Thursday, March 14, 2013

Negro Elevens In Tilt Tonight, 1950

The Ballpark In Ventian Gardens Home of the Fighting Trojans of Carver Heights High School, Leesburg Florida.


LEESBURG - The Leesburg Colored Training School Trojans will open their 1950 football season against a strong invading team from Sanford at the Venetian Gardens here at 8 p.m. tonight. Seats will be reserved for white fans.

Coaches Hubert Dabney and Wilburn Gary will have a squad of 28 players to send against the Sanford eleven. After three weeks of daily workouts, the Leesburg coaches believe they will have a strong team at the school this year.

Members of the squad are: Eugene Chapmen, Leon Warren, Ned Mosley, Sam Chissolm, Willie Carr, Vasco Rimes, Levon Roundtree, Thomas Farrior, Clifford Smalley, Lacey Hollinsworth,Wilbert Williams, David Brown, Albert Dixon, Arthur House, C. Williams, Albert O'Neal, Earl Inman, Ezell Hearn, Freddie Commoder, Ernest Bailey, Freddie Lynum, Johnnie Jackson, Hamie Gillard Jessie Smith, Charles Williams, Walter Wiggins, Thomas Chapman, Henry Borges.

The Trojans schedule: Sept. 27, Sanford here; Oct. 5, Orlando, here; Oct. 12, Lake City, here; Oct. 20, New Smyrna Beach, away; Oct. 26, Live Oak, away; Nov. 2, Cocoa, here; Nov. 10, Palmetto, here (homecoming); Nov. 17, Melbourne, away; Nov. 23, Madison, here.

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