Green Wave Plays Inspired Ball To Hold Ahoskie to 14-6 Score Indians Outplayed Most Of The Wav Rogers First Man To Cross Goal Of Ahoskie In 1919 -» Rush Bomlurant Rmir. For GotrH Gains Tliroutfli Indians' Lino _0_ i Displaying the best spirit they have shown all year a fighting Green Wave team from Williams ton High School burst the bubble of invincibility that had been blown up around the Ahoskie In dians as t y fi iced the "terrors of the N . -: t from behind to get a 14-6 decision in Ahcskio last Fr : m. it Alth ugh th v 1 th iv.n, the G- er, Wave b< ys won a »*. >ral Victory ;a tha *. f.t v ;tpi >vd the Indior..- refuse - t ■ : aks get their d ■ n ar.d ir.tr* : the ball rr. • t of the wav. Th. \ - r ed the first : uch :mn of the game the second time they g-.t the ball—the first i the Ahoskie goal line th.s season A second touchd wn drive w. cut off by the end of the 1:: -t h ,if The Green Wave—with R isli Bondurant and Russell Rogers carrying the ball rr st of the tone —rolled to 14 fi: t down- while hi. Iding the Indians to 9. Each team got two first downs on pen alties but Williamston also lost one as a result of a penalty. Williamston gamed 204 yards on the ground as against 170 for the Indians and wound up with a net gain on the ground of 180 to 156 for the powerful Indians. In the air the Indians gained six more yards on passes than the Green Have Gut their percentage of completions was less. Ahoskie picked up 56 yards by completing 3 out of 11 passes while Williains ton got uO \ ..i ds on four out of eight pass plays. One ol the surprising elements in the game was the way Jack Edwards managed to keep his punting right up to that of Uni phlett. Ahoskie had to kic k mere often than Williamston and came up with a 37 yard average but the Green Wave got an average of S5.6 yards from the toe of Ed wards who did nothing else but kick for his team. In the matter of punt returns, the Green Wave doubled the count on the Indians as they got back up the field for 117 yards against 53 for the In dians. Penalties hurt the Green Wave Severely. One 15 yard penalty figured heavily in the second scoring drive of the Indians and broke up a drive by the Green Wave at one point. Another also brought the bull back upheld aft er it had rolled dead on the Ahos kie 8. The Indians had ball carriers stopped on lung runs twice when they appeared to be in the clear while Williamston came within an eyelash four times of getting into the clear. Each time the last man in the way managed to trip the runner. The Green Wave made at least three first downs in every quarter Repairs On ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Bicycle Repairs and Parts GOOI» SHOW \__' Csing (heir new rap lights for (he first lime, (he Wil liamston High School Green Wave football band put on one of the best half-time shows of their careers last Friday night on Ahoskie to draw praise from friend and foe alike. The youngsters formed (he outline of the State, played Old North State, Carolina Moon, w ith the moon rising and setting across the map. and performed some drill numbers. The Ahoskie band also com plimented the visiting team h> forming an anchor and playing “Anchors A weigh” for the Green Wave. Ahoskie partisans attending the game remarked that the Green Wave Band and football team were the best trained units to meet their eye this year. No definite decision lias yet been made as to whether the band will travel to Plymouth with the team this coming Fridas night for the final game of the year. while Ahoskie g“t three in the first, none in trie second, two in t!.. third and four in the fourth. The name the outstanding stars of the night would be to name the roster of the Green Wave team as far as Wiliiamston is concerned. Rush Bondurant, running in shoes that were too small but with a heart that was plenty big, picked up real yardage and Russell Rog ers lacking in experience but running with speed and deter mination hit both the ends and the middle for good gains. Bon durant had the top rushing gain for the Green Wave with a 19 yard burst through the middle. Carver got 12 yards on an end around on a fake kick, and Rogers picked up some 10, 11 and 12 yard gains. Billy Spruill and Joe Robertson also contributed to the ground gaining, Robertson getting in for a few plays and Spruill carrying lea than Rogers and Bondurant. McLawhorn reinjured his arm when hi started in the game but is believed not to have damaged it too severely Warren Goff was fight on the job in his assign ments in the back field as he help ed to clear a path for the ball car i lers. Jack Kdwards came in on punts only but did a good job of kicking. Jimmy Myers was the stalwart in the line as he helped bottle up tlie vaunted power of Ahoskie’s Jimmy Williamson. The plunging redhead lost almost us much yard age as he gained as he hit the line and bounced. The longest gain hi made was lor 27 yards and that was too the left and not in the center. He was thrown for loss c as high as six yards on some of his efforts. Charles Carver played one ol the better games ol his career u> In did a good job in the safety P"t. lie happened on a bit oi tough luck when a punt bouncer oil his foot as he started to cute! it and Ahoskie recovered the bal but lit- etciall play was tups, li the line Bobby Carter, Norwooc Keel, Pritchard Lindsley, Jacl Ross and Billy Bob Peel, tlr bait the opening threat of tlr j Indians at just one first down. In | the defensive play that featured j the game these starters received | excellent help from such reliefers j as Harrell Everett, Jack Welch. I and Asa Manning. Cheering from ■■*'.*,* —■ A'r. ■BTTd'f,*.-!'.*-' vw. ! lief they were called upon to give : were substitutes, Gloyden Stew art. Johnny Wnnlard, Bobby Goff, Wilbur Edwards, Jack Daniels and Watson McKeel. Wallace Warren, ineligible to play in the conference game, went up and down the bench and the field giv ing his teammates pep talks and trying to transfer to them his urge to get in there and go. Raymond (Jock) Davis, a trans fer from Elizabeth City who has been serving as manager of the Green Wave team this year along with Jerry Forehand, practiced with the team one night last week and got to play some against the Indians Friday night on defense. He was disgusted when an Indian pass fell through his arms just as j he felt he Was going to have an interception but was pleased to | get back into the game once more I after a layout of over a year due to a leg injury he received while playing at Elizabeth City. Ahoskie won the toss and elect ed to receive. Having been estab lished by their own experts as a three or four touchdown favorite they received their first shock of tlie night when they were stopped cold after picking up one first down. Jimmy Williamson ran 27 I yards to his right the first time he " got the ball and thus had a first down. Terry got three yards in the line but on the next play Wil liamson was nailed for a six-yard loss and a pass over the line was ! no good. Umphlett kicked out of bounds on the Williamston 13. On ; the first two plays Rogers was un able to gain but on the third Car vel went back as if to kick then swung to his left and picked up a first down on the 25. Rogers got anoke Riv er, near South Hill,'Virginia, being built by the Norfolk District, Corps of Engineers, can be realized by the above photograph sho wing the size of one of the six penstocks (tunnels through which the water flows to the turbines) to be built in the dam. The pens leeks are 24 feet in diameter and are being assembled in the dam. touchdown was made, the official calling the play being the one who was 15 yards or more back of the piled up players. Ahoskie had tied the score and when Umph lette’s kick was good, the Indians were ahead to stay. Spruill took Umphlette's kick in about the five and returned to the 25 as the quarter ended. Rog ers got the Green Wave's fourth rirst down as he swept to the 30. Bondurant got 4 in the line and Rogers lost one to the left. Rog ers swept to the left for a first lown on the 48 on the next play. Rogers carried three times for just j little short of a first down on die Ahoskie 43 and Edwards came n to kick. His boot was stopped in the Ahoskie 8 but an offsides penalty against Williamston caus ed the kick to be done over and the next time the ball was stopped by Umphlette on the 25. Ahoskie failed to gain and kick - ed on fourth down. Ahoskie drew a penalty of five yards for delay of the game and Williamston put the ball in play, first unu five, on their own 40. Bondurant made it to the 49 as he drove hard into the right center of the line. Bondur ant lost a yard and Rogers was held for no gain. Bondurant lost four yards on an attempted pas? and Edwards kicked to the Ahos kie 18. Bondurant ran Umphlett out of bounds after he had pick ed up five yards. Terry got 3 ir the line and Williamson was seni in by Coach Jack Young to try tt break down the stubborn defense Williamson lost a yard on his lo st try and Williainston refused ‘an 'offside penalty Umphlette kick led to Carver on the Williamson 35 J and he returned the ball to the 1 Ahoskie -19. Bondurant hit the line all the way to the 39 and a first down and then got another yard in the line. Robertson got j six m th.e line and Bondurant j passed to Spruill for a first down ! on the Ahoskie 13 as the half end ed. I Taking the ball on its own 20 af ter Rogers had returned it'from ■the 1 yard line. Williumston drove ! to three first downs in the third 'quarter and missed the fourth one by the a matter of inches to give mu Indians the ball on downs on their I 28. Two plays netted the Indians five yards, but Umphlette broke around enil and appeared to be off to the race*. Carver stopped him on the Williainston 20. Terrv was la Id to one yard and Manning | batted an Umphlette pass down! hut an 15 yard penalty for person al foul set Williainston back 15 yards to give the Indians a first down on the 10. Williamson pass i d to Umphlette in the far right 1 end zone for the second and final touchdown of the game. The point try was good and Ahoskie had a ! 14 6 lead which they managed to j protect the rest of the way. ! A series of bad breaks gave ■ Ahoskie a first down on the Wil | liamston 27 and penalties and a j pass put them on the 3 yard line of the Green Wave early in the final quarter but the line held for downs and the ball went over on the six-inch line. Edwards kick went close to the midfield marker hut Ahoskie was penalized 15 and Williamston picked up two first downs before kicking to the Ahos kie o.j after suffering another 15 yard penalty that nullified their fourth first down. Failing to g"t a first down on a pass and sev eral ground plays Umphlette kick ed to the Williamston 1). Wtl liamston drew a penalty on sub stitutions. Bondurant gained 7. Rogers lost two, then Carver took a passyfrom Bondurant lor a first down on the Williamston 22. Bon durant move I to the 28 and a line play and pass both failed to gain. , Williamston drew a live yard pen alty for delay of the game and a pass play failed Ahorkio took over on the Williamston 22 as time was running out. Two passes were no good but a 15 yard penalty on Williamston gave the Indians the last first down of the night on the Green Wave 7. The Green Wave' held its ground and the game end ed there. • Coach Stuart Maynard gave his boys the Cray off yesterday after, 1 complimenting them on the job. they did at Ahoskie. He was not Martins All Set For Busy Season The Wi'liamston Martins” have jast announced their official ■ . into tl Of ber {Silt na ketbal! L sue. The local team !i,is be*m a member < ! this East *.-i: Carolina independent league for three years, but have never enteed th. League when it was la' ger, nor with a stronger team. This year the league »vi 11 be ci rrp i e of teams from Windsor, Woodbind. Conway. Jamesville, PI,'r iuulh. Wiilta.oi.ston, Colerain, Hobgood, and Lewiston, making a total of nine teams. There will be a 36-gan.i -chedul for each team, v ‘h the first one being played Monday, November 21. The "Martins” boast of what is beiieved to be one of the strongest if not the strong' t, teams in the league, starLng the season with such players as Jim Lowry, Ed Morton, Zero Holliday, "Spit” Martin, ‘'Juna" Peel, Ernest Capps. Jcs'-'e Riyu ison, C. T. Rotat < :.-on. Jack Manning, Bob Cowen, David Carson, and others. With the addition of Zero Holliday, "Soil" Martin, and others, the ‘‘Marlix s” promise a quality of basketball for t-boids lovers un e'jualed in Will; mston for many years. Training has be* n under way fur a we*'k and will continue through the wok in an effort to be prepared for th" first game next Monday, ti, ■ locati* n of that game not yet determined. too surprised for lu had told the boss he did not believe Ahoskie could put 11 men on the field any better than his 11. He proved to be right. There will be no relaxation for the Green Wav. the is st of the week tot they have to face the Plymouth Panthers in Plymouth on PVid ■- night and that will be a big job. The} have to defeat the Panther* if tie v ere to held to econd pf.ee in ti conference. If Plymouth should trip them, then th. on Wav v. •odd wind up in third place. Altei the gsooe Friday night a dance v . s held for the bands and teax is of the tv., s. nool s Dmirtg the game the Ahoskie Hand serv ed bo; cocoa to the visiting band. :s S' S» BOTTLED IN KENTUCKY $4 85 $000 JL PINT ^V4/S QUAJtT KENTUCKY WHISKEY— A BLEND 86 proof, 70% grain neutral spirits. 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