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1922: Massillon: 20, Youngstown South 9

MASSILLON CRUSHES YOUNGSTOWN SOUTH, 20-9

STEEL CITY ELEVEN CANNOT STOP MARCH OF LOCAL GRIDDERS

Massillon’s great scholastic football team, traveling under the orange and black banner of Washington high school, last Saturday marched a step nearer the scholastic championship of Ohio, when it defeated Youngstown South 20 to 9 at Youngstown in a scrappy engagement and hung up its fourth straight victory of the 1922 campaign. Hailed as one of the toughest teams on the local schedule, South was expect to give Coach David B. Stewart’s gridders a fight all the way. And they did but the youthful Tigers, imbued with a determination to keep their slate clean of defeats, just waded into the Mahoning county warriors, broke down their defense and plunged through for three touchdowns and two goals after touchdown.

South was held to a touchdown and field goal, the field goal coming in the second quarter and the touchdown in the first 15 minutes of play and hung up its final points in the second 15-minute period.

Although they invaded enemy territory for their fourth scholastic encounter, Coach Stewart’s lads played the same brand of football that brought them a 31 to 7 victory over Dayton Steele in their opening battle. It was largely a defensive game that Massillon played Saturday. The great defensive play of the orange and black, together with Hill’s excellent punting and a few snappy dashes through the Youngstown team by Hill and Ulrich made it possible for the local gridders to out score South without resorting to anything except straight football.

Coaches of teams still to be played by Massillon who were among the 4,000 spectators who witnessed the contest were disappointed if they expected Coach Stewart to instruct his gridders to open up. They left the contest knowing just as much about Massillon’s attack as they did before the game. The orange and black played the kind of football that did not require much outside of stiff defense and straight football on offense. Their method of attack made South attempt everything it knew in a desperate effort to score.

South, was forced to open up and during the last two quarters it tried desperately to score via the overhead route but for the most part its attempts were dismal failures.
Catch Asbaugh, of South, has the reputation of turning out teams that know how to handle the forward pass. He still seems to be able to work out plays for gaining by the air route but his team certainly was not able to make its aerial attack count for much Saturday against the watchful defense which Coach Stewart had built up against such a style of attack.
During the last 30 minutes South shot forward passes with reckless abandon. Nearly every time it gained possession of the leather it began to pass the oval to all corners of the lot. But the orange and blacks secondary defense was right on the play and the steel city gridders got away with very few of their desperate heaves.

Massillon won because it excelled on defense and had a big advantage in punting, both teams resorting frequently to the kicking game in an effort to gain ground by out punting their rivals. So far as weight was concerned the two teams were evenly matched although Youngstown reports of the game would seem to indicate that the orange and black eleven was composed of a group of giants when compared to the poor little South team which probably averaged very near the 175 pound mark.

Despite the fact that the game was played in Youngstown and that the three officials who handled the contest appeared more than eager to penalize Massillon for every slight offense and let South do as it pleased, Coach Stewart’s lads won, which is a positive indication that the local gridders, even under adverse conditions, can tackle an opponent of their own weight and beat them.

“Butch” Hill, Massillon’s great fullback, was the outstanding star of the contest. It was he who gave the orange and black a big advantage by his educated toe which sent different, twisting punts far up the field, on which Massillon gained ground nearly every time. It was Hill who tore through the South line three times for touchdowns. And it was Hill who played a bear of a game on defense.

But Hill was not the only Massillonian whose playing was noteworthy. Bill Edwards, rangy tackle, also was more or less of a bear on defense. Bill somehow got into nearly every play and once he wrapped his long arms around a Youngstown player that individual generally came to earth with a thud. Ted Roth, scrappy center, also did yeoman service, especially in breaking down South’s overhead attack. Hill and Ulrich were the only Massillon players able to gain much ground against South. Hill several times ripped his way through the Mahoning county team’s defense for substantial gains while Ulrich paved the way for one of Massillon’s touchdowns by a brilliant 47-yard dash through the center of the Youngstown line.

Although Hill, Edwards and Roth were the main cogs in Massillon’s victory the other lads Coach Stewart shoved into the fray also gave a good account of themselves. The strain of the hard conflict finally began to wear on the local team and the players showed signs of becoming tired in the final quarter. But the terrific pace which had been set also had its effect on South and the steel city athletes were on the ragged edge when the game was over.

The crowd of nearly 1,000 Massillon fans who journeyed to Youngstown to witness the encounter saw the orange and black accomplish what they hoped it would and they returned home happy. South high supporters though were a little crest-fallen. They expected to win. In fact many were absolutely convinced that the red and black machine would twist the tail of the Massillon Tiger. South appeared to have one of the greatest teams in its history but when pitted against the equally great machine, which Coach Stewart has developed, it paled in comparison.

How desperately South tried to score by the overhead route is shown by the fact that the eastern Ohio eleven tried 42 forward passes. Of this number it completed eight for a total yardage of 79. Two of them were good for 15-yard gains. Nine passes were intercepted by Massillon while 22 were not completed. Massillon attempted but two forwards, one of which was intercepted by South and the other was grounded, the ball going over South’s goal line and robbing Massillon of a touchdown.

South made more first downs than Massillon, most of these coming in the last two quarters when Massillon was playing a purely defensive game.

The first downs stood 12 for South and nine for Massillon. Massillon punted 24 times to 19 for South. In the matter of penalties Massillon drew a great many more than South, some of the penalties inflicted by the officials seeming a little too severe when it was considered that South was committing practically the same infringements and drawing no penalties whatever.

With both teams fighting fiercely to keep their rivals from gaining ground, the battle soon developed into a punting duel between Hill and Randolph and Hill had it all over the Youngstown foe. The Massillon star kept sending back wicked twisters the Youngstown players found hard to catch and on practically every exchange of punts Massillon gained ground. South’s defense appeared to tighten in the second half and the orange and black was not able to come within scoring distance except twice.

On one occasion left end Weirich intercepted a South pass and ran it back 40 yards before being downed on South’s two yard line. Four smashed at the Youngstown line failed to take the ball over. A little later Massillon again took the ball within South’s 20-yard line but was unable to put it over, attempting a forward pass on its fourth down which was grounded behind South’s goal.

FIRST QUARTER

South won the toss and Pflug kicked off and South was downed on its 22-yard line. Right off the bat Massillon drew a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. South was held and Randolph punted over the line. The ball was put in play on Massillon’s 20-yard line. Ulrich went through South’s left tackle for a first down. Hill lost 15 on a bad pass from center and then punted out of bounds in mid-field. South fumbled and Hill covered for Massillon on South’s 42-yard line. Massillon lost the ball on downs and South immediately punted. Hill kicked back the ball going out on South’s 31-yard mark. The rivals exchanged punts twice before Thomas returned South’s second boot 25 yards to South’s 40-yard line. Hill plunged off South’s right tackle for 35 yards, carrying the ball to the five-yard line. Hill hit the same spot again but failed to gain. Captain Ulrich went through the South line taking the ball to the one-yard line from where Hill plunged through for Massillon’s first touchdown, nine minutes after play began. Thomas missed a try for goal.

South received and after an exchange of punts Ulrich signaled for a fair catch of a South punt on South’s 35-yard line. Edwards then tried for a field goal which went to one side, Potts gathering in the ball and racing to South’s 12-yard line before being downed. Ulrich lost five on an attempted double pass but Hill made it up by taking the ball to South’s 10-yard line on a dash around South’s right end. On the next play Hill carried the ball to within half a yard of South’s goal and went over on the next smash. Edwards kicked goal. The quarter ended a short time later with Massillon in possession of the ball on South’s 20-yard line.

SECOND QUARTER

Massillon attempted a forward, which was intercepted by Randolph. Referee Kreach, of Case, ruled that tackle Salberg of Massillon had slugged Randolph and ejected the Massillon man from the game, penalizing Massillon half the distance to its goal. South made a first down on plunges and then George drop kicked the ball over from the 25-yard line for South’s first points. With Hill out punting Randolph and Thomas generally returning South’s punts 10 to 25 yards, Massillon soon worked the ball back into South territory. Then Ulrich dashed through the South team for a gain of 47 yards carrying the ball to South’s two-yard line. Hill failed in his first dash into the South line but the next time he went over for Massillon’s third touchdown and Edwards again kicked goal. During the remainder of the quarter play was confined to the mid section of the gridiron.

THIRD QUARTER

With the start of the third quarter South’s defense seemed to take on added strength and it began to open up attempting numerous forward passes. South attempted 17 heaves in this period only four of which were completed. It was a pass, Perilla to Cook, that was good for 15 yards that put South in position to score its only touchdown. Following this pass Perilla plowed through the Massillon line for a 15-yard gain, taking the ball to the five-yard mark. Two plunges into the orange and black forward wall failed to gain but on the third play Davies went off Massillon’s left tackle for South’s touchdown. Goal was missed. South continued its desperate overhead attack, which was continually broken up by the alert Massillon lads. The quarter ended with South in possession of the ball in mid-field. It was in this period that Weirich intercepted a South pass and carried the ball back to South’s two-yard line. Then four line plays failed to dint the Youngstown line and Massillon lost the ball on downs.

FOURTH QUARTER

In the final period play zig-zagged over the center of the field until near the end of the period when Boerner intercepted a South forward and carried the ball to South’s 11-yard line. Massillon then attempted a forward but it went astray, landing behind the goal line and it was South’s ball on the 20-yard mark. Both teams resorting to punting during the closing minutes, the game ending with the ball near mid-field.

Four In A Row

Massillon – 20 Position South – 9
Potts LE Evans
Edwards LT Whitley
Kallaker LG Garns
Roth C Armstrong
Pflug RG Gintz (c)
Salberg RT Welsh
Jamison RE Cook
Ulrich (c) Q Randolph
Thomas LH Perilla
Boerner RH Lewis
Hill F Marrie

Score by Quarters:
Massillon 13 7 0 0 – 20
South 0 3 6 0 – 9

Substitutions: Massillon – Rohr for Salberg, Weirich for Potts,
Define for Thomas, Potts for Manison, Thomas for Define,
Miller for Rohr.
South – George for Marrie, Baker for Randolph, Marrie for
George, Dahman for Lewis, Davies for Baker, Blackman for
Lewis, Nelson for Evans.

Touchdowns: Hill 3, Davies.
Goals after touchdown: Edwards 2.
Field Goal: George.

Referee – Kreach, Case.
Umpire – McKay, Brown.
Headlinesman – Pickerel, O.S.U.

Timers – McCoombs, Leads.
Time of quarters – 15 minutes.

Tink Ulrich
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1922: Massillon 58, Cambridge 0

High Gridders Bury Cambridge Under 58 To 0 Score

Orange And Black Cashes In Third Straight Triumph

Steam rollers are hard to stop once they get started. But football players of Cambridge high school, after their experience last Saturday, would tackle a steam roller with pleasure rather than attempt to halt the march of the orange and black football team of Washington high school toward the scholastic championship of Ohio. Ask the Cambridge warriors what they think of Coach Stewart’s gridiron eleven and they’ll tell you it’s an aggregation made up of eleven steam rollers.

So thoroughly did the orange and black bury Cambridge high Saturday that the Guernsey county athletes were just beginning to dig out from under and get their breath today. Fifty-eight points were rolled up by the youthful Tigers while Cambridge players only got a chance to look at Massillon’s goal line from beyond midfield.

And it was not until the second half that Coach Stewart’s lads opened up. But when they did open up it was curtains for Cambridge. The downstaters were pushed aside like chaff in the wind while the Massillon eleven, which promises to be the greatest scholastic team in the city’s history, plowed and smashed its way through the Gurnsey county team for 48 points. Massillon was held to 10 points during the first half and Cambridge rooters were beginning to congratulate their team on its ability to hold Massillon to a low score.

But when the second half opened it is reported that there were a great many casualties among the fans, fainting spells and attacks of heart failure being many. As for the Cambridge gridders, they took their mauling with good grace. There was nothing else to do. Their faculty manager had been unwise enough to schedule a game with the youthful Tigers and so it was up to the players to take their medicine. The game was played on nearly even terms during the first half. Massillon secured a touchdown and a field goal by “Midge” Thomas. But between halves Coach Stewart whispered to his gridders to open up during the last two quarters and show something. And they responded by rolling up 48 points during the last 25 minutes of play.

It was Massillon’s third victory of the 1922 campaign and after the game Cambridge took its place along side Dayton Steele and Barberton, other teams which have tackled the orange and black and felt the strength of the local eleven’s attack. While Cambridge today was still digging out from under the top heavy score Coach Stewart’s lads began to prime their attack for next Saturday’s game at Youngstown with Youngstown South, which promises to be one of the hardest on the local team’s schedule.

The local gridders came out of the Saturday evening contest none the worse for wear, with the exception of minor bruises and bumps, the result of their gridiron clash.

“Butch” Hill, sturdy fullback was an outstanding star of Massillon’s attack last Saturday. Five times did this sterling athlete rip his way through the Cambridge team for touchdowns. Cambridge might just as well have tried to stop a juggernaut as to stop Hill. It simply couldn’t be done. Teams on Massillon’s schedule are beginning to realize that his lad Hill is quite some football artist.

Hill though was ably assisted in his hero role by the balance of the orange and black gridders who were in the game up to their necks throughout. Thomas hung up two touchdowns. Jamison made one and so did Boerner.

Three Straight

Massillon – 58 Position Cambridge – 0
Weirich LE Boyd
Edwards LT Linkhorn
Miller LG Wilson
Roth C Shaffer
Pflug RG Wiley
Salberg RT Gander
Jamison RE Morgan
Thomas Q Hannah
Boerner LH Mullen
Borza RH Corben
Hill F Spears

Touchdowns – Hill 5, Thomas 2, Jamison, Boerner

Points after touchdown – Pflug, Edwards 2, Thomas.

Drop kick – Thomas.

Referee – Long, Purdue.
Umpire – Evans, Wooster.
Headlinesman – Sheehan.

Time of quarters – 12 minutes, 13 minutes

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1922: Massillon 32, Barberton 0

High Gridders Swamp Barberton Under 32 To 0 Score

Piercing Drive Of Orange And Black Brings Second Win

The youthful Tigers of Washington high school registered their second victory of the 1922 gridiron season Saturday afternoon when they smothered the brown and white clad athletes of Barberton high school under a 32 to 0 score in their annual scholastic engagement in the Match city.

Far stronger on offense, displaying a stonewall defense and showing a greater knowledge of the game, the orange and black eleven easily outclassed the Match City warriors, but the team play of the local eleven lacked the same precision as that put on exhibition a week ago when Coach Stewart’s squad inaugurated its drive for scholastic honors by triumphing over Steele high of Dayton, last season’s midwestern champions.

With old King Sol sending down his rays with full strength on a field covered with several inches of dust, both elevens were hampered to no small extent. It was no usual sight; after watching a cloud of dust disappear, to see one and often times more athletes dig free from a pile of dirt before being able to resume play.

Penalties also had much to do in keeping the orange and black from scoring more points. Coach Stewart’s lads paid the price of alleged unlawful tactics by being penalized by the officials for 100 yards, cutting off two and possibly three avenues for touchdowns. In the first period, Massillon backs twice ripped through the Barberton eleven for substantial gains and carried the oval to within the shadow of the goal posts, only to have the ball taken back to where the play started and receive a 15-yard penalty. Sixty yards were taken from the orange and black eleven in the first period while the other 50 yards were distributed throughout the remaining periods.

Barberton could do very little against the crushing attack of the Washington high backs, the first line ripping the Match City’s forward wall of defense to shreds and leaving big openings for the backfield to hit for substantial gains. On offense the upstaters were outclassed even to a greater extent and it was very seldom that their offensive stars were able to penetrate the orange and black line.

Only once during the entire 60 minutes of strife did the opponents of the local eleven possess the oval in Massillon territory, but on no occasion were they within striking distance of the goal. The Barberton team covered the moleskin in Massillon territory in the initial period after the orange and black eleven lost the ball on downs after it had sustained two 15-yard penalties. (Next line unreadable)

“Midge” Thomas brought Massillon its first set of counters, when he duplicated his feat of a week ago of twisting, side stepping and sprinting through the entire opposing eleven for a touchdown. The diminutive halfback received a pass from Potts at center, while standing in midfield, and afforded excellent interference, raced away for a touchdown and set the orange and black scoring machine into action.

Another touchdown was added in the second period. Massillon had opened the period by tearing through the Barberton line for several first downs, but the march was brought to a halt when the upstaters bolstered and held for downs on their 30-yard line. Hill then intercepted a long Barberton pass and advanced the ball to the 34-yard line before being brought to earth. On the second down the husky orange and black fullback hit off Barberton’s right tackle and scampered through the opposing team for a touchdown. Ulrich dropped kicked over the bars of the opposing team for a touchdown. Ulrich dropped kicked over the bars for Massillon’s 13th point, having missed the attempt after the first touchdown.

Massillon’s first line of defense gave the locals their opportunity for the third touchdown for with but two yards to gain for a first down. Barberton attempted to pierce the Massillon line only to lose the ball on their own 34-yard line. Line plunges by Hill and Ulrich gave Massillon two first downs and advanced the oval to the four yard line from where Hill scored through right tackle. Thomas kicked goal.

In the final period, after Ulrich had advanced the oval to the 16-yard line, Barberton held the locals for downs. But the orange and black captain was not to be denied and a few minutes later after Define had received a punt on Barberton’s 30-yard line, Ulrich scampered across for the fourth Massillon touchdown.

“Dutch” Hill registered Massillon’s final counter, after Massillon had gained the ball on Barberton’s 25-yard line. Boerner hit for 10 yards through right tackle. In three plunges through the same side of the line, Hill was across the goal line and Massillon’s score was boosted to 32 points. Both attempts for goals in the final period failed.

Massillon was as well represented at the game as the Barberton eleven. Approximately 500 Washington high students and local citizens attended.

Another Scalp

Barberton – 0 Pos. Massillon – 32
Light LE Weirich
Staw LT Edwards
Yoder LG Kallaker
Stewart C Potts
Kaufman RG Pflug
Banks RT Salsberg
Krohn RE Jamison
Immler Q Ulrich
Suitor LH Boerner
Butler RH Thomas
Clancy F Hill

Score by periods:
Massillon 6 7 6 13

Substitutions: Massillon – Borsa for Boerner, Hax for Thomas,
Thomas for Hax, Boerner for Borsa, Define for Thomas,
Miller for Kallaker, Rohr for Weirich, Mercer for Define,
Hax for Ulrich.
Barberton – Razor for Butler, Graham for Immler.

Touchdowns: Hill 3, Thomas, Ulrich.

Dropkicks after touchdowns: Ulrich, Thomas

Referee – Laubach.
Umpire – Connor.

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1922: Massillon 31, Dayton Steele 7

HIGH GRIDDERS CRUSH DAYTON STEELE, 31-7

GEM CITY ELEVEN SMOTHERED UNDER TOP-HEAVY SCORE

Massillon last Saturday afternoon wrote its name in capital letters among the list of entrants for intersectional scholastic football honors of these United States when the orange and black eleven of Washington high school, in its initial appearance of the 1922 campaign, scored a brilliant triumph over Steele high, of Dayton, intersectional champions of the middle west in 1921, by inflicting a crushing 31 to 7 defeat upon the southern Ohio gridders on the Pearl street battlefield. Unexpected and unlooked for before the encounter was Massillon’s spectacular victory over a school that has established the reputation of developing some of the strongest scholastic aggregations in the country.

Known across the breadth of Uncle Sam’s domain as a school where championship teams are turned out Dayton Steele was figured as an almost certain winner. With a team practically every bit as strong as the eleven which smothered the youthful Tigers under a 66 to 0 defeat a year ago, the Gem City gridders expected to hang up another victory over the local team in their first appearance on a Massillon field.

But Dayton Steele was to be the victim of an unlooked for surprise. It was to encounter a foe worthy of its strength, a foe that could play football, a team that had been well coached and was out to win. For five minutes the issue was in doubt. Then the sturdy orange and black clad lads opened an attack that was destined to smash the hopes of the southern Ohio warriors and make even the wildest dreams of local enthusiasts come true.

Dayton Steele has no alibi to offer for its defeat. It was defeated by a team superior on defense, superior on offense; in fact superior in every department of the game. With probably the most brilliant array of talent ever available for a high school football team Coach David B. Stewart has assembled an aggregation that should cover itself with thick layers of glory before the curtain is rolled down next November.

Fired by a determination to win if possible, Coach Stewart’s lads fought with every ounce of strength and energy they possessed. Never for a moment did they relent. They deserved to win because they played the kind of a game that brings victory. And Massillon today was proud to bestow praise upon its 1922 scholastic gridiron heroes.

With “Butch” Hill, husky fullback playing the stellar role on defense and Captain “Tink” Ulrich and “Midge” Thomas keeping the crowd on its feet by their brilliant offense tactics, the orange and black ripped its way through the formidable Steele high eleven for five touchdowns. Although the three lads mentioned above pulled down the lion’s share of the glory for their spectacular work they were not alone in bringing victory to their colors.

They were ably assisted by Bill Edwards, a husky tackle, Jamison, a speedy end, Kallaker, a fighting guard, Boerner, a halfback and all the rest of the players who participated in the encounter. They all played their best and they all deserve credit for it was the competent play that made victory possible.

It did not take the invading gridders from the south long to realize that they were up against a formidable foe. It was on defense that Massillon really showed its worth. The offensive attack of the local team has not yet reached the machine like precision that Coach Stewart is aiming for but the youthful Tigers Saturday displayed enough ability to warrant the assertion that before many more weeks roll by they will display a piercing attack that should batter its way through the stiffest kind of opposition.

Faced with the knowledge that it could not dent the bulwarks of Massillon’s sturdy defense which was supported by the brilliant tackling of Hill and Roth who were backing of the line Steele resorted to the aerial game in a desperate effort to score. But once more the downstaters were to be checked.

Time after time they attempted an overhead attack which was shattered to bits by the Massillon forwards who rushed in and either batted the ball to the ground or intercepted the pass. The local athletes followed the ball with unerring accuracy.

Steele might have been able to make matters interesting for the local team had it been able to worm its way through the orange and black defense. The attack of the southern Ohio School was centered around Captain Buchannan at quarterback. Steele had a varied assortment of shifts for end runs and line plays that might have proved damaging to a team less sturdy than Massillon. But when Steele attempted its pet formations against Coach Stewart’s lads the local gridders just simply rushed in and smashed the play to bits before it could get under way.

In its desperate effort to score Steele attempted 30 forward passes. Only eight of these were completed for about a total gain of 25 yards. Whenever Dayton did complete a forward aerial the receiver of the overhead heave was brought down in his tracks by some energetic Massillon youth. Nineteen of Steele’s attempted passes never materialized and three were intercepted by Massillon.

It was a break in luck that gave Steele its only touchdown in the fourth quarter. Massillon had been forced back to its 10-yard line through two 15-yard penalties. Hill, whose punting has been brilliant throughout the game, attempted to kick from the five yard line but Dayton broke through, blocked the kick and as the ball rolled back over Massillon’s goal line, Right end McGuire, of Steele pounced upon it for Dayton’s set of counters. Buchannan lifted a drop kick over the cross bars from scrimmage for Dayton’s other point following the scoring of the touchdown.

With this exception Dayton never once worked its way within Massillon’s 30-yard line. The goal line of the orange and black was as safe as the rock of Gibraltar from the attack of the downstaters.

It was a blocked punt that paved the way for Massillon’s first touchdown in the first quarter. After several exchanges of punts Steele was held on its 15-yard line and forced to kick. Potts, Massillon’s left end, smashed his way through Steele’s defense, blocked the punt and Guard Kallaker covered it on Steele’s 18-yard line. Hill made a first down on two plays through the line carrying the ball to Steele’s seven yard line.

Thomas ripped through Steele’s left tackle for six, placing the ball on the one yard line, but a Massillon player was offside and the local team drew a five yard penalty. Ulrich and Hill made plunges into the Dayton line. Then on a double pass, Thomas snaked the ball to Ulrich and skirted Dayton’s right end for the first touchdown. The quarter ended with the ball in midfield.

After an exchange of punts in the second quarter Thomas went around end for nine yards and Hill heaved a pass to Potts that was good for a gain of 18 yards and put the ball on Steels’s 25-yard line. But on the next attempted pass Liebenderfer intercepted the ball on his 13-yard line. Jamison threw Buchannan for a loss of five yards. Potts ripped through the line and nailed Buchannan so hard on the next play that he dropped the ball, Jamison recovering it on Dayton’s 21-yard line.

Then Thomas and Ulrich once more worked their double pass and “Tink” raced around Dayton’s left end for Massillon’s second touchdown. The quarter ended shortly afterward with Massillon in possession of the ball near midfield.

The battle raged fast in the third quarter. After several exchanges of punts, Hill snatched a Dayton pass out of the air and throwing off many opponents returned it 40 yards to Steele’s 40-yard line. A 15 yard penalty hurt Massillon’s chances to advance the ball and Hill punted, the oval being downed on Steele’s 18-yard line.

On the next play Jamison tackled Smiley so hard that the Dayton gridder dropped the ball. Hill ambled through the mass of struggling players, picked up the ball and scampered across Steele’s goal line for Massillon’s fourth touchdown. Thomas boosted the total to 25 by making a point from scrimmage after the touchdown.

But the most brilliant play of the encounter was still to come and “Midge” Thomas, brilliant little halfback, was to be the hero. After Massillon scored its fourth touchdown, Steele received and on the first play Edwards busted through and tossed Buchannan for a six-yard loss. Steele then punted. Thomas grabbed the ball on his 30-yard line and with brilliant interference and by spectacular dodging and sidestepping “Midge” raced 70 yards through the entire Dayton team for Massillon’s fifth touchdown while the fans made the welkin ring with their cheers for the little Massillon halfback.

For the balance of the third quarter and the entire fourth quarter the orange and black played largely on the defensive. Steele made on more first down than Massillon, having seven to its credit while the local team had six, making four of these in the second quarter. Massillon punted 12 times to 11 for Steele and completed only one forward pass out of three attempts, the other two being intercepted by Steele.

A Sweet Morsel

Dayton Steele – 7 Pos. Massillon – 31
Liebenderfer LE Potts
Thompson LT Edwards
L. Zimmerman LG Kallaker
Feight C Roth
P. Zimmerman RG Pflug
Mankat RT Salberg
McGuire RE Jamison
Buchannan Q Ulrich
Zumbren LH Boerner
Smiley RH Thomas
Turvene F Hill

Score by quarters:
Massillon 6 12 13 0 – 31
Steele 0 0 0 7 – 7

Substitutions: Massillon – Borza for Thomas, Thomas for Borza
Brooks for Edwards, Weirich for Potts, Potts for Roth, Hax for
Thomas, Define for Boerner, Rohr for Jamison.
Dayton Steele – Harlow for Turvene, Detmer for Liebenderfer,
Thompson for Harlow, Liebenderfer for Detmer, Turvene for
Smiley, Harlow for Zumbren, Miller for Thompson.

Touchdowns:
Massillon – Ulrich 2, Thomas 2, Hill.
Dayton – McQuire.

Points from try after touchdown – Thomas, Buchannan.

Referee – Reese, Denison.
Umpire – Roudebush, Denison.
Headlinesman – Newman, Allegheny.

Timer – Rider.

Time of quarters – 15 minutes.

1922 – Tink Ulrich
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1921: Massillon 13, Canton McKinley 12

HIGH GRIDDERS TRIM CANTON IN ANNUAL DUEL

ORANGE AND BLACK IS 13-12 WINNER IN MUDDY ENGAGEMENT

A football game hung in the balance!

Only a few seconds of play remained. Eleven tired and mud be-spattered but grimly determined youths stood within the shadow of the goal line they had so nobly defended. Opposite them stood eleven other tired and mud be-spattered but as grimly determined lads who by sheer strength had forced their way to within four yards of the goal line.

Upon the next play rested the outcome of the encounter. But one point separated the rival gladiators, so thoroughly soaked with mud that it was almost impossible to discern friend from foe. But in the faces of eleven of those sturdy lads was written the grim resolve not to yield one more inch of ground. In the countenances of the others could be seen an equally firm determination to score the touchdown which meant victory.

On the sidelines several thousand highly excited persons stood in breathless silence as they waited for this final test of strength. The atmosphere vibrated with the tenseness of the moment. The opposing warriors took their positions.

Then—“Time!” That single word echoed across the field. A sharp blast of a whistle pierced the air. And for the fifth time in nine years the orange and black waved triumph over the red and black. Massillon had defeated Canton! By a single point had victory been achieved. Washington high school’s football team had won its annual encounter with its perennial foe, McKinley high, of Canton, by a score of 13 to 12.

On one side of the field at Lakeside stadium, Canton, pandemonium broke loose. Cheer after cheer rent the air as the victorious Massillon lads trotted off the field. On the other side quiet prevailed. With heads bowed, the defeated athletes trudged through the mud. They had fought gamely in this the biggest battle of the year. The defeat was a bitter pill but they bore their cross manfully. Needless to say, Massillon celebrated Saturday night.

Thus ended the annual gridiron fracas between the scholastic elevens of Massillon and Canton. In 1920 Canton came to Massillon and handed the orange and black a 14 to 0 lacing. This year Massillon turned the tables and the balance of power rests with the local school, for of the nine games played, five have been Massillon victories. Three have been won by Canton, while one ended in a tie.

Saturday was far from being an ideal football day. A steady downpour, which lasted until after the game had begun, turned the field into a quagmire of mud and water. With the mud several inches deep, fast playing was out of the question. Straight football had the call and with a team several pounds to the man heavier than Massillon’s aggregation, the advantage rested with Canton. But once more Massillon grit and fighting spirit conquered. After the first few plays the rival players were so covered with mud that it was hard to distinguish one from the other.
Under such conditions victory would go to the team which secured the breaks. Massillon secured the breaks but they resulted because of the hard and fierce playing of Coach Stewart’s lads who entered the fray to do or die. Canton’s points were made because of the ability of its heavy backs to plunge through the lighter Massillon eleven.

Although Ted Roth, Massillon’s splendid center, was injured and forced out of the game before the second quarter ended, it was his fierce tackling which paved the way for Massillon’s first touchdown in the initial period. For it was he who tackled Kennedy, Canton’s star halfback, so hard as he came through the line that the wet ball slipped from his grasp and was pounded upon by Boerner, Massillon’s halfback, on Canton’s 20-yard line. Then Captain Hess, whose ankle which was injured in the Dayton Steele game several weeks ago was still weak, sneaked through the Canton line for three yards and on the next play heaved a pass to Boerner, which brought a first down and placed the ball on Canton’s 10-yard stripe.

Next came a double pass. Rosenberg to Hess and the orange and black leader dashed around Canton’s right end, being forced to the extreme edge of the field before he crashed into an opposing player and slid over the goal line for Massillon’s first touchdown. He kicked goal and that point later was to be the deciding point of the battle.

Not until the third quarter did Massillon’s next opportunity to score present itself. A Massillon punt was downed on Canton’s two-yard line. The red and black was given five yards to punt. Bob Shaidnagle, a husky lineman, who had not played since early in the season because of a broken collar bone, had just entered the game for Massillon. Kennedy dropped back to punt. As he received the pass, Shaidnagle shot through the line and blocked the kick, the ball rolling over the Canton goal line where Potts fell on it for Massillon’s second touchdown. Hess failed at goal.

Canton’s first touchdown came after an unbroken march of 60 yards. The Cantonians launched their drive as the first quarter ended. With Kennedy, the star of the Canton offense, playing the part of a battering ram, the red and black smashed its way through the Massillon eleven for five first downs, the march not being halted until Kennedy dove through the orange and black line for a touchdown from the four yard line. Canton then had a chance to tie the score but Kennedy missed goal.

Canton’s second touchdown came early in the fourth quarter. As the third period ended Hess had fumbled a Canton punt. Beachy covering for Canton on Massillon’s 30-yard line. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Kennedy shot around Massillon’s right end for a gain of 11 yards bringing the ball to Massillon’s 19-yard line. Three smashes into the line netted Canton another first down and carried the ball to the five-yard line. Kennedy was called into action and on his second attempt pierced the Massillon line for his second touchdown. Again Canton had an opportunity to tie the score but once more Kennedy’s attempt was low and was batted down by a Massillon warrior.

Massillon was leading by one point. The quarter was nearly half over and indications were that the orange and black would triumph. But Canton came back strong and presented a first class running attack which carried the ball deep into Massillon territory. The wet condition of the field and ball made good punting impossible and as a result Massillon was unable to punt the oval out of danger.

Two bad passes by Potts, who had replaced Roth at center, which prevented, Hess from punting gave Canton possession of the ball on Massillon’s 10-yard line with but a minute to play. A line plunge netted two yards. Then Hess batted down an attempted Canton forward. Another dive into the line took the ball to the five-yard line. Canton had goal to gain on the next play or lose the ball, but before the play could be put into motion time expired and the duel was over.

Played on a dry field the game might have ended differently. With solid footing Massillon’s speedy backfield stars more than likely would have given Canton plenty of trouble but speed was no asset on a field such as the rival elevens played on Saturday. On only a few occasions were Hess, Ulrich and Rosenberg able to show flashes of their fleetness of foot. The heavy mud made it impossible for them to get started. Forward passes and trick plays also were difficult to execute.

As it was statistics show that Canton, so far as the actual amount of ground gained, outplayed Massillon. The red and black made 12 first downs to five for Captain Hess’ aggregation. Each team punted 11 times. Massillon completed two forwards out of eight attempts. Canton completed none in four attempts. Neither team intercepted a forward.

Although all of its regulars performed, Massillon was far from being in first class shape. Hess’ ankle bothered him. Ulrich entered the game with his injured knee bandaged. Roth’s shoulder, hurt several weeks ago, gave way and he was forced to leave the contest. Boerner sustained a badly wrenched hip in the second quarter attempting to catch a forward pass and he had to be helped to the sidelines. But even though injuries did weaken them, Coach Stewart’s lads deserve a world of praise for their game and determined fight. To them there is no such work as quit and to them goes all the honor for winning cleanly and fairly in this, their greatest battle the year.

A Sweet Morsel

Massillon – 13 Pos. McKinley – 12
Lyons LE Ashcon
Snyder LT Viethmeyer
Rutherford LG Gibson
Roth C Hoffman
Kallaker RG Bob Wade
Nelson RT Kartman
Jamison RE Frease
Rosenberg QB McGlashan
Hess LH Kennedy
Boerner RH Hamilton
Potts FB Johnson

Score by periods:
McKinley 0 6 0 6 – 12
Massillon 7 0 6 0 – 13

Substitutions – McKinley: Beachy for Viethmeyer, Ralph Wade
for Bob Wade, Mayforth for Hamilton, Hamilton for McGlashan,
Kirk for Mayforth, Deal for Hamilton, Harmon for Kennedy, Bob
Wade for Ralph Wade, Rebillot for Ashcon.
Massillon: Bischoff for Boerner, Ulrich for Potts, Potts for Roth,
Pflug for Rutherford, Shaidnagle for Pflug, Hax for Bischoff.

Touchdowns – Kennedy 2, Hess, Potts.

Goal from touchdown – Hess 1.

Missed goals from touchdown – Hess 1, Kennedy 2.

Referee – Paige of Ohio Wesleyan.
Umpire – Bletzer of Mount Union.
Head linesman – Zimmerman of Mt. Union.
Time of periods – 15 minutes

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1921: Massillon 0, Warren Harding 13

Warren Triumphs Over Weakened High Eleven

Two Touchdowns Scored In Muddy Gridiron Battle

Leaving its backfield stars, Captain Hess, Rosenberg and Ulrich, at home so they may be in good shape for the annual duel with McKinley High of Canton, at Lakeside Stadium, Canton, next Saturday, the orange and black football team of Washington High school last Saturday afternoon took a 13 to 0 drubbing from Warren High school at the latter place. The game was played on a gridiron deep in mud and the major portion of the contest was staged in a blinding snow storm.

Although the orange and black did present a patched up lineup the youthful Tigers gave the Warrenites a stiff engagement but with only two men in the backfield, Boerner and Hax, who have played in any number of games the local team was not able to pierce the Warren defense for a score.

Coach David B. Stewart, realizing that victory over Canton would be greater triumph than to defeat Warren did not take any chances of exposing his regular stars to further injuries and so did not send them with the balance of the team. Hess, Rosenberg and Ulrich are just getting back into shape after sustaining injuries in other games.

Warren scored its first touchdown near the close of the first half. A bad Massillon punt paved the way for the score. Fifty seconds remained to be played in the second quarter when Norman, Warren quarterback, scooped up the ball and ran 45 yards for a touchdown. Goal was missed.

Warren’s second touchdown came early in the third quarter. Warren received and ran the ball back 20 yards. Then Larch heaved a pass to Right End Dixon who ran 25 yards for the score. Goal was kicked.

Jamison, Potts, and Hax were Massillon’s stars while Smith, Warren right guard, was the shining light for Warren, playing a great game of defense.

Now For Canton

Warren – 13 Pos. Massillon – 0
Nellis LE Lyons
Frost LT Nelson
Persult LG Kallaker
Buckwalter C (c) Potts
Smith RG Rutherford
Shelton RT Snyder
Aurnend RE Jamison
Dixon QB Hax
Norman LH Boerner
Lerch (c) RH Pflug
Thomas FB Borga

Warren 0 6 7 0 – 13

Touchdowns – Norman, Dixon.

Goal from touchdown – Lerch.

Substitutions: Warren – Andres for Shelton; Frost for Andres;
Andres for Norman.
Massillon – Wendling for Borga; Borga for Wendling; Fisher
for Borga; Rohr for Wendling.

Referee – Beck, Mount Union.
Umpire – Herwig, Grove City.
Headlinesman – Grimm, Colorado.

Timer – Mikesell, Warren.
Smith, Massillon.

Time of quarters – 12 minutes.

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1921: Massillon 14, Youngstown Rayen 7

GAME UPHILL RIGHT BRINGS TRIUMPH TO PLUCKY HIGH ELEVEN

Arvine “Tink” Ulrich midget half back of Washington High school’s football team, last Saturday afternoon for the first time in three weeks donned war paint and, ably assisted by 10 other fighting warriors, carried the orange and black banner of the local school to a 14 to 7 triumph over Rayen High of Youngstown, in one of the most brilliant scholastic encounters ever staged on the Pearl street gridiron. Greatly outweighed and with its captain “Chuck” Hess and its star defensive center Ted Roth on the sidelines because of injuries the youthful Tigers by one of the gamest uphill fights ever fought on any battlefield cam through with one of the most spectacular and entirely unexpected victories ever registered by a local high school team.

For three weeks Ulrich had been laid up with an inured knee sustained in the Youngstown South game. Coach Stewart did not intend to use “Tink” Saturday unless forced to. Early in the second quarter an injury to a local player made Ulrich’s entrance into the fray necessary, and the little plunging halfback nobly responded to the call. From then on the tide of the battle turned but it was not until the fourth quarter that Ulrich really demonstrated his greatness by scoring Massillon’s first touchdown by some mighty fine line plunging and paving the way for the second by a brilliant dash of 40 yards through the visiting eleven.

Rayen was confident of victory. The Mahoning county school knew that injuries had riddled the orange and black and greatly weakened its defensive strength. It expected to teat Massillon even worse that it did McKinley High of Canton which it defeated two weeks ago by a 10 to 7 count. The Youngstown school felt so confident of winning that it planned to achieve the victory over the orange and black with the same team that had defeated Canton.

That the invading aggregation forgot to reckon with the indomitable fighting spirit of Coach Stewart’s gritty lads. They forgot that overcoming a tiger with its back to the wall is a Herculean task. Massillon had its back to the wall Saturday and the orange and black fought with all the fury and desperation of a tiger at bay.

Striking out with the unleashed fury of a hurricane the local team in the final quarter swept Rayen off its feet by a wonderful rally, tied the score hanging up a touchdown early in the fourth period and then swept on to victory by a brilliant drive that carried the ball three quarters of the length of the field. The final orange and black charge was a suitable finish to a battle that had raged fiercely up and down the field during three periods of hectic strife.

That final fighting comeback covered the orange and black lads with a halo of glory. They had fought a game battle against a much heavier foe and they deserved to win for against a stouter foe they never once had showed any indication of displaying the white flag. They were in the game to fight to the finish and to know how well they fought one has but to recall the score. It was a sad blow for Rayen, that 14 to 7 setback. It was the first reverse of the season for the husky Youngstown eleven but they drank manfully from the bitter cup.

It was only by a break that Rayen scored its touchdown against Massillon in the second quarter. And until the orange and black commenced its victory march in the final period those seven points looked like a mountain to all but the struggling Massillon warriors.

Ulrich’s sensational work by far was the outstanding feature of the battle. “Tink” was everywhere on defense and a veritable battering ram on offense. The game also served to uncover a new backfield star in Boerner, who since injuries riddled the regular backfield, has been doing duty behind the line. His line smashing drives were features of the contest.

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1921: Massillon 0, Alliance 25

Crippled High Team No Match For County Foe

When Steele high, of Dayton, defeated Massillon high 68 to 0 a week ago last Saturday, it probably didn’t realize that its triumph would have a telling effect upon the orange and black during the remainder of the 1921 campaign. But nevertheless it’s true for the bruising treatment which Coach Stewart’s lads received at the hands of Steele high in their game attempt to hold the heavy down-state eleven in check was responsible for Massillon’s 25 to 0 defeat last Saturday by Alliance high.

It was Alliance’s first victory over Massillon since 1912 and had not the Steele high engagement put the bulk of Massillon’s regulars on the sidelines with injuries the orange and black undoubtedly would have kept the Alliance gridders from winning.

But with the backbone of his team forced out of the game with injuries Coach Stewart had no other alternative than to send green men into Saturday’s engagement. The result was that Alliance, with only a fair team, had an easy time disposing of the inexperienced Massillon eleven which fought gamely to avert defeat but did not possess the power to stem the Alliance attack.

That defeat has thrown the Stark county scholastic championship into a muddle. Canton does not play Alliance and should Massillon defeat Canton on November 19 when the two old rivals meet in Canton, Alliance might attempt to lay claim to the honor on the ground that it registered a victory over Massillon.

With Captain Hess, Rosenberg, Ulrich, Roth and Boerner on the sidelines, unable to get into the battle because of injuries received while attempting to stop the Steele high steam roller, the other members of the orange and black squad fought desperately to turn back Alliance. But to no avail.

The east end eleven scored in every quarter. Four touchdowns were amassed by the Alliance team. And the orange and black did not come out of that game without sustaining further injuries as Fullback Potts is now laid up with a badly wrenched shoulder, an old injury which was not quite healed.

Alliance scored its touchdown by using end runs and forward passes. With only a few regulars in the line-up the orange and black’s defense was weak and could not stop the open attack of the east enders.

Massillon has two games to play before it meets Canton in the annual tussle between the two schools. Rayen high of Youngstown, plays here next Saturday while on November 13 the local team plays at Warren. While Coach Stewart will make an attempt to win both games he will not expose any of his regulars to further injuries until they are absolutely in shape to play.

The orange and block desires to defeat Canton more than it does the remaining teams on the schedule and none of the men now recovering from injuries will be used before the Canton game unless they are in shape to stand it. The Steele high game wrecked Massillon’s chances of finishing its campaign without a defeat.

Steele the cause

Alliance – 25 Pos. Massillon – 0
Hendershot LE Jamison
G. Nixon LT Snyder
Reese LG Rutherford
Scott C Lyons
Williams RG Kallaker
T. Nixon RT Nelson
Roth RE Pflug
McGranahan QB Potts
Van Horn LH Wendling
Hawkins RH Boran
Donalson FB Hess

Substitutions: Massillon – Jamison for Wendling, Schrader for Jamison,
Vernon for Snyder, Spuhler for Lyons.
Alliance – Kline for Williams.

Touchdown – Donalson, McGranahan 3.

Goals from touchdowns – Donalson one out of three attempts

Score by periods:
Alliance 6 7 6 6 – 25

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1921: Massillon 0, Dayton Steele 68

STEELE HIGH BATTERS LOCAL ELEVEN AND WINS BY BIG SCORE OF 68 TO 0

It may be an honor to be recognized by a school like Steele high of Dayton and given a place on its football schedule, but whether the honor is worth the price exacted by the Daytonites is a question. Football teams turned out by Washington high school have made a reputation for themselves in Ohio scholastic circles but the orange and black gained nothing when it went to Dayton last Saturday for its first gridiron tussle with Steele high.

Outweighed and outclassed the gritty orange and black aggregation put up a game battle against the Gem city gridders but were ruthlessly trampled under foot being defeated by a top-heavy score of 68 to 0. Steele high was no respecter of persons and rode rough shod over Coach Stewart’s lads.

The youthful Tigers were losers in more ways than one. The 68 to 0 defeat was bad enough but the local team came back to Massillon Sunday with a hospital list which indicated that they had been sent into a decidedly lively sector. The shattered orange and black squad was the result of Massillon’s attempt to stop the steam roller tactics of the Steele high team which is recruited from the ranks of 1500 students.

The Dayton team is composed of veterans. All but one of the regulars will be lost by graduation next June. The southern Ohio eleven has just reached the height of its form. It is a big team, fast and expert in football matters. Sufficient reason why a host of the local gridders were crippled and forced to the sidelines early in the game in their valiant effort to make a good showing against Steele high.

Coach Stewart today checked-up his hospital list. He found Captain Hess unable to walk because of a twisted ankle. Canter Roth so badly injured that he probably will not be able to play against Alliance next Saturday. Quarterback Rosenberg with a damaged shoulder. Ends Lyons and Jamison, Fullback Potts and Guard Boerner nursing injuries which will keep them out of practice for several days. The other member of the hospital list is Halfback Ulrich who was hurt in the Youngstown South game.

Steele’s powerful attack soon wore down the orange and black defense and the heavy Dayton backs pierced the Massillon line time after time for substantial gains, battering down the attempts made by Coach Stewart’s lads to stop the southern Ohio juggernaut.

Massillon’s offensive attack, while not completely checked by Dayton, never threatened the Dayton goal line. After most of his regulars had been forced out of the game by injuries Coach Stewart commenced sending in substitutes, saving the balance of his uninjured regulars for the coming games on the schedule.
Curtains, Please

Steele – 68 Pos. Massillon – 0
Shalkey LE Lyons
Seibert LT Nelson
Becker LG Pflug
Eichmeyer C Roth
Faust RG Rutherford
Zimmerman RT Snyder
Hoerner RE Jamison
Buchannan QB Rosenberg
Freg LH Hess
Smiley RH Hax
Boblig FB Potts

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1921: Massillon 17, Youngstown South 6

Orange And Black Turns Back South In Classy Battle

Gridiron warriors of Washington high school last Saturday afternoon gained revenge for a defeat administered to the local team last year by Youngstown South when they trimmed the Mahoning County eleven on the Pearl street gridiron by a score of 17 to 6. But even though the orange and black colors floated victoriously the triumph was only achieved after one of the hardest fought battles ever staged on the local lot.

To defeat the Warriors from Youngstown Coach Stewart’s protégés were forced to play “heads up” football throughout. The youthful Tigers soon discovered that South meant business and their afternoon was a decidedly busy one. The invading troupe played fast and hard and displayed one of the best developed aerial attacks ever uncovered by a visiting high school team.

It was South’s forward passing that for a time swept the Massillon aggregation off its feet and made it appear as if the Orange and Black were due to have its colors lowered. But when South had worked the ball within the shadow of Massillon’s goal posts by a rapid fire aerial attack early in the first quarter the local gridders stiffened their defense and kept their goal line uncrossed, the visitors’ six points being gathered on two drop kicks.

Massillon’s points resulted from two touchdowns and a goal from placement. The Orange and Black depended upon off tackle bucks and end runs for its gains, attempting but one forward pass during the entire struggle. With Hess and Jamison running the ends and Rosenberg smashing through the South line the local team was able to gain more ground than its opponents.

South showed a fast and aggressive eleven. The steel town troupe used rapid fire tactics in its attack. The visitors used a quick working shift from which it either attempted forward passes, ran the ends or sent its back through the line. It was this shift formation which made its forward passing attacks so successful.

Massillon’s aggressiveness in the first quarter swept South off its feet and before the visitors realized the battle was on the Orange and Black had hung up its first touchdown.

Just six plays were run off before Hess sneaked through the visiting team for Massillon’s first set of counters. The Orange and Black received and the ball was downed on Massillon’s 31-yard line. On a trick formation Captain Hess skirted South’s right end and a 50-yard gain being forced out of bound of South’s 31 yard line. This play came so quickly that it almost demoralized the visiting eleven. On three plays Hess and Rosenberg had negotiated another first down and on the next play Hess went over for a touchdown. He kicked goal.

It looked as if the local eleven were due to hang up a score. But this fear was soon dispelled when South gained possession of the oval. Massillon kicked off to the invaders after scoring its touchdown and then South opened up its aerial attack and carried the ball from its 20-yard line to Massillon’s 20-yard mark before its attack was halted. With Jacobs, a southpaw heaver, on the passing end, the South gridders worked three out of four forward passes in rapid fire order and almost in the twinkling of an eye had worked the oval deep into Massillon territory.

But with the ball on Massillon’s 20-yard mark, the Orange and Black rallied and held the visitors. Then Shull dropped back to the 25-yard line and by a neat drop-kick from the side of the field sent the ball between the uprights for South’s first set of counters.

Massillon received and before the quarter ended Hess, Ulrich and Jamison had worked the ball to South’s 31-yard line. Here the visitors fought stubbornly and Massillon was held, but Captain Hess dropped back to the 30-yard line and gave the Orange and Black three more points by a kick from placement. During the remainder of the quarter neither team was able to come within scoring distance.

South received to open the third period and was forced to punt, Hess being downed near midfield. On a double pass formation Jamison, skirted South’s right end for a 40-yard gain, placing the ball on South-s 18-yard line. Then Rosenberg and Hess began a steady pounding of the South line with the result that Rosenberg soon carried the ball over for Massillon’s second touchdown.

South received and once more started a march towards Massillon’s goal line by uncorking its aerial attack. The first pass brought a first down and then Jacobs heaved to Shull who eluded a group of Massillon tacklers and started towards Massillon’s goal line but he failed to pass Hess, the last Massillonian in his way, and was brought to earth after a 25-yard gain. With the ball on Massillon’s 30-yard line South’s efforts to register a touchdown by the forward pass route failed and after two overhead attempts had been batted down Shull dropped back to the 28-yard line and called his toe into action, his second drop-kick also being successful. The quarter ended with South in possession of the ball.

It was not until the fourth quarter that Massillon was called upon to give its greatest display of offensive strength. After Hess’ third attempt to score by a field goal had been blocked the rival elevens exchanged punts and then Jacobs once more called its southpaw whip into action and heaved a long pass to Kennedy who was brought to earth by Boerner after a 40-yard gain. This gain took the ball to Massillon’s 20-yard mark. Instead of depending upon its overhead attack South reverted to line plays but Masillon’s line held stubbornly with the result that after four attempts South had failed to make the necessary yards and Massillon gained the ball on its five-yard line from were Hess immediately punted out of danger. From then on until the end of the game the battle was waged in mid-field.

Massillon made 16 first downs to 10 for South while each team punted six times. South attempted a total of 26 forward passes, 15 of which were completed. Ten failed and one was intercepted. The visitors worked four forwards in the first quarter, three each in the second and third quarters and five in the fourth. Massillon’s only attempt to score by the air route in the third quarter failed.

Massillon’s defense in stopping line plays was first class but the Orange and Black was hard pressed in its efforts to stop South’s forwards. Hess, Rosenberg and Jamison were the offensive stars. Ulrich, halfback, played brilliantly, but was forced out of the game early with a badly wrenched left knee. Potts also was injured.

Sweet Music
Youngstown South – 6 Pos. Massillon – 17
Gallaher LE Lyons
Spong LT Synder
Gints LG Pflug
Barrett C Roth
Williams RG Rutherford
Walsh RT Nelson
Fiasco RE Jamison
Jacobs QB Resenberg
Shull LH Hess
Kennedy RH Ulrich
Marrie FB Potts

Scores by quarters:
Youngstown South 3 0 3 0 – 6
Massillon 7 3 7 0 – 17

Sweet Music

Substitutions: Massillon – Hax for Ulrich, Bishop for Potts,
Boerner for Pflug, Potts for Bishop, Kallaker for Rutherford,
Wendling for Potts, Haverly for Roth.
Youngstown South – George for Gints, Gints for George,
Daley for Gallagher.

Massillon scoring: Touchdowns – Hess and Rosenberg.

Goals after touchdown, Hess 2.

Goal from field, Hess.

Youngstown scoring: Goals from field, Shull 2.

Referee – Connor.
Umpire – Bietser
Headlinesman – Blackburn

Time of quarters – 15 minutes