Show JORDAN LEAGUE THRILLER s cyprus P defeats tooele thoele 19 6 in gi jordan league opener A swashbuckling gang of gold and blue clad pirates from cyprus bounced back from a 6 0 deficit to score two touchdowns in a mm min ute and a half in the 2nd quarter to break the backs of the tooele thoele buffaloes and went on from there to rack up one more touchdown in the third quarter making tooele thoele walk the gang plank by the score of 19 6 last friday after afternoon at magna cyprus after running up an impressive string of pre season vie vic tons toris were established as favorites to capture the title bunting in the jordan district and proved that their earl victories were no flukes as they handed tooele thoele the short end of the score tooele thoele drew first blood early in the first quarter when leo john son cyprus halfback took the op ening kick off on his own 20 and after returning it 12 yards later aled to team mate douglas thur man who fumbled the ball and tooele thoele recovered on the cyprus 30 yard line tim mckendrick half back picked up six yards and co capt charlie lee picked up 2 more dale leatham quarterback pitched a perfect pass to mckendrick good for a first down on the pirates 9 yard line the big gold and blue line stif bened and held for four downs and took over possession of the ball on their own 7 yard line two run ning plays picked up 5 yards and then the pirates quick kicked out of bounds on their own 44 yard line chuck gillespie picked up 1 yarl yard yar l and on the next play Leat leatham harn fired another pass this one to end glen bones hamilton good tor a first down on oa the 21 yard line co capt lee smashed over tackla tai kl for 7 mckendrick added one yard and leatham picked up the precious first down on the 7 yard line on the next play lee on an end sweep around left end classed 01 the golden goal and led 6 0 the try for extra point a pass was no good tooele thoele continued to dominate the play for the rest of the first quarter but when the teanna changed goal lines cyprus began to look like a championship team after tooele thoele punted over the cy goal the pirates started an 80 yard march from their own 20 the spearhead ol 01 the pirate attack was fullback leo johnson who picked up 17 yards in four plays before turning the ball carrying over to halfback douglas thurs man who picked up fifteen more yards in three tries leo johnson then cracked through the center of the tooele thoele line and a first down on the tooele thoele 36 yard line on the next play johnsoa johnson pitched a choit pass to leland chapman who gath ered the pigskin in and behind per feet blocking ran 35 yards for the pirates first score the kick for the extra point was good and cyprus took the lead 7 76 6 statistics tooele thoele cyprus 91 ads gained rushing IS 15 ads gamed gained scrimmage 18 10 passes attempted 7 4 passes completed 2 40 ads gained passes 34 net ads gained 6 first downs 10 cyprus racked up its second score a minute later on an inter cepter pass after kicking off to tofele tooele s charlie lee who returned turned Ke the ball to his own 26 yard line on the first play leland chapman intercepted leatham s pass on the tooele thoele 40 yard line and raced down the sideline for the second TD the attempted place kick was wide cyprus nailed the buffalo pell to the yard arm for keeps in the th third quarter when co capt gus thurman took a tooele thoele punt on his own 38 and returned it to the mid field fielo stripe leo johnson once again took over the brunt of the ball carry ing chores aided by frank dis era who went for 20 yards and a first down on the tooele thoele 10 yard line on the fourth down and five yards to go johnson punched it over the attempted kick for extra point was blocked but the cyprus pirates had the ball game tucked away in their treasure chest the rest of the game was play ed between the 30 yard stripes cyprus playing it safe and too ele gambling on long passes which just could rit click leading the buccaneers was leo johnson fullback who carried the ball 29 times out of the 43 total running plays cyprus used in picking up 86 of the yards the pirates gained in rushing half back leland chapman who scored cyprus first two touchdowns was a whirling twisting typhoon a pirate as hard to catch and haul down as the pirates jolly roger the entire cyprus backfield and their substitutes played a smash ing hard brand of ball quarter back thurman halfback stanley johnson and halfback frank dis era all went for yardage every time they packed the ball on the line co capt dick hend erson at tackle ends john arego and ernie mirabella and dale sim ons at the pivot post were in on every play and stamped them selves and the entire cyprus team as odds on favorites to en end d the season undefeated for tooele thoele co capt charlie lee at fullback was tooele thoele s real threat all afternoon and dale lea tham quarterback was a danger ous threat with his passes but it remained for a line man to col lect elect tooele thoele s longest run of the day an end around play by left end glen bones hamilton good for 16 yards right end glen rupp turned in an outstanding defens ive game as did co cc capt howard rock wall at right guard and larry stevenson at center fa fay y mcfarland at tackle took a ter beating from the cyprus backs on their reverse and fake reverses but never let up in his play gor don bunn reserve center loren dunn reserve end timmer me kendrick and chuck gillespie all turned in fine games the intercepted pass that pre dented cyprus with their second touchdown proved to be a nasty break for tooele thoele had the breaks been in favor of tooele thoele instead of cyprus tooele thoele might have rung up what would have been termed an upset starting line up tooele thoele cyprus glen rupp ler john arego fay mcfarland tony rinaldi H wall co capt mike falvo larry stevenson c dale simons kent cahoon egl bill H artl D henderson co capt glen hamilton rel ernie mirabella D Leat leatham harn q D thurman co capt T mckendrick ahr L chapman chuck gillespie S johnson charlie lee co capt f leo johnson |