Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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'1' '1i 7' .' , I lt' g ':Qi.:' I ' .V J 7 ll THE WACO C.4,1lE HE Ahilenf? Ifugrlvs went rlown to :left-III Lit the hunils of the- XXLIIIO Tig:-rs. fl-1-lz hut the If:.1g:lf's Coverml tlie-niselxf-s with glory lwruttisv. ztsriimlvimlogs. thvy helal Witvo to ll stgintlstill. l It wus ti game of thrills. tense moinvnts. long: uuins. pr-rlwt lin? play. untl lreautiliil lo1'wu1':l passes. l WMO won the toss, Lind Earle- kivketl off forty-fiw ynrrls to Sitlkflfl. who l't4IllI'IlP4l tr-n yimls. l PiPrf'e soon svnt up it twelu-'yur-tl punt, unil the Eagles took thf- lmll on Wh:-ol ilyil-15-.5-41,-.1 ling-H. Smith nizulv first tlownz Walt:-r wont arounml vntl for rI'YtJIIlt'I4Il yurtls. plurin: Ihf- hull on WXICUQS tlirzee'-yarrl linf-. But the lntittling Warn tv-uni lwltl Ihr- Ifgiglf-s gintl Iooli the hull tlwrv. Thi- lull was Czlrriwl up untl elown Ihv firlil until Walt:-r passe-tl to jxlttlfllg. who mn tliii'ty-liiw yimls for the first touchdown: l,illl'lSllL1ll l'ilC'lii'Il gotil. It wits not long lwlorf- thi- Tigvrs mtmrli--fl svwnty- five yards, using: tht- spin play. Clown' kickfvl goal. tying: the store- T-T. The Eagxlf-s opeiwfl Ihr' half with ti rush Ilown thu- li.-lil: hut Wan-o hr-lil, lllttl lihristizin missml a fielfl goal. Then on the prvttivst play of the rluy, intulc- hy any lin:-nigin, Salk:-hl nailr-Il Snvll as soon us he took Ilw ball. Later, the 'l'ig1r'rs curriml Ihr lmll to the .-Xliili-in' five'-yairil lim-, wherv the fighting lfziglvs took possf-ssion ol IhP hull on Ilowns. .'xlIIll'llS puntml out of rlungge-r. Aflvr un f'XL'lliiIlg1P ol punts. Piwrvr- sumlilf-nly shot through lvft tucklv and ran forty-sffwn ytmls for a touchdown lwforf- this Huglve r-oulfl gf-t starts-fl. But with tlw svorv 14-T Iigxziinst Ihvni. Ihr- lfzigl:-s mains- lntvk gintl -von-ml Qigmin. A pziss to Sallwlil untl 21 pass to Smith 1-In-ri:-Il Ihr- lmll sixty yurnls: thvn Smith plunge-il owr right Qlllllfll for ont' Yzirvl. :intl llhristian tit-Il the- st-ore' ll-l-1. With two minute-s I I'lg1!. l'ivi'Cv ilite'i'4'f'lfIf'4l Wvziltr-r's pass on :Xliile-in-is 27-yiml linen Un pi-rlif-r'tly 1-xi-I-iitwl spin plays. thi- 'ligvrs on-i'pom-iw-tl the fighting Euglvs :intl piislie-Il owl' Ihr winning scorn in Ihr- lust niintilv. ' I I ,J WW, l l tl I l l li I 4 l l Y OVER WITH A TOUCHDOWN il' ,,L... . ' I T !,f'!s I ,L-,sd X , I .M -4,1 , , , ,.--int ,... , fri' '.'g,,',,,-ii?-T,4 -,YW , ,- HI - --......LL.'L-,, -- , ', ',ZZ'T.'ggL.1.4. ...- .- uw-.. 5 ,QA sf - 4. 14.1-Quant 1- use , n-as H Y ascnnnu-4-ns4un-nl A One Hundred Twcntyfone

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TIIE ill.-1Rll.I,0 G.-HIE N il battle lN'lWF't'll two powerfiil r1ffe11sive IVRIIIIS. the Eagles fIYt'l'N'll1'llllI'll the gXn111rillo flolden 5LlllflSlUl'Ill. -10-6. 'lihe Sandies l't',2lNlf'I'i ll fifteen first llflWll'. b11l the Eagles piled 11p twenty- three first downs for seven lIlllC'lltl0WllS. 'llhe Eagles 1'4'1'1-iveil the kiekofl, 111141 their first drive m.U,,,l ll p,m-11,1011-H by the Walter to Salke-ld route. Salkeld l'llI'IIl1llLI fifty-sf-ve11 yards for the to11e11dow11 before the astonished eyes Ill! the Aniarillo fans. Soon Sellers i1llXLllICPIl the l111ll ninety-one yards by beatttifnl open-field running. for the Eagles' Sl'f'ItI1ll seore. Ill the sef'o11d quarter the 511111111-'s outplayed the I-Iaglf-sz they twim- 41l'1lYt' down the 111-ld for il first down on thi' Eagle five-yard line. b11t both tirnes the Eagle- lttl'WLll'tlS held. Ill the third quarter Kincaid Sl1LllClll'll 11p ll funiblr- and 1-114-eil sixty yards for the third toueh- down. The fourth IUllC1lll0WIt was the result of a screen pass to Saikr-ld, who I'L1Ct'tl sixty yards to the Sandies' l4llIt?E'Il-YE1l'l'l line. The score came when Walter passed to Sellers for ten yards. Late in tl1e quarter. Eseo Walter dashed around the left end. behind good i11terfer1-11ee. for forty- six yards and a touchdown. Sellers then we11t through the line and broke loose for twe11ty-tl1rf-1- yards: a pass to Smith netted twenty-five yards, witl1 first IlOWIl on the five-yard line. and Srnith went around left 91111 for the tally. Hudgins. who had been the Sandies' star player and big ground-gainer, led the Sandies' marchg Travis passed to Doebler for twenty-eight yards, a11d 1.11911 Walker went over for An1arillo's lone score. Sellers received the kiekoff and raced eighty-five yards for a touchdown: this was the prettiest exhibition of side-stepping seen during a game fea- tured l1y brilliant runs. THE CLEBURNE CAME IIE Abilene Eagles won the right to enter the State Finals by defeating the Cleburne Yellnw- iackets. 34-6. In the first quarter the Eagles were held in check: however. early in the second quarter. the Eagles made all 8-1-yard drive featured by Sn1ith's hard plunges and by passes to Salkeld and Andrus. This long drive for touchdown broke the ,lackefs morale. Innnediately afterward. Salkeld took a fiftee11Ayt1rd pass and raced seventeen more yards for Ll score. After Burger 11ad pounced on a furnble, Andrus took a long pass a11d scored as the half ended. 200. Soon after the half had opened, Senter intercepted a pass on the Eagles' 23-yard line. By brilliant runs and a few passes. the Eagles worked the ball down the field for another tf111ehdmv11 before the quarter ended. Front the 38-yard lille Hinton passed to Hopkins. who ran fifty yards for Cleburne's touchdown. Salkeld brought the kiekoff back to the Eagles' 37-yard line. Again the Eagle baekfield Carried the ball down the field. 11nd Kincaid slipped through lr-ft guard for the IOllilli'lOWll. Another drive was halted by the gun 11s Hanna n111de one yard on L1lt'l7lll'llt'.S nine' yan ine. o L y i 'FE 133 1 . ef? 1 1 . 1 A 1. .. ' 1, ' F ft '5 ,' 'Z' s. , ' 545' 1' ' , 5 .Q .gn , 1,1154 C- A . ' 'A ' di '91 fn . 4, 91- 1 1 -' if - is if 15.1 h,-, . 1 f yiy - i 4 ,A 4 'P--A , r- -.. - 5-1 f '1'pf?gg, - 9.-3 -1 '1 so 1 .21-1.,l. . 5.,1y,M3. 4, t 1 ,i ig, xg F ..-T 11, I, L, W1 I Xl , if! V , 7. Ry , -ggi, f. , if-LJ I i R: pa. Q ' . asf. 'fzf 1 gy' g i t 5 7' jl ffg - Bi: V 'J -' ' , '-r ,A V F N. 1 - , . 4 f 5, ' tg Ai' 1 '. 'L - ' ' ' , . ' . - , 1 M 5 r 1 A j- H. gf-fi , - X an-its A 'fl A123-f? J:'2-r P' M A ' l 'lv -12 Axornlsn F11aLD GOAL 1 T. I x ,X 1: - H One Hundred Twenty

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