EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, December
6, 1951 Vol. C339
LOCAL
NEWS
SNOW FINALLY MAKES AN APPEARANCE
East
Farewell – The first snow of the season blanketed the town on Tuesday. A cold
front rolled in Sunday night dragging down temperatures and by Tuesday night
the temperatures were in their upper 20’s. A storm blew in from the west and
dumped almost 2” of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Everything had
moved out by Wednesday night but East Farewell had its first appreciable
snowfall.
The accumulation was not enough to
close the schools, not even enough to postpone them. The streets were clear by
the time the snow had finished and the shops had cleared off the sidewalks soon
afterwards. By the time school let out there was hardly enough clean snow to
make a decent snowball. The youngsters proved to be quite resourceful, though
and were able to create a giant snowball fight right on the Lakefront Plaza.
The ruckus started about 3:45 in the afternoon and by the time the sun had set,
about 4:30 the snowball fight had spilled onto Main Street and Lakeshore Drive
and the police had to be called to calm everyone down. Once the police cars
rolled up the crowd quickly dispersed and the fun was over. No one was charged
and no one was even apprehended. The youths had just disappeared, kind of
dissolved into the surroundings.
“We didn’t want to nip anyone, we
could have if we wanted, it was just a bunch of kids letting off steam. We are
going to write this one of as a minor disturbance, no harm, no foul,” said
Officer O’Sullivan when asked at the scene.
This first snow is always met with
great enthusiasm that wears off as the season progresses. “It is always the
first snow that brings out the children in all of us,” said Mrs. Mallard, boarding
house owner on Lakeshore Drive.
Snowball fight on Main Street
SPORTS
COUGARS PULL PRANKS AND PULL OFF A WIN
East Farewell – It was an official game although
you would never have guessed it with all the wild plays, fake field goals and
all around shenanigans that took place on Regional High School field on
Saturday. The Cougars faced the Fort Lee Captains and the two coaches, Al
Burcowitz for the Cougars and Chuck King for the Captains, are old friends that
played together for the Quakers of the University of Pennsylvania. The coaches
both started coaching their respective teams about the same time but they
weren’t aware of each other’s position until they coached against each other
three years ago. “We both played at University of Pennsylvania and we both
loved the gimmick plays and when we both found that we were coaching against
each other we made a sort of unwritten agreement that we would try to outdo
each other with pranks and gimmicks when we played. The kids all loved the idea
and they had a great time practicing the plays before the game. Both side were
in on it so it made for some great plays. The defense was expecting it so you
really had to sell it. I remember Al even tried a Pyramid play on defense once
but refs called him on it. They made that play illegal back in like 1933 but it
was great fun to see those kids pile up on each other. They were able to block
the field goal but it didn’t count. Great fun,” recalled Burcowitz in a
interview after the game.
The
sold-out game had almost as many Fort Lee fans as Cougar fans. The teams were
very excited to get on the field and show off their crazy antics. The first
kick off set the tone. The Captains won the toss and chose to kick off first.
They lined up and kicked an onside kick to an expecting Cougars team. The
kicker, Jeb Quinn, smashed a line drive right at a completely unaware first
line Cougar, Ricky Farmer, only ten yard away. Farmer tried to catch the ball
but it hit him right in the face and bounced straight up in the air. Luckily
for the Cougars Farmer was able to compose himself enough to grab the ball and
fall on it. But that set the tone for the game.
Immediately,
the Cougars started their shenanigans. The first play was a double reverse that
ended with halfback Shamus O’Donnell throwing a 10 yard pass to Joey Fox who
had slipped out of the backfield for a 20 yard gain. The Captains defense
played some different unique defenses, too. They continually showed they were
going to rush many players and then back off, but sometimes sending the
avalanche. Both teams ran around the field in every direction, passing, handing
off and lateraling at almost any given time much to the crowds delight. The
mayhem went on and on and the first half ended with the game fittingly tied at 7
apiece.
The
second half had the Cougars kick off and Charlie Cox tried to show off his
kicking skills by kicking off the ball by hitting at the bottom and driving it
almost straight up in the air. The ball soared very high but short giving the
Cougars front line plenty of time to get under it. The Captains had anticipated
something funny and had placed all their best catchers on the front line. The
ball actually went ten yards so technically it was a free ball but Captains
captain, George Daily, who is also a Captains baseball outfield star, was able
to out jump the Cougars and come down with the ball. The hijinks continued with
both teams trying very creative plays like triple reverse, lateral center run
and of course the familiar Statue of Liberty play. Both sides tried that with
equally unimpressive results. Both defenses were wise to the play and they both
lost yardage.
Finally,
with only one minute left the Cougars lined up to punt from their own 48 and
Charlie Cox trotted on the field. The Captains set up to receive the punt with
only return receiver, Joey Coleman down on the Captain’s 20. The ball was
snapped to Cox who started to go into his kicking motion but then stopped and
threw the ball backwards over his head to a circling Billy O’Conner who grabbed
the ball, sprinted to the left and unloaded a long bomb to Phil Flynn who had
darted down the sideline past Coleman. The pass was wobbly but long enough for
the sticky fingered Flynn to haul it in and run in for the TD. The Captains
seemed madder at themselves for not picking up on the play than they were with
the score. They got a little revenge by rushing the entire team on the extra
point attempt, which they blocked. But the damage was done and the Cougars
walked off the field with a 13-7 win. Both teams met in the middle of the field
to congratulate each other and laugh about the inspiring plays and how they
figured them out. The two coaches spent a long time talking about the game and
presumably old times and future plans.
This
was the last game of the season for both teams. The Captains ended in fourth
place in the league standings and the Cougars finished in second place behind
the Mountainview Canaries who dominated the league with only one loss all
season. Cougar’s basketball will be starting Saturday.
NATIONAL NEWS
WHITE CHRISTMAS MOST POPULAR – LANZA SINGS OVER THE PHONE – TRUMAN
CANCELS TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH RUSSIA & POLAND – WILLOUGHBY DEFENDS
MACARTHUR – TOP MOVIES
It’s revealed in the Saturday Evening Post this week, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” easily the most popular holiday tune, has racked up a sheet music sale of more than 3 million since it was introduced in 1942 by Bing Crosby in the movie “Holiday Inn.” The song hit the market when millions of G.I’s were overseas so that it came to represent the longing for an old-fashioned Christmas in a world of peace.
Mario Lanza sings his heart out by telephone, to a bedfast 10-year-old girl to tell her he loved her and to wish her a Merry Christmas, which she celebrated because incurable Hodgkin’s disease may end her life before Christmas. He talked to her and sang “Silent Night.” “I didn’t know if I was going to make it or not” said the singer and actor. “I could just see that little girl there and I looked down and saw my own little girls and it was almost too much for me.”
President Truman orders Treasury Secretary Snyder to cancel all reciprocal trade agreements with Russia and Poland effective January 5.
Maj. Gen. Charles Willoughby, former chief of intelligence says “Biased, prejudiced and inaccurate” news coverage of the Korean War contributed to the firing of Gen. MacArthur last year. He accused six newspapermen and three news magazines of reporting, which “created an atmosphere of tension, uneasiness and distrust between Tokyo and Washington.
At the movies –
Too Young To Kiss –
June Allyson, Van Johnson
Two
Tickets To Broadway – Tony Martin, Janet Leigh
A Millionaire For Christy –
Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker
The Long Dark Hall –
Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer
David and Bathsheba –
Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward
Angels In the Outfield –
Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh
A Place In the Sun –
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
The Blue Veil – Jane Wyman
Golden Girl – Mitzi Gaynor,
Dale Robertson
Come Fill The Cup –
James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter
Ten Tall Men – Burt Lancaster
Many, many thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for contributing to this section of the East
Farewell News.
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