Atlanta Daily World

By A. MACEO JOHNSON.
Sports Editor. "Mind"

MARSHALL, TEXAS.-Last Friday night at the "East Texas Fair" in Marshall, the Wiley Wildcats inaugurated the 1935 conference season by trouncing the Bishop Bears, 6-0, in a game which was replete with thrills from the opening whistle to the final gun.

However, it is only one more of the many times that I have seen an inferior opponent carry the "never-say-die" spirit into combat and ultimately emerge the victor. Wiley has long been known for her determination to fight to the last, and other than the three P's of football-punt, pass and prayer-she hardly had anything but fight to offer to a very formidable Bear machine. In every department of the game-- except the highly important phase of scoring--Bishop clearly outclassed Wiley.

Bishop made 13 first downs to Wiley's three, in all three times as much yardage from scrimmage, and all of the gains which were made from passes. As the game ended, the Bears were pounding on the Cats' goal line but an alert Wiley back intercepted a Bishop pass just as the final gun fired.

Coach Long told me he lost 20 pounds during the last two minutes of as interesting a game as we shall see in many a moon.

The difference in winning and losing was the cool and heady manner in which "boat" Barnes, the mercurial quarterback, ran his team, compared to the spasmodic, jerky and nervous way the 150 pound streak of greased lightning generaled his forces.

The enthusiasm shown was that which is typical of the age old Wiley-Bishop feud and the combatants on the field seemed to be permeated by the atmosphere that exuded from the stands, because it was a very rough, he-man's game, resulting in many, many fumbles caused by the hard but clean tackling. Quite a few alumni of both schools from here attended the game, and other friends of both schools who are not alumni. The Jacquets, the Flournoys, Drs. Borders and Mayfield, John Mayfield, John Mebane, Coach Bates, who officiated as field judge, and the entire Mind staff. There are others I am sure that I have forgotten to mention. Believe it or not! We made the drive to Marshall in three hours and forty minutes. Editor Wise driving!

SOMETHING NEW

In our endeavor to give to you the very best we can in the line of sports, we are launching into an entirely new field for southern Negro newspapers-that of bringing to you a play-by-play account of the games we are fortunate enough to cover. Below is our description:

Bishop received kickoff and after a series of line plays with no gain punted to midfield. Wiley punted, Bishop received 5 yd penalty for off-side. Bishop punted again to own 41 yd line. Wiley's ball on Bishop 41. Wiley lost ball on downs. Jones for Bishop made 12 yds off tackle, placing ball on Wiley's 47. Jones made 2 yds at center. Johnson made 15 yds through the line placing ball on Wiley's 12. Moore added 6 more placing ball on Wiley's 6 yd line, but here the Wiley line held and recovered the ball on downs. Robinson punted poorly and out of bounds on his own 50.

On the first play Wiley received 5 yds penalty for offside Bishop pass not good.

Wiley intercepted another Bishop pass on 1 yd line. Hollis for Bishop went in for Moore as quarter.

Robinson punted nicely to midfield to bring Wiley out of a dangerous hole.

Bishop fumbled and Wiley recovered. Game very rough.

Hollis made 6 yds thru center.

Bishop received 15 yds penalty for roughness. Bishop punted to midfield. Turner made 6 yds thru center. Robinson made 2 yds on end run. Turner thrown for 5 yd loss.

Robinson punted to Bishop on 15. Moore thrown for 4 yd loss. Wiley gained thru a series of punt exchanges and got possession of ball on Bishop's 30. Wiley made first down on Bishop's 20. Turner on a sweep around left end made an 18 yard gain for another first down on the Bishop 3. Turner crashed thru tackle for touchdown. Try for point missed and Barnes was hurt on th play. Score, Wiley 6. Bishop 0. Wiley stands go wild.

SECOND HALF

Wiley kicked off to Bishop as second half got under way. B. punted to W. 30. After no gain, McCrimmon punted out of bounds on B. 30. On first play, B. fumbled and W. recovered on B. 25. McCrimmon lost 7 at right end. and punted out of bounds on B. 3 yd line. B. punted to midfield and McCrimmon immediately punted into B. end zone for touch back. B's. ball on own 20. B. tried forward pass. Moore made 35 yards off right tackle placing ball on W. 45. W. received 5 yd penalty placing ball on W. 40.

Moore made 12 more thru tackle placing ball on W. 28. Moore was thrown for 10 yd loss by Hibbler.

Pass was incomplete and Moore punted out on the W. 20. Wiley's ball, first and 10. No gain on end run and McCrimmon punted.

Moore made a 10 yd return. Bishop completed a pass for a 25 yd gain. Two passes incomplete,

Moore made 15 yds and first down on Wiley's 20 yd line. Here Bishop fumbled and Bishop recovered.

McCrimmon punted to Moore on W. 40, and he made a 4 yd return. Moore made 5 yds thru the line as the quarter ended.

FOURTH QUARTER

Moore made 3 yds off tackle. B. failed to make yardage and W. recovered possession on 45 yd line. W. fumbled and B. recovered. B. completed 12 yd pass for first down on W. 33 yd line.

play stopped for no gain. Bishop made 3 yds thru line. Pass incomplete and Moore punted into end zone. W. ball on 20 yd line.

B. blocked W. kick but W. recovered. W. punted and also recovered as Bishop's safety man failed end to find handle on the ball. Line play failed on B. 40. and W. received 15 yd penalty for clipping.

W. punted to B. on 5. B. lost ball on 5. W. received 5 yd penalty on B. 45. W. punted to B. on 25. B. pass intercepted by Wiley on 50. Wiley made only 2 yds thru the line and punted into end zone. B. ball on 20 yd line.

B. gained 2 thru line. W. penalized 5 for off side. 13 yd pass completed for first down on 40.

B. received 15 yd penalty for clip ping. B. lost ball on downs on own 20 yd line. W. ball on B 20.

McCrimmon lost 6 yds at end. Also lost 2 more at end. Pass also incomplete. 4 and 18 on B's 28.

B. partly blocked W. kick and recovered on 25 yd line, Moore lost 3 at end. Mitchell gained 15 at end and first down on the 37.

Jones made 10 off tackle, placing ball on the 47. Pass good for 13 yds on W. 40. W. received 15 yd penalty for clipping to own 25 yd line. Moore made 6 off tackle.

Line play failed, and Wiley intercepted Bishop's pass as the game ended, Wiley 6. Bishop 0.

Officials for the game were Codwell, Lassiter, Archer and Bates.

GAMES FOR WEEK

The games for this week are somewhat scarce, with Langston and Bishop meeting in Langston October 11. I am afraid Langston is going to pack too much power for a somewhat light -but fast Bishop eleven, so mark this as another Conference loss for the Bears, Texas College squares off for another stand against Shorter College in Little Rock which should be only a warm-up for the Steers. Wiley meets Arkansas State at Pine Bluff and since State showed such a glaring weakness against Texas two weeks ago, the Wild Cats should take this one easily. This brings us down to the real feature of the week-the Fort Worth-Dallas game Thursday night.

My batting average is climbing sky high as a prognosticator and I am hoping to finish the season with a creditable showing. I am going to hold enough to predict Terrell to win over the Dallasites by a touchdown margin, solely on the belief they cannot completely bottle George Adams, and if they do, then there are Aldridge, Jackson, Love, Denson and others, so for the first time in three years, cast your vote in the Terrell derby and bet your cigars on the side.