Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-15
More Than 70 Young Boys
Report for Jayvee, Midget
High School Grid Teams
Crawford Hovle
Coaching Jayvees;
Wood Midgets

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There should never be a short
age of varsity football material
at Roanoke Rapids High School
as long as Athletic Director
Crawford Hoyle's farm system
is in effect.
This year, for instance, Hoyle
has about 10 boys out for his
Junior Varsity and Midget
teams at the school, and the
boys are eagerly learning plenty
of football under the tutelage of
the Jayvee mentor.
An afternoon practice finds
the field actually Uttered with
bali players ranging in size
from flyweights to boys who
look as though they might be
big enough for jobs in the ALL
American professional football
circuit. Actually the squads in
clude high school boys none of
whom are further along than
the tenth grade and no further
back than the seventh. Size is
no object in ruling boys off the
team. however, none of the
candidates can be older than IT,
Jayvees and Midgets
The turnout is so big this year
that Coach Hoyle has divided
the group into Jayvces and Mid
gets. The Midgets are under the
coaching of Sam Wood, Jacket
varsity letterman back who was
to have been one of the key
stones in the 1913 team. Wood
was found to have a heart all
ment this year by physicians
and advised not to play football
so he is turning his talents to
deve>oping those of the younger
football hopefuls.
The younger memoirs of the
football farm started practice
only last week, and first heavy
equipment was issued 10 most
OF them at practice yesterday
afternoon. Hoyle said he ex-
poets some good things of his
teams this year, although no
schedule has yet been set for
them. He said he expetcs to get
started in competition about the
middle of October.
The only difference in the
JayVee and varsity setup is
that the varsity is the official
representative of the school on
the grldlron, however when it
comes to practices, drilling and
learning plays it is all football.
The Jayvees, naturally enough
are running from the regular
slngle-Wing unbalanced-line for
nation used by the older bows
and are learning the plays they
Will be using when they gradu-
ate to the varsity squad, now
limited with few exceptions to
eleventh and twelfth graders.
Growing Program
Next year Coach Hoyle said
he expects to send two full
teams of well-trained men up to
the varsity, so it can be seen
that the farm" is ready to pay
off big dividends for the Jackets.
He said unless the varsity is
badly wrecked during the sea-
SON. he does not\plan to turn
any of this years squad over to
Coach Danny eagle, however,
he did admit to having a few
ball players that would please
any varsit high school coach.
Right now he has nearly four
full teams on his Jayvee squad
and Wood has nearly three
teams in his charge.
The tentative Jayvee first
team" consists of Tom Myrick
and Bob Nantz at ends, Jimmie
Harris and John Busk at tackles
Howard Smith and Donald Bur-
ton at guards, John Maurice at
center, and Calvin Baton, Tom
Topping, Robert Smith and Paul
Williams in the backfield.
Right behind these are Harry
Talley and Roger Downing,
ends, Epps Ready and Sidney
DeLoatche, tackles, Lloyd Cut
lom and Noah Fury, guards,
Fitzhugh Price, center, and
Richmond Lynch, Donald Tay-
lor, Charles Moseley and Doug
las Felts, backfield men.
Other Jayvee regulars are
Donald Taylor, guard; Earl
Crumpler, back; Billy Griffin,
end; Roland Wick, end; Elan
ders O'Neal, guard; Edward
Warrick, back; Walter Jones,
tackle; Steve Davenport, guard;
John Warrock, guard; Billy
Polston, center; Carlton White,
end; Dallas Caswell, back; Ho-
ward Myrick, back; Robert
Little, back; Billy Hudson, back;
Bobby Watson, end; Billy Whit |
son, end; Bobby Warrock, end;
and Billy Newton, end. Troy
Hasty is team manager.
The Midgets will probably
line up with the following start
ers: Crosby Vaughan. Ronnie
Babb, Lucky Hurst and Robert
Wick in the backfield, Dave