Allegany High School - Alleganac Yearbook (Cumberland, MD)

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To keep the score lower, Bowers used the second team for almost a half. It was in this game that Stan Bishop's toe became a factor in Alco's march to championships. ALLEGANY, 28 - HAGERSTOWN, 20 With the score 20-7 in favor of Hagerstown at the end of the first half, Allegany showed a complete reversal of form during the second period and won a deserved 28-Z0 victory. Price and Powers were the touchdown twins with Bishop's toe accounting for four straight extra points. ALLEGANY, 32 - KEYSER. 7 Keeping the slate clean, the Alco grid ma- chine coasted to an easy triumph over the highly rated Golden Tornado. With Powers, Coach Walter L. Bill Bowers, director of athletics for the past twenty years, relin- quished the tutoring of future grid teams with the completion of this season, the first in which he enjoyed an undefeated team. He retains his position as director of ath- letics and will continue to coach the Blue and White basketball squads. P ' l th l ather. Radcliffe completes his thirty three yard run The initial kickoff on Turkey Day. rice ugs e e Twenty Nine

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THE SQUAD Frrst row left to right Stanley B1shop Edward Stro k Robert Pr1ce Iames Radcllife Tommy Powers Iohn Eckart Second row Berkey Smtth B111 Bartlett Olm Yoder Wllbert Robertson Eugene Brant Llndbergh Cook Vlctor Auv1l Glen Brant Welch Hardman Thxrd row Coach Bowers Ierry Swan Tom lamtson B111 Fuller Gene Shaw Iohn Bachman Charles Plper Herman Myers Robert Tabor Fourth row Ilm McGregor Gllbert Story Iohn Vernall Dlck Clower Iames Lease Ilm Cec11 Danny Kerr Edgar Hounshell Demo Carros Don Burkett Allan W1l11ams Howard Peterson Iack Torbet Saumle Ford Russell Hllleary Culm1nat1ng the1r most successful gr1d sea son s1nce 1942 and the1r f1rst undefeated year s1nce Coach Bowers took over the coach1ng re1ns 1n 1943 the Allegany Campers defeated Fort H111 on Turkey Day by a 13 12 score Streammg past e1ght rtvals tal1y1ng 211 pomts to the1r opponents 96 The Bowersmen w1th Captatn VIC Auv11 at the helm and Travelmg Tom Powers dolng most of the scor1ng won possess1on of both the clty and C V A L Troph1es ALLEGANY 13 SOMERSET 6 Somerset was the f1rst on the 11st of v1ct1ms 1os1ng to the Blue and Wh1te by a 13 6 score It all began W1th Robertson recover1ng an Eagle pass and after stx plays Pr1ce sl1ced off tackle for the f1rst score Powers converted for the extra po1nt The second trxp 1nto pay d1rt was made by I1m Radclxffe ALLEGANY 13 FORT HILL 13 W1th the expertence of but one game the Campers met the Red and Whxte of Fort H111 H1gh ln the most exc1t1ng contest of the season Although the f1nal score was 13 13 Powers 1ed the Alco team 1n a sensattonal second half come back when the Campers scored two touchdowns one on a double pass Pr1ce to Powers to Radchffe W1th Powers eventually h1tt1ng pay d1rt Powers ktcked the extra po1nt ALLEGANY 19 RIDGELEY 0 The R1dgeley Blackhawks were the ones to feel the mlght of Allegany s return to the w1n column Alco emerged the vlctor 1n th1s game to the tune of 19 0 w1th ta111es be1ng reg1s tered once by Glen Brant and 1W1Ce by Tommy Powers B1shop added one extra po1nt from placement Twenty Erght V A I .. g Q , 1.1 ' K ,l , .. 1 11 3 1 - 1 1 '- 1 1 1 . I , , 1 1 1 , , . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - I I ' . . 1 I . . . . . . . . 1' 1 4 I . . 1 1 . . 1. . 11 . 1 11 . 11 . 1 1 . . . 1 ' . . . . . .. 1 1' 1 1 1 1 - I ' 1 I I 1 1 T ,

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Cook Powers Smith Bartlett Auvil Radcliffe THE CAMPERS STOP G FB C RE T HB 1 n, a A . Bi .f t W d shop d t ing, - - - . .- ' - gany the victor b a 32 7 count Thus, we y - . reduced the Tornado to a mild zephyr. ALLEGANY, 38 - LA SALLE, 6. With ease the Campers defeated a crippled La Salle team. Although the Explorers fought valiantly, the might of Alco proved too great. Powers, Strock, Price, Peterson, and Eckhart made the scores. ALLEGANY, 20 - MARTINSBUBG, 19. The Martinsburg Bulldogs offered the stiffest resistance of the season in holding the Cam- pers to a 13-12 score at the end of the first half and continuing to threaten throughout he second half, while the Alco lads eked out a Z0-19 victory. Powers was Allegany's star as he ripped off long gains around the ends and made all three touchdowns. ALLEGANY, 32 - LA SALLE, 13. Meeting the Explorers for a second time, the Campers again proved too heavy and too de- ceptive for the less experienced Irish team. Radcliffe and Powers tore through the light Ex- plorer's line at will while the Alco front-wall proved to be the best in this area by pushing the Explorer backs all over the field. Feature game was Lindbergh Cook's snatching of lo an's pass and his gain of eighty odd to place the ball within scoring distance. Alco's reserves saw plenty of action in this setto and Mervin Copp's eighty-two yard run became the major item of the contest. ALLEGANY, 13 - FORT HILL, l2. Playing an inspired game after Tommy Powers, our star fullback, was carried from the field midway in the first quarter with a broken legg the Campers defeated the Sentinels 13-12 on Turkey Day. An estimated 6,500 persons marveled at the fighting spirit and determination of the Bowers' coached team as it presented to its coach his first undefeated season in the final contest of his grid tutoring at Allegany. The first Camper's score came like a light- ning bolt on the second play after the initial kickoff to give them a lead which they never relinquished. Strock, taking the leather on a quick opening play, burst inside left tackle, found himself in the clear and headed for the promised land, a distance of fifty-five yards. Stanley Bishop added what proved to be the winning point. It was not until the last play of the first half that the Sentinels scored. White went over