MASSILLON, OH., Nov. 1 –
Toledo Waite High’s Indians, the team that asked for it, was definitely
convinced tonight that the Tigers of
Not even the elements could
save the Indians from taking a 28-0 whipping as more than 21,000 spectators
acclaimed the 31st straight victory of the Tigers.
Waite came here with a
record of 19 straight triumphs and the claim that
Hampered by rain that fell
all-day and late into the first period, the Tigers still managed to score in
every period and keep their goal line uncrossed. They now have eight victims this year and
boast a point total of 417 to 0.
It was the lowest score of
the campaign for the Tigers, but the weather saw to that.
The widely heralded classic
drew many more thousands than could be accommodated, despite the official
announcement days ago that every ticket had been sold. Not even the heavy downpour could dim the
enthusiasm of the Tiger fans.
The stands were nearly filled
an hour before kickoff, most of the thousands sitting cheerfully in the rain
rather than risk losing their seats. It
was a show that amazed those who watched Tiger football for the first time.
Waite completely outplayed,
getting only one first down on a pass in the third period. Massillon had 16, but that only starts to
tell the story.
Waite’s running attack
didn’t have a chance and its heavy line proved no problem, with the exception
of one boy, Herbert Snider, who played a whale of a game.
Massillon’s blocking was
well nigh perfect, as always. The line
out charged its heavier foe’s consistently.
The game was only eight
plays old when the Tigers had their fist touchdown.
A fumble by Pokey Blunt was
recovered by Waite on the Waite 47.
Three running plays netted only 2 yards for the Indians, and Jimmy Seibenaller tried to punt.
Tom Jones and Herman
Robinson smashed through the Toledo forward wall to block the attempt and
Robinson recovered on Toledo’s 6, from where James went over on the first play.
Toledoans Find Out
About State Supremacy
Ray Getz elected an end run
for the point, but was stopped and the score was 6-0.
Another blocked punt gave
Waite had failed to move
more than a yard from its 17. The punt
was logical, but Wallace moved in as though he belonged in the Indians’
backfield. He blocked the kick with his chest
and the bounding ball bounced out of the end zone before the Tigers could
capture it and the score was 8-0.
The Tigers were in complete
command as the second half opened.
Horace Gillom
returned Snider’s kickoff from the 7 to the
A few minutes later the
Tigers marched again, but this time Waite held on its 8.
But the Tigers couldn’t be
denied and they had another touchdown two plays after the fourth period
started.
Getz, sweeping around his
left end, raced 49 yards for the tally.
His blockers removed all but the safetyman and Ray took care of him by
simply outsmarting his rival with a fine bit of timing. This time Getz tried a placement for the
extra point and it was good, making the score 21-0.
The final scoring drive
started from the
It was a colorful affair
despite the rain. The great
The Tigers play at
There isn’t a chance to buy
a ticket for McKinley game either.
Massillon, home of great
football, saluted its champions again tonight.
Robinson L.E. Welker
Cardinal L.T. Rideout
Wallace L.G. Mang
Appleby C
Russell R.G. Smithers
Broglio R.T. Links
Gillom R.E. Snider
Kingham Q Baker
James L.H. Sharkoff
Getz R.H. Seibenaller
Blunt F Bauman
Substitutions:
Adams, lh; White, rh.
Toledo Waite – White, rh; Timmons, lh; Bigley, c; Links, rg;
Wagner, c; Martin, rt; Keesey,
re.
Touchdowns – James 2, Getz, Kingham.
Points after
touchdowns – Getz 2 (placements).
Safety – Waite
Tigers Triumph 28-0 To
VICTORY OVER WAITE IS 31ST
IN ROW
FOR
Champions Turn On Second Half Power On
Slippery Field Before 22,000
Stark county football fans
were secure in the knowledge today that this district produces the greatest
scholastic football in
Massillon’s mighty Tigers,
the county’s leading representatives, established beyond the shadow of a doubt
their right to five consecutive state titular claims at Tiger stadium in
Held to eight points in the
first half, the Tigers of Coach Paul Brown unleashed the full fury of their
deceptive and well-coordinated attack in succeeding quarters to sweep over a
good but outclassed
Accomplished on a slippery
gridiron where ball handling was precarious and an aerial offense virtually
useless, the convincing victory ran
Although the personnel of
both squads had changed, Friday night’s game was the climactic chapter in a
heated dispute that arose late last season over conflicting state championship
claims. A strong 1939 Waite eleven won
11 successive contests, including a 9-7 “Buckeye bowl” conquest of
Both teams were handicapped
seriously last night by insecure footing and a soggy ball. Despite the fact a huge tarpaulin had been
placed on the field Thursday and was not removed until game time, heavy rains
all day yesterday and a steady drizzle during the tilt took their toll.
But the Tigers clearly were
the superior team, possibly by an even greater margin than the score indicates.
Beautiful timing, deadly blocking
and superlative defensive play, plus a customary propensity for “making their
own breaks,” enabled Coach Paul Brown’s charges to hang a decisive defeat on a
worthy opponent.
Passing, normally an
integral part of the
With the weather putting a
damper on aerials, the Indians of Coach Jack Mollenkopf
used an eight man defensive line most of the game, and gave the best defensive
exhibition against the Tigers this year.
Waite lacked anything
resembling an attack against the defense thrown up by
Massillon fumbled four
times, twice deep in enemy territory, and Waite covered all four fumbles. The Toledoans
bobbled twice but recovered on both occasions.
With teamwork as a premium,
Jim Russell and Bill Wallace
at the guards were magnificent, and Gillom was in the
thick of every skirmish. The big Negro
ace was held scoreless for the first time this year, his offensive
opportunities being limited by the lack of passing.
Heroic in defeat were Herb
Snider, a great defensive end; Lester Rideout, a
sterling tackle, and Lou Sharkoff, a hard working
halfback.
After
On the first play of the
second period, Wallace blocked another Sharkoff punt
on the
The Tigers made their first
sustained march to start the third quarter, going 48 yards for a touchdown in
six plays. Getz and Blunt alternated to
the Waite 15, from where James cracked right guard, headed for the right
sideline and dove over the goal just inside the out of bounds flag.
With a strong supporting
cast, Getz provided the feature run of the duel in the first minute of the
final quarter. Starting wide around left
end behind a wall of interference, he scampered to the 35, slowed up for
Russell to cut down the nearest Waite defender with a terrific block, and
completed a 43-yard touchdown jaunt.
Getz added the extra point on a placekick.
The last tally was set up by
Gillom’s interception of Sharkoff’s
basketball pass on the Waite 14. Getz
bulled his way through center to the one-foot line and Dick Kingham,
the blocking back scored on a quick opener.
Getz again converted.
Robinson
LE Welker
Wallace
LG Mang
Appleby
C
Russell
RG Smithers
Broglio RT Links
Gillom RE Snider
Kingham QB Baker
James LH Sharkoff
Getz RH Siebenaller
Blunt FB Bauman
Substitutions:
Waite – White, hb; Timmons, hb;
Bigley, c; J. Links, g;
Wagner, c; Keezey, e.
Touchdowns – James 2,
Getz, Kingham.
Points after
touchdown – Getz 2.
Safety – Wallace
Referee – Earl D. Gross.
Umpire – A.R. Long.
Headlinesman – Carl C. Bachman.
Field judge – T.B. Lobach.
STATISTICS
First downs, rushing 16 0
First downs, passing 0 1
First downs, total 16 1
Yards gained, rushing 340 40
Yards gained, passing 13 14
Yards lost 67 33
Yards gained, net total 286 21
Passes attempted 2 3
Pases
completed 1 1
Passes incompleted 1 1
Passes intercepted 1 0
Fumbles 4 2
Own fumbles recovered 0 2
Own fumbles covered 0 4
Penalties, yardage 10 0
Punts, average yardage 33 32
As Tigers
Outclass Them;
Blocked Punts
Lead to Early Scores
MASSILLON, O., Nov. 2 –
That defeat shattered
Waite’s 19-game winning streak. The
victory added No. 31 to the list that Coach Paul Brown’s Tigers are
compiling. It likewise was the eighth
foe of the season that
A crowd of 22,000 fans
jammed the big stadium and sat through pouring rain to watch the action. In the assemblage were more than 2,000 Toledoans, braving a fine brand of pneumonia weather. More than, 2,500 fans were
turned away at the gates.
Waite didn’t have a punt
blocked all season until last night and then it saw two of them help
Jimmie Siebenaller
was back to punt early in the game as Waite had the ball on its own 47. Herman Robinson and Dick Kingham
broke through the Waite line, blocked the kick and
when the scramble was unpiled,
Early in the next period,
Bill Wallace, a guard, bounded through the Waite line, blocked Sharkoff’s kick and fell on the ball over the end line for
a safety and the 8-0 lead at halftime, the lowest count
The second half found the
Tigers really going through the Tribe.
They started with the kickoff on their own 42 and with James, Fred Blunt
and Ray Getz hugging the ball, marched 58 yards for the touchdown and any
chances for a Waite win were gone with those points.
Getz, the Tigers’ biggest
ground gainer of the game, used the third play of the final period for the best
gallop of the night as he ran 48 yards for the third touchdown.
Later the Tigers intercepted a pass as Waite
desperately tried to score on the state title claimants. Getz ran to the one before Kingham went through center for the touchdown.
The game was cleanly played,
the only penalties coming against
MASSILLON, O., Nov. 1 – The
Tigers of
Before more than 21,000
spectators and a constant rain here tonight this city’s great football machine
outclassed a previously undefeated Waite team of
At no stage of the game, in
which
In the first period Waite
was thrown back on its heels and never recovered. Soon after the start
Thus it went. Washington out charged Waite on every play
and as in every other game this year and last, Coach Paul Brown’s charges put
on a convincing display of offensive football, proving the old axiom that an
offense is the best defense.
Waite offered sturdy
opposition for three-quarters of the battle even though trailing 14 to 0 at
that stage.
But at the start of the
fourth quarter the visitors lost all hope when the brilliant James of
Here’s how the game
unfolded:
Snider’s kick for Waite went
out of bounds and
Score:
Sharkoff returned Gilloms kick off to Waite’s
21. Sharkoff
made two, then lost four when he fumbled but
recovered. Sharkoff
punted dead on the Tiger 39. James lost
nine, and gained four. Blunt slicked the
Waite line for 14 yards and James made it first down on the 50. Three plays gained six yards.
Sharkoff punted poorly on third down, the boot going out of bounds on the Tiger
31. Gillom
went into the backfield to run and lost seven.
Gillom punted magnificently, dead on the
Score:
Sharkoff attempted to punt on second down and this time Massillon’s forwards
were through again, Wallace blocking the boot and recovering beyond the end
zone for a safety.
Score:
Gillom returned Snider’s free kick from the Waite 20 to the
The rain had ceased but the
field was very muddy.
Waite couldn’t gain and Sharkoff punted to James, who returned to Waite’s 45. Blunt made four
but Getz then fumbled and Sharkoff recovered for
Waite on his 28.
Fans kept streaming into the
already packed stands although the rain started again.
Waite’s power couldn’t move
against the Massillon line on the slippery turf and Sharkoff
punted to James, who came back to the Tiger 40.
Waite smashed two running
plays for a two yard loss and Gillom’s poor punt went
out on his own 38 where it was Waite’s ball.
Sharkoff made two and White four, Baker in two
tries failed by inches to make a first down and it was
James made seven. Siebenaller came
back into the Waite lineup for White.
Getz made a first down on the
James shook loose for 16
yards and a first down on the 32. A pass
and plunge failed before the Tigers drew the first penalty – five yards for off
side. A Gillom
to Robinson pass was complete to Waite’s 35 as the gun sounded.
Score:
Snider kicked off to Gillom who returned to the
Score:
Gillom kicked off out of bounds and it was Waite’s ball on its 35. A Sharkoff to
Welker pass over the line gave Waite its initial first down on the Indian
49. Sharkoff
lost seven on another pass attempt but Siebenaller
got it back. Sharkoff
made nine on the first Waite power play that got anyplace, but Baker was
stopped cold on fourth down and
On a cut back Getz made a
first down on Waite’s 44. Blunt slipped
off tackle and ran to the 10 before Siebenaller
nailed him. Another cut back over tackle
gave Getz four, but Snider smeared him the next time for a five-yard loss, and
the third time he was stopped without a gain.
On fourth down Waite’s line checked Blunt and the Indians took the ball
on their eight. Sharkoff
punted nicely, dead on the Tiger 37.
Snider caught Getz for a
two-yard loss. Getz made eight, Blunt
made a first down on the Tiger 47 as the quarter ended.
Score:
Blunt made five and Getz
carried another yard to Waite’s 47. Then
Getz swept his own left end behind superb blocking and raced 47 yards into pay
dirt. He then booted the point from
placement.
Score:
Siebenaller returned the kickoff to the
Two plays gained eight but
Getz then lost three. Getz made it first down on Waite’s 14. On the second play James fumbled and Rideout recovered for Waite on the
The second play saw Kingham on a quarterback sneak straight through the Waite
center to the one-yard line. Then Kingham shot through center again, this time over the goal
almost without being touched. Getz
placekicked the point.
Score:
Gillom purposely kicked off out of bounds again to keep Waite from returning
the ball and the Toledoans took the ball on their
35. Siebenaller
picked up five. Siebenaller
punted to James, who was downed on the Tiger 35.
Tiger Gridders Roll Back Eight-Man
In a setting of pageantry, the
like of which is seldom seen on the gridiron, the
An overflow crowd of 22,000
(and several thousand more had to be turned away), sat through the moisture to
see the Tigers convince their rivals from the northwest part of the state that
Waite disputed that claim
last year on the basis of an undefeated season and a 9-7 triumph over
The Tigers were
magnificent. To defeat a highly touted
grid machine like Waite is one thing, and to do it in the rain is another. The rain actually came to Waite’s rescue and
saved it from greater humiliation.
The Indians knew the Tigers
would not pass the wet ball, so they smartly threw an
eight-man line against the
It is the marvel of the
season how the
They did it with the
greatest demonstration of charging and blocking ever seen here.
It was tough going the first
half – plenty tough – ask the players.
They looked the superior team all the way but only had eight points at
half-time intermission, the result of two punts that were blocked by the fast
charging line.
But despite their
superiority statistically,
The statistics were all in
the Tigers’ favor. They made 16 first
downs to Waite’s one and gained 312 net yards from scrimmage to Waite’s
28. They tried two passes and completed
one for a gain of 13 yards.
Grant Murray, the member of
the Toledo board of education who put Coach Jack Mollenkopf
on the spot when he publicly challenged the Tigers’ right to the state football
title, was sought after the game. A copy
of the statistics had been prepared for him.
He couldn’t be found in the
But Coach Mollenkopf was there, and was sportingly gracious. He described the Tigers as “just too good”
and in particular complimented the signal calling of Tom James and his sequence
of thought.
Mollenkopf had his boys high for the evening.
His team was in condition – both were for that matter, and there were
few injuries, none serious. Jim Russell,
who played a crushing game all night was removed in the fourth quarter with a
lame arm, an old injury, and Tom James complained of a slight ankle
sprain. Lou White, Mollenkopf’s
right halfback, aggravated a leg injury that kept him out of the starting
lineup and saw only a small amount of service before he had to be replaced.
The game was cleanly played
with only three penalties called, all for minor violations. Two were refused, and only five yards were
stepped off by the referee.
And now it is time to give
credit to one individual, a member of the Washington high squad for three
seasons, whose services were never more appreciated than they were last night –
Co-captain Ray Getz. He was Coach Paul
Brown’s ace in the hole and played his role admirably.
Not only did he lug the
leather time and again on cut-back plays for long gains, but he gave the crowd
its biggest thrill of the evening in the fourth quarter when starting from the
Waite 48-yard line, he swept wide around his left end, headed down the
sideline, cut sharply to his right and across the field, to out-run the Toledo
secondary, and score the touchdown that made the Massillon fans breathe easier
the rest of the way.
The entire Tiger team played
great ball. When seven men can handle
eight men, that’s something and that’s why no one should pass up Horace Gillom. Gene Henderson, Bill Wallace, Gordon Appleby, Eli Broglio, Jim Russell, Herman Robinson and Larry Cardinal
when passing out credit. In the
Tiger dressing room hangs a sign that reads something like this: “The team that gets the first six inches wins
the ball game.”
The Tiger linemen read that
motto time and again last week and they continually beat Waite to the charge.
Pokey Blunt did his share of
leather hugging last night too, and was the most consistent ground gainer in
the Tiger backfield in the early minutes of the game. He didn’t score, but he helped advance the
ball into position. James scored two of
the touchdowns, both on sizeable runs and Dick Kingham
bucked another over on a quarterback sneak play.
And you can give some glory
to Herbert Snider, the Indians right end.
There’s a fellow who played a lot of football last night. He broke up many a
The victory established the
Tiger eleven as possibly the finest in the history of the school
. It’s exceptional defense, its
ability to adjust itself to unusual weather conditions, and drive for points
when a wet ball makes passing hazardous, places the Tiger team in the super class
as far as high schools go.
It only took a few minutes
to score the first touchdown, and it came on a break, a break that was made by
Jack Baker, the big burly
blocking quarterback of Waite had just brought a roar from the
Waite tested the Tiger
forward wall on three straight plays and gained but a yard. Siebenaller dropped
back to punt. The Waite forward wall was
leveled, Tiger players rushed in and Kingham, closing
in from the sides blocked the ball with a resounding slump. It rolled back and back to the seven-yard
line where Robinson flopped on the leather.
James took no chances. He called
for the Tigers’ strongest play, a smash off right tackle, and carrying the
leather himself, smashed through for the touchdown. Getz tried to carry the extra point across
but was met by a swarm of
It was 6-0 right through the
remainder of the quarter with Horace Gillom punting
the Tigers out of a hole with a mighty 62-yard boot from the line of scrimmage, that carried to the
The leather rolled back of
the goal line with Wallace in hot pursuit, but before he could get on it, the
ball rolled out of the end zone and it was an automatic safety.
Gillom and Sharkoff engaged in a punting duel
following the safety, Gillom placed the ball on the
seven-yard line with a great kick and Sharkoff coming
right back to boot the ball from behind his goal to midfield. The Tigers moved down to the 28, where Sharkoff covered Getz’s fumble,
and punted the ball back into Tiger territory.
When the Tiger running
attack bogged down. Gillom got off his
only poor punt that actually lost two yards and placed Waite on the
The Tigers bristled with the
thought of having their goal line crossed.
Sharkoff made a yard but on a reverse. Sharkoff then
handed the ball to White who smashed through for a five-yard gain. The Indians called on Baker to carry the ball
and resorted to a power play. He waded
through for three and one-half yards, needing but half a yard for a first
down. Again Baker was called back, the
230-pounder who is supposed to get a yard when he wants it. The ball was passed and the Tiger line
charged so fast that Baker never got to the line of scrimmage.
The Tigers took the kickoff
at the start of the third period and their rhythmic march, looked like another
episode in the great patriotic pageant unfolded by the band a few minutes
earlier.
Without a break, they
marched to the
Waite flashed back with a
15-yard basketball pass. Sharkoff to Mark Welker, that
produced the Indians only first down of the game. It took the ball to the Waite 49. The Indians carried it on to the Tiger 42
where they needed a yard for a first down.
Again they moved Baker into the fullback spot, but again Baker was
stopped by a stonewall
Deciding it better to kick
the wet ball, James called for a placekick and Getz booted it squarely between
the uprights.
The Tigers started from
their own 35 next time they got the ball and carried
to the Waite 14 where Capt. Rideout covered James’
fumble. After being tossed for a
six-yard loss, Sharkoff tried to pass, but Gillom intercepted to give
Robinson LE Welker
Wallace LG Mang
Appleby C
Russell RG Smithers
Broglio RT Links
Gillom RE Snider
Kingham QB Baker
James LH Sharkoff
Getz RH White
Blunt FB Bauman
Score by
periods:
Substitutions:
F. Cardinal, qb; White, lh;
Adams, rh; Hill, rg.
Waite – Joe Links, g; Bigley, c; Wagner, c; Siebenaller, hb;
Timmons, hb.
Touchdowns – James 2, Kingham,
Getz.
Safety – (
Points after
touchdown – Getz 2 (placekicks).
Statistics Of The Game
First downs 16 1
Yards gained rushing 342 43
Yards gained passing 13 15
Total yards gained 355 58
Yards lost 42 30
Net yards gained 312 28
Passes attempted 2 3
Passes completed 1 1
Passes grounded 1 1
Passes intercepted 0 1
Times punted 4 8
Average punt (yards) 34 32
Times kicked off 4 2
Fumbles 4 2
Lost ball on fumble 4 0
Penalties called 2 1
Penalties refused 1 1
Yards penalized 5