Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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CHRISTOPHER 6 — BENTON 46 Benton made its largest scoring streak of the season by defeating the Bearcats of Christopher in a 46 to 6 tilt. The Benton team showed much improvement by holding the Bearcat eleven to just one touch-clown. Seagraves again showed great ability in line drives which were responsible for many of the Ranger points. Touchdowns were made by Chaplain. Jones, Warren, and Bruno. In the last 11 seconds in the game one of the second string back field men, Bruno, ran 50 yards across the goal line for the final thrilling touchdown of the game. Warren’s kicking was exceptionally good and he scored three points on conversions. Christopher scored when the Bearcats made a 22 yard forward pass, followed by Benton being penalized 15 yards. As a result three plays later the “Cats” scored their only touchdown of the game. JOHNSTON CITY 0 - BENTON 6 The Rangers won their fourth straight game October 20 by defeating the Johnston City Indians 6 to 0 in a tough fought battle. The Ranger eleven were in good condition and both the line and backfield were clicking together in fine order. Chaplain, although he received a bad head injury, made the most thrilling run in the game when he ran a distance of 36 yards in mid-field. ()n the whole, the teams were well-matched although the Rangers tagged up six points to put them ahead and make them the victors. SALEM 33 — Benton 19 The Salem Wildcats ran wild in this game and defeated the Rangers in a 33 to 19 battle. Although the Rangers outplayed the Wildcats on firsts and tens and yardage gained, the breaks came Salem’s way when they intercepted three Ranger passes and recovered a costly fumble. The defense appeared weak on both the Rangers and Wildcats eleven but on offense there was plenty of excitement. Jones and Chaplain scored and Chaplain was the outstanding figure in the backfield, inking two touchdowns on magnificent running plays. Page Twenty-three

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CARMI 0 — Benton 0 The Benton Rangers tangled with the Carmi Bulldogs through a nothing score for the opening game of the 1945 season. There was a very had field for playing, the results of hard blowing rain. The C a r in i eleven outplayed the Rangers but the force of the Benton line saved the game for the Rollinsmen against the hard hitting Carmi back held. In the ending seconds of the game the Carmi Bulldogs were threatening the Rangers and it took all Benton had to hold them back from scoring. ZEIGLER 0 — BENTON 18 The Ranger squad won an 18 to 0 victrov over a weak Zeigler team giving the Tornadoes their first setback of the season. Again Bill Seagraves paved the way for victory with this great running ability, gaining a fine total of 121 yards on three brilliant running plays. The small quarterback Jack Mandrell kept the Zeigler eleven from scoring twice during the game. The Benton eleven showed good light in both the line and backfield although the muddy field again inconvenienced them and inter-ferred with passing attacks. Page Twenty-two

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SOUTH SIX CONKEREXCF. W T West Frankfort 4 1. Centralia 4 1. Mt. Vernon 3 0. Harrisburg 2 0. Benton 1 0. Marion 0 0. Assistant Coach H. M. AIKEN Assistant Coach CI.AUDE RHODES Coach JOE KOI.UN'S Page Twenty-four