The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-12

second was marked down when the
first half ended with New Hanover
on the Raleigh one-foot line.
Another came on a play which saw
the Cats center pass the ball over
his backfield mems heads with
Wilmington picking the ball up and
running it over for a touchdown.
The only catch on this play was
that the referee footed his whistle
before Raleigh fumbled the ball
Number five favorable break for
the Caps saw Wilmington linemen
block a punt in the end zone but
the ball rolled out of playing terri
tory, giving the locals only two
points instead of the necessary six
for a victory. And last but by no
means least was Wilmington's
failure to score, when they had the
ball on Raleigh's four yard stripe
as the final whistle tolled.
Thrilling Plays
Last nights thrill packed battle
started like wildfire from the first
play. Wilmington Won the toss,
and chose to receive. Ussery OF
the Caps booted down to NHHS's
% yard line, Piner glaloping back
to the AZ. On the first running play
Rudy johnson swung around left
end, cut, and hit daylight, going all
the way to the Raleigh 70 yard
marker before he stumbled being
Immediately piled upon by Raleigh
chasers. Gibson cut through tackle
for four, and little Jimmy Piner
broke over the left side of the line
for six yards and a first down on
the Raleigh 10. That was as far
as Wilmington could advance, how
ever. Three successive line plays
netted no yardage, and in despera-
ton Johnson tossed a pass intend
ed for Stewart but it fell incom-
plete in the end zone.
Tricky Running
Taking over, the Caps u%nloosen-
ed their tricky running attack, and
tracked up two straight first downs,
going all the way to Wilmington's
j4S before they were stopped. Sen
ter then punted to Johnson, and
New Hanover's fullback carried 1t
back to the Wildcats 80. A punting
duel flared up until Herman Wick
lfumbled on the Raleigh 48. After
that break Raleigh tore down the
field, marking up two straight first
downs, but the MINIS line rose up
to stop the Gaps. on Wilmington's
II yard line.
After Piner had run off nine
yard gain the referees penalized
New Hanover Is yards to the n
ward line, forcing Gibson to kick
from his own end to the 30. From
that point the Caps rolled down the
field again, crossing on Lesane's
pass to Eugene Terrell The extra
point boot was no good, however,
as the Wilmington line CHI; -ged in
to block the attempt.
Right after the kickoff Coach
Brogden sent Louis "Bubba"
Sykes, his passing ace, along with
end Billy Mason and halfback Neal
IPartrick. This trio clipped off
vardage at an amazing rate, NOV
ling the ball from their own "A to
IRaleigh's one foot line in five
plays. The fireworks started when
Sykes threw a 26 yard pass to
Mason on Raleigh's 20. Then after
Piner lost on the ground Sykes
took to the air again throwing a
aerial which after bouncing off two
Raleigh players hands fell into
Mason's clutches again on the one
foot stripe. At that nusual point
the halftime whistle blew. A dis
gusted Wildcat squad pushed their
way into the dressing room.
Second Half
They were stopped only tempo
rarily though for in the second
portion Raleigh was forced to punt
a S soon as they got mold OF the
ball. Sykes then started operating
his passing offensive again, throw
ing a tremendous 40 yard pass
down to Jim Gibson on the
Raleigh II. Piner, Johnson, and
Gibson hit the line, going to the
Caps 10, and on fourth down
Charlie Smith smashed through to
the three. With first down goal
to go Gibson banged to the one,
and Sykes then scored on a quarter
back sneak. Irwin Cores extra
point boot barely fell across the
uprights, hitting the goal posts, and
Hopping over. The score at that
point was Wilmington 7, Raleigh
The thousands were clamoring,
hugging, and shouting for NHHS's
most sought after victory.
Wildcats Tumble
Everything went smoothly from
there until Wilmington fumbled on
own Is yard stripe with
Olive recovering. That
was the turning point. It took just
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