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1899: Massillon 5 Claytown 8

November 6, 1899

GAME NOT FINISHED
High School Team Claims
Referee Made Unfair Decision

Saturday afternoon’s game between the high school and Claytown football teams had a rather unsatisfactory ending.  A large crowd was present.  In the first half, Egan, of Claytown, and Emery, of the high school team, made touchdowns, making the score 5 to 5.  In the second half, after some playing, Claytown punted the ball.  Emery, of the high school, fumbled the ball.  Egan, of the Claytown team, in running after it, touched it with his feet, the ball going over his team’s goal line.  The high school boys claimed he had kicked it intentionally, while Claytown said it was accidental.  Referee Boerngen decided in favor of the latter and gave them a safety, making the score 8 to 5.  The high school boys claimed the decision was unfair, and left the field.  The feature of the game was the playing of Mong, Emery, Schearag and C. Miller.  William Boerngen was referee, Robert Featheringham umpire, and Frank Wittmann timekeeper.

The line-up follows:

High school                     Pos.                        Claytown
Schnierle                            c                             J. Miller
Schuster                            rg                           Richards
Slusser                              lg                       W.R. Smith
Ackert                               rt                            T. Miller
Young                               lt                           Wiseman
Dobson                             re                          W. Smith
Myers                               le                                 Egan
Harrison                           qb                          Schearag
Emery                              rhb                           Clapper
McAllister                        lhb                          C. Miller
Mong                                fb                                  Getz

History

1899: Massillon 0 Wooster 26

HIGH SCHOOL LOST
Defeated by Wooster Saturday Afternoon
THE SCORE WAS   26 TO 0.

Both Teams Strengthened by Outside Talent
All Arrangements Completed for Canton – Massillon Game on Thanksgiving Day
The Athletic Carnival

The Massillon high school team met its enemies at Wooster Saturday afternoon, and lost its first game this season to the Wooster high school team by the score of 26 to 0.  The mournful news reached the city at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon,  When the 8:45 Pennsylvania train pulled into the station in the evening with the members of the Massillon team on board, the latter were greeted by a sympathetic crowd of staunch admirers, who taking a mental inventory of bandaged heads, and damaged limbs, although they admitted that the defeat was terrible, were unanimous in agreeing that their favorites “died game.”

It appears that both teams had heard rumors of the other’s prowess, and had strengthened their causes by a liberal enlistment of “ringers,” but as Wooster is a university town, the team at that place had a decided advantage in having a larger field to choose from.  At any rate the local team found itself lined up against one that was considerably heavier and by whom it was out-classed at every point of the game.  All of Wooster’s gains were made by end runs, two of the touchdowns being made in the first half, and the remainder in the second.  Bucks against the Massillon line were effective.  Schearhag was obliged to retire in the first half on account of a badly injured eye; Dobson taking his place.  Ray Markel, of this city, refereed the game.

The Massillon team lined up as follows:

Schnierle, center; Schuster, rg; Rigler, lg; McAllister, rt; Stark, lt; Featheringham, re; Schearag, le; Mong, qb; Emery, rhb; Grossweiler, lhb; Vogt, fb.

ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED

Arrangements were completed Sunday morning for the great Canton-Massillon game which is to be played at Mahaffey Park on the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day.  The Canton boys are practicing hard for the meeting, while those who saw the members of the Massillon team at work in the field, north of Cherry Street, Sunday afternoon, say that the East Enders will have to practice much harder if they expect to win this year.  The Massillon team will meet for practice at the West Street grounds at 7 o’clock tonight.

History

1895: Massillon 0 Canton Central 6

October 28, 1895

MASSILLON’S TEAM DEFEATED
A Lively Game of Football at Pastime Park

The high school football teams of Massillon and Canton met at Pastime Park, Saturday afternoon, and after two spirited halves, Canton won, score 6 to 0.

The teams lined up as follow:

CANTON                      Pos.                MASSILLON
Betham                        Left End                        W. List
Dillon                         Left Tackle                         Arter
Hurford                      Left Guard                     Harrison
Gauchat                         Center                    Capt. Eoltz
Turnbull                     Right Guard           Featheringham
Bald                          Right Tackle                   Hawkins
Linn                            Right End                        O. List
Day                          Quarterback                  Crawford
Pumphrey                 Left Halfback                      Lester
Jahn                        Right Halfback                   Howald
Cubbison                     Fullback                        Dangler

The Massillon eleven succeeded in preventing the Cantons from scoring in the first half.  Dangler opened the second half with a good kickoff.  There were several fine plays, and when time was called the ball was on Massillon’s thirty yard line and the score 6 to 0.