1932: Massillon 0, Barberton 0

NEITHER TEAM ABLE TO SCORE TOUCHDOWN IN THRILLING GAME
Washington High Tigers And Barberton Magics In Scoreless Tie

By KEN HARTWICK

PAUL Brown’s Washington high school Tigers and Jimmy Price’s Barberton high Magicians played a mighty interesting game of football at Massillon field before a large crowd Saturday afternoon, but failed to reach a decision, the fracas ending in a scoreless tie after four quarters of thrilling play.

Although not one touchdown, at least one that counted, was made during the game, it was anything but a dull affair. To be exact, “Jumping Joe” Williams, Barberton’s star, intercepted a Massillon pass on his 25-yard line and ran down the west side of the field to the Tigers’ goal line but he was called back to the Massillon 44 where officials ruled he had been forced out of bounds.

Ball Close Several Times
That was the only time the ball was carried over a goal line but on several other occasions it was so close that it seemed only a miracle or a bit of tough luck could prevent it from going across. No miracles occurred but several tough breaks in the form of fumbles and intercepted passes made their appearance and, as a result, there was no scoring.

Proof that the game was anything but a defensive affair is furnished in the fact that the Tigers ran up 13 first downs, enough to win several battles, while the Magics collected 10. Unfortunately most of them were made where they didn’t mean touchdowns and whenever the goal line was neared something happened to prevent a score.

Tigers Keep Fighting
Right at the start of the game the Tigers got two tough breaks in the form of 15-yard penalties which could have been enough to have ruined their morale, but that didn’t mean anything to the orange and black gridders. They kept fighting as hard as ever and were still fighting when the final whistle blew although several of them appeared to be dead tired.

The Tigers got what might be considered a minor good break shortly after the game began. Barberton kicked off and it was Massillon’s ball on its own 35-yard line. Two plays produced only four yards so the Tigers punted. The potential Barberton receiver touched the ball but failed to hold it and Hoyman recovered for Massillon on Barberton’s 40.

First down No. 1 was made immediately, Heben getting it on a nine-yard gain after one yard was made on the first play. A lateral pass, Schrake to Heben, produced six yards more but on the next play Massillon got its first 15-yard penalty. A pass was tried and it was intercepted by Sellers who returned to his own 32.

Their second long penalty was given the Tigers a few minutes later after Barberton tried two plays for two yards and punted to Massillon’s 45. Knowlton made three yards before the play which brought the 15-yard setback. The penalty necessitated a punt, which put the ball on Barberton’s 49-yard stripe from where the visitors made their first threat.

On the first play, Sellers, flashy right half, crashed through for about 16 yards and a first down. Williams swept around right end for six yards and Sellers went through again for seven, putting the ball on Masillon’s 21. Williams added four yards, a lateral produced no gain and Williams got four more making it fourth and one. Again Williams carried and made a first down on Massillon’s seven.

Fight Off Threat
With their backs to their goal, the Tigers fought off the threat, downing Williams on their four-yard stripe on the fourth play.

Barberton threatened again after taking Massillon’s punt on the Tigers’ 31 but this time they were not so successful in gaining and lost the ball on downs on the 28. A five-yard penalty for Barberton and a nice run by Heben gave the Tigers a first down but they couldn’t get another 10 yards and Heben punted out on Barberton’s four-yard marker. Williams and Sellers produced a first down as the quarter ended.

To start the second frame Barberton tried two plays with small gains before Williams punted to Massillon’s 48. At that point the Tigers started to go places. A lateral with Knowlton carrying produced seven yards and Amic added eight for a first down.

Heben, Knowlton and Amic gained 12 yards more on three plays and it was first and 10 on Barberton’s 19. Amic went through for five and Knowlton got two before Barberton put up a stone wall which resulted in no gain on the next play. With fourth down and two to go Amic fumbled and Letwak recovered for Barberton on his own 10-yard line.

The visitors tried two plays before punting, Massillon getting the ball on Barberton’s 40. Heben started around right end found a nice hole and picked up 12 yards. Amic went through for four, Knowlton added three on a spinner play and Amic produced another first down on Barberton’s 16. A lateral pass lost four, an attempted pass was no good and a spinner produced one before Burdette snagged a Massillon pass on his own 12.

Visitors Try Passes
After an exchange of punts Barberton took the ball on its own 20 and on the first play Williams brought the fans to their feet with a net run around the left side of the line. He was well on his way to a touchdown when Heben brought him down on Massillon’s 45. A 15-yard penalty for Barberton after a gain of five yards resulted in Barberton’s first attempted passing attack of the game. Williams hurled two long passes but his men could not get to them. Williams picked up about nine yards as the half ended.

Both teams played nice defensive ball to get the second half started. Both tried punt before Massillon started its new threat. To get it going Heben received a Barberton punt and returned 15 yards to Barberton’s 35. On a lateral pass he went around right end to the 24. Amic gained a yard through the line, Schrake was tossed back a yard and a pass was no good to make it fourth down and still about 10 to go. Right there the Tigers seemed to have outsmarted the visitors. Heben fell back and hurled a pass to Schrake which was good for 13 yards, putting the ball on the visitors 11.

Amic made a short gain and then added five more, putting the ball close to the goal line. No gain was made on the next play and on the fourth down Heben was stopped five yards from a touchdown.

It was Barberton’s ball and the visitors immediately made a first down aided by a five-yard penalty for the Tigers. They couldn’t produce another, however, and had to punt, Williams sending the ball out of bounds on his own 45. Heben and Amic picked up a first down and helped by a five-yard Barberton penalty, added another, putting the ball on the visitor’s 23. Heben gained three on the last play of the quarter. The opening play of the final stanza brought no gain but on the next Shrake took a pass from Knowlton on the 18 and carried to the eight.

Fumbles Near Line
Amic hit the line for two before Heben fumbled again and Campbell recovered for the visitors. It was a tough one for Heben as he got his fingerson the ball as a lateral pass was tried but could not hold it.

Williams picked up 12 yards for Barberton on the first play but the visitors were smothered on the next two plays and had to punt, Williams sending the ball out on the 50. An exchange of punts preceded the Tigers’ next first down. After Heben returned a punt 12 yards to Barberton’s 44, Knowlton and Schrake gained four yards and Heben crashed through Barberton’s line to the 27-yard stripe. Heben got another yard before a pass of his was intercepted by Williams who did some fancy stepping down the side of the field and carried the ball over the Massillon goal line.

The rejoicing of the Barberton fans was short lived, however, because the ball was called back to Massillon’s 44. The Magics were not disheartened, however, and, after Williams was thrown for a loss on the first play, he tossed a pass to Brooks, substitute end, who carried to Massillon’s 30. Williams produced five yards more, Weller found a hole for two more and Brunker tossed Williams for a two yard loss before Williams threw another successful pass, this one to Letwak which just was good enough for a first down on Massillon’s 20.

Barberton found a stone wall after that and Williams again resorted to long passes but two of them were incomplete and the Tigers took the ball on their 25. On the first play Hutsell fumbled and Werner recovered for Barberton on Massillon’s 29.

A five-yard penalty for Massillon and a gain by Williams made it first and 10 on Massillon’s 16. Williams crashed the line for six yards but on the next play he got a bad pass from center and was downed on the 26.

1931: Massillon 0, Barberton 14

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).

Officials:
Referee – Weltner.
Umpire – Tucker.
Head Linesman – Werner.

1922: Massillon 32, Barberton 0

High Gridders Swamp Barberton Under 32 To 0 Score

Piercing Drive Of Orange And Black Brings Second Win

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another Scalp

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

Score by periods:
Massillon 6 7 6 13

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

Touchdowns: Hill 3, Thomas, Ulrich.

Dropkicks after touchdowns: Ulrich, Thomas

Referee – Laubach.
Umpire – Connor.

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