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THE TRUMPET vVednesday, November 25, 1964 Page Five
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Wave Edged By Lions
After 2 Earlier Wins
Liori Tally In Last Minute Decisive
The Asbury Park Press and its when it was all -0ver, the Long blankeCi _i\sbury Park 13-0, for
radio station WJLK 'had slated it Brauch~:Vli:ldletov.'n Twp. contest the fourth Wave triumph in four
as the ·'Game of the \¥eek", but was the unofficial "Game of the years ove:r the Bishops.
Year''. The thrill-packed affair The Branchers started slowly
\Vas the most exciting game to against the Colonials, but picked
date in the Shore area. up steam in the second quarter.
-~ Lion tally \vithln Oh-0 last min- Hal Brown broke the ice with a
ute of play enabled them to eke 14 yard burst between Jim Sim-
out a 20-13 victory over the onelli and Dennis lJelVecc'hio f-Or
Branchers. Quarterback: Dixie -~b the score-. Chris Lidle's 'PAT made
della sneaked over from the 1, it 7-0.
to break a 13-13 deadlock. Then Shortly afterward, the Wave
Abdella kicked the PAT for the scored again on a sustained drive
final point. 'rhis final TD was set of 95 yards. Quarterback J'erry
up by Sl1ort Wave punt to the Moser !hit Lidle for 15 yards and
21 \vith less than two minutes on then threw to Stan L£!vvis in a
the clock. play covering 45 yards to the 14.
Thus, the Lions remained un- Fullback CDn Gaskin ate up the
remaining yardage on a series of
defeated t7--0) and clinched the carries up the middle. He capped
Shore Conference "i\." Division
the drive \.\1th a 2 yard plunge.
Championship. But it took a great The Branchers led at halftime,
effort to overcome the Branehers 13-0.
who put up a tremendous struggle.
The loss evened the Wave record The spectators were barely
to 4-4, going into the fiLal game seated for the second half action
when Brcnvn took the kickoff and
tomorro\v,
scampered BZ yards up the middle
Wave Scores FirSt of the field to paydirt. The touch-
T·he Branchers \Vere underdogs down iuade it 19~0, The last
Braucher tally also .can:ie in the
at game tilne, but that was soon
for.gotten after the kickoff. The third quarter. Pudgie Cooper took
Wave defense held the I~ions, and a Colonial punt on the 47 and
das:..1.ed 53 yards behind good
the offense took over, rolling to
ROLL OUT -- .Jerry I\'!oser r:u:n:s: around left en~. against Tom~ Rivet-, Moser' picl~·y1 up a lot nf the 1 yard line. A procedure pen- blocking for the score. Coop's T'D
valuable yardage in the 19-13 tritmrph over the ~1>ilians. At the bottom of the piciiUl:e is Jim Sim- alty pushed thetn bacri:. to the 6 made it 25-0. The Braucher de-
fense rema:i.r.ed touch to prelll;;;rve
onelli, 'vho has just taken out an Indian defender. where the drive stalled. But the the shutout.
\Vave went out in front late in
the first period. Con Gaskin Long Branch 19 Toms Riv<u· 13
BrariL·her Grapplers Ope1i Season capped a 47 yard march with a The next week the Wave trav-
23 yard dash off tackle. Steve eled to Toms Riv.er to meet a .fired
Str-01lo's PAT missed.
up tribe of Indians. The Indians'
The Lions tied things up in the vaunted aerial attack pressured
·Coach James lVlohney opened can count on a number of Seniors, perience. second quart-el'. Abdella scored the \\Tave defense all day, and
the tvrestllng practice sessions led by Fred Salter, (11~0), Con Lost year, Coach Mohney initi- from the 1, but his kick after vvas several B1·aneher miscues aided
;,vith three words, "Get that fall." GaAkin Steve Grasso (7-1}, \.vide. The score was 6-6 at half-
\8-:~), ated a new system to the varsity, tin1e. their cause. Eut the 1Vave won
its third straight game by the
These \Vor<ls will be the motto of Jim Vincelli r.8-3) and X.eal Green called the "Fish-" A stuffed toy The Branchers v1ent ahead, 13~6, scare of 19-13, with a solid second
fish is given tv wrestler who is after taking the second half kick- half effort_
th"e Green ¥/ave grapplers this (11-3-1).
year, Coach Mohney hopes to im- Depth PJ:'nbJem Solved pinned the earliest or makes the off. The 83 yard drive ended when Brcmr:n opened the day's scoring
prove on the squad's 6-5 record of A past problem f-0r the Branch~ Hal Bruv,rn ran around right end 'With an 11 yard sweep around
last year. Last year, the Branch- -.vorst mistake. The wrestler must right end in the second period. The
car:y it in school during the next for a 17 yard scoring scamper. try for point failed but the Branch-
The Wave 'held tbe Lions at bay
ers g{)t off to a slow· start, but ers has been the lack of depth in week and "honk" it at every me1n~ until Abdella hit Jim .Jenkins ln ers were out in front, 6-0. The
finished strongly, A reason for the heavier weight classes. This ber uf the wrestling squad. the end zone to tie things up again Indians tied things up on a 22
this slow start is that many ::.·ear Senior Dennis DelVeccllio and 13-13. yard pass, from quarterback Clax-
\Vrestlers double \Vith fall sports, junlor John Chulsky return wi1:h Thus far, before the boys out for Er:rvts Hurt ton to Rich '\Voxthy. \Vorthy was
and are unable to report. for prac- varsity experience. Sophomore
tice until a month after practice Richie \V«oods has :ookod good so fall sports report, it is difficult to The game 1.vas a tean1 effort for a thorn in the Brana.hers' side all
begins. far in practice ln t~1-e hcavy\V·eight OOth schools and rnany players day as he made a number -Of
make a good appraisal of the stood out. The \.Vave offense sparkling catches: and runs. Clax-
team. But from all .indications, it ton wound up with a total of 14
looks like a big year for the
looked virtually unstoppable, but completions for 33 attempts. Gas-
Early Reports spot. George Colbert and C.arl Branche-rs.
a couple of. -errors hurt deeply. In kin blocked the PAT. The score
I,arson \vil1 wrestle in the next the first half, a backfield mlx:up remained kn-0tted until the half
produced a fumble on the Llon 9. ~nded.
The reports are already optirn~ l<nvest \Veight classes. See The A pass from a fake fie:d goal deep The t>.vo teams waged a fierce
istie and there's good reason for An assistant coach position must THANKSGIVING CAME in Lion territory was ca11ed back defensive battle in the third quar~
the optimism. Eleven of hvelve l-ie filled at the present tirne. l\:Iean-
boys who wrestled top spot last \Vhile, Coach l'vio11ney ·has been at Red Bank because of a 15 yard penalty, kill- ter as neither team could pene~
ing a certain second h.alf scoring trate the goal line. But the Wave
year are returning. Coach :1-1.o!hney alded by tile boys vvith varsity ex- opened up f.or good in the last
drive. period on a pair of touchdo\VTIS by
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Long Branch Chamber their second straight shutout vie~ tite last minute on a sneak by
ILicensed by State of N. J. Service Claxton to make it 19-13, but
tory on October 31, \.Vher. they
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