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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1948)
T H E ( O U I L L E V A L L E T f l S I I M I 'S PARADE CE / K i l l COQUILLE. ORBGON T H U R S D A Y , O CTO B ER 21, 1948. Red Devil Eleven Absorbs Smashing Defeat At Hands of North Bend, 26-6 The hapless Red Devils of Coquille high school absorbed their third conference defeat of the 1948 football season last Friday night when they met the North Bend eleven on the Bulldogs’ home field. The final score was 26-6. Bad luck plus half-hearted playing combined to keep the Red Devils out of the w in column, Three intercepted passes and in ab ility to crack the strong B ull dog tine bogged the Coquille of fensive continuously. Tom Graham, North Bend half, w as ,« giant on offense as well as defense throughout the game. I t was Graham who started the flret touchdown drive early in the game by intercepting a Red Devil pass on the f if t y yard line. Six plays moved the ball to the Co quille nineteen; and Bejebe, G ra ham ’s running mate, took the ball over the rig ht tackle from that point, crossing the goal line fo r the initial score. The conversion attem pt was blocked. Again in the firs t quarter, the Bulldogs tore savagely at the Red Devil defense, sending Beebe through the center of the line and around end for sweeping gains of fifteen and tw enty yards a t a clip. In eight plays, the North Bend gridders were strad dling the Coquille one yard line. From there, i t was an easy m at ter for Joe Pennington, substitute back, to go charging over the cen ter of the bewildered Red D evil line fo r the second touchdown of the evening. This time, the try fo r the extra point was good. Score: 13-0. A spark o f life eeemed to come to thé Coquille lads afte r that second N o rth Bend touchdown. Taking the kickoff, the Red Dev ils started to march and quickly tallie d two firs t downs to put the ball on the Bulldogs' 42. As the Clock ticked o ff the remaining sixty seconds of the first half, Keith Johnson, (hero of the Grants Pass game), tossed a pass to Ray G ilkey th at netted another first down on the North Bend 29. The completion o f that pass apparent ly fired the Red Devils with touchdown feyer; fo r on the next play, Jim C lark brought through the Bulldog defense to go all the way for Coquille’s lone six points of the game. A r t Richardson’s kick was low. The Red Deviia, «till steamed up over th ir successful drive to pay d irt, quickly got possession of the ball a fte r North Bend re ceived the second-half kickoff by holding the Bay team for downs and forcing them to punt. Taking the ball on their own th irty yard lin e, Coquille pounded the Bull dog line fo r three con’secutive first downs, moving the ball to the North Bend 44. But the offensive logged down when W yatt, North Bend quarterback, intercepted a Johnson pass on his own th irty yard stripe. Graham , Beebe and Penning ton started smashing the Red D evil line. Short gains of four, ive and six yards moved the ball slowly but irresistibly down the field. F in ally Beebe, cutting over right tackle from the Coquille thirteen yard line, crashed thrOugh the secondary defense to chalk up North Bend’s third i third touchdown. Joe Pennington , kicked the extra point, m aking the score 20-8. ’ As i f to add insuit to injury, Graham intercepted a Red Devil pass on the initial play after the kickoff. Again Graham, going wide around left end on the fo l lowing play, broke away from three w ould-be tacklers to swivel- hip his way through the Coquille secondary. Shaking clear of all hie pursuers, the w ily young h a lf back neatly sidestepped the Red Devil 'safety to add another six points to North Bend's score and blast any hopes th at Coquille m ight »till cherish. A spark of effo rt again took possession of the Coquille boys late in the fourth quarter when a Io n * pass from Johnson to O er- ding clicked for th irty -th re e yards and a firs t down on the Bulldog 28. Jim Clark then crack ed the line fo r nineteen precious yards to move the ball to the nine yard marker. But th a t was the end. Nothing seemed to budge the North Bend defense, and Co quille lost the ball on downs on the Bulldog 2. W ith only tw o minutes left of the fourth quarter, N orth Bend held the ball tenaciously, making wide, tim e -k iltin g end rune. A t the gun, the ball rested on North Bend’s IS. The lineups: North Bend Coquille Scott LE G ilkey M etcalf LT McCauley Dunn LG A v ery Gooley C Owen Bellah RO M ullen Hesse Itine RT Howell Perkins RE Oerding W yatt QB Johnson Graham HB Clark Beebe HB Wolgamott Reeves FB Howe Substitutes: NorthBend, Reed, Choat, KeUy, Adams, Penning ton, Dooley, Russell, H ano i, Pat rick, J. Sausser, Squires and R ea dy. Coquille: M cK ay, Groves, Sco- lari, Sctrweinfurt and Richardson. O fficials: Hod Turner, referee; W yatt, head linesman, all of Roseburg. Statistics: NB C First downs __ _____ .... 13 13 N et yards rushing __ X78 174 Yards passine 4 70 Passes attempted ..._. 9 Passes completed ..... Passes intercepted .... Fumbles 2 Opp. fum . recovered .. Yards penalised* . 25 Average punts ______ .... 37 tgf SC » d i/ 3< BY CHUCK PRITCHARD •» I t Passing The » Now that the deer season is closed (and we sincerely hope that all Coos county hunters are happy with the re sults) Coquille sportsmen are getting ready for the migratory bird season which opens October 28th. We understand that all shotgun fans will be donning their hip boots and hitting ■ for the marshes on that day in Ï I search of a brace of ducks or geese. M r. and Mrs. Charley Elkins of Coquille left some tim e back to ______ . • A G A L L O P IN G N E M E S IS who helped doom the aspirations of Coquille's Red Devils last F riday night do a spot oi pneasant hunting in on the North Bend football field la shown here on one of his w ide sweeps around end. The b all-carrier that paradise of the birds, - North is Vernon Beebe, Bulldog half-back who continually made life miserable for the Coquille boys. Dakota. W e’ll have more to report W ould-be taeklers are Bay G ilkey (2 2 ), Jim C la rk (58 ), L a rry Scheinfurt (3 5 ), Tern M u lled (35 ). and on the success of their ex p ed itio n as soon as they return to Coquille. Keith Johnson (4 9 ). Behind Beebe and fast fading out of the picture is Ben M eK ay (21 ), Coquille Perhaps one of the most avid half-back. (Photo by Chally, North Bend Harbor) bird hunters in Coos county is ry Crabtree, backed up by plenty Starting Tim e: 8 P. M . of good, solid blocking. The first R EED SPO RT at C O Q U IL L E touchdown was the end result of Ashland at M arshfield a seventy-five yard gallop by Roseburg at Cottage Grove Crabtree from his own tw enty-five. Grants Pass at M edford The second six points were not North Bend at M y rtle Point quite as spectacular but still the w ork of young M r. Crabtree. A l ternating w ith quarterback M c Culloch, the shifty halfback moved the b all to the Indians’ 15. From w isirlet 3 standings Won Lost Tied there, Crabtree broke through the Roseburg defense to score. Crab Grants Pass 0 tree climaxed his scoring spree as Reedsport _ 0 he took the opening kickoff of the Marshfield _ 1 Junior Standings: second h alf on his own nine-yard Roseburg W on Loot Tie line and twisted, squirmed and North B e n d _______ 1 3 North Bend _________ 2 0 2 shifted his way ninety-one yards M y rtle Point ~ ____ 0 2 M y rtle T>oint _______ I 1 1 down the field for the third count Coquille - o 3 Coquille .................. 1 2 1 er. The Grants Pass Cavemen m ain 3 • 0 The North Bend-Coquille tussle Coos Bay ___________ 1 tained their lead of district 3 d u r- which ended 28-6 in favor of North A much improved Coquille ju n toe‘ C ^ u ilt o R e d D evitt ior high school team m et the Ashland is not in the league, the in undisputed possession of the North Bend eleven that swamped Cavemen continued th eir unbroken cellar. Neither team had been string of victories by trouncing the able to break into the w in column the Wildcats 20-7 four weeks ago and held the strong Bay team to southernmost Oregon c ity ’s high before Friday night. • , a 13-13 tie last Saturday evening school representative 24-0 last F ri THIS WEEK’S GAMES on the Coquille field. day n ig h t ___ DISTRICT No. 3 Although the W ildcats were The Reedsport Braves crept one Friday Night—October 22nd notch nearer the leaders by virtue (Continued on last page) of a 12-8 decision over the M yrtle Point Bobcats It was a th rilling game, closely played throughout the sixty minutes. In fact, the game was all tied up at 6-6 until the fin a l tw o minutes of play. It was then that Fred Taylor, Reeds •KAMO port back, snagged a pass and streaked down the sidelines to the M y rtle Point 1. A moment later, the Braves drove through center fo r the winning six points. The Bobcats drew first blood when Ralph Clarno picked up a Reedsport fumble on his own f if teen yard line and outran the en tire Reedsport team to score at the end of an eig h ty-five yard dash. M arshfield’s Pirates turned in i t HINT I « 4 / 5 Q T , the surprise of the week w ith an astounding w in over the Roseburg Indians 30-7. The victory put the Bay city boys in undisputed pos sessions of th ird place in the stand ings. M arshfield’s first three touch downs can be attributed to th eg e- • 4 P9OOF • 4 5 « ORAIN NEUTRA! SFIRITS markable broken field running of a young substitute half-back, L a r MATlONAi. W4TILUR» FRODUCTS CORPORATION. NEW YORK. NEW VO8K District Three Football Rate Creates Thrills Wildcat Eleven Ties N. 6.13-13 » Justice Fred Bull who looks fo r w ard to each coming season eager ly. We understand that Fred is a crack shot in the bird depart ment, Aa long as we’re passing the buck, we'd like to see the Co quille Red Devils do a little more bucking.” Coaches Leslie and Schweinfurt have done an excellent Job of instilling foot b all fundamentals into the high school youngsters, but It ED WALKER more that that to w in football games. I t takes a lot of fight and the w ill to w in against seemingly insurmountable odds. Some of the boys seem to be doubtful on that score. At least, t h e i r showing against North Bend would seem to in dicate something of the sort. Re verberations on th at game were fe lt as fa r north as Portland. Had the pleasure of , seeing O re gon win a close one from Southern C alifornia in Portland Saturday. For Oregon rooters, the score, 8-7, was just a little too close. For Southern California fans, tim e just wasn’t quite long enough. Seemed to this reporter that the Duck squad was not quite as good as they should be; although it was a de cided pleasure to watch N orm V an Brocklin work. As a passer, he is everything that a coach could desire. Gives you T IM E O U T ! • e • By Chet Smith NOW AT A POPULAR P R K ti “¿Sunny Brook Kentucky W h is k e y - A Blend THIS FINE KENTUCKY FAVORITE IS AVAILABLE AGAIN) *9 3 0 1 9 0 6 0 . C' Enjoy the whiskey that's 04 & M y hounds go a little further than just retrieving the blrdal” xxx_T3xzxXX2 lx x xxxxxTXTYYrrrv?rr try NEW BOOKS A T COQUILLE LIBRARY New books on the shelves at Coquille Public L ib ra ry include “Tow ard the M orning,” by Allen, I donated by Mrs. Constance Pown- der; “B u llivant ar.d The Lambs,” I ►< by Com pton-Burnett; “G ay P u r suit,” by Cadell; “Candle F or St. Jude,’ by Godden, and one ch il- dren’s book, “G reat Northern, by I Ransome. In Work Clothes it's Stamina W hat — fits around the bet that C O U N TS! 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