Mobile High School - Bartonian Yearbook (Mobile, AL)

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19 BARTONIAN 24 JULIAN GRADDICK He hlt the opponent s l1ne hard and often NED MEREDITH He was mall but a sure tackler A fme substltute 1n the backf1eld HORBERT NIOLON A fast man and a flne Judge of passes LESTER DIAMOND It took a good man to get through Black Fullback End End Tackle JOHN L. KEARLEY ,.,,....,.....,.,,.,........,.,,...A................................ Halfback

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19 BARTONIA and before he was downed the ball was advanced 30 yards Jullan Graddlck bucked the l1ne for the score and Athey klCk9d goal OCT 20 BARTON 84 MCGILL 0 Barton game wlth McG1ll s proved to be more of a f1eld day than of a football game as shown by the score It belng 84 to 0 1n favor of ou1 gallant warrlors Bull Smlth Kearley and Graddlck each contrlbuted a touch oown 1n the flrst quarter of play and two perfectly klcked goals by our captam brought the score up to 20 to 0 at the end of the flrst quarter Graddlck pelhaps worked hardest for h1s touchdown breaklng loose for a 30 yard lun through the MCG1ll1aHS team for a touchdown The second quarter brought further laulels to the Panthers Two touchdowns by Captain Athey and another one for Kearley plled up mole polnts 1n our favor Th1s was the qualter 1n wh1ch Coach Cleel asked for an addlng machlne to keep score Athey was perhaps playlng take the ball and make a touchdown as he called on Bullet Bonham three tlmes the flrst nettlng a touch down the second nettlng a spectacular forty yard run that almost made SIX more polnts and the th1rd bunglng another touchdown Then the captaln changed h1 mlnd and called for Taylor to recelve the ball Th1s he d1d and when he plunged ove1 the llne he added more polnts to Barton s strlng Athey Heubach Smith and kealley brought touchdown IH thls quarter Heubach lntelceptlng a pass and 1ac1ng 25 yards fo1 a touch lar 45 yard lun down the fleld Smlth and Kearley s malkels came as llne bucks Our game wlth Bay Mlnette was none othe1 than a walk away The Baldwln County Hlgh School of that place consldered one of the strong est team 1n the state fought clean and hard agalnst those charglng Blue and Gold warrlors but 1t counted for naught the flnal score tandlng 20 0 The flrst qualter consldered the 1eal scolmg quarter of the Bar tonlans found touchdowns bv Captaln Athev d1m1nut1ve quarter back on the team and Bull Smlth otherwlse known as the batterlng ram of the team A perfect l1ne buck by the captaln of our team one of those klnds that leave defeat IH lts path accounted for the flrst SIX polnts of the contest Long pas es caught by Taylor and Graddlck and another plug at the Bay Mlnette team s llne by Bull accounted for a total of twelve polnts at the end of the fnst perlod of play Then the t1de looked as though lt would swltch Our opponents braced up the1r l1ne and held llke a wall Real football was played 1nth1s and the th1rd qualter by both teams the ball belng brought back and folth by both elevens But the fourth quarter brought another change Thls change fell upon the Bay Mlnetters llke a ton of brlck Thelr l1ne had held strong 1n the second and th1rd quartel but under a t9111f1C straln they weakened and wlth thelr weakenlng oul Panthers took the advantage Long gams hard h1t hnes and those yn ell known Athey to Graddlck N 24 7 . . - 3 . ,Q . . , . , L y , . . . ll 97 ' I ' ' v 1 V a Y , a - , Y, U, - G 1 1 v K ' r . h i . . , . 7 I Y . H . H 7 CS 35 ' ' ' 1 , - y 1 . . 1 - y 3 Q . ' . .S . I y Y - I 1 , , , Q . . , 1 Y . a L, K , , , K . . , down. Athey's touchdown came after Graddick had made a spectacu- v 1 D . Y, 1 1 l n . , l 1 o Q , S y . 7 7 s ' - . 1 D . , T. a Q T N. 1 s 1 - 7 9 w 7 K6 79 ' ' ' J 7 . V . 1 . 1 1 U 1 , . 1 , K o . s , , ' 7 ' 6K !! . . . , , . . , , , ' . . ' 'Y . u . , Q 1 n 1 ' ' ' , ss - n 7 7

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I9 BARTONIAN passes brought two more touchdowns and defeat f01 Bav M1nette We began our sho1t 1ourney home another 103d tllp that p1oyed successful th1s tlme nettlng Coach Creel a folelgn scalp that he added to those already 1n h1S scrap book Our fxfth uccesslve V1Ct0ly of the season came when we met the Sldney Lanler Poets of Montgomery The game was played 1n the worst klnd of weathel a slow dr177le falllng throughout the game Thls coupled wlth a stlff no1th w1nd had the spectators that packed Crampton Bowl shlverlng but thev stuck gamely w1th thelr team to the la t the flnal yy hlstle f1nd1ng the scole reading 6 to 0 IH our favo1 'lhe contest severely 1arred the hopes of the Poets to cop the cham plonshlp of the state and opened an opportunlty for us to b11ng the champlon h1p of the state to th1s clty When the referee s whlstle brought the two team on the fleld the ball was klcked off and everyth1ng looked flne for the Montgomerlans untll about the mlddle part of the quarter yvhen the Poets fumbled Wlth the ball on thelr own elght yard l1ne Joe Sawyer rlght halfback lOl the Poet let the sllppery oval ooze f1Om hls hand and when the huge plle of mud covered wa1r1ors were cleared away one of our bovs had the ball tucked securely under h1S chest Joy was supreme amld the loyal bunch of Barton spectators and rooters that had Jaunted from th1s clty to the State s Capltal to wltness the annual confllct Wlth onlv e1ght yards to go and fust down Captam Leon Athey called fo a pa s formatlon And once more that well known pass of Athey to G1add1ck wolked thls tlme for elght yards and enough to accumulan SIX pomts the only markers scoled ln the game Athey s attempt to k1ck goal falled After thls nelther team d1d any scorlng Fumbles we1e f1equent and costly mostly to the Poets L1ppman and Mlke O B11en play ed a good game for the Poets They fought ha1d agamst Barton s flght 1ng Warrlors but It went for naught Captam Leon Athey left the Capltal w1th the d1st1nct1on of haylng been proclalmed the best cap ta1n that had V1 1ted Montgomery Bull Smlth and Lester D1amond were the mamstays on the l1ne although the whole team fought l1ke yy1ld cats agam t thelr old tlme rwals The Panthers l1ne was Cl0bS9d fOl the fxrst tlme of the season yy hen Gleaser Barraza by a beautlful bloken f1eld xun sco1ed Spllllg H1ll s flrst touchdown Barton won the toss and the kxck off to thelr Purple and Whne foe who returned the ball ten yards The Hlll Toppers we1e held for four downs wlthout maklng the requlred dlstance Ba1ton gallilllg posse s1on of the ball The ball remalned vyell w1th1n m1df1eld nelther team bemg able to push It w1th1n the opponents ten yard l1ne At the beglnnlng of the second quarte1s the t1de of battle shlfted Bonham Barton halfback plowed thlough the Hllls l1ne for fou1 yalds Captaln Athey qualtelback on an end lun galned ten yalds The thlrd play Graddlck wlth a terrlflc plunge car11ed the ball ove1 fOl a touchdown Athey k1cked goal maklng the score 7 to 0 favo1 Ba1ton at the close of the half Wlth the openlng of the thlld quartel B1lly Donahue s maglc charm began workmg Afte1 a Vlgll of SQVQI al yy eeks looklng for yvagon loads of hay and holse shoes to make yylshes hls team clossed Balton s l1ne 24 Q . 11, 1 M . 1 . Q 1 1' 4 V L - ! K l S 1 1 ' Q L Y I it- 1 44 . X LU I w Y 1 ' S, 1 ' '. N V . 1 K w I - . u . . Y 4. 1 , 1 4 . Q . . o . , . A . U 9 1 1 , 1 -Y 7 9 3 ' O ' 7 ' P 1,, 1 W 1, ' 2 1 . 1 . . , . . . . . V .Q . 7 F u 7 ' fs' ' . - ' . 1 1 . . . Y 1 V 1 ., V. . K 1 . Y, 1 , 1 . 1 . . . N . a ' , 1 . 1 , ' as ' sv 1 ,' , x y L - .1 . , . ' v - 1 1. 1, . . . . . . Y. . - . . . U ,, . . S . ' v 7 1 S - ' . 7 ' ' 1 s 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 , V 'K ' ,, Y . ' l ' in 1 Y 7 ' ' ,W ' I u . . .4 k, ' ca ' ,H , ' S, . . . . . 4 . . 1 1 , s . 1 - , . . . . . , . L -V - 1 1, 1 . I V ' ,1 . H 9 ! ' Y . 1 ' y - . . ' Q s U 1. , , , 1. Y .I . . . .. I 9 9 I Y 'I I ' Y ' Y . . .Q ' . Y , . , 1 . 1 . . 1 , Y . 1 . 1 1, 1 v - w y' 'v 1 1 7 ' 4 Y ' '