Crisp-Dougherty County GaArchives News.....CORDELE HIGH IS WINNER OF BATTLE ON ALBANY FIELD October 28, 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/newspapers/cordeleh2963nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb