High School Crew
Downs Rayen High,
Saturday, 39-6
High school football teams of Youngstown ought to
have a healthy respect for the sturdy orange and black eleven of Washington
high school. A week ago Youngstown
South attempted to put a crimp in the victorious march of Coach John Snavely’s
youthful Tigers only to be sent back home with a 2 to 0 defeat hung upon
them. On Saturday Rayen high, another
Youngstown school sent its gridiron celebrities on a Massillon invasion and the
local scholastic combination was the recipient of more gridiron honors for it
smothered the Steel Town crew under a 39 to 6 score.
Six touchdowns and three goals followed in the wake
of Massillon’s smashing attack, which was illuminated by the brilliant dashes
of left halfback Hess, who is rapidly developing into Massillon’s big offensive
star. Four of the six touchdowns were
the result of Hess’ brilliant work, one coming on a spectacular 60-yard dash
through the Rayen eleven and another on a 35-yard sprint around the visiting
aggregation. His other two sets of
counters came on short plunges.
With Hess skimming around the ends and Stuhldreher
and Archbold giving the Rayen line an acid test, it was not long until
Massillon had piled up a lead sufficient to clinch the contest. The offensive work of the orange and black
stood out prominently in the first half but in the second it did not show so
much, with a result that Rayen outplayed coach Snavely’s warriors during the
last two quarters.
Rayen had a heavy team but it possessed only one
player whose performance was at all noteworthy. Elliott, Captain and husky fullback for the visitors, was Rayen’s
best bet but he could not play the entire game himself although he figured in
practically all of Rayen’s plays and did most of the defensive work.
Finding Massillon’s line a bit too tough to dent
because of the brilliant work of Oberlin and Taylor, who are about as fine a
pair of tackles as ever wore the orange and black, Rayen depended largely upon
shift plays and forward passes. The visitors
attempted 35 overhead plays, completing nine, having four intercepted and 23
astray. In the last quarter it tried
desperately to score by the air route, attempting 16 passes, only three of
which were successful. Massillon
attempted but six passes none being successful.
In making first downs Rayen out-pointed the orange
and black, registering 13 to 11 for the local team.
Rayen hardly had time to get warmed up before
Massillon scored its first touchdown.
The visitors received and punted to Archbold in midfield. Hess and Stuhldreher commenced a march
around Rayen’s ends that brought the ball to the six-yard line from where Hess
dashed across for a touchdown.
A few minutes later Herman covered a bad Rayen pass
on the visitors 11-yard line and Stuhldreher and Hess once more pierced the
Youngstown team’s defense. Hess going
around left end on a double pass for his second touchdown.
The second quarter had barely started before Hess,
on another double pass, swung around Rayen’s right end and on a spectacular run
in which he eluded practically the entire Youngstown team, carried the ball 60
yards for his third touchdown. Right
end Howells was the next orange and black gridder to electrify the crowd when
he snatched a Rayen forward out of the air and scampered 50 yards for a
touchdown. Hess before the quarter
ended, gathered another set of counters by a 35-yard sprint.
Rayen scored its lone touchdown in the second
quarter. Stuhldreher punted out of
bounds on his 30-yard line and a pass from Fried to Elliott took the ball to
the 20-yard line. Elliott then heaved a
pass to Hough who fumbled on Massillon’s two-yard line, the ball rolling over
the goal line where Fried fell on it for Rayen’s touchdown.
Massillon’s last touchdown came in the third quarter
when left end Herman picked up a Rayen fumble on Rayen’s 40-yard line and
scampered across the visitor’s goal line.
Greenfelder, star halfback, did not get into the
fray until near the close of the game, a bad hip keeping him on the
sidelines. Coach Snavely switched Hess
from quarterback to halfback and sent Stuhldreher to the pivot position. Stuhldreher played a good game although he
was not able to elude Elliott, Rayen’s star, as successfully as Hess did.
Massillon – 39 Pos. Rayen – 6
Herman LE R.
Smith
Oberlin LT Tonsmeier
Clay LG L.
Smith
Angstadt C Davies
Harrison RG E.
Brown
Taylor RT Reckert
Howells RE Meyer
Stuhldreher QB Fried
Hollerback LHB Carney
Hess RHB Hough
Archbold FB Elliott
Score by quarters:
Massillon 13 20 6 0 39
Rayen 0 6 0 0 6
Substitutions – Massillon: Siffert for herman,
Herman for Siffert,
Tilton
for Clay, Adams for Angstadt, Graber for Harrison,
Jamison
for Howeels, Howells for Jamison, Limbach for Hollerback,
Greenfelder
for Archbold.
Rayen: Fitzsimmons for R. Smith, McDonald for E.
Brown,
Menninger
for Carney, Carney for Menninger, Hameriki for
Hough.
Touchdowns – Hess 4, Howells 1, Herman 1, Fried 1.
Goals after touchdown – Stuhldreher 3
Referee
– Blythe, Mount Union.
Umpire
– Bast, Massillon.
Headlinesman – Wilson, Massillon.
Timer – Ligget.
Time of quarters -- 12˝ m.