18,000 See Tigers Beat Stubborn
Touchdowns Come Hard For
By LUTHER EMERY
The
The fact is the local eleven, with two of last week’s regulars sidelined, were not sharp and caught Lincoln on a night when the Lions were giving all they had in an effort to score their first victory over a Massillon eleven.
Most fans expected a river of touchdowns from the
You can compile a lot of reasons why the score was not
larger, penalties, injuries, and frequent substitutions, but likewise do not
overlook the determination of the
True the Tigers missed several touchdowns because of penalties and probably could have rolled up more points had Coach Mather elected to play his first stringers more, but with it all, the locals were not “high” so to speak, for the game.
“We tried to get them up there,” Mather said after the contest, “but we had a hard time getting coordinated for this one.”
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WHAT’S MORE, the Tigers
couldn’t get
The boys, however, were not blocking with the same vicious precision that enabled them to walk away with Cathedral Latin 44-13 last week in their opening game of the season, and judging from Mather’s remark after the contest, “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” there will be some long sessions on the practice field next week.
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DEFENSIVELY, the local
team played a better game than it did last week against Latin. Whereas Latin gained 322 yards,
No doubt Mather made little effort
to run up a large score, or else he would not have substituted so freely or
experimented with some forward passes when his backs could have swept
He used the contest to test a number of things as well as give a lot of boys a chance to get game experience and 31 of them profited because of it.
Statistically the game was as much in his favor as the
number of points scored. The passing
attack left much to be desired but the locals did manage to complete four of 14
for 90 yards and held
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THE WAY the game started
off it looked as through the Tigers would make a runaway of it. They stopped
The locals had to score their second one twice before they could keep it. Brown went 14 yards for it the first time but the ball was called back on a clipping penalty. Four plays later, Edie Bush swept his right end for the six points and Clarence Johnson booted the extra point from placement.
That ended the scoring for the half with neither team
threatening seriously. The Tigers once
were down to the 15 but were set back on penalties while
The third period was almost over before the Tigers could
score again and then it took a blocked kick to do it. The locals marched the second half kickoff
back to the
10-yard line where the Lions took the ball
away from them on downs. The
Tigers held, however and when Mall check attempted to punt, Roderick broke
through and blocked the ball. It rolled
to the one yard line where
On the first play of the fourth period, Brown went 63 yards
for another touchdown which was not allowed because of a clipping penalty, and
the Tigers were forced to punt, Don Studer getting
off a beauty to the Lion 35. From this
point Lincoln staged its best offense of the evening and moved the ball through
a
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THE VICTORY was the
Tigers’ fifth over
While the Tigers were not brilliant in victory, there were bright spots in their lineup. Coach Mather was pleased with the running of Capt. Brown and the defensive work of Johnson, “I felt they were outstanding in these departments,” he said after the game. “We can tell more once we have had a chance to look at the pictures.”
He was noticeably disappointed at the failure of some of his players to “tee off” when blocking Lion tacklers, for there were numerous instances when a good block would have turned a ball carrier loose for many more yards than he otherwise gathered because of a teammate’s mediocre effort.
The Tigers played the game without the services of two regulars, Mike Takacs, who suffered an attack of appendicitis and Irvin Crable, the sophomore flash, who failed to report for practice Thursday without notifying anyone, in violation of a strict coaching rule. He was in uniform, but his position was filled by Eddie Bush who was groomed for the spot during the former’s absence. Art James filled Takacs’ shoes.
After the game there wasn’t the hilarity in the Tiger dressing room such as greeted the conquest of Cathedral Latin last week. The boys knew they hadn’t played the brand of football they put out a week ago and were thinking it over among themselves.
However, they had their customary dinner after the game and
returned to
VICTORY
NO. 2
ENDS – RODERICK, HOUSTON, Streeter, Gleason, Studer, Slicker.
TACKLES – A. JAMES, JONES, Stanford, Pizzino, Schumacher.
GUARDS – REICHENBACH, MORROW, Paul, DeWalt, W.
CENTERS – MCVEY, Krisher, Patt.
QUARTERBACKS – HILL, James.
HALFBACKS – BUSH, JOHNSON, Grier, Shine, Crone.
FULLBACKS – BROWN, Lane Ebbert, Howe.
ENDS – LOVE,
TACKLES – MALLCHECK, WINTERS, Ferrall.
GUARDS – STEWART, BACHTEL, Drunkenbrod.
CENTERS – MALLOY,
QUARTERBACKS – NEEL, LeBeau.
HALFBACKS – DUELL, BREMKAMP, Toy, Schoeppner, Poffeh.
FULLBACKS – DIUK.
Score by periods:
Touchdowns:
Points after touchdown:
Referee – Russ.
Umpire – Gross.
Head Linesman – Hodnick.
Field Judge – Schlemmer.
Statistics Of
The Game
First downs 16 6
Forward passes 14 12
Passes completed 4 1
Had passes intercepted 0 2
Yards gained passing 90 33
Yards gained rushing 262 130
Total yards gained 352 163
Net yards lost 19 14
Net yards gained 333 149
Punts 2 5
Punts blocked 0 2
Average punt (yards) 41 22
Yards punts returned by 10 12
Kickoffs 5 1
Average kickoff (yards) 50 50
Kickoffs returned (yards) 25 77
Penalties called on 12 2
Times penalized 8 0
Penalties refused by 2 4
Yards penalized 90 0
Fumbles 1 4
Lost ball on fumble 0 1