Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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DICK STUMPH, Co-Captain Halfback JERRY LONG BILL TOOLE End End HEROES DICK WOLFE GEORGE MAYO ED RACER Tackle Halfback Guard DICK JORDAN Tackle RONNY VANCE Halfback TOMMY HANNA Guard

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JOHN RIKHOFF Center JIM COUGHLIN DANNY POHLAR Guard Guard FRIDAY'S BILL Gnoss RQNNIE URBAN KENNY BUYER End Guard Halfback JACK WILSON Center KENNY LAWSON Halfback DICK DOWNS Tackie

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PROPERTIES DAVE KUTCH TOMMY HANNA The Plugs found a potent weapon in the extra point kicking of Dick Stumph, who ended the season with 26 conversions and a field goal. His total for the year was 76 points, a new Speedway record. W ln the third game of the season the Plugs lost everything by dropping a very close and hard-fought ball game to Decatur Central, l4-l 3. The big play came after the Plugs had scored their second touchdown and tried for the extra point. There was a penalty on the Plugs, the conversion attempt was good, but would have to be tried again from five yards farther back. Speedway elected to pass, but it was blocked. Decatur scored with four minutes remain- ing, their second touchdown of the game. Holderfield converted on the extra point attempt, giving Decatur the game, and finally the County and Mid-State Championships. Speedway snapped back by handing the Lawrence Central Bears their first loss of the season, and their first in four years under their own lights, by a score of Zl -O. This was one of the Plugs' better defensive games of the year, limiting the Bears to only l yard total gain in the first half. Now comes perhaps one of the greatest games in Speedwayohistory. The Plugs, little as they were, slew the renowned Giant of the county, Ben Davis. The game was chock full of thrills and spills. lt was accentuated with hard tackling and crisp blocking throughout the entire game. Ben Davis scored first after intercepting a pass and driving 30 yards behind the huge bulk of Dave Marksbury. Speedway had its hands full throughout the first half trying to hold the powerful Ben Davis club in check, so Ben Davis led at the half, 7-O. In the second half Speedway began to move. Taking the ball on their own 2-yard line, the Plugs drove straight up the field for the tying touchdown. The second Speedway touchdown came on a manufactured break. Dave Marks- bury was running wild when he was tackled low and hard, result-Marksbury was unconscious for five minutes. Speedway drove down to the Ben Davis 7-yard line, and lvlarksbury came back in to try and hold this powerful on- slaught, but to no avail. Speedway scored the winning touchdown and stalled out the rest of the game. Final: Speedway l4, Ben Davis 7. This game has been called by some the grand clobberf'