NINE YEARS AGO
JULY 25, 2002
“Sparta Booster Club: There will be a meeting of the Sparta Booster Club Monday, July 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the school library. All interested persons are urged to attend.”
24 YEARS AGO
JULY 23, 1987
“LYEFFION QB’S MEET: There will be a meeting of the Lyeffion Quarterback Club Thursday night, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the school. The Tiny Mite and Pee Wee football program will be discussed. Any boys age 8 to 13 in the county interested in playing should contact Dan Byrd. Practice will begin Aug. 3.”
“Sergeant Major Frank Jones caught this 26-pound King Salmon out of Sheep Creek, 82 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska.”
“PEE WEE & TINY MITE SIGNUP: Sign-up dates for Pee Wee and Termite Football players at Conecuh County High School has been set for Aug. 1 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the school. If you are playing for the first time, you need to bring your birth certificate.”
“Army Sergeant Major Frank Jones caught this King Salmon, which weighed 48 pounds, out of Sheep Creek, 82 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska. He said: ‘Pop Jones and Kenneth Jones, eat your hearts out.’”
“Frank Jones Jr., son of Sergeant Major Frank Jones, caught this 26-pound King Salmon out of Sheep Creek, 82 miles north of Anchorage, Alaska.”
“Beano Baker’s SPORTSBEAT: THE ALABAMA CONNECTION… It’s been somewhat of a down year for major league ballplayers with ties to Alabama, the state that produced Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Billy Williams and Dixie Walker.”
39 YEARS AGO
JULY 27, 1972
“These Dodgers, managed by the Davis brothers, won it all in the National loop of the Evergreen Jr. League this summer. After wrapping up the championship in a playoff with the Yankees, they downed the All Stars. Shown are Phil Harold, Doug McCraney, Gary Weaver (bat boy), John Bolton, Tommy Shehan and Johnny Ralls; Manager Matthew Davis, Bryan Bell, Robert Phillips, Turner Murphy, Wesley Stuckey, Tracey Weaver, Jimmy Lambert, Tommy Hutcheson and Assistant Manager Clayton Davis.”
“These young men were named to the All Star team in the American League: Mike Ellis, Richard Tate, Robert Bozeman, Sandy Waters, Jeff Kimbro, David Cooper and Mitch Crutchfield; Robert Mason, Jeff Brock, Randy Brock, Steven Likens, Tommy Weaver, Mike Adams, Mike Raines and Al Moorer; Eddie Edeker, manager of the Orioles.”
“The Chicks won the championship of the American League and then downed the All Stars in a fine ball game concluding play for the summer in the Evergreen Jr. Baseball League. Shown are Richard Nix, Leo Cobb, Randy Jordan, ‘Trip’ Hendrix, Stanley Stuckey, ‘Cricket’ Jordan and Lance Riley; Mark Phillips, Darwin Nix, Wesley Langford, Terry Peacock, Andy Findley, Darrell Davis, Lloyd Davis, Lloyd Johnson, Bud Evers and Cris McNeil; Manager David Riley. Not present for the picture were Assistant Manager Larry Peacock, Jeff Hutcheson and Tommy Halstead.”
“These National League All Stars wound up the 1972 season losing a close one to the champion Dodgers on July 14. Shown are Manager Floyd Coker of the Yankees, Johnny Windham, Gray Stevens, David Bass, Wendell Parker, Kenny Bates and Giants Manager Kilmer Bodiford; Keith Taylor, Jimmy Hawsey, Mark Palanjian, Ray Cooper, Pat Yeargan, assistant manager of the Yankees, Mike Webb, Bobby Padgett, Joel Weaver and Wade Crutchfield.”
“Ivey is champ, but the Andrews have it in golf: Bill Ivey fired a superb 5 under par 67 to win the Evergreen Golf Club’s Membership Tournament Sunday, but the Andrews won the most loot with father Bill and sons Jim and Joe all winning prizes.
“Winners, runners-up and consolation winners by flights were:
“Championship: Bill Ivey, Dr. Joe Hagood Jr. (now of Selma but still a member of the local club) and Bill Bailey.
“First: David Hyde, Nell Stuart and Jim Andrews.
“Second, Charles Lambert, Bill Andrews and Donnie Kast.
“Third: Andy Physentzides, Joe Nix and Wayne Peacock.
“Fourth: Darwin Mininger, Richard Tindol and Buddy Evers.
“Fifth: Joe Andrews, Joey Nix and John Hendricks.”
54 YEARS AGO
JULY 25, 1957
“Handicap Tournament Will Start Saturday; Entry Deadline Friday: Friday, July 26, is the deadline for entries in the Evergreen Golf Club’s 8th Annual Handicap Golf Tournament, according to C.T. Ivey, Chairman.
“Those who are already officially entered are: Bill Ivey, Bonnie King, L.W. Price Jr., Jack Newman, Bill Millsap, Charles Lambert, Palmer Smith, Henry Kinzer, Elmo Grace, Brown Boykin, Bob Croom, Bill Register, James Pittman, Roy Pace, Bill McGehee, Bayne Petrey, Thad Ivey, Dickey Bozeman, Herbert Harpe and Herman Bolden.
“Others expected to play in the tourney are: Paul Pace, Jim Murphy, Bob Kendall, Bill Turk, Vernon Millsap, Henry Sessions, Joe Martin, Jabbo Barron, Knud Nielsen, Billy Grace, Joe Hagood Jr., Howard Claybook and several others.”
“PAUL by Kate Frazer: In a run-away game played at the Paul field last Sunday, the Paul team swamped the Castleberry nine by the lop-sided score of 17 to 8. Next Sunday, the Paul team will travel to Buck Creek to play on the field there.”
Standout players listed in the Evergreen Junior Baseball League recaps included Steve Baggett, Mike Brooks, Ronnie Byrd, John Cloud, Stan Coker, Malcolm Croft, Homer Faulkner, Jackie Frazier, Allison Gaston, Billy Hammonds, Ronnie Hayes, Don Holcombe, Orman Jackson, Ronnie Jackson, Bill Kendall, Sid Lambert, Lewie Nall, William Patten, Yogi Reynolds and Jimmy Warren.
69 YEARS AGO
JULY 23, 1942
“Marvin L. Burroughs Jr., 13, Tuscaloosa, caught from Smith Lake near Eutaw, a 27-1/2-inch trout weighing seven pounds, eight ounces. Houston Wood, auto salesman, caught a seven pound, 12 ounce trout in West Alabama waters.”
“Songbird Shooters Warned By Morgan: Thoughtless persons, mainly boys with air guns and .22 rifles, who have been destroying songbirds in various localities are warned by Chief Ben C. Morgan, of the Dept. of Conservation’s Game, Fish and Seafood Division, that they are doing so in violation of both federal and state laws and may be punished for such offenses.”
“Rearick Re-Elected State Casters Head: A.E. Rearick, Gadsden, was reelected president of the Alabama State Casting Association at its annual tournament Sunday. Named vice presidents were A.R. ‘Pete’ Kelly, Wetumpka, and Mrs. Helen Silver, Birmingham, with Robert F. Starr, Montgomery, secretary-treasurer.”
“Alabama’s dove shooters will lose 12 days and its duck hunters gain 10 days under the 1942-43 federal migratory bird hunting regulations promulgated by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.”
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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