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Show i Sni!r fu-! r - i i ' ? - ; " t- , - , v, - " t ! v;.v:, ' ' U- '... . " f - i ; ,; r ' rv ; 1 , A - .... s 'tt v . i v, . 'A : " ' - .... " '7 NEW TIE BREAKING RULE INVOKED: Par-Encellenf Football Game Tainted By Weirdest finish Bradshaw had 54 yards in nine carries. Coach Andrus expressed his pleasure in the Tigerde-fense Tigerde-fense and cited Roger Barnes, Dee VanTassell and Jimmy Raines for outstanding outstand-ing jobs. This week the Tigers entertain en-tertain South Sevier on the Milford field in a practice game. South Sevier, often a strong contender, has not played in Milford for many years. With nothing on the line, the Tiger offense could go for broke. score or win. - On the fourth down, a pass to Randy Kerr looked good until a Beaver defender knocked his feet out from under him just before he got the ball. Though again a flag was down, the ref (Quarnberg) said it was accidental and the interference call went unheeded. un-heeded. The game ended in confusion, confu-sion, with fans from Beaver, Beav-er, Milford and Minersville expressing their displeasure with the new rule, the accidentally acci-dentally dropped flags, and the sincere desire to have the game end in the 0-0 tie. The statistics showed Milford Mil-ford with 174 yards total offense, of-fense, with 26 yards passing Beaver had 92 yards total. Tait carried 20 times for Milford for 80 yards and The Tigers and Beavers battled four quarters to a 0-0 tie Friday evening and even though Milford lacked only 10 yards of doubling Beaver's total offense, 174-92 174-92 yards, the Big Red couldn't could-n't find a combination that would carry them over the goal line. The Tiger defense was the key, never allowing Beaver Inside their 20 yard line during dur-ing regulation play, and they only penetrated the 30 yard line in a couple of instances. Once in the first quarter, when a face mask call gave the Beavers a first and 10 on Milford's 33 yard line; A gain of three on the first play put them right on the 30 yard line, but the Big Red Defense threw them for a six yard loss on the next play and held for another down, forcing Beaver to punt. Milford's first break came in the second quarter when the defense forced Beaver to punt. Beaver's kicker (no name since Reaver did not send a roster before the game) dropped his knee on the 14 yard line and Milford took over just 14 yards from a TD. On the first play from scrimmage there was no gain. On the next play Tait gained two, but lost four on 3rd down. They turned the ball over to Beaver on fourth down. With just a short time left in the half, Beaver went to their all-staters, Gary Gil-lins Gil-lins and Russell Albrecht, to pick up a first and 10, then went to the air. A short pass was incomplete incom-plete and then a long bomb was intercepted by Kevin Barnes with 56 seconds left In the half. The Tigers ran two downs before the clock ran out. The second half went much the same with neither team able to penetrate the other's defense for a sustained drive. At the gun the refs ran three minutes up on the clock and we soon found a new rule was being invoked. The 3-minutes 3-minutes was to give the teams a rest, then on the flip of a coin Beaver got the ball on the 10 -yard line with a beautiful pass play and not a Tiger defender in sight. A flag on the play was picked pick-ed up and the PAT failed. Then Milford got the ball on the same 10 -yard line, with four downs to tie the U - 'Tig: r.r - - - tt.wiwrn i- hii i-iMrininii I in w ii i i ii m i iw x .... . . TIGER-BEAVER FOOTBALL was never better than last Friday night, at least during regulation play. Both teams put forth excellent defense, against early season offenses that found the going tough. Regulation play ended 0-0. Beaver won 6-0 in post -game downs, under new rule. |