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Page 6 THE LEXHIPEP November 26, 1947 Lexington Mauls Monroe 39-0 Lexington’s Yellowjackets pulled a surprising 39-0 triumph over Monroe here Friday, October 31. After the Pythons downed a strong Concord out fit 7-0, the Jackets buckled down for a hard battle. Lexington scored in every quarter, getting the first in early minutes of the game with Eanes hitting the line four times. Newell kicked the point. The next tally came after a long drive by the locals with McBride, Mc Crary, and Gibson carrying for three first downs. Eanes then passed to Taylor on the two, and on the first play of the second quarter plunged over for the score. Newell’s placement was low. McBride intercepted Trull’s pass, and the Jackets hit glory road again with a pass to Taylor for 20 yards and a first down by McBride, setting up the score by way of a pass from Eanes to Cook. Again Lexington in tercepted, this time by Eanes, and a pass from Eanes to McBride clicked for another touchdown. McCrary’s kick was wild, and the half ended 26-0. The Jackets got started early in the second half when a pass from Eanes to Cook again paid off. Newell missed the placement. The locals’ last tally came in the fourth period when Jenkins Leon Peeler, Jr., toted back a Python punt 55 yards to score. Newell made the conversion which put the score to 39-0. The game ended with the Or ange men on the visitors’ 9 yard line. The lineups: Lexington Monroe LE—Taylor ’Walton LT—Blalock Funderburk LG—Newell Austin C—Everhart Simpson RG—Price Houts RT—Walser Tucker RE—Clark Helms QB—Cook Lemmonds LHB—Eanes Trull RHB—Plott Johnson FB—McCrary Hadley SPORT S P O.T LIGHT rt*' Newell Kicks Extra Point Scene Above is One at 20 Points in T-ville Win Henderson Holds Jackets In Scoreless Deadlock Henderson held Lexington to a 0-0 tie here Friday, October 24, before crowded bleachers at Holt-Moffitt Field. Both teams fought it out out side of the twenty yard lines except for one incident when the Jackets carried to the visitors’ 7 yard line by way of a pass from Carter to Taylor. The locals were kept in the hole all night by the kicking of Williams, visiting fullback, who stole the show from Henderson’s All-State candidate. Bozo Robinson. Both teams were greatly hampered by injuries throughout the game. The largest part of the “Orange and Blue” yardage was chalked up by Carter and Gibson, while Everhart, Eanes, Walser and Price stood out defensively with Everhart intercepting twice and Gib son once. Both teams entered and left the game with even records, both having' won 5, lost 1 and tied 1. This game was the end of a two- year contract, the renewal of which remains to be seen. Spiders and Jackets Tie 6-6 Lexington High School’s hard fight ing eleven came from behind to tie an underdog Concord eleven on “wet” Webb Field the night of November 14. Concord playing their best game of the year held the Jackets scoreless for three periods and then rammed across a last period touchdown to momentari ly put them ahead. The Spiders threatened early in the first period and again in the third when they pushed to Lexington’s three yard line. Concord scored first when a pass from Kluttz to Alley carried to the two. Kluttz, Alley and then Kluttz carried for the score. The try for the extra point was blocked by Sam Everhart. The local’s score came as a result of a pass from Eanes to Cook that carried to the one yard line, and Jay bird McCrary bucked over for the tally. Newell’s try for the extra point was ruled no good by Referee Clayton, and the scoring ended at 6-6. Gibson, Eanes and Cook looked good in the Jackets’ backfield, and Ever hart, Walser and Clark stood out in the line, with Clark snagging 5 for 5. Alley was the outstanding spark in the Spiders’ backfield, and Bost led the line. A cold, drizzly rain fell during the entire game. ’The line-ups: L.H.S. Concord LE—Taylor Willis LT—Blalock Johnsey LG—Newell Cook C—Everhart Erwin RG—Price Bost RT—Walser Seltzer RE—Clark McLain QB—Cook Kluttz RHB—Plott Jarvis LHB—Eanes Coble FB—Gibson Alley Score by periods: Concord 0 0 0 6—6 L. H. S 0 0 0 6—6 Statitics Concord Lex. First downs 4 5 ’V’ds. gained rushing 50 81 Punting Ave. (incld. kickoff) 32 37 Passes attempted 10 11 Passes completed 5 6 Pass intercept, by 2 0 Fumblese 1 1 Opp>on. fubmles recorded.. 1 1 Penalties 35 10 Little “Limber Leon” Lobs Leather Clinton Clark’s Crack Catch Clinches Conference Contest 7-0 Bruising Bulldog Back “Goo-Goo” Gantt Great Ground Gainer Lexington High School Yellowjackets wound up their South Piedmont Con ference season, by downing a power ful Albemarle eleven 7-0. The powerful Bulldog eleven paced by one of the finest backs that the Yellowjackets have tangled with this season, “Goo-Goo” Gantt, held the lo cals scoreless for three periods. During the first half Albemarle had possession of the ball almost all of the time and stayed on the Lexing ton goal during most of the time, but were unable to push across for a score. In the second half the Jackets swarmed out. Holes began to open, and the orange and white tide began to move. In the fourth period J. L. Peeler, sub for Eanes heaved a 15 yard pass to right end “Pete” ClarK in the end zone. Newell’s perfect placement uped the score to 7-0 and the scoring ended. When time ran out the Jack ets had moved deep into Bulldog ter ritory. The Lexington line was led by Co- Captain Benny Walser and Charlie Price. The line-up: Albemarle Lexington LE—Winecoff Taylor LT—F. Lowder Blalock LG—Ross Newell C—B. Lowder Everhart RG—Plyler Price RT—Brooks Walser RE—Hinson Clark QB—Harrington Cook LH—Kluttz McBride RH—Kirkpatrick Gibson FB-Gantt Eanes L. H. S. GAMES WON AND LOST L.H.S.—13 Salisbury—0 L.H.S.—35 Statesville—0 L.H.S.—81 Asheboro—0 L.H.S.— 0 Children’s Home—7 L.H.S.— 7 High Point—0 L.H.S.—31 Barium—0 L.H.S.— 0 Henderson—0 L.H.S.—39 Monroe—0 L.H.S.—20 Thomasville—0 L.H.S.— 6 Concord—6 L.H.S.— 7 Albemarle—0 LIONS’ BOWL ? DOUG GRAVER ELditor DOSTER WOOD Assistant Lexington Topples Thomasville 20-0 Lexington High once again toppled Thomasville High by rolling up a score of 20-0 Friday night, November 6, at Holt-Moffitt Field. The game was played with a score less first half. The Jackets came close in the waning moments of the half, but were stopped by the half time whistle. In the second half both teams re turned with renewed vigor. Lexing ton’s first score came in third quar ter. The Jackets received the kickoff from the Tommies and drove, after a series of plays, very near the goal line. McCrary took the ball and ran over for the six points. A well-aimed conversion by Newell put the locals in the lead 7-0. The second touchdown was credited to Gibson who drove over from the five. The extra point was no good. Again Lexington entered enemy territory. Eanes’ perfect pass put Lex ington in another scoring position. The score came by a pass from Eanes to Plott, who raced over for the goal. The extra point was good, giving Lex ington the game by a margin of 20-0. Tingly was the outstanding defen sive and offensive player for the losers. Girls’ Basketball Practice Under Way Girls’ basketball practice has gotten under way with a good start, as re ported by the coach. Miss Ellen Phil- beck. Approximately fifty girls re ported for practice about three weeks ago. The first two weeks consisted mainly of calesthenics. The second week the guards and forwards started practcing separately. The number of players has been reduced greatly by now, but it is not yet definite who will be on the team. Several are back from last year, but the entire first team graduated. In spite of losing last year’s team it looks as if, with a lot of hard work. Miss Philbeck will turn out a better team this year than last. The schedule for the girls’ or boys’ games has not yet been worked out, but will be posted at a later date. Managers for the team also have not been chosen, but they will be selected by the squad in the near future. OUR FRIEND POPE Many of you, no doubt, after a game like the one with Barium when the Lexington High School football team trotted off Sloan Field looking very much like it, just who gets the dirty job of making those mud soaked togs sparkle for the next game. ’Well, the man who does this nasty job is no other than J. Otis Pope, proprie tor of the Laundry-etta, and what is more, he has not charged one red cent. He has personally furnished soap, water, power, and everything necessary to get clean results. Now something like this shows fine spirit and makes everyone think very highly of Mr. J. Otis Pope. And, too, it takes quite a lot of time, money and effort to do this job. ’The next time any of you have those wash day blues, how about letting Pope’s Laundri-etta help you out? And, too, you might tell hiw horn much we appreciate his support. Speaking on behalf of the coaches, team, and “Lexhipep,” we would all like to say, “Thank you, Mr. Pope!”
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