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FOOTBALL Xiexia 26 London 0 On September 8 the London Wildcats began the 1950 season losing to the tough Nf9Xl3 Blaek Cats The London boys held the Cats to a 6 0 lead at the half time but were unable to keep the pace in the last half losing 26 0 London 33 Mineola 14 Enraged by the defeat at the hands of Nfexm the Cats plawed the Nimeola Yellow jackets the following Friday and drubbed them 33 14 The fats showed much improvement oier the previous week Seorlng for the Wildcats were Lee Bulloek Nfunn and Oller Bennett eonverted for three extra pomts London 27 Van 0 The second team to meet defeat at thc hands of London w as the- X an Xandxls The VVlldeats did not have much trouble downing the Wandals defeating them 21 0 Seoring., for London were Nlunn Blgbs and Grace Bennett kieked three extrl pomts London 20 Irvmg 19 On September 29 the XlfllllLZllS pourneyed to Irvmg and pl ned one of the most thrilling., games of the season The Tigers seored all 19 of their points in the first qu rrter und held the London boys scoreless The Vhldeats came to life md stored in e leh of the following quarters wlnmng 2019 Nlunn scored two of the touehdowns on plunges through eenter and Lee took a punt on his own 40 and raced the pigskin baek all the wav for the T D Bennett converted twice lcverett s Chapel 13 London 12 Lions losing the hard fought game 13 12 The seore w is tied 6 6 it the h nlf but on the opening kick off the Lions raeed the ball leross the double stripe for the T D The C its seored in the fourth quarter but the L C extra point proved to be the winning margin Scoring for London were Munn and Grace London 33 White Oak 0 The Wildcats met another rn al the VVh1te Oak Roughnecks the following week swamp mg them 33 0 Scoring for London were Oller Munn Grace on a pass from Vhlborn and Lee Bennett converted for three extra pomts Carthage 12 London 0 On October 27 London opened drstnct play with the Carthage Bulldogs losing 12 0 The 'Wildcats threatened twice in the first half, but were unable to push the ball aeross the double stripe The Bulldogs scored both touchdowns on passes London 34 Rusk 7 The Wildcats did not find mueh fight m the Rusk Eagles sw ampmg them '34 7 Crossing the double stnpe for the Wildcats were Grace Nlunn VV1lliams and Hinton Bennett split the uprlghts four out of five tunes jacksonville 41 London 12 On November 10 the jacksonville Indians whooped into the London stadium and mas sacred the Cats 41 12 The Indians were leading 1312 at the half but came blek in the last half and scored four more T Ds while holding the London bows seoreless Nfunn seored both of the Cats touchdowns london 35 Center 0 The 1V1ldcats ended the 19.30 season by trouncmg the Center Roughriders 33 0 The Cats scored several more touehdowns but had them called back bee iuse of penalties Seorlng for the Cats were Grace, Niunn Hinton and DeLaune Bennett kieked all fue extra pomts 1' ' V g . , ' - ,'-1 1 - ' ' I a V , , - I I l lx . . ' , . V ' s . ', . A ., , . .Y . , v' - V , A ' - ' s 1 - 1 , . q 1 , 1 s ' 1 V 1 x 1 . . . s ' w v . 5 7: 4 ' L if I 1 5 -- ' N . 1 , ., . . v 2 1 1 L I 1 1 in 1 1 . ' , , , , . . . ,. ' . V' . g- ' V1 ' 1 1 Vs . s b- ' ' 1 - 1 I B . ' r L- if . 1 ' ' U- ' . 5 1 - 5 1 if 5- .. - x ' s 1 .-. . ' .2 v s ' -' r V' ' , V V s . , - . 7 . . - A , . - The following Friday the London boys mct their long time rivals, the Lcverett's Chapel ' 5, ' , . , ,. . 3, U . ik- '. ','1 . 1 . .' 1 v n V 7 1 v. V yn , A1 i - ' ' ' V . 5 A 9 I v , . - . . .. W . 3 A V l - ' I 5 1. . . 1 ' 3 ' 3 ' 7 ' 1 - l ' - r . 1 1 i 4 I s ' G l , . . . - , . ' K ' 'I' - ' ' s V - . 1 - I b gf . 1 A 1 s J - - - . . .. 1 1 .i It ' 1 x sl- hw 1 - V,-Q t . sez s - 'r-AS. ' . , , . .