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| LONGVIEW - The Spring Branch Memorial Mustangs played Longview as if they were prematurely discovered Christmas toys Friday night, blasting for a 24 to 6 win. The two teams wallowed in the mud and rain of Lobo Stadium and enjoyed every minute of it.
Eldon Hinds, the Mustang quarterback, may have thread missing from his white jersey, but there were was nothing missing from his bag of football tricks. Longview will swear to it. Houston's Memorial rampaging Mustangs didn't allowed Longview a comeback chance with 3,000-plus fans watching the Spring Branch gridding battle the Lobos. Neither team let up en route to Memorial's second victory of the season. It was the third loss for the Lobos. The spectacular quarterback guided the Mustangs to three touchdowns and one 22-yard field goal in the victory. Longview won the toss and elected to receive. On the very first place from scrimmage fullback Richard McDaniel fumbled the ball on the 40-yard line of Memorial. The Mustangs took and moved the ball for two first downs before being forced to kick. The ball landed on the three yard line of Longview. Longview's kicking specialist, Ronald Cook, who booted the ball five times for 181 yards and an average 36.2 per kick, booted the ball on first down. Memorial took over on Longview's (unknown) yard line and marched for their first touchdown of the evening. Quarterback Hinds, with a bull like push, drove over from the 3 yard-stripe for the touchdown with (unknown) on the clock in the first quarter. End-kicking specialist Leonard Burton booted the ball through the up-rights for the extra point and the 7 to 0 lead. Things got better for the Mustangs when they kicked off and the ball was returned by Glenn Cobb to the 24-yard line. Again, Ty Bain sent Ronald Cook to punt the ball so that they could get the ball away from distance. When Cook punted the ball a personal foul was a called against the Lobos. The Mustangs took over on the Lobos' 38-yard line. Seven plays later, Memorial voted to kick a field goal. Burton with little to no trouble sent the ball through the wet cool air for the three points with 20 seconds on the clock in the second period, 10 to 0. Halftime score, 10 to 0 in favor of the Mustangs. Longview took the kickoff in the third chapter and the Lobo crowd came to their feet. Longview from Houston's 35-yard line had a very strong drive guided by sophomore quarterback James Street. The Lobos recorded five first downs and the clock still had (unknown) to play in the period. The longest distance gained came from the ace field general Street when he sent a bullet to Rusty Musser from the (unknown) yard line to the 10. A few plays later the Lobos had their first touchdown of the season when quarterback Street on a delay jumped high and scooted past a few Mustangs from the one yard line for the touchdown. The extra point failed as Street was snowed by a great host of Mustangs behind the line of scrimmage. Memorial came through with their second touchdown after they received the kickoff from Longview. On the first play quarterback Hinds carried for no gain. On the next play, high stepping halfback Bob Miller had a brilliant run through the heart of the Lobo line for a (unknown) yard touchdown with 2:35 left on the clock in the third chapter. Burton again split the cross-bars for the one pointers, 17 to 6. The last touchdown came for the Mustangs with 6:43 on the clock in the final period when halfback Larry Alford sprinted 36 yards on the right side the playing field. Burton again split the cross-bars, 24 to 6. Lobo field general James Street bursted into full blossom here Friday night, enabling the Lobos to come out smelling like red rose. He also practically assured the Lobos of no crop failure as he led the team to a highly-entertaining night of football. Longview's flashy, skitters halfback, Harold Bridges came through with an excellent showing. His speed and size aided the Longview team in their 147 yards gained in the game. Other runners who looked much better this week include fullback Dickie McDaniel, halfback Rusty Musser, fullback Glenn Cobb and halfback Don Morris. Longview's linemen came through with flying colors despite the rain and Memorial's fast backs. Turning in an outstanding job were end Link Summers, tackles Kenneth Norwoorth, guard Rod Sanford, center Mike Collier, guard Kenneth Conway, tackle Charles Tyler and end Terry Don Phillips. |