Collins High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oak Hill, WV)

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mare, ...mm Red Devils warm up for their traditional lug game with Mt. Hope. DEVILS HAND OVER lUG RED DEVIL CO-CAPTAINS Albert Kokoski and Ssirley Burgess reluctantly hand over the Little Brown lug to the Mustangs, November 7 after a heartbreaking 25-0 defeat by the Mt. Hope boys. It was the first time in three years that the Iug had been moved from its place of honor in the Col- lins trophy case, except for its yearly appearance at the Mt. Hope-Oak Hill classic. Mustangs crossed the Collins goal four times and made one extra point in their bid for the beloved trophy. The Red Devil defense, almost powerless against the strong Mustang line, was again plagued by fumbles throughout the evening. Lyle Hinte, speedy Mustang back field runner, opened the game by taking the kick-off and driving 23 yards for the score. In the second period Udy Stover. another fast Mustang back, went 46 yards to hit paydirt. The Red Devils, who seemed to gain renewed strength during halftime, were again stopped by the Mustangs when quarterback Walter Bean plunged six yards for the third Mt. Hope TD. Late in the final period all hopes for a Collins rally ended when Mt. Hope's Iohn Kody made qood a Mustang pass for the final score of the evening. The kick for the conversion was good. Final score: Mt. Hope 25, Oak Hill 0. DU PONT DROPS DEVILS HALLOWEEN NIGHT MEANT MORE than tricks or Pont on the disappointing side of a 12-7 score. The game treats to the Red Devil combine who came home from Du- was played in the Panther Stadium. One of the Panther touchdowns came on the first play from scrimmage when a DuPont boy, behind superb block- ing, ran all the way for the score. The try for the extra point failed. In the second half, Shirley Burgess, Devil halfback, spearheaded an attack which took the ball to the DuPont three-yard line. Frank Harkenstein, Oak Hill quarterback. then flipped a pass to Fred Rogusky, end, who went over for Collins' only touchdown. Frank also added the extra point. In the second half Frank McKewan scored for the second time for the Panthers when he seized an Oak Hill punt on his own 45-yard line and drove all the way for the final score of the game. The attempt for conversion failed. the accompaniment of thudding leather and 8 1952 RED DEVIL GRID ROUND UP SOMETIMES WE'RE UP. Sometimes we're down. And like true philosophers Collins fans and football heroes accepted the Ups and Downs of the 1953 grid season. This was not one of the Red Devils' better years. Fumbles, injuries, and weather-+What ever the cause-the Red 6. Black record stands at three wins, seven losses. September 6--Collins September 12-Collins 25 September 19-Collins 7 6 .,,,,,, .,,. .. East Bank 14 Stoco 0 Princeton 26 September 26-Collins 27 Fayetteville 13 October 3-Collins 6 ...,,.,.. ..... Beckley 26 October 10-Collins 0 ..... Charleston 35 October 17-Collins 0 ....,. r St, Albans 14 October 24-Collins 7 ,,,,,, v Dupont 12 October 31-Collins 26 .,.. .,.,.... H inton 0 November 7-Collins 0 ,,,,, , ., Mt. Hope 25

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arsity ootball Stories BECKLEY GROUND ATTACK SHATTERED IT WAS RALEIGH COUNTY night at Red Devil Memorial Stadium. Undefeated Beckley proved useless on the ground. that night of October 3, but stunned the Red Devil aerial defense by successfully completing eight of 13 passes for all four of their touchdowns. Beckley, scoreless in the first quarter, uncovered two long passes in the second period to put the ball on the Collins seven. Billy Powers. Beckley halfback, then rammed over for the TD. Minutes later, re- covering a Red Devil fumble, the Eagles drove to the Red Devil four- inch line. Beckley's fullback, Norman Southern, on the second down. plunged over for another tally. The point try was successful. Opening the second half, Shirley Burgess, on a handoff from Mole Holstein, tromped 65 yards to paydirt for the only Devil touch- down of the game and the only one by any team during the season against the Beckleyans. Early in the third quarter Beckley's Bill Collier tossed a pass that covered 65 yards for another Beckley score. After Iack Terry fumbled on Beckley's 30 in the fourth period, the Eagles drove to the 50-yard line and then passed to cover the remaining yards and pile up the sizeable edge. The point try was good. Final score 26-6. DEVILS WIN IN HOMECOMING CLASH A CHEERING, YELLING Homecoming crowd of capacity proport- ions watched the Collins Mooremen conquer the Hinton Bobcats in Red Devil Memorial Stadium October 24. Breaking a three-game losing streak and taking advantage of every break , worked smo- othly to roll up a Z6-O victory over their Summers County neighbors. Red Devils tallied in every quarter with Shirley Burgess set- ting the pace by scoring a touchdown on the first play from scrim- mage. Capitalizing on opportunity, Shirley dashed through a hole opened by tackles Iohn Frisk and Harley Ioe Frazier and raced 73 yards to the goal line. Frank Hartenstein scored the extra point. A Bobcat fumble in the second quarter on the Hinton Z8 set up the second score for the Devils. Recovering the fumble, the Moore- men pushed to the nine-yard line where a pass from Burgess to lack Terry added six points to the score. The try for extra point failed. In the third quarter Burgess took a double reverse from Terr Y and crossed the double stripes for his second marker. The extra point made the score 20-0. In the final period Terry, on a pass from Mole Holestein, sprint- ed over the goal lines, scoring the final touchdown for the Devils. The final score was 26-0. CHARLESTON SMOTHERS COLLINS ELEVEN FUMBLES AND INEXPERIENCE took their toll of the Red Devils when they tangled with the Charleston Mountain Lions in Red Devil Memorial stadium, October 10. The Mountain Lions drubbed the Devils to the tune of 35-0 and forced the Devils to add a fourth loss to their record. The evening was a series of bad breaks and disappointments for the Mooremen. Alert Charleston boys took advantage of every Devil mistake and scored on the eight Oak Hill fumbles. Trouble started on the first play from scrimmage when Shirley Burgess fumbled on Charleston's 33-yard line. The Mountain Lions, quick to seize the advantage, recovered and in two plays crossed the double stripes. The conversion play was successful. The first quarter set the pattern for the game. The Red Devils continued to fumble and the Mountain Lions Continued to recover and score. Charleston recovered another Devil fumble later in the game and five plays later made their touchdown to make the score, I3-0. Later in the game, the Devils pushed to the Charleston four but ran out of downs before they could go over the goal line. Almost as the half ended, Burgess scored but a penalty nullified the play and the disappointed Devils saw their spark sputter out. In the third period a blocked punt gave Charleston a safety. Again the Devils kicked off and six plays later the Mountain Lions scored again. The Kanawha countians obtained two more touchdowns on a Devil fumble and an intercepted pass in the fourth period to make the score, 35-0. ST. ALBANS SURPRISES MOOREMEN ST. ALBAN'S RED DRAGONS wrecked the Red Devils 14-0 Sat- urday, October 18 at Crawford field in St. Albans. A scoreless quarter began the game, but a Devil fumble re- covered by St. Albans in the second period led to a Red Dragon touchdown. The point for conversion failed. During the third period the Red Devils threatened to score when they moved to the Dragon 28, but the drive stopped when Shirley Burgess, Devil halfback, was pushed back to the 40. St. Albans scored a safety four plays after the Red Devil threat when Mole Holestein went back to punt. The pass from center went over Mole's head and four St. Albans boys pounced on him before he could get rid of the ball. This put St. Albans on the favor- able side of 8-0 score. Six plays after the Devil kickoff to St. Albans, the Dragons drove over for another score. The try for the extra point failed. lights of Red Devil Memorial Stadium to The Red Devil Band helps to keep enthusiasm at high pitch at football games as they play school longs. Majoret- tes add to the pageantry of games, One Red Devil bites the dust as Shirley Burgess reach- es for a wild pass at the Beckley game.

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1952 IMP GRID ROUND UP September 25-Imps 13 .,.,.A........w.......... .e..w..w ....., ..e,..ve..e...........,,.,---.--- L 0 0 kout 13 October 1 Imps 27 October 15 Imps 6 October 23--Imps 21 October 30-Imps 34 November 7 Imps 7 Fayettevxlle Mt Hope Stoco 12 Pnnceton Beckley 7 flashmg cleats cheered on by the thunder FIRST ROW LEFT TO RIGHT I Pennmgton G Wtndsor I Tennant I Sxzemore L Oyler C Nnchols K Bowyer R Crowder D Erad ey B Pxgg R Totten A Ford D Sheets and I Waddell E S COND ROW G Olxver C Haqa T Yoney B Reynolds D Yarber L Slater I Lewxs G Canteloupe F ROW D Wtdner D Grant F Mxller F Hxqqms G Epperly S ODell I Hall C Kama I 5 A ,M af 1? 561, M we Rexd Coach Iohnson L Woodson D Spangler and Coach Hauqht THIRD K Pannell and B Callahan ff if A 4 2' Skim N-.ff K..-. 3