The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-11-05
Only Two Games
Remain In 1853
Football Season
Leading Teens Keyed
For Victories In
Lost Contest

With only two more games re-
manning in the '53 football sea-
son, leading teams Of the Big
Black Conference will be keyed
up for important victories in last
contests - not only to improve
their final standings IN what has
been a thrill-packed grid year
but also in a more challenging
position Of league-leading Durant
becomes an upset victim at the
very last minute.
Durant's Tigers appear to have
the football championship sewed
up for the End consecutive year.
They now boast the only u
blemished record in the Big Black
loop and will enjoy an open date
this week before taking on the
traditional rivals from Lexington
on the Tiger field Nov. Is.
Durant will automatically take
title honors with a victory over
Lexington and the Tigers will eD-
ter the rival battle in a highly
favored role.
However, if Lexington's well
coached Hornets pull an upset
over the defending champs, the
Big Black championship race
could find mighty Mathistan
coming in first for the grand
prize.
The Panthers visit Ethel Fn-
day night in this weeks most
closely watched Big Black affair.
Mathiston will be expected 70
emerge victorious and to strenx-
then its hold on second position
with a 81 record. Brooksvirle
meets an outsider, Houston, and
will stay in third place with a
81 record.
On the following weekend,
Mathiston will entertain Mabsn
and should finish the season with
a IL record. The Durant-Lex-
ington tilt will therefore decide
the championship, giving the Tfx-
ers either a 10 record for the
grid crown or a 81 record 1er
runner-up honors.
In other Big Black games this
week Kilmichael goes to SturaiS
McAdamS journeys to Noxapater
and Weir invades Maben. Walden
plays host to Itta Bena, non-con-
ference foe, and French Camp
meets an outsider, Carrollton, at
the academy. Lexington and b.
rant are idle.
Friday nights games win be
the seasons finales for Noxa-
pater, Weir, Kilmichael, Walden
and Ethel.
Dur0nt Holds Leud
Durant, Mathiston and Brooks
vile continue to hold top poei-
tons in grid standings of the -
Black Conference as all leMse
contests went as expected over
the weekend.
The high scoring Tigers of Du-
rant moved within one game of
clinching the coveted football
championship for the second cen
secutive year by soundly trs,ne-
ing the Sturgis Lions 47-13 before
large crowd in Durant Friday
night.
The second ranking Mathiston
Panthers, who have an ambitious
eye on the crown, trounced Nuxa-
pater 34-7 on the Mathiston field
and Brooksville turned back he
invasion Of Ethers fighting Tie-
ers 1918.
McAdams is still in fourth SPOT
as result of the Bulldogs 46-I3
conquest of Walden Kilmichael
moved ahead of Weir in stand
lngs by outscoring the visitors
20-13.
In tussles with non-conference
foes, Big Black representatives
emerged with one win, one less.
one tie. French Camp Academy
took the traditional rivals OF
Chamberlain Hunt Academy 1916,
Maben and Calhoun City deaa-
locked 1913 and Lexington hst
to neighboring Tchula 1877. West
had an open date.
Demonstrating excellent down.
field blocking and a strong de-
tense, Durant scored in every
quarter to crush Sturgis 47-13.
The visiting Lions were not al
lowed first down until the third
quarter and their scores came in