Paris Junior College - Galleon Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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HILLSBORO VS. P.J.C. Mixing posses wiTh running sprees, The Drogons pounded The Hillsboro lndions, 20-6, Tor Their Tirsf grid vicTory. Hugh Brown seT oTT The fireworks when he recovered on Hillsboro fumble on The visiTors' l2 yord line. Opening The second quorTer, Gus CoThron, J. C. Coker, Neil Coker, ond Red Hudson olTernoTed To corry The ovol Trorn Their own 35 To poy dirT. Dicus connecTed wiTh J. C. Coker lciTer in The period Tor our Tincilscore. Hillsboro opened The second hol.T by Trov- eling 64 ydrds Tor o Touchdown. NeiTher Tecirn ThreoTened ogoin seriously. ' Circle: Gus knocks down oi pass intended for ci John Tcxrleton gridcler. Bottom Picture: Kilgore mon gets Tossed by Two P.J.C. lads. LAMAR vs. P.J.c. C VViTh less Thon Tour minuTes of ploying Time remoining in The Tincil quorTer, Poris's hopes of vicTory were doshed To biTs os Lomoir College's Cordinols recovered ci Tumble on The Poris 20 yord line ond wenT on To score. The Drogons led in every depc1rTrnenT excepT The scoring. The Dragons, ThreoTening eorly in The TourTh quorTer, broke Through To recover oi Tumble on The Cor- dinol 35. The Threor foiled To moTeriolize, ond The gome wenT To opporenTly The weoker Teom. NAVARRO VS. P.J.C. VViTh ci reduced squod of only l8 ployers, The Drcigons deTeoTed The Novorro Junior College Bulldogs, 7-6. CopiTolizing on ci Tumble, The Bull- dogs drew TirsT blood. Led by Gus CoThron, The Green ond Gold begon To roll. CoThron ouT- disTonced opposing bocks for The Tinol 26 yords. Bill Fry kicked The exTro poinT. The whole Tor- word woll held off oi Novcirro ThreoT lciTe in The Tinol period. No sTondouTs could be nomed, for oll eleven ployed os one. Page 79

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Pigskin Parade E Circle: Fleet-footecl Fowler gains against Hardin. Bottom Picture: Beautiful downfield blocking nets a few more yards. HARDIN VS. P.J.C. With Coach l-latcher returning from his sick bed, our Dragons opened their defense of the l942 Texas Junior College football champion- ship against Hardin College of Wichita Falls. The visitors combined a well-rounded offense and an effective defense to defeat us T2-6. After an even first period, the Indians marched 98 yards for their first touchdown. The Green and Gold bounced back on the beautiful runninng SAN ANGELO Our Dragons iourneyed to San Angelo to be swept from their feet in the initial stanza by a speedy Ram eleven who combined a fine aerial offense and a speedy ground attack most effec- tively. The Rams tallied twice in the first, once in Page 78 of Eudell Dicus, but the comeback was halted by the rest period. Striking swiftly after intermis- sion, the Indians tallied again despite the defen- sive efforts of Joe l-lillhouse, Amos Priddy, and the Coker brothers. Midway in the fourth quar- ter, the passing of Sonny Fagan accounted for six points. The hard-fought contest was well played, but the defeat seemed a terrific setback, especially tothe players of the T942 P.J.C. team. VS. P..l.C. the second and once in the third, while our only score came in the fourth. The Rams' flashy attack was a little too much for our gallant Dragons, but the Rams knew that the Green and Gold had been there!

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JOHN TARLETON VS. P.J.C. A hard charging forward wall made The difference as The Dragons defeaTed The Plowboys from John TarleTon, 7-O. ATTer furnishing magnificenT inTerference for The quarTeT of backs in The firsf period, which produced The only score of The game, The line seTTled down To hold off Two definiTe ThreaTs of The Plowboys. IT seemed as if our Dragons had regained Their pre-war sTride. Circle: Joe Murphy and Richard Jackson move in on a Lamar man. BoTTom PicTure: The Dragons sfop John Tarleton. N.T.A.c. vs. P.J.C. The score did noT Tell The enTire Tale as The Aggies from ArlingTon defeaTed our Dragons, i9-O. The Aggies blocked a Dragon quick kick in The opening momenTs and Turned iT inTo a Touchdown a few plays laTer. The Green 'and Gold Then held The Aggies for The remainder of The firsT Three quarfers, while mixing in a liTTle fancy running and passing of Their own. N. T. A. C. scored Twice in' The waning minuTes on Dragon passes. The game- was excepTionally well played on The parT of boTh Teams, and N. T. A. C. won a well-earned vicTory. KILGORE VS. P.J.C. Recalling Their lasT encounTer in which The Dragons capped The STaTe Championship, The Kilgore Rangers damaged our Homecoming by blanking The Dragons, 27-O. The Green and Gold opened fasT by driving To The Kilgore nine Page 80 yard line before a fumble foiled The opporTuniTy To score. The Rangers opened The scoring in The second period by a series of passes and laferals. Kilgore reserves began To Tell The Tale in The final period as They Tallied eighfeen poinfs.