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a 11 vf Produced Four Undefeated Teams: Steve Jacobs Football Dynasty Projected Tyrone Football To Top In Schoolboy Ranks Ask any Tyrone sports buff old enough to remember Steve and you'll learn quickly often la a word or two that he a spot of his own In high school football history here. And If It happens to be one of the more ardent Tyrone Hlfh School football rooters or one of Jacobs' pupils dorlnf his 12-years as helmsman, he may try to convince you that "Jake" was the "miracle worker" during perhaps the most productive era In the school's 46-year football history. His record leaves no Ion. His staunch supporters are on solid (round when they boot around superlatives and thump the tub for Jacobs as the No. 1 taskmaster In football history at Tyrone.

He was the head man behind Golden Eagle football era that spawned lour of the five undefeated Tyrone teams, two of the longest undefeated streaks In the school's history and the bead coach who guided Tyrone to Interscholastlc gridiron prominence with a dynasty be sembled In the late 1930s and held onto until 1953. The tenure was Interrupted briefly from 1943-45 when Jacobs served a service hitch. Over 12 seasons, beginning In 1938 when he went through one of only two losing seasons (5-61), teams won 100 games, lost only 30 and tied seven. UNBEATEN STREAK HIT 30 A hard-earned 13-7 victory by Clearfleld In the second game of the 1939 season Jacobs' second and a streak-shattering 6-0 triumph by the same Bisons the eighth week of the 1941 campaign were the only blots on an awesome undefeated record that would have reached 51 games. The Bisons' two victories road- blocked an undefeated 1939 season and an undefeated 1941 season.

In between the Golden Eagles reeled off 30 consecutive games without a loss Including a scoreless draw with Shenandoah In the P.I A. state title game In 1940 and, after the 6-0 defeat marred the streak In '41, then put together another unbeaten skein of 18 games before Huntingdon ended that one, 14-13, early in 1943, when Max Cook had taken over the coach- Ing chores and guided Tyrone to a season. SHARED STATE TITLE IN '40 Thanksgiving Day, 1940, provided one of the big milestones of the Jacobs era. Bud Noel and Frank Ammerman rung up touchdowns and Bob Snyder tacked on a PAT as Tyrone completed Its second unbeaten season In history, boosted an unbeaten streak to 22 games and found themselves In the P.I.A.A. state title showdown with Shenandoah by downing arch-rival Huntingdon, 13-0.

Tyrone and Shenandoah struggled to a 0-0 draw on a "field of Ice and mud" on Dec. 7 and shared the state title. Along the way Tyrone had allowed only three touchdowns and 22 points while scoring a whopping 383, preserving an unbeaten mark that was to reach 30 games in the following year. Tyroners will remember the names of Bud Noel, Frank Ammerman, Reed Singler and Elmer Palmer from that backfleld aad ends Bob Snyder and Bob Sickle, tackles Bob Beckwlthand Terry Weston, center Jack Lewis and guards Max Schnellbaugh and Red Thomas from the forward wall that year. Others on the '40 squad were: Stan Catlch, Ray Robinson, Rod Nearhoof, Lee Port, Jesse Templeton, Harry Eckert, Elvin Rhodes, Karl Miles, Martin Hardy, Bill Robinson, Hays Blckel, John Forcey; Dale Edmondson, Tim Bonaell, Earl Dlckson, Leroy Shlldt, D.

Long, Jim Glenn, Guy Mogle and Gene Igou. Jacobs put together the second of his four undefeated machines two years later when his 1942 team rolled over Osceola Mills (13-6), Mt. Union (46-0), ford (49-0), Huntingdon (25-12), Jersey Shore Bellwood- Antls (33-0), Phillpsburg (19-0), Clearfleld (13-6), State College (46-6), Bellwood-Antls (27-0) and Lock Haven (32-6) and tied Udaysburg (7-7). That team rolled up 347 points and allowed only 43. The next three years were fruitful ones for Tyrone, but Jacobs was missing from the picture, his coaching career Interrupted by a service call.

Max Cook coached the 1943 (10-2) and 1944 (9-2) teams and Merle Stonebraker, a long-time assistant of Jacobs', handled the 1945 (7-2-2) team before Jacobs was back on the scene. ANOTHER STREAK Tyrone split Its first four games of the 1946 season with "Jake" back at the controls. Don (Bacon) Walte streaked for 55 and 51 yard touchdowns on passes from Dick Hoover and four others Joined in the TD parade In a 40-0 rout of Mount Union that started a sweep of the last seven games of the season and the opening chapter of another unbeaten streak which stretched this time to 29 games. TWO MORE UNBEATENS Two undefeated, untied teams back-to-back spiced the streak this time. They were the first perfect season records ever turned in by Tyrone teams, but the fourth and fifth teams to check in unbeaten records.

Ties had slightly blemished the three previous performances. After mowing down seven straight toes to close out 1946, Tyrone gridders turned back the first six foes on the 1947 schedule Bellefonte, Osceola Mills, Lewlstown, Altoona Catholic, Mount Union and Phillpsburg without allowing a single point. Clearfleld broke the string of shutouts at six, but the Bisons bowed 19-7. Three more shutouts followed Lock Haven (7-0), State College (36-0) and Hollidaysburg (20-0) before DuBois salvaged the lone other score registered against Tyrone's '47 powerhouse, falling by a 19-6 count as the Orange and Black wrote an 11-0-0 season into the books. That team piled up 258 points while allowing only 13.

Ken Noel was one of the leading scorers in the conference with 13 TDs and 4 PATs. Ben Jones was close behind with nine TDs that year. Other names on that 1947 were Dave Borman, Dick Paaaebaker, Ralph GUI, Harry Slckler, George Miner, Ray lek, Dave Peters, Tony Tate, G. E. Wilson, Don Klmberling, D.

Johnson, Bacon Walte, Paul Andrews, Vern James, Gene (Red) Miller; Lee Geta, G. C. Wilson, Ted Watte, Jack Thomas, Fred Moore, Gene Hagg, Howd Summers, John Romano, Joe Seordo aad Ken Brantner. Six opponents failed to cross the Golden Eagle goal again in 1948, and a 6-0 victory over Jersey Shore on Nov. 19, 1948 put the finishing touch to other perfect season that sent Tyrone's newest undefeated streak to 29 games.

G. E. Wilson, Howd Summers, Tom Gill, Jim Funk, G. C. Wilson, Ken Noel, John Peters, Fred Hamor, Bob Lucas, Gene Hagg, John Wasson, Elwood Reese, Hugh Wagner, Randall Carper, Lee Getz, John Stonebraker, Richard Spriggs, David Martin, Jim McCoy, Rich Moore, Joe Seordo, Tom Laughlln, Glenn Grove, Dan McCahan, Jim Fisher, John Andrews, Jim Smith, Dick Hlppensteele, John Romano, John Thomas, Bob Eckert, Ed Pallo, Ken James, Allen Rutherford, Bob Reeder, Ted Watte, Richard Barr and Robert Caldwell appeared with that squad the last.

Tyrone team with an undefeated record. That streak ended on opening day 1949 when Bellwood posted a 15-0 triumph. Jacobs teams rang up two more winning seasons 6-2-3 In 1950 and 7-4-0 In 1951 before he bowed out at the end of 1952. Six coaches have followed. John Chuckran produced a 9-1 team in 1956, John Schoenwolf landed an 8-1-1 team In 1964 and then coached the 1965 team to a 7-2-1 record that Included a record seven consecutive shut- Eagle Jr.

High Unit Unbeaten In 21 Games Tyrone Area Junior High School football fortunes will carry an undefeated string of 21 games Into the 1967 season, claiming three unbeaten campaigns In a row and an Impressive 37-3-1 mark over the past six seasons. The Tyrone Jr. High footballers will be riding an unbeaten streak that dates all the way back to the next-to-last game of the 1963 season when they open a six-game schedule at Osceola Mills on Sept. 21. The team will point to a '67 schedule that Includes four games at home and just two on the road.

SEPT. 21 at Osceola Mills 17 Bellwood-Antls OCT. 4 at Huntingdon 12 Phillpsburg 18 Mt. Union 86 Bald Eagle Area (All games at 4 p.m. except the B.E.A.

game on Oct. 26, which will get underway at 2 p.m.) The University of Kansas and Washington State have met only once in football Kansas winning 13-0, in 1955. BACKS UP ALL-AMERICAN Terry Turnbaugh, who quarter-backed Tyrone's 1965 footballers to a banner season, is among eight CC schoolboy products in the fold at Juniata College this fall. Turnbaugh lettered as a freshman and will probably be the No. 1 back-up man for little All-Amerlcan candidate Don Weiss, of Athens, Pa.

Terry Turabaugh Slated To Be Number Two Juniata Quarterback Sophomore Terry Turnbaugh probably won't push heralded Little All-Amerlcan prospect Don Weiss out of a Job this year, but the 185 pound sophomore from Tyrone could well wind up as the top back-up for the record shattering quarterback at Juniata College this year. In Weiss' shadow as a freshman last fall Turnbaugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Turnbaugh.

West 15th still earned enough playing time for a letter and Is one of 36 returnees who report lor '67 at Juniata. Last year he completed nine of 23 passes for 105 yards and a 39.0 percentage. He had only one pass intercepted. Wtth Weiss back at the controls with three all-time Juniata College records and ten Middle Atlantic Conference marks already under his belt, and 35 other veterans on hand, Juniata College warns "Look out in '67; the Indians are on the warpath." All East fullback Bo Herlanda is gone, but Weiss has the rest of his ball-carrying mates back with him this year Randy Rolston, Steve Homer, Jim Hartland and Hollidaysburg's JohnStultz. Backing up Weiss along with Turnbaugh are Chief Logan's Jerry Confer and Freshman newcomers John Hay aad Dale house.

WMh the offense as strong, If not stronger, than last year's, the only question mark will be defense. Most of the gaps are In the line. The 1967 all sports brochure from the Juniata College information department booms this a banner year for the Indians. WMh the likes of Weiss on campus, and knee-deep In experience It's not wonder. Joining Tyrone (Terry Turnbaugh) among the Central Counties schools contributing grid material this fall are: Huntingdon High School (linebacker Larry Brindie, tackle Terry Henry and safety man Randy Oaff- ner); Mount Union (end Nat Mitchell); Chief Logan (quarterback Confer) and Hollklaysburg (end Dave Mauro and halfback Stuliz).

The Juniata College brochure for football lists eight former Central Counties Seao-astic ference footballers ea Us preseason roster. JUNIATA COLLEGE INDIANS SCHEDULE 23Westmln. ster Sept. 30, at Albright Oct. 7, at Lebanon Valley Oct.

14, Geneva (Parents Day Oct. 21, at Lycoming Oct.28, Lock Haven Nov. 4, Susquehanna (Homecoming Nov. 11, at Moravian Tyroit Jay Opei Stpt. 14 Tyrone Area High's Junior Varsity football squad will tackle a seven-game schedule this fall, with their season opener booked on foreign soil on Sept.

14. The Baby Eagles will open atWlngate against Bald Eagle Area in the first of three road trips on their '67 card. The Junior Varsity schedule: SEPT. 14 at Bald Eagle Area (7:30) 19 at Phil (7:10) 18 Bishop Gutlfoyle (7:80) OCT. 5 Bellefonte (4:00) 12 Udaysburg (7:30) 24 at Mt.

Union (7:30) 30 Huntingdon (4:00) Lou Groza of the Cleveland Browns holds the record for the most seasons leading the National Football League as field goal kicker, reports the Gablinger Sports Bureau. The Browns' ace led the league in 1950, 52-54 and 57..