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Cook County High School
Adel, Georgia
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The Hornet Gazette

A nocturne for the 1949 Class B state champions
Season of 1949Orange & BlackSpecial scrapbook edition
State Class B championship · Albany

Hornets Take Class B Crown

Cook County High beats Newnan, 19–7, and ends a season the papers called perfect

Compiled from the clippings · see the Review Desk for what is still unsettled

ALBANY — A smaller Cook County High team scored single touchdowns in the first, second and fourth quarters on a Friday night in December to beat Newnan, 19 to 7, and win the Class B state championship, the Atlanta Constitution reported. The paper counted 3,500 “frozen” fans at Municipal Stadium. [imagined: breath smoking under the lights, orange and black scarves pulled tight]

Halfback Charley Maloney was the name on everyone’s lips. The AP has him running 83 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown; the Constitution starts him from his own 17-yard line and has him weaving through would-be tacklers. Quarterback Billy Burt passed 24 yards to Carroll Hayes[?] for the first score in the opening minutes, and Bobby Daughtrey[?] kicked the point. Newnan’s only touchdown came in the last quarter, on a 70-yard drive.

The two papers tell the second-quarter score differently. The AP has Maloney catching a pass and racing 27 yards; the Constitution has him running one play after a punt went out at the Newnan 27. Both may be describing the same drive. That is on the Review Desk.

The road to Albany

Cook came in as South Georgia “B” champion, having beaten Jesup, 26–13, in Valdosta the week before. Newnan, called a “giant killer,” had lost in the regular season only to LaGrange and had nosed out West Point, 7–6. The site was settled at a meeting in Macon on Saturday, Dec. 3. Newnan’s people wanted Griffin; Albany was Adel’s choice; a coin was tossed, and the Newnan paper reports, “Adel won.” Kickoff was set for 8 o’clock. There were to be no radio broadcasts, no student tickets at the gate, and, in the event of a tie, co-champions.

The season behind it

Ten regular-season games, 414 points scored, 12 allowed. That is the figure in the Turpentine Bowl preview, and Charles Shiver’s 2019 Cook Centennial magazine piece gives the same. Twelve points would be two touchdowns with no extra points, which would fit the preview’s remark that Adel had been scored on twice, both times through the air. That is arithmetic, not something either source says.

Early on the Hornets were unscored upon, with just 20 net yards rushing allowed in four games. Maloney scored five touchdowns against Sylvester in one game. Cook beat Ocilla 63–0, “consecutive win number seven,” with Maloney returning the second-half kickoff 80 yards and Daughtrey[?] running his extra-point total to 30, which the paper said tied the state record. At Valdosta’s Cleveland stadium the Hornets beat unbeaten Quitman 20–0 and held the Pirates to 85 yards of offense.

The man in charge

Head coach Knuck McCrary, “the short, sturdy[?] Georgia graduate” in the Constitution’s words, had finished, it said, “a perfect season.” Shiver’s article says McCrary took the school, then Sparks-Adel, to 8–2 in 1948, and that it went unbeaten the next year after it became Cook High.

One more night

In mid-December the Hornets were booked for the first Gum Turpentine Bowl at Cleveland Field in Valdosta, sponsored by the VFW, against Fernandina, Fla., champion of Florida’s B class, unbeaten and untied and led by Eugene “Bull” York. The clippings on file preview that game but don’t report the result. In an Aug. 25, 2025 group post, Alan Parrish, quoting Lynn Bennett, says Fernandina won, 19–14, and that the Cook players were given watches: “My watch ran for two weeks, then died forever.” [not yet confirmed by a clipping]

After the whistle

By late January the same boys were on the basketball court. The Macon paper noted that several of the quintet played on the football team that won the Class B title, and it called Allen “Head” Parrish one of the tallest boys in Georgia high school basketball, at the head of the Adel scoring parade with better than 15 points a game. Adel had won eight of ten, and one clipping has Perry beating them at Adel on Jan. 20. The 1949 Hornets held a 50th reunion in August 1999, Shiver reports. [imagined: a room of gray heads, and somebody, sooner or later, saying “remember the cold in Albany?”]

The Clippings

Fifteen clippings transcribed. Each scan is shown as found.

Football

Adel Romps Over Ocilla

Cook 63, Ocilla 0. Charley Maloney returns the second-half kickoff 80 yards; the extra-point kicker ties a state record.

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Adel Romps
Over Ocilla
By BILLY EMRICH

ADEL—Cook High School racked up consecutive win number seven here last night, running up a 63 to 0 score over a completely outclassed Ocilla squad.

The Cook eleven completely dominated the play from the opening whistle, and after Charley Maloney ran the second half kickoff back for 80 yards and a touchdown, Coach McCrary's second stringers played out the last two periods.

Bobby Daughery[?] kicked nice straight extra points to run his total for the season to 30, which tied the state record.

The Hornets grabbed 14 first downs to eight for their opponents, and ran up a total of 310 total yards gained to 109 for Ocilla.

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Football

Cook High Hornets Engage Tough Panama City Eleven

Preview of the trip to Panama City, Fla., to meet Bay High.

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Cook High Hornets Engage
Tough Panama City Eleven

BY BENNY AARONSON

[COLUMN 1]
ADEL—The Cook County High Hornets rounded out a week of rough work with a light drill yesterday afternoon as they prepped for tonight's game in Panama City, Fla., with the strong Bay High eleven.

Mitch Flowers, right end who missed the opener last week with Sylvester because of a foot ailment, is expected to be ready for action tonight. Flowers was an all-regional selection last season, along with Head Parrish, Hornet left end.

Forming the light, 165-pound Cook line, along with these two are, Smiles Taylor and Willard Butler at the tackles, co-captain Eugene Maddox and Winston Sumner at guards, and A. J. Parrish, center. Maddox has looked particularly good recently.

Jim Tom Lastinger, another who was out last week because of an

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injury, figures to be ready to go at lefthalf. Charles Cox and V. L. Daughtrey continue their fight for the varsity fullback berth, with Cox likely getting the nod over Daughtrey, who was a regular last season, because of his fine showing against Sylvester.

Billy Dean, the team's piledriver, will be at righthalf and Faye Carroll Hayes at quaraer[?].

Bay High annually fields one of the finest prep football squads in North Florida and Coach Knuck McCrary's Hornets have their work cut out for them in tonight's encounter.

[unrelated filler items at bottom of clipping:]
"Manzai" is the Korean equivalent of the Japanese "banzai"

Much of Japanese culture came from China via Korea, according to the National Geographic Society.
Football

Adel-Quitman Clash Slated Here Tonight

Preview of two unbeaten teams at Cleveland Field, Valdosta. Lineup headings need checking.

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Adel-Quitman Clash
Slated Here Tonight

Crowd of 3,500 Expected To
Witness Two Elevens Battle

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A battle of two unbeaten elevens is slated for Cleveland Field tonight when the Quitman High School Pirates battle Cook High. Both teams are confident, and a crowd of 3,500 fans is expected to be on hand for the contest.

Coached by two former Valdosta High school grid stars, the two grid machines are rated definite contenders for the state championships in their respective classes. Quitman, coached by Tom Stewart, has chalked up three consecutive wins, defeating Camilla, Arlington, and Monticello, Fla. Kunck[?] McCrary, who is head mentor at Cook High, has led his elevens to four wins, beating Wacona[?], Patterson, Folkston and Sylvester. The Adel team is unscored on, and has given up but 20 net yards rushing in the four contests.

Both teams are of high scoring caliber, and the large crowd of fans may see a six or seven touchdown game tonight.

The Adel team is co-captained by Billy Burt and Charlie Maloney, both backs. Burt is a pass slinging quarterback, a senior, who has been a basketball star at Adel for the past three years. Maloney, a hard-running 170 pounder, scored five touchdowns against Sylvester last week, to illustrate his capabilities.

Over in the land of hams, in Brooks county, the folks think they have two of the best backs not only in Class C competition, but in the entire state. They are referring to fullback Roy Barker, a 175 pound triple threat performer, and quarterback Kenneth Murphy, 170 pounds of youth who is noted for giving the opposition a couple of hips[?], and then taking them away hurriedly.

The lines of the two teams will be about even in weights, while Quitman will hold a definite weight edge in the backfield.

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QUITMAN COACH
[photo of a man in suit and tie]
TOM "CURLY" STEWART
V. H. S. Graduate

The game is sponsored by the Valdosta Touchdown Club, and all the proceeds will be divided between the two schools.

LINEUPS — *** CAUTION: the two lineup lists below were read with team headings as shown; the players listed under each heading appear to conflict with the article text (e.g. Burt/Maloney/Hayes are Cook players, Barker/Murphy are Quitman players). The headings or their placement need to be checked against the image. ADDED LATER: the game story (Unbeaten_Cook_Fries_Quitman.txt) lists Barker, Waters, Griffis, Isom, Murphy, Powell and Fann as Quitman's starters, and Parrish, Burt, Hayes and Maloney as Cook's, so the headings here appear swapped. Whether the newspaper or the reading swapped them is unchecked. ***

[heading read as:] Quitman[?]
A. Parrish 175 LE
Gray LT
V. Brackle[?] 150 LG
B. Daug'ry 160 C
Millkin[?] 140 RG
George 180 RT
Flowers 160 RE
Burt 160 QB
Hayes 135 LH
V. Daug'ry 150 RH
Maloney 175 FB

[heading read as:] Cook[?]
C. Barker 175 LE
Waters 190 LT
Taylor 160 LG
Griffis 170 C
Johnson 140 RG
George 145 RT
Isom 135 RE
Murphy 170 QB
Powell 150 LH
Fann 135 RH
R. Bak'r 175 FB

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not be able to go against Auburn. McCoy was knocked out for two minutes, but escaped with a big bump on his head.

On the Auburn campus a bright young soph center, Homer Williams, stood out in a drill behind locked doors. Even so, Coach Earl Brown wasn't in a cheerful mood. "You just can't plan a decent defense against a team like Tech," he complained.

Alabama, Tennessee's week end foe, forgot about defense and took a hard work-out in its running game. Things went well, and Coach Red Drew said that with one or two exceptions everybody was in top shape for Saturday's scrap.

Georgia's Bulldogs took it easy while they waited to take on L. S. U. The Bengals were tapering off, too, until that ineligibility ruling struck. To counter their loss of end Bullock, the Bengals' big running threat, fullback Ebert Van Buren, was pronounced fit and ready to go.

Florida and Vanderbilt went the even tenor of their ways as they got ready for each other at Jacksonville. Gator Coach Bear Wolf toyed with the idea of letting loose a full-blast air attack in an effort to upset the Commodores. Vandy emphasized both pass and rushing defense.

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Football

Quitman-Spardel Tickets Will Go on Sale Friday

Ticket news for the Valdosta Touchdown Club game.

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Quitman-Spardel Tickets
Will Go on Sale Friday

[COLUMN 1]
Tickets to the annual Quitman High-Sparks[?]-Adel High football game, which will be held at Cleveland Field next Thursday night, will go on sale tomorrow, according to an announcement today from the Valdosta Touchdown Club, sponsors of the annual clash.

Upwards of 3,000 fans are expected to flock to the contest to see the elevens of two former Valdostans, Tom Stewart and Knuck McCrary, match wits. Stewart is coach of the Quitman eleven while McCrary directs the activities of the Cook High squad.

Both teams have hard games tomorrow night, Quitman invading Monticello, Fla., and Spardel[?] visiting Sylvester.

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The tickets will go on sale in Quitman at Cash Drug, Terry's Drug and Glausier's Drug, while in Adel ducats have been placed in Deans' Atkins' and Rogers Drug stores. The tickets will be put on sale in Valdosta at Bob Belcher's Drug Store and at Terry's Drug Store. Admission for the game will be 50 cents for students and Negro fans, and 90 cents for adults. This price includes the tax.

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NOTES ON THE SERIES
By ED CORRIGAN
NEW YORK — (AP) — Peew Reese has been in three world series and he never has been caught stealing. He had three in 1947 and one yesterday—none in '41. . Yank Manager Casey Stengel had a dilemma in the eighth inning. Pitcher Allie Reynolds was due to bat and the situation called for a pinch-hitter. Casey had John Mize and Bobby Brown rea[cut off]
Football

Unbeaten Cook Fries Quitman

The 20-0 result, with both lineups and the line score. The Yardstick numbers are too blurry to trust.

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Unbeaten Cook
Fries Quitman

By JIMMY WALL, Journal Staff Writer
[byline photo; caption: JIMMY WALL]

VALDOSTA, Oct. 14.—As one neutral Valdosta fan put [i]t, "You're watching the state Class B and C champions play [o]ut there tonight." The neutral fan, two hot dog salesmen [a]nd a traveling man from Aug[illegible]sta were the only ones among [4?],000[?] paid who hadn't taken sides as Class B Cook county [h]igh pounded Quitman, 20-0 here Thursday night in Cleveland stadium.

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Cook county high, formerly Adel [b]efore its consolidation, kept its [u]nbeaten, untied and unscored [r]ecord intact [t]hrough its fifth straight game.

The defeat was the first of the year for Class C Quitman. But the Pirates are still heavy favorites to capture the 1-C Region crown, and head later for state honors.

Cook has [f?]our 1-B region games remaining, and unless somewhere in that quartet there is a def[?]nse to stop Knuck McCrary's powerful T-offense, then these Hornets are headed toward a B division title for south Georgia.

The Hornets waited until midway the third quarter before they sent Fay Hayes, a 135-pound half- [the Yardstick box sits here; the text appears to pick up below with "back"] back, around left end for 17 yards and touchdown. Twice before in the opening half, Quitman's line, anchored by center Gordon Griffis, had repelled threats to the 21, 27, and 14-yard lines.

After that first one, Cook moved confidently and rapidly to push over two more in the fourth quarter. Charley Maloney, senior halfback, carried five times from the 16, crashing over from the one. V. L. Daughtery skirted right end to score from the 35.

Quitman's two offensive stars, Kenneth Murphy and Roy Barker, were slowed by the Cook line for the first time this fall. Before Thursday night Barker had averaged 18.7 yards per try in his three previous games. But at Cleveland stadium, Barker faced perhaps the best defensive line he will see this season.

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YARDSTICK
COOK CO. (20)    QUITMAN (0)
13 — First Down — 5
256[?] — Yards Rushing — 59[?]
27[?] — Yards Passing — 26[?]
50[?] — Penalties — 20[?]
[Another reading of the same box gave 256/58, 27/28, 50/20. The numbers are blurry and the two readings disagree, so treat none of them as reliable.]

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[start of the sentence not read:] ...linemen back. Pat Milliken, guard, and Jimmy George[?], tackle[?], led the Hornet forewall that limited the entire Pirate offense to 85 yards total running and passing.

Lineups:
COOK (20[?])
ENDS—Allen Parrish, Larry Flowers, Billy Hancock.
TACKLES—Leroy Gray, Jimmy George, Willard Butler
GUARDS—Henry Vanbrackle, Pat Milliken, Maddox Sumner[?], Brinson Taylor[?].
CENTERS—Bobby Daugherty.
BACKS—Billy Burt, Fay Hayes, [?]ie Cox, Charley Maloney, Lastinger, V. L. Daugherty.

QUITMAN (0)
ENDS—Carl Barker, Earl Isom, Kirby[?].
TACKLES—Ralph Waters, Randall George[?], A. P. McCord, W. Patrick.
GUARDS—Bobby Taylor, James Johnson.
CENTERS—Gordon Griffis.
BACKS—Kenneth Murphy, Roy Barker, Sammy Powell, James Fann, Manny[?].

Cook County . . . . . 0 0 6 14—20
Quitman . . . . . 0 0 0 0—0
Scoring TDs for Cook county—Hays, Maloney and Daugherty. E. P. Daugherty[?] [rest of the line not read]

[Below, in the right column: an Esquire Girl 1950 Calendar advertisement, "Famous wall size 35¢, Leatherette desk size 50¢", and the line "USE JOURNAL WANT ADS". Not part of the article.]
Football

The probable starting lineups

Tifton vs. Cook lineups and weights. Date and game not stated in the clipping.

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The probable starting lineups:

TIFTON—Ends James Hughes, 170, and Wyman Flippo, 170; tackles Royce Johnson, 200, and Laverne Scott, 214; guards Brogden, 186, and Billy Johnston, 194; center Ray Grimsley, 255; quarterback Donald Kendricks, 147, lefthalf Johnny Lipsey, 160, righthalf Doug Jolley, 145, and fullback Edwin Revels, 180.

COOK—Ends Head Parrish, 196, and Larry Flowers, 173; tackles Smiles Taylor, 170, and Willard Butler, 173; guards Eugene Maddox, 160, and Wimpy Sumner, 155; center A. J. Parrish, 145; quarterback Faye Carroll Hayes, 150, lefthalf Jim Tom Lastinger, 160, righthalf Billy Dean, 165, and fullback Charles Cox, 165.
Title game

Newnan Meets Adel For State Crown Dec. 9th

A coin toss in Macon picks the site: Albany, Friday night, 8 o'clock.

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Newnan Meets
Adel For State
Crown Dec. 9th

On Saturday, December 3, Mr. Drake, Coach Pierce and Mr. Evans representing Newnan met in Macon with three representatives of the Georgia High School Association also attended this meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to determine a neutral field for the Class B State Championship play off between Newnan and Adel.

Griffin was the preferance[sic] of our representatives and Albany was chosen by our opponents. A coin was tossed and Adel won. It was agreed that the game should be played Friday night December 9, in the Albany stadium at 8 o'clock.

Tom Farmer
Title game

Adel Hornets Face Newnan In Albany Tomorrow Night

The preview: co-champions in case of a tie, no broadcasts, no student tickets at the gate.

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FOR STATE TITLE ...

Adel Hornets Face Newnan In Albany Tomorrow Night

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The South Georgia "B" grid champion Cook High Hornets face Newnan in Albany tomorrow night at 8:00 for the state title.

Unbeaten in ten games this season, the Adel eleven is ranked as

[photo of Maj. Joe Foss; caption:] CANDIDATE—Maj. Joe Foss, above, wartime Marine Corps air ace and holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, has announced he will be a candidate for Republican nomination for governor of South Dakota.

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a favorite in the battle. They captured the South Georgia crown by beating Jesup, 26-13, in Valdosta last week.

During the reguar[sic?] season, Newnan lost only to powerful LaGrange, a team that lost the North Georgia "A" championship to Decatur on the penetration system after a 7-7 tie.

The penetration ruling will no longer be in effect for state championship games. In the event of a tie tomorrow night, Adel and Newnan will be declared co-champions.

Newnan has been a "giant killer" all season and has knocked off several would-be contenders in previously unbeaten teams. West Point had a brilliant and long string of victories before Newnan nosed them, 7-6. Ellijay bowed in the playoff for the North Georgia title, 24-6.

Officials of the school announced that no student tickets would be on sale at the gate. Only advance sales will be made to students at Adel, Newnan, and Albany. Students from neighboring towns may secure ducats from these schools.

It was also voted at the Macon meeting to ban broadcasts of the game and it will not be aired over any station.

[unrelated filler:] Radio manufacturers report that television receivers constitute 65 per cent of the dollar volume of their output.

[unrelated filler:] The dog family includes various kinds of dogs, wolves, jackals and foxes.
Title game

Cook High Whips Newnan, Taking Class B Title

The AP dispatch: Cook 19, Newnan 7.

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Cook High Whips Newnan, Taking Class B Title

ALBANY, Ga., Dec. 9—(AP)—Cook county high of Adel walked off with the Class B Georgia high school title tonight by whipping Newnan, 19 to 7.

Cook county's star halfoack[?], Chuck[?] Maloney[?], ran 83 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter and snagged a pass in the second to race 27 yards to the goal pcst[?].

The pass was from Quarterback Billy Burt[?], who also passed 24 yards to Fullback Carroll Hayes[?] for the first tally in the opening minutes of the game. Bobby Daughtrey[?] kicked the point.
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Title game

State Crown as Newnan Bows 19 to 7

The Constitution's account by Bob Christian. Small, low-resolution clip.

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State Crown
as Newnan
Bows 19 to 7

By BOB CHRISTIAN
Constitution Sports Writer

MUNICIPAL STADIUM, ALBANY—Size wasn't the factor as a smaller Cook County High scored single touchdowns in the first, second and fourth quarters Friday night to blast Newnan, 19-7, and win the State Class B championship.

It was a game bunch of Hornets from Adel that took it on the chin physically but had the stuff to hold their own and furnish the scoring punch three times.

More than once the Tigers from Coweta County lacked the spark to ignite the scoreboard. Their only tally came in the final quarter as a result of a 70-yard drive.

For Knuck McCrary, the short, sturdy[?] Georgia graduate whose hip pockets are farther apart every time you see him[?], it was the end of a perfect season. Knuck took over the head reins last year and [cut off]

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Adel's next touchdown came early in the second quarter when Donald Lassiter[?]'s punt went out on the Newnan 27. One play later this boy Maloney sat on[?] the first of two touchdown runs. He went to his right, cut back to mid-field, did some fancy dancing to avoid Tigers, then scored as Hayes applied the vital block.

In the fourth quarter, Maloney threw the 3,500 frozen fans why he is rated one of the top backs in the State. Starting from his own 17-yard line he weaved his way through would-be tacklers, hurling one, bowling over another and finally finding his [cut off]
Bowl game

Bowl Tilt Features Adel, Fernandina, Fla.

The first Gum Turpentine Bowl, Valdosta. Both teams unbeaten and untied.

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TEAMS UNBEATEN, UNTIED

Bowl Tilt Features Adel, Fernandina, Fla.

By DICK POWELL
[photo of a man; caption: DICK POWELL]

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VALDOSTA, Ga., Dec. 15.— Adel's powerful Cook high Hornets, champions of Class B in Georgia prep football, will face Fernandina's Pirates, champions in Florida B high school play, in the first annual Gum Turpentine Bowl at Cleveland Field here Friday night at 8:15.

Both elevens are undefeated and untied, and record-breaking Adel was scored on but twice during the regular season — both touchdowns coming on passes.

[bold] Fernandina, led by Eugene (Bull) York, a crushing runner who tallied 109 points this season and who will play college football at the University of Florida, will bring a team that easily matches Adel's speed into the bowl.

The Georgians will have the advantage

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on defense, however, having held their opponents to 12 points while scoring 414. The Floridians counted 334 but allowed 90 markers on the opposition scorecard.

Cook is paced by hard-running Charles Maloney, scheduled for the University of Georgia for the next four years, and the Orange and Black should rule a home-state favorite in the event which is sponsored by the Valdosta Post 1777[?] of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

[bold] The opposing forward walls will rate about even standards, with the Floridians tipping the scales at 162 and the Cook countians weighing in at 157. Adel's fine defense comes from the speed in the line and the distinctive team play of the Hornets. Probably the only deficiency comes in pass defense —as witness the two touchdowns allowed by the aerial method.

The Turpentine Bowl promises to rival any high school post-season game in this section, and the VFW will continue to improve it as the events take place.
Basketball

'Cats, Kittens Battle Adel Fives Here Tonite

Sparks-Adel basketball at Valdosta, on the 1948-49 slate.

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'CATS, KITTENS BATTLE
ADEL FIVES HERE TONITE

The strong Sparks-Adel girls and boys basketball teams will invade the Valdosta High School shell tonight for a pair of cage tilts with the Wildcats and Wildkittens of V. H. S. The girls' game will start at 7:30.

In two previous games between the schools, the Sparks-Adel lassies handed the VHS girls a licking, while the Wildcat five copped a thrilling 56 to 46 game from the Sparks-Adel quintet.

Included in the victory column of the invading Sparks-Adel boys is a triumph over the strong Quitman team, one of the three squads who have been able to turn the tide on the Valdosta High boys this season. Other losses by Valdosta were a two point defeat by Tifton, and a three point licking by Hahira. Sparks-Adel holds a win over Hahira, as well as other strong teams in this section of the state. The local boys have won 10 games while dropping three, and the Valdosta female sextet has copped eight games against five losses.

Coach Rick Davis[?] will go all out tonight to try and give the Sparks-Adel girls a battle in the second meeting of the two teams. The Cook County lasses have always turned out a strong team, and for the last five years have been district favorites along with Baxley. Baxley has been victorious in the past few years in the finals of the District tournament, but many cage followers in the state acclaim that the Sparks-Adel girls would be co-favorites in the state meet should both Baxley and Adel be able to compete in the annual journey at Macon.

The VHS boy's chances against Adel, Tifton, Quitman and Pine Grove, the last four "close" opponents on the schedule, were dealt a blow this week when Coach Wright Bazemore announced that Jack Mote would be ineligible until "tournament time." The rangy Valdosta guard has been playing improved ball throughout the season, and his loss will be severely[?] felt in the last remaining games on the 1948-49 slate.

Coach Bazemore has switched Jack Hill from forward to guard to handle Mote's defensive chores, and inserted Aaron Alderman, second string forward, into Hill's starting forward position.

A large number of Valdosta and Sparks-Adel fans are expected for the two contests tonight. The boy's game will get underway at 8:45.

[column 3, an unrelated AP golf story about the Tucson Open, omitted]
Basketball

Towering Center Leads Adel Team

Allen "Head" Parrish and the Hornets' basketball five, ahead of the Macon March of Dimes card.

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[top fragment, cut off:] night. ... General Manager John Quinn.

Towering Center Leads Adel Team

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If altitude has anything to do with it the Cook County High basketball five from Adel stands about as good a chance of beating Irwinville here tomorrow night as any of them.

Cook County, facing the undefeated Class C flashes in the feature of the Macon March of Dimes benefit card at the city auditorium, will be led by one of the tallest boys in Georgia high school basketball ranks—Center Allen Parrish.

Parrish is called "Head" by his mates and there are two or three possible reasons for this unique moniker. One—he normally stands heads above everyone on the court. Two—he is currently at the head of the scoring parade for the Adel five, boasting a game average of over 15 points to the game. And so on.

Regardless of the name or its origin, "Head's" Coach E. P. Burt[?] stacks a lot of faith alongside this stringbean performer and has been rewarded for that faith more often than not in the Hornets' season to date.

Adel has won eight out of the 10 games they have played this season, getting off to a somewhat slower start than most of the other teams because a number of the quintet's players were also members of the football team which won the Class B championship from Newnan.

Their only losses were one last week to Perry, which according to all reports was much closer than the 42-34 score indicates, and an

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early season loss to Moultrie's Packers.

Against the "Head" and his cohorts the Irwinville five, under Wallace Childs[?], will be gunning for its 21st win of the year—without nary a loss on the books against them.

The Irwinville five has so completely outclassed most of its opponents to date that the starting five has been limited in its point scoring to avoid landslide walkaways. Coach Childs[?] believes in the "coup d'grace", and, as a result, his first stringers have played less than half of most of the Irwinville games this year.

Little more need be said about the strength of this fearsome five than to mention again the four defeats powerful Perry has absorbed while engaged in play with Edwin Reeves[?], O'Neal Register[?] and company.

Even after Perry's third defeat at the hands of Irwinville, some observers were still saying the Panthers could beat them. But, after Irwinville made it No. Four against the Houston County five Saturday night, most wags were in agreement that Irwinville "must really have it."

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Basketball

Tifton, Adel Are Chosen As 1-A Tournament Sites

Region 1, Class A basketball tournament sites and first-round brackets. Year not shown on the clip.

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Edges / condition: Left edge: single-word fragments from a neighbouring column (not transcribed). Right column is a separate, fragmentary sports column (college basketball scores and an AP story about a football coach), cut off at the right edge; omitted here. Year and paper are not shown on the clip.

Tifton, Adel Are Chosen
As 1-A Tournament Sites

TIFTON, Feb. 1 — Tifton will be host to the Western division boys basketball tournament of Region 1, class A, Feb. 23, 24 and 25. The finals will be played February 27th.

The time and places of the Region I boys and girls tournaments were set at a meeting of Region I officials here Saturday. Region I is divided into Western and Eastern divisions.

In the Western division are Adel, Thomasville, Cairo, Americus, Tifton, Bainbridge, and Colquitt. The Eastern division is composed of Nashville, Fitzgerald, Alma, Douglas, Baxley, Valdosta and Waycross.

The Eastern division of the boys tournament will be held in Alma.

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The Western division of the girls tournament will be held in Adel and the Eastern division in Baxley. Tifton girls are in the Western division. The girls tournament dates are February 16, 17, and 18, with the finals February 21st.

In the boys tournament to be held in Tifton, the first bracket of play will be Tifton vs. Cairo, Americus vs. Adel, Thomasville vs. Colquitt; Bainbridge drew a bye. Tifton, Colquitt, Adel and Bainbridge were seeded.

In the Eastern division for the boys, starting brackets will be Alma vs. Douglas, Nashville vs. Waycross, Baxley vs. Fitzgerald; Valdosta drew a bye. Teams seeded are Valdosta, Alma, Nashville and Baxley.

The opening brackets of play in the Western girls division will be Adel vs. Thomasville, Cairo vs. Americus, Tifton vs. Bainbridge; Colquitt, bye. Adel, Colquitt, Tifton and Americus were seeded.

Eastern girls division opening brackets are Nashville vs. Fitzgerald, Alma vs. Douglas, Baxley vs. Valdosta; Waycross, bye. Nashville, Douglas, Baxley and Waycross were seeded.
Basketball

Perry Trims Adel

Perry beats Adel at Adel, Jan. 20. The score appears three different ways across clippings.

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Edges / condition: Not reported. Headline and text disagree on the score (see note).

Perry Trims
Adel, 43-32 [headline as read; the text below says 42 to 32]

ADEL, Jan. 20—The Perry High Panthers captured their 20th victory of the season by defeating the Adel quintet 42 to 32 in a tilt played here tonight.

Pacing the Panthers, who have lost only three games this year, was Forward Billy Gray who took scoring honors in the game with 18 points.

Parrish paced Adel with 12 points.

Perry held at 25 to 20 lead at the half and were never headed.

BOYS

ADEL [32]
Emrich, 8
Hayes, 2
Parrish, 12
Maloney, 3
Daughtern[?], 1
Substitutions: Adel, Allen, 4; Perry: Lauhorn[?], 6.

PERRY [42]
Peyton, 10
Gray, 18
Hickson, 2
Shatterfield[?], 5
Hardy, 1

Score at Half: Adel, 20: Perry, 25.

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Train Ride Thrills Pupils

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Fernandina Bowl

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Fernandina Edges Adel

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Extra Points Beat Cordele

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Adel, Quitman Squads Boast Strong Lines

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The Atlanta Constitution, June 1, 1949, p. 22

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Adel champs (image)

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The Review Desk

What is settled, what isn’t, and what only someone who was there can say.

  1. The second-quarter touchdown. The AP says Maloney caught a pass from Burt and ran 27 yards to the goal post. The Constitution says a punt went out at the Newnan 27 and Maloney scored on the next play. Which is it, or are they the same drive?
  2. The Perry game. The clipping’s headline says 43–32, its text says 42 to 32, and the Macon story (file dated Jan. 24, 1950) says Adel lost to Perry “42-34.” Maybe there were two games; maybe someone misprinted it.
  3. Names. Daughtrey appears as Daughtrey, Daughery, Daughtery and Daugherty. Hayes is Carroll Hayes, Faye Carroll Hayes, Fay Hayes and Hays. “Emrich” and “Emerich” both appear, and Shiver lists Billy Emerich as team statistician and reporter, while the Ocilla story is bylined Billy Emrich. Same man? Head Parrish is also “Allen Parrish” and “A. Parrish” in different clippings.
  4. The Turpentine Bowl. The 19–14 loss and the watches come from a Facebook post, not a clipping. Is there a clipping of the result? The exact date is also missing.
  5. The lineups. In the Adel–Quitman preview, the list under the heading “Cook” holds Barker, Waters, Griffis, Isom, Murphy, Powell and Fann. The game story lists those same names as Quitman’s starters, so the two headings look swapped. Whether the newspaper printed them that way or the reading swapped them hasn’t been checked against the scan.
  6. Game order. The Panama City preview says Sylvester was “last week’s opener,” but the Quitman preview lists Sylvester as one of four earlier wins. Which came first?
  1. Ocilla “win number seven.” Cook finished 10–0 in the regular season, per Shiver. Which games made up the ten?
  2. Shiver’s article. The file on hand looks dictated and has errors (“Noonan” for Newnan, “10 and no record”). I read that as 10–0 and used only its record, its 414–12 figure, McCrary’s 8–2 in 1948 and the 1999 reunion. Its roster is garbled and is not reproduced here.
  3. The roster. A full, correct roster would be a good addition. Only someone who knows the team can settle the spellings.
  4. Hard-to-read places. The Yardstick box in the Quitman game story has blurry numbers, and two readings disagree. The small Constitution clip of the title game is low-resolution, with several uncertain words.
  5. Scans still to read. Seven files listed under “Also on file” have not been transcribed yet.
  6. Photographs. Any team photo or portrait with names would make this edition better.

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