35 YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 1981
Sparta Quarterback Club is
taking orders for Boston Butts - $3.00 lb. – Call by June 26th at
Sparta Academy between 8 a.m. and 12 noon to place order. Orders will be picked
up between 8 am. and 12 noon June 27th at the Barbecue Pit at Sparta
Academy.
30 YEARS AGO
JUNE 16, 1966
Lyeffion QB Club is
sponsoring Little League: The Lyeffion Quarterback Club is sponsoring Little
League Baseball as a summer recreation program for boys in the elementary
school at Lyeffion. There are four teams with approximately 50 boys
participating.
Officers of the Lyeffion
Little League are President, Bernard Powell; Vice President, Harold Ryals;
Secretary, Jane Brooks; Chief Umpire, R.J. Davis.
The teams with managers and
assistant managers are: Braves, Harold Ryals and Woodrow Pate; Giants, Herbert
Oakley and James Cowart; Dodgers, Joe Varner and Alvin Quinley; Cardinals, Jack
Daniels and Eugene Davis. Each team plays twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday
nights.
The Quarterback Club would
like to express its appreciation to all those who have given donations to make
this program possible, also to the mothers and fathers of the boys who are
playing and to the others who are helping.
65 YEARS AGO
JUNE 21, 1951
Centerville And Paul Win
Games Sunday P.M.: The Centerville Rookies and the Paul Aces slashed out wins
Sunday afternoon in Conecuh Amateur League play. At Loree the Rookies went on a
slugging spree and sprayed base hits all over the ballpark as they poured out a
25 to 4 win over the Loree Dollies. The Paul Aces edged the Shreve Eagles, 6-5,
on the Paul diamond.
Loree sent Bernard Powell and
Roger Kearlee to the mound in an attempt to slack the powerful hitting of the
Rookies, but neither of them could get the Centerville team out. Loree will
play Paul at Paul Sunday.
The Aces came through with a
clutch run in the last of the ninth inning to win their game with the Eagles.
The Eagles had knotted the count at 5-5 with two runs in their half of the
eighth. J.W. Windham was the winning pitcher. He relieved Harold Godwin in the
seventh inning. Joe McClain did the catching for Paul.
The Shreve battery was
composed of Ray Yancy and Russel. Yancy was the losing pitcher. For Paul J.W.
Windham was the leading hitter with three hits in four trips including a third
inning double. Wilton Sanford rapped out two hits in four trips to pace the
Eagles.
Crimson Tide Tickets On Sale
July First: Alumni ticket sales for the University of Alabama’s 1951 football
season will begin July 1, Athletic Business Manager Jeff Coleman announced
today. Public ticket sales will begin July 16.
Alabama’s 1951 home and away
grid schedule is the most attractive offered Crimson Tide followers in recent
years. Eight games will be played within the state with Mobile, Montgomery,
Birmingham and Tuscaloosa all listed as game sites. Eight conference games and
an intersectional contest with Villanova highlight the 11-game schedule.
Complete ticket sale
information and order blanks will be mailed on June 20 to all alumni listed on
University files. Non-alumni inquiries and requests will be furnished full
details on the public ticket sales which begin July 16.
Priority allocations for 1951
football tickets are as follows: (1) students (2) faculty (3) alumni who are
former lettermen in major varsity sports (4) alumni and (5) the public. Alumni
orders received prior to July 1 will be treated as having been received on the
first sales day. No order will be processed in more than one priority
classification. All orders will be handled according to the date received and
each day’s orders will be filled by lot.
Alabama’s complete 1951
schedule: Sept. 21, v. Mississippi in Montgomery; Sept. 29, v. L.S.U. in
Mobile; Oct. 6, v. Vanderbilt in Nashville; Oct. 12, v. Villanova (night) in
Tuscaloosa; Oct. 20, v. Tennessee in Birmingham; Oct. 27, v. Mississippi State
in Starkville; Nov. 3, v. Georgia in Athens; Nov. 10, v. Mississippi Southern
in Tuscaloosa; Nov. 17, v. Georgia Tech in Birmingham; Nov. 24, v. Florida
(homecoming) in Tuscaloosa; and Dec. 1, v. Auburn in Birmingham.
80 YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 1936
Evergreen Wins Two To Hold
League Lead: Evergreen swept the crucial series with Century on Thursday and
Sunday to practically cinch the first half banner in the South Alabama league.
With a record of 13 wins and
three losses, the local nine has only four more games to play and two wins will
put the first half on ice.
In Century Thursday, local
fans who made the trek down to the border town were treated to the best game of
the year in the form of a pitcher’s duel between Lefty Adams, Century ace, and
Ripper Williams, fireball twirler of the Merchants.
Century tallied in the fifth
on a hit and two sacrifices and in the seventh on an error and a three-bagger.
An attempted rally by Century was cut short in the ninth when, with runners on
first and second, Harper backed up against the fence to pull down a long fly
and throw out the runner going to third who attempted to advance after the
catch.
Evergreen counted in the
sixth for its three runs on three solid base hits. In this stanza, Bear Hall
drove a single past second and scored on Ripper Williams liner into left for
two bases. This set the stage for Sam Jones, who, with the count three and two,
drove on of Adams’ shots over the center field wall for four bases.
The game was fast throughout
and reminded the fans that a high standard of ball is being played in the
league.
The Merchants eked out a 4 to
3 victory over Century here Sunday with “Grinning Bill” Seals having the edge
over “Cow” Soward, former Dixie Amateur slinger. In the second frame, Evergreen
scored all of its four runs on two hits, four free rides and two errors.
Century was unable to bunch
its hits when they would have counted except in the third, sixth and eighth
innings when they tallied one run each.
The game was protested by
Manager Ash of Century who said he would seek to have the game played over
because of interference from the Evergreen bench. The Merchants pulled
themselves out of two holes by a pair of fast doubles which were the only
highlights of the game.
Evergreen will play the
Monroeville Lions in Monroeville on Thursday, which will mark the return of the
“prodigal son,” Skin Hyde, home from Selma to toil for the locals. Either
Ripper Williams or Bill Seales will be on the mound Sunday when the Merchants
make their next to final appearance on the home lot before the end of the first
half.
95 YEARS AGO
JUNE 15, 1921
Baseball Game: Thurs., June
16, Evergreen vs. Monroeville. Game called 4 p.m. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
The game announced for last
Thursday was called off by Monroeville, but the public may be assured that the
game tomorrow is a certainty.
Holly Grove: The young men of
Holly Grove have organized a ball team and have procured their equipment. This
they intend to pay for as soon as necessary funds can be raised. The opponents
of this team will find that they have been playing ball before they finish nine
periods with this team.
Official Standings of
Southern, American and National League Club Games played to June 10:
Southern League: Memphis,
39-13; New Orleans, 30-24; Little Rock, 24-24; Atlanta, 26-25; Birmingham,
27-26; Nashville, 23-28; Mobile, 22-32; Chattanooga, 16-37.
American League: Cleveland,
31-19; New York, 29-20; Washington, 28-23; Detroit, 28-25; Boston, 21-28; St.
Louis, 29-24; Chicago, 19-28; Philadelphia, 17-31.
National League: Pittsburg,
32-18; New York, 32-16; St. Louis, 23-23; Brooklyn, 25-26; Boston, 22-24;
Chicago, 19-25; Cincinnati, 18-31; Philadelphia, 16-29; Washington, 13-33.
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