Bryan Game 1941

Ennis Oct. 17—A husky Ennis Lion aggregation turned their opportunities into scores and defeated the Bryan Broncos 19-7 Friday night in a District 10-AA clash in Ennis.

It was an interesting ball game for spectators all the way, and was very much in doubt until the Lions scored their third touchdown after a blocked punt with time very short.

For a half it was a nip-an-tuck scoreless affair, Ennis having a little the best for the first quarter but the Broncos carrying the fight in the second.

Things happened in a hurry as the second half opened. On a crooked bounce the kickoff got past Bart Haltom and he got out only to the 12. On third down Frank’s punt to the 42 was returned to Bryan’s 31. In seven plays Cikanek and Mock carried over for the score, with Cikanek going around end for the final 10-yards. Pierce converted.

On the second play after the next kickoff Crow, speedy safety of the Lions, intercepted Haltom’s long pass on his own 47. Apparently bottled for a moment, he cut to his right and got loose with some nice blocking to race 53 for another tally and the Lions led 13-0 with the half hardly started.

The Broncos began to fight back and got into the ball game again on a beautiful punt return play just as the third period was closing. George Machos, who at this time was playing safety, took Crow’s punt and, just as he started to the left, handed the ball to James Jackson, who dashed to the right and down the sideline for a 65-yard score. He was aided by splendid blocking. His successful conversion made it 13-7.

In the fourth quarter the Broncos looked like they were on the move, when they made one first on the Ennis 48 and Franks got loose around end for 17-yards. But the latter play was called back and Bryan was penalized five, which stopped the drive. On fourth down the team gambled with a pass instead of a punt and it failed, putting them in the hole that later resulted in the final Ennis score.

Ennis drove down field for a first on the 11, but finally lost the ball on the six. Two plays netted but a yard, and Franks was swarmed as he tried to punt out.

Ennis covered on the five. Mock made only one at center, but then went over on a play on which Crow faked the ball to Rosprim, then handed to Mock. The game ended four plays after the kickoff, after Jackson made 12 on a Statue of Liberty, but fumbled.

In the first quarter Rosprim, huge Ennis fullback who has been moved to the backfield from the line, sparked the Ennis drive that carried to Bryan’s 19. In the second quarter Bart Haltom started hitting on his passes and the Broncos kept the Lions on the run with eight completions for 90-yards, going to their 20 once.

Clifford Kelley at left end for the Broncos looked mighty good and the Lions seldom did anything with plays directed at him and left tackle Bubba Barron. For the Lions Pierce and Houdek at guards showed up well, and Lavender, the center, was good against rushing plays.

The Broncos played the game with their team crippled quite a bit. Neither Morris Smith nor Charlie Hohn, starting guard, started, though both saw some service. G. W. Nevill also could play but a few minutes at his end. Haltom, with a hurt ankle, and tackle Bill Zak, who had been sick all week, could not play full time.

Bryan				Ennis
No.	Name	Wt	Pos		No.	Name	Wt
72	Kelley	158	L.E.		21	Emerson	175
64	Barron	188	L.T.		38	Schoeps	155
70	Gomez, R.	129	L.G.		26	Houdek	175
56	Machos	160	C		30	Lavender	157
65	Terry	152	R.G.		45	Pierce	155
73	Zak	166	R.T.		44	Winterrowd	168
66	Cowart	154	R.E.		40	Gardiner	155
68	Thames	165	Q.B.		24	Crow	158
49	Haltom	153	R.H.		22	Mock	178
69	Jackson	180	L.H.		33	Cikanek	168
75	Franks	177	F.B.		34	Rosprim	205

Bryan: Smith, Murray, Nevill, Buckhalts, Mullins and Hohn

Ennis: Goodwin, Richter, Prachyl, Wright, Brooks, Smith and B. Pool

Bryan	Description	Ennis
8	First downs	8
41	Yards Gained Rushing	183
115	Yards Gained Passing	0
16	Yards Lost	30
140	Net Yards Gained	153
13 of 31	Passes Completed	0 of 2
0	Passes Intercepted By	2
6 for 178	Punts	5 for 167
29.7	Punting Average	33.2
1	Own Punts Blocked	0
3 for 83	Punts Returned	4 for 79
2 for 10	Penalties	0 for 0

Teams	1st Qt.	2nd Qt.	3rd Qt.	4th Qt.	Final Score
Bryan	0	0	7	0	7
Ennis	0	0	13	6	19

Bryan: Touchdowns--Jackson; Point after--Jackson

Ennis: Touchdowns--Cikanek, Crow and Mock; Point after--Pierce