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| LONGVIEW - Longview's Lobos grabbed a Leopard by the tail Friday night and tied more knots in it then a group of sailors in a knot tying class.
Combining a high-powered offense with a bone-crushing defense, the Lobos of Coach Ty Bain mauled the Dallas Adamson Leopards in Lobo Stadium, 27 to 0, before the smallest home town crowd for a season opener in several years. Apparently a lot of Lobo fans stayed at home and watched the pro-football game on TV. Then too the light rain that started falling around 6:30 p.m. kept many, many fans away. The fans that attended the game will agree the Lobos turned in an excellent showing in the season opener. One thing for sure, Coach Bain has a fine quarterback in Steve Judy, who scored three of the four touchdowns and passed for the other. This lad is from the material champions are made from. For the visitors, it was an especially disastrous evening. Longview held the Leopards to 45 yards on the ground and 143 in the air for a net of 188-yards. The Lobo rooters could have started their boasting broadside much, much earlier in this early chapter of the magnificent lunacy. They didn't have to wait until their furious heroes had battered their way to a 27-0 win over Adamson. It was apparent almost from kickoff, when Cecil Newton caught a 26 yard bomb from Judy for the first touchdown that the Lobos were on their way to victory. The only real thing the Leopards won a ll night was the flip-of-the-coin in the midfield by co-captains defensive halfback Robert Loyd and right tackle Glen Harding. The Adamson captains informed the officials they would kickoff to the Lobos. So Mr. Donnie Young placed his big foot into the pigskin and the game was underway. Deep back Rodney Hill took the ball on the eight yard line and returned to the 31. On the first play quarterback Judy fumbled the wet pigskin and recovered the ball for a loss of three. Then tailback David Majors plowed his way to the 31. Judy, on a quarterback keeper, sailed around the left end for a gain of six. However, it was fourth down and the Lobos needed five for a first. Split end Cecil Newton removed his right shoe and punted the ball down field and the ball was killed on the 31 yard line of Adamson with 9:53 on the clock in the first quarter. The Dallas boys looked like a bunch of girls in a five and dime store. They didn't know what to do. Quarterback David Laughlin on the first play passed to Jim Ross for no gain. Ross was nailed to eh cross by a host of Lobos from all directions. Laughlin voted again to pass and this time the ball went over the head of the receiver. The next play saw Laughlin fumble the pigskin and big Danny Bogue, 196-pound senior, fell on the ball at the 26 yard line. The Lobos went to work and quarterback "super" Judy stepped back after taking the snap from center Chad Barnwell and sailed the ball into the arms of split end Cecil Newton. Newton jumped high to catch the ball on the Adamson four yard line and as he took his first step defensive halfback Robert Loyd had his arms around the fancy catcher and Newton just pulled Loyd and the football across the goal line for the first of four Lobo touchdowns. The touchdown came with 8:08 left in the first quarter. Keith Parker opted the extra point and Judy held. The kicks as perfect. Newton is well known for his excellent pass catching. Coach Bain rates this lad one of the infest pass receivers in the Lone Star State. Parker kicked off to the Leopards and Joe Crews returned the ball from the 21 to the 37. There splays later quarterback Laughlin's pass was intercepted to defensive halfback Kenny Kimbrough on the 35 and returned to the 36 for a one yard gain. The Lobos used eight plays and were forced to punt by Newton on the 49 yard line of Longview. The ball was taken by Laughlin on the 12 and returned to the 15. Four plays later the Leopards were forced to punt. Halfback Glen Hensley booted the ball on the 42 yard line for no return. Judy tip-toed along the right sideline not eh first play carrying the ball 15 yards to the Adamson 43 yard line. Then on the next play, tailback Rodney Hill twisted his way to the seven yard line for a gain of 36 yards before the Leopard votes to make a tackle. From the seven, Hill carried for one yard to the six to end the first quarter of action. On the next play quarterback Judy on a keeper, exhibiting his fancy running, had the Leopards sitting on edge at all times, pushed across the pigskin for a touchdown from six yards out with 11:55 to go in the second quarter. Parker's kick was good. The Lobos led, 14 to 0. Top-notch kicking specialist Parker kicked off and the ball sailed out of bounds at the 28 yard line. So the lowly Adamson boys said to kickoff again and the officials gave the Lobos a five yard penalty. This time Parker booted the ball and the pigskin fell into the arms of the defensive halfback Robert Loyd. When the Lobos took the ball, Mr. Parker gave the halfback a big block and he fumbled the ball. Parker fell on the pigskin on the 33 yard line of Adamson. On the first play wingback Ronnie Bagley set sails and went to the 33 for 10 yards and a first down. Then tailback Hill went to the 23 for 10 yards and another first. A personal foul was charged against the Dallas boys and the ball was moved half the distance to the goal. So Dallas received a 11 1/2 yard penalty. From the 12 (we say officially) quarterback Judy plowed over from the left end into the end zone untouched for a touchdown with 10:26 to go in the second period. Parker's kicks as good and the Lobos led, 21 to 0. Longview's final touchdown came in the third quarter on a fumble set up by Larry Fyffe. It was third down and one yard ended for a first when quarterback Laughlin fumbled the ball for Adamson and Fyffe recovered the football on the Dallas 30 yard line. On the first play fullback Larry Gregg on a bull like rush plowed his way o the 13 yard line for a gain of 17 yards. Again Gregg carried the ball to the nine yard for a gain of four. Then Judy on a keeper around left end scored from nine yards out to make it 27 to 0. The big block that opened the way came by tailback David Majors. With 4:50 left int eh contest, the Lobos had the contest won. Parker's kick sailed to the right of the uprights. |