Lee County High School - Tiger Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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Furst row top to bottom Red Lungerfelt tackle Edward Lee 'Spencer center Tvn Russell end Clyde Meagher guard Second row Robert Saldla end Jlrnrny Hanson back Mnlfe Meagher back Thurd row Bruce Long back Hugh Dullon center Bull Nunn end Fourth row Bcwlnng Buftord tackle Jrrnrny Beaty guard Wllson Crowder end Duck Meagher back

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llgers Defeat Bulldogs 7 6 In Annual Classic Tngers Upset Auburn Downs Dadevllle, 13 7 Auburn the underdog pulled nts mayor upset of the season In down :ng the Dadevulle Tugers Dadevllles luck off was taken by Auburn on their own 20 The Baby Ttgers fumbled and Dadevxlle recov ered Auburn s stubborn llne held so the ball went over on downs Long klcked to Dadevllles 40 The Txgers dr ve fo pay dlrt started late an the lst pertod Long and Mlke Meagher carrled the ball to Dadevtlle s 5 Long s pass to Hanson on 4th down gave the Tigers a 6 0 lead Captatn Meaghers converslon was good Score 7 0 Dadevllles lone score came In the last mlnutes of the 2nd pertod Dadevtlle atded by penalties carrted the ball to Auburn s 2 The lane held for 4 downs but a penalty put the ball on the l They scored and made the extra pount After the knck off Long tossed a long pass complete to Russel Dadevllles 5 The half ended wtth the score tled 7 7 Durtng the 3rd quarter both teams refused to glve ground and the quar ter was scoreless The Tlger wlnnmg tally came early IH the 4th pernod Auburn drove to Dadevllle s l5 from where Mlke Meagher ctrcled has end for the score The conversion was wlde Auburn lead l3 7 The Baby Tlgers threatened agaln by drtvlng to Dadevulles l-4 where they lost the ball on downs Dadevrlles only hope was lost when Beaty lntercepted a pass on hts '55 Auburn held the ball untll tnme ran out and walked off the fueld wlnnlng l3 7 Eufaula, 21 0 Wlth the strength of a mad tuger Auburn overpowered Eufaula 21 0 The Tlgers took the lead early un the flrst perlod when Long plunged over for a touchdown Hts converston was good Auburn lead 7 O Both teams fought all over the fneld untll the half ended Auburn s other touchdowns came tn the 3rd and 4th pertods Long scored one and Meagher scored the other on a sprlnt off tackle The game ended wuth the score 2l O Auburn Loses Thrlller to Wetumpka 1918 Russell recelved the opentng klck off and raced 80 yards for a touch Melton Wetumpka s star half back and behlnd ex cellent blocklng also ran for a touch took Auburns klck down The score was tae 6 6 Wetumpka s lo n e e x t r a potnt spelled the Ttgers doom Opelika receuved the klckoff on theur own 35 On the second play Bankston lost 20 yards and the Bull dogs were forced to ktck Auburn took over but punted on 4th falled to gaun Long down Opeltka then started a drlve whlch ended In their defeat The Bulldogs drove to the Tlger 35 on a serles of plays Muke Meagher caught the ball tn the alr and raced 65 yards for a touchdown Longs placement splut the uprtghts The Ttgers were ahead Auburn klcked off agatn but Ope Iuka s plays fauled to work Both teams exchanged punts untll the last of the second quarter when Auburn fumbled on thelr own I5 Opellka recovered The Tiger lane held for 3 downs but on the 4th the Bulldogs scored on a truck pass Trotters attempt to run the extra potnt off tackle falled The half ended Score 7 6 The thlrd quarter was spent ln ex changtng punts Opelika didnt threat en the last half Durlng the 4th quar ter the Tlgers camped Inside the Bulldogs lO yard llne Auburn passes wouldnt click and all the attempts score fauled The Bulldogs trled desperately to score In the last mtnutes but because of Auburns alert pass defense they dndn t succeed The game ended wuth Auburn wunnlng 7 6 Baby Tigers Are Vlctorlous at Home Coming Hurt Defeated, I9 6 Auburn took an early lead when Mtke Meagher srurted his right en for 65 yards to gave has team a 6 O ead Hurts only score came tn the nd ong pass to h s end who cro sed the goa standlng up Qcore tned 6 6 perlod wher McGowan to sed a The Tlgers drove another score over durung the last part of the 2nd perlod t lead at the halt l2 6 Auburns only extra pomt was made on a pass to Russell The game ended wlth score I9 6 The sponsors were Faye Samford and Dons Thornton Thelr escorts were Earl Wnlllams and Reeder Prlester The sponsors were presented wlth two large bouquet of chrysan themums I I l K I I I . . . Q 1 - l l 0 l ' . - - . . l ' ' l 1 . I I ' V ' I ' ' I , I . , . . l - 1 . F i I . V , , . - g . . , - . . I - , I , I ' l . 7-O. . . l . . , t . , - . 1 . , . , . . I . . ' A I I' ' . A I I . - I , . . , I - , . , - 1 , l V 1 . , . , . , - , . . . I T I ' . , . . . , , . - I I , , A . . , - , . . I g - I ' . I . l . . . , A - , - - . ' . down. Auburn lead, 6-0. I A . l , ' v , to ' . ' , l l l ' ' ' - l - , , on I . , a . I . . , 4 . 1 V , . - . a, - , , I ' l , , 1 . , . , 1 - . ' 1 ' - l , - - . . . l - Q I . . I I I C . E ' . ' I I - 1 ' - 3 . I. . . O 'X ' d , f ' . - 4 , . . , , T 5 I ' I , l l f - ' V A 2 1 . . ' ' t . s l l , , ' , l e . . - ' S l l . Q ' ' ' . , ' - . Q I ' A l - J ' . . , l . , , t , - -

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