C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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jerry liili. with iiilly Fitzgvrahi. hrings tluwn tht- lstruuina halfiiavk. liuinwt llawis num-s ltl In usslst. LXNRY H.-XNIIEIN .lunitir lliiarnl l.n'tt1-rmanl I ffair Grouiitl Stadium. Sfire'vf'port, Uvtnfwr 18 Rinling nn a fum' game- winning streak. the- liyrfi High Yviluw Thi- last svurf- of tht- ganie vainr- mln-n Smith iiitvivvplt-tl at ,lavlu-ts lmttlt-it tht- lntlians from lstrmnna High St'hnuI anti vaine- Fillilvfiiitl IHJSS iillff r214'1'4l 31 52il'4fF illfl' Ihr' Plllf HHH' Hills lfilll out tin tht. short Q-mi of a 21 tn T s4'0re', The- Redskins. capitalizing grvrahi. Dun Douglass. Sonny parm-ll. Rnhvrt' llaxis anti liartiv on 5 ,lavkt-t inisvnvs. hail littlr' trouble punvhing over 2 touvh- SIWIIC1' vvvrv stantiollts in the first th-ft-at uf tht- svitstlll fur the tluwns in the first half. Thi- first vaint' aftvr the lncfians revuve-re-ti Yvlluw .iavkt-ts, a llvrti fnmhlt- on tht- ,lavkvt 19 'artf linv, Three' iiays latvr Dun , . ., , , Smith broke- thrnuggli tht- iiyrtl linye anti rompetl 151 yards into tht- X VXRDFIQHAIX i-nti mm- fur a 'I'.iJ, Lynn Alix:-tlev tht-n kivkmt tht- first of 3 pvr- ,, . f4-vt points aft:-r tuiivlltiowri t'UIlVf'I'Si0lts. The nvxt six puintm'r ,, ,ffm ,hm faint- wh:-n Smith vrasliwi thrnugh the ,Iavket iic'ft-ntlx-rs for 3 Iflrsr 'fmfns , 12 Q yarnls and a 'l'.ll. Thr- Xvliuw Jack:-ts fought thx' Tribe vvvnly XMAS gamed nfihlng lm tif thrunggli tha- thirml quart:-r, The-n. with 4 minutes lvft in tht' fourth Yards lm! l'SlF1'W J' 'ff quart:-r. liiily Fitlplvralsl upviii-cl an aerial barrage wliivh rvstiltwi lie' yards rushlng lm 'f in a sum- fur Q-avh tvam. Fitxgeraiel thvn luftt-it a pass tu t-mi 1,353 Ht'f '1v'f W 1 Murray Johnston who I't't'1'iYt'll the pigskin on tht- Indian 15 yard lass f l'l'lf 1S 3 ff line- anti ontran tht- lstruuma svvmiilary for tht- lone javket tally. ianls i'w 1H 'ui 'gil liniivli the-n kivkc-:I tht- 1-xtra point. iuassvs 1r1te'rc'm'ptL-if by A I lotai yiilfiilglf' 210 10.1 Punts awragc- 5-33.2 3-fi-Hi Fuinlilvs l 5 Fuinhit-s lust 0 ff Penaltiq-5 6-fill 0-li llun Smith. fstruiima fnllliavk. is lirunght tluwn lry Larry Ramiiin and Ruhr-rt llaxis. qtssist- ing nn tht- play arm' Hilly Fitzgrc-raid anti lin Cainplmvll. If-XHTIE SPFINKIIC Svnitn Tavkle' I.:-ttvrinan Il 'fu D

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'rd tlcfvtttlcrs Conn' up with a Bolton lillllllllt' in the fourth quarter. CARY MONTGOMERY-Senior Quartvrback-Lettcrxnan 11 BYRD-26 BOLTO - Fair Ground Stadium. Shreveport, October 11 THE YARDSTICK 'lla' llyrtl Yi-llow Jack:-ts, hit hard by the flu bug, showed their Bears Byrd -ptli and powvr by vrushing B0lton's highly-touted Bears 26-6. First Downs , 6 9 wing thc lnavkfivlil wvrc- Bo Campbell and Charles Pvatross. The Yards Cainvd Rushing 136 243 wllow Jacki-ls rollvd to one scorc in tht' first quarter, two in tht' Yards Lost Rushing ,,,,, 27 21 cond and ont- again in thi' fourth. Campbell rarnblcd 58 yards Not Yards Rushing ,,,,. 109 222 r tht- first srort- and lvullvd Al yards for one of the socond quartvr Pass Atta-inpts 13 6 orvs. Aillllflltltillww Cltarliv wont on-r front thc 3 for 6 points and Pass Complvtions ,, 2 1 ipod 19 yards in tln- fourth quartrr for thc final score. For the Yards Passing: 70 12 rl tinn- this your this stingry Byrd de'fPns0 was pivrcod. Tho score- Passes lnt. hy O 3 nu' on a 60'yard tout'hdown pass play from Bear quartcrllark 'llotal Yardage- , , 179 234 ifford l orrt'st1'r to ltalfbark Frankiv Boyd. Probaldy thc' most Punts, Ayrraggr- 4-34.0 4-31.0 viting play of tht- aann' was an intvndt-d touchdown pass by Jacket Fllllllllvs 7 - 5 3 artvrltack Sonny Parnvll to vnd Murray Johnston. but the officials FllllllJlOS Rc-0. by , ,,,, 2 4 lvd ,lolinston had stvppwl out of thc' ond 10110. The Jackets worm- Pvlliillivf, Ytlgl- 4-50 7-65 l in tlu- line- lxy Rohn-rt llavis, Hartio Spvnco. Bobby Hamm, Mur- w Johnston. ,loltn Ratvliffv. and Larry Rarnbin. illliilllfllljal-llcAl:AlltT4l,.g1lm liquor Cary Molitgrontvry, Ye-llow jackt-t llI1l'ltllt'lit'I'. inovos in for a tackle on a Bolton back Don llouglass and Ho ilatnpvll approach tht- play. , - r it si J is

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o llaniphell at quarlerhaek hands off to Vaughan Evers during scrimmage before the Baton ROBERT SHElN1WE1.1.-Junior onge game. Centerw- Letterman l BYRD-0 BATO ROUGE-20 City Stadium. Baton Rouge. October 24 l'laying on a eool, slippery field. Wendell Harris, tailhack for ie llaton Ronge llulldogs, with his powerhouse handed the vippled llyrtl Squad a 20-0 defeat. the seeond straight loss for the ellow ,lat-kets. llaton Rouge High took the opening kickoff and iarelu-d T1 yards in six plays for its first seore. The Bulldogs rnek for their seeontl touehdown with a T3-yard drive, A com- ination of passes from ,loc and Wendell Harris placed the ball n tht- llyrd 22. After two plays that were good for 20 yards, Vendell ltlasted over for the seore. He missed his PAT try. One rive by the Yellow ,laekets in the first half was made up of two rst downs. llnt it was finally halted on the 38 where Baton ottge took over after four downs. Early in the third period, Byrd ad an exeellent ehanee to seore following Hartie Spenee's block f Joe Harris' punt. The push was halted hy a fumhle on the aton Rouge 141. The Bulldogs scored their final touchdown on a 42 yard pass lay from Wendell Harris to end John Stoekwell. Byrd made its est sustained drive in the fourth quarter with Fitzgeralds 15-yard ass to Murray Johnston and a 14-yard smash by Charlie Peatross lit llll R'l' ll -XV I 9 Senior F 'I I kt il U' H Starting the second . ' 4 ' ,fi ' A nl ' 6 ' 'l Pittman moves up tt moving the ball to the Bulldog 36, but once more Baton Rouge took over on downs. Baton Rouge drove to Byrd's five later in the final quarterg however, ,loe Harris fumbled and Byrd re- covered on its 11. THE YARDSTICK Byrd BRHS First downs 7 14 Yards rushing , 92 268 Yards passing , 26 107 Passes attempted 5 9 Passes Completed 2 T Punts , 3 3 Average yards punts 35.6 19.3 Kickoffs . 2 Cl Average yards kiekoffs 53 46.3 Fumbles H , H 4 4 Funihles lost 1 2 Penalties ,, 4 3 Yardage. lost. penalties 26 25 half, lio Campbell receives the kickoff from Baton Rouge. jo ,Io I fllll 1I11L'I'ft'I't'l1Cf'.