The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
INJURED EDWARDS
One OF GRADUATES
Holt, High, McIver, Day.
Stands, J. Edwards And Pitt
man Play Last Tilt
BY GLENWARD BLOMME

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over High school football team will
be playing their final game Thurs
day afternoon when the Wildcats
meet the Oxford Orphanage eleven
at Legion stadium at 2:30 o'clock.
One member of the graduating pig
skin artists will be denied the honor
of playing beside his teammates and
sharing the cheers of the crowd for
last week Fate struck down Bobby
Edwards, end, just as he was start
ing off a local rally with a beautiful
catch of a long pass tossed by his
brother, Jennings. Bobby in the
game but a few minutes, left the
game and high school football with
a broken leg. Bobby has been on
the squad for three years and was
a regular letterman for two years.
He has done a great job this year
and has been the %spearhead of the
Wildcats passing attack.
Wetzel Holt, end, brings to a close
three years OF varsity ball and dur
ing his high school career has play
ed guard and end in excellent style.
Although not receiving many passes
Wetzel has been a fine blocker and
an outstanding end on defense. He
did outstanding work in the Colds
boro and Fayetteville games, block
ing an important punt in the former
game, which led to a touchdown.
Jack High, end, has been a letter.
man for the past two years and al
though light for a flankman he has
backed away from no job given him
to do. A good receiver, Jack has been
the main ball carrier on end around
plays used by the Wildcats this sea-
son. His defensive work has been
outstanding all season.
Clifford McIver, center, has been
almost a sixty minute player during
most of his three years on the team
and little yardage has been marked
up through his position. His Of
fensive work, especially his passes to
the backs, has been flawless this sea-
son and when the Cat backs were
showed over their goal line and fore
ed to kick out Clifford always came
through with a perfect pass from
center. One of his outstanding feats
was in the Raleigh game this year,
when he stopped a Hurricane back
inches from the goal and suffered an
eye injury. Clifford also stopped the
rush of the Fayetteville backs
through his post when on the six
inch line.
In Fred Day New Hanover High
loses perhaps the finest guard to
wear the Orange and Black since
Ed Cunningham graduated several
years back. Fred transferred to the
Wildcats from Winston-Salem two
years ago and has served on the
varsity in the guard position steadily
ever since. Not only is Fred a fine
offensive man, but there have been
few tackles in which he did not fig
ure in one way or another. His fine
spirit of craftsmanship and COOP
Grafton with players and coaches
alike has been the highlight of the
locals season.
Elverton Stands, back. hangs up
his equipment after serving two
years on the varsity. Playing for the
first time last year Curly stole
the show on several occasions with
his touchdown sprints around the
end to give the Wildcats a margin
of victory. Suffering from leg and
knee injuries this year Stands has
been held down somewhat in yard
age, but his pass receiving and left.
footed booting has helped the locals
cause considerably. His outstanding
performance this year was in the
Fayetteville and Goldsboro games. In
the former contest his boming punts
showed the Highlanders back on their
heels more than once when they were
deep in Wildcat territory. In the
Goldsboro game "Curly" scored two
touchdowns on a long pass in the
end zone and an interrogation. /
The little mar of the backfield,
Jennings Edwards, 143 pounds, came
into his own this year and did every
thing a back should do except kick
and once in a while he tried his
hand at punting also. A fine field
general, Jennings developed into the
finest passer on the squad and his
shots to his brother Bobby and to
Stands were something to write
about. His work in the Goldsboro
and Fayetteville games and his pass
ing in the Raleigh game which put
the locals back into the game at
the half was the highlight of his
career. In the Goldsboro game he
had an average of 10 yards per pass
and added 70 yards to the local total.
In the Fayetteville game Jennings
and Horton bore the brunt of the
Wildcat running attack.
Billy Pittman, fullback, leaves the
Wildcat camp after 8 years of fine
play. Two years in the line, Pittman
was shifted to the backfield after the
season vas well underway and did
excellent work until a nose injury
removed him from the lineup. At
the time of his injury Billy was
leading the local backs in yardage