Hughes Springs High School - Mustang Yearbook (Hughes Springs, TX)

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Recexvlng the T1ger k1CkOff on the1r own 35 Watt and Ander son marched down f1e1d behlnd the best blockmg of the season to score on the 8th play of the game Wxtt collected 19 pomts to add to h1s prev1ous 140 to end the ten game regular season w1th 159 and a secure spot among the state s top scormg fra termty Other scores for the Pomes were made by Doc Anderson on a 16 yard sprmt and 18 yard pass 1ntercept1on and run back by Wayne Russell an extra pomnt by Anderson a pass from W1tt to McDan1elfor anextra poxnt and a pass completxon from Wxtt to Johnny Welch Flfteen Mustangs carrxed the brunt of the attack but every s1ngle Mustang and Colt saw act1on agamst the Txgers Welch Reeder Goolsby Pr1ce Floyd and Preston Currey Leftwxch, Wltt, Anderson Goodson S1mpson, Morgan McDan1e1 Wayne Russell and Leo Duck played mspxred ball sendmg the Mustangs 1nto b1 d1str1ct play agamst Brownsboro BROWNSBORO BEARS OVERPOWER HUGHES SPRINGS FOR BI DISTRICT TITLE The bears were just too beefy for the Mustangs to handle zn bl d1str1ct play at G1lmer Dec 1 The Mustangs were out classed and Oufplayed but never outfought as they met thexr only defeat of the 1949 season 34 6 Injurxes had a lot to do w1th the loss The fxrst quarter ended 0 0 but by that tlme 7 Mustangs had been mjured wxthburly Prxce and McDan1e1 s1de11ned for good Joby Wltt gave the Hughes Sprxngs fans thexr only thr111 when he galloped through the ent1re Bear l1ne for the Mustang s lone tally Mustangs that were red hot and carned the Red and Black banner the lnghest were Capta1ns Currey and W1tt Center Leftwlch Tackle Goolsby and Freshman Leo Duck

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FOOTBALL SQUAD Kg 411.4 Coach Joe Blount Doc Anderson Joby Wxtt Wayne Russell Joel McDan1e1 John ny Welch Halrl Pr1ce Ph1l1p Goolsby Carol Leftw1ch Leo Duck Cyrus Reeder Bobby Llneberger George Abernathy B11ly Wellborn Donald Naron Tommy Morgan Bxlly S1mpson Preston Currey Robe tGoodson Floyd Currey Mayo McDan1el Rxchard Black J W Grlffln Manager Arthur Boughner Rab Wallace Clols Cook James Weeks Elbert Hooten Joe Pyland James Tomberla1n Thomas Str1ck1and Don Weeks John Russell 5 .- X. - . 1 1- 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 I' 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0