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Westfield, Windsor split pair of basketball games
By PHIL CLARK
Times-Journal Sports
The Westfield Lady Hornets
led 17-4 after one quarter and 22-
8 early in the second but the
Windsor Lady Knights kept peck
ing away at the lead and trailed by
just six at halftime 22-16, scoring
the last eight points of the half.
Windsor took the region lead with
the victory, which was sparked by
Clark
Given the fact that there are so
few women head coaches on any
level of athletics, I suppose it’s
kinda stupid to ask this question,
but ‘how come there are no
women managers in baseball?’
That day will probably never
come, not in my lifetime. The
Colorado Silver Bullets, the only
professional women’s baseball
team in America, is managed by a
man, so that should tell you some
thing.
There are a few women head
coaches in middle Georgia, but
aside from softball and tennis, you
can count them on one hand.
Maxine Cherry at Peach County;
Sydney Hughes at Macon County;
Evelyn Wright at Americus; Elinor
Goode at Dublin and Cassandra
Wilson at Mary Persons are head
basketball coaches who come to
mind.
This is not to say that the men
who are handling girls’ basketball
aren’t doing a good job. It’s hard
to question Max Vickers at Perry,
Dick Kelly at Dodge County,
Tommy Mobley at Warner Robins
and a few others. And I don’t think
there is a finer girls’ coach any
where than Casey Jones at
Houston County High.
But this story isn’t about men
who coach women’s sports, it’s
about women who don’t, and the
fact there’s no woman manager in
baseball. This story is about base
ball and my belief that there might
be a few women out there who
could have, or could, handle a
baseball manager’s job.
I’ll tell you about one. Janet
Jackson of Cordele married Oscar
Williams and moved to
Montezuma in 1948. Since Oscar
was always a part of the baseball
team in Montezuma, J can’t ,eyer
remember when Janet wasn’t
around the ball field. The “town”
team in Montezuma was her team.
She took part in all of the activi
ties.
Win
Fullington’s lead had dwindled to
just four points.
Hulbert and Trey Wilder each
scored 12 for the Hornets.
Fullington’s balanced attack was
led by Briley Edwards with 18.
Stephen Bloodworth scored 16,
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Paige Hencley and Marci Moore.
Mary Katherine Walker had
three three-pointers among her
game-high 16 points, while Claire
Hart added 10 for the Lady
Hornets.
The Lady Knights improved to 11-
5, 3-1 on the year. Westfield dropped
to 2-2 in the region, 7-8 overall.
Brian Hartley and Trey Wilder
led Jim Massey’s boys to a 76-56
She was sharp, too. She knew
the players on her team inside and
out. She knew more about making
out a lineup against a particular
team or pitcher than anyone who
managed the team over the years.
In fact, when managers would
make out a lineup, they would ask
Janet if she thought is was alright!
She knew how to move players
up and down in the batting order
to get maximum production
against a specific pitcher. She just
flat out knew the game of baseball.
Janet was the official scorekeeper,
the statistician, the person who
always took it upon herself to con
tact all of the players when a prac
tice was called. (You see, every
body worked, and practices were
often a hit-or-miss proposition).
Same way when it came time to
travel out of town for a game.
Janet made sure everybody knew
the time and place of departure,
and that everybody had a ride.
As you might have guessed, 1
played on those Montezuma
teams, but don’t ask me what Janet
Williams thought of my ability!
Except for a few years when busi
ness took Janet and Oscar to
Brunswick, I don’t remember her
not being involved with the base
ball team. It was only natural,
then, that when the local pony
league came up short of a manag
er one season, Janet stepped into
the job.
She not only managed the team,
but she also went about town get
ting sponsorship from businesses
to buy new uniforms. Janet
Williams knew how to handle a
basketball team.
Could she have managed a pro
fessional team? It’s tough to say.
In the 50s and 60s, the game was a
lot different. It would have been
difficult back then, and even more
so now, with the colossal egos and
don’t-give-a-hoot attitudes. But
given the authority a manager
needs, Janet Williams just might
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Mark Reed 14 and Kirby Ingram
13, including 6 in the overtime
period. Cal Chancey had 10, Lee
Bush 9 and Davis Linder 8 for the
Trojans. It was Linder’s free
throws that finally iced the win for
Fullington.
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win over the Knights.
After a close first half,
Westfield erupted for 40 second
half points to win over the knights
for the second time this year. Britt
Bazemore continued his fine play
off the bench, scoring 8 points for
the Hornets, who had 10 different
players tally points.
Lew Burdette scored 16 for
Windsor.
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have been a good manager.
What are the highlights of her
association with the team? As
official scorekeeper, she got to
record a no-hitter thrown by her
husband. And, no, there weren’t
any questionable decisions!
There’s a picture hanging on the
wall of an establishment in
Cordele of Janet Williams as the
“Watermelon Princess.” But Janet
will tell you that she was appoint
ed, not elected, to the honor. This
particular function was just in the
infant stages, and a princess
wouldn’t be elected until later.
I don’t suppose there’s ever
been a better bream fisherman!
Janet and Oscar Williams now
make their home in Perry, and
operate a business in Unadilla.
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