WASHINGTON HIGH TRAMPLES WARREN Orange and Black Score 12 to 0 Victory Over Trumbull County Gridders Saturday
Football gridders of Washington high school unraveled a supposed tightly tied knot of defeat Saturday afternoon and brought forth a 12 to 0 victory over Warren high in a fast game in the Trumbull county seat.
The sun was rapidly setting in the west, casting deep shadows over the field, announcing the approach of evening, when the final whistle blew, ending the contest, a victory for Massillon.
To the 2,000 or more fans who filled the narrow Warren bleachers or stood along the sidelines, it seemed as though the game would never end. The fourth period was a long drawn out affair. Warren only came close to scoring in the entire contest and this threat was turned back by the youthful Tigers. The last 12 minutes of the game, however, certainly seemed like 25 minutes to the fans who began shivering when the strong rays of the sun passed below the horizon.
It was a great showing put up Saturday by the youthful Tigers, who probably played their beat game of the season and at that showed little more than straight football since Canton McKinley’s assistant coach was perched at an advantageous spot in the stands where he could scout the Massillon team.
The local team had a better offensive attack than Warren, showed a little better defense and secured nearly every break of the game. In fact the local school was so favored by the breaks that it recovered within the 20-yard line, but the Warren gridders were equal on these two occasions and held the Massillon threat on the two and three yard lines, respectively.
Warren, however, was by no means a setup for the Massillon team. The host team showed a speedy backfield that could run the ends with ability. The Trumbull county gridders evidently have been scouting the orange and black and had seen the poor showing of the Massillon ends in games earlier in the season. However, the red and white’s sweeping runs around the flanks often resulted in large losses, as the Massillon ends dumped the interference and the secondary defense smothered the ball carrier. Warren was able to do little through the center of the Massillon line. Buttermore, the rolly polly boy holding down that position as a result of the ineligibility of Evans and Pott’s injury, played a whale of a game. He clearly demonstrated to the Warren center that it takes two men and a derrick to hoist him out of a play when it’s coming through the bulls-eye of the line. But Buttermore did not distinguish himself any better than the other 10 wearers of orange and black Saturday, for all played a nip and tuck game. Captain Laughlin bore the brunt of the attack and ripped the Warren line to shreds. He brought a moan out of the Warren rooters’ throats when he intercepted a pass on his own 35-yard line and nearly got away for a touchdown. And the Warren fans had reasons to moan for it was “Whitey” who snagged two Warren passes out of the air two years ago within the 20-yard line and made long runs, one of which resulted in a touchdown.
The lateral pass was used consistently against the Massillon gridders for the first time this season, but never failed to gain more than a few yards and often resulted in losses. The orange and black pulled several tricks out of its bag, one of which worked successfully and resulted in a nice gain.
However, the youthful Tigers played nothing but straight football during most of the game.
Warren might have kept the local eleven from scoring had it had a better punter. Pohto, who did the booting the greater part of the time, had a habit of getting off miserable kicks when standing near his own goal line. This assisted the youthful Tigers considerably in scoring their touchdowns.
Massillon’s first touchdown came in the first minute of the second quarter. Getting the ball on their own 30-yard line on a punt, the local eleven made a determined drive toward the Warren goal line. Laughlin made three yards and Briggs got away for a gain of six. Massillon was penalized five yards for being offside. Laughlin then tore through for five more and on the next play carried the ball to Warren’s 18-yard line. In three more attempts Captain Laughlin had pushed the pigskin to the seven-yard line for another first down. Here the quarter ended and the teams exchanged goals. Briggs made a yard with the opening of the second period. Laughlin made two more. With the ball on the three-yard line, “Whitey” put all his weight behind a plunge that made the red and while line wilt and the Massillon captain was across for the first score of the game. He attempted to buck the ball over for the extra point but failed.
The second touchdown came in the last period. The drive started when Photo’s punt dropped on the 28-yard line. The orange and black had previously carried the ball to the three-yard line where it was surrendered on downs to the Trumbull county gridders. Pohto was hurried with his kick by the Massillon ends and was lucky to boot the ball as far as the 28-yard marker. On the first play, Briggs made nine yards on a triple pass. Laughlin then went through for a yard making a first down on the 18-yard line. Grant made four yards and Schnierle hit left tackle for three more. Laughlin could gain but a yard. With fourth down coming and two yards needed for a first down, Grant heaved a short pass to Briggs that placed the ball on the eight-yard line. Schnierle made a yard and Briggs stepped along the sidelines on the next play not stopping until the goal line was behind him. His attempted drop kick for the extra point was short.
On several other occasions the local team was in scoring position, but lacked the punch to push the pigskin across. Had the youthful Tigers shown a determined touchdown punch they might have run up a score of 24 to 0 on the Trumbull county gridders, but as it was, they lost the ball on the three, four and five-yard line and two other times within the 22-yard line. The nearest Warren got to the Massillon goal was the 16-yard line where the local eleven braced and held for downs. This position of the Warren gridders was attained largely through the brilliant running of Pohto, chunky halfback.
In first downs, the youthful Tigers also excelled the red and white, making the required 10 yards on 14 occasions, while Warren negotiated the distance but six times. The youthful Tigers were penalized 30 yards and Warren 35 yards.
While the orange and black secured nearly all the breaks of the game, yet none of the breaks were directly responsible for touchdowns. Pohto’s two worst punts went out of bounds with the 12-yard line, but on neither of these occasions did the local team muster sufficient strength to score. However, the poor punts did aid materially for they kept the ball deep in Warren territory when play might have been in midfield had Warren had a punter the equal of Earl Foster, who got off a number of nice kicks during the afternoon.
While there was not the Massillon crowd in the stands that attended the last two games played in the Trumbull county seat, a large number of orange and black rooters did attend. No estimate could be made of the size of the Massillon delegation however, since they were scattered among Warren fans.
The defeat was the third for Warren this season, the easterners having previously dropped games to Youngstown South and Rayen high schools. It was the sixth consecutive triumph for a Massillon team over Warren high school.
The lineup and summary: Massillon – 12 Pos. Warren – 0 Fox LE Puegner Garland LT Pardee Henderson LG Baltzly Buttermore C Lea Mauger RG Mills Anthony RT Yeager Straughn RE Reed Grant QB Boyd Foster LHB Pohto Briggs RHB De Santis Laughlin FB Lattimer
Score by periods: Massillon 0 6 0 6 12
Substitutions: Massillon – Fisher for Garland, Shanabrook for Fox, Schnierle for Foster, Hourriet for Briggs, Minger for Fisher, Mann for Minger.
Warren – Dann for Pardee, Dirk for Mills, Allen for Yeager, Lodge for Pohto, Campbell for Lattimer, Horner for De Santis, De Santis for Horner.
WARREN IS DEFEATED 6 TO 0 IN LOOSELY PLAYED GAME FUMBLES PROVE COSTLY; SCORE IN 4th QUARTER
A GALLANT little band of red and white grid warriors from Warren was unable to stand up under the terrific onslaught of the orange and black of Washington high school and bowed their heads in defeat at the close of 50 minutes of play on Massillon Field Saturday afternoon in a loosely played contest.
The score was 6 to 0 in favor of the orange and black. Had it not been for unfortunate fumbles and penalties when points were in sight, the local team would have piled up a much larger score.
There was no comparison between the two teams in strength, but the orange and black proved to be the better fumblers and thus the score was small. Fans on the bleachers became rather impatient when time after time the Massillon machine would make a long march of 40 or 60 yards towards the Warren goal and then pull a freakish stunt by fumbling when victory was in sight. If such is the case next Saturday when McKinley high of Canton plays here – well, make your own guess.
When it came to offense Saturday afternoon, the local team had two taps on the Warren gridders. Twenty first downs were piled up by the Massillonians, a greater amount than has been registered in any game this season, and yet the score was only 6 to 0. True the locals had a half dozen other chances to score, but each opportunity was passed up with a miss-play, and the orange and black came near to holding themselves to a scoreless tie. As it was, Warren only had the pigskin once in Massillon territory, and it came out of there so fast the Trumbull county gridders are still trying to catch it.
Warren was jubilant when it looked as if it were going to have an opportunity to score with a first down on Massillon’s 16-yard line, the ball getting there through a severe penalty inflicted upon the youthful Tigers when Matthews couldn’t hold his fists when treated roughly in a scrimmage.
Thornton’s fumble, however, sent the Warren gridders’ only hopes of victory flying away for Foster was right on the job and pounced on the pigskin and after a drive of more than 35 yards, Smith punted the ball over the Warren goal line and the easteners were playing on their own 20-yard line instead of the Massillon 16.
Had Warren a few more Pohto’s the score might have been different. Pohto was the man who continually harassed the local team’s ends, often getting away for long gains. He was the bulwark of the visiting gridders’ offense and his runs counted for most of his team’s first downs. The Warren backfield as a whole worked well together, but with a poor line in front had little opportunity to flash its form and power.
And one reason the Warren backs did not shine so brightly was due to the brilliant and fierce talking of Fox, Massillon left tackle, who was on the bottom of most every play, fighting to win. And Fox’s good playing was a result of the fighting spirit he showed during the entire afternoon. He was out to make Massillon win and gave every ounce of his strength to do so. Another player appeared endowed with that same pepper, especially during the last period when the time was speeding towards the close of the game. He was “Danger” Smith, guilty of fumbling in the earlier quarters, but out to give all to make up for his misplay. “Danger” played his best game of the year Saturday and showed some real offensive strength when he tore up the Warren line with his light body, and carried the pigskin across the goal when but four and three-quarters minutes remained.
What the orange and black needs next Saturday if it is going to defeat Canton McKinley, is 50 minutes of the same kind of fight it displayed in the last 10 minutes Saturday. If every player on the team gives his all during the entire game next Saturday as he did during the last 10 minutes when Warren was being rushed off its feet, the orange and black may win but if such is not the case, the local gridders are likely to be on the short end of the score with their Canton rivals for the second consecutive year.
The game Saturday, was rather costly to Massillon. Captain “Bill” Price had to be taken out because of injuries and “Fritz” Gump’s leg was once more put out of commission, probably meaning that he will be unavailable for the Canton game, for Gump’s support is in a pretty bad shape.
The officials were strict Saturday and heavy penalties were inflicted on both teams, Massillon suffering the worst. The local team was set back a total of 86 yards and these penalties came usually at times when big orange and black advances were in progress. Warren was penalized 75 yards.
Two of Massillon’s 20 first downs came as a result of penalties, but to even up matters, the same can be said of Warren, for it was enabled to make the required yardage twice because of assisting penalties. Another way to show some strength of the Massillon drive can be seen from the number of punts each team made. The orange and black punted once in the third period and twice during the last quarter, only three times during the game while Yaunt, Warren fullback, had to boot the ball on 10 different occasions.
Hess showed good form in the backfield when injected into the game late in the first period. He made many substantial gains during the afternoon, being accorded good interference on most of his runs.
“Whitey” Laughlin returned to the game amidst a burst of cheers from the Massillon stands. “Whitey” has been absent from the orange and black lineup since the Akron South game, but is now ready to play again. His interference aided in many of the local’s gains and he should be in tip top form by next Saturday.
The local team had an opportunity to score in the first five minutes of play, but with the ball on the Warren 18-yard line, Price fumbled on the third down but recovered, losing four yards and a pass, Smith to Foster, gained eight yards, and Warren took the ball from the locals on its own 14-yard line. The same kind of a story goes for the remainder of the game up to the close of the third period when Warren made a spasmodic flash and aided by a penalty threatened the Massillon goal.
As usual, a Massillon march was halted with a fumble Warren recovering on its 40-yard line. Pohto cut loose around end for 10 yards and a first down. A buck by Thornton gained three yards and Pohto then passed to De Santis for 12 yards and a first down on the orange and black’s 32-yard line. On the next play, Matthews was ejected from the game for slugging and the orange and black were penalized half the distance to the goal line, giving Warren the ball on the locals’ 16-yard line. Pohto put the Massillonians in a little easier spirits when he was tossed for a loss of 16 yards on a trick double, pass. A pass, Kempke to Thornton, gained eight yards, but Thornton fumbled on the next play and Foster jumped on the ball.
A blocked punt late in the fourth quarter put the local team in a position to score, getting the pigskin on the 25-yard line. Smith rammed through the Warren line for three yards, and Laughlin cut loose around right end for seven more and a first down on the 15-yard line. Smith hit the center of the line for a gain of four yards and Foster made three more. Smith then carried the ball to the five-yard line and the orange and black had four chances to push the pigskin over. Smith hit the center of the line for four yards, and on the next play carried it over, for the only points of the game. Foster missed his attempted dropkick.
The orange and black tried seven passes and completed three for a total of 27 yards. One was intercepted and three incomplete. Warren tried 11 passes, completing three for a total of 26 yards. Six were incomplete and two intercepted. CANTON NEXT Warren – 0 Pos. Massillon – 6 Estabrook LE Fulton Gardner LT Fox Santis LG Mauger Lisby C Potts Mountain RG Spencer Allen RT Ott Kempke RE Gump De Santis QB Hax Geissman LH Smith Pohto RH Foster Yount FB Price
Substitutions: Warren – Bevan for Geissman, Corsetea for Gardner, Daheringer for Bevan, Harris for Corsetea, Thornton for Daheringer.
Massillon – Hess for Hax, Briggs for Foster, D. Smith for Mauger, Davenport for Fulton, Benson for Potts, Easterday for Spencer, Laughlin for Briggs, Fulton for Davenport, Foster for Price, Matthews for Gump, Ressler for Matthews, Bast for Foster, Henderson for Fox.
INTERCEPTED PASSES BRING 14 – 0 VICTORY OVER WARREN HIGH LONG DASHES IN 4th QUARTER WIN FLASHY DUEL
Fighting with the ferocity of a Tiger at bay and hurdling obstacles that would have broken the spirit of a less courageous aggregation a determined Washington high school football team last Saturday afternoon at Warren swept over Warren high school’s eleven in relentless fury and came through with a spectacular 14 to 0 victory over its Trumbull county rival in the annual tussle between these two foes.
Two intercepted forward passes in the fourth quarter followed by brilliant dashes down the field of 90 and 95 yards stayed off defeat, routed a dangerous and hard playing opponent and added another victory to the orange and black banner.
With their captain and five other teammates on the sidelines, the victims of a ruling affecting their eligibility, the local team took the field Saturday in a shattered condition but with a fighting spirit that could not be broken and won from a team, that according to all the statistics piled up during the battle, should have won. But that determination to do or die, that comes when adverse odds are greatest, and the ability to play heads up football from start to finish, turned the tide of victory to Massillon.
To the keen foresight and quick judgment of “Whitey” Laughlin and Elwood Kammer must go the credit for Massillon’s sensational triumph. It was these two lads who in the fourth quarter, pulled Warren forward passes out of the air in the shadow of Massillon’s goal posts and converted them into touchdowns for their team by scintillating dashes down the field. Coach Stewart’s athletes were outplayed, no one can deny that but they were not out gamed and because they fought the hardest when their goal line was in danger is the reason they are the victors and Warren the vanquished today. WEATHER IDEAL With ideal weather conditions prevailing, the first in many weeks, the game attracted a record crowd that packed every inch in the Moose Park at Warren. And the local team was not without support, about 1,500 Massillonians making the trip to Warren. It was a perfect day for football with the field in good condition with the exception of one spot in the center.
Weakened by the loss of six players through the recent eligibility ruling of Commissioner Townsend, among them Captain Define and Paul Smith, star halfbacks and punter, and Paul Storrie, brilliant end, who has a bad knee, Coach Stewart’s team went into Saturday’s game with all the odds against it. It was stacking up against a formidable opponent that had been pointed for its annual duel with Massillon and with its regulars in the best of condition. But yet it won, another indication that the fighting spirit and courage of a local scholastic team is still without equal in the state.
The orange and black was out played quite decisively by the sturdy Warren team so far as the matter of gaining ground is concerned, making but four first downs to 13 for the eastern Ohio lads but it’s points that win football games and not first downs and Massillon had the margin on points when the battle was over. Warren’s punch, that twice carried its team within Massillon’s 15-yard line, spent itself in a futile attempt to break the orange and black and went to pieces as Massillon swept on to victory.
There are some who might say Massillon was lucky to win Saturday. Sure, the breaks came Massillon’s way and the element of luck might have entered into the deciding issues in the contest but after all if Laughlin and Kammer had not been playing an on-toe type of football they would not have been in position to snare those Warren passes when then came their way. They were doing what they were supposed to do; what any intelligent football player would be doing in a situation of that kind and when the opportunity presented itself for them to place themselves between the Warren forward passer and the receiver they made the most of their opportunities and the result was a Massillon victory. Call it luck if you want to but if that’s luck then the playing of most every so called smart football team must be about 100 percent luck.
With two regular half backs and punters out of the game Coach Stewart sent Brown, Kammer, Laughlin and McConnell into the fray as the Massillon backfield quartet with McConnell to do the punting. Considering that it was the first time this season he has had a chance to do any punting, McConnell performed like a veteran, out-punting his Warren rival throughout the game.
Kammer, of course, carried the bulk of the Massillon offense. He was closely watched and his interference did not work as smoothly as it would have worked with Define and Smith in the game but the sturdy Massillon ace ran and smashed his way through the Warren team for substantial gains. LAUGHLIN STARS Laughlin, handicapped all season by a bad leg and playing his first full game of the year, was one of the big stars. This stocky youngster played a great game on defense, tackling hard and being in most every play. Sharing honors with Laughlin on defense was Bill Price, the fighting center, who also had a lot to do in stopping the Warren attack.
Massillon’s line was given a rather stiff battering by the husky Warren backs and had it not been for the splendid playing of the secondary defense the eastern Ohio team might have scored. Kammer, who played safety man, until Warren got within scoring distance, also performed well, twice stopping Warren touchdowns by tackling Warren men after they had gotten away from the balance of the local team.
McKee, whose long dashes around the Massillon ends seldom failed to gain ground, was Warren’s shining light. He was a hard man to stop and a clever ground gainer.
Warren showed its best offense in the third quarter when it took the ball on its 20-yard line and marched it down the field for five first downs in a row before being halted on Massillon’s 16-yard stripe as the fourth quarter opened and then lost its chance to score when Laughlin intercepted a pass and ran 90 yards for the first touchdown.
Both teams were in position to score in the first half but neither possessed the punch to put the ball over the line, either for a touchdown or field goal. In the first quarter Laughlin, ever on the alert, pulled a Warren forward pass out of the air on his 32-yard line and ran it back 47 yards to Warren’s 21-yard line before being halted. Kammer tried for a field goal from the 19-yard line but the kick failed.
Then early in the second quarter Fritz Gump made a brilliant catch of a long forward pass from Brown that would have put Massillon on Warren’s 20-yard line but he was tackled hard by two Warren players and fumbled, Warren covering.
Near the end of the quarter Warren threatened to score when Horner tossed a pass to Polena who gained 30 yards, being downed on Massillon’s 12-yard line. Kammer was the only man in front of Polena and the goal line but he saved the day by bringing the Warren quarterback to earth. Then the Massillon line stiffened and held and McKee dropped back to the 23-yard line for a shot at the goal posts but he dropped the pass from center and Crone fell on the ball.
A few momens later Horner’s fighting spirit got the better of him and he robbed his team of another chance to score. He broke through the Massillon line and made a brilliant dash of 22 yards before being tackled by Kammer. He had carried the ball within Massillon’s 20-yard line but lost the gain when he attempted to stick his fingers into Kammer’s eyes when the Massillonian tackled him.
Early in the third quarter Kammer shot around Warren’s right end for 36 yards, taking the ball to the 15-yard line before being downed. But three shots at the line failed to gain and when Kammer tried another field goal the kick was blocked and Warren got the ball on its 17-yard line.
Then after an exchange of punts the easteners opened their most dangerous march of the day. With McKee and Horner hammering the line and skirting the ends Warren marched the ball down the field for five first downs in a row having the oval on Massillon’s 19-yard line and a touchdown in sight when the quarter ended. They were working smoothly and Massillon seemed unable to stop them.
But with their backs to the wall the Massillon team took a new lease on life and held Warren on the 16-yard line. With fourth down coming and several yards to gain Polena attempted a forward pass in a last desperate effort to score. It was then that Laughlin jumped into the spotlight to snare the pass on his 10-yard line and turn it into a touchdown by racing 90 yards with the Warren team in close pursuit but unable to reach him. Kammer added the extra point by kicking a goal from placement.
Warren, however, was far from being licked and shortly after was again marching up the field. They blocked one of McConnell’s punts and covered the ball on the 40-yard line. With McKee thundering around ends and Horner charging through the line Warren soon had the ball back inside Massillon’s 20-yard line.
They got it as far as the seven-yard line with fourth down and seven to gain. Once again Massillon was fighting fiercely.
Polena again called for a forward pass in an attempt to make the yardage or score a touchdown and again his effort was frustrated for this time Kammer shot across the field, grabbed the ball a yard or two in front of the Warren man who was waiting for the pass and ran 95 yards for the second touchdown. Kammer, fast as lightning, had left the entire Warren team far behind by the time he had reached midfield and had clear sailing. Kammer failed to kick goal but Massillon was awarded a point because Captain Baker of Warren used his hands too freely when the attempt to add the extra point was made.
These two touchdowns took a lot of steam out of Warren and a short time later W. Harris covered a fumble on Warren’s 23-yard line. Massillon however could not gain and McConnell tried a drop kick, which never got beyond the line of scrimmage. As the game ended Warren had carried the ball back to midfield on a long end run by McKee.
Massillon attempted nine forward passes Saturday, working three for only 10 yards while five failed. Warren tried seven, completing three for a total gain of 48 yards. Massillon intercepted three, two of which were turned into touchdowns. Bring On Canton Massillon – 18 Pos. Warren – 0 Gump LE Blakely W. Harris LT Klippert Crone LG Bawn Price C Baker N. Harris RG Marhszll Kelly RT Braunberms Thomas RE unreadable print Brown QB Polena McConnell LHB Young Kammer RHB McKee Laughlin FB Conway
Score by quarters: Massillon 0 0 0 14 14
Substitutions: Massillon – Spencer for N. Harris, Singer for Spencer, Agler for Gump, Gump for Agler, Dommer for Kelly, Hax for Brown.
Warren – Horner for Young, Young for Horner, Horner for Conway, Zahn for Klippert, Consider for Bawn.
Touchdowns – Laughlin, Kammer.
Point after touchdown – Kammer, Awarded point for Warren roughness.
HIGH ELEVEN BURIES WARREN 37 TO 0 IN ANNUAL FRACAS STEWART’S BOYS SHOW POWERFUL OFFENSIVE DRIVE
Eleven wearers of the orange and black of Washington high school took their stations on the Central Steel Athletic field Saturday afternoon. And an equal number of gridders of the South Mill street institution, playing not as individuals but as a machine with the power of a massive steam roller, rushed, charged and attacked until another rival had been mown down and forced to succumb to the prowess of the orange and black.
That eleven which fell before the onslaught of the youthful Tigers was not a weakling in Ohio scholastic football circles, but the well drilled Warren outfit. Against the reputed fast and dashing attack of the Trumbull county gridders the orange and black emerged 37 to 0 victors, the most decisive defeat administered to Coach Sidney Jones’ eleven since 1922 when Massillon’s undefeated eleven ran rough shod over it.
Following closely in the footsteps of their versatile captain, Bill Edwards, the orange and black outplayed and outsmarted the visitors in every department; in skirting the ends, in passing, in crashing the line, on both offense and defense. Everything the red and white class warriors attempted the orange and black did better, in fact did better by that outstanding margin of 37 points.
From the time that Referee Stevenson blew his whistle for the initial kickoff it was evident that Coach David B. Stewart’s eleven was not to be denied and that the orange and black was well on the road toward removing another stumbling block to a most successful season – blemished only by a forfeited game handed to Youngstown South in the steel town when the local athletic mentor withdrew his team from the field after tainted and biased officiating.
Youngstown South and Rayen high, also of the steel town, were two other elevens to hang defeats on the Trumbull county school, but neither of the victories was as decisive or by as large a score as that piled up here Saturday. South was the first to dent the Warren record, registering a 25 to 13 victory at Youngstown in a game in which the officiating, according to reports, was almost on a par in regards to biasness as that between Massillon and South. Rayen was winner by a 13 to 0 score, but even with the score in favor of the Mahoning county team, Warren played the better football but the breaks were against it.
Even though the orange and black won by a lopsided score it was not without battle, because the Warren gridders, cheered on by a delegation of about 700 followers, 350 of whom, including the Warren high school band, made the trip in a special train and the others in automobiles, gave fight for every inch of ground gained by the orange and black.
But rather dissatisfied with the manner in which his team had defeated New Philadelphia by a 20 to 7 score, and in anticipation of a hard battle with the Warrenites, Coach Stewart had sent his squad through a series of hard practices during the past week and the results were forthcoming. The wearer of the orange and black moleskins performed far better than at any time this season.
On offense the forward wall of the locals opened large gaps in the Warren line for the line charges of the orange and black. Off tackle plays and end runs went off with better snap, the carrier of the oval being afforded far better interference and protection than that given at the Tuscarawas county seat a week ago. Only in its aerial attack did the local eleven fall behind in its showing of a week ago, but two passes out of 10 being completed for a total gain of 46 yards.
The fact that Warren was white-washed is sufficient to say of the defense of the locals. In the personage of Zahnow, Warren has one of the fastest and flashiest halfbacks in that section of the state while Horner and McKee are two dependable line plungers and the former is an accurate hurler of the forward pass, but none of the trip shone to advantage as may be ascertained from the fact that but three first downs during the entire 60 minutes of strife were registered by Warren, one coming on a forward pass and the other when Mckee broke loose for gains of 12 and 13 yards.
That Massillon possessed driving power is shown by the fact that 15 times was the 10-yard chain moved with the orange and black in possession of the ball. Three of these first downs came in the first period, five in the second, four in the third and two in the final.
Captain Bill Edwards continued to stand as the tower of orange and black strength. In addition to kicking a field goal from the 25-yard line, four goals after touchdowns, the East Greenville lad encountered a new duty, that of punting and it must be said his kicking was equal to his play in other departments. He played the same bang-up defensive game that is characteristic of him, while on offensive any play through center was good for a decided gain for Bill had an opening there big enough to drive a truck through.
But the orange and black leader had 10 others closely following him and the play of King, the colored halfback, was most outstanding. He skirted the ends with an abundance of speed and his smashes at the line were with the force of a pile driver. Twice he plunged through the line across the goal for sets of counters. As has marked his play in previous game, his running of interference was excellent and on no occasions did he fail to get his man out of the play.
A poor punt paved the way for Massillon’s first touchdown shortly after the game started. Baker was called back by the visitors’ pilot to punt, but the oval rolled off the side of his shoe to the opposite side of the field where W. Price covered on the 35-yard line for Massillon. A series of line plunges brought two first downs and placed the ball on the three-yard line. Borza was held and King advanced the ball to the half- yard line. On the next play the dusky back plowed his way through for a touchdown and Edwards kicked goal.
In possession of the oval on the 39-yard line, King heaved a pass into the waiting arms of Jimmy Price, who raced 27 yards to the two-yard line before being downed. On the next play Kammer pile drove through for the only set of counters in the second period. Edwards missed goal.
In the third period after Baker had punted to Price who was downed on the 36-yard line, King made 18 yards and a pretty run around end. Kammer made seven yards in two plunges and Price five on a double pass and it was first down on the four-yard line. Warren held Kammer twice, but wilted under the driving of King and another set of counters went up for Massillon. Edwards added the extra point.
Hise got into the scoring column early in the fourth period when Hunter attempted a pass from his own 16-yard line. Hise intercepted the heave and easily raced across the line. Edwards booted goal. A few minutes later Grant recovered a Warren fumble on the 22-yard line and after Warren held for three downs, Edwards dropped back and booted a goal from placement.
An intercepted pass by Brown paved the way for the final touchdown. Catching the ball in midfield Brown made a return of 25 yards before being downed. A short pass, Grant to Leroy, netted a first down and placed the ball within the 10-yard zone from where Kammer registered his second set of markers. Edwards kicked goal.
Warren had three occasions to score but in none did it have the punch. In the second period Sennes standing on the three-yard line, muffed a throw from Horner and Warren lost the ball on downs to Massillon. Again in the third period an opportunity went amiss. Price’s punt was blocked and Sennes covered for Warren on the 20-yard line. Three plunges at the Massillon line netted six yards, while a short pass from Horner to Zahnow failed to complete a first down by inches.
The third period offered another chance when two first downs, one coming on a 12-yard off tackle run by McKee, brought the oval to the nine-yard line but the chances went glimmering for Zahnow fumbled on the next play and Weidman recovered for Massillon.
So Long, Warren! Massillon – 37 Pos. Warren – 0 W. Price LE C. Polena McCarthy LT Baker Hise LG Braunberns Edwards C Davis Halco RG Thompson Weidman RT Billings Thomas RE Sennes J. Price Q Hunter King LH Horner P. Smith RH Zahnow Borza F McKee
Score by periods: Massillon 7 6 7 17 37
Substitutions: Massillon – Kammer for Borza, Grant for P. Smith, Gump for W. Price, Agler for Thomas, Define for J. Price, Brughs for Weidman, J. Smith for Hise, J. Price for Define, Borza for Grant, Grant for Borza, Hise for J. Smith, Weidman for Brughs, Leroy for King, Brown for J. Price, Agler for Thomas, Spencer for Weidman, Fulton for Gump.
Warren – Consider for Braunberns, Braunberns for Consider, Shaw for Horner, Consider for Braunberns, Beach for Thompson, Shaw for Davis, Yont for Shaw, L. Polena for C. Polena.
FIRST PERIOD Baker kicked off to J. Price who returned the ball 15 yards to the 20-yard line. J. Price made one around left end and King five around the opposite side. King plunged for six and a first down. Zahnow threw J. Price for a two-yard loss. Warren smothered King’s end run and Massillon lost two more. Smith punted the ball over the head of Warren’s safety man and the ball rolled over the goal line for a total distance of 70 yards. It was Warren’s ball on the 20-yard line.
McCarthy held Zahnow to a one-yard gain. Horner made five around right end after which Baker punted to J. Price on Massillon’s 45-yard line. King hit the line for two. Borza was thrown by Sennes for an 11 yard loss. Smith punted out of bounds on Warren’s 42-yard line. On the first play Thompson was offside and Warren received a five-yard penalty. Horner was held but on a double pass Zahnow made six around right end. Baker’s punt skidded off the side of his foot and W. Price covered the ball on Warren’s 35-yard line.
J. Price hit left tackle for three and King plunged for eight and a first down. Four line plunges by King and Borza netted 11-yards and another first down. Borza hammered the line for five and J. Price went around left end for seven and another first down. The ball was on the eight yard line. Warren stopped Borza but King crashed through the line to the half-yard line from where he carried the ball across on the next plunge. Edwards kicked goal. Score: Massillon 7, Warren 0.
King made a 27-yard return of Baker’s kickoff to the 30-yard line. J. Price was held but on the next play he made three through center. Smith punted 40 yards to Hunter on his own 38-yard line. After Horner lost a yard, Baker kicked to J. Price who fumbled, Edwards covering the ball for Massillon on his own 20-yard line. King hit off right tackle for five and Borza gained 14 around right end as the period ended. It was Massillon’s ball on its own 39-yard line. Score: Massillon 7, Warren 0. SECOND PERIOD
Kammer replaced Borza. In three plunges Kammer made seven yards, after which Smith punted. Edwards downed the ball on Warren’s 19-yard line but on the play McCarthy was offside and Massillon received a five-yard penalty Smith again punted, Thomas downing Hunter on the 24-yard line. Horner lost one and Zahnow made four around left end. Baker booted to Smith on the 45-yard line. J. Price made nine off left tackle. Kammer was held but on his second try made three for a first down. King hurled a 12-yard pass to J. Price who ran to the two-yard line before being downed. It was a total gain of 39 yards. On the first play Kammer crossed the line. Edwards try for goal failed. Score: Massillon 13, Warren 0.
Baker kicked off to Smith who was downed on the 21-yard line. King hit for six and Kammer hit for an equal number of yards in two plunges. It was a first down. J. Price made five. Warren covered Kammer’s fumble on the 41-yard line. McKee went around Massillon’s right end for 12 yards for Warren’s first first down of the game. Horner and McKee made four yards. On an attempted pass Massillon’s line charged Horner so fast his pass went out of bounds. An apparent touchdown for Warren went glimmering when Sennes let a pass from Horner trickle through his hands on the three-yard line. It was Massillon’s ball on the 26-yard line.
Price made four and King two. Six yards off tackle by price gave Massillon a first down. On a bad pass from center, Massillon lost 10. Grant made five after which Price punted to Warren’s 38-yard line. Hunter made two and Horner was held to no gain on a double pass. Price returned Baker’s punt 10 yards to the 45-yard line. King was held and a pass failed. Kammer made one and Price punted out of bounds on Warren’s five-yard line. Horner kicked to Grant on the 30-yard line. Define replaced J. Price. An attempted pass was grounded. Define lost 13 yards when he muffed the pass from center as the period ended. Score: Massillon 13, Warren 0.
THIRD PERIOD J. Price returned the kickoff to the 25-yard line. Borza and Price gained three and a pass was incomplete. Price’s punt was blocked, Sennes covering for Warren on the 20 yard line. McKee hit the line for thee and Zahnow gained three in two attempts. A pass Horner to Zahnow was completed but Warren lost the ball on downs by a few scant inches. After Price was held Edwards punted to midfield. The left side of Massillon’s line smothered Hunter for a one-yard loss. Horner shot a pass to Zahnow which netted 12 yards and a first down.
Another pass was grounded. Another Horner-Zahnow pass was good for six. Horner gained three around right end. McKee broke through for a 12-yard gain and it was Warren’s ball with goal to gain on the nine-yard line.
Coach Stewart sent Hise and Weidman into the fray, replacing J. Smith and Brughs. On the first play Weidman recovered Zahnow’s fumble and Warren’s hopes of scoring were obliterated. Kammer plunged for one and Edwards again booted to midfield. A pass failed but on the next attempt Zahnow snatched the oval out of the air for a nine yard gain. Edwards covered Horner’s fumble.
Price made nine around left end. Horner was injured on the play and carried from the field. He was replaced by Shaw. Kammer made two and a first down. Grant gained two. A forward was incomplete. Edwards booted out of bounds on the five-yard line. After two passes had failed, Hunter kicked to Price on the 30-yard line. King spurted around left end for 18 yards. Kammer made three and Price added five on a double pass. Kammer plunged for four, carrying the ball to the four-yard line. It was first down. Two tries by Kammer netted but a yard and a half. On the next play King shot through the line for a touchdown. Edwards kicked goal. Score: Massillon 20, Warren 0.
Edwards’ kickoff went over the goal line and it was Warren’s ball on the 10-yard line. A pass to C. Polena was good for six yards. Two more passes failed and Baker kicked to Kammer in midfield as the period ended. Score: Massillon 20, Warren 0. FOURTH PERIOD Price lost three and Edwards kicked to Hunter on the 20-yard line. Hunter was thrown for a three-yard loss and on the next play Hise intercepted a pass and romped across the goal line. Edwards kicked goal. Score: Massillon 27, Warren 0.
Edwards again kicked over the goal line, Warren taking the ball on the 20-yard line. Zahnow lost four on a double pass and Kammer returned Hunter’s punt nine yards to the 40-yard line. Kammer made three. A pass failed. Grant was good for six yards. Hunter fumbled Edwards’ punt and Grant covered for Massillon on the 22-yard line. Two plunges by Price and Kammer gave Massillon a first down on the 12-yard line. In two tries Kammer made three. On the next play Hunter intercepted a pass on the three-yard line. Hunter punted, Kammer returning the kick 11 yards to the 19-yard line. Three plays netted but a yard and Edwards dropped back to the 25-yard line from where he booted a field goal. Score: Massillon 30, Warren 0.
Warren was offside on the kickoff and was penalized five yards. On the next kickoff Gump was downed on the 29-yard line. Warren held for three downs and Edwards punted to Warren’s 45-yard line. Brown who had replaced Price intercepted a pass in midfield and ran 25 yards before being brought to earth. Kammer made two. A second try for a forward, Grant to Leroy, was good for nine yards and a first down on the nine-yard line. Grant made two and Kammer plunged across for the final set of counters. Edwards kicked goal. Score Massillon 37, Warren 0.
Baker kicked off to Edwards on the 28-yard line. Grant made three but Edwards was thrown for a two-yard loss. P. Smith went into the fray for Grant and punted to midfield. Massillon was given a 15-yard penalty for clipping on the play. A short Warren pass was good for no gain as the game ended. Score: Massillon 37, Warren 0.
VINCE DEFINE STARS AS HIGH GRIDDERS DOWN WARREN WARREN GETS A LESSON HOW TO SUPPORT TEAM
Massillon not only showed Warren a classy high school football team Saturday but it also showed the Trumbull county residents the proper way to turn out and support a team. If noses inside the Warren park had been counted it probably would have been found that Massillon had more rooters there than Warren.
Everywhere one looked one saw the orange and black streamers of the local school. When it came to rooting Warren was left several blocks in the rear and Massillon had a band on the field which was more than Warren could show. ********** By special train and automobile the Massillon fans journeyed to the game. The special train over the Pennsylvania carried 307, including the band and team. More than that number went by motor car and Massillon had about 800 at the game.
The return trip was made without incident, the special leaving Warren at 7:30 o’clock and getting to Massillon at 8:30. ********** A parade was in order after the victors had returned home and so the rooters, headed by the band, marched through the business section before disbanding. ********** Coach Stewart pulled more than one surprise on Warren Saturday. His first was to send his second stringers on the field just before game time. The Warren fans looked the boys over and decided that their team had a good chance to win.
Then just before the whistle blew the Massillon tutor trotted in his regulars and a gasp of amazement went up from the Warren stands. They were not so sure of victory after they saw the first team canter up and down the slippery field. *********** John Borza, stocky halfback, doesn’t remember much about the battle. On the first play Borza got a rap on the head and his senses went wandering. John played a whale of a game while he was in but Coach Stewart finally took him out when it was apparent that he had not recovered. Borza tried manfully to shake it off but he didn’t come around completely until after the battle was over.
The less said about the officials the better. They ought to take a few lessons on how to run a game. Coach Sidney Jones of Warren had nothing to do with selecting the and probably felt as badly about the officiating as Massillon did. ********** After the game Coach Stewart was besieged with questions concerning how he secured the rubber pants he put on his backfield. Coach Jones was for ordering some for his Warren gridders right away. ********** The special train, due to leave here at 11:55 o’clock, was about 20 minutes late leaving and another stop had to be made in Alliance to change engines. As a result the train did not reach Warren until 2:15 o’clock, 15 minutes before game time. But Coach Stewart took time by the forelock and had his boys dress on the train, so they just stepped from the special to a big bus and were hauled to the park. They arrived warm and in good shape while the Warren eleven, which had been at the field for over half an hour, was slightly chilled.
Even The Referee Couldn’t Stop This Football Machine
FIRST QUARTER The contest was played on a field that was only 90 yards long instead of the regulation 100 yards. Warren received and Captain Pflug of Massillon kicked off to Novak on the 10-yard line, Novak returning 20 to the 30-yard line. Borza was hurt in the first play and was out of his head until taken out later in the quarter. Craig made two through McCarthy’s tackle. Richards went around Massillon’s right end for 28 yards and a first down before being tackled by V. Define. The ball was on Massillon’s 22-yard line. Craig made three at the line and Richards made one around right end before being tackled by McCarthy. Gillen’s pass to Craig was grounded.
Hunter tried a place kick from the 28-yard line, the kick being partly blocked and V. Define was tackled on his eight-yard line. Boerner made two at the line. J. Define made three off left tackle and Pflug then punted 45 yards to Hunter, who was tackled after a 10-yard return. The ball was brought back to mid-field and given to Massillon, a Warren man having held a Massillon man who was going down the field to make the tackle. Borza plunged through right tackle for four. Boerner went through the same side of the line for one. Borza failed to gain and Pflug punted to Craig, who carried the ball back from his 15-yard line to the 30 before being tackled. Edwards tackled Craig after gain of one through the line. Richards skirted Massillon’s right end for 17 and a first down, being tackled by Borza after having eluded several tacklers. Gillen made two at left tackle and Richards once more dashed around left end for a first down, Boerner stopping him after a gain of 10. Gillen made three around right end and Fletcher tossed Richards for a loss of two. Gillen’s pass failed and Richards was forced out of bounds on Massillon’s 25-yard line on a run around left end, Massillon gaining the ball when Warren failed to make the required yardage. J. Define made three at left end and Boerner one at left tackle. Schrader replaced Borza. Pflug punted to Gillen, who was downed on his 38-yard line. J. Define tackled Richards for loss of two on an end run and Craig punted to V. Define, who caught the ball on his 35-yard line and ran 55 yards for the first touchdown. It was a sensational run up the side of the field, the Massillon flash eluding many of his opponents. Pflug kicked goal. Score: Massillon 7, Warren 0.
Pflug kicked off to Richards, who was tackled by Edwards on his 20. Hunter made nine at left end before being downed by Boerner. Gillen went around left end for six and a first down, Edwards stopping him. Richards made five on another dash around left end before being forced out of bounds. Gillen made one at left tackle and Richards once more skirted Massillon’s right flash for 10 and a first down. Hunter dropped a pass from Gillen and Fletcher threw Richards for a loss of two. Craig punted. V. Define caught the ball on his five-yard line and ran 85 yards for Massillon’s second touchdown. He was given good interference and out distanced the entire Warren team. Pflug kicked goal. Score: Massillon 14, Warren 0.
Pflug kicked off to Craig, who was tackled on his 22-yard line as the quarter ended. Score: Massillon 14, Warren 0.
SECOND QUARTER Because of a Massillon man being offside the ball was kicked over and Pflug kicked to Zahnow, who was tackled on his 35-yard line. Gillen made 10 around left end and then skirted the other flank for another 10-yard gain. Richards failed to gain and so did Hunter, Edwards making both tackles. Boerner intercepted Gillen’s pass on his 20. Boerner went around left end for nine and then made a first down on the next play.
J. Define lost one at right end and Schrader hit the line for five. Boerner couldn’t gain and Pflug punted 55 yards to Richards, who caught the ball near the line and stepped back of his goal line in attempting to avoid a tackle. He was nailed by Potts and thrown for a safety. Score: Massillon 16, Warren 0.
Warren put the ball in play on its 30-yard line. Craig and Richards failed to gain and Craig punted to V. Define, who was tackled on his 21-yard line. J. Define made nine at left end. Schrader was stopped without gain, as was Boerner. Massillon was penalized five yards for offside play and Pflug punted 30 yards to Craig, who was tackled by Potts. Horner lost eight and Edwards stopped Richards without gain. Craig punted to V. Define, who returned 25 to Warren’s 32-yard line. V. Define passed to J. Define for 20 yards, taking the ball to Warren’s 10-yard line. Schrader failed to gain. Boerner made three at right tackle. Schrader went through right tackle and took the ball to the one-yard line. Boerner went over for the touchdown. Pflug kicked goal. Score: Massillon 23, Warren 0.
Pflug kicked off to Craig, who was tackled on his 25-yard line. The contest was so hard fought that several times the rival players were on the verge of blows. Horner went around left end for 20 yards before being forced out of bounds. He lost four on the next play. Gillen passed to Craig for 15 yards, Boerner making the tackle. Gillen passed to Hunter for another 15-yard gain, taking the ball to Massillon’s 10-yard line as the half ended. Score: Massillon 23, Warren 0.
THIRD QUARTER Warren received and Richards returned the kickoff to his 30. Craig hit for two and Richards made two around left end before being tackled by Edwards. Gillen’s pass was batted down by Edwards and Craig punted to V. Define, who was tackled on his 21-yard line. J. Define made three at right tackle. V. Define failed to gain and Pflug punted to Craig, who was tackled on his 42-yard line by Edwards. Richards made five at right end and Massillon was penalized 15 for roughness. Richards was tackled hard by Edwards and was out for several minutes. The tackle, however, was perfectly legitimate.
On the next play Potts stopped Gillen without gain and again Massillon was penalized 15 yards for roughness. Potts tackled hard but the penalty appeared uncalled for. The ball was on Massillon’s 20. Craig made five at the line and came back and made four on the next play. Gillen lost two. Gillen passed to Richards for 15, Richards being downed one yard from the line. Craig was stopped one foot from the goal. On the next play Craig fumbled and Hyde covered for Warren on the four-yard line. Fletcher had his hand on the ball but was prevented from getting it when a Warren player held him. The referee, however, appeared not to notice this infraction of the rules. Richards then went around Massillon’s left and for Warren’s first touchdown. Hunted kicked goal. Score: Massillon 23, Warren 7.
Richards kicked off to Price, who brought the ball back from his six-yard line to the 28 before being tackled. Gillen was hurt and time was taken out. V. Define went around left end for 13. J. Define skirted right end for nine. Schrader made it a first down. V. Define’s pass was grounded. J. Define failed to gain and Schrader’s pass failed. Edwards dropped back to try a place kick from the 45-yard line but Price let the ball slip through his fingers and Warren covered on the 40-yard line. Richards made two before being tackled by Fletcher and Brooks. J. Define intercepted Gillen’s pass on the 37-yard line. V. Devine knifed through right tackle for seven and Schrader made it a first down. Schrader made three at the line and V. Define one. J. Define romped around right end for 20 before being tackled by Richards. The ball was on Warren’s 20-yard line. Schrader made five. J. Define made four and V. Define made it first down, taking the ball to the nine-yard line. Schrader smashed through center for four. V. Define hit the line and slid around the side and went over the goal line but the referee called the ball back to the two-yard line. Schrader failed to gain as the quarter ended. Score: Massillon 23, Warren 7.
FOURTH QUARTER With a touchdown in sight, V. Define fumbled and Hyde covered for Warren on the five-yard line. Hyde punted to V. Define, who was downed on the 30-yard line. J. Define fumbled on the 28-yard line, Richards covering for Warren. Gillen’s pass was grounded and his next heave to Craig was batted down. Gillen then passed to Hyde for a gain of 50 yards, the Warren end being tackled on Massillon’s 20. Richards failed to gain and Edwards batted down a pass. Gillen passed to Craig for gain of one yard. Edwards intercepted Gillen’s next pass on his nine-yard. Pflug punted to Richard, who was down on the 35-yard line. Gillen passed to Craig for seven and then passed to Hyde for 28, Hyde going over with Warren’s second touchdown. Hunter kicked goal. Score: Massillon 23, Warren 14.
Richards kicked off to Boerner, who returned 30 to Warren’s 43-yard line. Had Boerner not been bothered with a bad ankle he could have scored a touchdown. V. Define was tackled without gain and on the next play made four around right end. He then carried the ball on another end run and made 15, taking it to Warren’s 22-yard line. Boerner went around left end for nine. Schrader took the ball to the 15-yard line but Massillon was penalized 15 by the referee. V. Define made five and then was thrown for a 10-yard loss when he dropped a pass from center, Warren gaining possession of the ball on its 38-yard line. Gillen three times attempted forward passes but all were broken up and Craig punted, the ball being downed on Massillon’s 30. Boerner made three in two plunges and V. Define skirted left end for five. Pflug punted to Craig, who was downed on his 20. Edwards intercepted Gillen’s pass on Warren’s 36-yard line. Boerner made four at right tackle. Price gained four at left tackle and Schrader made it first down. Boerner made three at left end but Price lost 10 on a double pass from Schrader. V. Define’s forward was broken up and Pflug punted to Craig, who was tackled on his five-yard line. Gillen passed to Craig for nine and then another Gillen-Craig pas made a first down as the game ended. Score: Massillon 23, Warren 14.
Howdy, Warren! Massillon 23 Pos. Warren 14 Potts L.E. Polena McCarthy L.T. Zahnow Miller L.G. Andres Edwards C Baker Pflug R.G. Novak Brooks R.T. Billings Fletcher R.E. Bancroft V. Define Q.B. Hunter J. Define L.H.B. Gillen Borza R.H.B. Craig Boerner F.B. Richards
Substitutions: Massillon – Schrader for Borza; Thomas for Fletcher; Price for Boerner; Fletcher for Thomas; Harris for McCarthy; Boerner for J. Define.
Warren – Horner for Hunter; Hyde for Bancroft; Hunter for Horner; Frost for Palena; Deitz for Novak; Burnett for Gillen.
Touchdowns – V. Define 2, Boerner, Richards, Hyde.
Goals after touchdown – Pflug 3, Hunter 2.
Safety – Richards.
Referee – Brannon (Youngstown). Umpire – Bell (Ohio State). Head Linesman – Atkinson (Muskingham).
Four years ago last Saturday Germany was more than willing to ring down the curtain on its international squabble with the United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy. And last Saturday afternoon football players of Warren high school after 60 minutes of grueling warfare with the orange and black eleven of Washington high school, were more than ready to hoist the white flag of truce and acknowledge that they had had enough.
The Armistice day battle resulted in another victory for Coach David B. Stewart’s great scholastic eleven, the youthful Tigers running rough shod over the Warrenites, piling up 48 points to six for the visitors and chalking up their eighth consecutive victory of the 1922 campaign. With their triumph over Warren the local warriors are now knocking loudly at the door of the scholastic championship strong hold of Ohio.
If the orange and black can trim Akron North next Saturday and then humble Canton McKinley a week later, there should be nothing whatever to stop the youthful Tigers from winning the coveted honor. Although interesting last Saturday’s duel did not compare by far with the thrilling encounter staged on the Pearl gridiron a week ago when Cleveland Shaw was defeated 7 to 6.
The local eleven was at its best Saturday and even though Captain Ulrich, quarterback, and Harry Potts, brilliant end, were out of the entire struggle, the orange and black smashed its way through to another great triumph and continued to show its superiority over scholastic opponents. Seven touchdowns, four points after touchdown and a safety constituted the sum total of Massillon’s scoring efforts.
With “Dutch” Hill tearing up the Warren line and ably assisted by his teammates Coach Stewart and his warriors gained ample revenge for the defeat Warren administered to the orange and black a year ago. Sydney Jones’ eleven fought hard throughout the struggle but it was not able to halt the Massillon steamroller.
Massillon was not long in setting its scoring machine in motion. Only a minute and a half of play had elapsed before the orange and black had registered its first touchdown.
And Bill Edwards, smiling youngster from East Greenville, was the lad to score the points. Bill has a habit of watching the ball with uncanny accuracy and when center Pond of Warren heaved the leather over Gillen’s head as he waited on his five-yard line to punt, Edwards shot through the line and was after the oval in jig time. Gillen also started after it but he tried to pick the ball up behind his goal line while Edwards dived through and flopped on it.
That touchdown sort of took the heart out of Warren but the events which transpired during the rest of the game made the visitors realize that they were not in the same class with the brilliant Massillon aggregation. The local team played heads up football throughout. Its tackling showed an improvement over a week ago. Its offensive strength was better, largely because Hill, its backfield star, once again was in first class shape, having entirely recovered from an attack of stomach trouble which bothered him in the Shaw game.
“Midge” Thomas diminutive halfback, also showed a great improvement. His open field work was spectacular and his 30-yard dash through the Warren team in the fourth quarter for a touchdown was one of the features of the contest.
Warren presented a fairly heavy aggregation and its attack was centered around Norman, fullback, who played a stellar game. The visitors also showed a well-developed forward passing attack with Gillen and Dixon handling the overhead heaves. Warren’s touchdown in the second quarter was due to a forward pass, heaved by Gillen and caught by Dixon who ran eight yards for the score. The score came after a march of 39 yards.
After Edwards had scored the first touchdown Coach Stewart’s lads got down to business. It was near the close of the first quarter that Massillon registered its second touchdown, Hill going over from the one-yard line after the backfield had carried the ball 48-yards in an unbroken march.
The third touchdown in the second quarter resulted from a 50-yard march. As the quarter opened Hill heaved a long pass to Rohr which was good for 18 yards. Hill shot another pass to Boerner good for 10 yards and then Define went off Warren’s left tackle for the touchdown.
It was after the touchdown that Warren showed its greatest offensive strength of the afternoon. After an exchange of punts the visitors secured the ball on Massillon’s 39-yard line and then Norman put on a spectacular dash across the field which netted five yards. Gillen then opened Warren’s aerial attack by heaving two passes to Dixon, which carried the ball to Massillon’s 12-yard line. On the next play he shot another pass to the Warren quarterback who went over the line.
Neither team was able to score in the third quarter but in the final 15 minutes of play, Massillon showed a powerful attack which brushed aside the Warren gridders with ease. Four touchdowns and a safety were recorded by Coach Stewart’s team in the final quarter and this was the team which Warren rooters figured lost its punch after the first half.
Hill and Borza were the lads who smashed the Warren line during the last quarter. Borza displaed quite a few of the battering ran tactics of his stellar teammate Hill and crashed through the visitors for a number of substantial gains. Hill scored three touchdowns in the last 15 minutes of play while the other was registered by Thomas. Play was in Warren’s territory throughout the last period.
The first touchdown in the fourth quarter came when Thomas took a Warren punt on the visitor’s 20-yard line and after pulling loose from several opponents dashed through the remainder of the Warren team for the score. A 15-yard plunge by Borza put the youthful Tigers in position to score again a few minutes later and Hill took the ball over from the four-yard line.
A march from midfield in which Thomas, Borza and Hill carried the ball resulted in another touchdown when Hill dashed his way through the visitors from the 11-yard line. A few minutes later Hill intercepted a Warren pass on Warren’s 20-yard line and a plunge by Borza and two by Hill and the ball was once more over the Warren goal line. Massillon registered a safety when a bad pass from center sent the ball over Gillen’s head and across the line where he fell on it.
Massillon clearly outplayed the visitors making 22 first downs to six for Warren. Eight of Massillon’s first downs were registered in the fourth quarter.
Warren completed eight out of 22 passes for a total gain of 74 yards. Eleven of its overhead heaves were grounded and three were intercepted by Massillon. Coach Stewart’s lads completed four out of eight passes for a total gain of 61 yards.
Still Winning
Massillon – 48 Position Warren – 6 Rohr LE Frost Edwards LT Perautt Kallaker LG LoFross Roth C Pond Pflug RG Billings Salberg RT Cope Jamison RE Anbres Thomas Q Dixon Define LH Craig Boerner RH Gillen Hill F Norman
Substitutions: Massillon – Hax for Boerner, Reis for Define, Borza for Hill, Brooks for Salberg, Miller for Kallaker, Hill for Borza, Borza for Reis, Salberg for Brooks, Kallaker for Pflug, Reis for Thomas, Schrader for Salberg, Eschliman for Miller. Warren – Adams for Anbres, Anbres for Frost.
Touchdowns – Hill 4, Edwards, Define, Thomas, Dixon.
Points from drop kick after touchdown – Edwards 4.
Pflug kicked off to Dixon who was tackled by Kallaker and Edwards on Warren’s 28-yard line. Norman went around Massillon’s left end for 15, being forced out of bounds. Warren was held and Gillen dropped back to punt. The pass went through his hands and over his head, rolling across the goal line. Gillen attempted to pick up the ball but Edwards fell on it for a touchdown. Edwards drop kicked for the additional poiont.
Warren received and Gillen was downed on his 27-yard line. Norman made 6 through the line but after that Massillon held and Gillen punted to Hill, the kick going straight up. Hill was downed on Warren’s 30. Define made 4 at the line and Hill on two plunges made a first down. Smashes by Thomas, Boerner and Hill made another first down. Define made 2 but Massillon received a 15-yard penalty for holding. Hill attempted a long forward to Thomas which went over the goal line and Warren secured the ball on its 20. Dixon made 5. Edwards stopped Norman without gain and Gillen punted to Thomas who was down in midfield. Define made 4 and Boerner went through the line for 15 and a first down. Hill’s pass was grounded. Define made 3, Thomas 3 and Hill plunged for a first down. Define skirted Warren’s right end for 14 and another first down carrying the ball to the 12-yard line. Hill went through Warren’s left tackle for 10 carrying the ball to the two-yard line and on the next play went over for a touchdown. Edwards missed an attempt to drop kick for goal.
Warren received and was downed on its 20. A pass failed and the visitors punted to Thomas who was tackled in midfield as the quarter ended. Score, Massillon – 12, Warren – 6.
Second Quarter
Hill passed to Roth for a gain of 18 yards. Thomas made 6 around end. A pass from Hill to Boerner made a first down. Define then went through the Warren team for a touchdown, carrying the ball from the 10-yard line. Edwards made another point on drop kick after the touchdown.
Warren received and carried the ball back to midfield. A pass from Gillen to Dixon made 8 and the visitors then punted to Thomas who was downed on his 25-yard line.
Hill punted back and Warren had the ball on its 24-yard line. Craig made 6, Norman failed to gain. Define batted down a Warren pass and then Gillen’s attempted place kick from the 25-yard line was short and Massillon put the ball in play on its 20-yard line. Hill punted out of bounds on Massillon’s 39. Norman gained 5 yards after a great run in which he dashed back and forth across the field twice before being tackled. Norman was thrown for a loss of 4. Gillen passed to Dixon for a first down. Another Warren pass failed and then Gillen passed to Dixon for 15 taking the ball to Massillon’s 12. Norman was stopped by Hax without gain but Craig hit the line for 6 and then Gillen passed to Dixon for 8 yards and a touchdown. Gillen failed at goal. Massillon received and Thomas carried the kick off back to Massillon’s 32-yard line. Define fumbled and Warren covered on Massillon’s 35. Norman was thrown for a loss of 20 and then Define intercepted a Warren pass and returned it to midfield. Hax made 5. Reis, substituting for Define, made 5. Reis made a first down as the half ended. Score, Massillon – 20, Warren – 6.
Third Quarter
Warren received and carried the ball back to its 33-yard line. Hill covered a Warren fumble on Warren’s 31-yard line. Borza made a first down. Hill made 8 at the line and then passed to Jamison for 15. Massillon received a 15-yard penalty and on the next play Hill failed to make the required yards for first down and it was Warren’s ball on Warren’s 12-yard line. Warren punted to Hax who was run out on Massillon’s 35. Hill returned the kick to Gillen who was downed on his 43-yard line. Rohr and Hill broke up Warren’s attempts to forward pass and the visitors punted out of bounds on Massillon’s 30. Hax missed Hill’s pass with a clear field ahead and Hill punted to Dixon who was down on his 44-yard line. Hill intercepted a Warren pass and was downed on the visitors 40. Borza made 3 and Hill made it first down on the next play. Thomas, Hill and Borza made a first down in three plunges. Thomas carried the ball to the five-yard line on the next play but fumbled when tackled and Adams covered for Warren. The visitors punted to Hax who was downed on his 40. Hill’s pass failed and the fullback then went around Warren’s right end for 9 and made a first down on the next play. Thomas went around end for 11. Borza, Hill and Thomas carried the ball to Warren’s 7-yard line as the quarter ended. Score, Massillon – 20, Warren – 6.
Fourth Quarter
Massillon was penalized 15 for unnecessary roughness taking the ball to the 20-yard line. Hill passed to Jamison for again of 18. Warren gained the ball on its three-yard line when Roth lifted the ball from the ground and then failed to pass it. It was fourth down for Massillon. Gillen dropped back to punt but the pass was bad and he missed the ball, being downed behind his goal line for a safety. Warren put the ball in play on its 30-yard line. Warren received a 15-yard penalty. Two Warren passes failed and then Gillen punted to Thomas who took the ball on Warren’s 30-yard line and by some neat side stepping and dodging ran 30 yards for a touchdown. Edwards added another point by drop kicking for goal.
Warren received and was downed on its 24-yard line. Jamison threw Norman for a loss of 10. Warren passed for 8. Gillen passed to Dixon for 8 more. The next Warren pass failed and Massillon gained the ball on Warren’s 30-yard line. Hill made 2 and Thomas went through for a first down. Borza rammed through for 15 taking the ball to the 4-yard line. Hill went over for a touchdown on the next play. Edward’s attempt to kick for goal failed.
Warren received and was down on its 21-yard line. Norman was thrown for a 6-yard loss by Miller. Gillen punted out of bounds in midfield. Thomas made a first down and then made 8 on the next play. Hill went through for another first down. Borza made 8 and Hill plowed through from the 11-yard line for a touchdown, shaking off several tacklers. Edwards failed to kick goal.
Warren received and on the first play Hill intercepted a pass and carried the ball back to Warren’s 20-yard line. Borza made 8 and Hill made it a first down, carrying the ball to Warren’s 10-yard line. On the next play Hill went off right tackle for a touchdown. Edwards failed at goal. Warren received as the game ended.
Leaving its backfield stars, Captain Hess, Rosenberg and Ulrich, at home so they may be in good shape for the annual duel with McKinley High of Canton, at Lakeside Stadium, Canton, next Saturday, the orange and black football team of Washington High school last Saturday afternoon took a 13 to 0 drubbing from Warren High school at the latter place. The game was played on a gridiron deep in mud and the major portion of the contest was staged in a blinding snow storm.
Although the orange and black did present a patched up lineup the youthful Tigers gave the Warrenites a stiff engagement but with only two men in the backfield, Boerner and Hax, who have played in any number of games the local team was not able to pierce the Warren defense for a score.
Coach David B. Stewart, realizing that victory over Canton would be greater triumph than to defeat Warren did not take any chances of exposing his regular stars to further injuries and so did not send them with the balance of the team. Hess, Rosenberg and Ulrich are just getting back into shape after sustaining injuries in other games.
Warren scored its first touchdown near the close of the first half. A bad Massillon punt paved the way for the score. Fifty seconds remained to be played in the second quarter when Norman, Warren quarterback, scooped up the ball and ran 45 yards for a touchdown. Goal was missed.
Warren’s second touchdown came early in the third quarter. Warren received and ran the ball back 20 yards. Then Larch heaved a pass to Right End Dixon who ran 25 yards for the score. Goal was kicked.
Jamison, Potts, and Hax were Massillon’s stars while Smith, Warren right guard, was the shining light for Warren, playing a great game of defense.
Now For Canton
Warren – 13 Pos. Massillon – 0 Nellis LE Lyons Frost LT Nelson Persult LG Kallaker Buckwalter C (c) Potts Smith RG Rutherford Shelton RT Snyder Aurnend RE Jamison Dixon QB Hax Norman LH Boerner Lerch (c) RH Pflug Thomas FB Borga
Warren 0 6 7 0 – 13
Touchdowns – Norman, Dixon.
Goal from touchdown – Lerch.
Substitutions: Warren – Andres for Shelton; Frost for Andres; Andres for Norman. Massillon – Wendling for Borga; Borga for Wendling; Fisher for Borga; Rohr for Wendling.
Referee – Beck, Mount Union. Umpire – Herwig, Grove City. Headlinesman – Grimm, Colorado.
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