Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-15
ket Eleven Spaes Some In Practice Tilt With AreNan Springs
Surprise Game
Shows Strength
And Weakness
By BILL pAVEY

" loC "a oIl4AS 81 tic I
had all the trimmings of reg
ulation ball game except the
I cheer leaders and the bands
the real thrills, since the cut
come Of the game was never in
n doubt.
The score, which was incidea-
tai to the whole affair, was 80
for the Jackets and s for Azure
liam Springs, which this season
has its ball club for on.y the
second year,
Both teams looked like TINY
needed the practice, although
Coach Danny eagles boys &C
tually sparkled on several occa-
y .sions and looked bad on Others.
Coach G. E. Crawley's charges
from Aurelian Springs looked
good for a. small school squad
and it is predicted that they will
give plenty of trouble to all
of the schools their size Of lhe
1946 schedule.
Matthews Stands Out
The Jackets uncorked l9O-
spound fullback, Carlton Dub
Eber" Matthews, ninth-gtader
sbroughet over from the Jayvees,
Awho was the looking thing
On the field as he ripped the
Aurelian Springs line apart on
line bucks and played Whale
4;Ipf game on defense.
s& The game, which started out
sas an unheralded practice scrin-
image between the teams, went
SAhe full 12-minute distance N
Nsthe first two quarters, but the
sfinal quarters were limited to
five minutes each by mutual
Sconsent of both teams.
x# Officiating, done by q quai
{Ntet of Roanoke Rapids officials
f&who will hold down Jobs in the
f#Northeastern Conference this
%season, in the first half vas all
S&indication that the officials, 100,
were a little rusty and needed
1.-THE workout they got, Ted
Walter Brown Fred
IA Cooper and Flip" Edmondson
4 were the men with the sti ped
shirts, and the session they held
at halftime With Cooper's brand
n new rule book seemed to do
n them all good after the lapses
Il that occurred in the first two
4 periods.
A number of people, attracted
4 by the Simmons Park lights
a and the word-of-month advertis-
ing that preceded the practice
A tilt. either climbed the fence or
u wangled their way inside the
gates to watch their first foot
ball game of the unborn sea-
son.
Crawley Pleased
The Jackets showed plenty of
punch in the game, rolling ZIP
eleven first downs to tie one
made by Aurelian Springs, and
it was in the line -bucking de
partment that the Roanoke Ra-
pids team seemed to show It's
power. The boys from Gown
south fought gamely and pulled
couple OF nice pass plays, one
of which netted them a touch
| down, and after the game Coach
Crawley said the outcome was
lust about what he had expected,
4 adding that he was pleased with
his teams performance against
/ the bigger, more experienced
Jackets.
After a scoreless first quarter,
delayed frequently by penal
/ ties, in which department the
Jackets were way ahead, CO.
captain Vance Stewart pulled
couple of nice plays which set
the stage for Billy Clemmers
12-yard scamper around left end
on nicely-executed ooublc
reverse for a touchdown. Mat
thews nonchalantly plunged for
the point A short time later,
though, the boys from the
Springs elimaXed a 53-yard
drive with pass which Shell
by Aycock lobbed into the arms
! of team captain Coleman 5sst,
who showed his heels TO the ser
ondary and crossed into pay dirt
on play which netted 43
4 yards and showed the Jackets
4 weakest defensive spot. An at
tempted placekick conversion
A never got off the ground.
Eight plays later the Jackets
had scored again, with Matthews
plunging five times and Stewart
carrying three. Matthews finally
hit the line at the IA and moved
on to score. Stewart on re-
verse added the extra rolns.
An intercepted pass by A. j.
Williams was downed on the
Aurelian Springs 10 early in the
short third period and Sc. the
stage for another score, when
Matthews bucked to the seven
/ yard stripe and Stewart weht
4 over tackle for the touchdown.
/, Stewards buck for the point was
h stopped. Another pass intercept
\ ton by Kenneth Mizell on The
Il first Aurelian Springs often
4 sive . play after . receiving the
4 kickoff allowed Stewart to scam
4 per around right end for a
score. The interception came on
typical "Ace Parker" pass on
first down. from the. Vineyard
line that just didn't pay oft.