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Show Late Drive Helps Cubs ; Defeat East Aa 81 -yard touchdown march lathe la-the last five minutes of play Thursday Thurs-day kept South in the thick of the Salt Lake City high school football title chase with a hard-earned hard-earned 12-7 victory over East's B team. The win left the Cubs Just back of East. South having .won six of 11 games, the Leopards five of eight An A game, scheduled Friday Fri-day at East, was the final tilt on Souths program, but East has three remaining' with West, and unless the Panthers, who are definitely def-initely out of the running, stage a sudden reversal of form. East will finish on top for the sixth straight year. In their two touchdown drives the Southerners displayed great power, but during the remainder of the game the Leopards released their best stuck of the year to keep the Cubs on the defensive. Scott Sharp was the spearhead of the East attack. This loose-hipped loose-hipped youngster slipped through the Cub line again and again for long gains, and many times would escape from tacklers who appeared to have him. But Sharp was the only Leopard effective at the rushing rush-ing game, so the Cubs were sole to set their defense for-htnt-tti- last quarter and keep him effectively effec-tively bottled up. South resorted to an aerial game for Its principal ground gaining play, though Wally Mean, hard-(C hard-(C itlo a. rtim?t3!t) Cubs' Late Drive Noses Out East (ContloiMd from .Pact Twtotr) driving plunger, was nearly always al-ways good for a couple of yards through the line. Embree "Root" Wilson was the recipient of most of the South passes, with Dick McNeil and Sid Faldmo doing the throwing. A recovered fumble led to the first South score soon after the game started. Dick May fumbled Wally Cooper's punt and Ray Thomas recovered for the Southerners South-erners on the Leopard 45. A pass, McNeil to Wilson, was good for a first down on the 30, and another quickly followed on the 12 in three plays. Dick Anderson on a reverse went all the way to the two before he was hauled down. McNeil plunged for the touchdown, but Mear's place-kick failed. The Leopards came back fighting and with Sharp In the lineup scored a touchdown and extra point midway mid-way of the second period. A recovered re-covered fumble on South's 39 was the starting point, and In nine straight plays Sharp lugged the ball over the final stripe, the scoring scor-ing play being an end sweep good for three yards. Sharp also tallied tal-lied the single counter over tackle. Faldme Starts Drive Sid Faldmo started the South squad on the winning drive with a 11-yard gain from his 19. Coo- per and Mean along with Faldmo soon had the ball on the Leopard 44. Two completed passes, one to Wilson and the other to Mean, were good for 34 yards. Faldmo picked up seven more to the East two-yard marked, and In two plays South had a first down on the six-inch six-inch line. Mears packed the leather leath-er over, but his attempted conversion con-version was blocked. Royal Flandro took the last kick-off kick-off and almost got away for a touchdown before being stopped on the South 45. In a last desperate attempt. Sharp completed a pass to the South 20, but the gun went off Just as Alma Vance, the receiver, re-ceiver, was hit. The summary: EAST B SOUTH B C. Sharp. .. la Young Snratid. It Adamiun Reca....... 1c ........ Ruchtt Sertncttar. ......... e ......... Thoma. Doxr ....... re ........ Cmaalr y Ounn . . . ... ...... . rt Tucker Flandro.... r. ........ Wnaon May ......... QO Cooper Roaer. .... ...... .. la An.der.on Launar. rn lieara San fb McNeil Score by quartan: Kaat a...; a T a o t south e e e 12 Scoring: Eaat: Touchdown 8. Sharp. Point acter touchdown s. Sharp (Una buck). South: Touchdowns JacNeu, SubetltuUana: Eaat Mitchell. OS; S Sharp, qb. South Htenatrud, rt; Parr, la; Plandra, fb; Hunt, Is Ofrlciele : Horleeon. referee : truer, any I ptfe: Smith, llnoernan. |