The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
SCORES IN FIRST,
FOURTH QUARTERS
Crowd Of 500 Sees Game AT
Stadium For Benefit Of
Empty Stocking Fund

Scoring once in the first quarter
and twice in the final period, the
Brooklyn Blue Devils defeated the
Castle Street Bears 1910 at Legion
field yesterday afternoon to cap
ture the negro city football cham
pionship in a game played for the
benefit of the Star-News Empty
Stocking fund.
A crowd of approximately 500
turned out for the contest.
James Byrd, captain and quar-
terback of the Blue Devils, was
the sparkplug of the offensive
tnrusts that sent the grid crown
to the northern section of the city.
He plunged through the line for
the first touchdown and scored one
extra point on a line plunge.
Hope Juniver snagged a pass for
the second score and Charlie Har-
key caught a pass for the final
touchdown that came near the end
of the game.
However, it was not all offensive
power shown by the Blue Devils.
for they put on a remarkable dis
play of defensive strength that held
the Bears on downs three times
when the boys from the south side
were in the shadows of the goal
line.
The game opened with Castle
street kicking off. Brooklyn scored
on a straight series of four first
downs. The try for extra point was
blocked. Two line plays and a pass
were good for 10 yards and gave
the Blue Devils a first down on the
Bears 25-yard line. Here the Bears
held and took over on downs on
their own "a when the quarter
ended.
AS the second quarter opened,
Rudolph Hicks, Castle Street half
back, broke through guard for a
gain of IL yards and a first down.
Hicks was hurt on the play and
was removed 10 the Community
hospital where an examination re,
vealed he had dislocated an elbow
His condition was satisfactory. The
Bears then completed another pass
for 80 yards and on two line plays
and two incomplete passes into the
end zones, Brooklyn took over.
The Devils then took to the air,
but their first pass was intercept
ed by a Dry Ponder on the Brook
Ign 80. The Bears picked up a frs
down but again lost the ball or
the Brooklyn five yard line. The
Devils kicked out to the "a and
four plays later took over again
on their Is. Castle Street inter,
cepted a pass on the As yard line
when the half ended.
Castle Street kicked off in the
second half and the Devils after
failing to make a first down kicked,
the kick being blocked. For the
rest of the quarter the ball wen'
from team to team, with the Bears
picking up so yards at n time or
four plays, one being a 2O-yard rur
by Carl Brown. At the end of the
quarter Brooklyn intercepted q
pass on the Castle Street 20 yarc
line.
Castle Street intercepted a pas at
the opening Of the fourth quarter.
Brooklyn was penalized is yards for
having 1e men on the field, but on
the next play the Bears fumbled and
the Devils recovered. A pass, Byrd
to Juniver, into the end zones was
completed for the second score and
Byrd plunged through the line for
the extra point. The Devils again
gained possession of the ball on
downs deep in Bear territory and a
pass, to Markey, was good for an
other touchdown. The game ended
with the ball in possession of the
Blue Devils On the Bears 5-yard line.
All proceeds went to the Empty
Stocking fund and will be used to
provide Christmas gifts for needy
children of both races.
Alfred Thomas is coach Of the Cas-
tie Street team and Byrd coached the
Blue Devils.
The lineups:
Pos. Brooklyn Dry Pond
LIE J.. Morris ------ j. McClammy
1T E. Anderson ------ H. Wood
LG J. Auley .----------- D. Lennon
lie F. Pollock ------- D. Waddell
RG w. Lewis --------- H. Taylor
RI L. Judd ------------- w. Wilson
OBJ J. Byrd r. Carr
LII C. Harkey ----------- M. Boney
Ri S.. Vereen ---------J. Ray