Central High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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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 .

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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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Central then began to moxe and jack Mayheld culminated the touchdown drixe by scoring from the one yard line Shortly thereafter Central scored again ack Fisher going oxer from the thirteen yard ine Miles Frost sera ed as game captain WEST Central dropped its fourth straight by the score of '56 13 The Blue and Gold scored hrst howexer as ack Fisher picked up a West fumble ind raced sixty yards for a touchdown West however came back fast and scored almost at will the remainder of the game Centrals final score came late in the fourth period at which time a goalward drixe was culminated by a pass oxer the goal from Harvill Sweeney to jack Fisher Raymond Hahn served as game captain LITTON lt was a bad muddy field on which Central won her first game And it was on the last play of the game that she svored the game s only touchdown Miles Frost took 1 partially blocked pass and raced WEST l.. half the dist ance of the field to gixe the dampened spirits of the Homecoming crowd a thrall as Central won 6 O Hamill Sweeney served as game captain DuPONT Central fought xalnntly before being downed on bad breaks to DuPont the Interscholastic League Champions Led by Captain We akley Wilson the game was st atistically a draw but DuPont came out best in scoring to wan 12 0 The years most effective with elex en out of eighteen passes thrown EAST Central lost another heartbreaker but not until she all but knocked East off the field East marked a tally early in the first period on a pass but left the Tornado to domin ate play throughout the remainder of the game It was truly the toughest game of all to lose considering the beating that was administered to the foe jack Mayfield captained the team for the night The most serious threat that Central made was stopped short on the six inch lane GAME 4 ' a 2 Q A ' A' z A Y' ' 4 . V . V . . . . y 2 , 2 L I Q 2 ' X A ' 1 A l I V. , I V I V . l . , , ' ' . 1 1 1 , 1 ' L K - , - z ' . b ' ' 1 ' 5 W I 2 Y ' 1 1 ' 1 z Q Ja A A ' 2 2 I 4 ' 2 V - , , , aerial attack was displayed as Central connected I - K 1 Q . I Y . , , . A ' L ' . ' Q K L 1 . ' ' . V i y A I . ' ' ' , A C L ' ' ' 1 2 Az 1 . 1 z . Q ' A . .T T ' X