Bourne High School - Canal Currents Yearbook (Bourne, MA)

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Bourne High School Thirty -one BOURNE 29— FRANKLIN 6 Bourne again dug up the home turf in its runs to victory. Francis Ojala showed superior running and racked up a score of twelve points. Captain Kenny Jenkins made many brilliant runs. BOURNE 0— CASE 19 On October 19 the Bourne boys were destined to lose their first game of the sea- son to a superior Case team. A number of costly fumbles forced Bourne backward though they held their overwhelming force to a fairly small scoring margin. I BOURNE 6— FALMOUTH 6 ! The Bourne team played its first out-of-town game at Lawrence High’s field. ! The Lawrence boys scored early in the game but could not make the extra point. , Although neither team acquired victory, Bourne claimed revenge when Jenkins ran over the last white stripe to a touchdown.

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Thirty Canal Curreots 1947 Virst row: R. Brightman, L. Fougere, F. LaChapelle, R. Forsyth, B. Burns, W. Whittier, R. Burns, B. Raleigh, G. Compton, K. Jenkins, Coach Butler. Second row. G. Neil, A. Byron, E. Harris, D. Hunt, R. Layton, E. Aylmer, E. Venn, G. Salsman, L. Ferretti, D. Long. Third row: F. Dunbury, D. Clegg, E. Benson, C. Thamalis, E. Johnson, R. Ballard, W. Cook, A. Byron, E. Gavazza, R. Salsman, J. Young, C. Harding, R. Grant, R. Anderson, Q. Coppi. Boiiime High Football 19 4 6 BOURNE 25— YARMOUTH 6 The Bourne High boys were victorious in their first game by trouncing Yar- mouth under their cleats. Captain Kenny Jenkins led his team by scoring four touch- downs. Coach Butler proved he would make a good fighting team out of so-called green players. BOURNE 0— SOMERSET 0 Bourne met a tough rival on the home field on October 5. The two teams fought desperately for a score, but it was in vain. Both teams seemed to be running bn tread- mills. This contest was considered by most the best of the year.

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Thirty-two Canal Ciiarreints 1947 BOURNE 19— DARTMOUTH 0 Bourne rapped out another home victory over the Dartmouth eleven by a good score. Captain Jenkins ran wild and scored 13 of the 19 points. Our one-year wonder, Fred Dunbury, scored the remaining 6 points. But we will give the Dartmouth boys credit for some good fighting. BOURNE 13— HOPKINGTON 13 The Bourne boys traveled their longest distance to tie a score with Hopkington in the western part of the state Jenkins scored seven of the thirteen points, and Ojala came up with the rest of the tally. But, try as they might, the boys could not quite grasp another point to win the game. BOURNE 19— WAYLAND 28 Bourne suffered its second, as well as its first, defeat on home grounds. Though Bourne tried hard, they could not keep Wayland from acquiring a nine-point lead. The scorers for Bourne were Louie Fougere, BOURNE 13— NANTUCKET 0 The Bourne boys took a boat ride that the next contest. Ojala and Dunbury scored the tally up to thirteen with an extra point, came out of the game with a broken arm. Fred Dunbury, and Dannie Hunt. was for the most part unwanted to get six points each, and Kenny Jenkins ran Danny Hunt met with misfortune as he BOURNE 19— WAREHAM 6 The annual Thanksgiving Day game at Wareham was a victory for Bourne. On the first play after the kick-off which was to Wareham, Morse of Wareham received the ball and ran over half the field for a touchdown. To retaliate. Captain Jenkins led the rest of the Bourne boys to victory, leading the scoring parade with three touch- downs. Francis Ojala made an extra point on a pass to bring the score up to the final nineteen.