NOVEMBER 19, 1894
THE FOOT BALL FIELD
Canton High
School Laddies
Defeat Our Own
Class spirit and inter-urban rivalry ran high and fierce at
Russell Park on Saturday afternoon. The Massillon
high school football eleven had undertaken a large and
difficult contract and were abetted by numerous charming young women,
whose umbrellas, hats and coats were decorated with yellow and black and who
did not hesitate to indulge in a very fetching yell when matters progressed
their way.
It unfortunately happened that the hated rivals on this
occasion, the Canton high school boys, who, as previously stated called
themselves the “Varsity eleven” because some of them expect to go away to
college some of these days had the advantage of weight and years and hence,
notwithstanding the charming young women, profusion of yellow and black and the
fetching yell, Massillon went down to honorable defeat.
Canton not only
won the victory, but permitted their followers and shouters to appropriate the Massillon
yell, simply substituting Canton
for Massillon. But for all that, the home team is not
discouraged, because of its defeat by a score of 12 to 8 and will even accounts
at some future time.
Fully 200 people witnessed the contest. The teams were evenly matched and excitement
ran high during the last half when the Massillon
boys secured a touchdown by repeatedly forcing Dangler through the Canton’s
center. The ball changed from side to
side on the third down and for a time it seemed that neither club would gain an
advantage. Frequent attempts were made
to send men around the ends but each effort proved of no avail and on several
occasions ground was lost. The last
touchdown the Canton team secured
on a scratch. Massillon
lost the ball on a fumble; it was seized by Day, who ran down the field
uninterrupted and had it not been for this error the honors would have remained
with the home team. The Cantonians were gentlemanly players and both halves ended
without a wrangle.
Kell and King, of the M.A.C. team,
acted as referee and umpire and Wittmann officiated
as timekeeper. For the home team Dangler
secured both touchdowns but failed each time to kick goal. For Canton,
Day crossed the Massillon line for
each touchdown, while Kirby kicked both goals.
The teams lined up as follows:
M.H.S. Pos. C.H.S.
Foltz center Gauchat
Emery left guard Hawk
Harrison right guard Turnbull
Von Kanel left
tackle Oldham
Edwards right tackle Rowlen
Stoner left end Jahn
Yost right end Linn
Justus quarter back Day
List left half back Pumphrey
Lester right half back Stokey
Dangler full back Kirby
CANTON
WINS
EASILY IN ITS CONTEST WITH
THE MASSILLON BOYS
AT FOOT BALL SATURDAY
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is the account of the
second
Canton-Massillon High
school football
game
as it appeared in The Repository.
The Canton High
School varsity football eleven went to Massillon
on the 1:30 Canton-Massillon
electric car, on Saturday afternoon and played the Massillon
High School eleven a return
game. It was played at Russell Park and
as in the previous games in this city the Canton
boys came out on top. They defeated
their opponents Saturday by the Score of 12 to 8.
A large crowd of the faithful went over to the leading city
in the western part of Stark County
to see the boys hold up the dignity of this city. They did so and now the football enthusiasts
are jubilant.
When the Massillon
boys played here they put up a very peaceful game. But oh, my! what a
difference in Massillon. They were at home and their actions did not
show up brilliantly. Kell,
formerly of the Oberlins but now of Massillon,
refereed one half of the game and umpired the other half. He has been coaching the Massillons
and even tried to do so on the field notwithstanding his position. There was a large attendance when the game
started.
THE START: Canton
got the ball in the toss up. Jahn kicked off and the ball went within twenty-five yards
of the Massillon goal. It was captured by the Massillons,
they failed to secure the necessary gain of five yards and the ball was
returned to the Cantons. By hard enter
bucking by the Cantons, Day was successful in making a
touchdown. Captain Kirby then kicked
goal. The Cantons now had 6 to their
opponents 0. Dangler then kicked off for
Massillon . His first attempt went out of bounds. He then kicked it successfully. Stokey secured it
and made a gain of twenty-five yards. Massillon
then forced him within a foot of the Canton
goal. Unable to gain any headway and to
prevent Massillon’s securing the
ball, Stokey clearly and beyond the possibility of a
doubt, made a safety. This would have
given Massillon two points. A Massillon
player, however, placed his hand on the ball and the referee allowed Massillon
a touch down. This was considered a
deliberate robbery and it gave Massillon
four points. Canton
objected but to no effect. Dangler then
attempted to kick goal but failed. This
ended the half. Score, Canton 6; Massillon 4.
THE SECOND HALF: Started out with a kick off by Dangler
for the Massillons.
Jahn got the ball, which passed back and forth
for some time with little gain by either side.
When about half way between the center and the Canton goal Massillon started
to force the ball. It was thrown
to Silvers and just as he grabbed it Rowlen made a
good tackle and the ball rolled toward the goal. Day grabbed it and by a splendid spurt made a
touch down. Kirby kicked goal. Dangler
then kicked off again for Massillon. It went within ten yards of Canton’s
goal. Day got the ball and started
toward the Massillon goal. He was tackled and downed and in the line up
for a scrimmage the ball was force to center by the Cantons and the Massillons secured it on the third successive down. They then forced it toward the Canton
goal and Dangler made a touch down. He
tried to kick goal, but failed again.
Time was then called. Score: Canton 12, Massillon 8.