THE
FIRST BATTLE
High School Boys Sturdily Breast the
Blows
WEIGHT
TELLS AT LAST
And the Youthful Knights of the Gridiron
Go Down to Defeat Before the Hardy Men From the County Seat
‘Twas a Game with Many
Fine Features
Other Athletic and Sporting News
The Canton high
school eleven in a hotly contested game of football, Wednesday afternoon at the
Massillon baseball park, defeated the Massillon high school team by a score of
5 to 0. The game was scheduled to begin
at 3:30 but it was nearly 4, when all the preliminaries, were arranged. The Canton aggregation came in a special
car, accompanied by many friends and admirers, among who were many ladies. The Massillon school also turned out in
force, and the cries of the rivals filled the air.
The toss up was won
by Schnierle, the Massillon captain, who chose the west end of the field and
the kickoff. Canton, after making a
small gain, lost the ball on a fumble by the quarterback. Massillon, after a vain attempt to trample
the Canton team into the ground, also lost the ball in the same manner. The Canton team’s superior weight now began
to tell on the Massillon line, and finally Rob was rushed across the line for a
touchdown.
Massillon then
kicked off, and held the Canton team for three downs, obtained the ball and by
a good run by Wiseman advanced the ball ten yards. J. Miller punted the ball far into the enemy’s territory just as
time was called.
The second half was
a hard struggle between the teams, Massillon trying hard to score, and the
Canton boys working just as hard to prevent them, when time was called the
Massillon team, was very near the Canton goal line. The halves were of twenty minutes’ duration each.
The features of the
game were the tackling of Young and J. Miller, and the end running of Wiseman. Ray L. Markel, of this city, and Boyer, of
Canton, were the referees. J.M. Sarver
acted as timekeeper. The game was very
free from objectionable slugging. There
were no accidents.
The
teams lined up as follows:
C.H.S. Pos. M.H.S.
Zollinger right
end J.
Miller
Cross right
tackle Young
Correl right
guard Nother
Slaker center Schnierle
Wagoner left
guard Sonnhalter
and
Gorman
Cook left
tackle Albright and F. Miller
Strang left
end Bast and Oberlin
Mahaffey quarterback Hipp
Van Horn right
halfback Myers
Rackle left
halfback Wiseman
Rob fullback M. Miller
Rex, Hudson, subs Benedict
Snyder
Score:
C.H.S. 5
M.H.S. 0