pur chased by Aug. 18. Free Introductory Adult Craft Class: the topi;iry will be the pro ject beginning Aug. 16 from 2 4 p.m. at the Perry Community Center, Rozar Park. Pre-register by Aug. 11 and the cost of supplies $5. Sports Registration Ongoing: ! > • , Recreation Department is presently taking registrations for football, soccer and cheerleading. Wednesday, Aug. 9 25,1995 Page 6A program with either the Little League organiza tion or Dixie Youth baseball. Wilson said there were advantages to either organization and lead ers will decided on the alignment this fall. Joining such an organization, he said, would give the local, private recreation league partici pants opportunities to play more teams and have more complete rules to follow. Wilson told the Rotarians the organization has grown almost to the point of being full. He said decisions would have to be made soon on adding additional participants. Last year the 21 slow-pitch softball teams, 35 boys baseball teams and two mixed-sex youth leagues attracted 685 participants to the five fields at Ochlahatchee park. “That’s up from the 72 participants on six teams which the organization had when play Registration deadline is Aug. 19 or until full. Perry Community Center Extended Office Hours: The new Recreation Department office hours effective July 24, are as follows: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday 12 to 6 p.m. First and Second Year Football Coaches Certification: Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Perry Community Center, Rozar Park, Conference Room. The Recreation Department is also presently offering the follow ing classes: Clogging, Dog Obedience, Tumbling, adult arts and crafts classes, Middle Eastern dance, and modeling and social Houston Ames-Journal skills, and lollipop modeling. Square Dancing is alive in Perry!. The Swing and Circle Square Dance Club meets every Ist and 3rd Friday at the Perry Community Center. Interested in Quilting? Put your talents to work. The Crossroads Quilt Guild meets every Ist and 3rd Thursday of very month in the OAC of die Perry Community Center. Creekwood pool in Perry will close for the season on Sept. 5. The pool will be closed for the week of Aug. 29, but will reopen for the Labor Day weekend. For more infortniitijnfr'tbriceni ing the Community Center or. Recreation Dept, call 988-8034. began during the late 19505,” Wilson said. Because of sponsorships from organizations and businesses, the league operates totally with volunteers. The budget last year was about $60,000, Wilson said. Wilson said about $20,000 was spent this year on relighting one of the fields at die park. The next major project will be new lights for Tolleson Field. That park has the original lights which were installed more than 30 years ago, he said. The Perry Junior League rents the five fields from the Perry Club Council, which owns the park. “Combined with the approximately 300 partic ipants the Perry Recreation Department had this spring, it means more than 1,000 youths were playing ball in Perry this spring. That’s great par ticipation,” Wilson said. Stauffer takes outlaws win Special to the Times-Journal CORDELE Red Stauffer of Winter Park, Fla., held on to defeat Phillip McDaniel of Memphis, Tenn. in the American Winged Outlaws race at Cordele Motor Speedway Aug. 6. Stauffer, the defending dirt and asphalt series champion, ran second to Dwayne Prince of Memphis, who finished fourth, during the first 16 laps of the 30-lap feature race. Stauffer slipped into first at that point and eventually picked up a quarter-lap lead on McDaniel, according to Danny Evans, owner and promoter of Cordele Motor Speedway. Evans reported the 17-car field turned the sun-baked Cordele track into a dust bowl, a far cry from the scene two days earlier when the Outlaws event was postponed by a thunderstorm. In other races this weekend at Cordele: Hobby (20 laps) Allen Rowland, Macon; Karl Willard, Macon; Steve Lashley, Americus; Keith Floyd, Cochran; and Jamie Blalock, Leesburg. Super Stock (20 laps) Wayne Bradley, Sylvester; Marvin Dixon, Sylvester; Milton Posey, Albany; Greg Henry, Albany; and Richie Jolly, Fitzgerald. Enduro (15 laps) Tommy Pantone, Albany; Larry Wheat, Macon; Bryan Fountain, Bonaire; Kenny Thomas, Smithville; and Stanley Moye, Fort Valley. Powder Puff (10 laps) Dee McCoy, Milledgeville; Pam McDaniel, Macon; Joni Burgamy, Wrightsville; ’ Rhonda Wheat, Macon; and Lisa Adkins, Macon. Mini-Stock (10 laps) Ed Johnson, Waverly Hall; George Fortune, Sylvester; Mike Powell, Sylvester; Kenny Giddens, Sylvester; and Jason Summers, Vienna. Middle school football planned Special to the Times-Journal All prospective 7th and Bth grade football participants at Perry Middle School will be contacted by phone from Aug. 7 - 11, if the following information has already been turned in to the athletic dept.: Academically eligible; Physical on fde at the school; Proof of insur ance. Any prospective participant may not sign up without all of these items. If anyone has any questions concerning this, please contact the athletic director of Perry Middle School at 988-6291 during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. immediately. Walking program draws participants at Rozar Park Special to the Times-Journal “Walking for Wellness”, a new program sponsored by the Perry Recreation Department and Perry Hospital was held July 27 at the new Community Center at J. Frank. Rozar Park. Guest speakers included Debra Hamlin, Perry’s Recreational Aerobic instructor, and ’eff Rodgers, manager of the Perry Athlete’s Foot Store. Topics HamHn discussed includ ed fitness walking, calculating tar get heart rate, warm-up, and stretching and walking levels and techniques. Rodgers spokes of selecting the proper walking shoe to fit personal needs and requirements. All participants put their newly acquired knowledge to use by walking the nature trails around the two ponds located at Rozar Park. Deion Sanders isn’t going to save anyone I see Deion Sanders was in the news again a few days ago, and as usual, it wasn’t something he had done on the baseball field, but it was another tirade aimed at a former boss, this time John Schuerholz of the Atlanta Braves. It seems Sanders would have you believe the only reason he is not still in an Atlanta baseball uniform is because he ‘stood up to Schuerholz’, whatever that means. Truth is, the reason he is not still wearing a Braves uniform, or a Yankees uniform, or a Reds uniform is simple. He can’t play major league baseball, and you can only get by just so long with your mouth. Granted, Sanders has managed to command some mighty hefty salaries by using his mouth. He’s paid $2.7 million this year, a con tract the San Francisco Giants just a few weeks ago assumed from Cincinnati in a trade of centerfield ers. Let’s take a look at the Sanders season. He has, first of all, been limping along almost all year on a supposedly injured ankle. I mean, how long does it take for an ankle to get better? Fact is, the worse he plays on the field, the worse the ankle gets. It’s called a cop-out. Sanders can’t now, nor has he ever been able to hit major league pitching, as bad as the pitching is today. At last count, Sanders had only been to bat about 160 times this year for the Reds and Giants com bined. He has scored a mere 20 runs batting in the leadoff spot. That is a statistic that would keep you out of the lineup, if you weren’t a Deion Sanders, who likes to go to a willing press. At the least implica tion that he is not a two sport super star. Deion Sanders has one attribute, though. That is his speed. He has managed to survive with speed in football. Unfortunately, you can’t steal first base, and Sanders appar ently doesn’t have the talent to get on any other way. He certainly hasn’t helped the Giants, who are mired in last place in the National League West stand ings. . JmSL- fj w if mr ■, ml ■ WT Jjl W Jm j Jj wWg* • *]n‘: \' r/i'X'' vßt ''' . r |lg| ' • ■ % I x ' j J 5 m jUI ' Ji’ . Timas-Journal Photo by Eric Zsllars CATCH IT! Westfield player Brian Nash goes high in the air to catch the ball during practice at the school earlier this week. Despite losses,' Westfield looks to win at football By Phil Clark Times-Journal Sports Westfield Coach Ronnie Jones and his staff have been busy for the past 10 days getting the Hornets ready for some real serious presea sop practice. The past 10 days have been spent in conditioning and skull sessions, but from now until die season open er with Mount de Sales on Aug. 25, ' &3k Phil L Clark I Sanders, meanwhile, is cam paigning for a lucrative contract from a gullible football franchise. He has one self-serving motive. He wants another Super bowl ring, as if he and he alone can produce one for any team. Dallas’ Jerry Jones has stated that he wants Sanders, period. San Francisco will probably make an offer, though they have certainly won Super Bowls without him, and could do it again. Denver is now in the picture. And maybe the Dolphins, although Miami management hasn’t made the claim, only Sanders. « Wherever he suits up this year, one thing is certain, it won’t be in Atlanta. And that’s good riddance. I, for one, don’t care if I ever watch “Neon Deion” again, on the football field or baseball diamond. I can just see him now, limping on that supposedly hurt ankle every time he makes a mistake, or is beat en on a play. The Giants have not benefited from having Sanders. The Reds didn’t. The Braves didn’t The Yankees didn’t. The Forty Niners would probably have won without him. After all, only one Super Bowl has been won with Sanders on the roster. To blatantly accuse John Schuerholz of shipping him off to Cincinnati because he “stood up to him” is a typical Sanders reaction. The media should be wise to his style by now. But then, Deion has a way of making himself look good. There is, however, no two-sport super star. There have been some who were a lot closer than Sanders. Bo Jackson comes to mind. But look how short his career was, trying to do too much. Jackson had talent in both baseball and football. Sanders does not. Think Deion will ever admit that? there is going to be some serious hiding out at the Hornets’ Nest. Jones is entering his third year as the head man at Westfield after suc cessful stints at Brookwood in the Georgia Independent Schools Association, and Georgia High School Association school Calhoun County. His craning two years ago (See BALL, Page 7A)