TIGERS TROUNCE AVIATORS,
65-0
LONG RUNS
FEATURE
By KEN HARTWICK
Stark county grid history was made at Mount Union stadium,
Alliance, Saturday afternoon, as the Tigers of Washington high school crushed
the Alliance Aviators under a 65-0 score, the largest ever made by the orange
and black in a game with a county opponent.
With every man playing his part to perfection, the Tigers
fought over the Alliance goal line 10 different times to turn in the biggest
count in what so far has been the most successful football season in the
history of the local school and to assume an impressive lead in the three-way
battle for the 1934 Stark grid championship.
Outplay Old Rivals
The score tells the story.
In every department of the game the Tigers far outplayed their ancient
rivals who, though they fought hard, could do nothing to stem the tide of
touchdowns which engulfed them.
After the first minute of play in which the Tigers scored
their first touchdown, it was only a question of how lopsided the score was to
be. The points continued to mount at a
rate of better than one a minute and as the gun finally ended the game and the
Tigers romped off the field with their points for the season advanced to the
impressive total of 274 and their goal line still uncrossed.
Tigers Get 22 First Downs
Twenty-two first downs were registered by the Tigers, 16 in
the first half, while they were allowing the Aviators but three, two in the
first quarter and one in the fourth. The
orange and black advanced the ball 408 yards while
The Tigers opened with two touchdowns in the first
period. They put on steam to score four
in the second, coasted through the third, getting one tally and put the
pressure on again in the fourth for three more.
The game produced, as far as local fans were concerned,
everything that makes for thrills in a football game except, of course, a tight
score. Blocked punts, intercepted
passes, long runs for touchdowns, passes over the goal line – all were included
in the Tigers’ bag of tricks.
For the Tigers there was no individual hero. Six different, men helped in the scoring and
as many and more played their valiant but largely unnoticed parts in setting
the stage for the touchdowns.
Henry Krier was high-point man
with three touchdowns and an extra point.
Bob Shertzer and D.C. McCants
each got two touchdowns and an extra point.
Ed Herring scored twice and Cloyd Snavely once. Mike Byelene and Jake Gillom contributed
the other two points after touchdown.
Two of Krier’s touchdowns were
made on long end runs which good interference on the part of several of his
teammates and some snappy stepping by Henry himself made possible. On one occasion Krier
broke through from the Aviators’ 42-yard line and raced across the goal
stripe. A few minutes later he repeated
the stunt, carrying the pigskin from the
Long Run By Shertzer
The big thrill of the afternoon was furnished by Shertzer who raced 82 yards for a touchdown after
intercepting an
Another thrill was provided by Wendell Lohr
late in the third frame when he took an
Two other plays which resulted in touchdowns were pulled by Buggs and Snavely who did not
figure in the scoring of those particular tallies. Early in the final period Buggs
blocked an
D.C. McCants was in his old form
and pierced the Aviators’ line consistently for substantial gains. Byelene, the
sophomore quarterback, didn’t score a touchdown but was personally responsible
for many of the first downs which put the ball in a scoring position.
Jack Lange, whose fine defensive work in a backfield
position has gone unheralded and Molinski, Wolfe and
the other unsung heroes of the line opened big holes for their backfield
teammates and rolled opposing players out of the way so they could make their
big gains.
Passes were few. The
Tigers tried seven and completed three, with Byelene
on the throwing end for 37 yards. Two
were good for touchdowns. The Aviators
attempted four, completing two for 12 yards.
The Tigers were set back 50 yards and the Aviators 35 by penalties.
The game had only started when the Tigers scored touchdown
No. 1. On the first play after getting
the ball on his own 20, Korleski
fumbled for
On the first play after the next kick Korleski
again fumbled on his 35 and
March From Own 35
A few minutes later Krier made his
42-yard run for the fourth touchdown and got No. 5 shortly after on a 36-yard
jaunt. Shertzer
and Byelene scored the points by carrying the ball
over the goal line.
An 80-yard march produced the next Tiger tally. Byelene did most of
the carrying as the ball was advanced to the
Early in the third period shortly after the Tigers’ first
punt, Lohr made his 45-yard return to the
On three first downs the Tigers a little later carried from
their own 25 to the
It was
Exciting Plays
A 15-yard penalty on the Tigers after Lohr
returned a punt to his own 41 set the stage for the two exciting plays which
followed. Failing to get the required 10
yards in three plays, Gillom dropped back for a
punt. The throw from center was to the
side and before Jake could try a punt he was downed on his own 33 giving the
Aviators the ball.
Small gains by Korleski and Dantzler and a seven-yard pass from Korleski
to Seufts gave the Aviators a first down on the
Another fumble by Korleski which
was recovered by McDew on the
An interception of a pass by Morningstar a minute later came
as the game ended.
The game was attended by a crowd of approximately 3,000 fans
with
Saturday, Akron West’s Cowboys come here to battle the
Tigers. Records of the two teams so far
indicate a victory for the orange and black.
The summary:
Lohr LE Koch
Buggs LT Wenzel
Molinsk LG Fete
Morningstar C
Snavely RG Cassidy
Wolfe RT Pfeiffer
Shertzer RE Starks
Byelene QB Long
Krier LH Zumbar
Lange RH Korleski
McCants FB Dantzler
Substitutions:
Massillon – McDew, re; Herring, lb; Gillom, fb; Carter, qb; Schimke, rg; Miller, lg; Peters, rt; Price, rt.
Alliance – Seufts, le; Greenwalt, c;
Shively, lg; Zamatlas, lt; LaNave, qb;
Oyster, rg; Raber, lg; Grimes, rg; Czkita, rh.
Score by quarters:
Touchdowns:
Points after touchdown:
Referee – Howell (Sebring).
Umpire – Boone (
Head Linesman – Barrett (Sebring).