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Show Midgets Humble East, 13-6; Cub "B" Bows, 13-0 4 McGarry Stars, But Juniors Dump Title Hopes Falling prey to a slashing East "B" team, the junior squad lost a hard-fought battle last night on the Leopards' home grounds, dragging South high's first championship dreams as they fell to an ignoble 13-0 defeat. In the first half the Leopards dominated throughout, scoring as the gun ended the first quarter. Dex McGarry was the big gun for South, breaking through the Red and Black line to drop the mail carriers of East. He muffed the attempted play for an extra point after touchdown. The second half was played on more even terms until the Eciders broke through the Cub defense and rocketed to a touchdown and extra point. With several minutes to play, the Cubs unleashed a desperate des-perate offense built around a "T" formation. East intercepted as the game ended and South lost the best chance in its history to hand East a disappointment instead of a championship. After dragging through the desert des-ert of defeat for three long years, South's junior eleven finally emerged into the oasis of victory by virtue of. an impressive 26-0 victory over West's "B" team. East's giants broke the newfound new-found winning streak a week later when they dropped the Cubs for the count, winning 19-0 on South's gridiron. Coach Gilbert's men invaded the Panther's lair with a spirit of confidence. con-fidence. This confidence materialized materi-alized into two quick touchdowns before the first half ended. After those first scores it merely became a question of how many times South's juniors would score. The final tally read 26-0. Find Going Tough South encountered much stiffer opposition in their second encounter encoun-ter against the Panthers. West managed to hold the Cubs scoreless in the opening quarter. Paul Wis-comb Wis-comb scored on the first play in the second period from West's twenty-three. 'South recovered a Panther fumble moments later and scored on Flash Long's plunge from the four. Bill Angelos converted con-verted and the cocky juniors trotted down the field boasting a 13-0 lead. West scored on a pass midway through the third period but failed to convert leaving them seven points behind the Cubs. South scored their final counter when Gregory intercepted a pass and ran forty-five yards to pay dirt. The conversion attempt was blocked making the final count 19-6 19-6 East's juniors apparently hadn't read the press notices about the talent of South's "B" team. The heavier Leopards ran and passed the Cubs dizzy.- East displayed fundamentals which are so often lacking in the first year teams. Those fundamentals; blocking, tackling, punting and passing spelled spell-ed d-e-f-e-a-t for South. 'Experience has proven very valuable val-uable to "B" teams in past years. The Cubs should be in much better condition come November 19. |