Crisp-Dougherty County GaArchives News.....CORDELE HIGH IS WINNER OF BATTLE ON ALBANY FIELD October 28, 1928
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 16, 2011, 7:12 pm

CORDELE DISPATCH October 28, 1928
SCORE OF 16 TO 6 STOOD TO LOCALS CREDIT AT END OF CONTEST
BULLDOGS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEYED ALBANY AND ADMINISTERED THE 
INDIANS OF ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL A SOUND LICKING. CORDELE BOYS WERE THE UNDERDOGS 
BUT CAME OUT AHEAD SCORE 16 TO 6.
MANY LOCAL PEOPLE WENT TO ALBANY TO SEE THE GAME AND WERE THRILLED BY THE 
BRILLIANT PLAY OF CORDELE'S LINE,THEY DESERVE MUCH CREDIT TOWARDS THE VICTORY. 
BROWN,CRUM,SARGEANT,WILLIAMS,REESE,McCOY AND PATTERSON,ALL PLAYED  A MARVELOUS 
GAME. IN THE BACKFIELD McARTHUR THE GREATEST HALF BACK IN SOUTH GEORGIA PLAYED 
THE BEST. THIS BOY IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. ROGERS CAME IN YESTERDAY AND 
PLAYED A BRILLIANT GAME GETTING THRU AND STOPPING ALBANY FOR MANY LOSSES. HE 
WAS HEADED FOR A TD WHEN THE GAME ENDED. HULSEY AND BROWER DID SOME FINE 
PASSING,BOTH PASSED TO McARTHUR FOR TOUCHDOWNS.STEPHENS,BRADFORD AND FERGUSON 
DID WELL FOR ALBANY.
McARTHUR'S KNEE WAS HURT AND HE IS NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY NEXT SATURDAY AGAINEST 
ASHBURN HERE .
ALBANY              CORDELE
LUNDY      LE       SARGEANT
HUDSON     LT       B. WILLIAMS
ROOBIN     LG       PATTERSON
GEORGIE    C        REESE
BRANSFORD  RG       McCOY
PRESCOTT   RT       BROWN
           RE       CRUM
JOHN FERGUSON QB    HULSEY
PERRY      RHB      McARTHUR
STEPHENS   LHB      BROWER
NIX        FB       ROGERS 

Additional Comments:
THEY DID NOT LIST FIRST NAMES OF PLAYERS.I KNEW MR.JOHN FERGUSON IN ALBANY .HE 
WON A SCHLORSHIP TO GA.TECH AND PLAYED ON BOBBY DODD'S FIRST TEAM. ANYONE 
KNOWING THE FIRST NAMES OF THESE PLAYERS PLEASE LIST THEM .CONGRATULATIONS. 

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