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IAdams' Team Has Lean, Hungry Lookbsi44Last year when we were los-_ 50 often Coach Adams spent most of his free period time in my office telling me about his football troubles,” says J. Ward Barnes, Eldorado superintendent.could stay within a touchdown ofanybody for a halfbody we pli that before.”beat them in the last half,”“So far this year I haven’t even seen him in the office.Somebody had better look out A1 “Bozo” Adams coachedAdams said. “My clubs have nearly always been smaller than the opponents but they were always in top shape and got stronger as a game progressed. Last year we just didn’t have it.”successfully at Eldorado for over a decade before he decided to try his hand at selling insurance. He even took a whirlin politics by running of Saline County.But he came back to the football wars in 1963. Last year his club upset Johnston City 26-0 but lost its other seven startsThe Adams club of 1965 t paced by nine lettermen whlt;have that lean, hungry look oAdams teams of old. T h a tmeans linemen weighing 160 tlt; 180 pounds and quick-hitting little backs geared for speed.for Adams’ worst year.“We lost a couple of games last year in the very last minute of play and we were in the game with nearly everybody formore than a half.” Adams said. At halftime ended all similaritybetween the 1964 Eagle team andAdams clubs of the past.I used to figure that if weJesse Hathaway and To m Blackwell are 170-pound senior halfbacks with the breakaway running ability. Charles Pilking-ton has been switched from endDon Kingston and Fred Harris are assisting in Eagle football.The roster:Ends — Dale Miller, 165, sr., x; Larry Quigley, 160, sr. x;Larry Yates, 165, jr.; Dan Ramsey, 160, jr.Tackles — Charles Baugher, 160, sr. x; Harry DeVillez, 200, sr.; Jim Franklin, 185, jr.; Denny Gholson, 170, srGuards — Joe Wolfe, 165, sr.,x; Jim Morris, 165, sr., x; Steve Miller, 180, jr.; Deon Benson,155, sr.Centers — Jack Smith, 180, jr., x; Leo Mahoney, 160, jr.Quarterback — Mike Suits, 160afcDDscnth10inw]O’seRlt;Nlt;arerBijr.to fullback although he weighs only 155 pounds. Mike Suits, a junior, is tabbed as the startingquarterback.44I’ve got about 12 or 13 real football players,” Adams said.We’ll have to give away a lot of weight against nearly any-44Halfbacks — Jesse Hathaway,170, sr., x; Tom Blackwell, 170, sr., x; Dan Dempsey, 135, soph; Allan Rilying, 135, soph; Eugene Morris, 145, soph.Fullbacks — Charles Pilking-ton, 155, sr., x; Roger McGowan,195, soph.X—Denotes lettermen.pegacoiteisirVllt;
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Carbondale Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 15, 1965
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