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1920: Massillon 7, Martins Ferry 7

Martin’s Ferry Ties Orange And Black In Season’s Opener, 7-7

Outweighed but not out gamed orange and black gridiron warriors of Washington High school Saturday afternoon fought desperately to emerge from their first scholastic battle of the 1920 campaign with Martin’s Ferry, last year’s champion’s of the Ohio River Valley with a 7 to 7 tie, the contest being staged on the school’s new athletic field on Pearl street.

Having an advantage of at least 10 pounds to the man in weight, the purple and white eleven of the Southern Ohio city, put its best foot forward to subdue the local gridders, and while they came mighty close to achieving their ambition in the last quarter, the grit and determination of the youthful Tigers rose above the brawn and strength of the invaders and held the enemy in check when defeat seemed imminent.

Sheer pluck and aggressiveness saved Coach Snyder’s lads from defeat. Exhibiting a tendency to fumble at critical stages of the contest, the orange and black never lost hope or never gave up trying to win, although it was handicapped because of lack of a smooth working machine and an offensive that was able to pierce the Martin’s Ferry eleven.

The youthful Tigers did not win Saturday because they did not resort to an open attack but relied mainly upon line plunges to make their gains. Had they attempted to piece the defensive wall of their opponents by an aerial attack they might have emerged from the strife a victor for of the two forward passes that the local team attempted one resulted in their lone touchdown.

But it was the team’s first game and the faults, which cropped out during the melee should be ironed out by Coach Snyder during the coming week. The material is there – plenty of it for a great eleven and with more attention to open work and forward passes the orange and black should develop into a winner.

Fumbles twice were costly to the local aggregation. Once in the second quarter Hess dropped the pigskin after a dash around end, and Marker, Martin’s Ferry halfback, picked it up and scampered 29 yards for the visitors set of counters. Again, in the third quarter after a steady march of 40 yards towards Martins Ferry’s goal, Greenfelder dropped the ball on the 19-yard line and Massillon lost a chance to score. Numerous other fumbles were made during the contest.

Massillon drew first blood near the end of the initial period. After kicking off to the visitors, who fumbled, Massillon lost the ball, also by fumbling, but recovered on Martins Ferry’s 40-yard line when center Lyons covered a Martins Ferry fumble.

Then the youthful Tigers started an offensive toward the visitor’s goal which did not end until the ball had been placed back of the goal posts for a touchdown. Greenfelder, Graybill and Hess ripped open the visitors’ line for steady gains, carrying the ball to the 18-yard line where Graybill shot a long pass to left end Fashnacht who grabbed it and was downed on Martin’s Ferry’s one yard line. Greenfelder then plowed through left tackle for the touchdown and a moment later kicked goal.

In the second quarter after three exchanges of punts Hess started from Massillon’s 35-yard line on a dash around right end but dropped the ball when tackled, Marker scooping it up and running 29 yards for a touchdown. Evans kicked goal.

Play was even in the third quarter until near the close. Martins Ferry started off with a rush marching the ball from its 20-yard line to Massillon’s 20-yard zone before being halted and losing the ball on downs. Then the orange and black commenced a march toward the visitor’s goal which was not halted until Greenfelder fumbled on the 19-yard line after making a nice gain on a plunge through the line. The quarter ended here and in the fourth, the visitors commenced a dodged attack to batter down Massillon’s defense and score a victory.

The orange and black was on the defensive most of the final quarter, having to kick against a strong wind which left the punting advantage very much in favor of the enemy. Martin’s Ferry succeeded in working the ball within Massillon’s 30-yard line but the orange and black made a determined stand within the shadow of its goal posts and Evans, star of the visitor’s offensive, was unable to pierce the local gladiators for the gains that meant a touchdown. The struggle ended with Martin’s Ferry in possession of the ball on Massillon’s 15-yard line.

Massillon made nine first downs to eight for the visitors, six of the local team’s downs coming in the first quarter while Martin’s Ferry made five in the third. Massillon punted six times, Greenfelder doing the kicking, while the visitors kicked five times.

Martin’s Ferry completed two forwards and failed in six other attempts. Quarterback Evans was the shining light for the visitors being the only backfield man able to make any gains against the orange and black. Greenfelder showed to good advantage for Massillon on offense while Ulrich’s defensive work stood out prominently. Ulrich has the earmarks of a coming star. Although light he plays a determined game and hits the line like a bullet.

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1919: Massillon 21, Canton McKinley 0

High Gridders Trim Canton, 21-0
SPECTACULAR PLAY GIVES LOCAL TEAM DECISIVE TRIUMPH

Father Massillon knew no sorrow Saturday night.

While bonfires blazed merrily and hundreds of shouting youngsters paraded the streets, that venerable old gentleman, with his face wreathed in smiles paid homage to those stalwart sons of his who during the afternoon, had taken unto themselves large chunks of fame by their stellar performance on the gridiron at League Park, Meyer’s Lake.

The orange and black of Washington high school waved triumphant in the breeze, Saturday night, for Massillon’s crack scholastic combination had dealt its perennial enemy. McKinley high of Canton, a sound lacing, inflicting defeat upon its red and black antagonist by a 21 to 0 count, the battle closing the present campaign for both schools.

Rated as one of the strongest elevens in Buckeye scholastic circles Coach John Snavely’s youthful Tigers showed their quality by unfolding a piercing attack in the last two quarters that netted three touchdowns and three goals and registered the most decisive victory over Canton that a local team has annexed in more than a decade. While several thousand highly strung spectators cheered lustily, the orange and black, in a most precise and deliberate manner, trampled under foot its red and black foe and emerged from the annual conflict with the east enders with a record of only one engagement lost during a string of nine tough battles.

Surely the reason for hilarious conduct Saturday night was sufficient. The decisive mauling, which the local gridders administered to the Cantonians left the east enders without even a whimper, and the orange and black has taken unto itself the undisputed claim of scholastic champions of Stark county, having disposed of Alliance early in the season by a 23 to 0 victory.

When the struggling gladiators left the gridiron at the close of the first half, with the battle still a scoreless draw and the outcome not at all decided, Massillon would not have believed that Coach Snavely’s youngsters would be able to emerge from the duel with a 21 point margin in their favor.

Canton, with its regular lineup in the fray, was putting up a stiff encounter and holding the local eleven on better than even terms. Massillon, on the other hand, with Stuhldreher, its crack halfback, on the sidelines because of an injured arm, was not playing at its customary gait. Its defensive work was not up to par and its offense was ragged, failing to make any great headway against the sturdy defense of the red and black.

The beginning of the second half-looked still more gloomy, for Hess, another stellar light of the orange and black backfield, was unable to re-enter the battle because of a bump on the head, sustained in the second quarter.

But with its determination and fighting spirit strengthened rather than weakened by these reverses which had robbed it of two of its stars, the orange and black settled down to business and before the second quarter had progressed far the local team commenced a march from its four yard line that was not halted by the red and black until Russell Oberlin smashed his way through Canton’s left tackle for Massillon’s first touchdown.

Massillon received to open the third quarter, and after an exchange of punts Oberlin started the march that was to score the first touchdown by smashing through Canton’s right tackle for nine yards. Archbold made it a first down and Greenfelder skirted the red and black’s left end for 38 yards, bringing the ball to Canton’s seven-yard line. He made three more on the next play and then Oberlin plowed through Canton’s left tackle for the first touchdown. Greenfelder kicked goal.

The fourth quarter found Massillon in possession of the ball on its 40-yard line. A pretty 10-yard pass from Greenfelder to Howells and a 20-yard sprint by Howells carried the ball to Canton’s 14-yard line, but the red and black fought stubbornly and held. Greenfelder attempted a place kick from the 16-yard line, which was low. A few minutes later Oberlin intercepted a Canton forward on the 50-yard line. On a cross buck which caught the Canton eleven napping Archbold dashed through Canton’s right tackle, and neatly evading the two tacklers, scampered across the red and black goal line for Massillon’s second touchdown. Greenfelder added a point by kicking goal.

But the youthful Tigers were destined to register another touchdown before the game passed into history. After Canton had lost the ball on downs on its 33-yard line, the orange and black commenced another drive that ended with Oberlin shooting around Canton’s right end for 25-yards and the third touchdown.

Three first downs, the result of some brilliant plunging by Greenfelder, Archbold and Oberlin, and a 15-yard penalty brought the ball to Canton’s 25-yard line, from where Oberlin set his pedal extremities in the direction of the red and black goal posts. Greenfelder made the score 21 by kicking goal.

The showing of the orange and black in the last half was a complete reversal of the form they displayed in the first two quarters. Unable to give proper interference or to successfully combat the efforts of the red and black to gain ground, Coach Snavely’s lads found themselves battling their opponents on their own territory during the first quarter, the quarter ending with Canton in possession of the ball on Massillon’s 16-yard line.

In the second half the battle shifted to Massillon’s side but not enough to give the orange and black any decided advantage. A 35-yard run by Greenfelder, which took the ball to Canton’s 27-yard line, gave Massillon a chance to score, but the red and black fought gamely and Canton came into possession of the pigskin on its 18-yard line. Then, after an exchange of punts, Hess and Archbold negotiated two first downs in as many plays, bringing the ball to Canton’s 11-yard line. Archbold made two on a line plunge and Hess dashed through Canton’s left tackle for eight, only to fumble on his one-yard line, Canton covering the misplay. This gave strength to the Cantonians who stemmed the orange and black tide for the balance of the period, although Greenfelder barely missed a goal from a placement from the 42-yard line. The drive was low and sailed under the cross bar.

The third and fourth quarters found the orange and black machine in perfect working order and the faults that had marred the first half of the battle were entirely missing, as Coach Snavely’s lads battled their way to a 21-point victory.

While all of the local warriors acquitted themselves creditably, the brilliant performance of Russell Oberlin, who until a week ago had been playing a tackle position, was an important factor in Massillon’s triumph. The sturdy gridder proved Massillon’s mainstay on defense by his hard tackling and dogged determination to hurl himself into every play, while on offense his smashing tactics produced two of Massillon’s three touchdowns. Canton found him hard to stop at all times.

Archbold, orange and black captain, Greendelder and Hess also did notable work in the backfield, Archbold’s 50-yard dash for a touchdown being the longest of the game. Greenfelder on several occasions tore through the Canton defense for gains of from 25 to 35 yards. Massillon’s forwards displayed stonewall characteristics, especially in the second half, when their attack tore large gaps in the Canton line.

Renner, Harmony and McCarel were the bit offensive stars for Canton. The two teams were evenly matched in weight. Canton having the advantage if any existed.

Massillon – 21 Pos. Canton – 0
Hermann LE D. Miller
Taylor LT Witter
Clay LG Lautenhiser
Angstadt C Smith
Harrison RG Heltzel
Tilton RT E. Miller
Howells RE Duckworth
Hess QB Renner
Greenfelder LHB Harmony
Oberlin RHB Kreuffine
Archbold FB McCarel

Score by quarters:
Massillon 0 0 7 14 21

Subsitutions: Massillon – Adams for Clay, Graber for Tilton,
Hollerback for Hess.
Canton – Jackson for Duckworth, Barthlewmew for McCarel.

Touchdowns – Oberlin 2, Archbold.

Goals after touchdown – Greenfelder 3.

Referee – Blythe, of Mount Union.
Umpire – Snyder of Harvard.
Head linesman – Miller.

Timer – Ligget.
Time of quarters – 12½ m.

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1919: Massillon 56, Wooster 7

HIGH SCHOOL TEAM SMOTHERS WOOSTER UNDER 56-7 SCORE

Massillon High’s crack football team established itself more firmly as one of the best high school teams in the state last Saturday when it invaded Wooster and smothered the Wayne county school under a 56-7 score.

Eight touchdowns and eight field goals after touchdown was the result of Massillon’s flashy attack which was featured by the open field work of Stuhldreher and Greenfelder, star performers of the local team.

Wooster scored its lone touchdown in the second quarter on line bucks after a Massillon penalty had given them their opportunity. The Wayne county team, which equaled Massillon in weight, couldn’t do a thing against the local team and depended largely upon forward passes for gains

Coach Snavely’s lads also displayed a good forward passing attack, completing over
two-thirds of their overhead attempts. In the last quarter the local team was made up entirely of second string men.

Greenfelder scored three touchdowns, Stuhldreher two, and Hollerback, Archbold and Angstadt one each. Greenfelder kicked the goals after touchdowns.

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1919: Massillon 39, Youngstown Rayen 6

High School Crew Downs Rayen High, Saturday, 39-6

High school football teams of Youngstown ought to have a healthy respect for the sturdy orange and black eleven of Washington high school. A week ago Youngstown South attempted to put a crimp in the victorious march of Coach John Snavely’s youthful Tigers only to be sent back home with a 2 to 0 defeat hung upon them. On Saturday Rayen high, another Youngstown school sent its gridiron celebrities on a Massillon invasion and the local scholastic combination was the recipient of more gridiron honors for it smothered the Steel Town crew under a 39 to 6 score.

Six touchdowns and three goals followed in the wake of Massillon’s smashing attack, which was illuminated by the brilliant dashes of left halfback Hess, who is rapidly developing into Massillon’s big offensive star. Four of the six touchdowns were the result of Hess’ brilliant work, one coming on a spectacular 60-yard dash through the Rayen eleven and another on a 35-yard sprint around the visiting aggregation. His other two sets of counters came on short plunges.

With Hess skimming around the ends and Stuhldreher and Archbold giving the Rayen line an acid test, it was not long until Massillon had piled up a lead sufficient to clinch the contest. The offensive work of the orange and black stood out prominently in the first half but in the second it did not show so much, with a result that Rayen outplayed coach Snavely’s warriors during the last two quarters.

Rayen had a heavy team but it possessed only one player whose performance was at all noteworthy. Elliott, Captain and husky fullback for the visitors, was Rayen’s best bet but he could not play the entire game himself although he figured in practically all of Rayen’s plays and did most of the defensive work.

Finding Massillon’s line a bit too tough to dent because of the brilliant work of Oberlin and Taylor, who are about as fine a pair of tackles as ever wore the orange and black, Rayen depended largely upon shift plays and forward passes. The visitors attempted 35 overhead plays, completing nine, having four intercepted and 23 astray. In the last quarter it tried desperately to score by the air route, attempting 16 passes, only three of which were successful. Massillon attempted but six passes none being successful.

In making first downs Rayen out-pointed the orange and black, registering 13 to 11 for the local team.

Rayen hardly had time to get warmed up before Massillon scored its first touchdown. The visitors received and punted to Archbold in midfield. Hess and Stuhldreher commenced a march around Rayen’s ends that brought the ball to the six-yard line from where Hess dashed across for a touchdown.

A few minutes later Herman covered a bad Rayen pass on the visitors 11-yard line and Stuhldreher and Hess once more pierced the Youngstown team’s defense. Hess going around left end on a double pass for his second touchdown.
The second quarter had barely started before Hess, on another double pass, swung around Rayen’s right end and on a spectacular run in which he eluded practically the entire Youngstown team, carried the ball 60 yards for his third touchdown. Right end Howells was the next orange and black gridder to electrify the crowd when he snatched a Rayen forward out of the air and scampered 50 yards for a touchdown. Hess before the quarter ended, gathered another set of counters by a 35-yard sprint.

Rayen scored its lone touchdown in the second quarter. Stuhldreher punted out of bounds on his 30-yard line and a pass from Fried to Elliott took the ball to the 20-yard line. Elliott then heaved a pass to Hough who fumbled on Massillon’s two-yard line, the ball rolling over the goal line where Fried fell on it for Rayen’s touchdown.

Massillon’s last touchdown came in the third quarter when left end Herman picked up a Rayen fumble on Rayen’s 40-yard line and scampered across the visitor’s goal line.

Greenfelder, star halfback, did not get into the fray until near the close of the game, a bad hip keeping him on the sidelines. Coach Snavely switched Hess from quarterback to halfback and sent Stuhldreher to the pivot position. Stuhldreher played a good game although he was not able to elude Elliott, Rayen’s star, as successfully as Hess did.

Massillon – 39 Pos. Rayen – 6
Herman LE R. Smith
Oberlin LT Tonsmeier
Clay LG L. Smith
Angstadt C Davies
Harrison RG E. Brown
Taylor RT Reckert
Howells RE Meyer
Stuhldreher QB Fried
Hollerback LHB Carney
Hess RHB Hough
Archbold FB Elliott

Score by quarters:
Massillon 13 20 6 0 39
Rayen 0 6 0 0 6

Substitutions – Massillon: Siffert for herman, Herman for Siffert,
Tilton for Clay, Adams for Angstadt, Graber for Harrison,
Jamison for Howeels, Howells for Jamison, Limbach for Hollerback,
Greenfelder for Archbold.
Rayen: Fitzsimmons for R. Smith, McDonald for E. Brown,
Menninger for Carney, Carney for Menninger, Hameriki for
Hough.

Touchdowns – Hess 4, Howells 1, Herman 1, Fried 1.

Goals after touchdown – Stuhldreher 3

Referee – Blythe, Mount Union.
Umpire – Bast, Massillon.
Headlinesman – Wilson, Massillon.

Timer – Ligget.

Time of quarters — 12½ m.

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1919: Massillon 2, Youngstown South 0

Safety In Last Two Minutes Gives Local Crew 2-Point Victory

Defying J. Pluvius and his storm clouds, gridiron gladiators of Washington high school annexed football honors Saturday afternoon when they triumphed over South high of Youngstown 2 to 0, administering the first setback of the season to the Mahoning county gridders on the rain soaked Central Steel Field.

A safety during the last two minutes of play, the result of a desperate comeback by Massillon’s forwards which had been outplayed by the visiting aggregation, gave the orange and black its two point margin and its fourth scholastic victory of the season.

Playing in mud and water several inches deep, which made it impossible to play anything but straight football, the two contending eleven’s battled strenuously to gain a decision. After the first play it was difficult to distinguish the rival players so thoroughly soaked had they become with mud and water.

The poor field also made it impossible to judge the relative strength of the two teams and neither combination had a decided edge over the other until Coach Snavely’s lads made their determined stand toward the end of the fourth quarter and beat down the sturdy Youngstown defense.

Two blocked punts gave the youthful Tigers their chance to win. After keeping play in South’s territory during the greater portion of the fourth quarter, but lacking the punch to shove the ball over for a touchdown, the local gridders near the end of the game broke through South’s line and blocked a punt by Captain Brown of the visitors, the ball rolling back to the one yard line where South covered.

Then South attempted to punt again, Brown standing behind his own goal line to make the kick. As the ball was passed left tackle Taylor, of Massillon, crashed through the opposing line and blocked the kick before it crossed the line. Captain Brown pounced on the ball behind his own goal line and the orange and black had registered a safety, which was to be the deciding play of the contest.

The battle soon developed into a punting duel as neither team was able to do much on offense. In this respect Massillon had a decided edge as Greenfelder outkicked his opponent and the local team always gained ground in the exchange of punts.

Fumbles also were prominent and came near giving South a touchdown in the first quarter.

Captain Archbold of Massillon hit through center but the ball bounded out of his arms into the hands of a South player who scampered towards Massillon’s goal line. He had cleared the entire team with the exception of quarterback Hess, who brought him to earth on Massillon’s 35-yard line by a pretty tackle.

This Hess lad, by the way, was Massillon’s big offensive star. His return of punts on the heavy field was brilliant and whenever he was able to get under way returned the kicks from 2 to 20 yards. In the fourth quarter he grabbed a South punt in midfield and raced to Youngstown’s eight yard line before being downed. But here South stiffened and Massillon could not drive its way through for a touchdown.

Just as the second quarter ended Hess ripped his way through left tackle for 20 yards being downed on South’s 18-yard line. Had the field been dry he probably would have gotten away but the mud made dodging and sidestepping impossible. Massillon made numerous attempts in the fourth quarter to score from place kick but Greenfelder’s efforts to hoist the water soaked ball over the bars was futile.

South showed an excellent team. It used a shift play that would have been good for gains on a dry gridiron. Its defense appeared superior to that of Massillon and on several occasions, the Youngstown forwards broke though and stopped the local backs before they could get started. Offensively the two teams appeared equal, Massillon having a shade better of the argument because of Hess’ brilliant running in a broken field.

The work of Taylor and Oberlin, Massillon’s sturdy tackles, stood out prominently on defense and any drives directed at their positions were nipped in the bud.

Massillon – 2 Pos. Youngstown South – 0
Herman LE Rankins
Taylor LT Dawson
Clay LG Pettiford
Angstadt C B. Johnson
Harrison RG Williams
Oberlin RT Beeds
Howells RE Jones
Hess QB H. Jacobs
Stuhldreher LHB Brown (c)
Greenfelder RHG Borts
Archbold (c) FB Smith

Score by quarters
Massillon 0 0 0 2 2

Substitutions – Massillon: Jamison for Herman, Tilton for Clay,
Adams for Tilton, Clay for Adams, Graber for Clay, Fasnacht for
Howells.
South: Splain for Jones, H. Johnson for Borts.

Safety – Massillon.

Referee – Blythe of Mount Union.
Umpire – Bast of Massillon.
Headlinesman – Chaney, Massillon.

Timer – Ligget

Time of quarters — 12½ minutes.

History

1919: Massillon 14, Toledo Scott 21

High Gridders Give Crack Toledo Scott Eleven Hard Battle

Gridiron warriors of Washington high school didn’t defeat Toledo Scott, one of the strongest scholastic teams in the state, at Toledo Saturday, but they did accomplish a feat which no other team has been able to do this season.

They gave the Toledo school its stiffest battle since it commenced its unbroken string of victories four years ago and made the first points scored against the upstaters this season. Had the breaks not favored the up-state eleven, a different tale might be recorded today. As it was Scott won 21 to 14, scoring the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter when Flues broke away from the local team and ran 40 yards for Scott’s third set of counters.

A fumble by Captain Archbold on Massillon’s 20-yard line in the second quarter gave Scott it’s first chance to score. An injury to Stuhldreher, who had been ripping the Toledo team to shreds by his brilliant offensive work, in this same period, forcing his retirement from the game until the second half hurt Massillon and shifted the offensive power, which had rested with Coach Snavely’s lads until Stuhldreher’s injury, to Scott. These combined breaks gave Toledo a chance to score two touchdowns in the second quarter and wrest the lead from the local team which had plowed through Scott for a set of counters in the first period.

Stuhldreher’s brilliant 45-yard run shortly after the game commenced gave Massillon its opportunity to register the first points scored on Scott this season. Scott held for three downs but on the fourth Stuhldreher bucked it over.

Massillon’s second touchdown came in the third quarter on a long forward from Greenfelder to Herrman, who ran 25 yards after receiving the pass. Scott’s best bet was a reserve play which it made several long gains. Stuhldreher twice went through the Toledo team for gains of 45 yards.

Scott outweighed Massillon but the orange and black fought on even terms with its husky opponents and had not fortune favored the upstaters the result might have been in Massillon’s favor.

Lineup and summary

Scott – 21 Pos. Massillon – 14
Schelling LE E. Herrman
Walker LT Taylor
Kalkhln LG R. Harrison
Schuey C Angstadt
Coombs RG Tilton
Frye RT P. Oberlin
Robb RE Howells
Scharer QB Hess
Vick RHB Stuhldreher
Skinner LHB Greenfelder
Andrews (c) FB Archbold (c)

Touchdowns – Massillon: Stuhldreher and Herrman.
Goals from touchdowns – Greenfelder 2.

Touchdowns – Scott: Skinner, Andrews, and E. Flues.
Goals from touchdowns – Scharer, 3.

Substitutions – Scott: E. Flues for Vick, Edwards for
Schelling, Chapman for Robb, Moll for Frye,
Meyers for Coombs, G. Flues for E. Flues, Reeder for
Andrews, and Andrews for Walker.

Referee – Walter Wright.
Umpire – Harry Selbert.
Headlinesman – Louis Moorehead.

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1919: Massillon 23, Alliance 0

High School Crew Takes Measure Of Alliance, Saturday

Scoring points in all four periods and outclassing its rivals, the crack orange and black eleven of Washington high school Saturday afternoon won the first leg of the Stark County scholastic championship when it smothered Alliance high under a 23 to 0 score on Mount Union field, Alliance.

Coach Snavely’s warriors putting on tap an attack that combined both old and new football had little trouble in taking the measure of the Alliance youths. Greenfelder, star halfback, made the first points of the game in the first quarter when he annexed a field goal from the 30-yard line. He also scored one of the three touchdowns and kicked two goals after touchdowns.

Stuhldreher and Angstadt were the other Massillon lads to register points. Massillon’s defense was impregnable against the Alliance attack, which wilted when it tried to pierce the Massillon sector.

The county scholastic title will now be decided when Massillon and Canton meet. Canton took a 21 to 14 walloping from Akron West Saturday and from indications will not prove much of a stumbling block to the orange and black.

Lineup and summary:

Massillon – 23 Pos. Alliance – 0
Herman LE Segel
Taylor LT Hawkins
Tilton LG Miller
Angstadt C France
Harrison RG McGranahan
Oberlin RT Patrick
Howells RE Myers
Hess QB Donaldson
Stuhldreher LHB Morris
Greenfelder RHB Cleveland
Archbold FB Cohen

Score by periods
Massillon 3 7 6 7 23

Touchdowns – Greenfelder, Angstadt, Stuhldreher.

Field goal – Greenfelder

Goals from touchdowns – Greenfelder 2.

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1919: Massillon 14, Akron West 7

MASSILLON vs. AKRON WEST

CANCELLED

HIGH BATTLE CALLED OFF

The Washington High-Akron West game was called off this morning on account of rain. Friday’s heavy down-pour and today’s continued rain made the field to wet for play

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HIGH GRIDDERS
TACKLE HUSKY
FOE ON TUESDAY
The biggest local scholastic football game of the season will be played Tuesday afternoon when Massillon high’s crack orange and black eleven tackle Akron West, strongest of the Akron high schools on the Central Steel field.

The game has all the ear marks of a real battle outside of the Toledo Scott dues, probably will be the toughest on the local team’s schedule. The game will commence at 2:30 o’clock.
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Orange and Black
Crush Akron West’s Championship Hopes

The orange and black gridiron eleven of the Washington high school celebrated the first anniversary of the signing of the Armistice by shattering the hopes of Akron West’s crack team of warriors winning the interscholastic championship of Ohio.

Displaying their best football of the season the attack of the youthful Tigers was too vigorous for the Summit county lads and the orange and black crew annexed its sixth victory of the season 14 to 7. Only stellar playing on the part of the high school athletes brought victory to the local school.

The defeat handed the gridders of West high was their first reverse of the season and entirely unexpected. Full to the brim of confidence, the visiting eleven expected to take the orange and black varsity into camp, but the vicious onslaught of the Washington high blasted its hopes.

The Akron crew came here true to form and placed on the field the best team seen here this season. The Akron eleven showed it had the right to be ranked as one of the leading high school elevens in the state when in the first few minutes of play it began a fruitful march to the goal.

Akron won the toss and Massillon kicked to the visitors, the runner being downed on his 34-yard line. On the second play Akron punted to Stuldreher. A mix-up in signals on Massillon’s first down caused a fumble which Akron recovered. After making two first downs on line plunges and a forward pass, Jackson fumbled, Massillon recovering on its own 10-yard line.

Greenfelder kicked 30 yards to Ammans. Ammans, the Akron right half, made 10 yards on a cross buck carrying the ball to Massillon’s 20-yard line. A double pass over the goal line fell in J. Smith’s handle for the first set of counters of the game. Shutt kicked goal.

Akron then kicked off to Oberlin who was downed on his 40-yard line. From there the Massillon squad made a march straight through the Akron team for a touchdown. Runs and plunges by Greenfelder and Stuldreher carried the ball to Akron’s one-yard line, from where Archbold bucked it over the goal line. Greenfelder kicked goal.

The final set of counters and winning points came to the orange and black team in the second period. Getting the ball in midfield, with the stellar line of the local eleven tearing big gaps in the visitors’ line, Stuldreher, Hess and Greenfelder carried the ball to the
one-yard line. Greenfelder plodded through left tackle for a touchdown. He also kicked goal.

From then on the play see-sawed back and forth in midfield with neither team enjoying great opportunities to score. Akron tried desperately to tie the count and resorted to open play during the entire final two periods. With the exception of the pass which netted its points, Akron failed to do much with open work.

Hess, who is rapidly developing into the offensive star of the local team, was forced to retire in the second period, when he sustained a bad bump in tackling Shutt. The offensive attack of Greenfelder and Stuldreher were the bright lights in the Massillon offensive, while the defensive playing of Oberlin and Archbold stood out prominently, through the entire line played a stalwart game, the Akron backs being able to gain little ground on plunges. The work of Shutt and Ammans showed best for the Summit county team.

Lineup and summary:
Akron – 7 Pos. Massillon – 14
Myers le Herman
G. Smith lt Taylor
Haas lg Clay
Mason c Angstadt
Clark rg Harrison
Harper rt Oberlin
J. Smith re Howells
Jackson q Stuhldreher
Ritter lh Greenfelder
Ammans rh Hess
Shutt f Archbold

Score by quarters:
Akron 7 0 0 0 7
Massillon 7 7 0 0 14

Substitutions:
Tilton for Clay, Clay for Tilton, Hollerboch for Hess, Tilton for Clay, Jameson for Herman. Adams for Harrison, Graber for Taylor.

Touchdowns – Smith, Greenfelder, Archbold.

Goals from touchdowns – Shutt, Greenfelder 2.

Officials:
Referee – Blythe, Mount Union.
Umpire – Bast.
Head Linesman – Wincek.

Timer – Liggett.

Massillon Tigers Black Letter Logo History

1919: Massillon 35, Barberton 6

HIGH SCHOOL CREW TAKES MEASURE OF BARBERTON ELEVEN

If Washington High’s orange and black clad gridders had displayed the speed and dash Saturday that they did in their first two battles, Barberton High’s eleven might have been smothered under a heavy score. But as it was the local warriors had to be content with taking the measure of the Match City crew by a 35 to 6 count. Poor football in the first half gave the upstarters their only points and kept Massillon from rolling up a larger score.

The weather was more becoming for baseball than the strenuous pastime of football, the sun shoving the mercury up around the 90 degree mark and the perspiration rolled freely from the sweltering athletes as they battled through 45 minutes of play.

Coach Snavely’s youthful Tigers could not find themselves during the first two periods. Repeated fumbles, poor passing and bad punting keeping the orange and black machine from crossing the Barberton goal line more than twice. But in the second half Massillon injected more spirit into its play and repeated long end runs through the Barberton eleven soon gave the local team three touchdowns.

In the fourth quarter, Coach Snavely shoved his substitutes into the fray and when the game ended Hess and Oberlin were the only regulars playing but the second string men held Barberton safely.

It was a poor pass that paved the way for Barberton’s touchdown. It occurred in the second quarter when Adams passed high over Archbold’s head. Barberton covering on Massillon’s six yard line. It required three plunges before Muzik was able to shove his way across the orange and black line. Goal was missed.

It didn’t take Massillon long to score. Greenfelder and Archbold carrying the ball within striking distance early in the first quarter after Barberton had been forced to punt. With the ball on the one-yard line Greenfelder took a plunge at the opposing line but fumbled, Angstadt pouncing on the leather as it rolled across the line.

Stuhldreher registered the next set of counters early in the second quarter after a 25-yard pass from Hess to Greenfelder had taken the ball to Barberton’s 8-yard line.

It didn’t take long for the youthful Tigers to score in the third quarter, Greenfelder bucking his way over a few minutes after play had been resumed. A short time later Hess made the most spectacular run of the game when he grabbed a Barberton punt on his
55-yard line and raced around the visiting team for a touchdown. Greenfelder scored his second touchdown before the quarter ended.

Hess and Stuhldreher showed well for the orange and black on offense. Greenfelder and Archbold suffering from injuries were not able to show in their customary style but both played top-notch games. Oberlin at right tackle was the big defensive star.
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Line up and summary

Massillon – 35 Pos Barberton – 6
Fasnacht LE Corbin
Taylor LT Smith
Tilton LG Fletcher
Angstadt C Watsom
Harrison RG Kemple
Oberlin RT Snodgraaa
Howells RE Pristol
Hess QB Imniler (c)
Greenfelder LHB Thomas
Stuhldreher RHB Galehouse
Archbold (c) FB Muzik

Score by quarters
Massillon 7 7 21 0 35
Barberton 0 6 0 0 6

Substitutions:
Massillon:
Jamison for Fasnacht,
Stiffert for Jamison,
Graber for Taylor,
Nichols for Tilton,
Adams for Angstadt,
Angstadt for Adams,
Limbach for Howells,
Morrison for Limbach,
Limbach for Greenfelder,
Greenfelder for Limbach,
Limbach for Greenfelder,
Hollenback for Limbach,
Morriosn for Stuhldreher.

Barberton:
Hines for Smith,
Smith for Hines,
Freis for Fletcher,
Fletcher for Freis.

Massillon scoring, touchdowns – Angstadt, Stuhldreher, Greenfelder 2,Hess.

Goals after touchdown – Greenfelder, 5.

Barberton scoring, touchdown – Muzik.

Referee – Blyth, Mount Union
Umpire – Kester, Mount Union
Headlinesman – Custer.

Timers – Ligget, Massillon
James, Barberton

Time of quarters 10, 12½, 10 and 12½

Massillon Tigers Black Letter Logo History

1919: Massillon 7, Akron Central 0

AKRON CENTRAL FALLS BEFORE ORANGE and BLACK ATTACK, 7-0

The First foe for the scholastic title has been vanquished.

The orange and black-clad warriors of the Washington high school, Saturday afternoon carried off honor Number 1, when they defeated 7 to 0, in a hard fought contest the strong touted eleven of Central high school of Akron at the Akron high school stadium

Evenly matched in weight, the youthful Tigers immediately brought joy to the several hundred Massillon rooters, when after the first kickoff they began a march for a touchdown. Zimmerman, the stellar halfback of the Rubber City crew booted the ball on the kickoff to Graybill, who was only downed after he had returned the kick 10 yards. Line plunges and end runs carried the ball within Akron’s 20-yard zone where the Washington high gridders lost the ball on downs.

Howells then broke through the Akron line and threw Zimmerman for a 20-yard loss. The Akron halfback punted 30-yards to Greenfelder. Hitting the Akron line with the persistency of a British tank, the varsity crew of the Washington high school carried the ball to Akron’s two-yard line whence Greenfelder scored the only touchdown of the contest. He also kicked goal bringing Massillon’s total of points to 7.

Though the orange and black eleven, under the direction of Coach Snavely annexed the first scholastic victory from Akron central the cost was most costly to Washington high gridders. Emmett Graybill, quarter-back and field general of the varsity sustained a broken left leg within the first six minutes of play, taking him out of the game and the remainder of the season. With Graybill gone the locals will lose one of their most dependable players. Playing his third season on the first team he had learned the fine points of the game and would have been a valuable asset to the eleven this year. Both bones were broken and he was taken to the Peoples hospital in Akron where the fracture was reduced. He was brought to his home in Wooster street Sunday afternoon.

The accident occurred in the first six minutes of play when the orange and black pivot man was carrying the ball around left end. Sloate made a clean tackle on the play but in falling Graybill’s leg snapped.

Hess, whom Coach Snavely moved from end to quarterback ran the team in great style and proceeded to lead the local eleven to the only score of the game, which came two minutes after Graybill was injured.

Greenfelder and Stuhldreher were the bright lights in the orange and black offense. The two orange and black halfbacks consistently gained through the Akron line and around ends. On defense the entire line showed up well and only few gains during the entire 40 minutes of play did the Akronites make by playing the line. The work of Oberlin and Taylor out shone that of the other linemen. The two tackles repeatedly broke through the line and threw the runners for losses while on offense they had big holes for the backfield men.

Beginning the second half the local eleven played mostly a defensive game and more ground was gained by the opponents than by locals. The Akron team opened up in the final half using the forward pass to advantage, successfully carrying out five passes, but failed to carry the pigskin within 25 yards of Massillon’s goal.

Only twice during the entire game was Zimmerman, the flash of the Akron school able to make decided gains, both of these were for about 30 yards around the ends.

Akron Pos. Massillon
Hrasky lt Taylor
K. Miller le Hess
Po each lg Clay
Davis c Angstadt
Schackner rg Harrison
Kinney rt Oberlin
Anderson re Howells
Baysinger q Graybill
Zimmerman lh Greenfelder
Sloate rh Stuhldreher
Spessard f Archbold

Substitutions:
Massillon
Hess for Graybill,
Fasnacht for Hess,
Tilton for Clay,
Graber for Taylor,
Taylor for Garber,
Siffert for Fasnacht,
Limback for Greenfelder,
Jameson for Howells.
Akron
Forco for Davis,
C. Miller for H. Miller,
McKnight for Keach,
Martin for Baysinger,
Carroll for Sloate.

Touchdowns:
Greenfelder.

Goal from Touchdown:
Greenfelder.

Time of periods:
10 minutes.

Referee – Geltz, Mount Union
Umpire – Bechtel
Headlinesman – Daily