Leesburg Rocks Apopka Eleven, 21-7, Fall 1953

By RICHARD BOBER

Sentinel Sports Correspondent

Orlando Sentinel

1953

APOPKA - The Leesburg Yellow Jackets stung Apopka's defending Orange Belt Conference Champions, 21-7, here last night as Vincent Fechtel, Jack Woodard and Ronald Schlosser all made paydirt jaunts.

The lone Blue Darter score was made by Bobby Pitman who changed his style and ran for the points. The Jackets had the initial score. 

Ed Stack's lads grabbed the kickoff and marched to the Apopka nine. There a pass from Bill McLean to end Fechtel got them into the lead. Ray Richardson booted the first of three placements. The Darters came right back with the marker and Pitman added the extra point on a kick.

That was the way it stood at the half, 7-7.

Apopka's tally came when it took the Leesburg kick and Guy Woodum went on a reverse for 32 yards to the Jacket 13. From here Pitman made it to the three and then scroed.

Fourteen big points in the third period made the difference as the clubs went scoreless in the last. Pitman was removed from the game early in the second half on a personal foul and on the Woodard went 49 yards over right tackle for the one that put the winners in front to stay.

A fumble, which Howard Eaton grabbed on the Darter 35, fixed up the last scoring of the game. Woodard went to the 20, Schlosser to the one and then Ron lugged it over on the next play.

THE YARDSTICK

Leesburg                                                  Apopka

17                        First Downs                       8

275                      Rushing Yards                  177

18                        Passing Yardage                50

4                          Passes Attempted              8

2                          Passes Completed             2

0                          Passes Intercepted            2

1                          Punts                                2

20                        Punting Average               24

2                          Fumbles Lost                    1

55                        Yards Penalized               35

Leesburg (21) E- Fechtel, Holloway, T, Wee Reginald, Richardson, Warren, Simmons, Pelt, G - Grigsby, Eaton, Myer, C - Glenn, Bell, B - Hall, McLean, Woodard, Marshall, Schlosser, Cundiss, Pepper, Richardson.

Apopka: (7) E- Hall, Watters, Hood, Hooper, T - Stanley, Edwards, King, Smith, Malarky, Edwards, G - Lee, Todd, Holt, Goff, C- C, Goff, Barksdale, B- R. Pitman, Woodum, Sangster, Reid, Adkins, B. Pittman, Wright, Johnson.

Score by periods:

Leesburg---------------7   0   14   0 - 21

Apopka----------------7   0    0    0 -  7

Scoring touchdowns: Leesubrg: Fechtel, Woodard, Schlosser, Apopka: R. Pittman.

Points after touchdowns: Leesburg Richardson 3, (placement) Apopka: R. Pittman (placement)