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Show September 25, 1959 DIXIE SUN FOUR Flyers Roll Over Beaver, By JEFF HOLLAND Those of you who took in Dixies rout over the Beavers of (natursaw some top flight football turned in by ally) Beaver City last our boys for at least the first moments of the game. The action was rather enjoyable and the true potential of the high school squad was shown during the feeting moments. One thing that really caught the eye of this corner during the first quarter was the enthusiasm and gusto with which the Flyers assumed their defensive assignments. The sight of five or six Dixie men swarming over every Beaver who looked good to anyone who had ever graced the dart'd return a kick-of- f halls of Dixie High. Also the defensive tactics displayed against Beaver's ground attack proved to be good football and was fairly staunch for the greater part of the game. Tt was hard to determine the points of the game which would explain the difterence between the two teams. It may have been that Beaver had a comparatively poor day and the Flyers were forced to play that kind of ball, or it may have been that Dixie simply over powered them, or again it may have been a little of both. Which ever explanation fills the bill, one item is certain: A 27-- victory on only the second encounter of the season, and on the first league battle, is definitely a solid foundation for a team to build a season oi'victories on. It will be interesting to see what the club does from here on in whether it will progress as a working unit or whether we were mislead by this resounding victory. We might mention that CSU met a strong Chaffey Jr. College (Calif.) team on the Cedar City turf last Saturday' evening, and although the Broncos went down to defeat by a narrow margin, they w'ere playing a big, fast team. The CSU men looked very sharp at several stretches of the game. The Broncos are considered strong contenders for the ICAS title. Eat lots of raw beef steak, men, and like I told my Rebels when I was coach in 17 Prime them there muskets for them there Northern I think theres a little bushwaekers. Wyatt Earp mixed in these with John Paul Jones but you get the thought. What do you say we attend the Eastern Arizona-Rebe- l game and see whether the Rebs gained any value from the recent loss to Mesa. 6 O.K.? O.K.! 27-- 6 by rolling over the underThe Dixie Flyers opened their league play locally-played contest last 27-- 6 a in score a Beavers by manned Beaver Dixie much too was power as it Beavers just Fridayafternoon. For the once in each of the sec- the Flyers scored twice in the first quarter and nd Fish,0 180 pound fullback who ground out valuable yardage Big Leon seven yards out after with each carry, scored the first touchdown from a previous scoring play had been nullified by a holding penalty. Gordon Hutchings' run for the extra point was good. impenetrable forward line, accounted Jerry Neilson who led Dixies a Beaver fumble in the end zone. recovered he when score second for the Fish scampered over the line for thesecond P.A.T. In the second quarter Brent Stucki set up Dixie s third touchdown when he intercepted a Beaver pass on the fifty yard line and fought his the next play Stucki passed to way to the 35 before being stopped. On to the end zone for the defenders Beaver two outran who Ralph Staheli fnr thp pvtra noint failed, leaving Dixie on the heavy end of a 20-- score. Beavers lone tally came when they recovered a Dixie fumble on the hit pay dirt. The Flyers 12 yard line. Seven plays later, Beaver finally conversion attempt failed. Beaver pass and sped 35 Hutchings intercepted another wandering The P.A.T. was scored by afternoon. of TD the final Dixies for yards Stucki. George man on the local 0 Rebeiettes Tryout Tryouts for the Rebelette marching unit will be held Monday, September 28, at 4:30 p. m. in the gymnasium. Miss Myrna Hunsaker, adviser to 'he select college group, announced that any college girl who wishes to try out may do so. Eleven girls will be chosen as Rebeiettes. The group will perform at college athletic contests throughout the year. Losing a job has put many man on the road to success. a People who are stuck up seldom stick up for each other. Nearly every squad saw action as Coach Walt Brooks substituted freely in the final stages of the game. Although Dixie lacks speed, the high school crew has reasonably good depth with a lot of determination, and can be counted as a top contender for region honors. Dixie Flyers roster: Ends: Cox, 155; Heaton, 140; Thompson, 145; Larkin, 170; Hurst, 170; Graff, 130. Tackkles: Wells, 165; Dawn, 150; Andrus, 170; Leavitt, 170; Larson, 180; Young, 150; K. Frei, 150; and L. Bundy, 160. Guards: Wittwer, 160; E. Hafen, 135; Earl, 150; Neilson, 140; C. Bundv, 160; Bunker, 150; J. Graff, 145; R. Gubler, 140. Centers: S. Hafen, 150; L. Gubler, 155; Andrus, 165. Backs: Nelson, 140; Hutchings, 160; Staheli, 145; L. Frei, 140; W. Stucki, 135; Atkin, 145; B. Stucki, 145; Forbes, 165; Fish, 185; G. Stucki, 160. Battle Axe Has Exciting History At Rebel School The Battle Axe, symbol of athletic supremacy between Dixie Junior College and the College of Southern Utah, Cedar City, is one Dixies Rebels, under the able leadership of General Robert E. of the most famous traditions at Arslanian and his aide Stonewall Flunt, are primed and eager for the Rebel school. Saturday night's game with Eastern Arizona. The Axe tradition began about The Big Grey will be out to evei n their seasons score, offsetting the 20 years ago when H. L. Reid, forfirst loss inflicted in last weeks mer instruction at Dixie College, encounter with Mesa College. recognized the great rivalry that Despite a determined spirit, how- existed between the two schools ever, the Rebels must rank as unand conceived the idea of the to the Arizona derdogs team, which 'ward. He felt it would promote recently mauled a serappv Carbon "nod sportsmanship, in addition to College crew at Price, Utah. giving the teams a little extra to Dixies power and spirits were fight for in athletic encounters. bolstered bv the return of cowboy At first the axe was exchanged George Andrus, six and a quar'er in basketball contests only, but feet and 205 pounds of later was exchanged in all athletic fullback. Gnome, jn his indecision contents. between rodeo bfe and the gridiron, Both schools have entered into was making Rebel followers a litan Axe Pact which state the govtle nervous. erning conditions concerning this Big George was an on svmbol of victory. The pact will be Dixie High's 1957 state champion eleven and turned in a similar perprinted in its entirety in a subseformance on the Fiver cage squad quent issue of the Dixie Sun prior to the CSU football game. the following winter. He lettered When the axe first came into exlast year as an end on the Rebel istence. CSU was known as the football team. Local Rodeo fans cheered to the Branch Agriculture College, or BAC. the name which first apthunder of Andrus calf roping in last week's rodeo. This first of h" peared on the axe handle. Charles Merklev, past Dixie inpopular sportsmans loves has structor. now at Logan. Utah, made much of his time in recent the first axe. upon the request of years, but it has all been for his Mr. Reid. A short time later it was sheer delight. iven over to BAC when thev beat At the Intercollegiate Rodeo held at Snow College last vear, Dixie the Dixie Flyers (at that time both , 'he college and high school were '.r ..a..., , .. College conned first place in the known as the Flyers) in a basketdivision. The Dixie con- BIG GEORGE From ANDRUS. ball game. tingent was comprised of none othbareback to er than George Andrus. Later, Mr. Merklev was again fullback. called on to make another axe when Dixie Faces East Arizona pile-drivin- g - 1 . ... ts hard-ridin- g pile-drivi- n,. . the original was broken in a mild scuffle following a Dixie basketball victory at which time the BAC followers were reluctant to transfer the symbol to the St. George school. This second axe made by Merkley is the one presently hanging in the show case in the student lounge. Since its beginning many strange and humorous things have happened to the Battle Axe. Most common occurance was the sudden disappearance of the axe if the defending school lost the contest. Other incidences include the appearance of a second axe, the different ways in which the axe has been exchanged, and long and drawn out periods of time while college officials located the axe. One time it was discovered in Salt Lake City, another on the campus of Snow College. Since the Cedar school changed from BAC to CSU and the nickname for Dixie changed from Flyers to Rebels, inscriptions on the handle have undergone changes too. Five years ago Dixie took the lead in establishing a pact between 'ould withstand the tests given to the two Southern Utah schools that 'he tradition. Under the then Dean of Students at the Dixie College. Arthur F. Bruhn, a pact was drawn up which was a revision of previous pacts. This has proven to be a lasting standard of procedure and conduct for CSU and Dixie |