1954-1972

Fumbles Haunt -Warriors, 12-6 BY BURL DENSON 11 cnt inlo lhc end zone un- DECATUR - Two first half to11r hcd. A fumble halted the al– fumbles came back to haunl tempted two-point conversion East Central J unior College as and he Ra ngers led. 6-0. the Northwest JC Rangers dealt East Central was unable to the winJess Warriors their sev- ,move on the ensuing kickoff, ,enth setback of the season, 12-6, but gained possession of t h e l at Warrior Field here last night . ball when Northwest fumbled Northwest quarterback Phil a pitchout on a fourth-down try Oakley hit end Johnny Mills all at the Ra nger 48. alone behind t h e Warrior de- 1 Beckham then slashed at the fenders for the second Ranger Ra nger defenders nine times score in the fourth quarter to lo move the ball to the five be– break a 6-6 deadlock and tuck fore blasting into paydirt with away the victory for the NWJ C six minutes left in the game. eleven. I Quarterback Rusty McMul- After battling to a scorcless jlan ·s PAT boot was wide. leav– standoff for three quarters. both mg the count knotted again. teams managed to get on the On the first play folJowing the board in the final stanza. I kickoff, Oa kley drof)ped str9ight The Ra ngers did il on a 94_ lback at his 26 and fired to Mills yard drive that consumed only lat the midfi eld stripe and the seven plays, and aga in on the big cnri outran tlro Warrior de– bomb to Mills just two plays fender · lo score and ice the and 20 seconds after the War- game for the visitors. riors ground out their lone tally I Beckham grnbbr'd off rushing of the evening. honors for the night as he East Central drove toward lugged th!! leather 35 limes to paydirt on the first series in lhe ,chalk up 231 yards. but lhe game as coach Ken Pounccy's Ranger defense grounded the crew hammered away at the Warrior air attack as they lim– Ranger defense to move the ball lilccl McMullan lo three comple– from their own 30 to the NW I lions in 15 losses good for 57 25. Workhorse tailback Terry !Yards. Beckham then sliced left and j Oakley tried _the aerial route raced goalward only to bobble 13 times and hit on eight, good the ball inside the 20. for 223 yards while Faust paced The second East Central scor- the Ranger runners with 124 ing threat was voided as Beck- !yards in 30 carries.

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ham sparked another drive to- ward the goal in the second ,, period to move the ball to the Northwest two-yard line with two downs left. Once again Beckham blasted thr ough the Ranger line into the end zone 7 but the ball came loose and wa~ covered by Northwest at the one. The Rangers finally put it all together with 1:40 gone in the fourth quarter as halfback Nor– ris Faust keyed a Northwest drive that surged to the Warrior four . From that point, Faust ; sta:rted left, cut b:rclt' ii'isiOe ands

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