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

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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.

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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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CHARLIE ASHFORD Blocking Back Goat A promising back, Charlie neared the first team several times. He could hold his own with anyone and we wish him luck next year. IACK HOOVER Blocking Back Eagle lack had a late start in the playing part of the season, but he had cx great ability for sticking it out. He broke into varsity lineup on several occasions. STARKVILLE 32-HOUSTON 0 The Starkville Yellow Iackets. on Novem- ber 10. joumeyed to Houston. They defeated the Houston Hilltoppers 32 to 0. Bob Kirkpatrick led the Yellow Iackets to their victory by scoring 4 touchdowns. Ioe Peters also crossed the goal line and Billy Slaughter kicked 2 extra points. The Yellow Iackets started rolling early in the game as they scored after 4 minutes of play. The Iackets scored Z moreinthe first half and 2 more in the second half of play to make the final score 32 to 0. Houston never threatened the Starkville goal line and played a good game but was outplayed by the bigger Starkville team. STARKVILLE 34-OKOLONA 13 The Yellowjackets ended the season in grand style with a 34-13 upset victory over the Okolona Chieftans. Bobby Thompson, finishing his high school football career, set up the lst and 2nd touchdowns with pass interceptions. Don Walker plowed thru from the Okolona 13 for 6 points and then made it 7 by running the extra point across. A few minutes later, Walker scored again, this time from the l. Slaughter's conversion made it 14-U. Kirkpatrick scored the 3rd Starkville tally from the 10 yard line after Slaughter had recovered an Okolona Fumble on the Chieftan's 34. Slaughter missed the extra point. The Iackets made it Z7-U at the half when Mc- Elroy intercepted a pass. Kirkpatrick ran it 38 yards to pay dirt, getting beautiful blocking all the way. S1aughter's kick was good. Led by Caven and Elliott, the Chiefs struck back. Caven scored from the l0 and the extra- point try failed. Pap McElroy then took the kickoff on his own 20 and dashed 80 yards to rack up another Yellow Iacket score. Slaughter having in- jured his foot, Crigler kicked the extra point. In the fourth period, Blacksell made a 22-yard run T.D. run for Okolona. Caven's kick was good, making the final score 34-13. Buddy Lyman, End Shep Crigler. Tailback Iohnny McReynolds. Fullback