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BillHELTONcomments onPORTS*rWhat s New With Pioneers: Another lop Gird Season9 9Mix size and speed together lever, Smith adds Jl m - ies believes tiie weakest part isth some experience, and you tougher because of n g«r “finding who’ll play whereve the basic foundation for a on the road Athens, c - smith sees a number of poten-nning football season.....Austin and Dlsque are all on theprnspects . . ., a pretty good description of road this year. . oniv nroblem is where will theye Cullman Junior HiKh School When you talk abou a team on pro leloneers ol 1967. like the Pioneers of CullmanJufr he® ne ream ^ pr).The prospects of building that ior High School, you re g marilv on the boys back to comeundation are good----lust about some football*rs who.dont maiTO on new* ^ke they'd been the last eight even know what the word lose up with S. goM »iars when the Pioneers were mean. But, they can tell you the , we're looking torinning 57 ot 50 gan.es. definition ot the word victory in « c«r«. «But, as in previous years, a hurry. 1^. hut wp’re also looking forere’s the job of getting those This is a football orginizatit) I ^ QUt of those lx)ys whorospects in form during practice that’s shown remarkable pril° ... ,t ‘ ,„v mucll iast year.”;ssions and then see what and determination for eight ses- didnt playley’ve accomplishelt;l by putting sons, and it wont be changing IPP footballiem in actual combat. the tune this year. pLpVs^I at least six of themTo the men who’ll direct the Several of this year a‘ , d a large porti0n of theractice sessions this fall, pects were on the 1966 team that piayeoaches Dafiord Smith ami Tyson I lost to Athens by a point, 14- season. Pioneer backampbell, the job ahead isn’t 13, which ended a 51-game win- The key to thening streak. That was a blow to field, however may come iromtheir pride, but just for one game, one prospect who wasn t °^}}zAnother win streak is already in fall .... That would be RobertRichard, a speednlemon deluxpoint right] who’ll alternate between the full-?arly as tough as it seems. . . at, Coach Smith is quick to •alize what could happen by be-g over optimistic, and some* mes overconfident.“We could still lose some unes because other clubs might ive just as much size, speed id experience as us, maybe iore,” Coach Smith said Thurs-iy.I’m not saying we won’t get ?at, but it’ll take a good team beat us.‘‘Our schedule is tough aslt; i T'the making.Their strongest r— _ . ...now? Why, that would be their back and halfback positionsattitude toward the upcoming sea- And, with strong F rank Stit son. They want to play. They’re at fullback and speedster Marlinlooking forward to this campaign Hitts at tailback, the loneersas much as any other Pioneer have three first-stringers realt; yteam, perhaps more so. and willing to fact all dial engesIf there’s a major weakness,! this campaign.one that really stands out aboveIf it takes four quarterbacksDon’t DelaySeason Ticketsall others, Coaches Smith and to get the job done, then the Pio-Campbell haven’t been able to neers will use four, but only one- at a time...either Rocky Calvert,Phil Dietz, Jimmy Cox, or Ed Oakes...The one who moves the team best in practice will lie the starting quarterback.The Pioneers' No. 1 strong back is Joe Culpepper, one of the experienced hands back from last year’s team. His top challenger for that position is Ken Lovell, a good-looking eighth£T*2L(1q 1Local football fans aren’t going, going now is certainly an indica- * a1sq’ Rkky Dentori) Ivan Rich_o let their team down...not if they tion of our town s interest and ard and Terry Denson are hardan help it. enthusiasm toward the comingSeason tickets are going like] season,lot cakes, thanks to many foot- If you haven’t purchased yourall supporters who anticipate an season ticket, there’s still time.GoingFastThe price is only $7 for adultsnteresting 1967 campaign.The fantastic part about the janlt;i for students., . , 4 I A 1o/\ fllAt'A’c m,ell of season tickets is that overAlso, there’s time to purchase100 of them have come from a season ticket in the reserve ne Cullman High School office, seat section. But, don’t delay.The supply is running out fast.W.R. Griffin says he’s got three, . . . . ,A|stadium seat certificates foreason tickets an on y a ou saie offering them on a first-tere purchased at the high1In the past, the Cullman Qua erback Club sold most of theworkers, and may fit in there with the more experienced hands before the season’s over.The Pioneer line in 1967 will be a good one with the rangy type of boys, fine ones to have on anybody’s team.For example, there’s Bob Bryan, a 200-pound plus man, at strong tackle, and well-rounded force of strength in Steve Morris at tight end, Ed Hartwig at guard, Rick Harris at center, aiivenAnotherbecue tonight at Cullman Stadium- I come first-serve basic. They’re - ■ . _ „ 4 . . .ichool. Ihe way the tickets areg00(j jor about 15 years of Chuck Shafer atquickguard,-----'good football at Cullman Stadium, lilck£ McPhewon at quick tack eMeanwhile, don't forget thebig f an(1 Frank Sn,lthCullman Quarterback Club bar- \ en( \ { 1onShafer, who weighed 190 lastf* ml mm*M T'.JaI0 kick 0ff the ’67 SeaSOn-the ri6ht I iS4 f°W IhzL t0 160’ anlt;1I m nn I lOfi way* All players (varsity, junior *0lt;^ng I11.. ^VI I IIIII I IUv high an(i lt;lt;B„ teamers) a’d their The difference between ErvTrills with a knee injury and parents are special guests of the , lle' a* ^ ^/Vrv'is big-then quit the Tide baseball teamtSwS.*25'at 'the time of the sus- cept the special guests. Both are hard workers, bothpension, Bryant said thatStabler Remember, coaches will intro- iS^he^eives^ 6 ^had been “disregarding our reg-duce the players on their re:s- ti°n J° ^sel es-ulations and conforming to his pective teams, as well as dish I1.0* £ackufL fMiudVciTrlieown or those set by someone out a few comments here andlLooklI} Prospects include Charlieelse It became obvious some- there.thing drastic had to be done.” There will be no special guest Keim at center, Robert OswaldBryant said that Stabler was speaker tonight, as originally lt;-who s stlJ* °n vacaf.l(Jn)aIbtrongcapable of being “great” and planned. and Vann \Vill0Ughby athi, absence would weaken_tlght end, along with Craig Walkerthat his absence would w.akeni at strong tackle Dennis Richardat quick tackle and Gary Hicks at one of the strong spots in thethe team this fall. However, he eligible and back on the squad,” said Stabler would decide by his stabler said.actions and attitude whether he Bryant suspended New Yorkhine.would be re-instated. |Jets quarterback Joe Namath| So, it remains to be seen whe-Considered a sureAll-AmeiicaLeverai years ag0 un(jer simi- ther ’ the Pioneers will win ’emcandidate before being suspen-L circumstances. Namathcame all this season or drop acoupleded, Stabler was enrolled in sum-back the next to lead the™^test of Saf Saltojr QUJ1-■ Ti(le to an undefeated
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Cullman Times Democrat
Cullman, Alabama, US
Fri, Aug 18, 1967
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