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| Gene Sarazan |
21 YEARS AGO
MAY 14, 1998
Frank Porter Sr.
and Frank Porter Jr. are showing everyone how to start the spring off with this
fine string of bass they caught recently. When asked where they caught the
fish, they replied “in the mouth.”
46 YEARS AGO
MAY 10,
1973
The Sparta Academy Warriors did well in the Alabama
Private School Association State Junior High Track Meet held at Fort Dale
Academy in Greenville last Thursday. Walker Scott won the broad jump with a leap
of 17 feet, 2-1/2 inches. He teamed with Bobby Johnson, Jerry Peacock and Jay
Phillippi on the 440-yard relay team, which placed fourth. Larry Reid was
fourth in the discus with a toss of 123 feet, two inches.
Conecuh County High wins track meet: Conecuh County High
of Castleberry captured first place in six of 16 events and piled up 91 points
to easily win the 2A sectional state track qualifying meet Saturday in
Andalusia. The nearest challenger, Slocomb, had only 5-1/2 points.
Godwin won first place in three events to
pace the Blue Devils. He won the 100-yard dash with a time of 10.3, the 220 in
22.6 and the triple jump with 40.8.
Carter won the mile in 4:45.7 and Holland
took the two-mile event in 11:15.3. The CCHS team also won the mile relay.
Other Blue Devils picking up points were:
Etheridge, second, and Darby, fourth, in the 440; Stallworth, third, and
Booker, fifth, in the 880; James, third in the mile; Lyons second in the
two-mile; Philyaw, second, and McGuire, fourth, in the 120 hurdles; Carter,
second, and Ryals, fourth, in the 120 high hurdles; Ryals, second in high jump;
Godwin, second, and Ryals, fifth, in board jump; Philyaw, third in triple jump;
Coleman, fourth in shot put; Coleman, second, and Carter, fourth, in discus.
The CCHS team finished second in the 440 relay.
Sparta Banquet Saturday night: The Sparta Quarterback
Club’s Second Annual Awards Banquet will be held Saturday night at the Holiday
Inn. The banquet was originally scheduled for the past Monday night, but had to
be postponed due to a conflict. Academic and athletic awards will be presented.
Daniel Byrd is in tennis finals: Daniel Byrd of Evergreen
will meet Mike Rutland of Daleville and Enterprise Junior College in the finals
of the Andalusia Spring Tennis Tournament for boys 18 and under at 9 a.m.
Saturday.
Byrd entered the meet unseeded but won four
matches including upsets of two seeded players to make his way into the
championships. He knocked off the Andalusia Team’s No. 1 player, Tommy Walker
(seeded second) in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. In the semi-finals, he
defeated the No. 3 seed, Bill Marquez of Fort Rucker, 6-0, 6-1.
Byrd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Byrd of
Evergreen.
71 YEARS AGO
MAY 13, 1948
Greenies Slash Out 11 To 7 Win Over
Brewton: The Evergreen Greenies inaugurated the 1948 baseball season Sunday
with a decisive 11 to 7 victory over Brewton. Before an opening day crowd of
about 250 spectators, the locals launched a 16-hit assault on the visitors to
completely overpower them.
The scoring started
early as the Greenies pushed across two runs on two hits in the first inning.
After Bolton had led off with a single, Harper slashed out a hit scoring Bolton
from second. Harper’s hit got thru the centerfielder’s legs and he raced home
with the inning’s second tally.
The visitors’ bats
began to crack in the second, and before the locals could stop them, they had
scored three runs on as many hits.
Three more runs in
the third enabled the locals to regain their lead. After Edsel Johnson had
opened with a double to center, Ottis Johnson pushed him across with a single.
Nobles forced Otis at second. W.T. Tolbert tripled, scoring Nobles, and himself
on a Brewton error.
The locals added
three more runs in the fourth on two walks by Bolton and Harper, E. Johnson
forcing Bolton at second, followed by Ottis Johnson’s three-run homer to
center.
Wendell Hart
blasted another circuit clout in the fifth to make the count 9 to 3 in favor of
Evergreen.
After the visitors
had tallied once in the sixth on three bingles, the Greenies made the score 10
to 4 in their favor on McDonald’s single, followed by White’s one-base knock.
The local’s last
marker came in the seventh on Bolton’s triple and Edsel Johnson’s double.
Edsel Johnson had
to come to the mound in the eighth after Brewton had made a three-run rally off
Hart. The visitors collected four hits in this inning.
C’Berry Nine Beat Repton, Evergreen;
Lose To Repton: The Panthers of Castleberry High opened the baseball season in
Repton losing a 14-9 decision to the Bulldogs. Repton used a base hit barrage
to put the skids under the Castleberry squad.
Returning to
Castleberry for their second game the Panthers evened the score by defeating
Repton 6-5 in an exciting game. “Pill” Dees hurled the Panthers to this
victory.
Herbert Smith
pitched the Panthers to their second victory of the season defeating Evergreen
in a close battle 3-2. Smith spotted the Evergreen squad two runs in the first
inning and held them scoreless the remainder of the game.
The fourth game of
the season for the Panthers was brought to a halt by rain. Lyeffion was
furnishing the opposition, but less than half the game was finished before it
was called.
96 YEARS AGO
MAY
16, 1923
The game of baseball last Thursday
between the locals and Monroeville was witnessed by a large crowd at Gantt’s
field. In the first inning, it looked like a walk-away for the home team, the
visitors not being allowed to see the first base, and the locals marking up
three scores. But the visitors tightened up and did not allow Evergreen to
cross the plate again until the eighth frame, when two more runs were made. For
a while, the score stood tied, 3 to 3. The final result was Evergreen 5,
Monroeville 3. The Monroeville team will return here for another game tomorrow,
and if our boys don’t look well to their laurels a different tale may have to
be told. So far, the locals have not lost a game this season on the home
diamond.
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These men – some of whom are pictured in this advertisement
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121 YEARS AGO
MAY 13, 1898
Prof. C.B. Glenn and Dr. Marcellus
McCreary went out fishing last Saturday and report the best luck of any
fishermen we have yet heard from, having caught 103 fishes in exactly 110
minutes. Such royal sport is enjoyed and appreciated by none more than by a
teacher or a pill-roller, unless it is a weary quill driver.
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