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| Thomas Roy "Goat" Walker of Troy, Ala. |
19 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 2001
Pictured above is the
Championship Women’s Softball Team from Lady Arrow. It is obvious that this
photo is several years old, and we are certainly not going to say how old. Our
thanks to Lois English for bringing by a copy of this photo for our use. Members
of the team are (some of the ladies’ last names have changed since this photo
was taken) Jean Booker, Charlotte Brackett, Betty Raines, Ruby Brown, Wyenette
Manning, Kathy Powell, Ann Miller, Joy Powell, Pat Brown, Laura Adams, Lois
House, Debra Williams, Elaine Grace and Becky Williams.
EverFun Golf Tourney set for
May 9: The Second Annual EverFun Golf Tournament will be held Wed., May 9, 2001
at Cambrian Ridge at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Greenville.
The tournament will begin at
2 p.m. with a shotgun start and will be a scramble and four-ball mix. Lunch
will be provided at noon in the clubhouse for the participants.
Entry fee is $400 per team
and hole sponsorship is $100 per hole. Checks should be made payable to Project
EverFun and mailed to David Gorum, Golf Tournament Chairman, Evergreen Chamber
of Commerce. Deadline for entry is April 25.
The Evergreen Rotary Club,
administrators of the Wendell Hart Scholarship Fund, announces that
applications for the $2,500 scholarship are now available. This scholarship is
dedicated to the memory of the late Coach Wendell Hart, who deeply cared for
his students and desired that all deserving young men and women be able to
advance their education.
44 YEARS AGO
APRIL 15, 1976
Jim Ryan Jr. successfully defended
his championship in the Evergreen Golf Club’s annual Spring Invitation
Tournament Saturday. Ryan of Greenville’s golfing Ryans is congratulated by
Tournament Chairman David T. Hyde Jr.
David Gorum and Paul Deason
laid joint claim on this fine gobbler which they bagged Wednesday morning of
last week in “Murder Creek Swamp.” The Tom weighed 19 pounds, three ounces and
had a nine-inch beard.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 225,
Castleberry, attended the Gulf Coast Council bicentennial encampment held April
2-4 at Ellyson Field, Pensacola.
The encampment was attended
by over 2,500 scouts and adult leaders. Sam Geck, scoutmaster, accompanied the
14 boys from Troop 225 on the encampment.
Addresses were given by
General “Chappie” James, U.S. Air Force, Commanding General of the North
American Air Defense Command at Colorado Springs, Colo., Congressman Bob Sikes,
and Vice Admiral James B. Wilson, Chief of Naval Education and Training.
Rickey Downing, dressed as
“Uncle Sam,” was winner of the bicentennial costume contest in the
Alabama-Florida District.
69 YEARS AGO
APRIL 19, 1951
Centerville Nips Rockets In
Conecuh Loop Opener: The Centerville Rookies bunched their hits for five runs
in the fifth inning to come from behind and edge the Flat Rock Rockets, 11-8,
in a free-hitting game Sunday. It was the season-opener for both teams. It was
played at Flat Rock.
The Rockets got away to a
three-run lead in the first inning. The Rookies knotted the count in their half
of the fourth and went out front to stay in the fifth.
George Gaston worked on the
mound for Centerville with Clint Ward behind the plate. James Barlow hurled for
Flat Rock with Huston Bailey catching.
Paul Aces Whip Shreve In
Conecuh Loop Tilt: The Paul Aces opened their Conecuh Amateur League schedule
Sunday with a 16-3 win over the Shreve Eagles. The game was played at Paul and
puts the Aces into a first-place tie with the Centerville Rookies who downed
Flat Rock in the league’s other opening game.
Harold Godwin and J.W. Windham
were the Paul pitchers who kept the Shreve bats silent through most of the
game. Godwin hurled the first seven innings and Windham finished it up.
McIntyre started for Shreve but turned it over to Sanford in the third inning.
Sanford left the mound in the seventh and Yancy finished it up. Joe McClain was
behind the plate for the winners and Smith for the losers.
J.W. Windham sparked Paul’s
hitting attack with four hits in as many trips to the plate. He smacked a homer
in the second inning. Ray Yancy with two hits in four trips topped the Shreve
sluggers.
94 YEARS AGO
APRIL 21, 1926
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL AT
MONTGOMERY – Festivities to Open With the Columbus, Ga. Club on Sat., April 24
– Montgomery, Ala., April 20 – The Montgomery Lions, Alabama’s entry into the
new Southeastern League, will open festivities with the Columbus, Ga. club here
on April 24.
After many years, Alabama’s
Capitol City is again to have professional baseball. Knowing that the people of
Montgomery and this section of Alabama wish to see real fast baseball, a
promising bunch of swatters and hurlers have been induced to sign on the dotted
line. Some idea of the class of sports this aggregation is going to hand out
under the management of Joe Brennan, was given the large gathering which attended
the exhibition game on April 11 when the Birmingham Southern Leagues went down
in defeat at the hands of the local outfit by the decisive score of 5 to 3.
The opening battle will begin
promptly at three o’clock on the date mentioned above, and thousands from all
over this section are expected to attend and help Montgomery keep at home the
handsome loving cup to be awarded by the trustees of Cramton Bowl to the town
in the league that has the largest crowd on opening day.
Other towns represented in the
new league are Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Fla.; Albany, Columbus and
Savannah, Ga.
Citizens of Alabama will be
interested in knowing that Roy “Goat” Walker, the noted young pitcher of Troy,
who made such a reputation as a twirler during his high and prep school days;
“Red” Stewart of Greenville, veteran hurler of the South Atlantic League, and
Eddie Pratt, the latest scion of that noted West Alabama baseball family to
join the ranks of professionals, will all do mound duty for the Montgomery
Lions during the race for the first Southeastern pennant.
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