Thursday, June 5, 2014

The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for June 5, 2014

Ottis Johnson
36 YEARS AGO
JUNE 1, 1978

“Coburn racks up three wins: J.W. Coburn of Evergreen picked up two wins on ‘the dirt’ and one on ‘the pavement’ over the weekend.
“Driving a dirt track Chevy, Coburn won the Black Flag Race and the Heat Race at Flomaton Speedway on Saturday night.
“Sunday, Coburn got behind the wheel of his asphalt track car and won the Heat Race at SAM’S NASCAR Track in Opp.”

51 YEARS AGO
JUNE 6, 1963

“Sr. League Opens Play Monday Nite; New Players Told: The Evergreen Senior Baseball League will open the season Monday night with a pair of games. The Tigers met the Pirates in the opener and in the nightcap it will be the Braves vs. the Indians.
“New players for this season have been assigned to the four teams. The assignments are: Indians, Marvin Wilson, Bubba Mininger, Wayne Caylor, Ed Smith, Tim Stinson, Marvin Salter, Knud Nielsen and Bill Bailey; Braves, James Adams, George Stinson, Eddie Sasser and Brooks Dean; Pirates, John Thornley, Tommy Chapman, Harold Hamiter and Benton Harper; and Tigers, Ron Elliott, Ed Ellis, Daniel Kelly, Gary Faulkner, Miles Covin and Mike Covin.”

“Conecuh Amateur League: Standings of the Conecuh Amateur League including all games played through Sunday, May 26, are as follows: Mixonville, 4-1; Red Level, 3-2; McKenzie, 3-2; Damascus, 2-3; Paul, 2-3; Flat Rock, 1-4.”

“LIVE BAIT – Cook’s Gulf Service, Hiway 31 South.”

“Pool’s Open: The Evergreen Recreation Center swimming pool opens today at 2 p.m., according to Mayor Zell Murphy.
“Johnny Hagood will be in charge of the pool this summer. Admission prices for swimming are as follows: elementary age children, 15 cents; high school age and adults, 25 cents. Season tickets for elementary, $6; and for high school and adults, $10.”

66 YEARS AGO
JUNE 3, 1948

“Roof Completed At Stadium, Ladies Day Set For June 13: A galvanized tin roof covering the cement stands at Brooks Stadium was completed this week. Spectators can now see games without enduring the blazing heat of the sun.
“Sun., June 13, has been set as the date for Ladies Day at the local park. The Greenies will play Jay, Fla., one of the strongest teams in the league. Extra attractions schedule include a fashion show and possibly the appearance of a soap box daredevil unit direct from its last performance at the Thrill Hill Speedway in Evergreen.”

“Greenies Wallop Flomaton, 16 to 0, Play Here Today: The league leading Evergreen Greenies pasted a 16 to 0 defeat on the cellar dwelling Flomaton baseballers Sunday to tighten their hold on first place.
“Shutout pitching by Wendell Hart and lefty Gaston and four booming base hits by Otis Johnson paced the Greenies to their fourth win of the season against only one loss. Hart gave up only three hits in six scoreless inning and Gaston held the Flomaton squad hitless in the final two innings.
“The game was called at the end of the eighth inning because of the Sunday curfew law. The Greenies collected 13 hits and gave near perfect support afield, committing only one error.
“The Greenies meet Flomaton here this afternoon at three o’clock in Brooks Stadium. Last Thursday’s game with Atmore was called because of rain.”

“Legion Juniors Trounce Flomaton In 1st Start: The American Legion Junior baseball team started off with a bang by trouncing Flomaton, 21 to 0. Bertie Hassell was in good form and gave up only one hit.
“In the third frame, Hassell was a bit wild and put two on base but came out of it with brilliant clutch pitching.
“Little Pete Wells was a sensational at third base playing perfect at field and getting four hits for as many times at bat.
“Dickey Bozeman, Pete White, Sam Snowden, Benton Carpenter and several others who played their first baseball looked and played like veterans. With practice and seasoning this young team will make a good account of itself.
“This is part of the Citizenship program put on by the American Legion. This is about the best project that could be sponsored for the young boys of this community.”

“Boys 15 And Under Have Morning Baseball League: The junior baseball league for boys 15 and under is proving to be a highly competitive affair. Each of the three teams of this league plays two games a week at 8 a.m.”

81 YEARS AGO
JUNE 1, 1933

“The Evergreen Colored Baseball club journeyed to Andalusia Monday and took a decision from the Covington County colored team there, by a score of 31 to 1. The game was featured by the hitting of ‘Likker’ Lloyd, Henry Rudolph and Willie Lloyd, the latter poling out the longest drive seen in the Andalusia park, while Randolph and L. Lloyd hit safely five times each.”

“Evergreen Defeats Greenville-Luverne: Defeating Greenville by a score of 9 to 3 last Thursday, with Skin Hyde on the mound, Evergreen’s green clad baseball warriors came back Sunday to take a grueling 14 to 11 decision from Luverne on the local lot. Doc Jones, crossfire artist hurled the Sunday contest, and with jam-up support would have won the game in much easier fashion.
“Hyde had Greenville well in hand throughout the Thursday game, striking out ten of the enemy. The team as a whole hit well in the Thursday game, banging out hits when they meant runs.
“Doc Jones pitched creditably in the Sunday embroglio, holding the slugging Luverne outfit well in hand in all except the third inning, when a succession of errors, ‘handle hits’ and general hard luck, allowed the visitors to pile up eight runs, giving them a lead of 9 to 3 at that stage of the game.”

“Evergreen continued to lead the Central Alabama League through games of last Sunday, having won five and lost two games, with Ft. Deposit in second place, Luverne third and Greenville fourth.”

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