Shades Cahaba High School - Owl Yearbook (Homewood, AL)

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R. B. KENT Cahaba's Sr. Manager was the unsung hero of the football team. When there was something to do R, B. did it. Captain Billy Franke Coachffff-Mitchell Co-CaptainfWBurt Stanford Bobby Harris tleft tacklel. Bob was the mainstay of the Cahaba line. He reached his peak in the Phillips game when he stopped the Crimson offensive cold, Bob will not be back next year either. Fred Hahn tright tacklel. Teddy Bear is Cahaba's only returning varsity man. A junior this year, big things are expected from Fred next year. Albert Grundmann. Albert. played a good game as eighth man on the line. Albert, a senior, will not be hack next year. Billy Mitchell. Mitch was the fifth man in the baekfield and gave a very promising showing and should make Cahaba a dandy back next year. ...eve Y -lim ti will of

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Lawson Acton tfullbackl. Law- son kept those lines busted wide open to pave the way for first downs and con- tributed his bit to Cahaba's touch- down parade. Jack Edwards fright guardl. Jack was one of Cahaba's unsung heroes opening up holes for the backs the score through. Jack turned in a mighty good season as anyone will tell you. Denny Ward tfeft guardl. Denny, another one of the graduating seniors, came into Cahaba's lime- light his last year and teamed with Jack Edwards to give Cahaba as fine a pair of guards as any other school. PHILLIPS---CAHABA With the hard work of Coach Mitchell, Coach Murphy and the will of the boys The Mountaineers won over the highly favored Phillips team with a score of 21 to 7.

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FIRST ROW: Charles Hogue, Richard Stevens, Donald Branham, Jackie Kopp, George Wright, Paul Jones, John McBride, Bobby Bailey, R. B. Kent. SECOND ROW: Fred Beason, George Quinn, Robert Taylor, Mal Bailey, Fletcher Allen, Ty Acton, Carl Bailey, Tommy Trotter, Moss Cowart. THIRD ROW: Harold Strozier, Herbert Griffin, John Beauchamp, Byron Mathews, Allen Baker, Earl Mann, Charles Brooks, Dick Rigney, Paul Billings, James Barnett, Burt Stanford. NOT IN PICTURE: Douglas Wilkens, Homer Singletary, Jack Oliver. BASEBALL... Cahaba's baseball team with three varsity men back, .roared with vengence into the County playoff with a record of 4 wins and 2 losses. In the first game Jeffco turned back Mathews and Cahaba 5-2. Cahaba bounced back to smother Hewitt at Hewitt 11-1. The next week Leeds fell 14-0. Cahaba journeyed to Jeffco and didn't fare so well getting beat again 5-2. Cowart's homer was the blow of the game. Leeds again was victim of Cahaba's attack 8-5. And in the three-time rained out game, Cahaba entered the playoff on a 7-5 win over Hewitt.