Bridgeport High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Bridgeport, WV)

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The Saga Of The Indians Football Explolfs Commg out of the h1lls from noxxhele the II1dl8lWS sxxept throu h 1 O game sched ule taklng 6 x1etor1es and recelxrng 3 defea s The lnd1ans flrst clashed xxlth the Shmnston Spartans puttmg up a cleadlx f1ght Fxnallv thelr l1ne xx as spl1t open and the so ut ms h1t pix Clllt lll the 4th Cllldlttl to xxln 6 0 Agdlll the lHClldllN donned xx dl palnt and completelx ann1h11ated a hapless Jane Lexx trlbe On the 2nd play from scrlmmage Snake Henderson ran 30 yards for a TD The lnd1ans scored at least once IH ex erx quarter to take the game 32 0 Then the Bellngton Hawks came out of the h1lls of Barbour countv to battle xx 1th the lnd1ans The Hawks couldnt stand up agamst the lndmns xx ho sent thcm lunnlng back wlth a 31 6 defeat hanglng on thelr talls The 11161111115 flrst 1nx 4181011 xx 15 agun the strong Crtfton Beal C its The 11111141118 spotted the Grafton box 6 polnts and xvxth the help of Warrlors Henderson and Mc Dan1els thrashed them 19 ll W1th memorxes of the Grafton vlctory 1n mlnd the Ind ans trled to 1nx ade the hlgh h1lls of Pennsboro Crxppled by the loss of Warrlor Pappy Hy re 111 the fxrst part ot the contest the lnd1ans were dr1x en from th h1ll vxlth a 77 6 defeat Not dlseouraged by defeat the Indlans moxx ed down a hlghly rated 1nx 'ad ng Buck hannon trlbe 31 1.3 Then the lnd1ans clashed xv1th then t1 iC11t1Ol1l1 toe the Lumbel IlOlt tube W1th lx Furr Snake Henderson and Cha111e lV1cDan1els dolng the heaxy runnlng 'md Russ Mc Donald the 1i1Ck1I'1g the lnd1ans ox elcaxne the Eagles 34 li After thls xlctory the II'ld13llS and Ph111pp1 met 1n the battle xvhlch d e c 1 d e d the Champs The local trrbe made sex eral drlx es IH the fnst half but xx ere unable to get 1 'l D The razor sharp Ph111pp1 passxng attack gaxe the Bulldogs a 1 0 lead at half t1me The lnd1ans fought back ln the 7nd half and ta1l1ed 1 touchdovx ns But a Bulld lg pass gaxe Ph111pp1 the game xv1nn1ng goal W1th 7 senloz xxaruors Xxaglllg thur f1l1'll battle the Ind ms fought through mud and snoxv to dele t the St Malys Str1pers 14 4 XX i1ll0l's It rung, the 1.11119 xxexe Ch1ets Charlle Reed and Pappy Hxre Roy Pack Jlm McCallum .hm Altman John Jones and Russ McDonald As the xx xnter xxlnds blexv and snoxv fell the If'ld13I1S returned to the h1lls of Budge port Although they xx ere not the Champlons they felt that they had a successful season KI CU WA PAGE TWENTY SEVEN I I O ' ' ' ', Q ' ' Q L . - 4 . ' . Y. . . Y. L L . . . A Y. . . Y Y . , l . -I . . . . Y Y Y . Y A Y Y Y YY . Y Y- . Y . I Y Y A Y L Y. V Q K I 1 K. , Y . .I Y Y. Y . Y . . Y - Y . ,A .. - 1 . Y . , . . . . . , 7 V - . Y . Y. ' . . 1 ' . ' . , . tl . ' . . . c c . , . . , . . . 'n 1 l. 1 . '4 wh v4 1 1 1 I w v u s 1 I V4 v .4 4 . . . 1 . 1 5- . I c c . . . yn ' . ' ' 1 , N D . , , f 4 , ... - 1 7 , . . . Y D . Y. , 7 L M.. a-1 ' o ' . 7 ' c 'f l ' - , ' 1 . . . .2 :Y ,Y . . Y H ,. Y 1 . . . Y . Y , c ' ' ' 1 y 1 r X 1 I I , . 1 ' 1 . 7 ' Y l . Y . Y . .. YY Y - . Q 1 - ' ' ' f ' v . - . ' I. L L ' '. 4 ' ' ' ' . , ..' ,. , ' ,' ' Q. - . s L I 1 .L ' 1 1 I 1 P- '. n I' sl , -I -A' f , ' ' ', 21 . x ' . 1 . 'c r ' . . Y Y . Y . .1 v J '- 1 Y. Y. . Y . Y. Y - 1 v v ' - v ' y . , .

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Indian Baskefball Tribe 1 Led by Chiefs Russell McDonald and Tommy Harris the Indian basketeers in their opening game wiped out the Wallace quint 91 37 They then downed the St Augustine tribe 64 54 Their next contest was with a group of older warriors whom they conquered 62 51 The triumphant tribe then invaded Shinnston where they were defeated After this they vanquished Unidis and Ph1l1pp1 but fell to the strong Salem Cubs Taking to the war path again the Indians defeated Bristol 61 52 Flemington 81 64 and Unidis 69 56 A fierce Belmgton tribe however drove them back with a 53 52 score Misfortune overtook the Indians who fell to Salem St Mary s and Belington How ever they drove back a fighting Bristol tribe and led bv Chiefs Jerry Rogers and Dick Whiteman scalped Flemington Their next battle was with Ph1l1pp1 over whom they were victorious They next invaded Shinnston and St Mary s receiving defeats from both tribes The Indians end ed their march with a victory over Lumberport The tribe then left the mountain top to attend the tournaments at Clarksburg In the first contest the Indians edged out Flemington after which they took Lumberport In the finals the Indians clashed with the fast and fierce Salem tribe who topped them 56 44 The fighting Indians came back to the mountain top In the evenings they sit around the glowing camp fires and tell tales of their wonderful uctories Eagerly they await the next year when they again will ta ke to the war path KI CU WA PAGE TWENTY NINE r I l . . - a . . . , , . v U Returning to their own territory, they beat their old foe, Lumberport, 73-61. lb . . . - n l ' n . l ,