The Evergreen Courant's Sports Flashback for March 28, 2022

World Champion turkey caller Eddie Salter.

38 YEARS AGO
MARCH 22, 1984

Eddie Salter of Evergreen won the state crown in the Alabama State Turkey Calling Contest held in Jackson on Tues., March 13. Shown with him are: Contest Emcee Joe C. McCorquodale Jr., second place winner Hannis Williams of Bay Minette, a former state champion; Danny Baggett of Evergreen, third place winner; and Tom Henley, president of the sponsoring Clarke County Wildlife Association.

Jeff Fountain, 14, of Jackson took first place in the Junior Division of the Alabama State Turkey Calling Contest held in Jackson on Tues., March 13. Eddie Davis, 14, of Prattville was second and Jerry Cotton, 10, of Evergreen placed third.

“Amity Joe,” owned and shown by Kathy Salter of Evergreen, is the Alabama Horseman’s Association Grand Champion for 1983 in Color Pleasure and Halter Stallions and Gelding and fourth in the state for Ladies Western Pleasure.

Little Leaguers will register players: The Evergreen Little League will be registering players for the 1984 season tonight at 6 p.m. at City Hall. In order to properly register, a parent must accompany the child along with a $10 registration fee and certified birth certificate. T-Ball ages six and seven for boys and six, seven and eight for girls. Minor leagues ages eight and nine, and Little League ages 10, 11 and 12.
This will be the last chance to sign up. Tryout date will be March 31. Time will be announced later.

Women’s Softball meeting Tuesday: There will be a meeting of the Evergreen Women’s Softball League Tues., March 27, at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse. All managers must bring their league dues and team colors. All interested women are urged to attend.

Cancer Softball Tournament is set: There will be a softball tournament to be held March 30-31 at the Evergreen Municipal Park. Evergreen entries will be limited to the first 16 teams to enter. Entries must be called in no later than Wed., March 28.
Trophies will be given to the first, second, third and fourth place teams. Also, the first place team will have their entrance fee refunded. The entrance fee will be $70 per team. Hit your own ball and no red dot balls will be allowed.
There will be certified umpires to officiate the games.
The concession stand will be open and there will be plenty to eat and drink, so bring the family out and enjoy a day in the park. Any team interested may register by calling Doris Gorum. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.

48 YEARS AGO
MARCH 28, 1974

Alvis Griffin killed this fine gobbler on the opening day of the spring turkey season Wednesday of last week. The bird weighed 18-3/4 pounds and had 8-3/4 inch beard. Alvis said he killed Tom “in the woods.”

Olen Brooks, son of Ida Woods, formerly of Evergreen was saluted by the Southern Star paper of Lansing, Michigan. He participates in major sports which include basketball, football, track and wrestling. He wants to go to Southern California to play football.
During the wrestling season, Olsen won three of his matches. He wrestled at 155 pounds. His shortest pin took him 26 seconds, and the longest, four minutes. Olen came in third in the city meet.

All funds raised at the two basketball games Thursday night, March 21, at Evergreen High School went to the purchase price of the piano. Roscellous McCreary for the PTA reports that the men’s and women’s games between the faculty members and the former students was great fun for all.

69 YEARS AGO
MARCH 26, 1953

County Schools Plan ‘Play Day’ On April 10 – “All work and no play, makes Jill a dull girl,” will not be true of the students of Conecuh County during the month of April. For the first time in the history of the local schools, every child will have the opportunity to participate in some form of activity during Play Day.
On Fri., April 10, 1953, at nine o’clock, all high school students in the county will meet at Brooks Stadium in Evergreen to actively engage in at least one activity which they have learned in the physical education classes in their local school. Every grade will perform beginning with the seventh grade girls who will have the Stride Ball Relay, through the 12-grade boys who will have tug-of-war. There will be no competition between schools as all children will be divided into color groups and play in their groups of the same color regardless of their individual school.
In addition to this program of all children playing, the healthiest boy and girl from each school will be presented at an honor court. Four boys and four girls in the county will be selected, one couple from each school, and this will indeed be one of the highest honors any student could receive in the county.

The Repton PTA will sponsor a barbecue Thursday night, April 2, on the high school football field.
The T.R. Miller High School Band will play and parade on the field. T.R. Miller has one of the better bands in the State of Alabama. Bewley’s Chuck Wagon Game, string band from Texas, will play when the high school band is not playing.
The Orange Bowl football game will be shown in the high school auditorium.

76 YEARS AGO
MARCH 28, 1946

Local Golf Course Is Being Improved: With Spring upon us and Summer just around the corner local golf enthusiasm is rising with the thermometer. Good turnouts have been present on recent Thursday and Sunday afternoons with a fair sprinkling of players on other days.
The local course is well known in south Alabama golfing circles as combining an attractive layout with a thorough test of golf. During the war, in common with most other small town courses, the local layout suffered from lack of attention. This was due to the shortage of labor and materials rather than negligence. As a result of the good work of Mr. Tatum, who is now caretaker, much improvement has been made. Although the greens require considerable further attention the course as a whole is being greatly improved.
In the near future a membership committee will make an effort to renew all old memberships and obtain as many new ones as possible. Membership is open to any residents of Evergreen without invitation and includes the use of the locker room and showers. No initiation fee is charged, dues being payable monthly to the city clerk.
Out-of-town players and returning servicemen are especially urged to join the local club. Mr. John Holland of Castleberry has stimulated considerable interest among players there, several of who have played the local course recently. A large number of out of town members is hoped for.
Prospective members should see one of the members of the committee, whose names will be announced shortly, the city clerk or Mayor Robison.

99 YEARS AGO
MARCH 28, 1923

Baseball: The baseball team of the State Secondary Agricultural School began the season with a victory over Georgiana, witnessed by a fair crowd in spite of the threatening weather. The boys are working every afternoon and are improving rapidly. The game was featured by the pitching of Dave Lewis and three base hits by Amos and Hines.
Be sure to see the game with Brewton Fri., March 30, at 3:15 p.m. at Gantt’s Field.

J.D. Deming has been catching some very fine trout recently. Five fish were landed the aggregate weight of which was 25 pounds. Two of the number weighed 6-3/4 pounds and 6-1/2 pounds, respectively. Jeff seems to know when the signs are right.