Chamberlain High School - Totem Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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VIKING sneaks 'rl-:rough Chief defense for TD. ANOTHER Manatee drive is crushed. MANATEE Hurricane is calmed by Chamberlain ocfef. CHAMBERLAIN SHUTS OUT PLANTERS, 27-0 Taking the field in the opener against Plant City, the Chamber- lain Chiefs, gridmen exhibited their nifty backield speed and the lineis Herculean power to crush the Planters, 27-0. Though six touchdowns were scored, only 4 were tallied, 2 being nullified by an infraction. The first Chief to hit paydirt was the little field general, Ben Hill, premiering the victory with a one-yard sneak. A 7-yard charge by fullback Russ Mercer upped the Indian visitors' score by 6, and defensive halfback Tommy Allen legged the mail 9 yards before crossing the end-zone stripes. Transfer newcomer Bill Sims made his debut in a 50-yard gallop to TD territory, while Ernest Brady booted the pigskin through the uprights for a total of 3 extra points. Though not in the scoring limelight, halfback Henry Bonar gathered up large chunks of yardage offensively, Ron Mercer, Bonar's running mate, paced off a nullified 82-yard TD, and tackle Donn Kerbo punted an attractive 43.2 average for the night. CHS AND HILLSBORO SLOSH TO 6-6 TIE Drenched and soggy, 400 loyal fans braved the elements to watch the Chamberlain-Hillsborough intracity duel. Slipping, sliding, and sloshing through the mud and mire of the field, the Chiefs and Terriers fought tooth and nail to a 6-6 deadlock, most of the bat- tle ground being the middle of the gridiron. Both teams used op- position-error strategy, punting anywhere from first to fourth down. With rain pouring from start to finish, both scores were chalked in the third quarter in this almost all defensive game. Approximately five minutes after the Terrier visitors earned their six points, the Chiefs' eleven rolled up 33 yards in a Hill-to-Bonar pass to fire up the scoring drive. Fullback Russ Mercer and halfback Bill Sims waded to the two to meet a fourth down. Quarterback Hill passed again, and though it was partially blocked and deflected, the pigskin wobbled into the end zone where end Bobby Barnes was waiting to snare it. Both teams' conversions were muffed and other scoring opportunities were snatched up by the foe. Chief John Dent, who recovered three of the opponentis seven fumbles, pulled a ligament and was sidelined for the season. CHS ELEVEN SHELL ST. PETERSBURG, 2I-6 Traveling across the bay to battle the highly rated Green Devils, the North Tampans met their foes with determination to notch another win on their tomahawk. St. Pete opened the scoring in the second period with a TD, but muffed the point-after-touchdown. Rebounding back with a 67-yard Ben Hill-Bobby Barnes scoring pass, Ernest Brady added his first of three PATis to go into the halftime with a 7-6 lead. The end zone was void of play in the third quarter, but midway in the Hnal period, fullback Mercer sliced from the 2 to a six point climax of an 81yard drive that required only 11 plays. For a grand finale of the night, Bonar thrilled the CHS spectators with a 15-yard twisting jaunt into the end zone.

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NELSON McPHERSON GEORGE SMYTI-IE CHIEFS MASSACRE NORTHEAST, 4I-I2 Again canoeing across the bay to the St. Pete village, the Chiefs stomped Northeast's Vikings, 41-12, to cop their second straight conference win. The fleet of CHS backs were too fast for the Vikes to catch, and the stalwart forward wall was too tough for the host team to penetrate. Chamberlain's big tepee, still holding the Western Conference pass-play record due to the 99 yard teamwork of Ben Hill and Donn Kerbo, executed the play in last year's encounter with the Vikes, and threatened to set a new scoring mark. Starting the Chiefs scoring party was Russ Mercer, who used a 2-yard bolt for a six-pointer. Ending the first half with a 20-0 lead, the Chiefs continued the assault to lead 34-0 before Northeast could slip in a tally. After the Vikes contributed its last TD to their anemic score, the second and third string Tampans strengthened the shellacking with a final sextet-of-points blow. On the bandwagon of Chief TD makers were Russ Mercer, Ben Hill, Roy Wilcox, Eddie Roland, and racking up two for the night, Bill Sims. CHAMBERLAIN CALMS THE HURRICANES, I3-7 Unbeaten Chamberlain had to pull a near upset out of the fire to edge the stubborn Manatee Hurricanes, 13-7 before some 5000 fans. The improved Hurricanes forced the CHS eleven to take to the air to save the homecoming game. After Bill Sims, left halfback, pocketed a 44-yard Hill pass, he outran a 'Cane to put the first tally on the scoreboard in the last of the second period. The extra point failed but the Chiefs took the lead, 6-0. The 'Canes capitalized on a blocked punt and push-ed from the 29 to a touchdown. The conversion was good and the scanty one-point lead seemed to be the margin of upset. A double reverse with Hank Bonar winding up with the oval ate up 16 yards and set up che Chief war party. Hill pitched out to Ron Mercer, who threw a perfect strike to Tommy Allen, another outstanding halfback, and Allen bucked the secondary to the one. Comman- deer Hill sneaked over for the do-or-die score and Ernest Brady contributed the extra point. The clock snuifed out a final Hur- ricane storm, and the Chief rooters swarmed their brave gridiron Chieftains. BOBBY WEAVER TERRY Boom CHIEFS SWAMP SAILORS, 34-0 Caught off guard by a 100721 improved Manatee eleven, the Chamberlain warriors fired up their swift ground attack and shut out Sarasota, 34-0 to earn their fourth straight confer- ence victory. Scoring on Chamberlain,s Hrst two possessions in the opening quarter, Bill Sims took the defenders' goal for a TD, and then Hank Crazylegs Bonar tore loose from the Sailors, twisting, spinning, and weaving behind excellent block- ing to add his six points. Sims out-hoofed the Sailors for another tally, and the Chiefs led 20-0 at the halftime. The Chiefs flooded the Sailors again with Ben Hill sneaking over to up the 20 point lead by 6. After CHS punted, tackle Donn Kerbo recovered the runaway pigskin to set up the Tommy Allen tidal wave for the TD nightcap, shipwrecking the Sarasota Sailors, 34-0. PANTHERS bife The dusi' as Chief crawls for yardage.