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VI TV Misses By InchesIfernois Get ToughIn Final Half ToStall Green Wave★Mattoon's Green Wtovej jumped to a 13-0 lead over the Mt. Vernon Roms, then gave up one touchdown and staved off a determined Vernois bid for another to escape with a 13-6 victory in the football opener at Mattoon last night.THE YARDSTICKMT V. Matt*Coach Chuck Oyler’s Mattoon varsity, rated as a leading contender in the Big 12 conference this season, was expected to handle the Rams. In the early going it appeared that the Green Wave might stack up a lopsided win.But the 18-0 count, coming near the start of the second period, was as lopsided as Mattoon could make it. Coach Frank Chnrnak’s Rams rushed to the barricades with a hardworking defense, then grabbedcontrol to score a touchdown of their own before halftime.Neither club could hit paydirt in the final half. Mt. Vernon staged a drive which carried to Mattoon’s 20 in the last quarter where a fourth-down shot for yardage just missed by inches. It was a key play, stalling an offensive march which might have given the Vernois a tie for the night’s work.Mattoon defeated Mt. Vernon 19-12 in the opening game last season.Veteran quarterback Joe Spurgeon, halfback Dick Tate and star end Dick Ronchetti were spotted as lads capable of giving trouble to the Rams, and each of them had his moment in the Mattoon victory.However, It was 1. C. Foster, a 150-pound Negro junior halfback, who scored the first TD for the Green Wave and who repeatedly scooted for yardage when It seemed that the Rams had stymied the Mattoon attack.Ron Simmons, senior fullback,and co-captain Jim Carter were standouts for Mt. Vernon on defense.The Vernois attack was V vown in reverse at the start of the contest. The locals got in a hole on the opening kickoff which went into the end zone. The Green Wave stacked up Ram running shots for minus yardage.First downs ................ 6Yards rushing ........ 122Yards lost ................ 55Pass attempts ........ 6Completions ............ 1Yards passing ............ 0Interceptions by ........ 2Net yds. (scrimmage) 67Yards penalized ........ 25No. of punts ............ 6Punting average 21112025083303 18215415which got three first downs in the third period. McReynolds also jumped on a Mattoon fumble and Lanny Shaw intercepted a pass to stall the Green Wave twice.The Rams' last gasp came midway in the fourth period. Starting from their own 47, the locals moved to Mattoon’s 80 on runs by Carter and Edwards. Carter got four to the 20, then Kite got five in two plunges to tlio 21. On fourth down it appeared that Edwards hail the necessary yardage— hut the refs said “No” by Inches. That was it.Spurgeon got away for a pair of 28-yard end sweeps to pull the Green Wave out of dangerous territory.Next weekend the Rams jump into the South Seven scramble, meeting the Herrin Tigers on Vernois Field.THE PREPSCORESILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLBy The Associated PressDuSable 20, Dunbar 7 Harrison 7, Lake View 6 Phillips 20, Harlan 6 Lawrenceville 19, Robinson 7 Princeton 21, Morris 0 Effingham 14, Oblong 6 Evanston 40, Maine East 0 Rich East 13, Bloom 6 Thornton 13, Waukegan 8 Streator 21, Ottawa MarquettettIJLockport 6, Carl Sandburg 0 Joliet 21, Joliet Catholic 7 West Aurora 18, St. Charles 6 Wheaton 27, Glenbard Westi13Simmons and Wendell Mc-| Belleville 33, Webster Groves, Reynolds pounced on a Mattoon Mafumble to halt a bid on the 13, Jerseyville 19, Alton Mar-but Spurgeon returned a punt|_uette 0to the 21. Tate rammed for Edwardsville 46, Madison 12 two yards, then Foster went off1the left side for 19 yards and aTD. Steve McClellan booted theextra point for a 7-0 lead.Mattoon tallied again early In the second period when Foster turned end for 15 yards from the 19 to the 4, then Spurgeon circled the other end behind good blocking for the score. The conversion attempt was no good. 13-0.Wood River 26, Bethalto 0 Centralia 21, Salem 0 Lanphier 12, Lincoln 7 Urbana 13, Rantoul 7 Ottawa 26, La-Salle-Peru 6 Springfield 7, Griffin 6 Hillsboro 27, Mt. Olive 0 Shelbyville 24, Sullivan 13 Vandalia 20, Pinckneyville 7 Pana 33, Nokomis 0 Staunton 14, Virden 13 Jacksonville 13, Eisenhowerj]Decatur 7Tate and Dave Proffitt inter- Rockford West 6, Janesville, qepted two Ram passes, butkyis. 0Rockford East 13, Beloit, Wis.Peoria Central 7, Maine WestManual 24, East Peoria 6 Pekin 25, Argo 7 Canton 40, Kewaneo 7 Collinsville 14, St. LouisMattoon relinquished possession on a fumble covered by Carter |q on following series of downs. A Green Wave punt which \vent|g only three yards gave Mt. Vernon control on the 15.Quarterback Larry Kite pushed for two yards, but a penalty moved the Rams back to the lS.lRoosQveJt 13 Walter Pogue, in at quarter, Alton 14, Quincy 13 then handed off to swift Leon Peacock who zipped inside the one-yard line, and Pogue sneaked over for the touchdown on the next play. Peacock suffered an injured ankle when tackled and was out for the remainder of the game. The Rams’ conversion play failed and it was!*13-6 at halftime.Kite, McReynolds, Carter and Eddie Edwards alternated atMattoon 13, Mt. Vernon 6 Greenville 12, Nashville 0 Paris 14, Tuscola 0 Carmi 6, Flora 0 Fairfield 26, Bridgeport 0 Mt. Carmel 47, Albion 13 McLeansboro 33, Sesser 0 Herrin 19, Zeigler-RoyaltonFight Resultscarrying on a Mt. Vernon drive j ASSOCIATED PRESS
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