Marceline High School - Marcello Yearbook (Marceline, MO)

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Late in the fourth quarter Mexico threatened to score but the stout Tiger defense held on the 10 yard lme untll an mtercepted pass stopped the drlve Hav 1ng played thelr best game of the year the Txgers were lndeed glad to take home the 14 to 7 vxctory to top one of the greatest seasons of football ever seen ln Marcelme After the fmal whlstle a ceremony was held 1n the center of the fxeld for the presentatlon of a large football tro phy Wlth the 1nscr1pt1on Flre Clay Bowl Champ1ons whlch was presented to Captam Jerry Burgener by the pres1 dent of the Llons Club Later the Llons Club of Mexlco who sponsored the game entertamed both teams Wlth a wonderful meal and presented each member of the two squads a gold football whxch was the 1nd1v1dual reward for havmg part1c1 pated 1n the F1rst Annual Fxre Clay Bowl As a result of a coaches meetlnff ln earlv November slx of the Tlgcrs were chosen on the North Central MlSS0llT1 All Conference Team John Mxller cen ter Don Stanley guard Charles F1sher tackle' James Metzger end' Bob Stephenson quarterback' Jerry Bur- gener fullback Burgener of Marcellne and Connel of Trenton were p1CkCd as co captalns for the team Bob Stephenson Tlger Quarter back recexved add1t1onal honors 1n Jan uary by bemg placed on the honorable ment1on 11st of the Prep School All Amerxcan Team selected by the Wlg wam Club of Oklahoma Clty Oklahoma On December 9 a football banquet was sponsored by the Marcelme Cham ber of Commerce ln honor of the T1ger team The ma1n speaker was Chauncey Sxmpson a member of the Un1vers1ty of MISSOUFI coachlng staff At the banquet the squad was presented blllfolds by the L1ons Club and gold footballs by the Rotary Club Also Edglr Myers gave each member of the team gold watch chalns for thelr efforts throughout the season Th1s brought to a close the 1949 football season of the Tlger team how cxer the 49 Txgers xull long be remem bercd among the outstandmg football teams of Marcelme Hxgh School GAMES RECORD MARCELINE MARCELINE MARCELIINE MARCELIINE MARCELINE M ARCELINE 'VI ARCELINE MFXRCELHNE SHELBINA BROOKFIELD MIL AN TRENTON CHII LICOTHE NIACON KIRKSVILLE BROOKFIELD FIRE CL -XX BOVNL 'VIARCELIIN E TOTALS MEXICO 44 4 .... ....,. 4 44 44 ,... 44 44 44 14 4 44 0 4 44 44 13 4 A 0 MARCELINE 4 4 44 19 UNIONVILLE4 44 4 0 . 4 4 4 19 , 4 4 7 . 4 4 32 1 4 4 4 4 0 1 . ' 44 4 44 4 20 44 4 4 4 0 . ' 4 4 4 4 18 4 6 1 ' 44 444444 444.4444 44444 444444444 4444 444444444444 4.4444 1 4 . 4 4 4 44444444444 44 7 162 20 70

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BROOKFIELD The Txgers closed thexr regular sea son by playxng m the annual Arm1st1ce Day game wlth thelr tradltlonal oppon ents Brookf1eld Marcel1ne Jumped to thelr usual early lead by scormg two touchdowns ln the f1rst quarter The f1rst came dlrectly after the klckoff the Tlg ers had pushed down to the Brookfxeld 2 yard l1ne on a SSTICS of short savage l1ne plays Stephenson on a quarter back sneak smashed over to score the touchdown A pass for the extra pomt was mcomplete Shortly after the Txgers scored the second when W1ll1e Frand son banged off tackle found hlmself 1n the clear and scampered forty seven yards to score Brookf1elds touchdown came late 1n the second quarter when a pass 1n terference penalty gave the Bulldogs a flrst down on the Tlger three yard l1ne Brookfleld made three attempts at the l1ne and found themselves back on the seven yard llne On the fourth down a freak1sh pass whlch a Marcel1ne player deflected mto the arms of a lucky Bull dog who stepped across the goal lxne to score At halftxme the Trgers were clmg mg to a sklmpy 12 to 6 lead The second half vxas rather slugg1sh due to the hot day and all out playmg of the two teams But late ln the fourth quarter Brookfleld fmdlng the ground route 1mpOSSlbl9 agamst the Tlgers de fense took to the axr ThlS proved to be the1r undo1ng as W1ll1e Frandson ln tercepted a w1ld Brookfleld pass and ran twenty fxve yards to score the Mar of the game was the defense wrzardry of the T1gers who held the Bulldogs to a mmus 24 yards rushmg wh1le amassmg the 142 yards for themselves The 18 to 6 trlumph enabled Marcel1ne to return the flre bell trophy to the T1gers trophy case after a two year absence FIRE CLAY BOWL Marcel1ne because of therr great season s record was asked to part1c1 pate 1n a post season bowl game wxth the MEXICO Bulldogs Acceptlng the offer the Tlgers journeyed to MEXICO accomp anled by several hundred enthusxastxc ans The Bulldogs reputatlon as one of the best teams ln the state seemed to be well founded as they punched over for a touchdown early ln the second quarter Then they k1cked the extra pomt to m'ake the score 7 to O Mexlco The Txgers fmdmg themselves behmd 1n the score for the fxrst tlme ln ten games roared back wlthm two mmutes after rece1v1nU the klCkOff to txe up the game The down was made on a pass from Stephen son to Parkey The all lmportant sev enth pomt was made on a jump pass to Jerry Burgener At the half the score was a txght 7 to 7 The Tlger grxdders crossed the Bulldogs goal lme agaln 1n the thlrd quarter when Jerry Gooch smashed over left tackle for another s1x pomts A dup lxcate play was good for the extra pomt I . . Q . - Y l . . , - I G y . , . . Y . . . . , - Y - . . , ' celine clincher. The outstanding feature . . . , v , . . - . . ! - 7 - . v . za . , . f . ' ' v ' , 69

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