Brooks County taps Ethridge as head coach and track leader
Thomasville High School’s Buddy Ethridge is named head football and track coach at Brooks County High School succeeding Fred Marceaux who moved to Blackshear. Ethridge notes the program’s need for time and progress as he emphasizes building on recent improvements and the strong ninth grade squad that went 8-0 last fall.
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Buddy Ethridge
Thomasville High School
Ethridge
Brooks County High School
Fred Marceaux
Blackshear
Marceaux
Poe
Ehinish
Brooks
Thomasville
Guy Sullivan
THS
Brooks County
Ethridge's path to head coach at Thomasville
Ethridge coached eighth grade for two years at Thomasville, then moved to ninth grade last fall and led the 1966-67 freshman team. He credits Joe Sumrall and Lee Forehand for mentorship and says he aims to be as prepared as possible before becoming a head coach, with Forehand praising his potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ethridge
Joe Sumrall
Lee
Sports Scores and Friday Schedule Fragment
A partial list shows results: Pittsburgh 3 New York 0, Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1, Atlante 6 Los Angeles 5, San Francisco 4 Cincinnati 3, Bousto 17 Louis 1. Friday games include New York at Chicago, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, San Francisco at Atlanta, Houston at Cincinnati, Los Angeles at Louis.
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Piteburgh
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlante
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Bousto
Louis
Atlanta
Housto
Pittsburgh
Francisco
Houston
W. L. Pot
An Francisco
Pittburgh Bm
Sports scoreboard snippets from multiple MLB games
A series of baseball score lines shows Kansas City 4 Detroit 2 and California 2 Baltimore 0. Other matches include New York tied Washington 1 1 and Cleveland Minnesota postponed by rain. Additional notes list Boston Chicago 2 with rain and several late night games.
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Kansas City
Detroit
New York
Washington
California
Baltimore
Cleveland
Minnesota
Boston
Chicago
Bosto
Washigton
W. L. Pet. G.B
Thomasville Legion Falls In Opener To Albany 7 6
Thomasville American Legion opened the season with a 7-6 loss to Albany. Thomasville led 1 0 in the first. Albany surged with five runs in the second and added one more in the seventh. Key early hits by Sumner Lanter and Mills put Thomasville ahead before Albany tied and pulled away. Cook Brown and Hysler highlighted Albany offense, while Lanter Roach Mille and English led Thomasville at the plate.
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Thomasville American Legion
Albany
Thomasville
Darrell Sumner
Joe Lanter
Sumner
Mike Roper
Stanley Defnall
Short
Robert Mills
Lanter
Roper
Roy Anderson
C. L. Roach
Robert Mille
Buster Lanter
Roach
Gerald English
Jon Jenkins
English
Larry Hysler
Craig Brown
Hysler
Larry Cook
Cook
Brown
L. Roach
Blomberg and Adamson Top Amateur Baseball Draft Prospects
John Michael Adamson a right handed pitcher from USC and Blomberg a high school first baseman from Atlanta were named top amateur prospects in baseballs free agent draft. Adamson No 1 in secondary phase by Baltimore Orioles and Blomberg No 1 in regular phase by the New York Yankees among 975 picks.
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Associated Prese
NEW York
John Michael Adamson
University of Southern California
Blomberg
Atlanta
Adamson
Philadelphia Phillies
Baltimore Orioles
Druid Hills
New York Yankees
Area Sports Calendar Highlights Local Pony and Farm Leagues
A compact schedule lists Jr Pony League American and National games at 5:30 and 7:30 featuring Pavo, Coats & Clark, Hibs, Exchange, Coca-Cola, VFW, Flowers Sunbeam, and Jaycees. Farm and Industrial leagues show Dawes, Pavo, Meigs, Dodge, Ted Wilkes, Spence Olds, and Daveco competing at Colton Ave field.
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Dr. Pony League Baseball
Coca-Cola
VFW
Flowers Sunbeam We. Davis
Industrial Softball League
Coats & Clarkfield
Sunnyland
Daveco
Meigs
Dodge
Colton Ave
Ted Wilkes
Spence Olds
Pro Soccer National League Results Report
Baltimore defeated Atlanta 2 1 and California beat Pittsburgh 8 1 in Wednesday results. Neo games are scheduled for Thursday with multiple matchups listed.
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Baltimore
Atlanta
California
Pittsburgh
Pony League Action: Pavo and Thomas Co Federal Win
In Tuesday night junior pony play Pavo defeated Robinson Smith 8-0 behind Thax Shelly two-hitter and two homers by Billy Bramlett. Thomas Co Federal rallied from an 8-9 deficit to beat Moone 18-0, Rodney Turner 2-4 with two singles and Allen Chastain 2-3 with a homer and a single leading the charge. Sunnyland routed Flowers Sunbeam 13-8 as Wayne Gainous allowed four hits and contributed 2-4 with a triple.
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Pavo
Robinson- Smith
Thomas Co. Federal
Moone
Thax Shelly
Seaon
Billy Bramlett
Pave
Jock Mobley
Bobby Banks
Smith
Mike Floyd
Thomas Co
Floyd
Gary Bunter
Chastain
Parrish
Federal
Buddy King
Turner
Hummer
Rodney Turner
Allen Chastain
Sunnyland
Flowers Sunbeam
Wayne Gainous
Flowers
James Willis
Tommy Gaston
Allen Shiver
Tommy Graham
Mowers
Willis
Don Westberry
Tommy Rice
Terry Graham
Graham
Gaithous
Braves seek reason for road woes after home win
Atlanta manager Billy Hitchcock questions why the Braves perform poorly on the road despite strong home form. He cites flawed pitching, notes relief pitching struggles, and points to inconsistent offense, with Hank Aaron sidelined and concerns over road game scoring and defense.
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Atlanta, Ga
Braves
Billy Hitchcock
Iike
Hank Aaron
Torre
Atlanta
Bays bite Chiefs 2-1 to close on Dixie rivals
Baltimore Bays snapped a scoring drought by Shimon Cohen in the 15th minute and Juan Santisteban added a second as the Bays beat Atlanta Chiefs 2-1 in the National Professional Soccer League. Emment Kapengwe kept Atlanta from being blanked late, but Baltimore moved to ten points behind Dixie Division leaders Pittsburgh Phantoms with a 5-3-4 record while Atlanta stood 5-4-3 with 61 points for second place.
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Baltimore
Atlanta Chiefs
Bays
Dixie
Shimon Cohen
Chiefs
Juan Santisteban
Atlanta
Vic Rouse
Emment Kapengwe
Pittsburgh Phantoms
Defending Champ Set For Monster Tourney
The Buick Open field at Warwick Hills features 144 players led by defending champion amid a three year renovation of the par 72 course. Pros note rough back nine greens and new traps with many majors tuning up for the national Open next week.
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Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Longnee
Warwick Hills Country Ub
Warwick Hills
Sam Satad
Rodgers
Palmer- Player
Nicklaus
Gay Brewer
Johnny Pott
Buick
Julius Boros
Snead
Mike Souchak
Bill Collins
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Wendell Tidwell JR
Ethridge’s
Lee Forehand
Buddy
Thomasville Legion
Willam O'Donnell
Richard Williams
Cleve Croft
Williams
James Cleveland
Will Eldridge
Julian Mann
Croft
Mann
Legion
Francis Hunter
By Jack Hand
San Diego
Southern Cal
Pony League
u.Pavo
Jaycees
Dawes
THE
Associated Press
Thomas
Hitchcock
Hitchceck
Dodgers
Rico Carty
Denis Menke
Clete Boyer
Joe Torre
Felipe Alou
Gary Geiger
Ron Speer
Bitter's Park
Aaron
Pat Jarvis
Atlanta Falls
Alt New
Ford
Ruality
Hill Tractor
Pavo Road Dial
Hart Schaffner
Pop
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Dacron
N. Broad
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