Central High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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nl f. MM, wif? ff 47 'W-c. game or anstatutaon or wh atexer you care to ca foot all packs the emotaon al wallop th at at c an? WW AW' None can compare vyath thas greatest of all sports an thralls and an touchang the heartstrmvs It has been saad that football s great appeal laes an the fact that at as the one game an vxhach the reala vataon exceeds the antacapataon Nothmg as loxed any more ardently than football Nothmd can draw the tears amy quacker than the lattle tragedaes that come to the lover of the gam Nothang could be x alued more haghly for th bualdmg of sounder character than football peraen e on the gradaron mtakes for selfrelaance poase courage and anataataxe an the mclaxadual Speed on the season when knaghtly m n meet knarfhtly anen when gaan 1s dross and vlorys all There was lattle excatement ox er the prospects for 1043 when pr actace began an early August 1949 had been only a medaocre season and only four experaenced men were returmng to the team Foot ball has been at an cbb at Central for the past several years Gone arc those super ch ampaonshap teams whach glattered w0l3!'12llflV duranv the twentaes through the thartaes and up tall the adxent of the fortaes Teams whach lately boasted such stars as Robert lvl acon Baby Ray Rand Daxon Earl Be arden Bally Bryant Robert Hunter Wanston Bovaers and Lawrence Dudley It as these and others who made Central aareat on the fradaron Sadelaghts The football boys chose ack Fasher most x aluable and jack May held team capt am We akley Walsoaa w as pltaced on the Tennessean All Catv Team Not too much credat can be accorded Coach Ed Tapton lt as our belaef that he as one of the finest young coaches an the caty Has pataence knowledge of the game and lppllk.lt1Ol1 of psychology were responsablc for transformanv an an experaenced group of boys anto a powerful rcsourceful football team by the end of the season Assastant coache Zane Grey and Ball Maahl also vxon a place an the heart of all the boys on the team Lee Nalley as coach of the B team e s rxes a afreat deal of credat for the work that he dad

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'KU ,, , :1,.I: 'B e FOCTBALL E M TIPTON Coach Fzrst Row FRANK ATCHLEY, VANCE STOUTT, JACK FISHER, MAURILE MOFEITT IIMMY DAMON JACK MAYFIELD RAI MOND HAHN, bTANLEY BAKER, WEAKLFI WILSON MILES FROST WHEELER WOODROOI DELEERT IVICCORMAC BOBBY GREEN Second Row WALLACE MCCLARX, CHARLIE EDMONDSON, FORREST MOFFITT HENR1 OAKLEY HILL, LAVERT WILSON, HERMAN FERRELL, PAUL ESTES manager Tlurd row IOE BRXANT Imw MOSELEY, IALK BERNAL, FRANKIE CUNNINCHAM BOBBX Ni3RTHERN, LEWIS BENNETT RLSSELL WADDELL MAYNARD CARNAHAN BOBBX WILLIANIS MAURICE LEWIS manager HARYFX HOOPER, manager FRANK FEINSTEIN BILLX CROIILH PAT RCDCHELLE , I A X . : ' ' ' , , 1 1 V I A I 1 HOLT, LEE NALLEY, assistant coachg COACH TIPTON, REA SMITH, ALBERT MANNING, ' I , . V A 1 V 1 ' s V

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RESUME OF THE SEASON HILLSBORO Centrxl entered the open1ng contest of the 6i5Ol'1 a two touchdown underdog hut led by Capt We 1kley Wrlson 1cqu1tted themselxes zdrmrahly HI vannng a OJJ t1e The OUtSt?1l1d1I1g fe 1ture of the mme w1s a fourth perxod goal l1l'lC stand whrch pre xented Hxllshoro from gettrng 1 touchdown for the margrn of uctory Thelr drne was stopped on the exen yard lrne where they were held for three downs after whlch 1 Held goal was attempted It MBA MBA w1s at 1ts peak and Central xt her worst when the two met to resume 1 rn alry left off four ye1rs 1go The result w1s 1 28 O vun for the foe Scormg w1s free from st nrt to hmsh for the wrnners 1nd Central s pln produced no st 1lHdOUI: Attest mg to the power of MBA IS the fact that three of thelr players were pxcked on Central s 1ll opponent te1m They 1nclude Corky Corb1tt B1llv Fxelds 1nd George Payne l1ck F1sher serx ed lS game c1pta1n NORTH Even worse th 1n the precedlng week Central howed to a weak North COIT1l31l1C by the score of 2543 North scored rn exery perrod and for the th1rd consecutne week the Blue 1nd Gold was un 1hle to get started It w1s now th It we were t1hhed w1th havxng the we1kest offense rn the c1ty Cen tral s play 111 the game was splrltless and the humxh ltmg score w1s 1nev1table RYAN Lookxng good for the Hrst tune of the year the Golden Tornado lost 1 he 1rtbreaker to Ryan 14 13 The Hrst half saw the Gold kept on the defenswe hy 1 success1on of fumbles Ryan scored hrst wxth only SIX seconds left IU the hrst h 1lf It followed 1 fumble on Central s twenty whxch gaxe Ryan the hall Less th1n a mlnute 1fter play was resumed 111 the second half Ry1n scored 1ga1n by blockrng 1 punt the ball boundmg oxer the goal l1ne I . I I 2 ' , A s Q ' ' , ' . . A 2 . , 2 . V 2 , 1 . A Y ' f bl V ' 1 A 2 I ' ' 1 , 2 f , Di T f I ' z ' . 1 ' 2 1 H V. I - ' V I r 1 4 1 , 1 . ,I S Y ' S V , 1 1 . 1 - v ' 2 va f . was no good and the hall went over to Central. jack Mayfield served as game captain. Q 2 ' ' A ' z 1 Q ' ' Q V , ' 2 L . 1 z . ' 2 2 ' ' - Q ' r z ' ' 1' 1 ' A L A l aj ' 1 1 ' f 4 ' l ' ' ' 1 . ' ' 1 . 1 L - A A 1 I . I qv . ' , , . ' L C , I . . , Q Q ' 1 ,2 4 ' L 1 ' . , ' I ' ' n .