21 YEARS AGO
JULY 23, 1998
Wesley Persons, a graduate of Auburn University and a star
player with the Cleveland Cavaliers, visited Evergreen recently. He was here to
help the Evergreen Summer Youth Basketball Camp. This year, 74 potential
players participated in the camp. Earnest Boykin, youth basketball director,
said this was one of the biggest camps ever, and he extended his thanks to
Persons and his staff.
46 YEARS AGO
JULY 26, 1973
District Horse Show Aug. 2: The District III Horse Show will
be held this year at the Ran-Jo Stables in Montgomery on Aug. 2 at 9 a.m. Those
young people eligible should contact Herbert Oakley, Extension Farm Agent, for
application forms, this week.
This is a large horse show with both English and Western
Classes. Thirty-six events will be offered.
Winners in this event will compete for state championship in
a week or so.
71 YEARS AGO
JULY 22, 1948
No Social Or Softball Tonight, Postponed: There will be no
softball games at the stadium tonight, but the scheduled games will be played
next Wednesday night, according to Percy R. Johnson Jr., league head. Mrs. E.L.
McInnis also announced that there would not be a social at the high school
tonight.
The softball games and the social were cancelled to avoid
conflict with the Evergreen Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Duke of Paducah Show
being held in the High School Stadium tonight at eight o’clock.
Greenies Edge Flomaton With Ninth Inning Rally: Manager Zell
Murphy’s Evergreen Greenies came from behind with a two-run rally on four hits
in the last of the ninth inning to defeat Flomaton here Sunday 6 to 5. Flomaton
had taken the lead in the fifth and were leading 5 to 4 when the Greenies
rallied to take the game. It was the Greenies 15th win in 17 starts
this season.
George “Lefty” Gaston started on the hill for the Greenies,
but had trouble getting the ball across the plate. Ellis took over with two on
in the fifth and one man scored before he could put out the fire. “Check” gave
way to Big Wendell Hart, who had been holding the initial sack, in the seventh
after the visitors had tallied once.
Hart held the Flomaton squad in check except for the eighth
when they tallied once on one hit and two errors.
Edsel Johnson flied out to right center to start the ninth.
Ottis Johnson followed with a booming triple that went to the fence in left.
Fast fielding alone kept this mighty wallop from going for four bases. Wendell
Hart singled to center scoring Johnson and moved to third on Bolton’s double to
right. Glenn “Sleepy” Hart sent Wendell Hart in with the winning run with a
single to left.
The Greenies will meet Frisco City here Sunday in a single
game at Brooks Stadium starting at three o’clock. The Frisco City team has
shown improvement and will be out to cut the Aggies loop lead.
FISHERMEN – We have live fish bait, Indiana grown Grassy
Fork Minnows, Bell Seed & Supply Co.
Career Girls, Queens Win Games Monday Night: Playing with
mixed squads, the Career Girls and the College Queens each marked up a win in
Monday night’s games in the Ladies Softball League. All the teams did not have
a full quota of players, so those present were divided into four squads.
The Career Girls wiped away an 8 to 5 lead held by Tiny’s
Sweets with a four-run rally in the fifth inning and then iced the game with a
two-run cluster in the sixth after holding the Sweets scoreless in the top
half. Betty Ward was on the mound for the Career Gals and Fay Salter did the
hurling for the Sweets.
The College Queens won a slugging match from the High School
Girls in an overtime contest by a 15 to 14 score. The county was knotted in the
third, fifth and seventh innings. The High School Girls rallied for a four-run
outburst in the seventh and final inning to tie the score, but the Queens
countered with a single tally in the first of the eighth to win. Sis Price
hurled the winners to the victory. Reeves was on the mound for the losers.
Next Monday, July 26, Tiny’s Sweets will meet the College
Queens in the first half of a twin bill at 7:15. At 8:30, the High School Girls
will encounter the Career Girls.
Play Begins Anew In Men’s Softball Loop: The eight teams of
the Evergreen Men’s Softball League resumed play and began the second half
Tuesday night with four games. The White Way Laundry and Dry Cleaning team were
winners of the first half.
The teams will continue to play six games a week, playing
two games each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday night. The first games will begin
promptly at 7:15 p.m. and the second at 8:30 p.m.
96 YEARS AGO
JULY 25, 1923
Sunday Observance Bill: Senator Bonner has introduced
another Sunday observance bill into the Senate. The bill is particularly aimed
at Sunday baseball games and moving picture houses and prohibits any form of
amusement where an admission fee is charged on the Sabbath day. The church folk
of the entire state are fostering the passage of the bill and success is being
predicted for the measure. Bonner’s first bill still rests in the Senate, as it
was indefinitely postponed during the winter session.
140 YEARS AGO
JULY 24, 1879
CONECUH-ESCAMBIA STAR
Croquet parties are
becoming quite fashionable hereabouts – and of course the boys and girls are
having a pleasant time.
Croquet parties by lamplight is a new feature in Evergreen
life. They are enjoyed by the young ladies and gentlemen.
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