Gilmer High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Gilmer, TX)

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Lay scored against Hawkins . Wis h officials had seen this. GILMER Z4 HAWKINS 12 Gilmer beat Hawkins at Hawkins in the rain. Mack Lay gained 199 yards and scored twice. Wendell Duke made the first Buck- eye touchdown from the 4. Lay plunged over from the one for another T. D4 and the half ended Gilmer 12-0. Meister scored on a 1 yard sneak in the third quarter. Hawkins scored twice in the first of the 4th quarter. 5 Mack Lay scored his second T. D. late in the 4th quarter. Outstanding players on defense were Pittmon, Carroll and Bubba Johns . Duke scores against Hawkins from the 4. 'iwftriri fQ4i g gf: 'Sf' KENNETH DOWNS JOHN PILCHER BUDDY BERRY MICHAEL ROBERTSON JIMMIE JOHNS Tackle 1 year Tackle l year Tackle 2 year End 1 year Halfbaqk Z year letterman letterman letterman lettel-man Letterman Junior Junior Junior Senior Senior GILMER 8 NEW LONDON 8 The Buckeyes sought revenge for las' year's loss to the Wildcats and tied Nev London which was rated a 3 touchdown favc rite over Gilmer. The game was played at Gilmer in the rain. It was a defensive game and the out- standing defensive players for the Buckeye: were McBee, Demon Johnsj and Pittmon. Sands scored New London's T. D. on 1 50 yard pass play. Meister passed to Robertson to set ul the Buckeyes T. D. and then threw to Duk1 for the score. It looks impossible' but Robertson ended up with the ball to set up a T. D. against New London. 50

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MINEOLA Z6 GILMER lZ The inexperienced but hustling Buckeyes lost their season's opener to Mineola on their own mistakes. John Brotherton of Mineola opened the scoring by recovering a fumble in the end zone. Wendell Duke intercepted a pass and scored for Gilmer. Danny Craver scored for Mineola and the half ended Mineola 12, Gilmer 6. Mack Lay tied the score in the third quarter on a 3 yard plunge. Mineola scored following a fumble recovery deep in Gilmer territory. When they kicked they recovered the kick for 6 points and the game ended. MJ LARRY PITTMON LINDLEY QUINN BOBBY MORGAN BILL PORTER MACK LAY Tackle 3 year Guard 2 year Halfback l Guard 1 year Fullback 1 letterman letterman year letterman letterman year letterman Senior Senior Jumor Seniffr Junior GILMER Z0 PINE TREE 0 The Buckeyes used Power and alert de- fensive work to smother the Pirates at Gregg- ton in the rain. Demon Johns made the first touchdown. Meister passed to Bubba Johns for the extra point and Gilmer led 8--0. Duke scored in the second quarter on a five yard end sweep and the half ended with Gilmer 14, Pine Tree 0. Mack Lay scored late in the game. 49

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Bubba Johns catches Fielden's pass for 6 against Mt. Pleasant. GILMER Z6 MT. PLEASANT 6 The Buckeyes armed with runner Mack Lay and Quarterback Jerry Fielden defeated Mt. Pleasant and proved they could win when it wasn't raining. Lay scored in the lst quarter on a. short run. In the last seconds of the lst half Bubba Johns caught a pass from Jerry Fielden for another T.D. In the 3rd quarter the Tigers scored. On the kickoff Mack Lay went all the way for atouchdown. Lay scored again in the fourth quarter on a pass from Duke. Lay snags Duke's pass for a T. D. in the Mt. Pleasant game. A .. 'iifzjivu l P J fm'-v f L ...X E .,., ... A - MAC CARROLL WENDELL DUKE JERRY FIELDEN PERRY BULLARD LEE FIELDS Tackle Z years Halfback 3 years Quarf01'bHCk 1 Veal' End 1 year Tackle 1 year letterman letterman letterman letter,-nan letgerman Senior Senior 50Ph0m01'e Senior Sophomore GILMER 16 LINDEN 8 Gilmer took first place in District 14-AA bydefeating Linden in a game played at home. Linden scored first early in the game. Fielden passed Ronald Johns for the Buckeyes first score. In the last quarter Duke ran 50 yards on a fourth down fake to set up the winning T. D. He then made the final yards himself. The Buckeyes played an outstanding de- fensive game for the entire game. The outstanding players of defense were Phil Maywald, Billy McBee and Jimrnie Johns. Duke scores winning touchdown against Linden after setting it up with a 50 yard on a fake punt. 51