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TROTH:
The severest critics are al-
ways those who have never at-
tempted, or who have failed in
original composition.
WEST AT BISHOP DUNNE
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VOLUME, 78, NUMBER 24
WEST, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1068
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Auxiliary To
Dallas State Fair To Honor
West and Czechs Sun., Oct. 6 Sp#nsor thicken
Dinner, Oct. 27
West Day in conjunction with
Czech Day at the State Fair of
Texas will be held on Sunday,
Oct. 6 in Dallas. The West
Chamber of Commerce urges
the citizens of West to attend
West Day at the Fair and visit
the West booth.
The West booth will be in
the World Exhibit Building
across from the Pepsi-Cola -
Frito Lay Pavilion.
Day-long Czech Day activi-
ties will be held at the Band
Shell across from the Ayuarium
and at the Auditorium.
Approximately 69 students
under the supervision of Mr.
Berriman Tailor will go by
Junior Trojans
Win Over Marlin
Led by the good runs otf
Harry Kolar, the West Junior
Trojans smashed the Marlin
Junior High Bullpups by a score
of 20-0. Kolar scored first on a
59-yard run making the score
6-0 as the extra point try failed.
Kolar scored again in the sec-
ond quarter on a 9-yard sprint
up the middle. Ted Kocian
scored the extra points as he
rolled to his left and went
across on a 2-yard run, making
the score 14-0 in favor of the
Junior Trojans at half-time.
Early in the third quarter, the
Junior Trojans scored again as
Dennis Kutscherousky scored
on a 45-yard run but it was
called back due to a clipping
penalty by the Junior Trojans.
Not to be denied, Kocian and
Kolar led another surge to the
Marlin 8-yard line and this time
Texas Electric Bus to Dallas,
and will participate in the Twi-
light Parade at 7 p.m. The bus
will leave West High School at
noon Sunday.
Miss West, Miss Kathy Zapa-
lac, will be honored in the pa-
rade and will ride a special
float.
Joe Edd Grimm is in charge
of the West Booth at the Fair,
and he asks those who have not
turned in pictures of their busi-
ness establishments to him to
do so no later than noon, Sat-
urday, Oct. 5.
Featured at the booth will
be the pictures of the busi-
nesses, and a carousel projector
showing slides of various busi-
nesses in West .
Added attractions include a
drawing every half hour for
kolaches donated by Village
Bakery and Glady’s Bake Shop.
Nemecck Bros, have again do-
nated a ham, and Burlington
Industries have donated sheets
and pillow cases which will be
given away. You must register
but need not be present at the
drawing to win, If the winners
live out of town, the prizes will
be mailed to them.
The booth has been on display
at West Bank & Trust the past
week.
Members of the official
Chamber of Commerce party
who will attend the noon-day
luncheon in State Fair pavilion
behind the Gas Building are:
Mayor and Mrs. Jos. Holasek,
State Fair Booth Chairman and
Mrs. Joe Edd Grimm, President
of the Chamber of Commerce
and Mrs. Gorman Hopkins,
Manager of Burlington Indus-
tries and Mrs, Victor Slater,
Kutscherousky went across to1 ^iss West, Kathy Zapalac, and
make the score 20-0. The extra
point try was no good.
Leading the defensive charge
for the Junior Trojans was Bob-
by Hurtt, Eugene Saul. Donny
Glatter, and Dennis Kutscher-
ousky.
her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Jerry
Zapalac, Supt. of Schools and
Mrs. Monroe Kruse.
Those who will work in the
booth are Mr, and Mrs. Hop-
kins, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Aycock,
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Muska, Mr.
and Mrs. Bo Bohannon, Mr.
and Mrs. Kruse, Mr. and Mrs.
Sandifcr, Mr. and Mrs. Freddy
Gerik and Mr. and Mrs. Doug
Carter, Mr and Mrs. George
Sulak, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Bczdck.
English Class
Presents Program
At Kiwanis Club
The West Kiwanis Club held
their regular weekly luncheon
Wednesday at the West High
School Cafeteria. Kenneth Mc-
Morrough was a guest.
Tire program was presented
by Mrs. Treadway’s English
Class, portraying characters in
Chaucer’s Canterbury Talcs.
The students all wore medieval
costumes.
Winner of this week’s West,
Little Boys League Booster Club
drawing was West Columbus
Club. The club received a $50
cash prize.
The West Kiwanis Club and j
Kozelski Motors will co-sponsor j
the Pass, Punt, and Kick con-
test to be held on Trojan Field,
Saturday, Oct. 5.
The door prize, donated by
Dr. Charles Stewart, was won
by Edmund Sykora.
Hillsboro Woman
Charged In Death
Of Her Husband
Dorothy May Hicks, 45, of
Hillsboro was charged with I Department at 1 p.m. and 1:30
p.m. respectively.
During the afternoon the
bandshell will be the scene of
activities including the choral
groups, orchestras, costumes,
picture taking, eating, drinking,
talking to friends, and ot!,e. in-
teresting features.
On tile Mobil Stage the col-
orful dancers will dance the
Moravian Beseda, and the
Sokols will give an exhibition.
In (he trad!ton of the Czech,
was shot one time in the chest. ] Day celebration, the oldest lady
Justice of the Peace George
Raymer of Hillsboro pronounced
Green dead at Grant-Buie Hos-
pital in Hillsboro.
The murder complaint was
filed before Justice of the Peace
John Cabaniss.
She was released from County
Jail Monday night after posting
$j.uot> bond
Czech Day At
State Fair
Sunday, Oct. 6
Czech Americans in brightly
colored native dress will en-
liven the fair grounds on Sun-
day. Oct. 6. 1968, when they as-
semble from all parts of Texas
and the nation to celebrate
their special day at the State
Fair of Texas in Dallas.
The program opens at 10 a m.
in tlie Coliseum where the na-
tional dance, the Beseda will
include approximately three
dozen circles of whirling danc-
ers as one of the outstanding at-
tractions of the celebration. The
orchestra will entertain with
good music. The Sokols will give
an exhibition. The children's I
dance will create ioyfui spirits n 1 Ciirmn.'
Tlie choral groups will enter- 11 dllvulYv I
tain with good songs. Duct sing-1
ine. and other interesting fra-FOF Od 22
Posed a dancers and a chorus
of Czech singers from Tr.ylor
will highlight thr program in
the auditorium of the Women's
J
The West Hospital Auxiliary
met on Monday, Oct. 30 at 7:30
p.m, in the Community Room
in the West Bank and Trust
Annex.
A new slate of officers were
elected and they are as follows:
President — Mrs. Virginia
Kotch
1st Vice Pres. — Mrs, Johnnie
Payne
2nd Vice Pres, — Mrs. Millie
Lcdnieky
3rd Vice Pres. — Mrs. Lavetra
Nichols
Secretary — Miss Mary Fran-
ces Tobola
Treasurer — Miss Theresa
Sykora
Reporter — Miss Bernardinc
Sykora
Historian — Mrs. Ella Macik
Parliamentarian — Mrs. Janie
Pierce
Food Committee: Mrs. Lillie
Matula, chairman; Mrs. Hattie
Kocian, Mrs. Hattie Svrcek and
Mrs. Betty McKinney.
The chicken dinner planned
for Oct. 27 was the center of
discussion. We are thankful for
the many donations already re-
ceived for this dinner, but we
still need chickens and cash
donations. Also we will need
help on Saturday, Oct. 26th and
on Sunday, Oct. 27tli. Anyone
wishing to make a donation or
to help out on cither Saturday
or Sunday, call Mrs. Henry Ma-
tula at 446-5873 or Mrs. Ivan
Svrcek at 446-5215. Also pastry
donations are still needed. If
you wish to donate a pastry,
call Mary Frances Tobola at
446-5407. The dinner will be held
at St. Joseph's Hal! from 11 till.
Adult plates will be $1.25 and
children plates (under 12) will
be 75 cents.
The next meeting will be on
Monday, Oct. 28th. Any lady
wishing to join this organiza-
tion is more than welcome.
There are no dues. Just come
to a meeting and be willing to
work.
Major Gifford
Is In Viet Nam
Major Richard W. Gifford,
whose wife, Thelma, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
White of Elm Mott, is on duty
at Da Nang AB. Vietnam.
Major Gifford, a forward
air controller, is a member of
the Pacific Air Forces.
Before his arrival in Vietnam,
he was assigned to Perrin AFB,
Texas.
The major was commissioned
in 1953 through the aviation
cadet program.
A 1948 graduate of North
Hollywood (Calif.) High School,
hp received an A. A. degree in
1951 from Los Angeles Valley
College. Van Nuys, Calif., and a
B. A. degree in political science
in 1966 from the Municipal
University of Omaha, Ncbr.
Kiwanis Club
murder Monday in connection
with the shooting death of her
common law husband, Melvin
Green.
Green. 47, of Hillsboro was
shot to death Sunday niglil in-
side the Soul Paradise Club just
north of West.
McLennan County sheriff's
deputies Bill Grisham and Jerry
Hugo arrested her at her home.
They said Green, an employee
of a Hillsboro cotton compress.
The Annual Kiwanis Club
Pancake Supper will be held
at the West Elementary School
Cafctnrium Tuesday. Oct. 22
braining at 5:30 p.m.
E. W. Plasck. Sr., and Tad
Uptmorc are co-chairmen of
tills annual affair.
The proceeds will be used
for the boys and girls in the
West area. The Kiwanis Club
sponsors Flag-a-Tag footban.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
M VI. EUGENE LEDNICKY
SERVING IN VIETNAM
Major Eugene Lrdnickv ar-
rived at Love Field in Dallas
Monday, Sept. 23. where he was
and gentleman in attendance i met by Jimmy Webb who took, Harris came back a few mo-
will reign as queen and king • him to the Webb home in Irvine ments later and scored the tv-
for the day and will receive a I where Major Lcdnieky visited ling touchdown on a 58-yard
Free Gate Pass
For HOT Fair
The popular Student’s Gate
Pass will be in effect again this
year at the Heart O’ Texas Fair,
Oct. 1-6.
The West News and the Heart
O’ Texas Fair sponsor a plan
whereby all students who at-
tend a Central Texas public
(School, James Connally Tech-
nical Institute, a Central Tex-
as junior college, or Bay-
lor University may enter the
fairgrounds without charge.
Students must:
(II Clip the Student Gate
Pass which is printed in the
West News.
(2) Present it to the ticket-
taker at any gate BEFORE 6
p.m. on the day you wish to at-
tend. Tliis year's Fair dates arc
Oct. 1-6, Tuesday through Sun-
day, and. the Gate Passes are
good all six days. You must
have a Gate Pass for each day
you plan to attend and must
enter the Fairgrounds BEFORE
6 p.m.
Services Held
Monday For
Joe Krai, Sr.
Joe Krai, Sr., 80. of West died
at 7:15 p.m. Friday at his home.
Rosary was recited at 7:30
p.m. Sunday In Kotch Funeral
Home Chapel. Requiem mass
was celebrated at 10 a.m. Mon-
day in St. Mary’s Catholic
Church of the Assumption in
West, with Rev. George Dosko-
cil as celebrant. Burial was in
St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mr Krai was born in Czecho-
slovakia, and had lived in the
West area for the past 62 years.
He was a member of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church of the Assump-
tion and a 50-year member ol
KJT Lodge No. 31 at West. He
was a retired farmer.
Survivors are his wife,
Amalia; two sons, Joe Krai, Jr.,
of Clifton and Eugene Krai of
Sinton; three daughters. Mrs.
Henry (Agnes) Urbanovsky and
Mrs. Harry (Martha) Marak,
both of West and Mrs. Roger
(Vlasta) English of La Mesa,
Calif.; one brother, Frank Krai
of West; one sister, Mrs. John
(Mary) Kadlubar of West; 12
grandchildren; four great-
grandchildren.
Pallbeareds were Joe R. Dvor-
sky, Wendell G. Donohue, Ken-
neth R. Allurs, Clement J. Svr-
cek, Charlie J. Sulak and Emil
Puslejovsky.
Texas, SMU
Win Flag-A-Tag
Parents and students who at-
tended the Flag-a-Tag football
games Monday night saw a
couple of thrillers! In the first
game, A. p. Matus’ Texas team
edged the Texas A&M team by
a score of 14 to 7. David Snok-
hous tossed a 27-yard pass to
Don Cernosek for the first TD.
Then Snokhous calmly spotted
Paul Barton and hit him with a
short pass for the extra points
Texas’ Second TD came on a
12-yard run by Eddy Snokhous.
The extra point try failed. For
A&M. it was Pete Hardins 65-
vard kick-off return that put
6 points on the scoreboard. The
extra point was made by Ken
Mitchell
In the second game, David
Pareya’s SMU Mustangs defeat-
ed Arnold Kasberg's speedy Tex-
as Tech team in a real close one
by a score of 15 to 13. Tech
scored first when the fleetfoot-
cd Doug Snokhous ran 52 yards
on Ihc first play. Duane Pod-
sednik made the extra point.
Duane Podsednik scored Tech’s
second TD on a 7-yard run. The
extra point was no good
For tlie victorious SMU team
It was Mike Harris on a 1-yard
run for the firs! TD and Wayne
Sulivan ran for the extra points.
trophy in recognition of this i with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy C.
honor, A trophy will also be "Webb, Stevie and Kent, his
awarded to the oldest married mother Mrs. Hattie Lcdnieky of
couple present. j West and Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Let us all salute the Czech.' Beavers of Elm Mott for a few
Day at the State Fair of Texas j hours before departing for
by being present. Vietnam.
run. Tlie SMU team needed the
extra points to vin and after
two penalties set them back
to the 14-vard line. Wayne Sul
West Bank & Trust
Declares Dividends
The board of directors, West
Bank <St Trust, at the September
meeting of the board, declared a
fifty cent per share dividend to
stockholders of record Sept. 30,
1968, payable in cash, Oct. 15,
1968.
This cash dividend is a de-
parture from past policies of
adding earnings to the capital
account. Present rate of earn-
ings permits the growth of
reserves along with this cash
dividend.
The cooperative reception
given the bank’s new manage-
ment by West and the surround-
ing trade area has and is being
demonstrated by the growth of
deposits, loans, and earnings.
Ashley Receives
Navy Medal For
Heroic Services
The Secretary of the Navy
has presented Engineman Third
Class Travis Barnett Ashley the
Navy Commendation Medal for
Heroic service while on patrol |
duty in the Thanh Due District, |
Long An Privincc.
Tlie citation reads as follows:
"For heroic achievement in-
volving direct participation in
combat operations while serving
with friendly foreign forces en-
gaged in a r m c d conflict
against the communist aggres-
sor (North Victnamese/Vict
Cong) forces in Thanh Due
district, Long An province. Re-
j publiee of Vietnam. On 24 July
1L68, Petty Ofticer Ashley was
serving as a boat engineer on
board River Patrol Boat 742 on
routine patrol of the Soi Rap
River, Rung Sat Special Zone.
As the patrol officer diverted
the patrol to investigate a sus-
picious gathering of people on
the bank of the Rach Vang ca-
nal two Viet Cong insurgents
were observed to break from the
crowd and attempt to escape. At
the patrol officer’s direction the
PBR beached and Petty Officer
Ashley lept from his boat and
gave chase across an open rice
paddy. Joining four other PBR
sailors, he laid down a heavy
and accurate volume of M-16
fire forcing the two Viet Cong
to seek cover behind a mud rice
paddy dike. As Petty Officer
Ashley and the sailors ap-
proached they were taken un-
der automatic pistol fire by one
of the Viet Cong while the oth-
er broke from cover and raced
for a line of houses and nipa
palm. The fleeing Viet Cong
was wounded by the sailors’
fire; the other pinned down be-
hind the rice paddy dike. Tlie
wounded man evaded into a
house as Petty Officer Ashley
and the sailors surrounded and
captured the armed Viet Cong
insurgent. Petty Officer Ashley
joined by two of the PBR sail-
ors and covered by the remain-
der of tlie landing party then
conducted a thorough and care-
ful search of the house in which
the wounded Viet Cong had
run and the houses along the
canal bank detaining one man
as a Viet Cong sympathizer.
Petty Officer Ashley’s aggres-
sive and darting pursuit of an
armed Viet Cong, his courage in
the face of enemy fire and pro-
fessional and thorough search
for a wounded and dangerous
man in hostile territory was in
keeping with the highest tra-
ditions of the United States
Naval Service .
Petty Officer Ashley is au-
thorized to wear the Combat
"V”.
Injuries Linger After Trojans
Mauled 24-0 By Marlin Bulldogs
By ERNIE MAKOVY
Webster defines a bulldog as
a very strong muscular dog,
with large head, broad muzzle,
short hair, and of remarkable
courage and ferocity.
In part, that appropriately
matches the description of the
Marlin version of the canine
that all but chewed and swal-
lowed the West Trojans alive
last Friday night
That ferocious animal, with
all its revenge adrenalin flow-
ing like that of a mad dog. bit
three Trojans in the knee, forc-
ing them out of the game in
tlie early moments of the sec-
ond quarter, and then slowly but
surely kept barking up the Tro-
jan armor until just about every
Big Red representative was
clawed and nursing tlie wounds
of a 24-0 infliction.
And still today, a week later,
the battle scars linger.
Two of the three knee victims,
arc quarterback Joe Masliek,
and double teamer Ronnie Pus-
tejovsky, aic still hobbling and
will be forced to sit out to-
night's encounter with Bishop
Dunne. The other knee injury
that belongs to Larry Vrba has
mended enough to take another
night of bruising football.
And so it was, that night on
the battle field when Marlin
totally demolished the game and
its outcome.
The Bulldogs bested the Tro-
jans everywhere but in the
passing department, and even
there the Trojans were no more
than mediocre.
Twenty-two times the Tro-
jans went to the air, completing
only four — two in the last
minute — lor 57 yards, enough
to give West the edge over the
Piscacek Starting QBJn
Bishop Dunne Game Tonite
Safe Drivers
Receive Awards
Tiie safe driver summer
awards were made at West
High School by Chamber of
Commerce President Gorman
Hopkins on Monday.
Receiving the awards for the
month of Mav were Nancy j servi.xt/ quarterback Bobby
Lands and Donnie Vcselka: I Hill, kicking specialist and line-
June — Susan Carter and Rob- J man Sammy Sykora. and half-
ert Brown; July — Nancy Bow- j back Lemons. All could see lim-
iivan hit Mike Anderson with j en and Larry Clement: and Au- i ited action against Dunne,
a 14-yard pass that gave SMU! gust Evelyn Dujka and I Against Dunne, the Big Red
tlie two pouit victory. I James llutyra. _ I #ocu into tlie game as a two*
By ERNIE MAKOVY
For the West Trojans tonight
could be very trying and story-
telling. A final chapter in the
deptli department could be
written, and if sold, it could
reach heights previously un-
known.
You see, when the Trojans
take the field against Bishop
Dunne in their newly baptized
football stadium, they will be
without three of their ace
players and that could create
several gray hairs for any head
coach. But not for Dcrrell Car-
111c.
Carlilc, long known to come
up with solutions to problems
without solutions, has reached
down to this throng of reserves
and B team for his answer thus
time.
Willi quarterback Joe Masliek
out with a knee injury until
next week, sophomore under-
study Charlie Piscacek will get
ills first starting assignment,
and a tough one it will be. That
solved one problem for Carlile,
who just, last week got a long
and satisfying look at Piscacek
alter Mashek’s injury early in
the second quarter.
But there were a couple of
others.
Ronnie Pustejovsky, starting
left guard on offense and a
rough and tough defensive sta-
bilizer. like Masliek, suffered a
knee injury and will be forced
to watch from the sidelines.
In his place will be junior
James Hand, who last week saw
plenty of unexpected action
against Marlin when Puste-
.iovsky had to retire from the
game before the half. |
It was Hand's first game on
varsity, as he was just brought i
up a couple of days before. It j
was also a game that saw him
make several key blocks and
turn in a very surprising per-
formanc. So that problem might
not be so bad if all goes well and
Hand lias another good night.
The third problem popped up
this week, this one in the de-
fensive secondary and Bernard
Machovsky.
Weighing only 125 and stand-
ing barely five and one-half
feet tall. Machovsky has been a
terror for the opponent's pass-
ing game. But this week a back
injury apparently has taken its
toll, and more than likely it
will keep him from seeing too
much action, if any.
That wraps up the major cas-
ualty list. Although Ihrrc are
several minor bumps and bruis-
es from last week's game that
required treatment. None, for-
tunately. was serious enough to
further dent West's chances to-
night.
To further bolter his team’s
depth. Carlile reached to his
touchdown underdog, but could
pull an upset should the re-
servists produce. Furthermore,
the Trojans and Dunne will en-
ter the game with marked simi-
larities.
Both teams were shut out
last week — West by Marlin,
24-0, and Dunne by University
(Waco), 33-0. Both teams have
1-2 records, and both teams rely
strongly on defense as their
chief weapons. Then, too, both
teams are known for wide use of
the shotgun.
As for size, Dunne is neither
large nor small. Their Biggest
weapon Is a 217 lb. right tackle
named Mclln, and after that it
tapers off to a 140 lb, halfback.
Tlie line averages 179 per man,
and the backficld 160 as com-
pared to West’s 173 in the line
and 155 in the backficld.
However, Dunne has some-
thing that might seem strange
to the Trojans — that being a
soccer-type kick-off and extra
point man, known for his ac-
curacy and distance.
Offensively, Dunne is a pass-
ing team with a balanced run-
ning attack about equal to the
Trojans. On defense. Dunne
goes with a basic 4-3 line-up
and stunts on nearly every
down.
From this standpoint the
teams are equally balanced and
rearing to go.
Should the Trojans return to
the old form that has brought
victor after victory in the
past, an upset could be in the
making.
Directions To
Bishop Dunne
High School
For those planning to make
the trip to Dallas, the directions
are as follows: Approach Dallas
on Interstate 35. turn off on
Loop 12. West. Go approximate-
ly 2 miles on Loop 12 West and
just before approaching a
small shopping center, turn
right on Rugged Drive. Travel
on Rugged Drive for approxi-
mately 3 blocks and you will
come to Bishop Dunne Hich
Sehool. It Is on the right. Tlie
Athletic Field Is back of die
sehool, and down in a low place.
Because of (he football trip to
Bishop Dunne High School in
Dallas Friday night., Ort. 4.
school will be dismissed on that
date at 2:40 p.m.
SHADOWLANI)
IMS BREAK-IN:
BURGLAR JAILED
Sliadowland was broken into
about 1:30 am. Tuesday. The
B team and for this week's, night-watchman was awakened
by a noise and discovered that
there was someone inside the
building, attempting to carry
out cases of beer. The watch-
man captured the burglar and
held him until Constable Ray-
mond Vdlcik arrived on the
scene, lie is now ui Waco Jail.
game is bringing up three re-
only Marlin pass that account-
ed for 27 yards.
Other wise, it was a ho-hum
night for West, and one that
would gladly be forgotten. For
when the injuries struck, down
went the Trojans.
The second quarter had bare-
ly gotten underway when Masli-
ck came over from his defensive
post to make the stop on a
charging Bulldog. The play got
11 yards for Marlin, and Mashek
got a twisted knee.
Several plays later out came
Pustejovsky and Vrba, all with
knee injuries.
Charlie Piscacek, (he sopho-
more understudy to Mashek,
came in to direct the Trojan of-
fense while James Hand and
Marion Witt went in to replace
Vrba and Pustejovsky.
The score was 6-0 at the time
and the Trojans were at their
own 15 yard line, a heckava
spot for a sophomore quarter-
back with less than 10 plays of
varsity experience under his
belt.
As fate would have it, he
fumbled and Marlin received
at the nine. From there it was
no easy task for the Bulldogs
dirt.
Curtis Smith got the call on
the first play, went over for the
score, but much to his dismay a
Bulldog had jumped the snap.
A five-yard penalty was stepped
off, giving the Canines a first
and goal from the 14.
Marlin quarterback Clint
Rogers dialed Smith’s number
three more times. Smith re-
sponded witl\ gians of three, six,
and one yard.
Now. Marlin was faced with
a decision — settle for a field
goal or gamble on a fourth-and-
four from the four. As expected,
the Bulldogs gambled and won,
with Smith again getting the
call and bulling his way straight
ahead and over the goal. The
pass for extra points was batted
down, leaving Marlin with a
12-0 lead with 6:06 left in the
half.
With the ensuing kickoff,
came another Trojan fumble.
However, Piscacek then inter-
cepted a pass at the nine and
began working full force with
the offense.
Feeding the ball to Danny
Mvnareik on all but one play,
Piscacek guided the Trojans to
their first first down and all
tlie way to Marlin’s 40 before
time ran out.
Tlie second half was almost
a repetition of the first. Then
with 5:40 left in the third quar-
ter, fullback Bill Beavers plow-
ed his way through the Trojan
defense from four yards out for
the score For the third time,
the extra point attempt was no
good, but Marlin had an 18-0
lead going into the final 12
minutes.
Hopeless as the case may have
b"cn. the Trojans made a vain
attempt to conic back, switch-
ing to the shotgun and the fir-
ing arm of Piscacek on their
first possession of the last quar-
ter.
However, it backfired as
three straight passes went that-
a-way. The Trojans punted,
held the Bulldogs, and got the
ball bark at their own 20
From there Billy Wolf muster-
ed five yards to the 25. after
which a third down pass went
Incomplete and forced another
West punt — the ninth.
Fate reversed Its direction on
Marlin’s first play, a fumble re-
sulted and Donnie Vcselka re-
covered at the 47.
One pass from the spread
went Incomplete, followed bv a
nine-yard completion to Mv-
narclk Another went bad and
Piscacek then kept for the noed-
rd one yard and a first down at
the 37.
On fourth and 15. the Trojans
took a ehanee and il worked ns
Wolf hauled in a 17 yard pass
with a beautiful catch at the
24 Wolf caught another to the
19. but there the Trojans slop-
ped.
Beavers then climaxed a 67-
yard Marlin drive with a nine-
yard touchdown dun with 1:54
left and it was all over.
Marlin 24, West. 0.
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Henderson, Doris. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, October 4, 1968, newspaper, October 4, 1968; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth716309/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.