Central High School - Champion Yearbook (Chattanooga, TN)

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,A All-Slar learn. Allernale Capfain Billy Carler was 'rhe chief ground gainer for lhe Purples. l'le was lied wilh Cen+ral's OHS Smifh a+ iourlh place in The Cily. ln spile of lhe handicaps in The beginning, lhe line cooperalion and learnworlc of all The boys, Togelher wilh lhe delerrninalion and hard work of The coaches, have made fhis season +he greal success +ha+ if has been. To fhe Leff, Leff +o Righfz Carr Leavi+f, End: Roy Levi, Tackle: Herschel Love, Endq Bob Lusk, Baclcg Bob McCoy. Back: Bill Meadows, Guard, Ed Nobles, Back: Raymond Parlr, Guard: Gene Payne, Cenferg Earl Pickering, Cen- ferg Jack Robinson, Back: Franlr Smifh, Capfain-Guard, O+is Smifh, Baclrg Hal Williamson, Tackle. PURPLE POUNDERS Q RODY BROOME AND HOUSTON BRADDOCK Managers L if

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TH THTITIT Tor The Purples. The Tancy ball-carrying was Too much Tor The HillToppers. A record-breaking crowd OT nearly 5,000 Tans On The evening OT OcTober 29 saw The Baylor Red Raiders down The Purples I2 To 0 in whaT proved TO be The hardesT-TOughT prep conTesT OT The year. BOTh OT Baylor's scores came as a resulT OT Tumbles. lvlallary scored boTh Touchdowns Tor The Raiders. TT was, as expecTed, a baTTle beTween The Two capTains-Frank SmiTh and Joe STeTTy. SmiTh was, in The opinion OT many, vicTor OT This baTTle OT personaliTies. OTis SmiTh was also very eTTecTive on deTense. UndaunTed by The deTeaT OT The Baylor game, The Purple Pounders came back in greaT Tashion TO down Ensley 7 To 2 on Friday evening, November 2. The Birmingham Team proved To be Truly a power-house on The gridiron. Eieselman, one OT The besT backs encounTered by The Purples all year, was The sTandouT Tor Ensley. The lone Touchdown OT The Top PicTure: OTis sails over for a Touchdown. BoTTom PicTure: CarTer under convoy. evening came on a running pass Trom George Harvey To Junior Love . Gene Payne reached high in The air on Two occasions To capTure Fieselman's passes. Freshman Ed Nobles gave The Tans a TreaT and Ensley a seTback when he quick-kicked 60 yards. The Tech High SmiThies handed The Pounders Their worsT deTeaT OT The year on November IZ. This power- Tul machine beaT The Purples 34 To 6 On Their own Tield in ATIanTa. Peek's Tackle smashes and end runs were very eTTecTive. He led Tech who had one OT The seasOn's besT Teams in Georgia. McCoy made The lone Purple Tally Trom The I5-yard line where iT had been moved aTTer a 23-yard layouT pass Trom Gene Payne To Basil Irwin. The Pounders on November I9 Traveled To Erwin where They were baTTled To a 0-To-0 deadlock. IT was a deTensive game Trom The sTarT wiTh neiTher Team able To peneTraTe very deeply The TerriTory OT The oTher. Roy Levi was The deTensive sTandouT Tor CenTral. The Pounders meT Their TradiTiOnal Toe Trom Third STreeT on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, aT Engel STadium. A crowd OT approximaTely l0,000 Tans, one OT The largesT ever To aTTend a TOOTball game in ChaT' Tanooga, came ouT on ThaT balmy Thanksgiving aTTer noon To see The game. The lvlaroons gained very liTTIe Through The Pounder line led by CapTain Frank SmiTh. Billy CarTer scored Twice Tor The Pounders, once on a beauTiTul pass-play Trom a spread TOrmaTion. David LawsOn's Tine blocking was TelT in This game as iT was in all OT The OThers. OTis SmiTh made good all his aTTempTs Tor exTra poinTs. The game ended in anoTher vicTOry Tor CenTral wiTh a score OT 28 To 0. Under Their new coaches The boys worked very hard. The resulTs are obvious. Having won eighT games, losT Three, and Tied one, The Pounders have had a very suc- cessTul season. Coaches ETTer and NewTOn are To be congraTulaTed on Their Tine piece OT work. The boys are as proud OT Their coaches as The coaches are OT The boys. The CapTain, Frank SmiTh, and AlTernaTe CapTain Billy CarTer proved To be worThy OT Their selecTion. Erank SmiTh was The mosT OuTsTanding lineman in all games and was one OT The Two unanimous selecTiOns Tor All-CiTy. Gene Payne and Hal Williamson also were honored by placing on The TirsT Team All-CiTy, wiTh Billy CarTer and OTis SrniTh making The second 1761

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Cenfral Cenlral Cenfral Cenlral Cenfral Cenlral Cenfral Cenlral Cenfral CenAraA Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral CenAral Score . 247 . 247 . 297 . 277 . 232 . . 37 . 32: . 297 . 3A7 , 251 . 267 . 257 . 347 . 247 . 241 . 357 Opponenf Tyner .... Soddy Daisy . Rossville . . Soddy Daisy Rossville . . Nolre Dame . Hixson High . Chall. High Bradley . . 'gHixson . . AA:Red Bank . 'FBayAor . . . :g5oddy Daisy McCallie . . Red Bank . . McCallAe . . Score Daie IA: Dec. A943 28: Dec. A9437 . . . 232 Dec . . . 3I7 Dec 277 Dec A57 Jan. . . .A67 Jan 251 Jan. 34: Jan. A63 Jan. 22: Jan. 287 Jan. 331 Jan. ABI Jan. 267 Jan. 347 Jan. A943 A943 A943 A944 A9447 A944 A944 A9441 A9447 A944' A A9441 A9447 A9441 A9447 BASKETBALL AA Place Tyner Cenlral Cenrral Soddy DaAsy Rossyille Nolre Dame Cenlral Cily Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral Cenfral CenAral Cenlral Red Bank Cenlral CenAral Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral Cenfral Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral 'Times 'A-Jarnb Cenlral Cenlral Cenlral Tofal Score Opponenf . . 26: 'ACiAy High . . . . . . 22' McCallie . . . . 33: Red Bank , . . 387 Alcoa High . . . 407 Tyner . . . . . 25: Rossyillle . . . . . 4A7 Bradley High . . . 257 Cify High . To urna men? Ofee . . 4I7 Baylor . . . A97 Elowah . . . . 467 Sale Creek , . .,826 Score Dafe 3A7 Jan. 28 A944 261 Feb. A A944 301 Feb. 3 A944 271 Feb. 5 A944-7 23: Feb. 7 A9447 ZA? Feb. 8 A944 371 Feb. 9 A944 247 Feb. IA A944 29: Feb. I4 A944 267 Feb. 22 27, Mar. A 722 Boffom Row: Lefi Ao Right Mark Blaylock, Charles Burf, Herschel Love, Wood Casey, Manyon Millican. Top Row: Coach W. P. Bales, Bill Deakins, Harold Brown, Charles Saylor, John Connell, Housion Braddock, Kennefh Lonas. A944 A944 Place Audiforium McCallie CenAral Cenlral Cenfral Rossyille Bradley Cenlral Baylcr Cenlral Red Bank