Kirklin High School - Kay Yearbook (Kirklin, IN)

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KIRKLIN TRIUMPHS OVER SHERIDAN, 14-7 Keith Buntin scored two touchdowns. with the hard blocking of his fellow teammates, to lead the Travelers to their second triumph of the season on October 2. on the Kirklin gridiron. The Travelers upset the Blackhawks 14-7 before one of the largest crowds of the season. Ken Buntin romped 50 yards in the first ouarter for pay-dirt but stepped out ot' bounds midway to the goal line. Again in the third quarter Ken ran 40 yards for a touchdown, but it was called back because of a holding penalty. In addition the Travelers had advanced to the one yard line when the final gun sounded, after Bob Hackett had intercepted a Blackhawk pass, which put Kirklin in a scoring position. Bruce Wiley, tackle. and Bob Hackett, line backer, held down the left side of the Travelers line on defense and threw the Hawks for many losses while they got few short gains. Max Stowers. one of our better lineman, received a broken left arm. Max was missed greatly the re- mainder of the season. He is a Junior so he will be back next year. The first touchdown came on a 15-yard run by Keith Buntin. and Ken ran the extra point, In the second quarter Max Stowers and Bob Price opened up a hole over tackle and the backfield led Keith through for 55 yards. Jim Loveless ran the extra point. Sheridan counted in the third quarter when Bud Harris tossed a 15-yard pass to Jerry Ottinger and later added the point. Kirklin also got the OLD WATER BUCKET from Sheridan. KIRKLIN WINS OVER DELPHI, 27-ti The Kirklin squad kicked off to Delphi in a thrill- ing game at Kirklin on October 9, 1953. During the first few plays Kirklin recovered a Delphi fumble. On the first play Ken Buntin, with the help of Bruce Wiley and Wayne Kelley and perfect blocking by the backfield. slipped over left tackle for 25 yards for the first score. The point was no good and Kirklin led 6-0. The Travelers added two more scores in the first quarter to make it 20-0. In the second quarter Delphi scored but failed to gain the point. The half ended 20-6 with Kirklin on their own 20 yard line. In the third period, quarterback Don Stevenson pushed over the touchdown and the extra point on a quarterback sneak. From this time on the game was defense with Wiley and Hackett being outstanding. TRAVELERS LOSE TO WESTFIELD, 13-7 The Kirklin squad journeyed to Westfield on Oc- tober 16, 1953. The Travelers were held on their running plays, but a pass to Bob Price for 30 yards scored Kirklin's only touchdown. Westfield scored in the first period on a 15-yard pass. Center, Norman Wills blocked the extra point. Keith Buntin ran Kirklin's extra point. In the last two minutes Westfield tossed a pass for 35 yards for the score. The point was good to win 13-7. TRAVELERS FALL TO LEBANON, 20-7 The Travelers ended their gridiron season at Lebanon by losing 20-7, on October 21, 1953. Lebanon scored in the first quarter to make it 7-0. At the half it was still 7-0. Ken Buntin injured his ankle in the first few plays and had to be taken out of the game, The Tigers scored again in the third period to make it 13-0. Keith Buntin was injured and removed from the field but later came back to play. The Travelers were held by a strong defense throughout the game. In the fourth quarter Collier crossed the goal line to make it 20-0. A few minutes later, after a roughing penalty, fullback Bob Hackett smashed over guard for the touchdown and the extra point to make it 20-7. This was the last game for Bruce Wiley, Jim Hopp and our two co-captains, Keith Buntin and Bob Hackett. -24-

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KIRKLIN TIES MORTON MEMORIAL, 7-7 The Kirklin Travelers opened the season with Morton Memorial on September 4, 1953. Kirklin was on their way to victory until the last 50 seconds of the ball game when Tom Brown went around his right end for the score and also the extra point, Kirklin got an early lead by scoring in the first period. Bob Hackett scooted over his right tackle for 37 yards and left the ball on the six yard line, On the next play Ken Buntin went around his left end behind good blocking for the score. The same play was run for the extra point, but brother Keith ran the right end for the score. This was one of Hackett's best games on defense. Our backfield av- eraged about 148 pounds but their speed got them out of many jams. The game ended in a 7-7 tie. KIRKLIN ROMPS OVER CHARLTON, 56-0 The game opened with the Travelers kicking off. Charlton was forced to punt and Kirklin took over on their own 40 yard line. On the third play Keith Buntin, with some good team blocking, ran 40 yards for the score. At the half Kirklin led 28-0. ' In the second half Kirklin scored before Charlton handled the ball. The Travelers continued this way until the final gun, giving Kirklin a 56-0 win. Every man in the backfield scored except one. This was the largest winning margin since 1921. KIRKLIN FALLS TO BROWNSBURG, 20-19 In the first half Brownsburg took full advantage of Kirklin's mistakes and scored 13 points while Kirklin failed to In the second Keith Buntin set 50 yards around line. A few plays score. half it was a different ball game. up the first touchdown by running his own right end to the 20 yard later he bounded into the end zone for the score and also the extra point. In the fourth period Ken Buntin took a hand-off from quarterback Don Stevenson and ran 65 yards for the touchdown. A few plays later, Keith scam- pered around his own right end for 30 yards to put the ball in scoring position. Keith finally scored after several drives at the line. The game endezl 20-19 in favor of Brownsburg. FRANKFORT EDGES KIRKLIN, 7-6 The Travelers met one of their favorite rivals at Kirklin on October 25. 1953. Kirklin kicked off to Frankfort and the Nighthawks drove to the Kirk- lin 30 before losing the ball on downs. In two plays Kirklin had moved the ball to the Frankfort 39 yard line. A few plays later Keith ran around his right end for the score, but the try for the extra point failed. Frankfort scored in the second quarter and made the extra point. In the second half Kirklin was on the two yard line twice but couldn't push it across. Also, in the second half Kirklin had the ball 33 plays to Frank.fort's 9 but still lost. Kenny Buntin received an injured ankle and Keith Buntin a broken nose and a cut mouth, but Keith came back and played. The game ended with the Travelers on the short end of a 7-6 score. -23-

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