30 YEARS AGO
JUNE 20, 1991
Members of the 1991 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars were announced Saturday night. Team members are Reggie Boykin, Tommy Byrd, Josh Scott; Lavon Merrills, Detrick Womack, James Johnson, Kevin Riley and Chad Wilson. Not pictured are Joey Griffin, Henry Holt, Lewis Lowe and Gabriel Potts. The team will represent Conecuh County during the area tournament, June 27, in Brewton. They will face Atmore’s all-star team at 7:30 p.m.
The Most Valuable Player trophies were handed out Saturday night at the Evergreen Municipal Park for the Babe Ruth Baseball League. The MVP winner for the 14-15 year olds was Rhett Wilson. Shannon Shufford was the runner-up. The winner of the MVP award for the 13-year-olds was Detrick Womack. The runner-up is to Detrick’s right, Reggie Boykin.
Members of the 14-15-year-old all-star team was announced Saturday night. The Evergreen Babe Ruth All-Stars will play South Monroe’s all-stars in Atmore, July 5, at 7:30 p.m. Team members are as follows: Sedrick Fluker, Shannon Sims, Eric Owens, Matthew Jones, Marlo McDaniel, Rhett Wilson, Willie Womack, Robert Ball, Isaac McMillan, Shannon Shufford, Britt Ward, Bryant Robinson, Steven Bledsoe and Robert Rabren.
42 YEARS AGO
JUNE 21, 1979
Bill Cope wins Stuart Trophy: Bill Cope, who graduated with
the Class of 1979, won one of the most coveted athletic awards at Sparta
Academy for the 1978-79 school year when he was presented the D.T. Stuart Jr.
Sportsmanship Trophy. The presentation took place during graduation exercises
on May 24.
Bill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cope, North Main Street,
earned letters in football his last four years at Sparta. He played primarily
as an offensive lineman until his senior year when he was outstanding on both
offense and defense “in the trenches.”
The Stuart Trophy, awarded here for over 30 years, is highly
desired because the winner is determined by the vote of members of the football
team. His Warrior teammates chose Bill for the high honor.
It is interesting to recall that Bill’s father, an
outstanding two-way tackle on some of Evergreen High School’s better football
teams in the 1950s, also won the Stuart Sportsmanship Trophy his senior year.
Tal Stuart Jr. began awarding the trophy in the late 1940s
to encourage hard, but fair, play by local football players.
Trip Hendrix and Wayne Harrelson share the honors on this trophy bass. The fish was 24 inches long and weighed 8-1/8 pounds. Trip and Wayne said they caught this big one “out of the water.”
57 YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 1964
Despite a six-run Brave second inning, the determined
Pirates would not be denied and kept fighting back until they emerged
victorious 8-7 Thursday night.
The big Brave second inning was highlighted by two RBIs by
Jud Stinson and a run-scoring triple by Johnny Brown. The Pirates began to roll
in the third inning as they pushed across three runs, the big blow of the
inning being Eddie Thornley’s triple. In the fifth inning, the Pirates struck
for two more runs on Glenn Bolton’s double after Hicks and Thornley had walked.
The Braves rallied for a run in the sixth as Gray Sullivan
reached first base on an error, moved to third and scored on a passed ball. In
the seventh inning, the Pirates wrapped it up as Eddie Thornley singled, stole
second and third, and came home on a single by Benny Burt. Tommy Chapman
started for the Pirates and was relieved by Wayne Hicks in the sixth. Johnny
Brown started and took the loss for the Braves. Wayne Hicks got the win.
Coach Shirley Frazier, director of the Evergreen Recreation Department’s summer program is asking for instructors for a baseball clinic. Clinic instruction will be on catching, pitching, infield and outfield. Coach Frazier said that the clinic will be held from 8 to 10 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Anyone interested in helping with the clinic can contact Frazier at the Evergreen Pool.
Gary Faulkner and Ronnie Elliot combined to pitch the Tigers past the Indians as they scattered three hits and provided the difference in a 5-2 Tiger win. The Tigers started their scoring early in the game as Bubba Faulkner was hit by a pitch, stole second and came home on a wild pick-off attempt.
71 YEARS AGO
JUNE 15, 1950
The Evergreen Golf Club’s second annual handicap golf
tournament will begin Thursday afternoon, June 22. The tournament is open to
all club members and any person in Conecuh County interested in playing.
Entry fees and qualifying scores should be turned in to one
of the following tournament committee members: Knud Nielsen Jr., Roy Pace or
Herman Bolden.
Billy Carleton won last year and is expected to be on hand
to defend his title.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Newman spent the weekend in Pensacola, and Mr. Newman played in a golf tournament while there.
Following a custom that has prevailed for the past several
years, the Brewton baseball team will again observe “Evergreen Night” on June
28, in appreciation of the fine support of many fans who attend the games
there.
Jess Taylor of Brewton, who arranges this event each year,
was in Evergreen Tuesday making the final plans. He informs The Courant that
Check Ellis, local boy pitching for Brewton, will be on the mound that night as
the Millers face Andalusia.
81 YEARS AGO
JUNE 20, 1940
J.C. Hamilton, local businessman, exhibited in front of his shop Wednesday morning a large bob cat that he and his dogs killed while engaged in hunting fox Tuesday. The cat was reddish brown in appearance and measured 31 inches from his nose to the tip of his tail. He stood 16 inches high. Hamilton and his 12 dogs happened upon the animal close to McGehee’s farm between here and Tomlinson’s Mill.
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