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RAMS S LMl.fights FromBehind For 13-7 MSI'.V GEORGE MOOREThe Mt. Vernon Rams snap jed a three game losing streak11 11 r I l \ i1 • /-» ♦ li I «i .. I A J I _THE YARDSTICK, lt;.. ... rtU..|W twoiii^ iJUtim' If, Jand broke their six-point jinxjFirst Downs ................ 3by defeating the HarrisburglNet Yards Rushing ... 69 Bulldogs, 13-7, in a South Seven j Pass Attempt 8(.onferencc game at Harrisburg Completions ........!....! 4last night. ‘.Interceptions*’.............. 0It was the first win of the yards Passing ....... 79season tor the locals. Mt Ver- Yards Penalized ...I'.’ ;5 non had tallied a single touch- v() nr pnnt_ 0down in losing each of the three F'ni})L ums .............. 7previous encounters against pnmhip‘ t fllt;T.................. 0Mat toon, Herrin, and West tUniblcs Lost .............. 2Frank tort,Vernois halfback Jim Carter \;an™ n n ^ fashed over the nne-fnnf lino ' enon ............ 0 7 0 6-crashcd over the one-foot line for the winning touchdown midway in the final quarter. The TD unknotted a 7-7 score that1 had remained on the scoreboard since the second period.However, the Bulldogs wasted little time in racking up their first and only scoring of the evening. After taking the opening kickoff on their own 41-yard: lines, Harrisburg backs Mike: Gore and Charles Fields moved! the ball to the Rams* 46.In the next play, quarterback Bill Devillcz completed a pass to Gore, Gore found running room to the locals’ four-yardHarrisburg .......... 7 0 0 0THE PREPSCORESBy THE ASSOCIATED PRline. The pass play covered 41Mt. Carvel 40, Flora 13 Vandalia 27, Effingham 14 East St. Louis 21, Quincy ( East St. Louis AssumptionSt. Louis St. Mary’s 0.Newton 12, Robinson 0 Marshall 12, Palestine 6 Pontiac 36, Morris 7 Joliet 34, Thornton 0 Bloom 33, Kankakee 7 Ottawa 20, Streator 13 Cairo Sumner 7, Paducah Lincoln 6yards. After the next two plays failed to gain, Mike Jackson dashed into end zone from four yards out for the six-pointer.Gore ran the extra point to put his club out ahead, 7-0.The majority of the second period was spent in Harrisburg oterritory. With four minutes re- Alton 40, Granite City 0maining in the first half, Ram Belleville Cathedral 27, St center Lowell Reu pounced on a fumble on the Bulldog 32 to set up Mt Vernon’s first touchdown drive.Mt. Vernon pushed closer to paydirt, then sophomore quarterback Willie Pogue hit end Lanny Shaw with a pass at the three yard line and Shaw stepped into the end zone for the touchdown. Eddie Edwards plunged over for the extra point to tie the score at 7-7.The Rams kicked off to the Bulldogs, but Harrisburg’s offensive machine stalled and the losers punted to the Rams, and the first half ended with Mt.Vernon in possession on the Harrisburg 37-yard line.The third stanza saw a scoreless deadlock, but Mt. Vernon dominated play. The Rams had control of the ball for 26 plays, while the Bulldogs were only able to get off seven plays.In the tinal preiod, JohnStur-divent recovered a Bulldog fumble on the H'sburg 43 yard line to ignite the winning march.Eddie Edwards pushed forward to the 40-yard line.'Hie next two plays yielded—----SL “,r‘ tby II to the Harrisbure far p s v, char8e for 1 or foucht to the 20 and Wen-'deli McReynolds collected three TailedTom'c?6'JJyard '° m°Ve *° the 17' Carter’- andVianney 6 Belleville 35. Wood River C Roxana 19, Highland 14 Nashville 12, Carbondaie High 7EdwardsviUe 22. Coll ins villi Johnston City 25. Eldoradc Marion 6, West Frankfort 0 Metropolis 35, McLeansboro Lawrenceville 25, Olney 18 Carmi 32, Bridgeport 7 Herrin 7, Du Quoin 6 Bloomington 32, Trinity 0 University Normal 32, Clintor Normal 18, Washington 0 Lincoln 0, Limestone 0 tie Springfield 14, Lanphier 7 Greenville 12, Hillsboro 6 Taylorville 18, Litchfield 6 Shelbyville 27, Pana 0 Salem 21, Fairfield 7 Carbondaie 26, Sparta 0 Champaign 34. Schlarman 6 Rock Island 7. East Moline Moline 7, Davenport, la. W Oblong 26, Casey 12 Salem 21. Fairfield 7 Cahokia 21, RethaUo 0 Madison 33, Dupo 0 Danville 13, Maltoon 0 Freeport 26, Belvidere .% ,-- * WUC-1UUIline for the tie-breaking and winning touchdown as the extra point attempt failed.ML Vernon’s defensive unit which has yielded only 13, 14 lAand now seven points in fouruot won a football gamlt; their last 29 tries.Next Friday night, the lc will return to Vernois fielc face the Fairfield Mules i non-ieague contest.
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Mt Vernon Register News
Mt Vernon, Illinois, US
Sat, Oct 05, 1963
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