Orange and Black Wins

First Game, Trouncing Uhrichsville High, 38-0

 

 

Massillon high’s orange and black football team is starting out in 1916 form.

Piling up a total of 38 points, while its opponents were held scoreless, the local gridders Saturday afternoon won their first game of the season by defeating Uhrichsville high in the southern city.

Although the score would indicate a rather easy struggle, the Uhrichsville lads gave Coach Snavely’s boys a hard tussle all the way.  The local team used nothing but straight football, fearing to uncover any open work because of New Philadelphia onlookers on the sidelines.  New Philadelphia opens the local season next Saturday.

On the first play of the game Thomas, orange and black star halfback, plunged off tackle and ran 70 yards for a touchdown.  The play took Uhrichsville’s breath away but the down staters rallied gamely and made Massillon fight for every inch of ground.  Six touchdowns and two goals were registered by the local tossers.

The local team showed up well and from its playing Saturday should be able to make another brilliant record for the local school.

Following is the lineup and summary:

Massillon – 38.                        Pos.                        Uhrichsville – 0.

Meyers                        le                        Davis

Cheyney                        lt                        Witting

Ertle                        lg                        Parks

Graybill                        c                        Surby

Harrison                        rg                        Eschliman

Oberlin                        rt                        Parrish

Howells                        re                        Ransberger

Fulton                        qb                        Brown

Thomas                        lhb                        Willis

Converse                        rhb                        Cunning

Archbold                        fb                        Naber

 

Substitutions – Massillon:  Miller for Meyers, Kemp for Cheyney, Ertle for Graybill, Taylor for Harrison, Welrich for Oberlin, Edwards for Howells, Graybill for Fulton, Greenfelder for Converse, Wittmann for Archbold.

 

Touchdowns – Thomas, Archbold, Wittmann, Fulton, Converse, Graybill.

 

Goals after touchdown – two.