The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-11-17
S H O r IS
By LONG
TEN YEARS AGO The R

TEN YEARS AOO - Inc Red-
skins won their first, last, and
only league championship by
blasting M & M 36-13 in the an
nuaI Armistice Day game. Cap
tain Leo Mazgay tailed the first
touchdown by plunging over
from the one for six points.
Mazgay carried the ball Al yards
to the five, from where John
Christopher went over for the
second tally. Mazgay next pass
ed 80 yards to jun Clark for I'd
number three and an 1870 half
tinc lead. In the second half,
Mazgay rambled 81 yards to the
16, then passed to Bob Radcliff
s for the touchdown. Kenny Fogle
racked up the fifth score, buck
ing over from the tWo-yard
stripe. Mazgay passed 10 yards
to "Big Chris" for the final
marker, but not until M & NJ
made two scores on passes from
Smith to Stewart.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS - Cald-
wells win, their third in a row
over the Big Reds, marked the
first time in this ancient and
hard-fought grid rivalry that
one team has copped three
straight games Both teams
have now won nine games while
six have ended in a tie The
Big Reds played through one of
their worst seasons, winning on
ly two out of nine games, and
failing to score in seven games
A warm, sunny day pro-
duced a large crowd for the
NJ & NJ Homecoming, with Queen
Loas BreSock being crowned in
brief pre-game ceremonies =.
Band director Marvin P. Wood
led both bands in the National
A n t h EN- during flag-raising
exercises -. . The M & M band,
under new director from Ohio
State, showed plenty of improve
ment when they presented their
halftime show In dark un-
iforms and white spats, definite
ly Ohio State counterparts, the
new director, has Speeded up
their tempo as they attempt to
emulate States crack marching
outfit Perry Como's broth
er, Al, was head linesman for
the game -. Bill Brown, M&M
fullback for the past four years,
was sidelined with a broken
ankle, suffered in a recent auto
accident =. Eleven seniors
played their last game for Cald-
well high, finishing with a rous-
ing victory -. Riski recovered
McConnelsville tumble while
Potts, Fowler and King inter
cepted passes for the Redskins
Among the better tackles
were those by Jack Fowler,
Potts, Simonton, Morris, Gid
den, Anderson and SchelI .
Jack Morris played his best de-
fensive game of the year, break
ing up several plays behind the
line of scrimmage
SHORTS - Dresden, new mem
ber of the MVL, will have a
new dIllStlC llelu next season
following a favorable vote at the
recent election in which citizens
voted 884 to 453 on the proposed
. issue Jim Russell, former
coach at Roseville and Byesville,
around 1943, was instantly kill
ed last Thursday near Hazel
hurst, Miss, when he fell be-
tween cars of a freight train
This marks the first year
since 1941 that no tie games
We're played in the Muskingum
Valley League !. The wealth
erman was unusually kind tC
the Redskins this year, marring
only one game, the Roseville
contest Caldwell finished
the season with six wins against
three losses, a better than-aver,
age record Since entering
the league in 1888, the Redskins
!. have finished first once, second
twice. third four times, fourth
five times, fifth three times anc
sixth once Caldwell banc
plays at Athens Saturday after,
noon for the Ohio U-Buffale