Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1954 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, September 16, 1954
SHARKS DEFEAT NEEDVILLE IN GRID
SEASON OPENING GAME 12 TO 6
Dean Blackwell’s Passes Impressive;
Defensive Line Outstanding In Opener
The Palacios Sharks s queezed out
a 12-6 decision over the Needville
Blue Jays here last Friday night—
as the spectators were eyeing the
new electric clock in the closing
minutes as they were the game.
Scoring early in the first quarter
on a pass from Dean Blackwell to
Donnie Beard, the Sharks drew
first blood. The score was set up
after center Elwin Carroll recover-
ed a Blue Jay fumble on the Need-
ville 30-yard line.
Inexperienced and light, Coach
R. C. “Sharkey” Shelton charges
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showed fine early season condition-
ing. The Sharks took advantage of
Needville’s mistakes while making
several mistakes of their own.
Needville’s veteran team compos-
ed of eight starters from the 1953
season fumbled the ball eight times,
and saw the young Sharks gain
possession of the ball four times.
Both Shark scores came indirectly
as the result of Needville fumbles.
Palacios proved to be the most
potent team by way of the forward
pass. Dean Blackwell threw 16
passes, one for the first score.
While completing six, seven were
incomplete and three were inter-
cepted. Donnie Beard, Lannie Gil-
lette, and Bobby Walton proved to
be Blackwell’s favorite receivers.
Palacios picked up 92 yards pass-
ing.
Needville on the heels of 170
pound Jimmie Zwahr and Ivan
Stavinoha gained 153 yards rush-
ing. Zwahr getting 56 on 18 at-
tempts and Stavinoha 49 on seven
tries. The Blue Jays showed a weak
passing attack by getting only one
yard on one completion out of four
attempts.
The Sharks running attak was
far from last year’s power of big
Clint Wratislaw. Only 72 yards
were gained by the rushing route.
All-district tackle Joe Gorka of
the Blue Jays gave the Sharks’
backs trouble all night. Big Joe
played an outstanding defensive
game for the Blue Jays. Dean
Blackwell gained 53 yards on 20
tries and Bobby Walton 16 yards
H. S. Band Makes
Good Showing At
Opening Grid Game
Band director D. E. Leighton’s
Shark marching band gave a very
impressive half-time performance
at last Friday night’s Palacios-
Needville game.
With only a few days practice,
Leighton’s hand gave the Palacios
football and band fans something
to look forward too. The 45-piece
band showed promise of giving
some fine half-time shows during
the football season.
Leading the band for the first
time Drum Major LeRoy Rogers
brought the Shark band in from the
South end of the field. At mid-
field the band formed an “N” for
Needville, and cheer leaders Ann
Herman, Sue Penland, Ruby Mae
Schneider, Darlene Keszler, and Al-
fred Manning led a yell for Need-
ville. From this formation the
band formed a “P” for Palacios
and played the Shark fight song.
After marching to the North end of
the field and counter marching the
band came to a halt and played
the school Alma Mater. With the
field lights out, the new electric
scoreboard lights on, the score-
board sponsored by the Harmonic
Club was dedicated to the Palacios
Schools.
Serving with Rogers were twirl-
ers Kay Green, Kay King, Gayle
King and Laura Jo Swenson. Flag
bearers for the band are Bobbie
Carter, Ruby Hamlin, and Jane
Spruiel.
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on seven tries.
Defensively the Sharks were led
by Tommy Reneau, Fred Law,
George Cornett, and Lannie Gil-
lette. Both tackles Reneau and Law
protected their respective areas in
fine form.
Needville’s score came early in
the second quarter. End Wayne
Meyer picked off a Blackwell pass
and ran it back to Palacios 19-
yard line. After Zwahr gained six
yards and A. L. Schmidt gained six
yards, Zwahr plunged over from
the seven yard line for the score.
Midway in the third quarter the
Sharks scored what proved to be
the winning touchdown. After re-
covering a Blue Jay fumble on the
Needville 37-yard line Blackwell
passed to Walton with the play
carrying to the one yard line.
Blackwell scored on an “up the
middle” play on the blocks of Cor-
nett and Law.
In the first down department
both the Sharks and Blue Jays had
six each.
The Sharks are idle this Friday
night. They play the Sweeny Bull-
dogs on Shark Field on Friday,
September 24.
Most of the Sharks and their
fans will either travel to Crescent
to see the Crescent-Tidehaven
game or to Vanderbilt to watch the
Cobra-Sweeny affair.
The Sweeny Bulldogs, Sharks Next Opponents,
Are As Strong Or Stronger Than In 1953
The Sweeny Bulldogs, the Sharks next non-district op-
ponent, are another well balanced ball club, according to all
reports received by Sports Slants.
Rev. Rayford Harris, Shark football scout, said he
scouted the Bulldogs last Friday night in their game with
Klein. According to Rev. Harris they have a good football
team.
Coaches Joe Schuchardt and Jack Crawley have
about 30 boys reporting for practice. Of these boys eight
are returning lettermen and seven squadmen from last
year’s team which defeated the Sharks on Sweeny’s Man-
ley Field. Added to this group are 14 freshmen who
piloted last year's junior high team to a district champ-
ionship. The junior high boys had one lone touchdown
scored against them during the season.
The Blue and White defeated Klein 31 to 6 in their open-
er. To Sports Slants this sounds like Sweeny will be at least
equal to last year’s ball club, if not improved.
Sweeny is supposed to have looked good in early scrim-
mages with the Bay City Black Cats and Angleton Wildcats.
Judging from the close victory of strong Alvin over Bay City
and Angleton’s victory over La Porte, Sweeny will be no
push over for the small inexperienced Sharks.
Backs Harold Gaddy, William Christian, James
Jordan, and Billy Joe Sanders are expected to give
Sweeny a stronger backfield than a year ago.
Sweeny will miss several starters of ’53 very badly. One
of these will be end Russell Boone the all-state basketball
player. Boone holds the state scoring record in basketball
for the most points scored in one game.
Local fans may get a preview of Sweeny by attending
the Sweeny-Industrial game at Venderbilt this Friday night.
Remember you can see the Industrial Cobras at the same
time. The Cobras are predicted to be tops in District 27A.
Sports Slants View Of Sharks After Opener;
Hornets And Coach Make Preview At Velasco
With the Sharks first game un-
der their belts let’s analyze the
team. First, the strong points: very
good physical condition for this
early in the season; good team
spirit; a stronger defense than
earlier believed, especially at tack-
les and guards; and a fair passing
attack. The weaker points seem to
be: weak blocking in the offensive
line and backfield; few reserves;
a number of inexperienced players;
and a slow developing ground at-
tack.
The above is not criticism to any-
one, but just our observance. Sports
Slants believes the team has come
a long way since the beginning of
fall practice. With continued rapid
progress Coach Shelton may sur-
prise a lot of district coaches and
fans.
Tigers over the Crescent Blue Jays,
Hallettsville over the Goliad Tigers,
and Yorktown Wildcats over Runge.
“Minute Men” was the name
given to companies of militia or-
ganized at the time of the Revolu-
tion.
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POSES
from the
PAST...
The Tidehaven Tigers of Coach
“Tearful” Tex Kassen will open
their season at Crescent against
the Crescent ball club. It is ex-
pected that many local (Sharks)
fans will follow the Kassen men
to Crescent. Good luck, Tigers!
• ♦ •
“Doc” Hayes’ Port Lavaca Sand-
crabs pounced on the district 27-A
Ganado Indians 26 to 0 to open
their new $80,000 stadium. The
new stadium seats 4,000 and 3,700
of those seats were used last week.
Port Lavaca had 439 students en-
rolled in high school last week,
Palacios had 150. The “contest”
between the two schools will be on
October 1. Only 11 of those 439
can play against the Sharks at one
time, so the official football rule
book says.
Washday Blues
Hot water is a “must” for washday,
and this is how Grandma used to
get it. The old wash kettle has long
since been converted into a barbe-
cue grill, and you probably have a
better way to heat water for house-
hold use today. If your present
water heater is electric, you are
already enjoying the luxury of an
adequate, safe, trouble-free hot
water supply. If not, another of the
miracles of modern electrical living
is still in store for you.
One thing about Grandma’s old
wash kettle — it did save space in
the kitchen. You can do the same
with an electric water heater with-
out going outdoors. Find a spot you
don’t need for anything else — in
the attic, a clothes closet, a kitchen
cabinet — and put it there. It’s safe,
needs no attention and requires no
flue. Electric water heaters come in
various shapes and sizes to fit indi-
vidual requirements. Your electric
appliance dealer will be glad to
show you the right one for your
home.
The Palacios Junior High Hor-
nets open their season at Hopper
Field in Freeport with the Ve-
lasco Sea Gulls.
Last year the Hornets defeated
the Sea Gulls 20 to 0 with their
extra large and fast ball club.
Coach Charles Shreve will also
make his debut as a coach with
the Velasco game. Coach Shreve
has a much lighter team than the
Hornet club of a year ago. He
has three starters from the ‘53
team. They are guard Paul "Red"
Taylor, center Bill DeWitt, and
back Robert Slaughter.
Sports Slants is behind you all
the way Hornets! Go get ’em!
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This week’s 27-A predictions are:
Edna Cowboys over the Ganado
Indians, Industrial Cobras over
the Sweeny Bulldogs, Louise Hor-
nets over the East Bernard Brah-
mas, Bloomington Bobcats over the
Van Vleck Leopards, Tidehaven
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SEPTEMBER 17—OPEN
SEPTEMBER 24—SWEENY-HERE
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