(Plain Dealer Special)
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Nov. 9 –
Paul Brown’s classy Massillon Tigers struck with devastating force to pile up a
26-to-0 victory over a surprising East High eleven here today.
A crowd of 13,000, largest
to witness a scholastic game here for the last decade, saw the Tigers stride
four times for drives of 53, 5, 72 and 78 yards to gain its tallies in the
first half-time intermission. It was
Ray Getz returned Diane’s
opening kickoff to the Massillon 28 and the Tiger machine went into high gear,
scoring in eight plays with Blunt going over from 3 yards out. Getz added the point from placement.
Gilllom kicked off to Fabian on the goal line and Fabian returned to the East
20. Two running plays and a pass gained
nothing and Fabian punted to James on the
On the first play James
tossed a 40-yard pass to Gillom on the 20 and the
lanky All-Ohio end skipped the remaining yards unmolested.
Getz missed the placement
for the point.
Talmadge Jackson sparked his team to life with an 18-yard return of Gillom’s kickoff to the East 23. Al Pert reeled off an 18-yard run and
Jackson and Powis each gained 1 and East resorted to the aerial game
but without success as Robinson intercepted Fabian’s pass on the
James reeled off a 12-yard
jump for a first down on the East 42, Robinson sprinted 28 for another first
down on the 14. Gillom
lost 5 and
Pert went to a first down on
the East 41 as the quarter ended. Two
running plays netted 8 and Powis’ pass failed. Fabian kicked out of bounds on the
Here the Tigers marched 83
yards in 9 plays for their third score with Tom James cutting inside East’s
left end for 52 yards.
The final
East seriously threatened
the Tigers uncrossed goal line in the third period.
Taking the ball on their own
20, after Gillom’s kick went into the end zone, for
an automatic touchback, East punched 66 yards down to
the
Gillom L.E. Lanzi
Wallace L.G. Massacco
Appleby C Hash
Russell R.G. Direnzo
Broglio R.T. Diane
Robinson R.E. Laskin
Kingham Q Fabian
Getz R.H.
Blunt F Powis
Substitutions:
Oliver, Weisgarber,
tackles; Hill, L. Cardinal, guards;
Fuchs, c; Adams, lh; White, rh;
Pizzino, f; F. Cardinal, q.
East – Kraayck,
e; Pilusi, t; Ciolin, c;
Andrews, q;
Berger, rh;
Delmark, lh;
Wayland, f.
Touchdowns – Blunt, Gillom, James, Getz.
Points after
touchdowns – Getz 2 (placements)
Statistics:
MASS. YOUNG.
Yards gained rushing 214 104
Yards lost rushing 12 34
Yards gained passing 102 11
Net gain from scrimmage 304 81
First downs rushing 8 6
First downs passing 1 1
First downs penalties 1 1
Total first downs 10 8
Passes attempted 7 6
Passes completed 2 2
Opponents passes intercepted 2 1
Number of punts 3 7
Average distance of punts 37 26
Number of penalties 5 2
Total yards lost penalties 55 10
Number of fumbles 1 2
Opponents fumbles recovered 2 1
Number of kickoffs 5 1
Average distance of kickoff 38 37
Average yardage returning
kickoffs 11 15
TIGERS
TURN IN 32ND STRAIGHT TRIUMPH ON FIRST HALF ASSAULT
Bengals Held Scoreless In Last Two Quarters By Aggressive Rival
YOUNGSTOWN – After hurling
over four sudden scores in the opening half, Massillon was held scoreless for
the remainder of the game as the Tigers whipped a fighting Youngstown East
eleven 26-0 for their 32nd consecutive victory at Rayen stadium Saturday before 12,500.
Benefiting from a lull resulting
between Tiger contests with Toledo Waite and Canton McKinley, the Youngstown gridders stole the second half show as they throttled the
Massillon running assault and launched a determined drive that threatened the
Tiger goal in the third period. The
victory margin was the lowest for
The brilliancy of Tom James,
Horace Gillom, Ray Getz and Fred Blunt in the first
two quarters insured a decisive
STATISTICS
First down, rushing 12 7
First downs, passing 1 1
Total first down 13 8
Yards gained rushing 303 96
Yards gained passing 128 18
Yards lost 2 27
Net yards gained 429 87
Passes attempted 9 11
Passes completed 3 2
Passes intercepted 3 1
Passes incompleted 5 6
Fumbles 1 2
Opp. recovered 1 1
Own recovered 0 1
Penalties 55 10
No. of punts 2 5
Aver. Yardage of punts 39.5 46
The East lineup maintained a
fighting attack throughout the game as Jack Perl and
Bob Wayland, a pair of driving backs, pounded at quick holes opened in the
Tiger line. Running hard from spinners
and quick deceptive reverses, the two Indian runners picked up small but
effective gains to compile eight first downs.
Blunt, James, Getz and Gillom each scored for
Statistically, the Tigers
compiled a huge advantage as they ran for 13 first downs, gained 303 yards from
rushing and 128 yards on three completed passes. East netted 96 yards from rushing and 18
yards from passing.
The opening Tiger touchdown
came three minutes after the kickoff on a sustained 73-yard march. From the 27-yard line, Getz piled through for
five yards and Gillom crashed to the 47 for a first
down on a spread formation. James
shifted through tackle and traveled 32 yards to the East 21 and a moment later,
ripped through a wide hole for 15 yards to the
East failed to gain after
the kickoff and
In the second period, Perl kicked out on the
As play resumed in the final
half, East took possession on the 20 when Gillom
punted into the end zone. Wayland, a
sophomore, pounded for three yards and the
Caoch Paul Brown inserted his second eleven in the fourth period and the two
teams battled on even terms. The Tiger
reserves missed fire on a scoring opportunity late in the quarter when Dick
Adams fumbled on the East 10 after he had covered a
The
Robinson LE Lanzi
Wallace LG Venglarcik
Appleby C Cioli
Russell RG Massocco
Broglio RT Mestichelli
Gillom RE Laskin
Kingham QB Fabian
James LH Perl
Getz RH
Blunt FB Powis
Score by
periods:
Touchdowns – Blunt, Gillom, James, Getz.
Points after
touchdown – Getz 2 (placement).
Substitutions:
White, hb;
Getz, g; Weisgarber, t; Bray, e; Hill, g;
Oliver, t; Armour, qb; Fuchs, c; DeMando, e.
East – Delmark, hb;
Berger, hb; Hosa, g;
Wayland, fb;
Krayac, e.
Referee – Hetra (Westminister).
Umpire – Wieck
(Ind.
Head linesman – Schill (Baldwin-Wallace).
BULLDOGS
PLAY
HERE SATURDAY
Tough
Having emerged virtually
unscathed from their 26-0 victory and 32nd consecutive triumph in
This is not being written
for the purpose of drumming up a crowd.
All tickets are sold, have been sold for a week, and those noble souls
who spend their time selling tickets while others watch the game, will
themselves have an opportunity to see a kickoff Saturday. All windows will be locked.
The Tigers were fortunate to
escape Saturday’s stiff melee at
When the East fans learned early
in the game that they could not expect a victory, their hopes, dwindled to an
intense desire to be the first to score on the Tigers and in the face of 26
points, gave their team more support from the stands than any high school
eleven in these parts has had for years.
The appeal reached the ears
of the East gridders and with the assistance of three
penalties, each of which helped them to a first down, they nearly accomplished
their purpose as they drove to the Tiger 11-yard line. There the ball was lost on a fumble on fourth
down when a yard would have meant a first down.
But East did chalk up more
first downs against the Tigers and hold them to fewer points than any other
team this season, two reasons why the
From a
The East eleven deserves
praise for its performance. Though beaten
down by a relentless Massillon attack that produced one touchdown, and three
perfect plays that produced three others, the Youngstowners
never ceased handing it back, and showed the Tigers more offense than they have
looked at this season.
The Tigers were able to stop
East’s colored star, Talmage Jackson, but Al Perl, Jack Powis and a substitute
fullback, Art Wayland, punctured the Massillon forward wall for 96 yards while
two passes which accounted for 18 yards, and a number of penalties enabled the Barrettmen to register nine first downs. The Tigers made 13, gained 273 yards from
rushing and 131 by passing.
All of
The local gridders never looked better than they did in the first
half, their first daylight game of the season.
Ray Getz lugged the kickoff back 17 yards to the 26-yard line and there
a drive was launched that did not end until Blunt slashed through right tackle
for the last foot of ground. A 22-yard
run by Horace Gillom from a spread formation and a
26-yard dash
by Tom James were included in the touchdown march.
The next time they came into
possession of the ball, James took it on a reverse from Getz and heaved a long
pass to Gillom who was far beyond the East secondary
when he gathered in the leather. It was
good for 54 yards and a touchdown.
A 15-yard penalty for
clipping helped to stop the next Tiger drive after Herman Robinson had gotten
the ball on an almost unbelievable leaping one-handed pass interception.
Statistics Of Tiger Victory
First downs 9 13
Yards gained rushing 96 273
Yards lost rushing 49
12
Passes attempted 11 9
Passes completed 2 3
Yards gained passes 18 131
Number of penalties 2 5
Yards penalized 10 55
Number of punts 5 3
Averages yards punts 44
32
Number of kickoffs 1 5
Number of fumbles 4 2
In the second quarter, however, the Tigers secured the
ball on their own 18, advanced to their 49 where they turned Tom James loose
around his right end for a brilliant 51-yard touchdown run. As James, nearly bottled up along the
sideline, cut back toward midfield, Gillom tossed him
a block that took out the last two tacklers on the 35-yard line and Tommy had
nothing left to do but run.
Two minutes later, and the next time the Massillon
boys got the ball, James fired a pass that Ray Getz, running full-steam ahead,
took on his fingertips on the 35-yard line and raced over the goal. The play was good for 58 yards.
That finished the scoring
the first half and the scoring of the game.
Getz kicked two points from placement in the four attempts.
No Meeting Of
The
Booster club will not meet
this
week until Friday evening
when
it will hold a torch light
parade
and bonfire rally to give
vent
to its enthusiasm over the
Massillon-Canton game.
What happened
the second half?
East played for a low score the second half.
It consumed a maximum amount of time in the huddle and was penalized
once for it. The Youngstowners
used up nearly all of the third period as they bided their time while pushing
back the Tigers from their own 20-yard line to the Massillon 11-yard line where
the locals recovered a fumble on fourth down and a yard to go. In the march the Tigers were penalized three
times, 15 yards for unnecessary roughness and five yards twice for being
offside. One gave East
a first down, the other two helped out on first downs.
The Tiger lashed back with a
ferocious attack and traveled 49 yards on two plays. There the quarter ended and Coach Paul Brown
not desiring to take any further chances against injury to his players, sent in
the second team which played the entire fourth quarter.
The second team battled the
East first team on even terms throughout the period but neither could
score. The
Dick Adams lashed through
tackle to the one-yard line but the ball was squeezed out of his arms when
tackled and Perl recovered for East.
The game kept the Tiger
eleven on edge for its battle with McKinley next week. They encountered enough resistance in East to
make them scrap for every yard, and they found how troublesome one player can
be when they tried to keep Lou Mestichelli out of the
The
38-7, and a serious look
immediately spread over the Tiger faces, for they had only defeated
A man-sized job is cut out
for the
Garrison is the Bulldog’s big shot this season. The red and black had Pete Ballos when they played here in 1936. The Tigers stopped him. They had Marion Motley in 1938. The Tigers stopped him. This Saturday they come to
It will be the last game of
the season for nine of the 11 players, Co-Captains Ray Getz and Gillom, Jim Russell, Eli Broglio,
Bill Wallace, Gordon Appleby, James, Dick Kingham,
and Gene Henderson.
Not a one of these boys has
played on a defeated high school team.
For that matter, not a member of the entire Tiger squad has played on a
defeated
Johnny Reed juggled his
Bulldog lineup Saturday to get more of an offensive punch in the backfield. The shift produced the desired benefits, for
Matt Brown, moved from end to fullback romped for three of the
32nd
Triumph
Robinson LE Laskin
Wallace LG Massocco
Appleby C Hosa
Russell RG Pelusi
Broglio RT Diana
Gillom RE Lanzi
Kingham Q Fabian
James LH Perl
R. Getz RH
Blunt F Powis
East 0 0 0 0 – 0
Touchdowns – Blunt, Gillom, James, R.
Getz.
Point after
touchdown – R. Getz 2 (placekicks).
Substitutions: East – Krayac,
re; Venglarcik, rg; Ciolli, c;
Delmark, rh; Berger, lh; Wayland, fb; Andrews, qb.
Massillon – L. Cardinal, lt; Armour,
le; Weisgarber, rt;
Oliver, lt;
P. Getz, rg; Hill, lg; DeMando, re; Adams, lh;
Pizzino, fb; White, rh; F. Cardinal, qb; Fuchs, c.
Referee – John Hetra (Westminister) .
Umpire – Harry Weick (
Headlinesman – Denny Shill (Baldwin-Wallace).