Columbus High School 1960 Yearbook (Columbus, GA) - Full Access

( 206 ) Bu ldogs overcome by Devils. Mike Immel charge against the Lanier Poets. He ran the ball 24 Lime , gained 108 yard and made the only touchdown. The 1959 football squad learned the meaning of "It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game," the hard way. The first game of the season was a good beginning. Displaying a potent offensive machine in the first half led by junior scatback Mike Immel, the Blue Imps rolled over the Bulldogs from Opelika, 19-6. The CHS squad required six plays to cross the goal line. They didn't stop until two more TD's made the victory decisive. Albany proved to be more difficult. The Indian took the opening kickoff and, in three plays, went 48 yards for the six points. Fleetfooted Jimmy Vaughn took the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a Blue Devil score. It was the fir t time in five game that Al– bany had been scored against and evidently they didn't like it. CHS was ounrlly trounced 38-6. Several times, statistically, the Devils equaled their opponents, but that wasn't always true on the scoreboard, where- it counted. Such was the case of the Lanier game when Lanier won 14-6. Columbus gambled their 10-game Bi– City winning streak with Central and lost to the tune of 37-14, the first time since 1955 Blue Devil piled up a big lead in the first half of their clash with the Opelika Bulldog , ending with a 19-6 victory. After a min– ute's play, Mike Immel cooted 41 yards down the sideline and returned an Opelika punt 70 yard the next Lime l1e got the baU.