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Sports It’s open season! Lady Hornet softball squad travels to Bellville By Phil Clark ’’TOEB'EV 11555 softball coach Leigh Ann Johnson will use the Aug. 21 pre-season softball tournament at Pinewood Christian Academy to look at several different combi nations as nearly a dozen players try to nail down a starting assignment. "We hgve more competi tion for playing time this year than we had a year ago.” said Johnson, “We picked up an excellent player in Patty Dudley, a senior who transferred from Stratford. The year's experience gained by most of our starters will make us even stronger," Johnson continued. The tournament at Pinewood will be a round robin type in that no team will be eliminated. "There won't be a winner declared, and we play Pinewood twice, but other wise it works like a round robin. No team will be elim mated," Johnson explained. The Lady Hornets' first game will be at 9:45 a.m. Westfield fans, most of whom are familiar with the trip, are reminded to take I -16 to the Metter exit at Ga. 129. Go right and follow 129 until it intersects with Ga. 169. Take another right turn and follow 169 into Bellville. Pee Wee Reese earned respect of everyone for his *attitude Respect is not some thing that comes with the territory. It just seems that way, what with today’s whining, super flops. They wan “respect” just because they have been in the right place at the right time, in a generous sports world. Baseball lost one of it's most respected ambas sadors last Saturday when Harold “Pee Wee" Reese passed away at the age of 81. How much respect did he earn? Enough that today’s Dodgers, even in their so called super star status, will honor Reese by wear ing a patch on their uni forms in lys memory. To boot, flags at Dodger Stadium were flown at half staff during the Braves’ recent week end trip to Los Angeles. Not only are today’s •Dodgers honoring the one-time team captain and inspirational leader. Duke Snider, who played with Reese in the Brook lyn days, called Pee Wee "the greatest Dodger who ever lived." It was Reese who befriended a shy, some times frightened Jackie Robinson in 1947 as Robinson became the first black to play in the major leagues. In fact, Reese's plaque at the Hall of Fame even alludes to the fact. Reese, the plaque reads “was instrumental in easing acceptance of Jackie Robinson as base ball's first black per former." Reese didn’t seek acclaim or recognition for what he did concerning Robinson. "Jackie was a friend, and I just treated him as I would want to be treated." Reese said. That attitude was typi cal of Reese’s outlook over his 16-year major league career. He collect ed more than 2,000 hits. Lady Hornet Varsity Softball Date Opponent 8.21 At Pinewood 8.24 Tiftarea, 4:15 8.26 At Stratford 8.31 At Gatewood 9.7 At Mt. de Sales 9.14 Stratford. 4:15 9.20 CFCA, 4:15 9.23 At Windsor 9.28.....MD5, 4:15 9:30 At CFCA All games 4:15 p.m. except at Windsor, 6:30 p.m. B-team Softball 8.25 FPD, 4:15 8.30 At CFCA 9.1 At Windsor 9.8 At Tiftarea 9.15 Windsor, 4:15 9.22 At FPD 9.27 Stratford. 4:15 9.29 At Mt. de Sales All games at 4:15 p.m. Panthers ’99 Football schedule Date Opponent 8.20 Peach Jamboree 9.3 Vidalia. 8:00 9.10 Lamar Co.. 8:00 9.17 At Dodge Co. 9.24 At Manchester 10.1 Jackson, 8:00 10.8 Open 10.15 ...At Mary Persons 10.22 ...Southeast, 8:00 10.29 ...At Harris Co. 11.5 Macon Co.. 8:00 11.12 .. .At Bleckley Co. All games at 8 p.m.except jamboree at 7 p.m. Phil Clark Home Journal Sports with a career batting average of .269. And like so many others, Reese gave up some of his most productive years to serve his country during World War 11. missing the 1943. 44 and ’45 seasons while serving in the U.S. Navy. A great team leader, a clubhouse leader and community leader. Reese was captain of Dodger teams that won seven National League pen nants, and their only World Series title while in Brooklyn. He played a position that normally was not counted on for offense in those glory days of base ball, yet he led the league in runs scored in 1949 with 132, and in stolen bases in 1952 with 30! And though it was not a glamorous offensive position, some of the most famous players of the 40s and 50s were shortstops. Think of Reese, Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees, Marty Marion of the Car dinals, Johnny Logan of the Braves, Lou Boudreau of the Indians, Granny Hamner of the Phillies. Dick Groat of the Pirates, Ernie Banks of the Cubs, Chico Car rasquel of the White Sox, Junior Stephens of the Red Sox, and others. Reese was among the best of the lot. Still, it was the intangi bles that Reese brought to the table which made him one of the most valu able Dodgers of all time. He could keep a team Panther football team faces Warner Robins, Peach County Aug. 20 By ALLINE KENT How Journal Sports TET Perrv Panthers will start football season off by going up against two Mid dle Georgia powerhouses Auig. 20 as they participate in a good old-fashioned foofball jamboree. Warner Robins and Peach County will also be playing in the event which will be held at Anderson Field at Peach County High School. Starting time for the evening of football is 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available at the gate. Perry will get one-third of the gate profits. The jamboree comes two weeks before Perry’s first game of the 1999 season against Vidalia. Perry Head Coach and Athletic Director George Collins said the jamboree would be a good way to break up fall practice. "It gives us the chance to compete against some teams we usually don't see and do something differ ent," Collins said. The Panthers will open against Warner Robins, playing two quarters for a total of 18 minutes. Using the same format, Warner Robins will follow against Peach County; Perry will conclude the evening against Peach County. together amidst turmoil, such as the promotion of Robinson in 1947. His befriending of Robinson might not have been a popular move by Reese in the beginning, but it did n’t take long for other Dodgers, and yes, other teams, to realize that Reese was sincere, that Robinson belonged, and that Reese would defend Robinson’s rights. Although he was sub jected to some serious “riding" for befriending Robinson. Reese answered the agitators in the best possible way. He ignored them! And he gained a life time friend in Robinson. He gained even more respect from his Dodger teammates as the years progressed. Ralph Bran ca, a pitcher, said of Reese, “He personified the spirit of Brooklyn and the Dodgers." Many fans probably remember Reese more as a broadcaster than as a player. It was Reese who teamed with the immor tal. yet sometimes unbearable Dizzy Dean in the “game-of-the week" television booth. Reese was the perfect fit for the bragging Dean, for Reese the broadcaster was the same as Reese the player. He did not seek, nor would he accept, the limelight. That suited Dizzy Dean’s ego perfectly. They were perhaps the most compatible team of broadcasters of that era. Could be the most com patible ever. And it was because of Pee Wee Reese. Pee Wee Reese was 81. He took his job seriously. He took his team serious ly. And he took a South erner’s friendship with a black man seriously. So long, Pee Wee! To para phrase Dizzy Dean, “he slud home safely." 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