Friday, October 22, 1948
Wakelon Bulldogs Held to 6-6 Tie by Spring Hope
Statistics Favor Local
Eleven; Miscues Cost
Wakelon Hard Fight
Coach Jacob Smith’s Wakelon
Bulldogs opened up like a ball of
fire to take a second period 6-0
lead over Spring Hope last Fri
day night, only to have their at
tack sputter and stall in the final
quarter as the Spring Hope eleven
• capitalized on Wakelon mistakes
to tie the score and almost win
the football game. The contest
•was played at night on the Spring
Hope gridiron.
Led by speedy little quarterback
Bobby Bridgers and hard-charging
halfback J. C. Liles, the Bulldogs
marched 80 yards to score the
third time they had the ball.
The scoring drive was headed
by Bridgers and Liles, who alter
nated in carrying the ball through
five first downs. A pass good for
35 yards from Bridgers to Man
gum gave Wakelon six points.
Bridgers was a yard short in his
run for the extra point.
The Wakelon game was spotted
with fumbles, three of them prov
ing costly when Spring Hope re
covered them. A game-opening
drve which started on the Wake
lon 45 yard line came to a halt
when Spring Hope recovered a
fumble on their own 29 yard line
after Wakelon had forged ahead
for two first downs.
Spring Hope Scores
The Spring Hope score was set
■ up late in the game when a Wake
* lon pass was intercepted and re
turned to the Wakelon 33 yard
line. Three plays cost the Spring
Hope team seven yards as Man
gum and Kitchings led the Bull
dog line in smothering the attack.
However, Liles fumbled the Spring
■ Hope punt and they recovered on
the Wakelon 23 yard lne. Led by
their 145 pound quarterback,
Jerry Edwards, the Spring Hope
eleven made a first down on the
Wakelon 12, and another on the
Wakelon 1 yard line. Edwards, on
a quarterback sneak, went across
from there. The same play failed
to work for the extra point.
The Spring Hope crew almost
copped the game in the final sec
onds. With less than two minutes
remaining following the kickoff
Wakelon made a first down on
their own 36 yard line. Two passes
and a run placed the ball on the
Wakelon 37 yard line, where with
seconds remaining, Bridgers punt
ed. Spring Hope took the punt on
their own 35 yard line, and as the
final whistle blew, raced 62 yards
down the sidelines before being
forced out of bounds on .he Wake
lon two-yard line.
The Bulldogs dominated the
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statistics, piling up 11 first downs
to four for Spring Hope. They
traveled 102 yards on the ground
and 56 yards by air for a total
gain of 158 yards. However, dur
ing the second half they were able
to accumulate only 10 of the yards
gained on the ground.
Wakelon threw 12 passes, com
pleted six, and gained 56 yards by
the air ways. Spring Hope com
pleted two out of seven for 17
yards. On the ground Spring Hope
made 83 yards.
Fumbles and one intercepted
pass cost Wakelon the ball game,
although bad quarterbacking g ive
Spring Hope the breaks in the
second half.
Bridgers, Brantley, and Liles led
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the Wakelon offense, while on de
fense, Worth Croom was the
sparkplug, making tackle after
tackle. He returned to the lineup
twice being carried from the field
because of injuries. Big Dan Priv
ette, shifted to tackle on defense,
and Robert Kitchings also turned
in a hard game. Fred Mangum
starred both on offense and de
fense, catching the touchdown pass
from Bridgers for Wakelon’s only
score.
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