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Lions Turn
Breaks Into
1-AAA Win
By AL ECHOLS
VERNON, Nov. 1—The Vernon
Lions played control football here
Friday night to corral the Sweet-
water Mustangs in a district 1-AAA
upset. The Lions held command all
of the way although it was not un-
til the fourth period that they
pushed across the touchdown that
gave them a 6-0 victory.
Working on the theory that "you
can't score without the ball," the
Lions gave the Mustangs few
chances as they were in possession
of the pigskin most of the night.
They ran 41 plays from scrimmage
in the first half to only 17 for the
Mustangs.
It was a tough defensive game
with Lady Luck playing a vital
part in the final outcome. She
frowned on the Mustangs in the
third period when they were show-
ing signs of coming to life, then
turned her smile 011 the Lions to
give them; a hand in the drive for
the winning touchdown.
Feagan, Butler Injured
Joe Feagan, the only quarter-
back in condition to work in the
game, was carried from the field in
the third period to spike a drive
that was just materializing, but
showing promise. He came back
into the game in the fourth period
but was far from ready for the
job.
James Butler, replacing Feagan
as the man-down-under, also was
injured in the third period although
he likewise got back into the game
in the closing minutes.
Sweetwater was badly off on its
offensive game and never once
seriously threatened the Vernon
goal line, moving the ball across
the 50 yard line only twice in the
game. They moved to the Vernon
43 yard line in the second quarter
and to the 34 in the final period
when they went to the air in an
attempt to pull the the game out
of the fire.
Vernon Threatens Often
On the other hand, Vernon threat-
ened constantly but liad trouble
keeping the ball moving when they
approached the danger zone. They
were inside the 20 yard line twice
in the first quarter; moved once
to the 28 n the second period and
down from the Vernon 42 appar-
ently had the drive spiked but an
official called a personal foul pen-
alty en the Mustangs on the pass
play that franked the ball to the
Mustang 38. From that point the
Lions needed only seven plays to
find paydirt with Ramon Towry go-
ing the last 13 yards.
The try for conversion was no
good but it.was not needed as the
Mustangs were unable to get roll-
ing.
Mustangs Fight Back
The injury ridden Mustangs
fought bitterly from the first play
of the game but found the action
taken aay from them and were
never able to wrest control from
a charged up Lion eleven. Fox
Byrd, Mark Bishop, Jack Leonard
and Theron Dorsey led the Mus-
tang defense that all but salvaged
a scoreless standoff for favored
Sweetwater.
The Mustangs had little for which
to cheer on the offense as they
were able to pick up only 27 net
yards rushing in the game. They
went to the air 20 times and con-
nected for seven good for 58 yards.
Vernon's potent attack was led
by Towry, Gordon Harvey and Dan
Borchardt, all hard runners. Har-
vey handled the passing for the
Lions from their smooth working
single wing formation.
Chris Krebs was the standout on
the Vernon defensive eleven.
The statistics:
Sweetwater Vernon
8 first downs 16
27 net yards rushing 195
20 passes attempted 10
7 for 58. passes cm'p., yds.. 4 for 29
1 passes intercepted 0
0 fumbles recovered 1
7 for 214... punts, yds 1 for 33
7 for 71... .penalty, yds 4 for 35
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Sunday, November 2, 1952
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Steers Beat
Plainview In
t-AAA Tilt
By AL ECHOLS
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world when it
comes to attracting crowds to single events. Baseball is known as the
American pastime but the moguis of the diamond sport would be happy
if they could consistently attract as many fans to each single game as
does the pigskin sport.
Many reasons have been given for the popularity ranging from the
appeal of the bands, pep squads and other attractions that lend color
to the sport to the out and out bodily contact that is the nearest ap-
proach to actual physical combat the American sports scene has to off-
er on a team scale.
Recently an Englishman, giving himself a liberal education in
American sports, reported his reactions to the game. He likes base-
ball very much, goes for basketball and hockey in a big way and can
take or leave alone the American style of fighting but football leaves
him cold. He thinks American football is a total loss from a specta-
tor's standpoint.
themselves against the single
wing, something they have seen
little of this season ... It has al-
ways been our impression that the
T formation depended on decep-
tion and the single wing 011 a wave
of blockers ahead of the ball car-
rier but evidently Vernon holds a
different view . . . The Lions had
the wave of blockers out front al-
right but they also had a lot of
deception in their bail handling . . .
Well, as we said before, the only
difference between an upset and a
setup is in the arrangement of the
word combinations and Vernon
certainly had something to say
about it this time.
Good For Player, Bust For Fan
*"I can see where it would be a
great game for the players," he
said, "but I claim it is a complete
bust for the spectators. Take away
the organized cheering, singing,
band playing and card pictures and
the spectator gets nothing for his
money. If it were not for these
side attractions you could walk
out 011 the act."
He made the statement that
probably not one fan in a thou-
sand knows a play was run im-
mediately after it is run whereas
in baseball, basketball or hockey
the play develops right out in the
open. And he calls the game slow
and monotonous, pointing to the
time lost in the huddle as "dead
time."
In conclusion he said, "I think
football is the greatest fraud ever
perpetrated on the American pub-
lic. It may be a grand game for
young men who Hke to slam each
other around but it's a bust for
the spectators."
He's Right on Many points
PLAINVIEW, Nov. 1—The Big j And the man is right on many of
Spring Steers defeated the Plain- the points he made—but we con-
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Hermleigh Wins
Over Loraine In
District 5-B Tilt
HERMLEIGH, Nov. 1 — The
Hermleigh Cardinals ran their 1952
gridiron string to eight straights
here Friday night but had little to
spare in so doing. The Cards nip-
ped the Loraine Bulldogs 13-6 in a
district 5-B contest.
The victory gave the Cardinals
six wins in district play and two in
warmup games without a loss. It
also insured them of no worse
than a tie for the 5-B bunting.
Dickie Wall took personal charge
in the first quarter to stake Herm-
leigh to its two touchdowns. Ot was
a team affair from that point on
as the Cards fought off Loraine
threats to protect their narrow
lead.
Wall bucked over from the one
yard line midway of the first quar-
ter to give the locals their first
touchdown, then intercepted a Bull-
dog pass and ran it back 45 yards
for the second—also in the first
period.
Gerald Jordan converted follow-
ing the escond Hermleigh touch-
down.
Loraine blocked a Hermleigh
puunt of fthe oe of Floyd Hacker
in the third quarter for its score.
The forward wall broke through
enmasse to block the punt on the
Hermleigh 10-yard line. Glen Car-
roll, Loraine fullback, scooped up
the loose ball and carried over.
Wall raced 75 yards for a third
Hermleigh touchdown in the fourth
period but it was nullified by a
penalty.
Lamesa Win
Over Snyder
In 45-0 Tilt *1
LAMESA, Nov. 1—The Lamesa
Tornadoes blew over the Snyder
Tigers for a 45-0 victory in a dis-
trict 1-AAA game here Friday
night. The Tornado led 27-0 at
halftime.
It was the second straight dis-
trict win for the Tornado and left
them tied with Vernon for the dis-
trict lead.
Glen Crecelius was the big gun
in the Lamesa attack, scoring four
touchdowns and converting two ex-
tra points.
He passed 30 yards to Carlos
Berry for a touchdown in the first
quarter, took a pass from Johnny
Jones for his second in the sec-
ond period and went off tackle for
48 yards and a third before the
half ended.
Lei and Bartlett raced 45 yards
for a first quarter score and Cre-
celius converted after both first
period scores for the halftime lead.
Bartlett traveled 85 yards for
one touchdown, Jones passed to
Crecelius for 28 yards and another
and the final one came in a short
plunge by Jones, all in the last two
periods.
Snyder never seriously threaten-
ed the Tornado goal line although
they picked up 144 yards rushing
and 72 passing for 12 first downs,
four more than Lamesa could
muster. Dan Burns was the lead-
ing Tiger ground gainer.
Six Undefeated Teams
Fall In Weekend Play
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view Bulldogs 33-0 here Friday
night in a district 1-AA game. The
win was the first in two starts for
the Steers and the second straight
for Plainview in disttrict play.
The Steers packed all of their
scoring into a fast first half then,[
tend that it is not the fault of the
game but of the fans who do not
learn to watch the game but .see on-
ly the man with the ball.
We have made the point many
I times in sports columns that to en-
again to the 31 in the third period j VV(fre content to swap punches with
belore getting their touchdown j the impotent Bulldogs in the last'
drive started. J two quarlers.
Early in the fourth period, the Using long distance punches, the
Lions took a punt on their own 39 steers broke out in front early. J.
yard line and from that point ] q Armstead took a handoff and
launched a drive that netted the
lone touchdown of the game. A
1 roughing penalty that slaked the
1 Lions to a badly needed first
| down on the Swetwater 38, played
a major role in iiie drive.
An incomplete pass on third
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Springs first play from scrim-
raced 96 yards to pay dirt oil Big
mage. Midway of the first period
Boh Hayworth passed to Gilstray
for 50 yards and another score
nd with only three minutes of the
period left Armstead went 49 for
the third.
Armstead got his third score of
the game in the second period on
a five-yard run. Bill Martin trav-
eled 11 yards for the final score.
Plainview took the opening kick-
off and drove to the Big Spring
four-yard line before being stopped
but could never muster another
serious threat.
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TO OUR BOYS IN KOREA-
<"Y oil have: never had it so good before.")—H.S.T.
Don't worry about us here at home—
We're getting along just fine!
We're dining out most every night
With women, song and wine.
We're having fun with the taxpayers' "mnn";
Life is no longer a bore.
Never, since the dav we were horn
H ave we "had it so good before!"
We're told YOU'RE having a terrible time—
Battling both day and night
Against a hearless, heaten foe
Who doesn't know wrong from right.
With despair and griefs you are dying ALONE—
In mud and blood and gore;
But remember, boys, there was never a time
When you've '"had it so good before."
We have new weapons of war with which
We could quickly vanquish the foe,
But WE must keep this secret deep
While YOU suffer death and woe!
Never before (in modern times,)
Nor in (ancient days of yore)
Has there been an enemy on this earth
Who had "had it so good before."
By Nat Campbell
If you are a lucklv soldier and get home, you and your children
will help pay for the so-called good times your political buddies
have enjoyed at home. Some are doing all they can to help you.
Some love you more than any political tradition. Wake up, folks,
before it is too late.
The United States has had twelve military presidents and we
had NO WARS under any of them. Thev know more about war
than any of our politicians—just as you do.
Vote and ask your neighbor to vote aaginst the War Lords
and their fool's oaradise.
Tex. Womanpower For Eisenhower
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j#\ the game of football ono^must
learn what to watch for and tfhere
to look for it. This man said he
had been instructed to watch the
line and forget the man with the
ball but had tried it and not only
saw nothing but missed a long j
touchdown run. That was because ,
he did not know how to watch the i
game.
Now we are not setting ourselves
up as qualified to tell others how
to watch a football game but we
i are saying that if you will learn
! to watch the linemen make their
initial charge, pick up the down
| field blocking and check on the
! kind of defense being used you will
increase your enjoyment of the
j game.
Next time you go to a game
check yourself on those points and
see if you know how to watch a
' game. If not try watching all of
| 'he game and not just the ball car-
| rier and see how you like it.
| Ramblin' . . . Our recent col-
umn about "upsets" and "setups"
j proved timely when considered in
| connection with the Sweetwater-
I Vernon game . . . Although the
| Lions could not be classed as set-
ups, their victory over the Mus-
tangs certainly was an upset . . .
There had been a very good job of
firing up a team done in Vernon
with fans and the sports scribe
helping Coach Spot Collins . . The
Mustangs had trouble finding
By ED FITE
United Press Sports Writer
Another half dozen teams were
j absent from Texas schoolboy foot-
ball's unbeaten ranks Saturday
and the list was due for a further
trimming during the day when Lub-
| bock and Pampa collide in the
"game of the weekj^
XlA defending HWass AAAA
fpiSWi'on Lubbock Westerners can
clear their last major hurdle in the
way of the District 1 title by de-
feating the Harvesters, also un-
beaten and untied.
Burkburnett, Anson and Humble
in Class AA and White Deer, Itasca
and Palacios in Class A were the
latest victims to fall into the beat-
en class.
Meanwhile, Wichita Falls in
AAAA, Brownwood, Temple and
Harlandale in AAA, Dumas, Qua-
nah, Stamford, Terrell, Mount
Pleasant, Paul Pewett. Center,
j Huntsville, Killeea and La Porte in
! AA and Dublin, Clifton, Jefferson
| Troup, Dayton, <Ce*lai*Bayou, Bur-
I net. Llano, Missouri City, Flores-
' ville and HebbronVille in Class A
| tacked up victories to stay among
Houston Scribe
Brands Carninal
Sale "Big Hoax
HOUSTON, Nov. 1 —UP— A
Houston sports writer Saturday
said he believes reports that Fred
Saigh is considering an offer to
move the St. Louis Cardinal fran-
chise to Houston was a "big hoax"
to bolster the annual winter sale
of tickets in Missouri and Southern
Illinois.
Houston Press sports writer
Frank Godsoe said the "whole
thing sounds fantastic enough to
be out of cn opium den."
"Last wdr-k Saigh said in Houston
he had been approached by a
group of wealthy Houston men who
wanted to move the Cardinal club
to Houston. .
Saigh, at that time, said he was
considering the offer but that it
was "something for the future."
Godsoe pointed out that "plural
millions would be involved' if such
a move was undertaken. He said
the Houston backers would have to I
guarantee a profit to Saigh equal |
| to the "bonanza years" since 1947. !
Such a move also would entail j
building a 55,000-seat stadium and
paying the Texas League untold otes beating Waco 14 to 0 and Tv-
money in damages for stopping ler staging a mild upset to beat
their franchise in Houston. Highland Park 21 to 14.
Godsoe said it "seemed obvious" Baytown continued to show its
that Saigh had "planted" the story dominance in South Texas with a
in Houston, "nor to stir up Houston 57-to-13 walloping of Orange, while
but to stir up St. Louis." I Port Arthur indicated it may be
returning to the form expected of
the Jackets earlier when it romped
by Corpus Christi Miller 34 to 0.
Fort Worth North Side and Abi-
lene staged the night's upsets in
the top bracket, the former knock-
ing over Arlington Heights 13 to 7
and Abilene beating Midland 6 to 0.
In Class AAA, Temple rolled on
unchallenged as the kingpin of that
division with an amazingly easy 41-
to-0 defeat of Corsicana, while
Brownwood dropped Weatheford 34
to 13 and Harlandale beat Victoria
34 to 7.
Among the beaten teams, Breck-
endridge looked sharp in stomping
Grand Prairie 34 to 6, Gainesville
beat Sherman 20 to 7, Texarkana
bowled over Longview 33 to 14,
Port Neches surprised Conroe 31
to 8 and Lufkin and Palestine bat-
tled to a 7-to-7 tie.
the unbeaten.
Corpus Christi Ray, San Antonio
Edison, McAllen, Phillips, Floy-
dada, Seminole, Gonzales, Uvalde
and Benavides are also unbeaten,
but all were idle Friday night. Ed-
ison plays San Antonio Lanier Sat-
urday night.
Wichita Falls, Tyler Win
Wichita Falls and Tyler won the
big games in Class AAAA. the Coy
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