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THE LEXHIPEP
December 17, 1948
Sportt1(enei
L. H. S. SWIMS TO 20-0 VICTORY IN DAIRY BOWL
3,500 DEFY ELEMENTS TO WITNESS CLASSIC
After considerable research, we
have reached the conclusion that
Lexington High School participated
in its first aquatic meet Friday night,
November 26, 1948.
The Yellow Jackets, hampered
slightly by football togs, dog-paddled,
back-'stroked, and free-styled to a
20-0 victory.
To call the Dairy Bowl the Mud
Bowl is grossly understating the con
dition that prevailed on this exceed
ingly damp night. To dub it the
Swamp Bowl or something similar
would do it far more justice.
Some 3,500 “drenched-to-the-bone
fans" saw both teams, Lexington High
and Tech High of Charlotte, try to
get drives started throughout the
first, but all to no avail. They even
tually ended in ungraceful surface-
dives or, better still, belly-fiops.
Upon the arrival of the second half,
the field closely resembled a well-
lived-in hog pen. Nevertheless the
Jackets began to roll in the mud. The
turning point of this mad fracas ap
peared to be a blocked kick that was
recovered by Crow on the two.
A fifteen yard penalty clipped the
Jackets’ wings slightly, but Carter
pulled a naked-reverse to score. Eanes
went over submarine style for the
point after.
Eanes, fifty gallons of water later,
recovered a Tech fumble on the 24.
He and Peeler then conspired to score,
Eanes swimming lor the touchdown
and Peeler dog-paddling lor the point
after.
The third and final marker was
made when Peeler donned his swamp-
skis and slid 44 yards through the
whole Tech team. Dillon, being an
end, couldn’t catch the snap from
center. Consequently, the extra poinr
was no good.
A1 Thorny said Kerchner played a
good ball game, so we’ll say it. ‘‘Kerch
ner played a good ball game.”
As for Lexington, well, we’ll say
it was that boy with mud on his
uniform and let you draw your own
conclusions.
Touchdown Club
Honors Football
Team With Banquet
The Lexington Touchdown Club
gave a banquet in honor of the Lex
ington High School football team on
December 10 at the Municipal Club.
Dugan Aycock, club president of the
Touchdown Club, Was master of cere
monies, while “Scoop” McCrary, vice
president, was in charge of the pro
gram.
The team, members of the club,
and guests enjoyed a very delectable
chicken barbecue supper prepared by
Beck’s Barbecue. After the meal ev
eryone settled back and prepared for
a good program. Nick Lawrence (Pro
fessor Pigskin) was master of cere
monies during the program, which
was conducted on the order of Dr.
I. Q.’s Quiz Program.
Different guests made short speech
es, but the main speaker, “Peahead”
Walker, the famous coach of Wake
Forest’s Demon Deacons, really took
the cake with his clever wit. The
theme, of course, was football. He
told interesting incidents and anec
dotes about his experiences in coach
ing.
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THE 1948
FOOTBALL MENU
Once again L.H.S. closes the door
to its glorious football season. Very
different from the way most people
predicted, the Yellowjackets emerged
with one of the best teams ever to
be in Lexington High School.
First on the menu was the Elon
College Jayvees, and the “Jackets”
served them a 6-0 defeat.
The next week the “Jackets” trav
eled to Thomasville and came from
behind to ruin “T-ville’s” dinner with
a victory of 12-7.
Oh, woe were we! The local eleven
traveled to High Point on an empty
stomach wiili the thought of going
home filled with victory. Instead, the
“Bulldogs” served a spoiled meal of
defeat by winning 19-7. But the next
week the L.H.S. gridders were recon
ciled when the Spencer “Railroaders”
paid a visit to Holt-Moffitt field and
went home picking a 20-0 defeat
from between their teeth.
Next came the main courses of the
menu: Barium Springs, which was
Homecoming, and Children’s Home,
which meant whether or not the
“Yellowjackets” would finish the sea
son with the South Piedmont Con
ference Championship tucked under
their arms. In the Barium game
the “Jackets” defeated the Orphans
21-13. But when Children’s Home and
Lexington dined together, both teams
ran up against a brick wall. The
game ended in a 0-0 deadlock.
The following week Lexington paid
a visit to Mooresville and came back
with 18 more points against 0 to
their credit.
GIRLS BEGIN BASKET
BALL PRACTICE
Well, well, here it is basketball sea
son again. It seems as if it were
only yesterday that the L.H.S. belles
and beaux were playing basketball.
The local girls did not have a too
successful season last year, but we’re
sure things will be different this year.
The girls have eight back who re
ceived letters last year. The roster is
as follows: Forwards: ‘Henrietta Bru
ton, ‘Peggy McCulloch, ‘Candis Car
penter, ‘Avril Sink, Mary Dean Hed
rick, and Evelyn Leonard. Guards:
‘Ruth Kinney, ‘Geraldine Snellings,
‘Peggy Osborne, Bonnie Leonard,
Janet Brown, and ‘Ruth Russell.
The team consists of four managers
this year. The two senior managers
are Treva Garner and Barbara
Richey. The two junior managers are
Jessie Church and Jessie Brown.
‘Denotes letter girls.
Concord came next as the final dish
of the regular season and went back
chewing a 27-0 defeat.
On November 26, Lexington High
School ate its dessert and finished
the season completely by playing
Tech High of Charlotte and handing
them a 20-0 defeat in a downpour of
rain during the Annual Dairy Bowl
Game.
And so once more, the most be
loved sport in Lexington High School,
which is football, has come to a
close with a 7-1-1 average. Not bad;
not bad at all, we say. And hats off
and a cheer to Coaches Maus and
Bowen—plus a good team.
COACH JIMMY MAUS
KEPLEY
L. H. S/S PRIDE AND JOY
If there’s anything Lexington High can be proud of, it always has some
thing to do with football. This year L.H.S. is proud to have four boys play
ing in post-season bowl games.
' “ First on the list is Bill Eanes. Bill is a senior in school and for the
third consecutive year made the All-State team Also this year he was
picked to play in the annual Sirrine Bowl Game.
“Tubby” Craver, blocking-back, traveled to High Point to play in the
Optimist Bowl.
Big “Rob” Kepley played in the Optimist Bowl along with the others.
Fred Dobey, guard, assisted “Tubby” and “Rob” in the same game.
Another boy who does not attend Lexington High School, but still is
claimed oecause ne moved only last year is Kelly Beck. Kelly was on the
team last year and had been living in Lexington until last year. He moved
to New Bern, where he played first tring and was the only member to be
picked to. play in the Optimist Bowl. (Incidentally, Kelly played for the East.)
L.H.S. is proud to have these boys on the team on which they showed
up well.
L. H. S.’s own Coach Jimmy Maus guided the boys through the Opti
mist’s season.
CARTER CRAVER
Harold Carter (left) won the Dairy Bowl’s “Most Val
uable’’ player award.
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EANES
DOBEY