Starkville High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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GENE IOHNSON, End Tick was a stalwart offensive end. He will never be forgotten for his fine spirit and will be a bright spot on the S.H.S. lineup next season. Tick STARKVILLE 0-GREN ADA 14 On October 13, the Yellow lackets were de- feated by the Grenada Bulldogs by the score of 14 to 0. lt was the first time in the season that Starkville failed to score. Grenada opened the game with a deep drive which ended when the Bulldogs ran out of downs on the Starkville 10. Starkville took the ball, Kirk- patrick fumbled, and Grenada recovered on the 17-yard line. Wells then completed a pass for a first down on the 5. An offside penalty took the ball to the l, and Grenada scored. The run for the extra point was good. Starkville took the kickoff, and, sparked by the running of Peters and Kirkpatrick, drove 70 yards down the field. Kirkpatrick took the ball over from the 5, but the T.D. was called back for offsides. Peters then reeled off 10 yards for an- other T.D., but again it was nullified for offsides. The Grenada line then held and we lost the ball on downs. Grenada's next score came on an intercepted pass, which the Bulldogs turned into a scoring drive. On the next play Wells passed to Tribble, who caught it on the fifteen and ran all the way to score. The run for the extra point was good, and that left the score standing 14 to 0. Starkville threatened again in the second period but failed to score. The second half was marked by many exciting plays, but neither team pene- trated beyond their opponent's 15-yard line. That left the final score 14 to 0 in favor of the Bulldogs. MCELROY MAKES LONG RUN AGAINST NEW ALBANY WICK MALONE, End Wick won honorable mention this year as All Little Ten end. He was good on o f f e n s e 5 he especially shone on defense. Meatball BOBBY THOMPSON, Center Meatball's excellent linebackmg made him one of Starkville's best defensive players and one of the better defensive centers in the Little Ten Contest. STARKVILLE 27-NEW ALBANY 6 The Starkville Yellow Iackets splashed over the New Albany Bulldogs October 20 in a rainsoaked game on laycee Field by the score of 27 to 6. Starkville scored first in the first period, after a downfield march of 60 yards. Walker hit pay dirt from the 7 and Slaughter's kick was good. The lackets crossed the line again in the second quarter after McElroy pierced deep into New Albany territory with a 47-yard run. Again Walker made the touchdown this time from the 2. Slaughter kicked the point to make the half-time score 14-0. In the third period New Albany blocked a punt to get the ball on the Starkville 35-yard line, then moved on down to the 5. Goodman took it over from that point for the Bulldogs' only score. The run for the extra point failed. Williford took the kickoff and ran it down to the New Albany 30-yard stripe. Kirkpatrick raced down to the ten, and Walker plunged on over the goal. Slaughter booted his third straight extra point. Starkville's last tally came on a beautiful 50-yard dash around end by Williford. The at- tempt to run the extra point was stopped. That left the final score standing 27 to 6. IOE PETERS. Fullba Peter Rabbit ck Ioe displayed much of the drive and trickery that led him to fame as a Yellow lacket fullback.

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IIMMY MARTINDALE. Guard ..Pew.. Pew was another of Starkville's fine guards. His will to win made him dangerous. He was a hustler and always ready when the going was rough. ERWIN WARD. Center Weeny Erwin won honorable mention as an All Little Ten Center this season. He was a rugged and ready lineman, playing the last four games with a broken hand. I. E. LOGAN. Guard I. E., All Little Ten Guard, was one of the rnainstays of the Yellow Iacket line. His fine punting saved the Yellow Iackets many times. STARKVILLE S-AMORY G The Yellow Iackets held the undefeated Amory Panthers to a 5-6 tie here September Z9 in one of the hardest fought ball games of the season so far. Except for one play the entire first period was played in Starkville territory. A 26-yard run by Amory's Ted Stewart gave the Panthers a first down on the Iacket 9-yard line at the end of the quarter. One play later, in the opening minutes of the second quarter, Stewart again took the ball and scored from the six. They failed to make the extra point and the score stood 6-0. Starkville almost scored ,at the end of the first half, when McElroy intercepted a pass on his own 38-yard line and ran it back across the midfield stripe. One play later Ioe Peters took off on a 26- yard iaunt down to the Amory 15. The Panther line tightened and stopped the next two plays at scrimmage. Then Kirkpatrick found a hole and went five yards to the Amory 10, when time ran out and the first half ended. In the third quarter Starkville recovered an Amory fumble on the Panther 33 and at the end of the period had moved down to the 17. Four more plays gave the Iackets a first down on the 6-yard line--then Kirkpatrick fumbled the slippery ball and Amory recovered. When three plays failed to gain yardage, they punted. Kirkpatrick took the punt on the Amory 40, and, picking up beautiful blocking all the way, ran it back across the goal line in the longest run of the ball game. Slaughter's all-important extra point kick was blocked and the final score was Starkville 6, Amory 6. STARKVILLE 34-ABERDEEN 6 The Starkville Yellow Iackets smashed the Aberdeen squad here on Thursday. October 5, by the one-sided score of 34-6. The first score came in the opening period. Quarterback McElroy caught a short pass from Kirkpatrick and gave a fine exhibition of broken-lield running as he raced 59 yards before being caught on the 2. Ioe Peters carried the ball over for 6 points and Slaughter converted to make it seven. In the second quarter Kirkpatrick scored on a 70-yard run. Peters made another T.D. after a long drive up the field. Slaughter con- verted on and missed one. Starkville made two touchdowns in the second half which were called back for oi- fensive holding. Besides these, McElroy and Kirkpatrick each scored one that counted in the final period. Slaughter kicked both extra points. Aberdeen finally scored in the last quar- ter. Nichols hit pay dirt from the 1-yard line to climax a 54-yard drive. The final score was 34-6. BILLY SLAUGHTER, Tackle Bubby Bubby played a fine game this year as one of the Yellow Iacket's tackles. His place-kicking ability ac- counted for many points, including a game-winning field goal. FRANK SHROPSHIRE, Tackle Big Frank Big Frank played best at defen- sive tackle where his special was breaking up interference. He was the biggest boy on the team and should make some college a fine prospect. ROBERT CARD. Tackle Bruiser Robert won honorable mention as an All Little Ten tackle this year. He was one of the fastest linemen and his forte is offensive play. F

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STARKVILLE 39-EUPORA 6 The Starkville Yellow Iackets celebrated Home- coming by smashing the Eupora Eagles by a lop- sided score of 39 to 6. Early in the game Kirkpatrick started a scoring drive for the Iackets by carrying the ball to the Eagle's 6. Walker went over for the score. The extra point attempt failed. The Eagles fumbled the kickoff and Starkville recovered on the Eagle 21. One play later Kirk- patrick raced all the way to score. Slaughter's extra point kick was good. The lackets recovered another Eagle fumble on the Iacket 38. Kirkpatrick broke loose and went 62 yards for a TD. The extra point attempt failed. ln the third period McElroy grabbed a Kirk- patrick pass and dashed 40 yards to the end zone. Slaughter made the extra point good. Starkville's next two scores came in the third and fourth periods. Kirkpatrick ran 38 yards for his third TD of the game and Williford ran 73 yards for the last one. Slaughter made one and missed one for the extra points. Eupora scored in the last period after a sus- tained drive of 56 yards. The run for the extra point failed. Eupora was threatening again as the game ended. The final score-Starkville 39, Eupora 6. LOUIS I ONES, Tackle ..IvY., One of the many reasons for Stark- ville's successful football in 1950 was Louis. When Ivy hits them, they stay hit. LANNOM SMITH. End Smitty Opposing players who tried to go around Lannom's end often found themselves wondering what hit them. Lannom has the stuff that good ends are made of. lAMES REED, Guard nl. T. Another powerful guard was I. T. Reed, a valuable asset to the Yellow Iackirt team. I. T. put all he's got into a ballgamefand that's plenty. EDWIN IORDAN. Guard Bull Opposing ball carriers soon found out that trying to run over Bull was playing with dynamite. Bull could take hard knocks and give them back twice as hard. STARKVILLE 3--ACKERMAN 0 Billy Slaughter's field goal won the game for the Yellow Iackets November 3, as Stark- ville edged past Ackerman, 3-0. It was a tight, hard-fought ball game with outstand- ing line play on the part of both teams. The game-winning three points came in the last quarter when Starkville drove to the Acker- man 8. Faced with a fourth down and goal to go, the Yellow Iackets decided to try a field goal. Slaughter's kick split the uprights. In the last four minutes of the game Acker- man started a 40-yard passing drive that ended on the last play of the game with Starkville recovering a fumble on their own 1-foot line. Both teams made nine first downs. It was one of the most evenly-matched, hard-fought games the Yellow Iackets played the whole season.