Abilene High School - Flashlight Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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SEASON REVIEW sh-ii' J vs- f' Yea, Team! Eagles, Fight! ' Fight! Fight! Fight! Gene bucks the Odessa Broncos ABILENE 7fODESSA l9 Playing their first game on their own field seemed to be all the Eagles needed. Early in the first quarter Dalton chalked up a tally, and the point after touchdown was good. Being ahead for the first time in the season might have proved to be a good omen, but trouble was ahead. The rest of the first half was the Eaglesg however, in the last of the second quarter Odessa scored. They failed to kick goal, and still Abilene led by one point. Before the second half was nine plays old, the Bed Horses of Odessa were leading 13 to 7, and the rest of the game was the visiting team's, since they scored again before the final gun. Ables and Brown were standouts in the line, while the defensive work of I. lones in the backfield was notable. ABILENE 7eMlDLAND 45 Losing a heart-breaker the week before proved too much for Abilene, and Midland found that they could score nearly at will against the boys in Black and Gold. Trailing by l3 points in the early stages of the game, the Eagles finally managed to stage a scoring spree and came through with their only counter. On a 46-yard pass from Dalton to l. lones, the Abilene team went to the Midland 4-yard line. Sellers then went over from the l-yard marker for the only Warbird score. The conversion for extra point was good. As in games before, Sellers was the mainstay in offense and defense, Dalton's passing was good, and Stovall's performance was his best of the season. fand over for a touchdown! ki, E My aff my r L Fight, Eagles, Fight! And win this game today. Page J 5

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SEASON REVIEW By Tom Burditt ABILENE 7- BRECKENRIDGE 56 ln a pre-season tilt the Eagles found the Breckenridge Buckies far too powerful to cope with. i From the first the Warbirds were in deep water, with the Buckies scoring very ofteng l however, late in the fourth quar- ter Smith broke off right tackle and reached the goal un- touched. The point after touch- i down was good. This was the only Eagle score. l l Smith goes around right end ABILENE UfSWEETWATER l9 Operating behind a stalwart line, the Mustangs of Sweetwater swept over the Eagles with a bril- liant running attack. Although the line held for a short time, the experienced boys from Sweetwater finally pushed over a score in the first quarter. Scoring again in the first and third, the Mustangs were riding highg nevertheless, the Eagles scared them in the fourth when they covered a fumble on the op- ponents' 40-yard line. Passes from Dalton to Sellers and Iones gave the Yllfarbirds a first down outside the penetration line. After losing ten yards in three downs, a last-down pass for ten yards came short of a first down. The defensive work of the line and the passing combination of Dalton to Sellers were outstanding. ABILENE O--THOMAS IEFFERSON l3 ln the third nocturnal tilt of the year, the Eagles suffered another defeat at the hands of the San Antonians. Neither of the leff's two touchdowns came from long bruising drives, but were made in short order in the closing minutes of the first half. The occasional offensive power of Sellers and Dalton was all the Warbirds had to rely upon, and only once did the Eagles threaten, going to the Mustangs' 5-yard line before giving the ball up after four unsuccessful attempts for a score. Abilene seemed to play the lefferson Mustangs an even matched game at all times, making twelve first downs to the eight of San Antonio, but never found the glint that would have sent them in search of pay dirt. By this time, however, the boys had learned many tricks they would never learn anywhere but in actual play. Narrell pulls through a tight spot f rf- rf W ' l Yea, Team! Eagles, Fight! Yea, Team! Eagles, Fight! Page 14

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SEASON REVIEW Exlgu MS ltltllll all The Black and Gold Forever will hold sway. Sellers tucks it away ABILENE l3ieLAMESA 14 ln the sixth game of the year, the Eagles went to Larnesa, expecting a much harder game than they were given. lt proved to be the closest game of the year, with Abilene losing by only one point. When first downs are considered, one wonders how Lamesa ever reached pay dirt twice, for the War- birds made thirteen first downs to their opponents' eight. Narrell scored in the first quarter, climaxing a long drive. The point after touchdown was missed, this proving to be the downfall of the team. lt was the fourth quarter before the Black and Gold machine began to roll again. Sellers went over and kicked goal, but was one point short of a tie. Although Dalton did not figure in either of the tallies, his running stood out. ABILENE U-ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 6 Abilene lost their seventh game of the year to Arlington Heights of Fort Worth. Being scored on in the initial period seemed little handicap, for the Eagles frequently penetrated the Yellow lackets' 20-yard stripe, only to lose the ball on downs or by a fumble. Seemingly outplaying their opponents, as in the week before, the Warbirds rolled up twice as many first downs and more than two hundred yards from scrimmage to the Arlington Heights' scant fifty-two yards. All Eagle-backers' hopes were lost when Sellers went to the lacket 3-yard line and then fumbled, the ball being covered by Arlington Heights in the end zone for a touchback. An Eagle eludes a Yellow Iacket sg 7 , alll So charge and block Page 16 14 f