MASSILLON
DOWNED BY CANTON
HIGH SCORE 19 TO 0
Locals Outplayed Throughout Game
MILLER AND RUDY STAR
Massillon’s Two Halfbacks Play
Brilliant Game
Canton
Line Always Held at Critical Moments
Both Teams Use Forward to Good Advantage.
In a hard played and interesting game, Canton
high took Massillon high into camp
Saturday afternoon by a
score of 19 to 0. Although the local
team displayed some of the dash and snap that was so evident in the Shaw high
game something seemed to be lacking that gives a team vim and life.
However, the Massillon team
played hard and gave Canton
a mighty tussle but the local eleven were clearly outplayed. Massillon
probably gained as many yards as her opponents until they got within 20 yards
of the coveted line when they would be held for downs and the ball would change
hands. The Massillon
backfield put up the star game and pulled off many long gains but when the ball
was worked near the Canton
goal, the line would fail to hold and the man carrying the ball was often
thrown back for a loss. Massillon
excelled in open work and several spectacular forward passes were pulled off
for gains of 20, 30 and 40 yards.
Although the whole team played a good game several stood out
as putting up the best work. Miller,
the speedy Massillon
captain, played his usual brilliant game, carrying the ball for good gains by
his twisting, dodging and fleetness.
Many times on the defense he nailed the runner in his tracks, cutting
the gains. Rudy the dashing halfback,
was in the game over his head and his terrific line smashes brought the
spectators to their feet many times. He
also handled several forward passes cleverly, gaining forty yards on one of
them. Hollinger ran the team well,
handled punts in great style and at one time, by a clean tackle, saved the Massillon
team from being scored on another time.
Kester played a hard game but was unable to do his best work on account
of a charley horse and Stern, the speedy little end, was suffering from the
same injury which greatly impaired his speed, but he put up a plucky game in
spite of it.
In one respect Massillon was
equal if not better than the Canton
school. The Massillon
rooters deserve much credit for their good work. Under the leadership of
Henrich and Baxter they kept up a continual din until the very end of the game
and never once did they stop rooting even though the score kept piling up
against their team, they never allowed their support to fail. Nearly 500 local fans accompanied the team.
THEGAME
Canton
received. Canton
started up the field but Rider got possession of the ball on a fumble. Canton
regained the ball in the same manner and started up the field, making first
downs regularly. Hollinger brought down
a Canton
runner, cutting off a touchdown. Canton
continued down the field and placed the ball on the one-foot line but the
locals took a brace and held them for downs. Massillon
punted out of danger. Miller
intercepted a Canton forward and the Massillon
team started to march up the field, but on the 30-yard line were held for downs
and the ball went to Canton
. Rider speared a Canton
forward and the first quarter ended with the ball about in the middle of the
field.
Stern got a pretty forward from Hollinger that netted 30
yards. On the next down Massillon
lost the ball. Canton
was forced to punt and after Massillon lost the
ball on a fumble, Canton
again punted. Massillon
was held and punted. Soon after Canton
scored their first touchdown when Cholley went through Massillon’s
right wing and sprinted 68 yards.
Flickinger missed goal. Score 6
to 0.
Massillon
received and Rudy returned the ball 20 yards.
After Hollinger got 20 yards on a forward the first half ended.
SECOND HALF
Canton
kicked and Kester returned 15 yards. Massillon
went about 30 yards and lost the ball on a fumble. Hollinger got a Canton
forward and Rudy gained 30 yards on a forward from Hollinger. Massillon
lost the ball on downs. Mooth raced
forty yards on a forward pass before being downed. Luntz carried the ball to the six-inch line and on the next down
he carried it over. Goal was
missed. Score 12 to 0.
Massillon
received. Rudy gained 40 yards on a
pretty forward. Canton
captured a Massillon
forward but Rider recovered the ball on a fumble. The quarter ended with the ball in Massillon’s
possession.
Canton worked the ball into Massillon
territory but lost the ball on downs and Massillon
kicked. Rudy got a Canton
fumble but Massillon
was held for downs and forced to punt.
The punt was blocked and Wise grabbed the ball and went for a
touchdown. Goal was kicked. Score 19 to 0. After several more minutes of play the game ended.
The lineup and
summary
Canton Pos. Massillon
Mooth le Limbach
Wise lt Theis
Seyle lg Eckstein
Turner c Rider
Hague rg Baer
B. Gibson rt Becker
Flickinger re Stern
Cholley qb Hollinger
West (c) lhb Miller (c)
Wade rhb Rudy
Luntz fb Kester
Substitutions:
Canton – Brown for Wade;
Jackson for Mooth.
Massillon – Johns for
Sterns; Smith for Johns.
Touchdowns:
Canton – Cholley; Luntz;
Wise.
Goal:
Canton – Flickinger.
Referee – Snyder (Harvard).
Umpire – Downs (Reserve).
Head Linesman – Erb (Canton).
Time of periods: Two
15 minutes; Two 12y
minutes.
Timers: Coleman (Massillon).
Marshall
(Canton).