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STAGE IS SET POD BIG BATTLE l«Georgetown, III., And Coal* diggers Tangle At Gary Park This Afternoon; Visitors One Of Best In MidwestThe stage Is all set for the district's first intersectional gridiron warfare this afternoon at Gary when the Pigskin eleven representing Georgetown. Ill,, high school come to grips with Hopper Kennedy's Coaldiggers.The visitors have lost but ohe game this season, dropping a hairline decision to the strong Oak Park high eleven in Chicago, according to reports. Georgetown has swept aside the opposition offered by si* otT%r opponents.Gary Coming FastKennedy’s Gary outfit, green and inexperienced to start the season, have been coming along at a f#st clip. »The Coaldiggers have won three games, lost one and played one tie. Victories have been registered over Burch. Glen Rogers and North-fork. Princeton dow ned the Coaldlg gers 7-6 and Beaver and Gary battled to a scoreless tie.Georgetown's visit to this section will provide the fans with a true test of just bow good football Is In this section. The Georgetown boys have won three Illinois state championships in ten years, it is said, and Illinois football is rated among the best in the country.Visitor* ArriveThe Illinois team arrived in Garv yesterday afternoon and went through a spirited wrkout on the Gary tleld. which will he the scene of the gala festivities today. There will be a flag-raising prior to the game and following the fracas, a banquet for the two teams and a dance at the Employer'* Country club.Approximately l.uOO ticket* have already been sold, according to reports from McDowell and with no other game in that county this afternoon, the largest crowd ever 10 see a football game in McDowell county Is the prospect.Probable starting lineup and their weights:Georgetown Po* GeryStJinac (155) (C.) i t'... (1541 NTmnalivVorrus (ISO) ,....I,T..., (172» BashamPnxton (150) ....MS...... (160) ShlrkoHa ugh ton (115®) ..(....... (1X0) Mo Kmorv (1 l.'ii TtG (158) I^eff'ernietkus (175) . .RT .......(178) Ku hStlt; phen.ion (150) RE (148) Cawi-onMurphy (135) ...,QB..... (130) 55ale.lt;-ki’amemln (15®) HB (140) VickersKllnk (180) .....MB.. (158) RobertsonN'ield (160) FB. (C.) (165) Lassakr
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sat, Oct 27, 1934
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