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Chink Downey IsScoring Hero OiSensational GameBT PATEL MOORE Sun Sports EditorState Home Laddies football club Friday night staged one of its famous finishes to overhaul a 12 point lead that the Masonic Home grid-sters had piled up and won Region 5, class B, University of Texas Interscholastic league, 13-12, in TCU Stadium in Fort Worth.All of the Laddies points came in the fourth period, with the winning margin being chalked up with less than two minutes remaining. It was a heart-breakig loss for the “Mighty Mites who had enjoyed the advantages for most of the game, but it would have been a worse fate for the Laddies who had been stopped no less than four times by fumbles when their sterling ground game apparently was hitting on all cylinders.Chink Downey, fullback for the victors, closed his high school career In a blaze of glory when he scored all 13 points of his club, but it would be unfair to give him the lion’s share of credit—for his mates—all of 'em—played their hearts out and gave their all.Gordon QuarterbackTommy Gordon quarterbacked a great game—in fact one of his best. Roger Perona was a continual threat despite several fumbles when hit by the powerful Mason forwards, as was Floyd Foster, the fast-stepping freshman who is destined to be one of the greatest seat-backs in Laddie history. Then G. Canady, small sub back, and others contributed their best efforts.State Home Line Now we come to the deciding factor—that State Home line. Singing the praises of any one Laddie might be unfair to the others, but the defensive and offensive brilliance of W. A, Cannon at end was one of the brightest jewels in the star-studded contest. Not once did he fail to come up to the highest expectations and performance and played a considerable portion of the contest in the Masons baclcfield. J, T. Shipley, Miller, Darnell and E, Bryant, along with Macca Lawrence and Jenkins were integral cogs in the machine that piled up the Masonic attack most of the time, and ripped holes in the heavier forward wall of the Fort WorthSPORT1By PAUL MOOREl-lState Home was hysterical withjoy in Frog Stadium, Fort Worth,last night when Chink Downeycrashed over the Masonic line for the extra point that gave the local crew the Region 5 championship in Class B, University of Texas Interscholastic league, 13-12, after a sensational last quarter rally... Only a few hundred souls braved the chilly blasts to see the battle that determined the Orphans Homechampionship of Texas, too.Moyne L. Kelly, superintendent of the State Home, also a graduate of that institution, rushed to the dressing quarters of the Laddies as soon as he could get away from well-wishers and friends— that is, after he gained possession of the football used in the historic battle—and securely tucked under his arm, the pigskin was the center of much attention... It will be suitably inscribed and placed in the athletic trophies group at State Home...If our memory serves us correctly, this is the first time that a regional title has come to the Laddies, although they, have annexed their share of district titles.Perhaps the happiest one of the Laddies, as least the one making the most noise, was little G. Canady, sub back, 120-pounder, who played a portion of the contest.Coach D. D. Waller was walking about almost in a daze after the boys “out-SMUed SMU” by their sensational pulling the game out or the fire—“That's four times this year they have done that,” one happy student shouted.. .Many exes of the teams of the yesteryears twere on hand.Precision, power and speed, three requirements for football success, are all wrapped up in the Wharton County Junior College Pioneers who copped the championship under protest of the Texas Junior College Athletic conference on Tiger Field Friday afternoon...Ideal weather conditions greeted the championship struggle.. ed, q couriOn that A. ai mal ... Ci form M. C form ton ( wher in tl therepareiColieCoaclistspresswithpi ayeat A.thosefromhurttheyly heavailA Ing lt;fans m, trretur team day iFh Vand in Clt; day ; wher Brau conteAn Corel in fowas for t this over throidredsCorslwardplanrtripTiger Loyalty BanquGridders; '48 Leiterm
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 11, 1948
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