Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1955 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, October 20, 1955
Gamble Fails As Sharks Drop District Game To Ganado, 7-6
Maroon And While Ground Game
Fails To Click Against The Indians
FORWARD WALL SHINES
One starter and two substitute
backs for the Ganado Indians
teamed up in the final minutes of
Friday night's ball game to turn a
desperate Palacios gamble into a
touchdown for the home team and
give the Indians a 7 to G District
27-A victory.
/;* Late in the fourth stanza the
Sharks, leading 6 to 0, facing a
third and eight situation on their
own 12 elected' to gamble and pass
for the first down.
The pass, intended for Clyde
Ware, was picked out of the air by
reserve halfback, Billy Smith, who
carried it back to the Sharks 10 be-
fore being dropped.
The Indians, with first and 10
on the Shark 10, sent Mike Mc-
Afee into the line and lost two
yards. McAfee then pitched a flat
pass to Gordon Haese for a five
yard gain.
Eddie Giese, the second' reserve
figuring in the touchdown drive,
,then crashed over tackle and drag-
ged three would-be tacklers across
the goal line for the tying touch-
down.
Leslie Long's placement from
behind perfect blocking squarely
split the uprights for the winning
margin.
The game opened with the
Indians banging away for good
yardage between the thirty yard
lines, but the Sharks tightened
■when necessary, and managed to
dull concentrated drives by the
Indians.
Heads up line play by Robert
Keszler and Kenneth Countryman,
who each recovered Indian fumbles
to halt Ganado drives, and three
booming punts off the toe of Bob-
by Walton managed to keep the
Indians at bay through the first
half.
One of Walton's kicks, good for
69 yards, came after the Sharks
had been backed to their own two
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GAME AT A GLANCE
Palacios Ganado
First Downs 9
11 Yards Rushing 139
67 Yards Passing 5
15 Passes Attempted 5
6 Passes Completed 1
2 Fumbles By 6
5 Fumbles Recovered By 4
6 for 40.2 Punts 5 for 24.3
0 Penalties 0
Hornets Defeat Heavy Victoria
yard line early in first quarter.
The Sharks, unable to get their
ground game clicking, failed to
make a first down the first half of
the ball game. Meanwhile the
Indians ripped through the Shark
line for good yardage, but they too
had trouble and couldn't push
across a score as the first half end-
ed in a 0 to 0 deadlock.
Midway through the third stan-
za Walton lofted another of his
kicks that sailed' over the head of
Eddie Giese the Indian safety man,
and was covered by Ganado on
their own three.
The Indians punted out from be-
hind their own goal line and the
Shai-ks took over on the Ganado 35.
Lannie Gillette threw a perfect
pitch to Countryman who went for
23 yards before being dropped.
Bobby Shows was held for no gain,
and' Gillette again went back to
pass. He fired a perfect pass to
Countryman, but it was knocked
from his hands at the last possible
minute by an Indian defender.
Another pass fell incomplete, then
Gillette heaved one to Walton in
the flat who went for seven yards,
shy of a first down, and the ball
went over to Ganado.
On the first play in the follow-
ing series of downs the Indians
fumbled, and Lonnie Beard, re-
placing Edd'ie Peres who had gone
out with a fractured wrist, re-
covered it for the Sharks on the 10.
Shows lost eight, and two passes
fell incomplete. Then Gillette, ex-
ecuted a perfect fake to Walton
going into the center of the line
floated back and threw to the wait-
ing arms of Countryman for the
marker.
Ware's attempted conversion was
blocked by a host of Indians, and
the Sharks led 6 to 0, as the third
quarter ended.
After taking a Shark punt on
Palacios' 44 the Indians drove to
the Maroon and' White's 15 before
being halted when Keszler recover-
ed a fumble for the Shelton-men.
Two line plays netted two yards,
and then the Sharks tried their
all-or-nothing pass that was in-
tercepted.
After the Ganado touchdown and
extra point the Sharks took the
kickoff on their own 40. Gillette
completed a pass to Walton that
was good for 12 yards and a first
down. Two long passes fell incom-
plete and the ball game was over.
Keszler, Countryman, Pat Nel-
son, and Jimmy Jackson were the
defense sparkplugs for the Sharks.
Gillette, who kept the Sharks in
the ball game with his passing,
was the big offensive threat.
BOOSTER'S ELECT
Belton Snider was elected presi-
dent of the Tidehaven Booster Club
at a meeting recently.
Snider will serve for the coming
school year.
Also elected on the same slate
was Harold Wind, vice-president,
and W. E. Richardson was re-
eleced secretary-treasurer.
Richardson reported that the
club now has 214 paid'-up members,
the largest membership in its his-
tory.
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Outweighed by the visitors easily
15 pounds per man, the junior high
Hornets thoroughly man-handled
Victoria Junior High Thursday
night and walked off with a 20 to
13 victory, their second of the sea-
son.
The Blue and White proved that
they meant business when they
The Junior High Hornets will
play Seadrift at Shark Stadium
tonight (Thursday) at 7:45 p.m.,
according to Coach Ted Smith.
Originally scheduled to be played
in Seadrift, the game was re-
scheduled for Palacios early
Wednesday.
took the opening kick-off, and, in
just five plays, pushed across a
score.
This drive was climaxed by a 50
yard scamper by Gonzales after
a handoff from Johnny Penland.
The touchdown was called back be-
cause of a clipping penality against
the Hornets, but the pass and run
netted a 12 yard gain after the
penalty, enough for a first down
on Victoria's 38 for the Hornets.
Raymond Trevino picked up
eight, and Gerald Stark netted six
and a first. Trevino added another
three and Penland moved the ball
to Victoria's 11 for a first down.
The visitors were penalized five
for offsides, but Trevino was trap-
ped behind the line of scrimmage
on the next play for a nine yard
loss.
A Stark pass fell incomplete,
then, on the following play Pen-
land sneaked behind the defend-
ers, and grabbed a pass from Stark
that had been brushed aside by the
defensive halfback for the game's
initial score.
Trevino tried to power the ball
across for the p.a.t., but was stop-
ped short of the goal line.
Victoria fought back in the
second quarter to knot the score
with a 30 yard pass play from
Kenneth Jones to Jimmy Flores cli-
maxing the drive. Victoria failed in
the p.a.t., attempt.
The first half ended in a 6 to G
deadlock.
Shortly after the second half
TIDEHAVEN TO FACE WILDCATS
MINUS BARTOSH AND NEUMAN
Scarlet And Blue Hope To Preserve
Unblemished District- 27-A Record
GAME AT A GLANCE
Hornets Victoria
10
First Downs
6
74
Yards Rushing
58
65
Yards Passing
73
139
Net Yards Gained
131
10
Passes Attempted
6
5
Passes Completed
2
0
Passes Intercepted
2
O
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Fumbles
2
2
Fumbles Recovered
2
0
1 for 15
Punts
Penalties
3 for 14.2
8 for 56
Tidehaven's Tigers kept their
district record unblemished Friday
night in a 33 to 7 romp over Goli-
ad's hapless Tigers, but Coach Tex
Kassen is expecting much stiffer
competition from Yorktown's Wild-
cats tomorrow.
The Tigers will meet the Wild-
cats on Tiger Stadium at 8 p.m.
Led by Lawrence Morris, who
racked up thi'ee tallies, and Bobby
Neuman, who garnered one, the
Tigers had little difficulty with
Goliad.
Kassen, after gaining a sub-
stantial lead, played his second and
third stringers.
But Tidehaven was still unable
to come out of the game unscathed.
Ed Bartosh, first string tackle,
and an outstanding defensive play-
er, was injured in the tilt, and is
sure to miss this week's encounter
with Yorktown.
Injuries continued to mount
Tuesday when Bobby Neuman in-
jured his shoulder. Kassen voiced
concern over Neuman's condition,
and indicated that the "Mr. Inside"
of the Tiger backfield may be
through for the season.
Hal Green will replace Bartosh
in the line, and Tommy Smith, who
plays everywhere well, will fill in
for the injured Neuman.
Kassen will also be without the
services of Jimmy Rickaway and
Carl Jager, both of whom are side-
lined with broken arms.
Green will be re-entering the
lineup after being out of action
with a broken arm for several
Weeks.
Probable starters for the Tigers
will include: Sparks and McKissick,
ends; Green and Winters, tackles;
Medina and Zarate, guards, Hlo-
zek, center; Smith, fullback; Mor-
ris and Hebert, halfbacks and
Pierce, quarter.
opened the Hornets took a Victoria
punt and put the ball in play from
their own 42. From there they
drove to Victoria's three, but lost
the ball on downs to the visiting
eleven.
Victoria attempted to punt out
of trouble, but Penland grabbed
the ball on the fly and' raced back
to the visitor's three before he was
stopped.
Bernie Keszler scooted over for
the score on the next play. Stark
sneaked for the p.a.t., to put the
Hornets ahead 13 to 6.
Less than five minutes later the
Hornets garnered another tally,
when Victoria failed on a fourth
down attempt for a first down, and
the Blue and White took over on
the visitors 30 with the aid of a
personal foul penalty against Vic-
toria.
Successive carries by Trevino
moved the ball to the 20, and then
Stark pitched to Penland for 19
yards and a first on the visitors
one. Stark, on a keeper play, cut
over tackle for the score. The Hor-
nets attempted' to run the ball
across for the p.a.t., and it was
fumbled, but Sciba fell on the loose
ball giving the point to the Hor-
nets and they led 20 to 6.
The visitors attempted to get
back in the ball game via the air
route, and connected with a 45
yard pass play to pull within 6
points of the Hornets.
The Blue and White took the
next kickoff and controlled the ball
until there was just three seconds
left in the ball game. Victoria had
time for one pass, but it fell in-
complete.
The entire forward wall of the
Hornets played outstanding of-
fensive ball, and Tucker, Keszler,
Gonzales, Claybourn and Penland
were particularly outstanding de-
fensively.
Approximately 250 witnessed the
tilt.
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GRID STANDING
SEASON STANDINGS
Team W. L. T. Pts. Op.
Industrial 5 0 0 210 51
Bloomington 4 1 0 105 44
Tidehaven 4 1 0 136 78
Ganado 3 1 1 55 31
Palacios 3 2 0 78 63
Yorktown 2 4 0 84 159
Goliad 1 3 1 60 127*
Louise 0 5 0 40 110
DISTRICT STANDING
Team W. L. T. Pts. Op.
Tidehaven 2 0 0 53 19
Industrial 2 0 0 106 26
Ganado 2 0 0 27 6
Palacios 1 1 0 25 20
Bloomington 1 1 0 37 20
Yorktown 1 2 0 58 93
Goliad 0 2 0 13 85
Louise 0 3 0 20 70
GAMES THIS WEEK
Yorktown at Tidehaven (dis-
trict)
Bloomington at Goliad (district)
Palacios at Louise (district)
Industrial at Ganado (district)
GAMES LAST 'WEEK
Tidehaven 33, Goliad 7 (district)
Ganado 7, Palacios 6 (district)
Bloomington 25, Louise 0 (dis-
trict)
Industrial 54, Yorktown 20 (dis-
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