Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-11-18

A determined Wolfpack squad
invaded Civilian Field with high
hopes of an upset victory over the
strong Devils but their only bid
for victory was on the opening
play of the game when Fullback
Leonard Butler broke loose for
45-yard run that carried to the
Devil 81. The Wolfpack moved to
the Devil 6 before the strong de-
fenSive unit of the Red Devils
rose to the occasion and gained
possession of the ball on downs.
1t was the Packs first and final
bid for score as the Red Devils
pushed them all over the field for
the remainder of the contest.
The Devils scored their first
touchdown of the night when End
Davis Norris recovered tumble
Spivey moved to the 30 where
Gore, Walden, and Spivey COM
bined efforts to carry the oval to
the Al. At that point, Walden's
aerial to Gore was complete to
the Pack 38. Again the trio of
power Walden, Gore, and Spivey
carried to the Pack "a. Walden's
pass was gathered in by Gore in
the end zone for the T. d. The
only extra point of the contest
was scored when Walden plunged
through the line.
The second Devil score was a
result of another spectacular play
engineered by End Davis Norris
who broke through the Pack front
wall and blocked Horizons kick
on the Whiteville 80. Center Eu-
gene SoleS secovered the tumble.
The Pack stopped the Devil drive
but Norris blocking of the kick
| had put them in hole and the
effort of the Pack proved only a
delay in the tall yof the score.
Horizons kick was good TO the
Devil 35 where Gore gathered it
in and romped to the midfield
stripe before being brought down.
On two plays Walden carried to
the Pack 81 then a pass play to
End Lonnie Willoughby carried to
the Pack 20 to set the stage for
the T. D. Gore eluded the safety
man and Walden pitrhed an aerial
into his arms on the Pack 5-yard
line and Gore crossed the goal
line standing up.
Halftime ceremonies featured
the browning of Miss Peggy
Watts who was chosen Home
coming Queen for 1858. She was
sponsored by the football team
and was escorted from the field
by Captain Weldon Gore. The
halftime activities provided by
the Columbus County Band
were the most impressive ever
staged at the local field as the
band was divided into four
groops and placed at the corn
ers of the field from which point
they alternated playing the vari-
Gus school songs. while the
Homecoming beauties were es-
corted from the field.
After the colorful halftime acti-
vities the Red Devils attempted to
carry on where they had left off
in the second quarter but a stub
born Peck defensive unit denied
them every bid for a touchdown in
the thi.d quarter.
Early in the final Stanza Walden
intercepted a Pack aerial to kill
any possible threat on the Devil
8. The Devils eliminated the 81
yard drive when Fullback Ben
Spivey plunged over from the
Pack to run tic score to 1910.
Several plays later tumble by
Leonard Butler on the Pack 10
was scooped up by Sub Brooks
Mills who raccJ The 70 yards for
the I. d. 1t VS. BY far the most
spectacular play i the game.
The final Devil score was set
up by the Wolfpack from White
| vile as .'a- 1ccamc over-anXiouS
! in the waning minutes of the
game and were pCnaliZcd for I'M
necessary rougl ness and unSports-
manlikc conduct. The penalties
| moved the bali to lie Pack l-yard
line where Brooks Mills complct-
cd pass to T. Rogers, a regular
season guard switched the end in
the final minutes of play, for the
| touchdown.
The victory gave the Devils a
season record of seven wins. two
losses, and one tie.
Outstanding players for the
Pack defensive unit were Pebo
Collier and Bennett Williams.
On the offense il was Willard
Ward who carried the brunt of
the Pack attack which netted
total of 1876 yards.