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Sports Review
with
Gerry Gardner
Birds Win One; Biackbircfs Defeat 0uakes, 13-7
As we all know, a pep rally was
held on the Thursday night before
the Oxford game two weeks ago. It
was one of, if not the most, suc
cessful ever had in Rocky Mount
high. This was thought by both
cheerleaders and students.
Unfortunately that bang-up
send-off to the new season has
dwindled considerably in the fol
lowing games. What has happened
is quite a mystery. The cheerlead
ers are doing their best as certain
ly the boys on the field are. Never
theless the cheering has slackened
—this sort of puts the students
on the spot.
Johnny Warren and Bobby Pat
terson, both backs, have won
“Blackbird of the week” honors,
by their performances in the Ox
ford and Greensboro games re
spectively.
Warren’s extremely hard run
ning accounted for over one half
of the Blackbirds’ yardage on the
ground in the Oxford affair. In
action only seven times, he rolled
up one hundred and thirty-six
jards. His average for the first
two games is dazzling, at 14 yards
per try.
It was Patterson’s all-round
abillity W'hich won him the honor
in the second game. Of the 107
yards gained passing by Rocky
Blount, his hand was in 88 of
these. On the ground he was re
sponsible for 38 of the 59 yards
made by rushing. The local
Sportsman’s Club named the win-
'ri?fs. ' “
It was the general opinion of
the experts that the powerhouse
of the South will again be Georgia
Tech, with Alabama and Duke
coming in second and third re
spectively. The latter statement is
somewhat confused, however, in
that Alabama opened'its season by
losing 25 to 19 to a team that is
strictly from nowhere. So perhaps
the experts are wrong altogether;
maybe Duke is the powerhouse
with Tech running second. At any
rate, November 21 will bring the
answer 'as the two teams clash.
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Fumble Another
After opening the season with a
26-14 win over Oxford Orphanage,
the elated Blackbirds were knock
ed down a few pegs by tough
Greensboro club, 14-0.
Capitalizing on Rocky Mount
fumbles, the ever shifting Whirlies
scored early and continued strong,
never giving the dazed Blackbirds
ja chance to get started.
Although driving within scoring
range several times, the Black
birds never made a go of it, as
fumbles plagued them on every oc
casion. Outstanding for the Birds
W'as right half back Bobby Patter
son whose sparkling all-around
ability kept the Birds in the run
ning. The defensive! show was led
by halfback Bobby Deans and
linesmen Bo Gupton and Berry
Lamb.
In the opening game, led by
fullback Johnny Warrens’ charg
ing runs, the Blackbirds coasted
to a 26-14 win over Oxford. War
ren, the leading Bird graund
gainer set sail on runs of 73 and
?7 yards setting up one TD and
scoring ancther.\
The Orphanage struck back
however, playing banf'i’o ball to
the very end, giving the much
heavier Blackbirds quite a vork-
out. So good in fact, that it made
Head Coach Knocker Adkins an
unhappy man.
“We’ve got a long way to go,”
said Coach Adkins, “if we’re going
to be ready for the tough ones.”
It appears that he was right, as
rough Greensboro proved too
tqugh to handle. -
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
September 11—Oxford Orphanage
September 18—Greensboro
September 25—Goldsboro (there)
October 2—Wilmington (there)
October 9—Fayetteville
October 16—Washington
October 23—Durham
October 30—Greenville •
November 6—Wilson (there)
November 13—Ralsigh.
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C o-captai is Bobby Deans and Baxter Savage with Coach Ad
kins sejtn fo be peering: into the future and wondering what it will
b"ing. I'lie rcs!iit? so far keen onf> suessingr.
Photo by Barringer
New Coaches, Former Students
Two new cpaches have joined
the Blackbird football staff this
year. They are W. M. “Pat” Pat
terson and Horace Felton.
Patterson, who is working with
coaches Adkins and Cleetwood on
the varsity, is a twenty-seven year
old native of Rocky Mount where
he attended school.
As a junior. Coach Patterson
was an All-Eastern halfback, and
as a senior he made All-Southern.
He continued to play when he en
tered Wake Forest. From there he
went into the services where play
ed for the Bolling Field “Flyers,”
the Mid Atlantic champs. When
discharged he went to A. C. C. and
starred for three more years.
“Pat” taught at Benvenue for
two years. Last summer he
finis!) Cfl: hi', graduate work and
I came to RMHS to teach.
I The varsity backs are fortunate
i indeed to have such an able coach
' with ten years' football experience
I as Horace Felton, who finished at
jRMHS where he starred in baskct-
i ball. He i-eceived further education
j at Appalachian State Teachers
I College.
] CcBch Felton taught at We.st
I Edgecombe last year and joined
I the faculty at the junior high
ischool this,fall where he 'will as
sist Co.ich C. V. Lundy with the
“B” squad Babsbirds.
These promising additions to a
fine coaching staff give the local
schools one of the best.
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Goldsboro proved to be a tough
er team to beat than the Birds had
anticipated. Both of the Black
bird’s T. D.’s were sored in the
final qcuarter after an evenly-
matched battle through the first
of the game last Friday night in
Goldsboro. Neither team penetrat
ed to scoring position in the first
quarter. This was due largely to
fumbles and a tough defense by
the opposing team.
First score of the game came in
the final minutes of th^ second
quarter. A 22-yard pa.'s spelled a
touchdown of the Quakes. Golds
boro coQyerted and at the half
the score stood at 7-0.
Fumbles again in the third
quarter kept the Blackbirds from
driving with the ball. The home
team just couldn’t seem to get the
ball into Goldsboro territory. A
Goldsboro drive to the Rocky
Mount goal line was stopped just
short of pay dirt.
In the last six minutes of the
final frame, Bobby Patterson com
pleted a 26-yard touchdown pass
to James Chandler. Smokey Lan
caster kicked the extra point and
brought the score to 7-7. Three
minutes later, Rocky Mount got
the ball again. Successive long
runs by Raymond Highsmith and
a quick Patterson-to-Chandler
pass put the ball on the Goldsboro
goal line. Two plays later, Ray
Harper scored from the one-yard
line. The extra point was missed
but the score was Rocky Mount
13 Goldsboro 7 and that’s the way
the ball game ended.
Bo Gupton was the outstanding
linesman and Raymond Highsmith
stood out in the backfield. Coach
Adkins said after the game, “I
think Highsmith won the game for '
us with hi&- runnins —-.
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