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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1956
THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Caxollna
Booms Caused By
Artillery Exereise
Those big booms you heard
Tuesday night and Wednesday
came from Fort Bragg where an
entire field artillery battalion
was firing 155 mm howitzers in a
field exercise.
The firing started Tuesday
night when the big guns opened
up on targets at Fort Bragg’s im
pact areas. Some 3,200 officers
and men participated in the ex-
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ercise, firing more than 1,000
shells carrying approximtaely
96,000 pounds of high explosives.
Weapons fired were the 155
mm howitzer, 155 mm ‘•Bong
Tom” guns, 155 mm self-propell
ed howitzers and eight inch howit
zers. They were fired under the
direction of the Eighteenth Corps
Artillery.
The 280 mm “Atomic” cannon,
which had been previously an
nounced as being a part of the
exercise, was not used.
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Don Walter, fleet Southern Pines tailback,
broke away for sveral long runs Friday night in
the Blue Knights’ complete rout of the Clayton
Comets. Here Walter is pictured in the second
period as he follows Kenneth Creech, running
interference. The Clayton player is Bill Alls-
brook, right end. The other Clayton player on
the ground under Walter is not identified.
(Emerson Humphrey photo)
Blue Knights Defeat Qayton, 54-8;
Retain Firm Hold On 6-Man Standing
The Blue Knights continued]to get his well-educated toe into
on their way Friday night, easily an almost fumble and made good
outclassing the Clayton Comets.on his third extra point of the
54-8, before a large Homecoming night.
turnout.
For the Knights, currently on
top of the state six-man heap,
the win was their fourth straight
this season and their 27th
straight without defeat. Played
fin perfect weather before the
largest crowd of the season—
some 1,500—the game was a bit
closer than the score would indi
cate, although it was never in
doubt as to the eventual winner.
Only once did the Comets
score; in the third quarter Robert
Adams rifled a pass to Aubrey
Lee on the Southern Pines 30 and
Lee, twisting and turning, man
aged to fall into the end zone.
Neil Smith added the extra point.
Other than that one time the
entire show belonged to South
ern Pines, including a bit of
fancy doings at halftime when Jo
Anne Goodwin was crowned
Homecoming Queen and a re
cently married soldier at Fort
Bragg was announced as winner
of* a television set for having a
lucky game ticket number.
In the first quarter the Blue
Knights got off to a quick start
when Charles Watkins scamp
ered 26 yards for a score on the
fifth play the Knights ran. He
then added the extra point from
placement for an 8-0 lead.
Bobby Watkins scored again
later in the quarter on a 15 yard
run after Clayton had moved the
ball a total of 12 yards backward
before kicking. It took Watkins
just three tries before he broke
loose for the score. The point
was no good and the Knights led
14-0 at the end of the quarter.
In the second quarter Lynn
van Benschoten, sidelined be
cause of illness and not expected
to play at aU, got in the game
just long enough to run two
plays—one for 12 yards and one
for five and the score. Watkins
kicked the point and the Knights
led 22-0.
Everett Cushman, running
well all night, intercepted a
Clayton pass on the Comets’ sec
ond attempt at moving the ball
And 28-0 stood up as the two
teams left the field at halftime.
At halftime Miss Goodwin, who
was sponsored in the Beauty
Queen Contest by the Junior
Class and escorted by Philip
Guin, was named queen before a
wildly cheering bunch of class
mates. It took the judges five
times of calling the candidates
back before they could make up
their minds who should wear the
crown the next year.
Contestants were, in addition
to Miss Goodwin, Lin Holder,
sponsored by the sophomore
class; Patti Hobbs, sponsored by
the senior class and named run
ner-up; and Mary Jane Deadwy-
ler, representing the freshmen.
Ray Lithen, who lives at 175
W. Maine Avenue, was named
the lucky winner of a television
set given away at the game to
the lucky ticket holder. Lithen,
m'arried only recently, bought his
ticket (number 2521) from Ken
ny Holliday and was reported al
most overjoyed at the new addi
tion to his household belongings.
As usual the band was on hand
and, though it had no regular
show because of the other half
time activities, performed admir
ably with background music.
After the half the Blue
Knights really turned on the
heat.
In the third quarter TD’s were
made by Lynn van Benschoten
from 16 yards out, and by Don
Walter from three yards out.
Tony Parker added to the scoring
by tackling Robert Adams in his
own end zone for a safety and
two points.
The quarter ended with the
Knights leading 46-8.
In the fourth period Kenneth
Creech, who looked good all
night, added another touchdown
to send the Knights out 52-8, and
Watkins’ extra point made the
final score stand 54-8.
Statistically, the Blue Knights
picked up nine first downs com
pared to the Comets’ three; out-
rushed them by 324 yards to a
pass before getting ready, and,
on a number of occasions, throw
ing the runner for heavy losses.
Big Roger Verhoeff, who
hasn’t had too many passes
thrown his way this season
(probably because the Knights
have never yet found themselves
in the position of having to rely
on passes to score) is neverthe
less proving that he is potentially
a terrific player; he seemed to
be playing every minute of the
game as though it was a tie
breaker for the state champion
ship and repeatedly broke
through the opposing line to ac
count for many of the yards that
Clayton lost from scrimmage.
Kenneth Creech, as steady a
player as Coach Irie Leonard has,
was particularly brilliant Friday
night. His plunges were always
good for yardage and, if hastily
scribbled statistics are even close
to correct, he was responsible
for about 80 yards of the total
offensive gain the Knights rolled
up.
All told, it looks as though the
Blue Knights are headed for an
other unbeaten season if they
can get by the rough ones that
lie ahead.
But like the man said; the
ones you haven’t played are the
roughest.
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program chairman. |
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after the kickoff and ran it back j minus 33; but lost out in the
16 yards. Three plays later he ^passing column by picking up
teamed up with two of his fellow, only 20 yards while the comets
backs for what was probably the | piled up 120. But then again, the
slickest play ever seen on Mem- Knights passed about five times;
orial Field. While the fans in the
stands thought the ball handler
(no one ever could teU just who
it was) had been tackled, he had
lateralled to Cushman. He was
in the end zone before most peo
ple had taken their eyes off the
first ball handler.
Watkins, to keep the fans in
their amazed condition, managed
the Comets about 25.
Defensively, the Blue Knights
probably played better than they
had all season. TJiough out
weighing the Comets in the line
and probably matching them in
the backfield, the Knights were
consistently prowling around in
the visitors’ backfield, chasing
down passers or causing them to
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