18 YEARS AGO
AUG. 5, 1993
“Three of Conecuh County’s best high school baseball players displayed their talents on the Andalusia Saints Dixie Majors baseball team at the recent state Dixie Majors Baseball Tournament in Montgomery. The Saints finished third in the state and were led by Steven Bledsoe, Chris Pate and Rhett Wilson. Their coach was Alan Bracewell. Steven and Chris are recent graduates of Sparta Academy while Rhett recently graduated from Hillcrest High School.”
“Richard Freewald of Evergreen caught this large mouth bass Monday. The bass weighed six pounds, eight ounces and was caught ‘in the mouth.’”
33 YEARS AGO
AUG. 3, 1978
“Clint Jackson is now No. 1; on TV Saturday: Clint Jackson, Evergreen’s Olympic boxer, is now the No. 1 ranked amateur welterweight boxer in the United States. Clint won his top ranking in matches held in Colorado Springs, Colo. last weekend. The matches will be shown on ABC TV’s ‘Wide World of Sports’ this Saturday.
“Clint went into last weekend’s bouts ranked as the No. 2 welterweight. He defeated Ed Green, ranked 3rd, and Roger Leonard, ranked 1st, to gain the top ranking.
“Clint is working as a deputy sheriff in Nashville, Tenn. and directs a boxing program for youth. He still has his sights on representing Evergreen and the U.S. in the 1980 Olympics and winning a ‘Gold.’”
“EHS QB Club meets tonight: There will be a meeting of the Evergreen High School Quarterback Club tonight at 7 p.m. in the school lunchroom. This is a very important meeting and all members are urged to attend.”
“Lyeffion QB’s meet tonight: The Lyeffion High School Quarterback Club will meet tonight at 7 o’clock at the school. It is very important that all members attend this meeting.”
“Sparta QB Club: The Sparta Academy Quarterback Club will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the school library. This is a very important meeting.”
48 YEARS AGO
AUG. 1, 1963
“Sr. League Stars Play Game Tonight: The Evergreen Senior Baseball League’s All-Star Game will be played tonight at 7 o’clock at the league field at the Recreation Center.
“Stars chosen from the Braves and Pirates will play an all-star squad selected from the Tigers and Indians.
“Players chosen for the teams are: Braves, Claude Aaron, Terry Coleman, Ronnie Jackson, Sammy Brown, Grover Jackson, Johnny Brown, Arlie Phillips and George Stinson; Pirates, Ronnie Hayes, Steve Baggett, Robert Rigsby, Eddie Thornley, Benny Burt, Scott Cook and Glenn Bolton;
“Tigers: Mike Fields, Mitch Kilpatrick, Homer Faulkner, Wayne Tolbert, Wayne Pate, Keith Murner, Jerry Johnson and Ronnie Elliott; Indians, Paul Deason, Bob Ivey, Jimmy Warren, Jimmy Ellis, Clint Ward, Bill Bailey and Knud Nielsen.
“In the event of rain, the game will be played at 7 o’clock Saturday night.”
“Junior All-Stars Play Monday Night: The Evergreen Junior League All-Star game will be played Monday night, Aug. 5, at 6 o’clock at the little league park.”
63 YEARS AGO
AUG. 5, 1948
“Greenies Soundly Beaten By Jay Sunday, 12 To 1: JAY, FLA., Aug. 1 – A resurgent Jay nine handed the Evergreen Greenies their worst defeat since the club was organized three years ago here today by a 12 to 1 score.
“George Gaston started for the Greenies, but was soon forced from the mound. ‘Check’ Ellis relieved Gaston, but the Jay sluggers found him just as easy to hit and sent him to the showers in the fifth. Big Wendell Hart started the sixth and let the Jay squad down with only one hit in the final three innings.
“John Greel Ralls scored the only Greenie marker in the sixth. Ralls beat out an infield hit, went to second on the wild throw to first. He moved to third on Hart’s infield out and scored when Ameson, Jay catcher, threw out at second.”
“Our Edsel Scores Only Run And Brewton Wins: Edsel Johnson, former star Greenie third sacker, is finding professional pitching a bit tough to solve, but base running is no puzzle to him. Once on base, Johnson has been a needle in the sides of pitchers opposing the Brewton Millers. In less than a week of play in the professional Alabama State League, Johnson has crossed the plate with the decisive run three times.”
“League Directors Uphold Murphy’s Forfeit Ruling: ATMORE, Aug. 2 – The Tri-County League Directors voted here tonight to uphold Umpire Claude Murphy’s ruling on the Frisco City-Evergreen game of July 25. Umpire Murphy awarded the game to Evergreen on forfeit when the Frisco City squad refused to resume play after an argument in the seventh.
“Five directors voted to uphold the decision while one did not vote.”
78 YEARS AGO
AUG. 3, 1933
“The Evergreen Black Sox motored to Atmore Sunday, where they played the strong State Farm boys. The Black Sox won 8 to 0. Henry Randolph pitched his fourth straight shutout as he let Atmore down with out a hit. At the same time he ran his string of consecutive scoreless innings to 38 and chalked up his tenth straight victory. W. Welch, W. Lloyd, W. Johnson led the hitters each with 8 to 5. The Black Sox play Andalusia Thursday. The team has given H. Randolph plenty of praise for his wonderful pitching Sunday in letting Atmore down without a hit.”
“BOY SCOUT NEWS: Our Scout team defeated Castleberry Juniors last Wednesday 1-0 in a close game that was called in the seventh inning on account of rain.
“We played Castleberry again at Castleberry on Friday afternoon that ended in 3-3 deadlock after 11 innings of play.
“The Evergreen batteries in both games were Lane and Cargill. The Castleberry batteries were Gay and Quimby.
“Our team will meet Castleberry on Wednesday P.M. to play off the tie.
“At Gantt’s Field on Thursday P.M., at 3 o’clock, our Scout team will play the fast Repton Juniors. Make your plans to see this game. A small admission will be charged to pay for balls, but all Girl scouts and Boy scouts are admitted free of charge.
“The Scouts defeated the Castleberry junior team 1 to 0 at Gantt’s Field Wednesday. The game was a pitching duel between Lane, Evergreen and Gray, Castleberry.”
Compiled by Sports Reporter Lee Peacock from past issues of The Evergreen Courant. To read The Courant’s weekly Sports Flashback feature online, visit leepeacock2010.blogspot.com.
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