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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1950.
THE DAILY NEWS-TELEGRAM, SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
Section One
BILL BOGART
Sports Editor
NEWS0 ™ SPORT WORLD
SPORTS DESK
No. 109
Savage Wildcat-Tiger Battle Ends in 6-6 Deadlock
Elevens End Season
Sports Front Tied for 2nd Place
By BILL BOGART
News-Telegram Sports Editor
Sulphur Springs’ Wildcats didn’t win Friday night
from Mt. Pleasant, and they didn’t lose, but in tying the
Tigers they played their best ball game since defeating
North Dallas Oct. 12.
The contest ended in a 6-6 deadlock and the results
leave the Wildcats and Tigers tied for second place in the
final District 15-A standings. Mt. Vernon handled Com-
merce as expected to wrap up the title Friday night.
Thus, Sulphur Springs ends its most successful sea-
son iu ten years. Not since the Wildcats advanced to the
state quarter-finals in 1939 has a local eleven compiled a
record equal to that of the i950 edition.
The record is seven wins, two losses and a tie. In
retrospect, fhe Wildcats opened the season with a one-
sided win over Bonham. This was the start of a victory
string which was destined to be snapped by Mt. Vernon
as the Wildcats were trying for their eighth straight win.
The wins, in order were over Bonham, Greenville
(Class AA), Commerce, Pittsburg, North Dallas (Class
AAA), Gilmer and Winnsboro.
.Then came Mt. Vernon and need we remind the read-
erlBiat happened. A three touchdown victory for the
Frj^klin County team is the way it was entered in the
record book.
The Wildcats were as flat as a bride’s first pan of
biscuits for the Paris game, and they lost, 0 to 33.
It was a tough job building the youngsters up for the
Friday night game with Mt. Pleasant, but they were
ready mentally and physically.
In the summing up, the Wildcats have nothing of
which to be ashamed this year. It is always hard on the
players of a team with championship dreams to reconcile
themselves to anything less than the crown. But the Wild-
cats bounced back to play one final good game when they
knew nothing was at stake but second place.
f|rospects for another fine eleven in 1951 are good.
The starting line, with the exception of End Eroy Harry
and Guard Jeral Dunavin, will he Tmelc. And with this
year’s experience and 12 months to put on additional
weight, the Wildcat forward wall should be one of the
toughest in the district.
Three backfield aces depart via the graduation
route. Thev are Leroy Harry, Junior Burns and Bob
Gideon. All have been stellar performers this season.
However. Mack Pogue, one of the finest backs in the
state, will return. He will be heavier, more experienced
and will consequently have more football savvy. And
then there are such performers as Billy Gideon, who
should come into his own as an offensive player as well
as a ‘defensive standout, Bobby Cromer, Jackie Lanier,
PaulilkMorgan and others who should give the Sulphur
SprflpJ^eleven a dangerous foursome.
By Bill Bofart
Two giants of District 15-A,
the Sulphur Springs Wildcats and
the Mt. Pleasant Tigers, brought
the 1950 gridiron season to an
end here Friday night with a bit-
terly fought contest which ended
in u 6-6 deadlock.
The tie also left the Wildcats
.and Tigers tied for second place
in the final loon standings with
four wins, one loss and a tie.
Mt. Vernon clinched the crown
Friday night l>y racing past Com-
merce, 33 to 0, . — ..
It was a vicious contest Friday,
j The players on both clu h« gave
j it all they had in ringing down the
curtain on another grid season.
The ground games of the elev-
en were about even, which was
expected. And as expected, the
Wildcats were superior in the air.
Game at a Glance
Plsant. SS
First Downs 18
Yards Rushing 176
Yards Passing 75
Passes Attempted 14
Passes Completed 6
Passes Intercepted By 0
10 for 80 Penalties 8 for 60
3 for 88 Punts 2 for 52
Mt.
9
174
21
8
1
1
HERE and THERE: Laurence Bramblett was out of
the Wildcat lineup Friday night because of a tongue in-
jury received in practice earlier in the week. He was a
regular wingman for the eleven. . . . Dub Reeder is back
from the baseball wars. The talented flinger for the
Rochester nine of the International League has been in
New York since the end of the diamond season. He won
nine and lost eight during the season for Rochester. Reed-
er was with the St. Louis Cardinals during 1949, and was
sent to Rochester in 1950 after developing control trouble
in spring training. He is in trim at present, hitting the
scales at 225 pounds. . . . Robert Payne, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Payne of Sulphur Springs, writes his parents of
watching former Southwest Conference players in the
Canadian football league. In a clipping accompanying
the letter, the Edmonton Eskimos walloped the Roughrid-
ers to the tune of 24-1. (That one point has us worried,
too.) Playing for the victors, and starring incidentally,
(were Lindy Berry and Morris (Snake) Bailey, former TCU
treats. Playing for the losers was Sammy Pierce of Ver-
son, former Baylor back. The clipping reveals that Berry
sassed to Bailey for 76 yards and a touchdown during the
tame. Payne, who sent the clipping, is working in Cana-
|da. . . . Coach Travis Bruce will waste no time getting
| His basketball squad in shape. The thump-thump artists
|will begin workouts this week. The energetic Bruce has
[a tourney lined up for Sulphur Springs in a few weeks.
'All of last year’s starters will be back. They include
Leroy Harry, Mack Pogue, Forrest Gregg and
Bobb^^romer. One of Sulphur Springs’ finest teams
could materialize this season if the lads develop as rap-
idly as Bruce hopes. . . . Mrs. Milton Morgan’s girls’ bas-
ketball team will play Mt. Pleasant in Wildcat gym Tues-
day night, beginning at 6:30 o’clock. Mt. Pleasant is in
the district with Sulphur Springs but this will merely be
exhibition game. Mrs. Morgan hopes to get a better
evaluation of her team in the game. Thus far, the girls
have won two and lost none. . . . Abilene High School is
asking around if this is a record for high school football:
Billy Paul of the Abilene B team punted 96 yards from
scrimmage Friday against the Brownwood “Bees.” The
ball traveled 65 yards in the air and rolled to the Brown-
wood 2-uard line. Actually the kick traveled 107 yards
as Paul fas standing nine yards deep in the end zone
when he booted it.
However, Coaches Sam Parker and
Tom (Ripper) Ramey obviously
had their lads all set for a heavy
aerial bombardment and the Wild-
cats found tough sledding through
the ozone. They completed only
six of 14 passes.
Ground Gam* Even
On the ground, the Wildcats
ground out 176 yards -against
174 for the Tigers. Most of
the yardage compiled by the
Wildcats came from tackle to
tackle, while the Tigers made
much of their yardage around the
ends.
A large crowd turned out under
clear skies to watch the melee
and the weather was just crisp
enough to make for a good foot-
ball game.
The Tigers chilled the hearts
of the Wildcat followers early in
the game as they scored a touch-
down to take the lead.
Mt. Pleasant scored after tak-
ing the hall on their own 39. The
sustained drive caried 61 yards
and it took the Tigers just eight
plays to punch to paydirt. It was
Charles Smith, a dashing, crash-
ing performer, and Quarterback
Max Hightower alternating in
moving the hall through and
around the Wildcat forward wall.
Mt. PlHMnt Score*
It looked for a moment as if
the locals would halt the drive on
their own 21, hut Smith took a
handoff, faked a run and shot a
pass into the end zone where it
was taken by End Perry Cole-
man, who had slipped behind Bob-
by Cromer, defensive halfback.
Smith’s conversion failed with
the hall striking the cross bar and
bounding hack onto the field of
play.
A gamble almost cost the Wild-
cats another score minutes later.
Sulphur Springs returned the kick-
off following the touchdown to
its own 45. Mack Pogue, who
played his most brilliant game of
the season, Bob Gideon and Le-
roy Harry moved the hall to the
Tiger 40. The foe held at this
point and the Wildcats elected to
pass rather than kick. The aerial
fell incomplete and the Tigers
took over.
Derwood Harris came into the
ball carrying pictur^to aid Smith
and Hightower. Using wide, sweep-
ing runs mixed in with an oc-
casional blast into' the line, the
Tigers hacks moved the hall all
the wav to the Wildcat two yard
line. The Sulphur Springs for-
ward wall made a magnificent
goal stand at this point, however,
and nipped the scoring threat.
Fate Intervenes
It was Pogue and Harry who
moved the ball all the way from
their own two to the Tiger 14.
But the wheels of fate turned
against the Wildcats as Leroy
Harry fumbled when hit on the 14
yard line and Mt. Pleasant re-
covered.
The half ended shortly after
this heartbreaker for the Wild-
cats.
It was ■ Sulphur Springs’ ball
game the last half. But the stout
Mt. Pleasant eleven, although un-
able to completely halt the puli
verizing Wildcat attack, managed
to hold the locals to one touch-
down.
Sulphur Springs moved the ball
to the Tiger 22 midway in the
third period and a fourth down
try, a pass from Leroy to Eroy
Harry, was good, hut was inches
short of a first down and Mt.
Pleasant again took over on
downs.
The rugged Wildcat forward
wall rose up and stopped the Tig-
ers and Harris punted short to
his own 36.
And the Wildcats were not to
be denied this time. It was Pogue,
a twisting, twirling, bull-like
young man tearing into the Tiger
line, aided and abetted by the
savage slashes of Leroy Harry,
plus some good blocking by the
forwards that enabled the Wild-
cats to score.
Wildcats Hit Paydirt
Pogue made it a first down on
the Tiger two on a third down
buck, and for that point Leroy
dynamited into the line for the
score.
Three Tigers crashed into the
secondary to block the extra point
try and leave the game deadlock-
ed.
The score came with only ten
seconds left in the third period.
It was a see-saw battle in the
fourth stanza. Another break in
the forma of a pass interception
by Mt. Pleasant thwarted the
Wildcats when it apepared they
were on the march again. After
working the ball into Mt. Pleas-
ant territory, Leroy jump-passed
and Smith intercepted it on his
own 35.
Fate was not kind to the Tigers,
either. With Smith doing the heavy
duty lugging, they moved the ball
to the Wildcat .3.1 yard line after
the interception. But at that point
there was a fumble and the Wild-
cats came up with the hall.
Wildcat* Threaten
Sulphur Springs was not
through. It was pulverizing pow-
er plays by Gideon, Pogue and
Harry, plus an occasional pass
that saw the Wildcats move the
hall to the Tiger 26 yard stripe.
But there the Tiger team held and
Mt. Pleasant marched hack to its
own 47 as the game ended.
Five Wildcat starters turned in
stellar performances in winding
up their high school football ca-
reers. Junior Burns and Bob Gi-
deon were outstanding on defense,
and on offense, while Leroy Harry
played one of the best games of
his career. End Eroy Harry was
outstanding in the line, along
with Guard Jeral Dunavin.
Eldon Ward, 195-pound tackle,
stood out in the Mt. Pleasant for-
ward wall. It was Smith and
Hightower who shone in the Tiger
hackfield.
During halftime ceremonies,
(test, runs well when the occasion
demands and is just about every-
JOE’S GOING TO TRY THE COME-BACK TRAIL—Joe Louis, ex-
heavyweight champion of the world, sports a month’s growth of whis-
kers while in training for his first come-back fight against Cesar
Brion of Argentina. Joe is working out at his Chicago training quar-1 Thing when’ ll Hornes iTrunmn* a
ters. The fight will be u 10-round decision bout in Chicago on No- )team. His calls have been an in-
vember 20 f (NEA Telephoto). spiration to the rest of the club.
Now take Pollard. 22. from Los
i Angeles. He played for Loyola
[University during 1948. using up
| one year of varsity football. Thus
11951 will he his. final grid year at
[the Point. Pollard gives an indica-
j tion of his pigskin prowess last
fail when he scored 14 touchdowns
and made 24 conversions for the
j Plebe eleven.
In the first six games this sea-
son, Pollard accounted for 57
points on five TDs and 27 out of
30 extra point attempts. The first
Army Team Due
Pack f51 Power
wait until 1951—rf you can. With- _____ „ ’ _ ..
, out reservations (no pun intended) , v ‘ r ws'* me pass
I West Point should have one of its
'• greatest grid machines in Ristorv r offensive stars who finish
next fall. j at «est Point after this season
Coach Earl (Redi Blaik will Gtt»^ Bn“* Elmblad. Tackle
lose six regulars from his offen-1 *’•*** Frank
sive platoon but he has brilliant J?*0 \_5‘ , *n<* '*'rn
replacements. Only two Cadets In! ,**"'."*"* 3al5*r has used up his
the current defensive setup will- e since this is his third
he missing. ' varsity season. Cain is available
Can you imagine a Uarkfield £or * ^ track sewson and
SilhBobby Blaik atHunriM.Gew^ xt oWdow^ck.
Filipski and Vic Pollard at the;* ** wjff gTndnM*
halves and Al Pollard at full? mu 195*. The rest get their
This will I* Army’s 1951 hack- ,en*nt * rest J«n<‘
field on the attack. Off what it » L~*’ Tw* ‘
[has shown this fall this new unit Missing on defense will he
could go on to surpass the feats Charley Shir*. a brilliant tackle,
of the combinations sparked by who played a season for the Texas
Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis Aggies before coming to West
of a few years ago. Point, and Hal Shult*. great* de-
BUik Come* TV roach fensive halfback who graduates
Bobbv Blaik. 21-year-old son of n«xt Jun*
the coach, has more than lived up; On the line Blaik’s 1951 offense
to expectations as a quarterback, will have Weaver and AI Conway
He can pass and punt with the jat end, Lewis Ziegler and Jim
Guhrdino at tackle. Ray Bara and
Dick Roberts at guard and Boh
Haas at center.
It will he an explosive team,
possibly the best in Armv history.
Temple Upsets
Corsicana Tigers
In Real Thriller
Dallas, Nov. 18—Mighty Cor-
sicana fell Friday night in one of
the biggest upsets of the season in
Class Double A schoolboy foot-
ball—trimming the list of unde-
feated, untied teams to five.
Conroe won the District 10
championship to bring the total
of district titlists determined to
three. Texarkana had won Dist-
rict Nine and Bavtown won Dis-
trict 12 last week. There are 16
districts.
Corsicana was beaten by Tem-
ple 20 to 12 to shoot Temple to
the undisputed lead in District 13.
way tie should Childress beat
Quanah as expected.
Highland Park in Dallas is the
only undefeated team in District
Eight conference play. The Scots
last night beat Grand Prairie 21
to 13. Next week the Scots play
McKinney, which has lost one
game and could tie Highland Park
for the top with a victory.
Kerrville whipped Ray of Cor-
pus Christi 40 to 6 to remain in
a tic for the lead with Austin in
District 14. Alice and Laredo
stayed in a deadlock for the top
j in District 15 with 19 to 7 and
Grid Results
(IN Ammnmt+4
Mt. Vernon S3, Commerce 0.
Jeff Davis (Houston l 20 Sam
Houston i Houston I 0.
Arlington Heights (Fort Worth)
51 Fort Worth Tech 12.
Beaumont 26 Orange 12.
French (Beaumont) 26 Neder-
. ... . ,, . 12 (District 26-A title),
time Pollard earned the ball he Weatherford 19 SiephenviUe 0.
ran 47 yards like a scared rabbit
Temple now has only to heat Wacg period. A 90-yaid -YTVrun by
to take the rhampisbhship. A Earl Black was the real pav-off.
loss to that team, would throw it came with Temple leading 14
the district race into a snarl. It0 12.
Conroe copped the district
for a touchdown again*! Colgate.
... ... , Against Columbia he tallied on a
33 to < victories over Kingsville «7-y»fd run and in the Harvard
and V ictoria respectively. Kame mad* XDs ,0,
Titles of the other districts j on eight carries. He also scored
were not involved in this week’s against Michigan. *
play FiKpdu Ha. Speed
-The Corsicana-T eniple game. Thev refer to Fiiipski as "Little
was athriller of thrillers. Three, Gene” but the 19-year-old sopho-
touehdowns were mude in 26 sec- more from Sacramento is five-
onds at the start of the fourthj feet-eleven. The 178-pounder was
the big gun against a fighting
Pennsylvania team when he scored
crown by whipping Lufkin 19 to
14.
Undefeated and untied to date
are Pampa, Breokenridge, Texar-
kana, Cleburne and Port Arthur. |
Cleburne, Pampa, Breckenridge
and Port Arthur did not play this
week. Texarkana beat Kilgore
27 to 0. '
Scot* Win
Wichita Falls took over the lead
in District Two by heating Child-
ress 39 to 0. Vernon stayed in
the runing with a 20 to 7 win
over Quanah. Wichita Falls can
win the district title hv heating
Vernon next week. Otherwise,
the race could end up in a three-
Miss Ann Salmon, pretty high
school student, was crowned 1950 j
Wildcat Football Sweetheart.
MacMullan's Wildcat band stag-
ed its usual good fine performance |
during the half.
There were 20 players on a side
when Yak* played its first inter-
collegiate football game against
Columbia in 1872.
on runs of 73 and 29 yards. His
only previous score was against
Penn State.
Polock scored in each of Army’s
first six games this fall for a to-
tal of nine touchdowns and 54
points. One of his dashes was 94
yards ^gainst Colgate.
Captain Dan Foldherg will he
Jacksonville 41 Carthage 24
(Champs 17-A).
Sulphur Springs 6. Mt. Pleasant
6.
High School Football by The
Associated Press.
Temple 20 Corsicana 12.
Waco 12 WaxahachieO.
New Braunfels 30 Seguin 6.
Mineral Wells 19 Graham 6.
Forest (Dallas) 19 North Dal-
las 6.
Galena Park 34 Pasadena 21.
Conroe 19 Lufkin 14.
Bryan 20 Henderson204tie).
McKinney 28 Denton 14.
Hillsboro 32^JCnnis 14-
Dan Foldherg. Army’s star foot-
ball end, is also. raptahi of the
grid team, president of his class
and a Cadet Captain and Regi-
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