The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-21

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to the Point "a. Kuhn then punt
ed out on the II.
Gardner ran ii over left guard
for seven and then Stewart set
out around left end for 40 yards
to the Panther AZ where Paul
Wilkinson caught up with him.
This play. pulled twice for al
most identical gains by Stewart.
is a delayed reverse. A great hull
labaloo. featuring Maggie Ham
mond's smooth ball handling.
arises in the middle of the line
and then Stewart suddenly comes
Looping out of the melee and
around end.
Red Price recovered a Point
tumble to put an end to this Sc
ries, but a Panther tumble, re-
covered on the so by Dutch
Schatz, started it up again. 1t
was MP's only threat of the first
half and Paul Wilkinson ended it
by batting down a Hammond
pass on the goal line.
Kuhn, Hicks and Wyndell
Moody advanced the ball to the
Pascagoula Al from where Kuhn
was again forced to punt. This
one was caught by Gardner on
his IS. He fumbled when tackled
by Buddy Floore, and Sidney
King recovered on the Tiger ct.
Schstz Blocks Pass
Kuhn and Wilkinson gained
nine in three and then Charley's
fourth-doWn pass was blocked by
Dutch Schatz. The half ended
with Moss Point in possession on
its own 81.
Son Rhodes, star Moss Point
halfback from last year, who was
expected to be in the all-confer-
ence running this season, did not
get into the game. So far, because
of two Clipped bones, he has seen
action only for a few minutes in
the Biloxi game.
Early in the third quarter. Kuhn
kicked from his 40 TO the MP le.
Gardner got four over RICH. guard.
Then Stewart set out around left
end and duplicated his run of the
first period. He was brought
down again by Paul Wilkinson.
this time after a dash of SO yards.
Three plays later, Gardner
started to his right, bumped the
Panther end with his hip and
twirled all the way for 81 yards
and the first touchdown of the
game. Gene Young, Moss Point
end, planted the last Pascagoula
tackler with a beautiful block on
the 10-yard line. Norman Wells
kicked goal.
After the kickoff, the Panthers
worked down to midfield, but a
Kuhn pass was intercepted on
the MI As by Gary Smith, alert
guard, and run back to the Pas
35. Gardner, Stewart and Hall
took it to the 20.
Fight Like Panthers
The Pascagoula line started up
at this and began fighting like
Panthers but strangely, Moss
Point was able to come through
with its second touchdown al
though being pushed around.
The Pointers fumbled, threw
passes wildly when rushed. New
ertheless, Hammond, already fall
ing with three Panthers wrapped
around him, managed a weak pass
to the right which Gardner caught
on the Is.
Pat. rather surprised himself.
cut in around a couple of men.
turned right and went down the
sideline 10 the five. There he
came face 10 face with two Pas
tacklers. He stopped. faxed 10 the
left and then ran to the right over
the goal as the defenders fell
down. II was a lovely bit of trick.
cry. Wells made good his second
kick.
Late in the fourth period, the
Tigers got rolling again. Stewart,
Gardner and Danny Hall led 8
march down to the Panther 80. A
roughness penalty set them back
to the A. Stewart got three at
center. Then Hammond fired an
other pass.