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The Neosho Wildcats will travel to Lamar tomorrow night for what will probably be their toughest ball game yet of the season. Game time is 8 p.m.In Lamar the Wildcats will he meeting a young, relativoly-inex-perieneec! team that grinds out most of its yardage on short ground plays. The Wildcats play a wide-open tor a mi of offensive bail tii at results in many breakthroughs for long runs and passes., The -tentative starting lineups will give Lamar a four-pound edge per man in the weight department, 1 (53 to 159 potimis. The Lamar line averages 108 pounds and Neosho’s 188, making the edge there five pounds per man.With Danny Shilling nursing a sprained wrist, Neosho Coach Calvin Lane plans to move Lang Franks from left guard to Shilling's position at right tackle, and to move J. T. Newdiger into left guard. That would give Neosho a starting offensive lineup as follows: LE ICstel Lnndreth, 117; LT Billy Hodges, 171; LG J. T. New-(tiger, M2; C Jimmy Cash. 183; RG Tom Hoi e rock, H8; RTLang Frank, 174; R. E. Jesse Cox, 148; AB Chuck Sturdevant, 170; LI IB Charles If a miner, 137; RUB Leon Glover, 152, -and FB Jimmy An-! derson, 153.Curtis Ehrhart will probably alternate with Anderson at fullback. Coach Lane -said his ankle sprain Tuesday did not turn out to be nearly as toad as expected.In the defensive lineup, Ted Strccker or Don Burlchcr will go in for Shilling at tackle.The Lamar hal-1 club features four seniors, five juniors and two sophomores. Coach J. W, Emerson is in his second year there.There are four starters from last year back for the 1957 seasonat Lamar. One is LI IB John*Moore, 100-pound junior who last year was all-conference fullback.Lamar’s starting offensive lineup will be as follows: LE Jerry Heydctibork, 155; LT Dwnvno Jones, 190; LG Larry Ayers. 105*; C Roger Reed, 185; RG Roland Farmer, 150; RT Joe Berry, 175; RE Don Kramer, 15*5,KB Don Bays, 145; LI IB John Moore, 1(50; HUB Jerry Fonaldson, 150, and FB (Mike Berry, 1(50.Neosho is undefeated in four games. Lamar has a 2-2 record. The Wildcats are tied for the Big Nine lead, and Lamar is in a three-way tie for third place.
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Neosho Daily News
Neosho, Missouri, US
Thu, Oct 10, 1957
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