43 YEARS AGO
MAY 17, 1973
Cliff Harper was the speaker
at the Sparta Academy Quarterback Club’s Awards Banquet held Saturday night at
the Holiday Inn. Harper is assistant commissioner of the Southeastern
Conference and former executive secretary of the Alabama High School Athletic
Association. He was principal of Evergreen High School for two years right
after World War II.
Tal Stuart Jr. presents the
D.T. Stuart Jr. Sportsmanship Trophy to Gary McInvale at the Sparta Academy
Quarterback Club’s awards banquet.
(Other athletes receiving
awards at that the 2nd annual banquet were Eddie Hooks, Best
Baseball Batter Award; Bruce Hutcheson, Baseball Hustler Award; David Jackson,
Basketball Sportsmanship Award and Baseball Sportsmanship Award; Donald
Jackson, Basketball Rebound Award; Tom Nall, Best Basketball Field Goal
Percentage Award, Free Throw Shooting Percentage Award and Basketball Captain’s
Award; Don Owens, Football Captain’s Award and Baseball Captain’s Award; Walker
Scott, Best Baseball Fielder Award; Sam Skipper, Football Hustler Award; and
Walt Lee Ward, Best Defensive Football Player Award.)
This Evergreen Outlet Team is
tied for first place in the Evergreen Men’s Softball League with a 3-1 record. Tonight,
Warren Ford meets McKenzie at 7 and Cotton-Hutcheson plays Evergreen Outlet at
8:30. Tuesday night the Outlet plays Warren at 7 and McKenzie meets
Cotton-Hutcheson at 8:30. All games are played at Brooks Stadium.
(Players on the Evergreen
Outlet team included Terry Coleman, Lavon Tolbert, Jacob Coleman, Stanley
Johnston, Larry Peacock, Kenneth DuBose (sponsor), Charles Branum, Sammy Brown,
Wayne Peacock, Wendell Burt, Jimmy Brown, Steve Windham, Jerry Adams, Terry
Chapman, John Adams, Jimmy Hart, Johnny Etheridge and Johnny Daw.)
SAC All Stars play Saturday
in Andalusia: The East v. West All Star Baseball Game of the South Alabama
Conference will be played Saturday afternoon at three o’clock at Waltman Field
in Johnson Park, Andalusia. All-Stars from Covington and Crenshaw will play
against Butler and Conecuh stars
The game is sponsored by the
Andalusia Lions Club with proceeds going to Alabama Sight Conservation. Major
League and college scouts will select five players to go to Mobile the
following Saturday to play in the Southern Division game.
Stars chosen from Conecuh
County include Charlie Johnson and Wavie Ausby of Evergreen and Steve Anthony
and Jackie Gorum of Lyeffion.
Keith Pugh sets new record in
440: Keith Pugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Pugh of Evergreen, a sophomore at
Monroe Academy, won first place in the 440-yard dash at the Southern Regional
track meet in Jackson, Miss. on Saturday. Keith’s time was 52.2 seconds. He won
fourth place in the broad jump. Earlier, Keith set a Alabama Private School Athletic
Association state record for the 440-yard dash with a time of 50.4 seconds.
Donkey basketball Lyeffion
Friday: A donkey basketball game will be played at the Lyeffion High School
Gymnasium at eight o’clock Friday night. In addition to the laugh provoking
game, there will be a contest with a prize awarded to the first person to put a
diaper on a donkey.
The game is sponsored by the
Lyeffion Quarterback Club and admission prices are $1 for adults and 75 cents
for students.
58 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1958
Aggies Defeat Monroeville
13-0: The score was very much like one from a football game, but the game was
definitely baseball, when Friday the Aggie nine downed Monroeville, 13-0. The
winning pitcher was Ken Tucker, who pitched a four-hit shutout and also collected
two for four at the plate. In the seventh inning, the Aggies worked over three
Monroeville hurlers while running up the score. Robert Ellington contributed to
the cause by slamming a home run in the third inning with two men on. In all,
it was an afternoon thoroughly enjoyed by the Aggie ball team.
Frisco Downs Aggies 8 to 2:
The Aggie baseball squad traveled to Frisco City last Tuesday for their first
game in the area playoffs. This also proved to be their last game in the
playoffs as they dropped it by a score of 8 to 2.
The winning pitcher for the
Whippets was J. Dunn, although he was relieved by R. Dunn in the fourth inning.
J. Dunn also led the Frisco City hitters as he collected a home run. Ken Tucker
pitched for the Aggies and pitched a good ball game, but was a victim of poor
support with E.H.S. committing several errors.
Frisco City jumped to a quick
1 to 0 lead, but the Aggies scored two runs in the third inning to go ahead for
the only time as the Whippets scored three runs the next inning and went ahead
to stay.
Dodgers And Chicks Win In
Opening Games: The Evergreen Little League began official play Tuesday night
with games between the Chicks and Orioles and the Yankees and the Dodgers.
In the American League, the
Chicks dropped the Orioles by a score of 9-1. Glass was the winning pitcher for
the Chicks and Engle was credited with the loss for the Orioles.
The Chicks were credited with
two hits, both collected by second sacker Kelly. Kelly tagged a single in the
third inning and a double in the fourth. The Orioles failed to tough Glass for
a single hit.
Losing pitcher Engle fanned
10 men and walked 10. Glass struck out six men and walked four.
Yankees-Dodgers: In the
National League, the Dodgers continued their winning ways from previous seasons
by dropping the Yankees by a score of 13-7.
Briggs was credited with the
win for the Dodgers and Cloud was the losing pitcher for the Yanks.
Lambert led the Dodger
hitters at the plate with two doubles for three trips. He was followed by Tolbert
and Jackson with singles, and Briggs who connected with a three-bagger. The
losing Yanks were led at the plate by Scott Cook who tagged two doubles and
Salter, Warren and Hayes who singled.
Although both teams were even
on hits, superior fielding by the Dodgers spelled defeat for the Yanks.
103 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1913
The following are the new
officers elected at a recent meeting of the Country Club: W.M. Newton,
president; C.P. Deming, vice president; E.J. McCreary, secretary and treasurer;
Board of Control: C.P. Deming, W.M. Newton, H.W. Dunn, W.B. Ivey, M.C.
Reynolds; New members, J.H. Dey, W.D. Brown, R.R. Long.
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