Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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we had them on the run. The offense was churning perfectly. Within a few minutes of the second period, our attack moved the ball down to the three-yard line. We were halted by a strong forward wall, however, and were unable to score. Monson, at the time was ahead 6-0 and went on to score once again, bringing a close to the first half with the score 12-0. Up until the last four minutes of the second half there was a seesaw contest without any further scoring on either side. Avon was desperate, it had to score. Al Pettingill took to the air with his main target being Kirk Michaux. Kirk man- aged to get down-Held, but was quickly covered by Monson defenders and Pettingill's pass resulted in an interception by Monson men. During these closing minutes, Monson managed to increase their lead, through similar breaks, to 32-0. On Parents' Week End, Wilbraham came down as a possible New England champion. With such a strong opponent, the boys quickly recovered from the Mon- son defeat and fired again for the king As most of us will long remember this game turned out to be one of the most exciting and hard fought games we had ever had the privilege of playing or watching During the entire game a pelting rain soaked the field making the going rough for the fleet backs When the first half came to a close Avon had constantly pounded upon the door of Wilbraham but was unable to score, leaving the tally at 0-0. The second half was sensational. Avon linemen, Chuck Davis and Langdon Brown, continually pounded Wilbraham's big tackles. Bill Welch did a splendid job of manipulating the ball between his three backs, Pettingill, Tracy and Cun- ningham. One of the surprise stars of the game was Mike Fawcett, a lineman who turned in a brilliant performance. Avon just missed the scoring column when Al Pettingill managed to get around his left end, only to be confronted by the last three opposing tack- lers between him and the goal. Michaux and Brown moved from downfield quickly but were just a moment too late, and their blocks were to no availg Pettingill was brought down. Avon just missed, but Wilbraham succeeded in scoring twice, defeating a hardened Avon team, 12-0. Cranwell was our closing game. We were riddled by injuries and the spirit was not at its best. Al Pet- tingill and Chuck Davis were out with injuries suf- fered during the last game and were unable to render their services This game was a disappointing closing for us and we lost 30 14 but no matter how our record turned out the team will always be proud of that one game with Wilbraham which we fought for Coach Herb Cochrane i-0.1 if Q hw. .1 14 127 I - s ' Q 3 , . , . . N - I ,I t -A Y' I If . r, 3. g I 'fi ' ' 2 1' , - i . - A ' . if 'sr A ' 3 ,Y I ' A-ix' 4 , V , . p t ., . Q ' 2' -- . , 1 q . . . 4- 1 zr . is v K A W, Q ,-..rl,,.t-ag, , Y, tyaujfwv p at 4. 2-Q-V. H, s W ,311-.4 1 2 V ,x , gel 1 . M. ,-,,,,,,, 5 am -A Nm , . 'I 4 .f ' , -1 .ff-.wa 5 fy ' ' ' 'V J - , J- , at ,,..:. ,. - , ,Q . , 1 , fix. Q' t.,,lv -E - if Gfm, x-, 4, , -f ,. A ' s 4 , t 1, -- tin- U'-ls -

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