The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
Little Moss Point Scares Pants OFF
Big CiiY's Nichols Before Losing

Fumbles, fat and fatigue caused
the 1888 downfall of the Moss
Point Tigers Friday night before
the Rebels of Nichols high in
New Orleans.
The fumbleS resulted in at
least two of Nichols touchdowns.
and the fat carried by the Rebel
linemen caused a great fatigue to
come over the Pointers.
AS scrappy a bunch of light
weights as has been seer in New
Orleans this year, the Pointers
got the jump on their big foes
and but for a spirit SCATTERING
98-yard kickoff return by Nichols
might have come out the upset
winner.
Bench Riders
With five invalidS seeing only
part-time action, the Tigers just
had too much cut out for them.
Riding the bench a good part of
the game were Norm Stewart.
who scored both Point touches,
and Pat Gardner, whose running
has been most of the Tiger of
Tense this year.
Others in the aches and pains
brigade were Jesse Gum, guard.
Bobby Rouse, tough center, and
Danny Hall, a really good punter.
The Tigers nearly shocked the
britches off Nichols. setting the
big boys back on defense and rip
ping through them on offense.
Good work by Gardner. Stewart
and Ed Wilkinson gave the Point
ers a first period touchdown. with
Stewart carrying over on a good
l4-vard run.
Nichols, aroused, came b ack
and did some rolling only to be
stumped by the Tiger defense on
the Point IL. tumble No. / then
shafted the Pointers. Nichols re-
covered on the Tiger II and ran
over a few plays later aided by a
pass interference. Both pats were
missed.
Gardner, ~favoring a hip muscle,
busted through the big Rebel line
for 81 yards during the first half.
He racked up runs of IL and l6
yards during the first half to 90
with the skies, fives and fours.
One 15-yarder was called back
and MP penalized Is for holding.
Stewart Through Middle
Stewart. who seems to be get
ting better and better. gained a
net of 80 the first half. His IA
yard run for a score was through
the middle.
Davis Mortensen and Dutch
Schatz were the backbone of the
Point defense, making tackle aft
er tackle.
Soon after the third quarter be-
gan, Schatz put the Tigers ahead
again when he trapped the Mich
oils star, Ray Weidenbacher. and
dropped him back of the goal line.
The play was a sickening ex-
hibifion of running the WRONG
way. Weidenbacher. with the ball
on his own 10. floated farther and
farther back trying to turn
Schatz. 1t was no go.
The Tigers took the Nichols
kick and went on down for a sec
ond touchdown. 1t was Gardner.
Stewart and Wilkinson again.
with Stewart again racking I'D
the points from the Is. The point
wasn't made, but MP led l4-6.
Tiger rooters in the stands and
around their radios at home re-
Taxed at this point. And so did
the Point footballers. It looked
like another win. But Weiden-
bacher took the kickoff on his
own two and went all the way.
98 yards and six points. They
scored the one and that made il
14-13.
More Fumbles
Nichols kicked off. Moss Point
fumbled on its own 40 and a Reb
was there to cover the ball. On
the first play, Mary XattengelI.
Nichols left half, broke away
for the distance.
Nichols kicked off. A Point
pass was intercepted and the Rebs
took over on the MP 80 From
there, we'll they scored and
the Tigers fumbled and Nichols
scored some more Tho