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PANTHERS WIN40-0 OVERHOT SPRINGSMoore Game’s Big Gun; Locals To MeetBraves Friday NightBy TOMMY GNIJSEFranklin took Its first football win of the season last Friday night, rolling to an easy 40-0 victory over Hot Springs on the local field.Tomorrow (Friday i the local team will journey to Cherokee to take on the Braves in a conference battle beginning at 8 p. m.Crawford Moore was the Panthers' big gun last Friday, scoring 18 points and passing for 7 more. Franklin had built up its 40-0 victory margin by the middle of the third period, and Coach Howard Barnwell used his third and fourth teams for the last one and a half quarters.The locals marched 67 yards after the opening kick, with Moore going over from the 15 on a quarterback keep play to put his team ahead 6-0. Willard Smith ran the extra to make it 7-0Early in the second period, Jerry Finnev climaxed a 58-yard drive, smashing off-tackle for 5 yards to score the locals’ second TD, Moore passed to Gilmer Henry for the extra.Later in the same period, Moore scooped up a blocked kick and raced 37 yards for another score. Bruce Houston added the extra to put the Panthers in front 21-0Just before the half ended, Moore connected with Bill Mendenhall on a 57-yard aerial touchdown, and Jimmy Stewart scored the extra to make it 23-0.Early in the third quarter Crawford Moore intercepted a pass on the Hot Springs 37 and crossed the ;roal line to make the score 34-0.Mitchell Houston added the finai tally during the same period, as he crossed the goal on a 28-yard keep play.
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Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian
Franklin, North Carolina, US
Thu, Sep 22, 1955
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