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Martinsville Bulletin, Sunday, Sept. 8, 1963—Pag# 7BBJlt;uifrotBe,p:i'cDREWRY MASON'S PETE GUILLIAMS (20) PICKS UP YARDAGE AROUND EAGLES' RIGHT SIDE• . . as teammate Jerry Tolbert (66) blocks! Eagles' Bill Call (51), Tom Naiper give chaseFRANKLIN NIPS FIGHTING SPARTANSsIN NIP-AND-TUCK BATTLE/TO7(IteSizemore LeadsSpartan AttackWith Lone ScoreDrewry Mason took the ball on completed a 13-yard pass to Leon Hurd pass. and the Drewrv Mas- \Byrd. after which Tommy Steph on hopes were almost completely I ens. a sophomore halfhack, car- washed outBv FRANK BARROWSBulletin Sports WriterRI DC EWAN - The Franklinthe two yard line, where it had rolled out of hounds. Quarterbacksneak bv Hurd and two carrieshv Sizemore moved it to the ned tbp ba!l to ,bp P|Rbt Drpuryttnext play though ^ason continued its penetration hack to ' pass, and of Franklm County territory, mov-attempted to runbut iost the hallIing to the three1The Fuglesthe clock out,on downs on the two vard linewWith twenty seconds remaining, But the Spartans fumbled at nur(j aruj Sizemore threw incom- \plete desperation passes just be-fore the final buzzer.21. On theHurd fadedwas thrown for a 12-yard loss.County Eagles won the game, 7-6, Pulliam lost four more yards onbut the Drewry Mason Spartans an attempted run, just as the this point, and the ball was reproved Friday night that they arc fjr5t quarter ended. covered by Franklin, ending theno longer to Ik* regarded as the j^e Spartans downed their scoring threat. . .door mat football team of the own punt nn the Eagle 28 Frank- (he rar,y minutM o( the f)na, m ya'rdT passing Dr e wry'\1 a sonUie K ^ ISIK !in,f|mlt;rML {hfnU\ a?d luel| cll,arter' the Spartans scoied their had a total of 169 yards TheThe Spartans, led by Bill Size- halfback Richard Boitnott rolled jone touchdown of the night. Eagles picked up 178 on themore who put on a spectacular ol,t an(l a 19 yar(J Pass Franklin County punted to the ground and 25 in the air, makingone man show both offensively!0 arcell 1 wo plays later, the Spiirtan 49-vard marker Pulliam a total of 203 yards The Spartansr, did not resem- Boitnott-to-Parcell pass combina- ran to the 33lt;rand a 15-vard pen- completed six out of 15 passes. } a It y moved the ball to the 18 while Franklin County made good jTlien. Sizemore threw a long on two out of five attempts. | pass to Tim Moss in the end zone Franklin County lost 50 yards hv t Moss gave the pro Drewry Mason penalties. No penalties wereand defensivelyhie last year s Drewry Mason lion worked again, this time for squad, which lost all ten games a six yard gain, putting the ball on their schedule. on ^e five.They played hard and they Jimmy Law went up the middleplayed well, and only a second for three and then Parcell took croWfj a ftrj|] bv juggling the hall vailed against the Spartansquarter touchdown by Franklin the ball into the end zone for for a|most three seconds, before County halfback David Parcell, the touchdown. Charles Bennett jt fjna|]v fPjj to t|lp grouncj and a successful conversion for added the conversion for the the extra point by Charles Ben- PAT, and the Eagles had a 7-0 nett, a few seconds later, kept lead.On the next play, hurled a 14 vard pass to SizeThe value of senior fullbackBill Sizemore to the Spartans, Pulliam was shown throughout the game.In addition to playing a brilliant1the Spartans from winning their opening game of the season.more With the ball resting on defensive game. Sizemore wasThe Eagles got the ball again, the five Sizemore ran it to the directl responsible for 110 of thea few plavs later, after Drewry three then to the two. and finally 178 yards Drewry Maon gainedHrrwry M.ison took. iht- opening Mason was stymicd and had tn nvit the goal line for thf' scorekickoff. and returned it to their own 20 yard line, where two 15-yard penalties were promptlypunt. With the hall resting on the28. David Parcell went straight»p the middle for 48-yards to P°*nt * af,Pr - touchdown, whichr ailed against the Eagles, moving ^ Spartan 24 — the longest run wnu*d have tied the game, bythe hall to the 50 Olaf Hurd's ()j t|)e njj,bi Qn]y a f,ne tackle runninK the ball into (he end zone.lump pass to Leon Byru. and two by Sizemore him from going but was n successful,runs by Sizemore, good for a aj| tbe wavwlater.He rushed 13 times for 70 yards,.. . « . . com plot od one out of three passesDrewrv Mason tried to gain the , ' . . 4 ' .* . . for 1,3. and caught two passes for27 more.Drewrv Mason's next game isscheduled for next Friday at•»School in Roa-Two plays;otal of 15 yards, advanced Drewrv Mason to the 28-vardV Vicl i ib ii- « hack to pass and after findingHalfback Mike V’ulliam ran for 1 .....Northside High noke0(itwelve yards and Sizemore plunged up the middle for three,putting tin* hall on the twelve-yard marker. However, withfourth down and long yardage, the Spartans elected to try for a field goal. The kick was wide toWith four minutes remainingFranklin jin the game, the Spartans tookquarterback Roy Jarre!t slipped the ha,! on ,lu‘,r oun 11 where Frankl,n r°* -a Franklin County punt had Drewry Masonno open receivers hulled his wav °ut «t bounds Scoring FranklinOn the first play. Eagle center 3 Hum. PAT — Bennett lt;kick).Perdue intercepted a I) Mason — Sizemore. 2 *run. «7000Parcell,to the 19.1 nable to gam. Franklin punt- Larry ed to the 14 However, Drewry Mason had time for only one playbefore the half endedThe Sparts took possession offtp right and Franklin took over the hall on downs after the sec-on the 20.The Eagle* could gam only five drive downfield, yards and were forced to punt stopped just shortond half kickoff. and started awhich was of the goalbut received a luckv break when line. Sizemore ran for nine yardsj wSizemore fumbled the kick and and Hurd plunged through thethe Hagles recovered.middle for the first down on theParcell broke through the line 3.3for 13 yards, but the defense Sizemore gamed 27 more on atightened and the Eagles were reverse piny, leaving Drewry again forced to punt. Mason on the 36 Then Sizemore
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