Middlesex School - Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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MIDDLESEX SCHOOL CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS substantral lead of 26 12 Walker scored his thrrd touchdown nn the fourth period on a 38 yard off tackle run But with plenty of fight stxll left the big red came back fighting as Osthetmer zrpped around end for a 56 yard tally Groton S final score came of Walker S fourth TD dash a mere 55 yard Jaunt to grve Groton a 39 18 victory As if crazed by the previous week s unfortunate defeat the team romped unmercrfully Over St Marks 39 6 rn a touchdown parade which saw rm Os thexmer pull his second hat trick Of the year Nearly everyone played rn the wild fracas in which there was a great improvement rn our defensrve play Taylor Durham Ronnie Farnsworth and Monty Childs were the mam factors 1n holding the Southborough boys to one lone tally which the visitors man w9 W -it a 1 74, aged to push lcross rn the last two minutes of the game On the Opening kick off john Amory tackled the runner causing hum to fumble Childs recovered the loose ball and on the Hrst play Osthermer romped 15 yards for a score Bob Green scored the first Of hrs two touchdowns On a beautiful 74 yard run right up the mrddle of the field The tallres came around with monotonous regularity as Osthexmer scored two more on plays coverrng 16 and 22 yards The half ended w1th the brg red on top by a com fortable 35 0 margin Our final tally came rn the final perrod on a 15 yard pass from Tim Stew art to Lawton Lamb B111 Sprout played a fine game at safety picking up 36 yards On two pass rnterceptxons and a punt return After the St Mark S romp the varsity went into the Nobles game nn hrgh sprrrts perhaps even over Confident But Nobles had their own ideas about the game and they proceeded to Outgam us in yards rushing first downs and yards passing Page Sun 1111? 4 I A . ' ' - 1 1 . Y 1 , , - Q 1 1 1 - ' - r a a . . , - l a . , . . . - ' 9 a J ' . . . I 7 . . . , U . . . Q . 1 1 . Y . . . - 1 H ' . -- . sg I ' A' 'Lv - f . . . .4,4, 'f',,'vff.l . 'L '. Q v- , A ,- , Lp 4,1 A 2 7 . . , '. '- ' . . 7 ' x y a 1 ' ' ' - . , b rn . . . . ' x Q - Q 7 1 7

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Xlllhlbl r sl x Sc Hoot Coxe omu Mfxssfxc Hl su rs down coverlng 60 yards But one I lay later Monty Childs turned the tables on Groton by heaxlne 1 38 yard p rss to Captfun ohn Amory vsho raced the remammg flfteen yards for a seore Perhaps the turning pornt of the game lme held us on the three ylrd l1ne The half ended wrth Groton on top, 13 12 ln the thrrd quarter the game hrolxe vude open as Groton rolled 51 yards rn four plays for 1 TD and several minutes llter seoreel agfun IS Walker rn tereepted 1 plss and streaked 65 yards doxxn the sidelines to glVC Groton a Pd e SIX! el fl 1 4 gs 3 , , , . . . .. . . '. . , ' . l 5 1 H ' ' . . is I ' A. A A V - 1 came when, after Bob Green intercepted a pass and raced 18 yards, the Groton . 1 1 - 2 A A' A 1 A x - . A ' Q Q 4 I s ' A 7. 4 1 , C g 4 A I 2 K K sl f 1 - v . ' 1 I 1 - 4 ' ' W h A A -U I If Q, .i uf , . 1- :J

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MIDDLESEX Scgnool- CONCORD. MASSACHUSETTS Mldway through the second quarter Nobles Kenney cut off tackle for 44 yards and a TD But on the ktckoff followlng the touchdown Bob Green calmly took the ball on h1s own 31 headed up the middle of the field picked up h1s blockers and cut down the s1del1nes to put us back 1n the game But Latta S attempted converslon failed and Nobles held a sl1m 7 6 lead at the half The thlrd quarter was a see saw battle but early 1n the final per1od we be gan a 48 yard drxve whxch was sparked by two runs by jtm Osthelmer totallng 44 yards Desprte a 24 yard penalty we pushed close enough so that Ope could take lf over from the two Nobles came back strong makmg a bld for another touchdown but a brxllnant pass interception by Sprout thwarted any chance for the spmted Nobles team to take the game On a rainy November 4 the bxg red slipped and skldded over a lightmg Belmont H111 eleven 26 6 Surprlsxngly enough the oifense functioned well loslng only two fumbles to the opposition Wlth Green and Osthexmer Spark started us rolling with a 27 yard run and two plays later Osthenmer went over from the five Latta converted successfully It was not untll the third quarter that we agam exploded jim Osthelmer returned the openmg klck off 63 yards for his second TD FOFCIUQ Belmont Hlll to punt we took over on our own 77 and Started up the field After several short gains Bob Grecn carrled the plgskm across the mid held strtpe on a 73 yard sklp Drxvlng hard Dick Shrlver bulled his way over six plays ater In thc final pertod Grccn ended a D7 yard march wlth anothcr score on an IDEA plxy But Belmont Hill came back and toys ered through the thxrd Strmg clefensc to scorc lust IS thc gamc cndcd Pt Se ' 1 . A . x A - -S mi. . 7 Q y , n . ' 9 . , , , . , ' n - , - t - 7 . f ' , ' 7 7 ' Y 3 s ' 1 1 v ing the running, we were able to score early in the first period. Dick Shriver ' 1 9 7 ' 1 n . V- . - . a Y l . 4 t ' , . . , , ' - 1 - ' , 2 I 2 ' l in 1 Q ' 1 7 ' 7 ' . , . 2 .',, , , A . Al 'C Vfflf ,