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itnni-BLOCKING PASS — John Bohland of Lexington swats down a Ken Thrush. (11) pass Saturday night at Arlin Field, where theMalabar High Falcons shot down the Lexington Minutemen, 28-0. (Photo by JeffSprang)Malabar’s Falcons ClawLexington High, 28 to 0(-JBy Bill RogersHigh-stepping Bill Donaldson and stumpy Jim Bagley took turns shredding the Lexington line as Malabar High School romped to an easy 28-0 football victory over the Minutemen last night at Arlin Field.Bagley, getting a starting position, because of a knee injury to ace Vic Mack, made the most of the opportunity by running for three touchdowns in the season-opener for both schools.The 5-9, 150-pound sophomore crossed the goal line on bursts of four, six and eight yards while complementing teammate Donaldson with 80 yards on 18 rushes. Donaldson, a strong 180-pound senior fullback, was the leading ground gainer, bulling tor 85 yards in 18 carries.A Lexington fumble on the runback of the opening kickotf gave Malabar an early break, and the Faisons responded with an eight-play drive that found Quarterback Ken Thrush sneaking one yard for the touchdown with 7:17 showing on the clock.Two plays after the ensuing kickoff, another Lexington fumble opened the door again for Malabar. This time, the Falcons took over on the Lexington eight-yard line, but were unable to score —‘ temporarily.Lexington held Bagley to no gain when the young halfback tried to plunge over from one foot away on fourth down. Two plays later, the Falcons netted two points when the Minute-men’s Mike Schuster was nailed in the end zone for asafety.Bagiey scored his first touchdown with 38 seconds remaining in the first half when he squirted throughthe left side for four yards.With 2:47 left in the third period, Bagley found the end zone again, this time running wide around the right end for six yards to ciimaX a 10-play march covering 74 yards.Malabar finished its scoring six seconds before the close of the third quarter when Bagley barged straight up the middle for eight yards and six points.Scot Todd gave the Malabar fans in the crowd of 3,200 some defensive thrills by picking off two Lexington passes, one just before haiftime, the other shortly after the start of the fourth quarter.12(TClCH(HLions CruBrowniesDETROIT (UPI) - Altie scored touchdowns in a 3: quarter Saturday night to lelt; National Football League ex land Browns.Taylor’s three-yard touchdc tie at the start of the second made possible when Jimmie J 53 yards to the Cleveland 37.The Lions then held the Browns on downs and capitalized on a bad fourth down snap from center to punter Don Cockroft to get the ball again at the Cleveland 15inhityaionlrerSanders caught a touchdown pass from Bill Munson two plays later.1exttea%Detroit scored its final touchdown on a one-yardrun by Jones with 3:59 leftOevcDotroDet'Deti(MamDetCleh(CockA42,
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News Journal
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Sun, Sep 08, 1974
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