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Lions Nip
Devils
21-19
The 1973 grid season for the
Jackson High Red Devils
comes down to the wire
Friday night, November 10th,
when Stone Mountain invades
Jackson’s Red Devil Hill for
the last game of the season.
It all began with high hopes
and proud statements on
August 31st with Rockdale
County moving in for the
opening game that well might
have set the losing pattern for
the year as they moved out
with the score 26-12 in their
favor. Victories have been few
and far between this year for
the gallant Red Devil’s who
have battled adversities, most
beyond their control, with a
grim determination that has
endeared them to local fans.
Injuries, suffered both on the
field of play and practice and
on highways of this section,
have so depleted the Red
Devils’ ranks that Coach Ron
Wade will be hard put to field
11 experienced men Friday
against Stone Mountain. The
star of the team, tailback Andy
Crumbley, was critically in
jured in an automobile acci
dent near Atlanta on October
6th and still remains paralyzed
in South Fulton Hospital
slightly more than a month
after his mishap. Another
player, Curtis Smith of
Jackson on East Third Street.
Other players, too numerous to
mention, have suffered both
crippling and nagging injuries
that have either sidelined them
for the season or rendered
them at less than effective
speed.
The frustrating season
reached its climax in Carroll
ton Friday night when winless
Central of Carrollton rose up to
slap down the ailing Jackson
ians by a 21-19 count for their
first victory of the season. At
full strength, there could be
little doubt that Jackson would
have run the Lions off the field.
The Lions tallied first in the
initial stanza with
ing when Denver Echols
plunged 1 yard with the Lion
making good on a 2 point
conversion to lead 8-0.
Early in the second quarter
with 10:56 remaining Mark
Kempt raced 10 yards into the
end zone with Carroll’s PAT
making it 15-0.
Later in the second quarter
Jackson struck back with
Ricky Smith racing 6 yards for
the score, but the point attempt
was no good. The Lions led at
halftime by 15-6.
Early in the fourth quarter
Ricky Smith again smashed
over from 1 yard out with the
PAT attempt good making the
score 15-13.
The closing deficit however
was widened again quickly
with 9:17 remaining in the
fourth quarter when Larry
Lyle dropped a bomb to Boykin
for 72 yards, making the score
at this juncture 21-13.
The Red Devils, however,
were not through and backed
the Lions against their goal at
which point Darrell Summers
raced across with a fumble
recovery for the final tally. The
point was no good as the
closeness of final score, 21-19,
was indicated by the total
offense which showed Jackson
gained 201 yards on 48 attempts
while Carrollton gained 209
yards on 52 attempts.
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GAME ANALYSIS
(Statistics courtesy Charlie Brown,
WJGA Sports Director)
CENTRAL OF
JACKSON 19 CARROLLTON 21
6 First Downs 9
2 Rushing 7
4 Passing 2
80 Yards Rushing 122
33 Total Rushing Plays 37
201 Total Yards 209
121 Yards Passing 87
15 Passes Attempted 15
4 Passes Completed 4
4-35 Punts 7-37
10-68 Penalties 7-47
Rushing: Jackson -- Ricky Smith 24 for 67, James Morgan 6
for 13, Darrell Summers 2 for 0, Bernard Mayfield 1 for 0.
Passing: Jackson -- Ricky Smith attempted 14 and James
Morgan 1. Smith completed 4 passes, two to Darrell Summers for
25 and 28 yards; one to James Morgan for 30 yards and one to
Lamar Smith for 38 yards. Smith had three passes intercepted.
Rushing: C. of Carrollton - Denvel Echols 19 for 63; Mark
Kemp 9 for 52; Ray Mashburn 7 for 14; Larry Lyle 1 for -5; Tim
Cowarts 1 for -2.
Passing: C. of Carrollton ~ Larry Lyle attempted 15 and
completed 4, to Boykin for 3 yards and a 72 yard touchdown; to
Kemp for 7 yards; to Carroll for 5 yards. Lyle was intercepted
once, by Lamar Smith.
Jackson fumbled once and lost it while Central fumbled 3
times and lost all, being recovered by Darrell Summers, 2 and
Marvin Banks.
Defensively Jackson was led by Dale White with 11
individual tackles and 6 assists. He was followed by Marvin Banks
with 11-3, Jimmy Clemmons 7-7, Darrell Summers 6-4, Timmy
Smith 6-2, Bobby Askin 4-2, James Clark 3-3, James Morgan 3-0,
Lamar Smith 2-4, Freddie Weaver 2-1, Jeff Patterson 1-0.
EZ Mart
Clobbers
Raiders
PMC EZ Mart, behind the
running of Adrian Evans,
Lawrence Biles, Terry Ethe
ridge, and the leadership of QB
A1 Duke, beat the “Raiders”
from Barnesville 32-16.
Evans scored first on a 37
yard run from scrimmage. The
extra point pass from Duke to
Bill King, end, was good and
EZ Mart took the lead, 8-0.
Evans scored twice more in the
half, but both conversion
attempts were short and the
score remained 20-0 at the half.
Barnesville came back after
intermission and connected for
touchdowns on a 50 yard pass
play from Ron Barkley to
Leßoy and a 27 yard run by
Moses Crawford. Both runs for
conversions were successful
and the third quarter score was
closer at 20-16. However, the
EZ Mart “Easy Rider”
defensive unit, led by John
Oxenford, Steve Bridges,
Duece Williamson, Kenneth
Ayers and Carey Maddox,
stopped the Raiders the rest of
the game. Great blocks by Tim
Kersey, Alan Folsom, and Joe
Kersey sprung Evans and Biles
loose on two final quarter
touchdown runs to keep the
PMC EZ Mart team undefeat
ed after three games.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to express my thanks
and appreciation to all my
friends and relatives for the
beautiful flowers, cards, gifts,
visits, phone calls and espe
cially the many prayers during
my hospitalization. A special
thank you to the Jackson High
School football coaches, teach
ers and students who remem
bered me with so much love
and kindness. May God bless
each of you as He has blessed
me. -- Mike Hamlin.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Jackson Drug
Team Edges
The Falcons
Jackson Drug Cos. defeated
the Barnesville Falcons in an
exciting contest on The Hill by
the margin of 28-26. Only 13
seconds had elapsed when
Carey Thaxton broke the
scoring ice for Jackson as he
raced 35 yards with an
intercepted pass. The Falcons
came back to tie it 6-6 after
Stan Lyons scored from 10
yards out to cap a 62 yard
drive. Thaxton scored again on
a 29 yard run, but once again
Barnesville drove down field to
tie it up 12-12 as Gus Hickman
kept on a sneak.
Barnesville went ahead 20-12
on a 40 yard run by Lyons and a
successful conversion. How
ever, Jackson Drug came right
back as Thaxton scampered 60
yards for six and Stan Nelson
ran the two point conversion to
make the score 20-20 at the
half.
The second half was just as
exciting but the defense for
both teams stiffened. Barnes
ville punched out a go-ahead
touchdown on an 8-yard sweep.
The last quarter saw both
teams miss on several op
portunities, but with 70 seconds
left Thaxton, Jackson’s work
horse, took a pitchout from
Ronnie Dodson and broke loose
on another patterned run to tie
the game and Stan Nelson ran
for two to give Jackson Drug
their second win.
MEET THE RED DEVILS
JJ
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Harmon Rates
Teams On
Power Quotient
Because of the letters and
questions we receive each fall
about our method of rating
football teams, we would like to
take time to explain again that
in the Harmon system a team’s
rating is based on its power
quotient, not on games won and
lost. In other words, it’s simply
the average of its past
performance against all oppo
sition. Each of the more than
640 football teams that we
follow receives an adjusted
rating each week, which
explains why L.S.U., for
example, can be 10th one week,
14th the next, etc. .. although a
team remains undefeated, its
power quotient fluctuates from
week to week.
And- the teams in our Top 20
(Top 16 this week!) are not all
of the major undefeated teams.
Week-to-week performance
and calibre of competition can
prevent some from establish
ing a strong enough power
quotient. Miami of Ohio is an
example.
Also, as in the case of
Colorado, a team can be a
three-time loser and still be
ranked in our elite group. The
Buffaloes’ losses have all been
to teams in our Top 20 . ..
L.S.U., Oklahoma, and Nebras
ka. Based on their power
quotient, they would still rate
as a favorite against 85 percent
of the major teams in the
country.
So - it’s just our way of
mathematically speculating on
the relative power of college
football teams. We can be as
wrong as anyone (and we are -
25 percent of the time), but we
feel it’s as reliable a system as
any in determining winners
and losers.
Michigan and Ohio State
aren’t the only two teams
closing in on a conference
championship confrontation.
U.C.L.A. and Southern Califor
nia are in a count-down to their
Pacific Eight finale, also on
November 24th. The 4th-rank
ed Bruins will clip Oregon this
week, and Stanford is a 16-point
underdog to Southern Cal,
rated No. 8.
The two Big Ten powers are
again heavy favorites. 2nd -
rated Ohio State is picked by 27
points over Michigan State,
and Michigan, No. 5, will beat
Illinois by 21. At this point in
the season, we would pick Ohio
State and U.C.L.A. to meet in
the Rose Bowl on January Ist,
but that’s really jumping the
gun.
And once-beaten Missouri
runs head-long into top-ranked
Oklahoma in a Big Eight
Conference show-down. Looks
like 9th-ranked Mizzou may
lose another, this one by 16
points to the potent Sooners.
Also, Notre Dame, No. 6, will
slow Pittsburgh down . . the
Irish should win by 20. And
Penn State, No. 7, will whip
North Carolina State by 12.
PERSONAL
Mrs. W. H. Goff has returned
to her home in Villa Rica after
spending last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Raney.
James Clark -5’11”, 162 lbs.-
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Lee Clark. This is the
first year for James on the
varsity squad after playing on
the B-Team last year. James
has played offensive and
defensive end in limited action
this season.
Warrior Feast
To Honor
Grid Players
November 15th is the
scheduled date for the annual
“Warrior Feast” at Jackson
Christian Academy. This is to
honor the football team and
cheerleaders and to introduce
the 1973-74 basketball teams.
Tickets to adults will be SI.OO
and to students 50 cents. The
banquet begins at 7 o’clock and
will be held at the Academy
located on Brownlee Road.
Everyone is invited to attend,
enjoy the food and help pay
tribute to the teams.
B&PW CLUB TO SELL
CLAXTON FRUIT CAKES
With Thanksgiving and
Christmas drawing ever near,
the Jackson B&PW Club has
begun selling the popular
Claxton fruit cakes, a popular
dessert fare in Butts County
homes. The cakes may be
purchased at $3.50 for three
pounds.
Persons desiring one or more
cakes may contact Shield’s
Jewelry, Goff’s Gifts and any
B&PW Club member.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Ethel Plank spent
Tuesday night in Hampton as
the guest of Mrs. Derrell
Anglyn.
His many friends regret to
know Lawrence Morgan con
tinues quite ill at Sylvan Grove
Hospital where he has been
hospitalized several weeks.
Mrs. Myrtice Moore is
hospitalized -at Sylvan Grove
Hospital, her friends regret to
learn.
Mrs. Martha Feely is
improving at Sylvan Grove
Hospital where she has been
hospitalized while convales
cing from a recent stroke.
Friends of Lynn Thaxton
regret to know he continues
hospitalized at Sylvan Grove
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Spoon
returned to their home at
Indian Springs Monday after
several days visit with Mrs.
Albert Schwamlein, Sr. in
Forsyth. While there Mrs.
Schwamlein and Mrs. Spoon
went to Macon.
Friends of Mrs. S. K. Smith
regret to learn she is
hospitalized at Sylvan Grove
Hospital where she was
admitted Monday. Mrs. Smith
is suffering with a broken tibia
bone in her right leg which
resulted apparently when her
leg gave away, causing the
weight of Mrs. Smith’s body to
come down on it. She has been
in her accustomed health,
though weak and is at present
time doing nicely at the
hospital. Mrs. Smith celebra
ted her 103rd birthday last
August 29th and friends and
relatives trust encouraging
news will continue to be told
regarding her condition.
THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1973
Mr. and Mrs. John Robert
Pulliam were recent visitors in
Gibsonton, Fla. where they
spent several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert A. Burnett
and Alton Pulliam of Tampa.
They toured Florida, going
down the East Coast to Miami
and up the West Coast to
Gibsonton and Tampa. As
Alton Pulliam of Tampa, wrote
- after some sight-seeing Mr.
and Mrs. John Robert Pulliam
left for “Good old Georgia.”
Friends of Mr. G. L. Mask of
Holly Street regret to learn he
is a patient at the Griffin-
Spalding County Hospital
where he was admitted Sunday
night after apparently suffer
ing a heart attack.
Friends of Melissa Gaye
regret to know she suffered a
badly sprained arm as the
result of a fall at school last
Friday.
Friends of Little Miss Iris
Grant regret to know she has
been ill several days this week
and has been confined to her
home. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tiny Grant of
East Jackson.
Miss Rachael Watkins, stu
dent at Reinhardt College, was
the weekend guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
W. Watkins, Jr.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients at Sylvan Grove
Hospital the week of October 31
- November 6 include:
Eunice Thurman, Jeannette
Stephens, Dovie Evett, Myrtice
Moore, Annie Kate Smith.
Alberta Smith, Evelyn Boyd,
Lawrence Morgan, Frank
Moore, Lynwood Thaxton,
Martha Feelv, Willie Smith.
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Football Forecast
1— OKLAHOMA
2 OHIO STATE
3 ALABAMA
4 U.C L.A.
Saturday, Nov. 10th Major Colleges
Air Force 23
Arizona 25
Arizona State 41
Arkansas 21
Arkansas State 21
Auburn 17
Boston College 23
Bowling Green 26
California 24
Cincinnati 21
Colorado 17
Cornell 21
Dartmouth 30
Duke 24
East Carolina 20
Florida State 20
Furman 24
Georgia 17
Georgia Tech 31
Harvard 27
Houston 38
Indiana 28
Kent State 22
Kentucky 23
Louisiana Tech 28
Louisville 23
Maryland 29
Memphis State 17
Miami, Fla. 37
Michigan 28
Nebraska 30
North Carolina 26
North Texas 21
Northern Illinois 33
Notre Dame 28
Ohio State 34
Oklahoma 26
Oklahoma State 24
Pacific 33
Pennsylvania 16
Penn State 28
Purdue 23
San Diego 38
South Carolina 42
Southern California 28
Southern Illinois 20
Syracuse 24
Tampa 31
Temple 34
Texas 38
Texas A&M 21
Texas Tech 31
Toledo 24
Tulane 21
U.C.L.A. 35
Utah 27
Utah State 20
Villanova 36
Washington 22
Washington State 27
Western Michigan 21
William & Mary 27
Wisconsin 34
Other Games —South and Southwest
Abilene Christian 42
Albany State 31
Alcorn A&M 27
Bethany 21
Catawba 33
Central Michigan 26
East Tennessee• 21
East Texas 22
Elizabeth City 27
Eton 26
Emory & Henry 31
Fairmont 24
Florence 14
Grambling 35
Harding 24
Henderson 27
Howard 28
Howard Payne 23
J. C. Smith 31
Jackson State 51
Jacksonville 24
Livingston 20
Mars Hill 20
Mississippi College 27
NW Louisiana 28
Pine Bluff 27
S F Austin 29
Salem 19
Shepherd 15
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PANCAKE APPRENTICES - Three Kiwanians are shown
above rehearsing their chores for the semi-annual Kiwanis
Pancake Extravaganza on Tuesday night. November 13th. at the
school lunchroom. Tickets are $1.25 for all ages and you can eat all
you can hold. Serving beginsVt 5 p.m. and continues through 8
o’clock. Practicing are. left to right, Tom Webb, Joe Brown Jr. and
Doug Durrett. - Photo by Jack Little.
Eg PERSONALS |
Howard Nix returned home
Monday after being hospitali
zed at Sylvan Grove Hospital
several days, his friends are
glad to learn.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker
were visited recently by Mrs.
Louise Barrentine of Atlanta
and Mrs. Demeris Drew of
Rains. South Carolina.
Little Karmon and Edward
Deaver were guests last week
of their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Ridgway, while their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Deaver, were in Palm Beach,
Florida.
Mrs. Ethel Plank spent
Friday in Lakewood.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Thaxton
and family of Anniston,
Alabama. were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Hodges Sr. and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Pope.
5 MICHIGAN
6 NOTRE DAME
7 PENN STATE
8— SOUTHERN CAL
Rutgers 21
Brigham Young 20
Wyoming 13
Rice 10
Arlington
Mississippi State
West Virginia 10
Eastern Michigan 20
San Jose State 23
Ohio U 13
Kansas 15
Brown 6
Columbia
Wake Forest 8
Richmond 17
V.P.I. 16
The Citadel 7
Florida 8
V.M.I. 0
Princeton
Colorado State 0
Northwestern 22
Miami (Ohio) 20
Vanderbilt
Lamar 6
Dayton 10
Virginia
Southern Mississippi 6
Army 6
Illinois
lowa State 14
Clemson 24
Wichita 17
Xavier 6
Pittsburgh S
Michigan State
Missouri 10
Kansas State 6
Fresno State 13
Yale 14
North Carolina State 16
Minnesota 17
Long Beach 7
Appalachian 14
Stanford 12
Drake
Holy Cross 20
West Texas 6
Rhode Island 14
Baylor 13
S. 20
T. 10
Marshall 13
Navy 14
Oregon 13
New Mexico 6
New Mexico State 10
West Chester State 14
Idaho 14
Oregon State 21
Ball State 16
Colgate 13
lowa 13
Sam Houston 12
Savannah State 0
Prairie View
Wash'ton & Jeff'son 7
Morehead 23
Guilford 6
Eastern Kentucky 14
Middle Tennessee 15
Angelo State 21
St. Paul’s 0
Lenoir-Rhyne
Georgetown 12
Biuefieid 13
Martin 13
Norfolk 0
Monti cello
State College 16
North Carolina Central 13
Texas A&l 6
Fayetteville 13
Morris Brown 0
Troy State 20
Delta State 15
Newberry 17
Ouachita 22
SW Louisiana 14
Bishop 6
Tarleton
West Va State
Hampden-Sydney 14
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9—MISSOURI
10— NEBRASKA
11— TEXAS
12— L.S U.
Southern State 22
Southwest Texas 28
Tennessee Tech 20
Texas Lutheran 20
Western Carolina 28
Winston-Saiem 28
Woffo-d 33
Other Games East
Alfred 30
American Intem'l 15
Amherst 28
Bowdoin 15
Bridgeport 54
Bucknel! 20
C W Post 14
Central Connecticut 20
Connecticut 27
Delaware 31
Fordham 20
Franklin & Marshall 23
Hobart 23
Johns Hopkins 20
King's Point 21
Lafayette 24
Lehigh 42
Middlebury 24
Millersville 28
Montclair 24
New Hampshire 27
Northeastern 27
Norwich ' 17
Slippery Rock 29
Wagner 20
Wesleyan 17
Wilkes 20
Other Games Midwest
Akron 24
Allegheny 16
Ashland 27
Baidwin-Waliace 28
Cameron 22
Central Methodist 24
Denison 30
DePauw 20
Doane 23
Franklin 30
Grand Valley 26
Heidelberg 29
Hillsdale 31
iowa Wesleyan 20
John Carroll 28
Lincoln 21
M.llikin 21
Missouri Southern 17
Missouri Valley 35
Murray 27
Muskingum 17
NE Oklahoma 25
Northern Michigan 22
NW Missouri 24
Ottawa 25
Otterbein 20
South Dakota State 33
SE Missouri 27
SE Oklahoma 23
Southwestern. Kan. 13
T3yfor 15
Valparaiso 27
Western Kentucky 52
William Jewell 19
William Penn 28
Wittenberg 38
Other Games Far West
Cal Poly (Pomona) 21
Cal Poly (S.L.O ) 34
Central Washington 26
Chico State 20
Colorado College 21
Concordia. Minn. 27
Eastern New Mexico 21
Eastern Oregon 20
Fullerton 28
Hawaii 30
Lewis and Clark 24
Linfield 31
Nevada (Las Vegas) 28
Nevada(Reno) 27
Northern Colorado 28
Portland State 20
Puget Sound 37
Riverside 29
San Francisco State 21
Whittier 26
13— TEXAS TECH
14— ARIZONA STATE
15— HOUSTON
16— COLORADO
Arkansas Tech 6
Sul Ross 24
Austin-Peay 14
Millsaps 6
Presbyterian 15
Shaw 13
Albion 0
Hamilton 0
Coast Guard 14
Trinity
Tufts 5
Lock Haven 13
Vermont 14
Gettysburg
Cortland
Boston U
Maine 8
Upsaia 15
Muhlenberg 14
Ithaca 20
Dickinson 13
Hofstra 20
Drexei
Rochester
Union 0
Shippensburg 12
Jersey City 22
Springfield 6
Southern Connecticut 21
Worcester Tech 15
Clarion 17
Susquehanna 12
Williams 14
Delaware Valley 16
Western Illinois 23
Hiram 14
Evansville 14
Wooster 8
SW Oklahoma 21
Tarkio 13
Washington &. Lee 12
Wabash 14
Peru 20
Earlham
Adrian 8
Mount Union 13
Wayne. Mich. 6
Eureka 16
Oberlin 6
NE Missouri 14
Augustana. 111. 7
Central Missouri 6
College of Emporia
Youngstown
Marietta 16
Central Oklahoma 20
Eastern Illinois 10
SW Missouri 13
Baker 0
Ohio Wesleyan
Morningside 7
Rolla 16
Panhandle 21
Kansas Wesleyan
Hanover 14
St. Joseph’s 23
Butler 0
Graceland
Buena Vista 27
Capital 7
Northridge 17
Cal Lutheran 0
Western Washington 7
Hayward 19
St. Mary's 15
Pacific Lutheran 21
Pittsburg 14
Southern Oregon 17
Sacramento 0
Santa Clara 14
Whitman 7
Pacific 13
Northern Arizona 20
Davis 0
Southern Colorado 6
Eastern Montana 10
Simon Fraser 13
Los Angeles 12
Humboldt 10
Occidental 14