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| LONGVIEW - Turning in one of the greatest individual performances in the long brilliant history of Lobo Stadium, co-captain Johnny Linney helped pull Longview out of the football doldrums as he personally engineered the Green Wave to a convincing 32-0 triumph over the Jacksonville Indians.
The will 'o the wisp Lobo quarterback turned in the following performance: 1. Scored on a 22 yard run in the first quarter. 2. Romped 21 yards to a touchdown in the second period. 3. Flipped 20 yards to Jones for a third quarter touchdown. 4. Passed 55 yards to Ronnie Lemmons for a score on the next to last play of the game which was nullified. 5. Passed 60 yards to Tommy Sanford on last play for touchdown. But it wasn't all "Lujack" Linney Friday night. The story behind the Lobo triumph over the impotent Tribe from Cherokee county could be traced to an alert Longview forward wall which was turning in some brilliant blocking while holding the enemy runners to a standstill. It was also the story of a kid named Sonny Jones, a back of whom great things had been expected. The Sunshine Special was a whirling dervish on the offense and teamed with hard-hitting Glenn Savage, line back supreme, and rugged Wade Pointer to slew the Indian attack. It was one of those nights when almost everything clicked. Jacksonville kicked off to start the game, and Jud McRee returned the short-side boot from his own forty to the Lobo 9. After a Linney pass failed. Jones got off a wobbly quick kick which traveled only 14 yards to the Jacksonville 42. Three ground plays failed to gain for the Tribe and Mickey Webb booted to Linney who took the punt on his own 15 and raced to the 30. The game see-sawed at this point until late in the period when Linney nailed Savage with a pass good for 25 yards. It gave Longview possession on the Jacksonville 30. Jones and Linney advanced to the 15, but a 15 yard penalty set the ball back to the 30. Then Johnny pitched to Sonny down to the 23, and Don Buff got a yard around end. On the next play, Linney danced through tackle, shook off line backer Ken Cook and weaved his way across the goal. Jones missed the conversion attempt. Linney and Jones, running through holes being opened by Pointer, Dick Hurst, McRee and Carlos Griffin, alternated in carrying the ball down to the Indian six yard stripe in the second stanza, but Johnny fumbled and Jacksonville recovered. The Indians worked the ball out to their own 31 on a kick by Pasco Parker and Longview brought it back to the 20 before Jones fumbled and George Burrill recovered for the enemy. Parker fumbled on the next play and Ronnie Lemmons recovered for the Lobos on the Jacksonville 23. Jones hit the middle for 2 yards then Linney, who appeared to be stopped on the 15, carried all the way for his second touchdown. Once more Jones' try was wide of the posts. The Green and White marched 60 yards for their third period touchdown. Tommy Rae and Don Huff played a big part in lugging the ball to within 20 yards of the Indian goal line, where upon Johnny tossed a strike to Jones for the six points. Sonny's run after receiving the pass, was a beauty. He out-maneuvered the only two men standing between himself and the goal line in a neat bit of open field trickery. The try was good and Longview led 19-0. Longview tallied on the fourth play of the final quarter after Charley Farrar, Glenn Savage and Rae had brought the ball two yards short of pay dirt. Farrar called on Jones to carry across and the Sunshine special obliged. He added the kick and Longview went ahead 26-0. Coach Maco Stewart poured his reserves into the fray at this point and kids like Don Stidham, Pancho Tamez, Paul Terry, a hard working Tommy Sanford, Doug Armstrong and Jackie Alston held the desperate Indians in check. Maco sent Linney back into the game with less than a minute remaining and Longview in possession on its own 45 yard marker. "Lujack" immediately pitched a 55-yard aerial to Ronnie Lemmons for an exciting touchdown, but the play was nullified because a Lobo was offside. Unaffected by the tough break Johnny took the ball on the next play, spotted Sanford in the clear and nailed him on the Jacksonville 35. Bill Lubetkin threw the key block on safety man Oble Davidson and Sanford raced over unmolested. The play covered 60 yards. The try for the point after was blocked, and Longview won 32-0. Much of the praise for the Lobo success can be traced directly to the ability of Stewart's reserves, who stepped in to take over for ailing varsity members. Savage, who is filling in for Earl Williams, may be in the Longview backfield to stay. Lemmons turned in a great game as an understudy for Billy Shaw, who was in bed Friday night, and Charley Malone continues to fill the gap left by injured Tom Bufkin. Malone is fast developing into one of the standout linemen on the squad. Darrell Cox, Pointer, Hurst, Griffin and McRae combined to keep the enemy from within 20 yards of the Lobo goal for the second week in succession. |