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
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Rush Bomlurant Rmir. For
GotrH Gains Tliroutfli
Indians' Lino
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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
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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
<i in the line and then brushed off
i two tackier on a three yard run
to tie- right. Bondurant made it
! a first down on the 38 and then
■vent through to the 44. Rogers
i got almost to the 48 as he was
j inches short of a first down and
Spruill lost a yard to the 47. Ed
I wards went into kick. Carver
'stopped the receiver on the Ahos
kie 20. Umphlette picked up four
yards to thi' left and then tried a
[quick kick hoping to catch the
Green Wave deep in their own
territory. The effort boomerang
ed, however, as Spruill took the
ball on the 50 and ran it back to
the Ahoskie 25. Bondurant went
into the right side of the line for 4,
Rogers swung over to the right to
'the Ahoskie 12 and a first down.
lie was held on the next play to
[the lett but Bondurant picked up
a yard in the line and Rogers rac
I i’d through a hole in the right
tackle slot to score the first toueh
down of the season against the In
dians. Williamston drew a heavy
! penalty because the cheerleaders
j ran onto the field in their excite
ment and the pass for extra point
failed.
Ross s kick was taken by Um
phlette and he got off one of His j
i best returns of the night as he got
! back to his own 49. Terry got a |
first down on the Williamston 36
quid then broke through for an-|
other first down on the 19. After
j Terry had been stopped in the line
| Umphlette went lor a first down
| on the Williamston one. There
i i are several versions of what hap
1 period then. One was that Terry
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I dan recovered for the touchdown.
Another is that Terry did not get
■ I over, fumbled and Williamston re
"1 v■■ 1 -■ I for Vjh^q^o^iNideiod a
, I. uchback. The officials ruled the
PENSTOCKS
The magnitude of the Buggs Island Dam on the R >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.
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