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Jackson Blanks Stockbridge
36-0 in Opener Friday
By Frank Hearn
Threatening skies and wet
grass failed to dampen the
spirits of a fighting band of
Red Devil gridders as they
quickly established control of
this opening contest and
rolled to an easy 36-0 victory
over Stockbridge.
Both Jackson and Stock
bridge came out sporting
new offenses, the popular
wishbone. However, the Big
Red Machine on baby blue
legs definitely had superior
personnel. The margin of
victory could and should
have been greater; however,
several Jackson drives were
stopped by penalties and
fumbles. Accolades are in
order for the Devil defense
which provided the neces
sary impetus for this opening
win by intercepting two
passes, recovering three
fumbles and causing one
safety.
Jackson won the toss and
elected to kick, hoping the
opening game jitters and the
wet field would cause a Tiger
mistake in Devil territory.
Strategy succeeded. Three
plays netted 4 yards. A short
punt put the Devils in
business on the Tiger 48.
Larry Jester carried the first
three times in 74 and gained a
total of 21 yards and one first
down to the 29. A wet field
and a fumbled handoff gave
Stockbridge relief and Au
brey Burford punted into the
end zone.
Five Tigers were in
possession on their 20 and
could not move the chain
gang crew so on fourth down
the Devil defense blocked a
punt and Bobby Long fell on
it at the 28. In three plays the
Red grabbed but 8 yards and
on fourth and two, John
Morgan slipped on the wet
turf. On second down Ellis of
Stockbridge, their leading
ground gainer, picked up 5
yards but an illegal proce
dure penalty set them back
inside the ten.
On fourth down a fumble
gave the Devils a golden
chance at the nine, wherein
John Morgan raced on a
keeper to the right to tally the
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DEVILS FIRST TOUCHDOWN James Morgan, Devil quarterback, tallies
Jackson’s first touchdown of the 1974 season as he races across the goal in the first quarter of
the game Friday night with Stockbridge. Larry Mitchell (85) and Wendell Busch (35) wrestle
Morgan to the turf too late. Ricky Smith (28) comes up to help. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
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END AROUND GAINS SEVEN FOR TIGERS
Charles Bailey (88) is stopped abruptly after an end
around gained seven yards. The Stockbridge runner was
tackled by James Clark (80), a Devil standout on
defense. Photo by Jerry McLaurin.
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Bells were once rung to ward off evil spirits.
tirst Jackson six for 74.
Aubrey Burford split the
cross bars perfectly for
seven, so with less than 90
seconds left in the first
quarter, Jackson began to
pull away.
After the ensuing kickoff,
both teams failed to move the
football for the required first
down yardage. As Jackson
attempted to punt, the center
snapped a perfect spiral high
over Burford’s head and for
awhile, he electrified the
crowd with his effort to run
out of trouble, carrying the
ball out to Jackson’s own 48.
Short of first down, Stock
bridge took over and was in
Jackson territory for the first
time. Stockbridge picked up
their initial first down when
George, the quarterback,
fumbled expertly to his own
end who scampered 15 yards
to the Jackson 31. The drive
was short lived as Lamar
Smith recovered a George
fumble and returned it 22
yards to the Tiger 42.
Dale White, Capt. Bernard
Mayfield and Ricky Smith
swapped turns lugging the
leather to a first down on
Stockbridge’s 14 yard line.
Then John Morgan rolled
right and hit Dave White with
a scoring pass. Burford’s
second straight PAT allowed
Jackson a 14 point lead at the
half.
Jackson came back quick
ly in the second half and
|>egan putting points on the
board. Burford put the Tigers
in a hole with an end zone
kickoff, from which the
Tigers never recovered.
Jerry White promptly
smothered Mr. Ellis of
Stockbridge for a two
pointer. After Stockbridge’s
free kick from their own 20, it
took Jackson but one breath
to make it a rout. John
Morgan kept inside his left
tackle and sprinted from the
Tiger 43 to the Tiger end zone
and six points. Truetoe
Burford did his thing for the
third straight time and
Jackson had a 23 to zip Tiger
dunkin’ on Devil Hill with
shortly more than 5 minutes
left in the third quarter.
Daniels returned Burford’s
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS, 'JACKSON, GEORGIA
kickoff to the 27 and a screen
pass to Shepard sneaked in
the second Tiger first down.
George managed to move his
outmanned Tigers to another
first down on the 48.
However, the Devis said, “no
more.” The Tiger (Kittens)
had to boot it. With the ball on
their 18, the Devils could not
move and had to kick.
Here again came a
reoccurrance of an awful
snap from center. The ball
sailed over Burford’s head.
Aubrey managed to get it out
to the 20, but no more.
Stockbridge was in excellent
position to score. They tried
the airways for three downs,
and Ricky Smith picked off
the third pass and brought it
out to the 19 as the quarter
ended.
Jackson could not move
the chains so Burford punted,
Shepard fumbled the kick,
and Lamar Smith recovered
to give the Red Devils
possession at their 49.
Morgan broke loose on third
down to carry to the 37. On
the first down play, Ricky
Smith scooted right end to
the Tiger five. Big Jester
bulled into paydirt. A penalty
on the PAT against Jackson
did not dampen Burford’s
true toe, as he split the posts
from his 7 yard line. Thirty
love and it wasn’t as close as
that.
Jackson went on to score
and an insulting six when
Ricky Smith intercepted a
George pass and raced 28
yards to score. Burford’s try
for an unprecedented 5
straight extra point kicks
was blocked. It ended with
Stockbridge gamely trying
to score via the pass, but it
was not to be.
Jackson executed their
new offense well at times,
and as expected with opening
night games, poorly at times.
Mistakes were evident but
bustle and enthusiasm
covered them over. A good
start for the wishbone Devils,
but their time to savor
victory must be shortlived
with Mary Person’s of
Forsyth storming the Hill
this Friday.
Over 770
Sign For
Football
Perry Manolis, director of
the Jackson-Butts County
Recreation Department, an
nounces that the newly
organized recreation de
partment’s 1974 youth foot
ball sign-ups were very
successful as expected. Ap
proximately 170 boys, ages 8
years thru 13 years, regis
tered for the recreation
department’s 1974 football
season, giving eight teams a
roster of 20 boys per team.
Director Manolis reports
that this is a start of a feeder
program that will boost the
high school program in the
near future, in which all
outstanding teams such as
Valdosta, Lakeside, Macon,
Moultrie and many other
outstanding high school foot-
GAME ANALYSIS
(Statistics courtesy Charlie Brown,
WJGA Sports Director)
7 First Downs 5
7 Rushing 3
0 Passing 2
0 Penalty 0
222 Yards Rushing 56
45 Total Rushing Plays 31
239 Total Yards 101
17 Yards Passing 45
7 Passes Attempted 20
1 Passes Completed 5
2-23 Punts 3-28
6-50 Penalties 5-33
Rushing; Jackson John Morgan 17 for 88 yards;
Ricky Smith 6 for 43; Larry Jester 15 for 50; Dale White 4 for
26; Aubrey Burford 2 for 10; Bernard Mayfield 1 for 5.
Passing; Jackson John Morgan attempted 7 and
completed 1 to Dale White for a 17 yard touchdown. Jackson
had no passes intercepted.
Rushing; Stockbridge Jackie George 7 for a
minus 6 yards; Paul Nix 5 for 13; James Daniels 7 for 11;
Chuck Shepard 1 for 7; Mike Bandy 1 for 0; Robert Ellis 4 for
19; Mike Moseley 2 for minus 1; Hugo Kirk 1 for 4; Dallas
Marshal 1 for 4; Charles Bailey 1 for 15; Bernard Terrapin 2
for 25.
Passing: Stockbridge Jackie George attempted 12,
Chris Bonner attempted 6 and Mike Bandy attempted 2.
Bonner completed two, to Ken Jones for 20 yards and to
Chuck Shepard for 2 yards. George completed 3, to James
Daniel for 2 yards, to Shepard for 10, and to Jones for 11.
Jackson fumbled 5 times and lost 1. Stockbridge
fumbled 5 times and lost 3; two being recovered by Lamar
Smith and the other by Bobby Long.
Defensively Jackson was led by James Clark with 7
individual tackles and 4 assists. Other Red Devils were
rounded out with the following tackles and assists: Aubrey
Burford 2-1; Wesley Lawrence 2-1; Donnell Fambro 0-1;
Ricky Smith 2-1; Larry Jester 1-0; Terry Duke 1-1; Timmy
Smith 4-0; Bernard Mayfield 1-0; Jerry White 2-0; Mark
Cawthon 5-0; Charles Price 0-1; Dale White 3-7; Jim
Clemmons 6-5; Jeff Patterson 0-2; Ellis Giddens 2-1; Bill
Wood 2-1; Bruce Player 1-1; Lamar Smith 2-1; Billy Reasor
2-2; Bobby Long 2-1.
In the first period Bobby Long recovered a fumble on
the Stockbridge 8 yard line; with 1:29 remaining in the
quarter, John Morgan ran 6 yards for the touchdown with
Aubrey Burford adding the extra point.
In the second quarter, Lamar Smith recovered a
fumble at the Stockbridge 43 yard line. With 3:52 remaining in
the half, John Morgan threw a 17 yard touchdown strike to
Dale White. Aubrey Burford’s kick added the 14th point.
In the third quarter with 10:11 remaining, Robert
Ellis was thrown for a safety by Dale White making the score
16 to 0. With 9:37 remaining, John Morgan raced 43 yards for a
touchdown with Aubrey Burford again making the extra
point.
In the fourth quarter Lamar Smith recovered a
Stockbridge fumble at the 47 yard line. Jackson moved down
field until with 8:32 remaining, Larry Jester scored from 1
yard out with Aubrey Burford again kicking the extra point.
With 55 seconds remaining in the game, Ricky Smith
returned an intercepted pass 28 yards for a score with the
extra point try being blocked, making the final score Jackson
30 Stockbridge 0.
Coach Wade’s Critique
After 5 times on the losing end, this
victory was mighty sweet.
First, I thought we looked good in the 74
uniform.
We had very good moments both
offensively and defensively.
I was very pleased that our new offense,
the wishbone, was able to function as well as it did.
John Morgan did a good job running the
offense.
The backs did a fine job carrying out their
fakes.
I guess the score of the game caused us to
let up on fundamentals late in the game, because
we failed to carry out fakes and follow through on
blocks.
Defensively we look very good on the run.
Our pass defense needs some work.
Middle linebacker James Clark was very
effective at his position.
We feel like our defense is going to be very
strong.
Our hopes and plans are to keep the ball on
offense and not allow the opponent to have many
chances to score.
The old saying that, “A good defense is a
time consuming offense,” is very true.
Our kicking game looks very good with
Aubrey Burford handling the chores.
I’m sure Aubrey will win some games for
us with his toe. Kicking and tackling looked to be
one of our strongest points.
We appreciate the support and we
certainly want everyone to come out and see the
second win.
We will be disappointed if we don’t have
six thousand spectators.
Remember, it has been a long time since
Jackson beat Mary Persons. Don’t miss the party.
ball teams have been so
fortunate to have.
Manolis reported to Jack
son High coaches, Ron Wade
and his assistants, that the
program should start to grow
now that it has gotten off the
ground, and that many good
football players will develop
from the program. Future
outlook is a championship for
Jackson and Butts County.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1974
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to express my
sincere appreciation to my
friends for the many lovely
cards, flowers, gifts, calls,
visits and prayers during my
recent stay in the Georgia
Baptist Hospital. Your kind
ness will always be remem
bered and may God's
blessings be yours. Eli
zabeth Williams.
People once believed that when a bear was deprived of food, it sustained itself by
sucki.iv on its paws.
MEET THE RED DEVILS
BERNARD
MAYFIELD
Captain
Bernard Mayfield,
5’7”, 145 lbs., is the son
of Mrs. Velma Mayfield.
He is a senior, having
lettered three times in
football. and plays
wingback on offense and
halfback on defense. He
lends stability and lead
ership to the Devils.
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Saturday, Sept. 14 Major Colleges
Air Force 26
Alabama 33
Army 20
Auburn 23
Brigham Young 31
Cincinnati 27
Citadel 21
Dayton 21
Drake 21
East Carolina 27
Florida 24
Furman 21
Georgia 27
Houston 24
Illinois 27
Kansas State 28
Kansas 23
Kent State 20
Kentucky 31
L.S.U. 23
Marshall 14
Memphis State 21
Michigan State 26
Michigan 49
Middle Tennessee 24
Missouri 21
Navy 27
Nebraska 31
New Mexico 20
No. Carolina State 28
North Carolina 27
Northern Illinois 17
Ohio State 35
Oklahoma 56
Oklahoma State 44
Pacific 36
Penn State 30
Pittsburgh 34
San Diego State 21
San Jose State 45
South Carolina 21
Southern California 30
Southern Illinois 20
S. 40
Tampa 21
Temple 34
Texas A & M 27
T. 28
Texas Tech 25
Texas 30
Tulane 48
Utah State 27
Vanderbilt 41
Villanova 20
Wake Forest 20
West Virginia 20
Western Michigan 23
Wisconsin 24
Other Games South and Southwest
Albany State 17
Alcorn A & M 31
Bethune-Cookman 21
Bluefield 27
Carson-Newman 20
Clark 16
Delta 25
East Texas 30
Eastern New Mexico 24
Elon 26
Emory & Henry 20
Fairmont 17
Glenville 23
Grambling 21
Hampden-Sydney 25
Henderson 22
Howard 42
Jacksonville 38
Lenoir-Rhyne 24
Livingston
Livingstone 29
Martin 27
Maryland E. Shore 14
Millsaps 19
Mississippi Valley 13
Morgan 30
Norfolk
No. Carolina Central 33
Ouachita 24
Salem 15
Shepherd 26
SE Louisiana 24
SE Oklahoma 27
Southern U 23
Tartetbn 14
Texas Lutheran
Texas Southern 21
Trinity 23
Troy 22
West Va. State 19
Western Carolina 23
Western Kentucky 35
Winston-Salem 20
AUBREY BURFORD
Co-Captain
Aubrey Burford, 6’,
175 lbs , is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Emerson
Burford. A senior, he
lettered last year and
plays safety on defense
and is the kicking
specialist, the best pro
bably since the days of
Tommy Carmichael.
Coach Wade says “his
toe will win some
games.”
Idaho
Maryland 14
Lafayette 14
Louisville
Hawaii 12
Washington 20
Presbyterian 15
Eastern Kentucky 17
West Texas 20
Bowling Green 14
California 13
V.M.I. 12
Oregon State S
Rice 15
Indiana 17
Tulsa 16
Washington State 14
Syracuse 15
V.P.I. 7
Colorado 21
Morehead 8
Southern Mississippi 20
Northwestern 17
lowa 6
Appalachian 20
Mississippi 10
Virginia 10
Oregon 8
Colorado State 10
Duke 14
Ohio U 19
Long Beach 13
Minnesota 6
Baylor
Wichita 0
El Paso 6
Stanford 13
Florida State
Arizona 13
Fresno State
Georgia Tech 17
Arkansas 14
New Mexico State 18
North Texas 13
Toledo 6
Rhode island 6
Clemson 15
Arlington 0
lowa State 20
Boston College
SW Louisiana 6
Wyoming 21
Chattanooga 13
Massachusetts
William & Mary 8
Richmond 16
Eastern Michigan 12
Purdue 21
Kentucky State 13
Pine Bluff 6
South Carolina St 20
Concord 10
East Tennessee 17
Miles 13
SE Missouri 7
Prairie View 6
Sul Ross 20
Mars Hill 7
Georgetown. Ky. 10
Ed in boro 14
Hillsdale 20
NW Louisiana
Guilford 13
Mississippi College 20
Moms Brown 6
Texas A & I 13
Gardner-Webb 21
Southern State 20
Federal City 6
Nicholls 21
J C Smith 13
Southwestern. Tenn. 8
Alabama A & M
Virginia State ?
St. Paul’s 0
Savannah 13
McMurry 6
West Liberty 14
West Va Wesleyan 20
North Alabama 17
Austin
Tuskegee 13
Baptist Christian
SW Texas 23
Sam Houston
Monticello 14
NE Louisiana 14
West Va Tech 7
Murray 17
C W Post 6
Hampton 16
LAMAR SMITH
Co-Captain
Lamar Smith, 6’, 175
lbs., is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert E.
Smith. Lamar is a
senior playing his sec
ond year on the team
and gives excellent
leadership. He plays
end on defense and tight
end on offense and is
valuable as a pass
receiver.
Other Games East
*• Boston U 27
Carneg.e-Mellon 21
Catawba 33
Clarion 26
Coast Guard 20
Geneva 27
Hobart 28
Ithaca 24
Lehigh 44
Lycoming 21
Miiiersvilie 39
Montclair 24
Northeastern 24
Shippensburg 24
Slippery Rock 28
Spnngheld 27
Susquehanna 20
Thtei 37
Towson 15
Vermont 24
Waynesburg 19
West Chester 21
Other Games Midwest
Ferris 20
Luther 13
Ottawa
Westmar 6
Wayne. M.ch 16
Washington U 20
Ball State 10
Doane 6
Gnnnef! 0
St. Vary 14
Beloit 7
Carieton 7
Akron 16
Albion 13
Findlay 14
Capital 19
SW Missouri 7
Culver-Stockton 12
Wabash 6
Rose Hulman 6
Kalamazoo 8
NE Missouri 6
Defiance 12
Anderson 7
E Central Oklahoma 14
Milwaukee 6
Sew a nee 6
Eastern Illinois
Hiram 13
Baker 13
Bethany, w. Va. 12
Rtpon 20
Lincoln 6
Denison 17
Alma
lowa Wesleyan
Illinois Wesleyan 13
St. Joseph s 14
Colorado Mines 13
Montana State 10
Panhandle 20
Pittsburg 15
Central College, la 7
Indiana U, Pa 14
Centre 12
Ohio Northern 20
Lakeland 6
Morningside 0
Manchester
Missouri Western 15
Northern Michigan 7
Midland 18
Bluffton 15
Central State, Ohio 8
Concordia, Neb. 6
William Jewell 13
Northern lowa 9
Muskingum 16
Graceland 0
Baidwin-Wallace 24
Austin Peay 24
Ashland 23
Augusta na. 111. 23
Bethany, Kansas IS
Buena Vista 34
Butler 20
Central Methodist 24
Central Michigan 20
Chadron 14
Coe 43
Colorado College 21
Concordia. 11l 14
Cornell, lowa
Delaware 28
DePauw 24
Eartham 20
Eau Claire 21
Emporia State 21
Eureka 20
Evansville 20
Franklin 22
Grand Valley 24
Harding 23
Heidelberg 31
Hope 25
Howard Payne 23
Illinois State 31
Indiana Central 17
Indiana State 38
John Carroll 17
Kansas Wesleyan 20
Kenyon 21
Knox 22
Langston 37
Marietta 20
Michigan Tech 21
Missouri Valley 37
Monmouth 31
Mount Union 25
Nebraska Wesleyan 16
North Dakota 21
NE Oklahoma 27
NW Missouri 20
Northwestern. lowa 17
Northwood 22
Oberi.n 17
Ohio Wesleyan 26
Olivet 16
Omaha 38
Otterbem 30
Rolia 23
S F Austin 29
Simpson 20
Taylor 20
Tennessee State 28
Wartburg 28
Washburn 21
Western Illinois 28
Westminster 21
William Penn 14
Wittenberg 27
Youngstown 28
Other Games Far West
Cal Poly (5.L.0.) 17
Humboldt 20
Southern Utah 12
Southern Colorado 8
Portland 7
College of Idaho 13
Weber
Sacramento
Fort Lewis 6
Northern Arizona 13
San Francisco 13
Fullerton 14
Azusa 0
Northridge 12
Chico 21
games)
Boise State 24
Cal Lutheran 27
Cal Poly (Pomona) 21
Colorado Western 20
Davis 34
Eastern Oregon 22
Nevada (Las Vegas) 23
Nevada (Reno) 30
New Mexico Hi'lands 28
North Dakota State 21
Puget Sound 24
Riverside 20
San Diego U 28
Santa Clara 35
Simon Fraser 23
(••Friday
Maine 20
Washington & Jeff.
Giassboro 0
King's Point 14
Southern Connecticut 16
Adrian 7
R.P.I. 6
St. Lawrence 7
Hofstra 6
Lock Haven 14
Washington & Lee 7
Kutztown 6
Central Connecticut 22
Bloomsburg 15
East Stroudsburg
Cortland 23
Grove City 18
Case-Reserve 6
Mansfield 14
Norwich 14
Frostburg 14
Bridgeport 20
