The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-12
VARSITY MARKS up
20 TO 6 TRUMP
Classy Tabor City Invaders
Hand Freshmen Bitter
End Of Al To 0 Score
By GLENWARD O M

By GLENWARD BLOMME
The New Hanover High school
football teams split a double-header
last night on Legion field with the
Wildcat varsity defeating the Kin
ston eleven by a 20 to 6 score and
the Frosh going down before the
classy Tabor City squad, Al to 0.
The Tabor City and Frosh squads
opened play at 7:15 o'clock with
the visitors outclassing the locals
in weight, experience and all de-
partments of the game, although
the Frosh put up a great stand.
The work of C. Jacobs and Skip
per of the Tabor eleven featured
the contest and both players got
off long runs around the ends and
scored on smashing drives through
the line. These two stars accounted
for ~ first downs while their team
mates were holding the locals to
a stalemate.
Tabor City Scores
Tabor City took charge of the
ball on it's own 20 yard line and
through a series Of plays featuring
three first downs and a IS yard
run by C. Jacobs putting the ball
on the Kittens 10. Skipper. on two
plays crashed through the line for
a touchdown, but the try for extra
point failed.
Late in the second period Jacobs
on a reverse sprinted As yards
through a broken field to score
standing up and Skipper crashed
the line for the extra point. Tabor
City led at the half 10 to 0.
The visitors scored twice in the
third period. Long on an end
around ran nine yards to score.
Long on the same play added the
extra point. New Hanover fumbled
on it's IL yard line shortly after
the kickoff and Tabor recovered.
Long again received the ball on an
e%nd-around and scored with Skip
per making the extra point on a
line buck.
In the fourth and final period
the visitors marked up two more
touchdowns with Skipper going
over from the two yard marker and
Jacobs adding the extra point from
a line play. Long again came
around from his end on a reverse
to score his third touchdown of the
game and Skipper crashed the
center for the extra point.
In the varsity game, it was all
Wildcats until the closing moments
when Kinston made a desperate at
tempt to overcome the locals mar
gin by staging a fine passing at
tack which scored one touchdown.
The try for extra point failed.
Billy Pittman. the locals con-
verified guard, staged a field meet
in his new fullback position and
from the opening whistle tore into
the Kinston line for long gains
and scored most of the Wildcats
IL first downs. Fred Day, acting
captain, sled the line play from
guard and received great support
from all members of the forward
wall. .'.
Jennings Edwards stood out with
Pittman in, the backfield and made
some beautiful passes to Bobby
Edwards and Jack High with the
latter end going over for a score
after a 10 yard pass ard run.
Pittman scored in the first per-
iod from the 11-yard stripe after
making two first downs. on nice line
drives. The try for point failed.
Jennings Edwards passed to Bobby
for eight yards and a first
down placing the ball on the one
foot line from which point Pittman
crashed over. Pittman made it COM
plete with a line smash for extra
Late in the third Edwards passed
19 yards to Jack High for the final
score of the Wildcats and Leon
Todd, guard, place-kicked the extra
point
By a series of passes, Hewitt to
Witherington, the -Kinston players
scored in the fourth period with two
minutes to play. The touchdown pass
for 10 yards, but the extra point at
Tempt failed.
The lineups:
N. II. Fl. s, Varsity (2O) KinstOn 6)