Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-11-29
Bulldogs BeatLexington e. IL,
In Thanksgiving Classic Here
Large Crowd Sees
Highs Toke Edge,
Though Underdogs

position in the second quarter 10 lead
Lexington 10, Henderson High
school Bulldogs kept up their bril-
lient offensive pace and won the
annual Thanksgiving Day classic
26-l2 on the cridiron here before Il
crowd of some i.OO0 spectators.
Henderson handed Lexington its
third defeat Of the season ana was
the fifth team TO score on the Yellow
Jackets. The Lexington eleven out
firSt-downed the Bulldogs. nine to
six. but Henderson did the scoring
Penalties We're few. Henderson
being penailcd - yards and LcXins-
ton drawing only 20 yards for rule
.nirart'OnS.
Walscr kicked off for Lexington
at the starting whistle and Shepherd
took Il ON tn" rum. placing the ball
on N" %n-yIrd line after taking il
on The -. Long picked up two yards:
Robertson. ono and then Robertson
got Of! Il quick kick. which was
fumhlCd Ivy Lexington receiver
ami recovered by Catlctt OF Hen
dcrSou, who pu, the ball in play on
the 5N-yarC marker Failing To make
q first down, Henderson kicked and
Lexington put the ball down on the
Ndlt INC. from NUCtt NdEtCl
promptly carried il TO the 80. But
l0-yari loss on the next play forced
Lexington 20 kick and Henderson
took over on their own 80. Long
made first down and carried il to
the i6. but again Allen had 10 kick
Garter and Gibson made three first
downs for Lexington before the end
of the first quarter. pla,in the pig
skin on HcndcrSCr'S ll-yard line.
Shortly after the teams changed
fields for the second quarter and
aided by a 5l-yard rcnalty on Hen
dCrS0r for unnecessary rOuGhneSS.
Lexington put the ball i'll The shadow
of llCndcrSOn'S goal. on the l6-yard
line Cook took the ball from a
stature OF liberty play over for the
first score OF the game. Eancs' kick
was not good and Lexington led a
60. The Bulldogs made quick re-
taliat!oN. however. alter WalSer'S
kick was carried by Allen 10 his own
38-yard line. Allen ShO; beauti-
ful 30-yard pass over LcNington's
heads TO Shepherd vino made a
brilliant catch and took il across The
LeXinstCns goal line Allen spill:
the uprigh;S to put Henderson ahead
10.
The rest o: the half went like
sometime" n the ncwSrcclS with the
Yellow jackets Gibson taking the
ball 10 the Henderson ll-yard line
and NCCrary going through the line
for their second score. McCrary'S |
kick fell short and the score was
l2-7 In the last few minutes of the |
first half. Di,kcrsOn intercepted a |
pass from EancS and took il to the |
Yellow Jackets 34-yard line. Allcn |
again got off a neat pass to ROocr- |
son on the 20 and he gallCped across |
to paydirt. Aliens kick did not 60 |
over but the Bulldogs emerged at |
the half in the lead 1872
Both teams went ScorelcSS in the |
third period. with Blaylocll. Eancs |
and Johnson holding off the Bull |
dogs and Tucker. Big Mac" Mel can.
Stokes and Thompson leading Hen |
dcrsCr'S defense. John Thomas
turned out 10 DC reasonable fac |
SimiIc of Cardinals "Choo Choo" |
Justice when ne got trapped on his |
own 39-yard line and completely |
reversed his field 10 carry the ball |
TO LeTuStor'S 4i-yard line Long
passed a short one TO c. G.. vii |
liams and John Thomas carried the |
riCSkIn 10 the Yellow Jackets 33 |
on a wide sweep around left end |
after he took lateral from Allen |
Robertson carried the mail to the |
Vineyard line and was stopped there |
for two plays by hard-hlttlng Lex
ingtnn line. But with the fourth |
down coming for the Bulldogs. Rob-
crS"n went around left end To score
but Aliens kick was bio kCd. and
the score was 1912 for Henderson
With two minutes remaining in
the game, Henderson scored again
when EdnCs fumblCd on his own
four yard line and Henderson re-
covered. Allen went across on the
next play and then passed the ball
over the right side of the line to c.
G.. Williams for the extra point and
the final score was 26-l2 for Hen
dcrSOn. Tho Yellow Jackets started
an aerial attack in the closing
seconds of the game. but had gotten
the piGSkin only To their own At
yard line when the final whistle
blew.