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Ouartoi* ha lt;lllt;‘ar I a- i KK i'sI hi re Mauif ( if \ 1 umiliaric- Vppear BcfonLoral lt;InhThe Annistrn Quarterback Clubheard three of Alabama's greatest athletes at the re , ir wt -k!y meeting lie re h: -r mgut w • n Ir-wine Porter. Fred Sir dun and Holt Rast appear-lt;1 )•• * :•« the local sportsmen : ade - »r* klt;Porter a member or one lt;-f the greatest outfield in the history ofbaseball and a formerU UUiil ccaptain of the Birmingham (.Quarterback Club, wumh !unu- :.*'•! the speakers for b »* pt =gi -m i ere. re«*lated some of tae co.u.-t featsthat he had s-m while playing baseball and wTDung leotbailover the nation.*7 tSington. aNlt; a r :lt; mhor of the 31 Tide basebab n which won 1H strui flit g.u. • ■ and the ■4 conference chaniph-us ui • • ec-•f ond time in a row, m i .uter known for his football exp ops which earned liim Ab-Anmncan honorsfor two \ears in a low and os* d-lished him as the e i atm! tackle m Alabamaj He is now an offe i d in the. Southeastern (' -mm • e and dis-1 cussed several lt;« tpr nee rule - changes during his talk He a No• told the local QBN tu.it lie lt;xpeit-ed to see a lot of g... I n • ;dl' from I.SC thi year aib r « •. ,.*ig them play in two game- whndi he officiated. He aNu had a word for GeorgiaHast, the second former V. \m-erican on la* nig id | ;n. urnmade hi*' second appeurame re He wa' selec’ed j.r \.’-A • in n\honors in 1941 and nm * .• si c*team in 194u and '4! H» .Pongwith Sington also d d ‘,1 on Alabamas all-time te.onJenks Giiiem, anotla r well known member oi the ii i; • .nig;; on lt;club, was not aide t au«, r.d the t meeting here it ! n. ut iMalcolm Stive* s-d ;i- m.o’vr *. of ceremonies 1 1 i u* -? •: . ik•ers were introdiu lt;.{ t ■ .i,I( g Dunn fFa11 .font's and Fs lt;d Men ill jAlso on the prog:am were sev- iera 1 of the ( Nb un ( n!.v eoaches and phv. t ; inlt; halm..: (' !(' Dillon of Jut K or, ( • • . t gcBill Farrell and i ; u,k li ilt; kne\ ofOhatehee, Hint t v wmin and rdames Haywood of ,l.t. ri . m,:; lt;• (iLou Seales of Alevitid; and H111 v Bancroft and i 1. Jo! n on of Anniston iCountc placers who df.rehd the umeeting were lt;lt;buim rjioruhi.I, hof Jacksonville. \iai\in Cut. id oi u Ohatchee, and Hohle, F .da , and i llrnest Fiadc of \nm -! -o.
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Anniston Star
Anniston, Alabama, US
Tue, Oct 18, 1949
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