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T H U R S D A Y , O CTO B ER 28, 1948.
Keith Johnson Suffers Broken Leg As
Red Devils Swamp Reedsport 31-19
Passing The BUCi
Once upon a time, a young fullback on the 1948 Red
Devil squad was considered by a good many sports fans to
be too light for the backfield, but last Friday night that
same 130 pound ■footballer proved beyond all question of
doubt that he has what it takes. That young man is Keith
Johnson and the occasion was the 31-19 drubbing the Coquille
B Y C H U C K P R IT C H A R D
lad« handed the District No. 3 i clicking again w ith an eighteen
championship contending Reeds- yard aerial and Coquille’s fourth
p art Braves.
touchdown.
This tim e Richard
Johnson, substituting as Quar son’s extra-point kick split the
terback for Bob Geaney who has goal posts to make the score 25-7.
Th touchdown pass was set up
been out a t the lineup for the past
tw o weeks w ith a severe attack by a previous Howe to Oerding
good fo r a tw w ty -fiv « yard
of
mumps,
battled
fiercely
throughout the tw o quarters he gain, and a beautiful end-around
played; passing, kicking and run run by Dean Wolgamott that net
ning his team into a second quar ted another 33 yards.
Captain Jack Pinion
created
te r 13-7 lead. I t was rig ht after
Johnson fought his way into the Reedsport’s bid to stay in the RED D E V IL S R EA P R E W A R D as Coquille overpowers strong Reedsport eleven, 31-19, to upset the
end zone fo r th at second Coquille game during the latter part of the Braves championahip ambitions. Pictured above Is Keith Johnson, battling Coquille quarterback on
toudhdown that tragedy struck. third period, and he very nearly one of his many excursions Into Reedsport territo ry. Shortly afte r this picture was taken, Johnson
Re
T akin g the ball on the firs t play succeeded single-handedly.
suffered a broken leg which brought his 1948 cam psign to an abrupt end. O ther Coquille players pic
afte r the kickoff, Johnson elected ceiving the kickoff on his own tured are C lair How ell (54), Jim Newton (31 ), a n d Dean Wolgamott (4 0 ).
’
twenty,
Pinion
threaded
his
way
to plunge through tackle. H e was
several
tackier«
and
h it hard by several R e e x p o rt through
(Photo courtesy C arro ll Nickels)
tackier« and was carried o ti the than cut to the sidelines. Behind
Pickers
of
M
edford
7-8;
while
superb blocking, he raced the fu ll
field w ith a broken leg.
the Roseburg Indians w ere hum
The firs t Coquille touchdown eighty yards to scoring territory.
bled 21-6 by the undefeated Cot
came In the in itial quarter on a The attempted kick was low.
tage Grove eleven. Neither con
S till in that th ird quarter, P in
th irty-tw o yard pass from John-
test has any bearing on the dis
, sen to Oerding. A r t Richardson’s ion charged through the Coquille
trict three standings.
line, again cut toward the side
placement was no good.
The M arshfield Pirates also
lines
and
tight-roped
his
w
ay
A fte r the kicko ff, Reedsport’s
The annual golf tournament of
tangled w ith a non-district con
Jack Pinion, around whom the along the chadk-tines fo r fo rty
the Coquille Valley Country club
tender
last
F
riday
n
ig
h
t
The
Pi
and
another
Reedsport
Braves offense is built, p u t his yards
rates defeated the Ashland G riz boiled down to the final round
.team in the lead b riefly and for touchdown. Again the place-kick District 3 Standings;
zlies 20-6 on the Coos Bay field. last Sunday as all semi-final
and the score stood „
the only time throughout the four
Won Lost Tied
Coquille’s victory over the matches were concluded.
25-19.
quarters. The Braves drove re
Grunts Pass
3
0
0
In
the championship
flight,
previously
unbeaten Reedsport
Sensing victory but only i f they Reedsport ..... .........._
lentlessly down th e field in a
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Braves was the surprise of the Jack M cL errin defeated Father
series of downs that carried them kept w orking a t it, the Coquille Marshfield ______ 2
Robert Lessing 6 and 4 to go
week. A fte r bowing to North
to the Coquille eight yard line. team fought every inch of the Roseburg
Bend 28-6 the week before, the int<j th finals next Sunday agaiiwt
ly, stopping Pinion and com M y rtle Point
Then Pinion, driving through the
Erv Dettman, who won his semi
Red Devito came bock to w in
center of th e line, w ent the rest pany in their tracks and striving Coquille
final match w ith Andy Richard
as
they
pleased.
The
final
of th e distance to chalk up six constantly to set up a touchdown North Bend ............ 1
.
„ •core of 31-19 to not indicative son, three and two.
points. Pinion s place k ic k went p la y-o f their own.
District three football standings of the great game Coquille play
First flig h t matches paired Stan
Finally, the break came. A fte r were slightly shuffled during the
squarely between the f r i g h t s ,
ed. The third period score 25-7 Dornath w ith Oscar Hendricks,
chalking up a series of downs that past week-end as the rejuvenated
m aking the score 7-g.
gives a truer picture of the and Johnny Hamm w ith L yle Car
the Coquille Red Devils smashed any
In the second quarter, the Red carried the Red Devils to
lop-sided battle. Tw o long runs ver. Dornath defeated Hendricks,
Devils came back w ith a rush, Reedsport tw enty, Dean W olga pennant
hopes the
Reedsport
two up; and Ham m
won his
duplicating Reedsport’s d rive and mott broke around left end and Braves may have entertained, and by Jack Pinion. Reedsport cap match by d e fa u lt
tain changed the score but not
p utting Johnson in position to raced into the end zone standing the M y rtle Point Bobcats came to
O nly round scheduled for the
the final decision.
fig h t his w ay over fro m the five up. The kick w ent wide and the life to chalk up th e ir firs t w in of
second flig h t saw Austin Dodge
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yard line for the second Coquille score 31-19 proved to be decisive. the season at the expense o f the
defeat Verle Christianson, 2 up.
W here They Play
counter.
Moments later the gun went off, Bulldogs of North Bend.
In
the th ird
flight, Noble
F R ID A Y , O C TO B ER 29
Soon after that second touch and the Coquille Red Devils had
Victory fo r Coquille brought
Chowning won by default over
S tarting Tim e 8 p. m.
down, Johnson was hurt and re counted their firs t league victory them out o f the cellar; w hile
M A R S H F IE IJ )
at
C O Q U H JÆ Erv W illburger; while Cart Hooker
placed by Eddie Howe, freshman of the season.
North Bend’s loss dropped them Toledo
at
Reedsport .drew a bye. Chowning and Hook-
quarterback.
Howe picked
up
from fifth to the low ly spot.
Roseburg
at
North Bend ' er w ill also play their fin a l round
where Johnson stopped. A tw en ty-
The M yrtle Point-North Bend M yrtle Peint
et
Grants Pass ! next Sunday.
eight yard pass fro m Howe to
encounter was * th riller all the
A ll matches w ill be played on
f t iz s
Oerding,
atioky-flngered
w ay through. T railin g
by six
the Coquille Valley Country club
end, was good for the Red D e vil’s
points w ith two minutes le ft in
course.
th ird
touchdown,
m aking
the
The district 5 representative in the game, T in ker Hatfield, Bob
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score
18-7.
Richardson's
kaok the state class A basketball tour cat halfback, heaved a th irty-tw o
again w ent wide.
nament next March w ill be decid yard pitch to quarterback Glen
The remainder of the second ed by a double elimination tour Compton that was good enough to
quarter saw both teams unable to nament among the top four teams tie the score. Charlie Martensen,
m ake substantial gains and the of the district March 2, 3, 4 and w ith victory or defeat resting
Playing on a rain-soaked field,
half ended w ithout any further 5 in N o rth Bend, i t was decided squarely on his capable toe, boot
the M y rtle Point
jun ior
high
scoring.
Wednesday night at a meeting ed the ball cleanly between the school football team defeated the
The th ird quarter openeed w ith i ut
U N IV E R S IT Y O F OREGON, E u
of iiign
high school principals
and uprights for the extra point that Wildcats of Coquille 13-0 on the
the
How e-O erdlng combination coaches.
gene, Oct. 28— Coach Jim A ike n ’s |
decided the issue 20-19.
Coquille field Saturday evening.
G rants Pass and Roseburg both
M yrtle Point
garnered their pow erful Oregon Ducks step out
played non-league tilts this week. firs t touchdown in the firs t quar of the 1948 conference race this i
The Cavemen lost a nip-and-tuck ter of the game. A series
of week to tackle the fast St. M a ry ’s
Gaels in the final home game of |
affa ir with the powerful Pear
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Sporting Goods
397 Front S t
quille backfield
' f ild and made the
aerial assaults of Johnson and
Howe possible by defensive block
ing that gave the passer am ple
tim e to spot his receiver.
The backfield, crippled by Bob
Geaney'i
absence during
the
Grants Pass and North Bend en
counters, came to life through the
dynamic spirit o f Keith Johnson.
Keith played a great game, the
last one of the season for this
fighting all-around athlete. John
son wound up th e season in the
second quarter when he was h it
hard and suffered a broken leg.
The loss to doubly hard fo r Co
quille as Johnson is an ace basket
ball player and w ill moat likely
be out of the lineup when the
hoys start chucking them through
the hoops.
ED W A LK ER
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SHELL VESTS (Red Head)
in reuients in their battle w ith
the Braves.
The line did a great job. From
end to end, it functioned smooth-
! ly, m aking the 281 yards gained
j by rushing and the 108 yards
, gained in the air possible fo r the
Red Devil backs. Ends Boss Oerd
ing and Ray G ilkey did outstand-
| ing work. It was Oerding on the
receiving end of throe long passes
from K e ith Johnson and Eddie
Howe «hat chalked up three Co
quille touchdowns.
Tackles Tom M cCauley and
C lair Howell, guards Tom M ullen
and Stew art A yery, and center
Bill Owen deserve a Jot of credit
for a fin e job well done. Team ing
up w ith substitute linesmen L a rry
Schw ein/urt, Leonard Scolari and
A r t Richardson, these boys con
stantly opened holes fo r the Co
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The Red Devil eleven that smashed Reedsport last Fri
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the previous week, they were overflowing with those two
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