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Lexingion Eagles Hand BHS Tigers 29 to 7 Defea!Eagles Hold Edge All Around with 10 First Downs to 5; 192 Yards to 90 for LocalsLeyington's Eagles carried the Roc kdale Tigers to a 20-7 defeat on I the local field Friday night in a | game which saw the Tigers come j to life only in the final quarter to score a lone touchdown.Statistically the Eagles held the ! edge, as well as in the scoring, j chalking up 10 first downs to the Tigeis 5 and showing a net gain running and passing of 102 yards to 90.Coach Wilkin’s Tigers got off to a fair start in the opening stanza ;of the game until a Tiger fumbled : the ball which was caught in midair by Reat, flashy Lexington back, who raced 84 yards from his own sixteen to score. From then until a final spurt in the last quarter,* * L 1 lt;\ 1 -• I • i lt;• / rl » • I « . « « « r. L 1’ /» t V • lt;I 1v » I V. i-'VO i.) | J I V,\» .11 * OO %. ij X.A i t .Lexington scored again in the second quarter from the 13 yard line on a run by Mundy, and added 'six more points in the* third qu ir-I See LEXINGTON GAME, Page 12
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Rockdale Reporter and Messenger
Rockdale, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 24, 1946
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