Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
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AU-Star Grid Battle

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skies before a crowd of 6,594, and
the net profits will be turned over
to the Delaware Foundation for
Retarded Children.
The score shows the Blues won
decisively, but by no means in
dicates how closely these teams.
consisting entirely of senior stars
from the 1855 campaign, battled
through most of the contest. Not
until Wilmington Highs Charley
Cox broke away on sensational
66-yard touchdown run midway in
the last quarter, which gave the
upstate team a two-touchdown mar
gin, was the game cracked open.
This slender 160-pound ALL
Slater was cho9en the games
outstanding player" by sports
writer's and sportscasters and it
probably was that big scoring play
that swung the tide in his favor. He
accounted for the three longest
dashes of the afternoon, having
ripped loose for runs of So and 81
yards in the first quarter. He
wound up with 204 yards in 20
carries, a walloping ia average.
William Penn's Bill Johnson was
runnerup for the outstanding
player" award, and Seaford's Bobby
Chaffinch third. The 204-pound
Johnson shifted to an end from his
normal tackle position of last year,
was a devastating blocker, terrific
defensively and caught a pass for
his teams first touchdown. The
Sc, 150-pound Chaffinch was the
workhorse of his teams attack,
any other back, for A yards.
Cole was highly pleased with
his team. especially the way it
adjusted to the Kent-Sussex eleven's s
surprising T and wing-T attack
1.-The Gold teams play was very
good" remarked Billy. But we
prepared to defend against the split
THAT'S what we heard they were
going to run from-and they didn't
use it at all. They used the Della
ware system, with lot of trapping.
Our boys handled themselves well
against it. But that Gold team had
me sweating blood for long time,
particularly in the third quarter" F"
Seaford's Bobby Dowd, Kent
Sussex coach said: 81 think the
better team won, but we weren't
outfought. We had a fourth down
one situation and failed to make
it. That hurt us. They had the long
run and that was the ball game. .
That fourth-and-one situation
came in the fourth period and was
the drive which caused Cole so
much concern. Trailing 1876 at the
time, the Colds, after forcing the
New Castle Countians to punt for
the first and only time, drove 81
yards to the q, where they yielded
possession on dnwns.
Three plays lster, Cox ripped
away for his touchdown run.
Not long after, Kent-Sussex un-
leashed its best sortie of the first
half. After Seaford's Dave Pass
waters intercepted a pass on his
own 40, the Colds in five plays
drove to a first down on the 8. The
big gamers were spectacular
catch by Milford's Alvin Huey for
a 2G-yard gain and 17-yard run by
Milford's Ken Draper.
The New Castle Countians threw
up a nine-man line after the Colds
reached the 8. Chaffinch then was
smothered on a buck. Seaford's
Dave Grosh was stopped at right
end on a nice tackle by Newark's s
Lee Schaffer, and Johnson crashed
through to spill Chaffinch for
five-yard loss. With fourth down.
and eight to go for touchdown,
Seaford's Bob Steele on neat
cutback was stopped just short of
the goal by a violent upending
block by Newark's Ray Klapinsky.