MASSILLON
HIGH
DEFEATED
AGAIN
Canton Team
Too Heavy for the Locals
SCORE
WAS TWELVE TO FIVE
The Massillon
Team Lacked Ginger in the Second Half,
Allowing the
Canton Boys to Score Easily
Game was a Clean One
Yesterday afternoon
at the new park Massillon met defeat for the second time this season at the
hands of Canton High, the score standing 12 to 5. The Canton team made a touchdown in each half, the local team
making their score early in the second.
The game was not
called until about 4 o’clock. Captain
Kennedy, of Canton, won the toss and chose to receive at the south goal, there
being a strong wind from the south.
Albright made a beautiful kick against the wind, Kennedy receiving the
ball at about the thirty yard line and was downed before advancing more than
five yards. The Canton men began to
batter the light Massillon line and went around end for substantial gains,
Schaeffer, the Canton right tackle, being especially conspicuous in gains. The opposing team seemed to have things
their own way for a long while, until the fifteen yard line was reached. Here the Canton team was forced to put forth
every effort to realize a goal and it looked as if they would lose on downs,
but finally they reached the goal line.
It was an easy goal and was kicked.
Canton now kicked to
Massillon, Albright receiving. The home
team went through the heavy Canton line and made good steady gains, the
hurdling of Albright being the most spectacular feature. The end runs attempted by Massillon resulted
in a loss, and straight bucks were carried out. A fumble was made about this time which resulted in Canton’s
receiving the ball. A few gains were
made by the opposition but they again lost the ball. Albright now made a good heady play, as well as one of the most
beautiful punts seen on a Massillon gridiron this season. The punt was made at the forty-five yard
line and for sixty yards it sailed down the field going across Canton’s goal
line. The ball was now kicked from the
twenty-five yard line to Massillon who advanced it to the fifteen yard line and
here lost the ball. Canton carried it
toward their goal but time for the first half was now called.
At the beginning of
the second half Canton kicked to Massillon, McFarren receiving the ball and
making a good gain to the thirty yard line.
Steady gains on line bucks were made by the Massillon boys. Kirchhofer, the plucky Massillon fullback,
now showed his true form, worming himself through the line for good gains at
all times, his one gain of five yards being one of the longest made by the home
team during the game. Albright’s
hurdles were here brought to the front again and his end runs netted good
gains. The Massillon team steadily worked
itself from the thirty-five yard line to the ten yard line on good straight football.
The Canton team here
braced up and Massillon had to work its hardest but finally by massing the men
Albright was pushed and pulled through for the first touchdown Massillon High
has made on Canton for many a day. This
touchdown was made at the southeast corner of the field and the punt, which was
so successful for the Tigers last Saturday, was tried but Hollander failed to
heel the ball.
Canton now kicked
off to Massillon, Burkhart receiving.
Canton soon received the ball and the Massillon team apparently lost
heart and allowed the Canton team to make gains of fifteen and twenty yards at
a down, Wenger carrying the ball across goal and again goal was kicked, the
score standing 12 to 5. Massillon now
received the kickoff and Burkhart made the proper play under the circumstances,
punting to the thirty yard line. A few
gains were made by Canton when time was called. Everybody seemed fairly well satisfied with the game, although
the allowing of Canton’s second touchdown was entirely unnecessary.
The
line-up was:
Canton Position Massillon
Gould LE Smith, Hollander
Hershey LT Jones
Haylor LG Stoner, Kaylor
Gibson C Tucker
Brown RG Ratchford
Shaffer RT Kaylor, Smith
Clarke RE Merwin
Kennedy QB McFarren
Knox LH Albright
Vliet FB
Kirchhofer, capt.
Holl, capt. RH Burkhart
Linesman, McCallum
and Bast.
The work of all the
boys was entirely satisfactory, the backs playing fine ball and the linemen
laid down before the heavy Canton line, holding them whenever possible. Ratchford played an unusually good game and
Tucker played all over Gibson. Merwin,
Smith and Hollander put up a fine game; Merwin getting the ball on fumbles in a
twinkle. Jones and Stoner put up a
stiff game. The game was an unusually
clean one, no quarrelsome spirit being in evidence.