Steubenville Buries Washington High Under 68-0 Score MASSILLON TEAM NO MATCH FOR POWERFUL OHIO RIVER MACHINE
Special to The Independent
STEUBENVILLE, Oct. 31 – Massillon high school’s football team was powerless before the brilliant thrusts of Wells high’s Big Red here Friday night and was buried under a 68 to 0 score. More than 5,000 spectators watched the game. Trimming the Tigers enabled the Stubbers to chalk up their sixth successive win of the season and marked their 15th straight game without a defeat.
Offense Completely Checked The Massillon eleven played a fighting game but never once threatened to score. Their offense was bottled up completely while the Cartledgemen clicked along in great style, Burgwin and August running over 11 touchdowns, most of them on long dashes through the line or around the ends.
Clendening, at left halfback starred for Massillon . His ball carrying and passing being the Tigers’ best weapons. Kester was in great kicking form and on 13 punts averaged 40 yards a try, holding off several Stub scoring threats. Williams also was in the thick of the battle for the Stark county team, while upon their line, Hoyman at tackle, Schott, center and Getz and Krug on the terminals played hard trying to overcome the big lead of the Stubbers.
Amic and Clendening heaved 11 passes late in the game and connected on six of them, but their efforts came too late. First downs were 25 to four in favor of Wells.
Summary: Steubenville Pos. Massillon Dorosczyk LE Brunker Stas LT Hoyman Rybalt LG Singer Whistler C Schott Schatt RG Adams Pabian RT Krug Willoughby RE Getz Boss QB Buhecker August RH Kester Burgwin LH Clendening Dentino FB Williams
Washington high school’s football team ,with only one victory to its credit this season, is not going to set the world afire as a winning aggregation but it will at least finish the campaign with one record on its books – although one that is nothing to crow about.
When Steubenville’s powerful outfit smeared the Tigers 68 to 0 last night in the Ohio River city, the orange and black sustained the greatest defeat ever administered to a Massillon high school team since football became a flourishing sport. That’s the record.
Previous to last night the greatest defeat suffered by Massillon occurred in 1921 when the first team coached by David B. Stewart lost to Dayton Steele at Dayton 63 to 0. But the next year Stewart’s eleven more than made up for that trouncing by lacing the Steeles here 31 to 7 in the opening game of the season.
Maybe some day Massillon will have a chance to turn the tables on Steubenville. Let’s hope.
Barberton Defeats Washington High 14-0 Tiger Backfield Men Helpless Behind Weak Line
By LUTHER EMERY
They may call them the Magicians, but there was nothing magical about the Barberton high school gridders’ 14-0 victory over Washington high school at Barberton Saturday afternoon. The purple and white eleven with a strong scrappy line, a fast and shifty quarterback and a hard hitting fullback played straight football and simply rushed the Massillon eleven off its feet to gain the first grid victory ever registered against a Tiger eleven.
Washington high, reinforced by some new reverse plays, couldn’t begin to execute them for the weak forward wall of the Massillon team wilted like a field of oats in a windstorm and the Barberton linemen came crashing through to check nearly every attempt at deceptive football.
Plays Smashed Once in the first period, the orange and black gained some 12 yards on a double reversal and after that they lost more ground than they could gain on these double and triple plays simply because the line would not hold long enough to permit their execution.
But though the line was weak as a whole, it was strong in one spot and that was the guard position held down by John Singer, who is just about the smallest person on the forward wall at that. Singer showed as much fight and scrap as the others put together and for that reason probably made one half of the tackles Saturday, which is to say that he also made as many tackles as the rest of the team put together.
Because of the weakness of the line, the Tiger backfield, couldn’t get going. Clendening and Williams on a couple of occasions demonstrated what they might do if the forward wall would give them half a chance, the former twice nearly getting free for touchdown sprints, while Williams, who had been marked by the Barberton gridders, got the ball on one kickoff and carried it back to midfield before being downed. From scrimmage he couldn’t gain a yard. Clendening picked up most of the ground the orange and black gained from scrimmage Saturday afternoon. It was the first time this season that he has shown any ability to advance the ball.
The Barberton gridders were jubilant in their victory over the orange and black for it was the first the school has ever been able to register against a Massillon eleven.
The pill, bitter as it was, might have been worse, however, were it not for the fact that the Barberton eleven is coached by Jimmy Price, former Washington high quarterback and halfback of a few years ago. Jimmy has a hard fighting team at Barberton this year, one that has lost but one game, and one that should keep its slate clean the remainder of the season.
Price’s team, however, gained no more first downs from scrimmage than did the Massillon eleven Saturday afternoon, each team making the required yardage nine times. Barberton, however, played much of the game in Massillon territory, while the local team on only a few occasions worked the ball into the Magicians’ half of the field. Only when Barberton scored its two touchdowns, however, did the purple and white succeed in getting deep into Massillon territory.
Barberton Scores Early Barberton scored early in the first quarter. Getting the ball on its 15-yard line, the Magicians with Williams and Jerina carrying the ball reeled off three first downs in a row to carry the pigskin to the Massillon 21-yard line. Williams picked up seven yards at right end and right guard and Jerina on the third down plunged through to the four-yard mark before being tackled. Williams made a yard and Jerina in two attempts crashed his way through right tackle across the goal line. He placekicked the extra point.
The last score of the game was tallied in the third quarter when after advancing the ball from the Barberton 45-yard line to the Massillon 25-yard line, Williams shirted his right end for a touchdown. Whitman bucked across the extra point.
Massillon threatened but once and that ended on the two and one-half yard line where the Tigers forfeited the ball on downs. A pass, Clendening to Getz, had placed the ball on the 26-yard line and a 15-yard penalty inflicted on Barberton for holding advanced it to the 11-yard line. It was in the fourth quarter. Kester gained three yards at right tackle and Clendening hit the same spot for four more. Williams got but a yard on the next play and with fourth down coming and two yards to go for a first down, Clendening was stopped after a gain of about a yard and the opportunity for a touchdown was lost.
The Tigers never threatened again and their passing attack, which had the Magicians baffled on several plays, got weaker as the game progressed and was useless at the end.
Homecoming Day It was homecoming day at Barberton, but the crowd that turned out for the game would indicate that the school has very few alumni members. Less than a thousand people witnessed the duel and several hundred of those were from Massillon.
Following the game several members of the Massillon squad got into a scuffle with some Barberton spectators who gave them the raspberries as they were leaving the field. The group was quickly dispersed before anything more than bruises could be administered by opposing fists.
Line up and summary: Barberton Pos Massillon Conrad LE Brunker Burdett LT W. Monore M. Williams LG Singer Bernard C Schott Burnley RG Schimke Gilcher RT Adams Ziblet RE Getz J. Williams QB Knowlton Reese LH Clendening Klase RH Kester Jerina FB Williams
Score by periods: Barberton 7 0 7 0 14
Substitutions: Barberton – Whitman for Klase; Campbell for Burdett. Massillon – K. Monroe for Schimke; Krug for Adams; Heisler for Brunker; Foster for Knowlton; Gump for Getz; Buhecker for Kester, Porter for K. Monore; Bender for Gump; Shrake for Clendening; Amic for Williams; Bender for W. Monroe; Mudd; W. Toles.
Touchdowns: Barberton – Jerina; Williams.
Point after touchdown: Barberton – Jerina (kick); Whitman (carried).
WASHINGTON HIGH GRIDDERS DEFEAT TIFFIN JUNIORS IN DRIVING RAIN 7 TO 0 LONG RUN BY KESTER PUTS BALL IN PLACE FOR WINNING POINTS
By LUTHER EMERY
WASHINGTON high school gridders splashed through a driving rain to their first victory of the season Friday evening when they defeated Tiffin Junior Home 7-0 on Massillon Field.
Old Jupiter Pluvius played a more prominent part in the game than any individual in football uniform and Washington high can attribute its victory to his sprinkling system.
Handle Ball Better Better handling of the slippery ball was responsible for the victory. If there are any three individuals on the Massillon team who deserve extra credit for the triumph, they are Schott, center, Foster who did part of the punting and Kester who not only helped to boot the ball but who cut loose with a long return of a punt from his own 38-yard line to the one-yard line that made possible the Tigers’ only touchdown.
Kester placed the team in scoring position, and Schott’s good passing of the slippery ball gave the Juniors no chance for a break, while the Tigers following the ball like hawks, pounced upon nearly every Tiffin fumble and in that way stopped the offensive thrusts of the visitors.
The Juniors fumbled and fumbled, and often poor passes from center slowed down the punter with the result that the Tigers blocked several kicks. In practically every instance a Washington high player was on the bottom of the pileups which occurred after three misplays. On the other hand, but few fumbles were made by the local team and only one kick was blocked and that, fortunately, was recovered by a Massillon player.
Juniors Gain More Ground In ground gaining the Junior gridders were superior and more reckless than the Massillon ball toters who chose to stick to a defensive game and take no chances after scoring the touchdown. The Juniors pushed through to 10 first downs, getting four in the first quarter, three in the second, one in the third and two in the fourth. Washington high on the other hand made but three first downs, two in the second period and another in the fourth.
Though playing under the worst conditions, the Tigers showed more fight to the 1,000 fans who braved the elements, than they have displayed in any other game this season. Tackling for the most part was more vicious than it has been and while the offense showed but little, the smashes of Williams were more like the thrusts the Massillon fullback delivered last year. Clendening did nothing with the ball but he did make a couple of fierce tackles when he stood Junior Home players on their heads as they came streaking by the line of scrimmage. K. Monroe broke into the lineup for the first time in several weeks and played a fine game.
The outstanding player, however, was not a Massillon man, but Horace Anderson tall Junior fullback whose speed made fans wonder just what he might have done to the local team on a dry field.
Anderson and R. Perry in the very first period streaked through the Massillon offense for long runs which carried the ball from the Tiffin 40 to the Massillon 15-yard line, where Schott recovered a Tiffin fumble on the first down. The Tigers punted back to the 40 but runs by R. Perry and a pass, R. Perry to Anderson, took the ball to a first down on the seven-yard line. W. Perry smashed through to the one-yard line on the next play and here the Tigers braced and showed their greatest strength of the season. They turned back the next three drives and took possession of the ball on their three-yard line.
That ended Tiffin’s two scoring opportunities in the first half. In the last two periods the Juniors twice carried the ball far into Massillon territory but lost it on fumbles.
Williams Scores Touchdown The only time Washington high got any distance beyond midfield was when it scored. Three minutes and 45 seconds of the second period had expired when Kester snared a Tiffin punt on his own 38-yard line, and after being apparently stopped wriggled out of a huddle of players, reversed his field and raced to the one-yard line where he was stopped. On the next play, Williams crashed through the center of the line for a touchdown, and likewise bucked over the extra point.
The Massillon eleven never had another opportunity to score and for the most part played its offensive football in its own territory, punting on third down because of the slippery condition of the field.
The rain was a severe blow to the athletic treasury, for it undoubtedly would have been the best paying home tilt on the Tigers’ schedule. Yet in spit of the downpour, there were a thousand or more folks in the bleachers to witness the event which had been heavily advertised in surrounding cities. The Junior Order band of Canton was present and played before the game but left the field as soon as the rain began to fall. The Washington high band likewise was forced to scatter before the end of the first half. A play by play description was broadcast from the sidelines through amplifying equipment.
Summary Massillon Pos. Junior Home Heisler LE W. Schlemmer W. Monroe LT Rich Schimke LG C. Newkirk Schott C Henry Anderson W. Toles RG Peacock Adams RT Whoolery Getz RE Cartwright Knowlton QB W. Perry Singer LH Herron Kester RH R. Perry Williams FB Horace Anderson
Score by periods: Massillon 0 7 0 0 7
Substitutions: Massillon – Brunker, le; K. Monroe, rg; Foster, lh; Singer, lg; Shrake, qb; Clendening, qb; Porter, lg; Amic, fb; Beck, lt; Shackleton, le; Shattuck, hb; Bender, re; Krug, rt; Mudd, Gump; Ripple. Junior Home – G. Hamlin, qb; A. Hamlin, re; Fuller, e; M. Newkirk, lg; Thompson, rt; Broughton, qb; Mylers, c.
Touchdown: Massillon – Williams.
Point after touchdown: Massillon – Williams (line buck).
Tigers Still In Quest Of First Victory Look Ragged in Defeatat Hands of Akron South
By LUTHER EMERY
Another effort to win its first football game of the season will be made by Washington high school Friday evening when it meets Junior Home of Tiffin on Massillon Field in a game expected to attract the largest crowd of the year because of the enthusiasm of members of the Junior O.U.A.M. over the coming event.
The Washington high team should feel humiliated over its 7-6 defeat at the hands of Akron South, Saturday and perhaps now that certain members of the team have been forced from their exalted positions down to the end of the table by younger stars, a better team spirit will result.
Fumbles End Advances The Tigers had several good chances to score Saturday, fumbles recovered by the Cavaliers thrice ending drives within the 16-yard zone. Washington high’s only score came on a break of the game, however, when Knowlton intercepted a pass in the first period on his 25-yard line and scampered 75 yards for a touchdown. Foster’s attempted placekick was wide of the uprights and by that point the local team lost, for with only a minute or so of the game remaining a determined South drive ended with Kotch plunging across on the fourth down from the one-yard line while Anderson’s perfect dropkick gave the Cavaliers a 7-6 victory. But even had the score been reversed with Massillon in possession of the seven, the game would have been no great credit to the orange and black, considering the experience and weight advantages the local school possessed.
South had an entirely green team on the field and one that was considerably outweighed by the Massillon eleven. Yet the Cavaliers battled the Tigers on practically even terms making the same number of first downs, six and playing a portion of the game in Massillon territory.
As has been the case in previous games this season it was not the veterans who stood out on the Washington high team Saturday. Rather it was the newcomers to the squad who sparkled. Knowlton, a member of the reserves last fall and Kester, a sophomore, were the only boys who could gain any ground. Schimke was outstanding on the line. Willis Monroe, third string tackle sub didn’t do a bad job filling in at the right tackle gap and was hard to pass. The Cavaliers gained most of their ground through the left side of the line where Mudd and Price, both veterans, reign.
Backfield Veterans Stopped South’s forward wall held the Massillon offensive, one that should be a power this year, to six first downs. Williams and Clendening who in their sophomore and junior years tore large holes in the lines of their opponents’ seldom gained any yards. Both are mere shadows of what they were a year or two ago in gridiron performance.
In Tiffin Junior Home the Massillon team will face a much stiffer opponent than Akron South. Last year Tiffin was selected as having one of the outstanding football teams in the state, some sports writers even placing the eleven in No. 1 position. While the team did go through its season without a defeat the No. 1 ranking was too exalted a position for the Juniors since their schedule was not as difficult as some of the other undefeated teams in the state.
However, the Juniors have practically a veteran team on the field this year and another defeat for Washington high seems inevitable unless the Tigers realize they can’t loaf and win football games. Friday evening’s encounter promises to be the most colorful of the season, for at least two Junior Order bands and a drum corps will be in the stands in addition to the Washington high band.
Members of the order from surrounding cities will attend the game since it is the only one played by the school in this section of the state. The game also will be the semi-final on the home schedule of the Tigers. Only the encounter with Dover will be played on Massillon Field after Friday.
Line up and summary of Akron South game: Massillon Pos Akron South Brunker LE H. Neidert Price LT Mollen Mudd LG Ridge Hoyman C Wonn Schimke RG Black W. Monore RT Schnur Getz RE Kapper Knowlton QB Anderson Foster LH C. Neidert Kester RH Rackich Singer FB Kotch
Score by periods: Massillon 6 0 0 0 6 Akron South 0 0 0 7 7
Substitutions: Massillon – Williams for Singer; Clendening for Knowlton; Singer for Midd; Toles for Schimke; Mudd for Toles; Heisler for Brunker. Akron – Seckich for Schnur; Kauger for Rackich; Kalgren for Wonn; Reckner for C. Neidert.
Touchdowns: Massillon – Knowlton. Akron South – Kotch.
Point after touchdown: Akron South – Anderson (placekick).
Referee – Rang (Akron). Umpire – McPherson (W. & J.) Head Linesman – Gross (Marietta).
Brilliant Toledo Football Machine Defeats Tigers 27-0 ORANGE AND BLACK IS CRUSHED UNDER POWERFUL OFFENSE
By LUTHER EMERY
With a crushing offense stopped only by penalties, Scott high of Toledo, the green mountain of the Maumee valley, rolled along to an easy 27-0 victory over Washington high under the lights of Massillon Field Friday night.
Sixteen cylinders give greater power and smoothness over a six cylinder car, and in this comparison is seen the difference between the Washington high and Toledo teams.
Scott Never Passed Scott, using the double wing back formation, clicked off a smooth and powerful attack, every man figuring in every play, while the Washington high squad slipped and sputtered against its superior opponent and never even threatened to score.
The ease with which Scott scored its four touchdowns tended to show that the Toledoans might have rolled up an even larger total had they been harder pressed. As it was the Toledo school only punted three times, lost the ball once on a fumble and for the most part was in possession of the pigskin.
A sturdy line, frequently penalized for its eagerness to out charge the forward wall of the Massillon team, was the chief asset to the visitors’ victory.
Stopped Tiger Attacks On the offensive the first ranks opened large holes in the Massillon front and allowed the Scott backs to come driving through, the ball carrier following a fast blocking interference. On defense the Scott team looked even more powerful, and time and again crashed through the Tigers to smear plays behind the line of scrimmage.
The Toledo school seemed to have everything a good football team could desire. Its attack was well nigh perfect and generaled by a peppy quarterback who was not only an inspiration to his team but a triple threat football player as well. He did all of the kicking and all but three of his bullet like passes reached their mark.
Jubilant as they were over their victory, the Toledo fans never-the-less left Massillon last night somewhat downcast for their star left end, Southard, suffered a broken left shoulder in the fourth quarter after catching at 25-yard pass, which had put Scott in a position to strike the line for its fourth touchdown.
Southard caught all but two of the passes during the night’s fray. Burkhart snaring one of the others and it resulted in a touchdown.
Tigers Threaten But Once Washington high’s only real threat came in the first period when Williams recovered Chambers’ fumble on the Scott 40-yard line. Scott was penalized five yards on the first play for offside and Clendening and Foster carried through for a first down on the 29-yard line. From that point the orange and black traveled backwards. Knowlton lost a yard. So did Williams and Clendening lost four yards. Clendening, attempting to pass on the fourth down, was smothered by a flock of green and white jerseys and the Toledoans gained possession of the ball on their own 40-yard line.
Scott toward the end of the first period began an offensive which placed the ball in position for a score early in the second period. The Toledoans came into possession of the ball through a punt on the Massillon 36-yard line. Burkhart, who has the reputation of being the best scholastic ball carrier in Toledo ripped off five yards. Brymer and Chambers made it first down on the Massillon 21-yard line. Brymer hit left tackle for seven yards and Florence made it first down on the seven-yard line. Rozinski in two plays carried to the two-yard line and Chambers plunged across. Forence’s attempted placekick hit the east goal post and was grounded.
Forward passes figured in the second score of the period, Rozinski took Kester’s punt to his 30 and carried back 15 yards. Kester tossed Florence for a one-yard loss and the latter on another attempt gained but two yards. Stopped momentarily on the line of scrimmage, Florence snapped a pass to Southard for a first down on the Massillon 36-yard line. His next pass was slightly high for Schlaffer to snag and was grounded. Chambers plunged for four yards and Florence snapped another pass to Southard for a first down on the 20-yard line. Another pass, Florence to Rozinski, gained a first down on the six-yard line from where Chambers plunged across. This time a pass, Florence to Southard, gained the extra point.
Score After Kickoff Toledo took the kickoff at the start of the third period and began a drive that did not stop until the Massillon goal line had been crossed. Clendening kicked off to Schlaffer, who ran the ball out on the 27-yard line. Brymer and Burkhart made a first down on the 40. Chambers reeled off 12 yards for a first down on the 48-yard line. Brymer made five yards and Chambers in two plays made a first down on the 33-yard line. Burkhart was tossed for a loss of five yards, but Florence stepped back, hurled a 15-yard pass to Burkhart, who scampered 25 yards along the east sideline for a touchdown.
Florence placekicked the extra point.
Scott scored its last touchdown in the fourth quarter, gaining the ball in midfield on a punt. A pass, Florence to Southard, gave the Toledoans a first down, on the Massillon 35-yard line. Southard suffered a broken shoulder on the play. Burkhart in two plays made it first down on the 24-yard line. Brymer was held with gain, but Chambers carried the ball in three plays for a first down on the 12-yard line. Rozinski made five yards and Florence three more. Brymer nearly stopped once, slipped through for a first down on the one-yard line. Chambers was stopped without gain but Florence plunged through for the touchdown and placekicked the extra point.
The leading ground gainer of the Massillon team was Foster, who likewise got away for the second longest run of the game, a 29-yard dash early in the third quarter. Kester, also slipped away once for a long gain in the second period.
In the first half Singer barked the signals from a guard position. Clendening called the plays in the second half.
The Toledo team made 17 first downs to Massillon’s six, and lost 80 yards in penalties. The local team was not penalized once. Being penalized is nothing new for Scott, however the Toledo school having been set back a total of 124 yards in penalties a week ago.
The game was witnessed by a large crowd, several thousand fans filling the stands and standing along the sidelines.
Summary: Massillon Pos Scott Brunker LE Southard Price LT E. Smith Singer LG Snyder Hoyman C Gerwick Mudd RG Seyfang Adams RT Lane Heisler RE Schlaffer Knowlton QB Florence Clendening LH Burkhart Foster RH Brymer Williams FB Chambers
Washington High And Akron East Battle To Scoreless Tie ORANGE AND BLACK OUTPLAYS OLD RIVAL AFTER POOR START
By LUTHER EMERY
After staving off several attempts Saturday at Akron of Akron East high to score in the first half, Washington high came back in the last half to push the Orientals back into the same precarious position, but likewise could not register any points and the second football game of the season for the orange and black ended in a scoreless tie.
Both games thus far have resulted in tie scores, the opening engagement being a 6-6 draw with Youngstown East. While there were many fans disappointed at not seeing the Tigers chalk up a victory over their old rubber city rival, the crowd as a whole was content with the tie score, for it was the first time since 1927 that a Massillon team has battled East high on even terms.
East Offensive Deceptive East, boasting a somewhat heavier team, presented a deceptive and well covered attack in the first half and played rings around the Massillon gridders. In fact the Tigers found it impossible to score a single first down against the Akron boys during the first two periods of play.
East on the other hand made the required yardage five times and moreover kept the ball in Massillon territory most of the time.
East Makes Advance This time the local team advanced the ball to the 30-yard line from which point Clendening again angled for a break and punted out of bounds on East’s nine-yard line. The Akron team came back with a rush, however and carried the ball past midfield in its only offensive of the second half, but the Tigers got stubborn in their own territory, refused to yield ground and East punted over the goal line. The game ended a short time later with the locals holding the ball on their own 39-yard line.
East scored one more first down than the Massillon team, making eight to the Tigers’ seven, and neither school succeeded in completing a forward pass. East tried it five times and three of these were intercepted. Washington high attempted four passes all of which were grounded.
The Orientals once advanced the ball to the three-yard mark, but here the Tigers’ braced and held for downs when a forward pass on the fourth Akron attempt to advance the ball was grounded.
Massillon Team Takes Offensive But what East did to Massillon in the first half the Tigers did to the Akron school during the next two periods of play. On the kickoff opening the third quarter, Clendening dashed to midfield before being downed, the last man in his path making the tackle. The run was 35 yards long. Foster plunged through for 15 on the next play and a series of line plunges took the ball to the 32-yard line, in spite of a five-yard penalty inflicted on the Tigers for being offside. On the fourth down Clendening snapped a pass to Brunker, but failed to give the Massillon end sufficient lead, and the ball was grounded. It barely touched the tips of Brunker’s fingers and he had a free path to the goal ahead of him.
The next time the Tigers came into possession of the ball they marched from their own 13-yard line to East’s 34-yard line where the Orientals braced and grounded two consecutive passes to gain possession of the ball. Williams in the rush barely got loose for a touchdown, being tackled by the Akron safety man after a dash through left tackle for 21 yards.
The Tigers gained possession of the ball at the start of the fourth period and began another drive for a touchdown which was stopped on the 30-yard line from which point Clendening placed a punt out of bounds on East’s five-yard line, in a play for a break. Gray, however, was well supported by his line and he punted out of danger and back to Clendening on the 34-yard line. Clendening muffed the ball but recovered for no return. Had he held the pigskin he might have advanced it nearer the goal, for his teammates had cleared a path for him along the sideline.
The game was played cleanly, only one 15-yard penalty being inflicted and that was stepped off against East. The Akron school was penalized once for being offside while Washington high lost 15 yards for this violation.
The locals lacked a fighting spirit in the first half and were fooled continually by East’s deceptive double and triple passes behind the line of scrimmage. The Orientals were exceptionally adept at covering their plays, and time and again a flock of Tigers took after the wrong man. They followed the ball closer in the last two periods, however, and East’s tricks were smothered most of the time.
3,000 See Game The crowd estimated by East high officials to be 3,000 strong, and a third of this number consisted of Massillon fans, who were given a section of the bleachers to themselves after a 100-yard dash for a ticket.
Both teams presented revamped lineups. Owens, a big All-Akron high school tackle was kept on the bench because on injuries. Injuries also kept Monroe and Krug, Massillon players out of the game. Amic started at fullback but was quickly replaced by Williams. Schimke and Singer held down the guards, and Brunker took Krug’s end.
Summary: Massillon Pos. Akron Getz LE Brooks Price LT Vesper Singer LG Swiers Hoyman C Krino Schimke RG Schenz Adams RT Craig Brunker RE Thomas Clendening QB Gray Kester LH Garcia Foster RH Hartline Amic FB Little
YOUNGSTOWN EAST HOLDS WASHINGTON HIGH TO 6-6 SCORE IN GRID OPENER JOHNNY ZBAN STARS FOR INVADING TEAM; KESTER TIGER ACE
By FRED J. BECKER Independent Sports Editor
Just because a football team fails to win a game during an entire season is no indication it will meet the same fate the following year. East high of Youngstown had a very lean year in 1930 in football, going through the entire campaign without winning a contest. But then Youngstown East did not have Johnny Zban on its squad a year ago and from the way young Johnny stepped around on the gridiron at Massillon Field Friday night Youngstown East is going to pay dividends in the way of some football victories before the 1931 campaign closes.
The Mahoning county gridders invaded Massillon last night to inaugurate Washington high’s season in a nocturnal battle and as it turned out the Youngstown team put on the party, throwing somewhat of a surprise into Coach Elmer McGrew’s lads and several thousand fans by holding the youthful Tigers to a 6 to 6 tie in 48 minutes of rousing football combat. There was nothing of the weakling about Youngstown East last night. Paced by the clever Zban, the eastern Ohio boys gave the Massillonians quite a lesson in football.
Zban Destined for Stardom Moral victories never show up in the football ledger of games won and lost but East had a right to go home last night feeling that its feat of holding the Tigers to a tie score earned them a moral triumph at least. Considering that they hadn’t won a game last year and the touchdown they scored in the third period last night was their first since the middle of the 1930 campaign they had a right to feel justly proud of their accomplishment.
It’s our humble opinion that young Johnny Zban is going to make a whale of a football player before he hangs his war togs up for keeps. Just a sophomore, this youngster, ran the Massillon boys right off their feet by his spectacular dashes on sweeping runs around the Tiger flanks. And he kept it up the entire evening. Rare were the occasions when he was stopped without a gain and more often than not his dashes carried him through the Massillon team for gains of from five to 38 yards.
Kester Flashes But Johnny was not alone in the limelight when it came to showing a clean pair of heels to opposing tacklers. Massillon also had a youngster making his debut as a Tiger regular, who is going to be heard from quite a bit as the campaign grows older. This lad is “Bo” Kester, another member of that Kester family which has turned out some pretty good athletes in its day and “Bo” seems to be another chip off the old block.
Johnny also has a well educated set of dogs and his sprints through the Youngstown team’s forward wall along with Glenn Williams’ bulldog smashes into the line were the bright spots in Massillon’s offense. Although the tie score was a disappointment in a way, yet it should not detract from the possibilities in the Massillon squad. The Tigers need plenty of coaching, especially on defensive play. They just couldn’t seem to build up any defense to stop Zban’s running attack and tackles and ends were sucked in time after time on Youngstown’s wide end plays.
But practice and experience should eliminate this fault and it’s certain Coach McGrew next week will be ironing out the faults which appeared in Friday’s performance.
Even though Zban nearly ran the Tigers out of their shoes, Massillon might have won had it not been for a disastrous fumble late in the third quarter. The Tigers, after keeping play in East’s territory during the entire first period finally shoved over their one touchdown near the close of the first 12 minute stanza.
East Scores in Third Then East bucked up, flashed strong on offense in the second period and crashed through to its touchdown early in the third. Massillon, however, came right back and was within scoring distance a few minutes later but lost the chance when a fumble was recovered by East.
On the opening kickoff, Clark of East fumbled and Krug covered for Massillon on East’s 38-yard line. The Tigers went right to work and reached the 15 yard line before losing the oval on downs. East punted but the Tigers marched right back to the 12-yard line before a 25-yard penalty for holding erased the chance to score.
East, however, couldn’t gain and punted to Clendening who raced the kick back 25 yards to East’s 33. Kester went off right tackle for 12.
He made two more and Williams smacked a hole in the line for nine and another first down. Clendening made one and Williams lugged the ball to the one yard line from where he went over on the next play. Clendening’s attempted place kick for extra point was blocked.
Brilliant March East seemed to find itself in the second period and began to give the Tigers a sample of what they were destined to endure during the rest of the game – Johnny Zban’s end runs. The visitors turned Zban loose with a vengeance and Johnny clicked like a well oiled machine. He was relieved on the end running business occasionally by Hanna who also proved hard to stop.
The East offense flashed when the visitors gained the ball on their 28-yard line when Clendening fumbled. They began a march which carried them to Massillon’s 10-yard mark before being halted. It netted four straight first downs before Massillon held and took the ball within the shadow of its goal posts. Foster immediately punted out of danger as the period ended.
But Zban was not to be denied. On the first play after the kickoff in the third period, Johnny dashed around Massillon’s left end and down the field for 38 yards before being pulled to earth on the Tigers’ 18 yard mark. Two line plays and Zban again dashed around end for another first down on the three yard line. Then East decided to give Johnny a rest and went to bucking the line. Four times the invaders smashed away at the center of the line, gaining a little ground each time until on fourth down they had the ball within an inch of the line. This time Santor took it and went over for the touchdown which tied the score. Zban tried to dash around end for the extra point but was nailed before he could make it.
Fumbles Hurt The Tigers came back with a rush and Mr. “Bo” Kester turned loose his speed in a brilliant 33 yard dash to East’s 30-yard line to set up hopes of another Tiger touchdown. Clendening and Williams made a first down in two plays and the ball was on East’s 20. Two offside plays hurt Massillon but Kester made good on another dash around end for 11 yards to plant the ball on the eight yard mark. Williams crashed the line for six. Then disaster overtook the Tigers. With a touchdown in sight Kester dropped the pass from center and lost five. On the next play Williams fumbled and Ferraro, East center pounced on the ball on the nine-yard line and the visitors punted out of danger.
Before the quarter ended Massillon punted and Hanna fumbled on an end play, Singer covering on East’s 30. Hope flamed anew but it was dashed when Massillon was set back 15 yards for holding.
From then on until the end of the game neither team was able to accomplish much.
Score: Massillon – 6 Pos. Youngstown – 6 Getz LE Clark Price LT Joseph Mudd LG Bugg Hoyman C Ferraro K. Monroe RG Gardner Adams RT Garibaldi Krug RE Pugh Singer QB Santor Kester LH Hanna Clendening RH Zban Williams FB Sannartino
MASSILLON HIGH RUNNING ATTACK CRUSHES McKINLEY 14-6 CLEVER TIGER BACKS CRACK BULLDOG LINE DURING FIRST HALF
Canton Miscues, However, Lead To Both Orange And Black Scores
PUPS TALLY IN FINAL QUARTER
Hartsel’s Accurate Passing Has Opponents Worried In Second Half
By CLAYTON G. HORN
THE Bulldogs of McKinley High school owned an excellent and impressive 1930 football record until they ran the gauntlet of county competition. Now it is merely good. Alliance erased the impressiveness of it eight days ago, but only yesterday Massillon reduced it to just a mere shadow of its former brilliance.
That’s just another way of breaking the sad news that football as it is played by those Washington High Tigers who yesterday romped to a 14 to 6 victory over McKinley is still a bit too tough and complicated a solution for the Bulldogs. It was too much for them last year, too, and primarily because it was delivered by that same three-pointed weapon – Jack Kester, Glenn Williams and Jack Clendening.
Those three Tiger backs romped up and down the Massillon athletic field yesterday, even as they did at Lakeside stadium one year ago. But their thrusts on this occasion were deadened somewhat more effectively than they were in 1929 but only because they were running headlong into a team that refused to die or even wilt in the very path of complete destruction.
Yes, that combination of the best ball-lugging machinery Massillon has claimed in many a gridiron moon was prancing in true anti-McKinley form. There was Williams shooting off tackle with a viciousness that is unique in scholastic circles, there was Kester punting like his foot was mad at the ball and riddling the Bulldog line to shreds with his delayed bucks and last but not least there was Clendening, the ebony flash, circling the ends with a vengeance that left nothing to be desired.
That stellar brand of straight football execution, coupled with just one aerial, gave the Tigers an advantage in the first half that was nothing short of amazing. It left the Bulldogs in the lurch for an offensive of their own and shoved them in the shadow of their own goal post on no less than five occasions two of which were productive.
While their efforts, both offensively and defensively, were almost negligent during the first two quarters, the men of Dwight Peabody, profiting by a good tongue lashing during the recess period, came out to put on exhibition an entirely different brand of ball. Massillon continued to threaten and on one occasion carried the ball over only to have it called back for an offside penalty, but its charges met with a more stubborn resistance and its defense was put to test for the first time during the fuss.
Even though Massillon clearly outplayed McKinley, as the 18 to 10 advantage in first downs will indicate, both Tiger touchdowns came as the result of fumbles deep in Canton territory. The first, midway in the initial quarter, saw Hartsel bobble on his own 29. Captain Willison recovered for the Orange and Black, and the march, which was soon to produce the first score of the game was on with the very next play.
Williams smashed off tackle for eight yards and after Clendening had failed, Kester made it a first down on McKinley’s 17. Kester hit center for four more and a pass, Clendening to Hess, the first Tiger aerial of the game, was good for the touchdown. Clendening’s place kick was good for the extra point. Peculiarly enough, this drive followed two others that failed within the McKinley 10, the first dying on the half-yard line and the second fading on the nine when a pass was incomplete.
The second touchdown followed a fumble by Plaver when he foolishly attempted to scoop up a punt on his own 23. Massillon recovered. Kester picked up seven yards on two line plays and then Williams broke loose to the 14. An offside penalty placed the ball on the nine-yard line. Kester clicked three on a delayed buck and Williams added two on a pair of off-tackle smashes. Clendening went over for the touchdown when he cut between end and tackle. McKinley was offside on the try for the extra point. Before the half had ended, the Tigers again carried the ball to the McKinley one-yard line only to have the gun cheat them out of another probable score.
The Bulldogs unleashed a heavy overhead bombardment at the outset of the third quarter and for a time seemed destined to march the length of the field. It so happened, however, that they were stopped on the Massillon 17-yard line when Hartsel, who had thrown the ball with deadly accuracy on no less than four occasions, was forced to run when he found no eligible pass receiver open.
McKinley launched its touchdown march from its own 30 late in the third period. A pass, Hartsel to Clark, was good for 20 yards just as the quarter ended. At the opening of the final heat, Hartsel circled right end for nine and Clark made it first down on Massillon’s 30. Hartsel smashed right tackle for five and a pass, Hartsel to Clark carried the ball to the 17. Hartsel picked up five more on a fake play and Dick Miller carried it to the six on two thrusts. On the third play, Hartsel carried it over. Bob Schreiber was rushed in to dropkick for the extra point but his effort was blocked.
In addition to Kester, Clendening and Williams, Hess and Willison played stellar ball for Massillon. For McKinley, Buddy Hartsel stood head and shoulders above the backfield performers and Duffy, DeStefano, George and Billings looked good on the line.
What’s Wrong Massillon Pos. Canton Getz LE Forsyth Willison LT George Worthington LG Neil Hoyman C Billings Monroe RG Jones Price RT Duffy Hess RE Smith Kester QB Hodnick Clendening LH Brinson Singer RH Hartsel Williams FB Plaver
Substitutions: McKinley – DeStefano for Neil; Clark for Plaver; Black for Jones; Miller for Brinson; R. Schreiber for Forsyth; Gottsheck for Black. Massillon – Bordner for Hess; Hess for Bordner; Foster for Hess; Bordner for Singer; Snodgrass for Monroe; Mudd for Worthington; Schott for Hoyman.
Referee – Howells (Sebring). Umpire – Schaeffer (Akron). Head Linesman – Barrett (Ohio State).
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1930
Sidelights On Saturday’s Battle
It takes a game with Canton McKinley to bring out the best in a Washington high school football team. That was demonstrated Saturday when the Tigers mopped up the gridiron with the Bulldogs, winning 14 to 6. Coach Elmer McGrew’s boys did everything just about right.
Their fighting spirit was magnificent. Their offensive attack was pretty to watch. The interference for the first time this season was well nigh perfect. The blocking and charging also were good. And the tackling – well ask the Canton ball carriers how effective that was. Great holes were torn into the Canton line by the hard charging Massillon forwards. On end runs the backs came around like a streak to take out Canton’s secondary defense and open holes for the ball lugger.
The kind of ability the Tigers displayed Saturday night have put a blemish on the record of Steubenville’s great team had it been in evidence three weeks ago.
The crowd Saturday was a typical Massillon-Canton gathering. The enthusiasm was there and the cheering was plentiful. But it was an orderly crowd. Ten policemen and a corps of firemen worked diligently to keep some of the more enthusiastic rooters off the field and for the most part succeeded. About 6,000 paid to see the game. Another thousand saw it from a knoll just south of the field.
On form of greeting among the youngsters Saturday was, “How did you get in?” indicating that probably more than one youthful Tiger rooter climbed over the fence when a policeman’s back was turned.
The day was ideal for football, just enough snap in the air. The wind was a bit strong but it did not interfere with the punting.
It certainly looked like a big game along the sidelines. A flock of reporters were busy dashing up and down the field getting all the dope. Then a radio broadcasting company sent out details of the game over the air. Several special telephone wires also were in operation and the cameramen were there with everything from a pea shooter to a motion picture outfit. Amplifiers carried details of the game to the crowd.
The opening ceremony was the raising of the Stars and Stripes to the top of the flag pole at the north end of the field. The crowd stood bareheaded as the flag was run up the pole and the massed bands of Canton and Massillon played the Star Spangled Banner.
Canton McKinley’s band was in natty uniforms of red and black coats and white trousers. Massillon’s band was in civilian dress. Both furnished lots of music.
Just before the game started the Canton band lined up in the center of the field
DOVER FURNISHES LITTLE OPPOSITION FOR TIGERS AND IS BADLY DEFEATED MASSILLON GRIDDERS SCORE 46 POINTS IN SATURDAY’S CONTEST
By LUTHER EMERY
BIG Bob Willison, piloted his Washington high Tigers over a quiet sea at Dover Saturday afternoon, and the Crimson wave that was expected to block his progress, was parted in twain as the Massillon bark rode to a 46-0 victory and a tie for the N.E.O. league title.
Played under the threatening skies that at intervals seemed ready to drench spectators and gridders, the game from a standpoint of open enthusiasm was the most listless contest in which the Tigers have played this year.
Tigers on Touchdown Spree Dover, apparently beaten from the start, lacked spirit while touchdowns appeared to come so easy for Washington high that the Massillon fans took them as a matter of routine and did not bellow forth with the lusty cheers that the brand of play put forth by the orange and black deserved.
The play of the Massillon gridders was anything but listless, and though Dover had little and gave less, the local team showed an offensive attack that smashed the Crimson front line batteries into bits.
Injuries Hit Both Teams Hampered by injuries, the teams started the game with revamped lineups. Washington high had Bordner, Hess and Roderick on the bench. Dover was even harder hit, four of its linemen being either too ill or too badly used up by past opponents to take part in the team’s hardest game of the season Saturday with Washington high.
There is little doubt but Washington high was the strongest eleven faced by the Crimson this season. The score proved that but never-the-less only a small crowd turned out for the game, Massillon’s delegation being none too representative for this city.
Starting off in convincing fashion, the Washington high team drove to a touchdown in the first two minutes of play, and threatened continually the remainder of the game. Another was scored in the second period and several other touchdowns might have been tallied had not 70 yards of penalties in the first half interfered with the Tigers attack. In those first two periods Dover had the ball in its possession for only a couple of minutes, and then was forced to play in its own backyard. Once the Crimson managed to get up to its own 40 where the Tigers held, forcing a punt.
Crimson Swamped In Second Half The score at the end of the first half, 14-0, forecast what could be expected in the next two periods and it came with a bang. It was kind of a Thanksgiving game for the Tigers anyhow, so they fattened themselves on points, boosting their total by 26 in the third period and then polishing off the day’s work with a lone touchdown in the final period of play.
It was in this fourth period that Dover flashed its only offense of the day, registering two first downs in succession and carrying the ball to the 18-yard line. But those first downs were as useful to Dover as tails on a dress suit, and the rally came to an abrupt end when Singer intercepted a pass on the 15-yard line and dashed back to the Massillon 45-yard stripe before his legs were pulled from beneath him.
Against Dover’s two first downs, the Tigers rolled up 23 of those 10-yard distances and might have made many more had not Coach Elmer McGrew elected to use a set of reserve backs during a large portion of the second half.
Dover Strong On Ends Dover presented a scrappy team which looked strong on the flanks, Smith and Kelker playing a commendable game. In fact Dover’s defense was weakened considerably when Kelker was taken out of the game with injuries for in most instances during the afternoon he had succeeded in turning in the charges around his end or sifting through the interference to nab the runner. Smith even outshone Kelker on the other wing, and was found under most every play.
The loss of Hartman, who although ordinarily a fullback was used at center Saturday, also was felt by Gus Peterka’s team. In fact before more than half the game was over, Washington high was playing a Dover team made up largely of reserve players. Peterka took no chances with his gridders Saturday. As soon as a player showed signs of an injury he was yanked from the game since Dover has a far more important contest 10 days in the future – the annual battle with New Philadelphia for the Tuscarawas county championship. McGrew likewise spared his regulars as much as possible Saturday, filling the ranks freely with substitutes many of whom were given their first taste of varsity football competition.
Will Share N.E.O. Title In defeating Dover, the Washington high gridders at least earned a tie for first place in the N.E.O. Big Ten football league. Alliance and Salem, league teams are still undefeated. They meet Thanksgiving Day. Should they tie, then Washington high will have undisputed possession of first place in the league. Otherwise the winner will share the honor with the Tigers. Wooster, which was reported last week as having a chance for the title, is out of the running, for a defeat suffered at the hands of New Philadelphia, was overlooked when the standings were drawn up.
Besides Dover, Washington high has defeated both Barberton and Warren in league play. Barberton was swamped 20 to 0, while Warren was even handled more roughly, the red and white losing by a 27-0 score. Warren has filed a protest on that game with State Athletic Commissioner Townsend, charging that the referee, Ricker, was incapable. A copy of the protest has been sent to the president of the N.E.O. league. It is doubtful, however, if Warren’s protest will in any way affect the standing of the league, for though the red and white may have a right to argue one decision made by the referee there was no question as to Massillon being the superior tam on the field.
While Washington high may have shown Dover how to play football, the latter school showed the Massillonians how to put a band on the field. The Dover band, twice the size of that of the local school and uniformly dressed furnished the only color to the game with peppy music and a drill between halves. While Washington high has been struggling along from year to year trying to find enough interested students to form a band, Dover has built up a fine organization that is a credit to a school of its size.
Fumble Leads To Touchdown A recovered fumble was responsible for the orange and black’s first touchdown Saturday. The local team had kicked off and a Crimson player muffed the ball on the first play. Worthington and Getz recovering it on the Dover 31-yard line. Clendening ripped through left tackle for eight yards and Kester cut in for eight more and a first down on the 15-yard line. Williams picked up four yards on a fake and Kester got a yard at left tackle. Clendening hit for six and in two more plays Kester carried the ball across for a touchdown. Williams plunged for the extra point.
The second scoring march was launched from the Dover 45-yard line where the Tigers got the ball on a punt. Three drives at the Crimson line netted a first down on the 32-yard line. Kester slipped through for a dash to the 21-yard line. The teams changed locations at the end of the quarter and the Tigers continued their spurt. It took two plunges by Williams to make a first down on the 11-yard line and three more lunges through the right side of the Dover line for a touchdown. Clendening kicked the extra point.
On the next kickoff the Tigers crossed up the Crimson by successfully working a short kick, but penalties ended the local team’s bid for a touchdown. Schott, Massillon center, and Seibert, Dover tackle, were ejected from the game by the referee.
On Scoring Spree The slaughter took place in the second half. A poor punt by Dover carried out of bounds on the 10-yard line. Four plays were necessary to score, Clendening going over for the touchdown. His kick was wide of the posts.
Williams did most of the ball lugging to bring the fourth score of the day. He started things when he intercepted Godfrey’s pass on Dover’s 47-yard line. Straight football with Williams carrying the ball three out of four times, took the pigskin to the three-yard line from which point the Massillon fullback plunged across. Smith fumbled the next kickoff. Getz recovering for Massillon on the Dover 18-yard line. Clendening and Kester got a first down in two plays and two plays later he went over for the touchdown. Clendening kicked goal.
Passes were responsible for the next. Kester to Getz gained 35 yards and a first down on the 18-yard line. Another brought a first on the seven yard line, Kester plunging across for the touchdown. Clendening missed the kick.
The last touchdown was scored by the Tiger subs. Singer ended a Dover rally by intercepting a pass on the 15-yard line and carrying it back to the Massillon 45-yard line. Clendening got loose for a dash to the 36-yard line and Singer and Foster in three attempts got a first down on the 25-yard line.
The same two boys kept plunging away until Foster succeeded in plunging over for a touchdown. Clendening’s kick was wide of the goal.
Line up and summary: Massillon Pos. Dover Getz LE Smith Willison LT Selbert Snodgrass LG Horn Hoyman C Hartman Monroe RG Herman Price RT Gordon Singer RE Kelker Kester QB Godfrey Clendening LH Sauers Foster RH Maurer Williams FB Fautz
Score by periods: Massillon 7 7 26 6 46
Substitutions: Massillon – Mudd for Snodgrass; Worthington for Singer; Singer for Foster; Schott for Hoyman; Assmus for Schott; Foster for Williams; Toles for Monroe; Shattuck for Kester; Suttle for Price; Richardson for Toles; Buhecker for Shattuck; Nelson for Getz; Appleby for Suttle; Heisler for Worthington. Dover – Espenschied for Hartman; Archinal for Seibert; Graves for Kelker; Mason for Sauers; Lindamood for Kaurman.
Touchdowns: Massillon – Kester 2; Williams 2; Clendening 2; Foster.
Point after touchdown: Massillon – Clendening 3 (placekick); Williams (linebuck).
WASHINGTON HIGH SHOWS POWER IN CRUSHING WARREN UNDER 27 TO 0 SCORE LONG DASHES ROUTE VISITORS IN FOURTH PERIOD OF HOT DUEL
By LUTHER EMERY
THAT teeter totter game of football that Washington high school and Warren was expected to play when the two teams got together Saturday on Massillon field, just didn’t develop, the Tigers completely outbalancing the visitors with their superior play with the result that Warren was up in the air throughout the game. The score was 27-0 in favor of the Tigers.
Warren was “up in the air” in more ways than one, and so was the referee, more disputes taking place and petty grievances breaking out in Saturday’s game than have ever developed in Massillon-Warren jousts of past years.
Officials Impartial But what ever the errors of the officials amounted to they were not the result of partiality, for both sides gained and lost in the decisions. Warren coming to Massillon with a so called military shift that had accomplished wonders in several past game, found itself confronted with a stubborn Tiger defense that would not yield advances to the moleskin clad soldiers of Pierre Hill. Neither would the officials yield seconds to the red and white on their shift, and this started a controversy that delayed the first kickoff several minutes.
Massillon scouts had seen Warren in action several times this season and before the start of the game, Coach McGrew in the presence of the Warren coach, asked the officials to pay particular attention to the Warren shift and make certain that the team paused sufficiently long before passing the ball.
Argument Follows “Touchdown” The game finally got under way, both teams battling through the first quarter, without either scoring although the Tigers once carried the ball to the one-foot line where it was lost on downs. Play was in Warren’s territory the greater part of the period and the second quarter opened with the orange and black launching another attack from the Massillon 20-yard line. They carried the ball to the 35-yard line where Kester punted over the goal line. Getting the ball on the 20, Warren charged back and gained a first down on the 30-yard line, but on the next play, Burkhart fumbled and the ball bounded into the air and into the arms of Getz, who raced across the Warren goal line. The officials at first awarded the Tigers a touchdown and Clendening kicked goal. Then the big argument started. Hill objected to the referee’s decision. It so happened that Ricker blew his whistle after the start of the play, intending to penalize Warren 15 yards for illegal shifting. Ricker claims he blew the whistle after Getz had scooped up the fumble and while the Massillon player was racing toward the Warren goal line. He reversed his decision eventually, disallowed the touchdown and gave the Tigers the ball on the 27-yard line, the point where Ricker said Getz was when the whistle was blown. Hill, however, contended and rightfully so, it seems, that Massillon should not have been given the ball but that Warren should have been penalized 15 yards for the illegal shift and allowed to retain possession of the ball.
Sfera Put Out of Game That started things. The Warren players riled at the decision, lost control of themselves and on the next play, after the whistle had blown, jumped upon Kester from every direction to stop his five-yard gain. The referee without hesitation stepped off 15 yards for piling up, giving the Tigers the ball on the seven-yard line. Kester took it across for a legal touchdown on the next play. While Kester was making points, Sfera, Warren guard lost his temper and tied into Monroe, Washington high guard with both fists. Sfera was ejected from the game by the referee, and Warren was penalized half the distance to the goal line on the try for point after touchdown. Fortunately, the disputed seven points for three quarters, came back in the last period with a crushing attack that produced three touchdowns in rapid succession. Really only two of the goals were worked for, since the third was scored as a result of poor football on Warren’s part.
With the first half ending 7-0, the orange and black went into the third period determined to increase their margin. They threatened several times and were always dangerous, but Warren thwarted a score when the Tigers neared the goal. Once a penalty stopped the Massillon advance, and again an injury slowed up the local team. So the period went by without any points being made.
Score On long Runs The fourth quarter found the orange and black again driving toward the Warren goal, but the red and white checked the attack on the seven-yard line. It looked like a lost opportunity until Clendening grabbed Bartlett’s fine punt on the Massillon 45-yard line and raced 55-yards for a touchdown and the most sensational run of the year for a Tiger player. He likewise kicked goal.
That was the straw that broke the camel’s back, for Warren after receiving the kickoff, carried the ball back to midfield where it was lost on downs and a few moments later, Williams hit through the right side of the line for a gallop of 37 yards and a third score. Clendening’s kick was wide of the goal. Warren gave the orange and black its fourth and final touchdown of the game. Willison kicked off, the ball landing on the 20-yard line and bouncing over the goal. A Warren player followed it back and hesitated picking it up, apparently undecided as to whether or not it was a free ball. And while he was making up his mind, Bill Worthington pounced on the pigskin for a Massillon touchdown. Williams bucked the ball across for the extra point.
Tigers Make 15 First Downs There was no doubt as to the Massillon team’s superiority Saturday. The Tigers made 15 first downs to Warren’s five and never allowed the visitor’s to threaten. In fact the red and white only succeeded in passing the 50 yard mark on two occasions and for the most part were confined to a space between the 20 and 40 yard stripes.
Talk about the devil and he’ll appear.
Past Warren games have always been finished with the friendliest feelings between players and spectators, and this noble feature was heralded in pre-game publicity. But Saturday most everything happened including a battle of fists, both in and out of the game, the ejection of a player and disputes over officials’ decisions.
Some might walk a mile for a camel, but it is doubtful if Sfera will walk across a football field anymore for a swat in the jaw. After Williams had been removed from the game in favor of a substitute, late in the fourth quarter, Sfera, Warren guard, who was put out in the first period for slugging, slunk away from his team’s bench, and trailed the Massillon fullback to the clubhouse. “Want to fight?” said Sfera, at the same time making a pass at Williams. “Sure,” was the reply. And that was that. A crowd gathered around but there was no more fist throwing and the Warren player was escorted to his team’s bus.
Tie For Title Seen The victory was an important one to Washington high for it practically assured the Tigers of a tie for the N.E.O. Big Ten Championship. Only Dover stands in the way of the Massillonians and there is no reason why the local gridders should not take the measure of the crimson next Saturday at Dover.
The Tigers’ forward passes were useless again Saturday. Six were attempted, one being intercepted and one completed for a gain of three yards. Warren failed to connect in three attempts.
The visiting school was escorted by a large and well drilled uniformed band that gave a demonstration of its skill between halves.
Line up and summary: Massillon Pos. Warren Getz LE McKay Willison LT Gouldner Worthington LG Sfera Hoyman C Chandler Monroe RG Hilston Price RT McKinney Hess RE Alexander Bordner QB Burkhart Kester LH Mayberry Clendening RH Bartlett Williams FB Rogers
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