Seaman Must Continue to Draw
Aces
Tiger Coach Bob Seaman
pulled an ace out of the deck in Massillon’s 12-7 decision over homestanding
Altoona, Pa., Saturday night.
Trailing 7-6 at the end of the
first half, the Obies took the second half kickoff and stormed down field for
the winning touchdown.
* * *
IT WAS NOT the kind of offense some 4,000 Bengal fans in Mansion Park were used
to seeing under the former Sandusky skipper.
The line blocked with powerful quickness and the backfield ran with
utmost authority.
One big reason in the change
was the periodic insertion of tight end Bill Houser into the backfield. He led the interference – mainly through the
Tiger’s right side of the line.
Another factor was the
blocking of tackle Bill Snowball, who had 6 stitches put into the bridge of his
nose early in the first half.
Houser, who scales 215
teamed up with tailback Jim Smith (187) and fullback Reggie Moore (199) to give
the Orange and Black a 601-pound backfield.
Seaman will have to keep
pulling aces from his deck of plays, or else come up with equal performances
from the team for the remaining 4 games.
THE BENGALS will host Upper Arlington – ranked No. 2 this past week by Associated
Press – followed by Warren Harding, Steubenville and Canton McKinley. Upper Arlington may come into Tiger stadium
as the No. 1 team in Ohio, since Steubenville knocked off previously top-rated
McKinley 20-15 Friday night.
The Mountain Lions didn’t
score the first 2 times they had the ball.
Massillon, also unable to move the pigskin on its first series, took
over the ball again midway through the first period.
Quarterback Trevor Young
rolled to his right and pitched out to Smith, the ball squirting through his
hands with Tim Tyler recovering for Altoona at the Massillon 30-yard line.
On the next play, the
sensational Greg Campbell, a 170-pound senior halfback, shot through right
guard on a dive play, shook off a Tiger at the 24, and scampered straight into
the end zone for a 6-0 lead at 4:20.
Doug Dean hiked the margin by one point with his extra point kick.
Halfback Mark McDew put a
20-yard return on the following kickoff to the Massillon 30. The Tigers then drove 70 yards in 13 plays
for their first TD of the night.
* * *
MOORE LED the drive with 30 yards in 4 carries, Smith added 10 in 3 tries, McDew
8, Bill Simon 9 and Young 13 yards in 4 carries. Young capped the effort from the 1 on a sneak over left guard. Moore’s run on the point try failed, and
Altoona was still in control, 7-6.
Altoona stormed right back
and drove 62 yards in 17 plays to the Massillon 3, where they were stopped by a
stingy Obie defense. Massillon marched
to its own 40-yard line before the halftime gunned sounded.
Altoona had the ball 33
plays to 26 for Massillon in the first half, but the Tigers showed the
Pennsylvanians what ball control was in the second half as they had it for 35
plays to a mere 16 for Altoona.
The “Suicide Squad” formed a
line down the right sideline on the second half kickoff and that “Magnificent
Massillon Madness,” as it was called by an Altoona radio announcer, took over.
McDew scampered 31-yards on
the return to the Massillon 42. The
Tigers stormed to pay dirt in 12 plays, as Smith carried 7 times for 40
yards. At 6:44 Young rolled to his
left, attracted 2 Lion defenders on his fake and pitched out to Moore who went
the final 7 yards for the score.
* * *
YOUNG’S RUN on the extra point play
failed but the Tigers had the winning 12-7 margin on the scoreboard.
Altoona’s Campbell busted up
a near Tiger TD later in the third quarter.
At the Altoona 26 on fourth down and 12, Young dropped back and threw to
Bert Dampier, who appeared to have Campbell beat. But Campbell dove at the last minute and tipped the ball.
The Tigers drove to the
Altoona 13 late in the final frame, but Simon fumbled and Dave Gengo recovered
for Altoona. Lion QB Jim Fry fumbled on
the next play and Snowball recovered for Massillon. On 4th and 3 yards to go for pay dirt, a Young pass
bounced off the pads of Tim Richards to end the Tigers’ final threat.
Ends – Houser, Dampier,
Richards, Robinson, Twiggs.
Tackles – Ricker, Snowball,
McGeorge, Laase.
Guards – Ertle, D. Gipp,
Cardinal, Whitfield, Doll, Russell.
Centers – B. Moore, Skelton.
Quarterbacks – Young,
Malinowski, Schumar.
Halfbacks – McDew, Smith,
Fenton, Autrey.
Fullbacks – R. Moore, Simon.
ALTOONA – 7
Ends – Dean, Esponlaub,
Withers, Plummer.
Tackles – Askey, Reid, Kitt,
Costlow.
Guards – Turchetta, Luciano.
Centers – Wieble, Strohm.
Quarterback – Fry.
Halfbacks – Delozier,
Campbell, Fusco, Duncan, Simmes, Tyler.
Fullback – Rabenatine.
Massillon 0 6 6 0 12
Altoona 7 0 0 0 7
Touchdowns:
Altoona – Greg Campbell (30 yards).
Massillon – Young (one-yard), Moore (7 yards).
Extra
points: Altoona – Dean 1 (kick)
INDVIDUAL
RUSHING
Massillon
Player Att.
Net. Ave.
Smith 24 118 4.9
McDew 4
13 3.2
Simon 3 23 7.6
Altoona
Player Att. Net. Ave.
Rabenstine 13 48 3.6
Delozier 6 26 4.3
Pry 1 -8 -8
THE GRIDSTICK
Massillon Opp.
First downs
(rushing) 31 10
First downs
(passing) 1 0
First downs
(penalties) 1 0
Total first
downs 22 11
Yards gained rushing 299 175
Net yards
gained rushing 279 166
Net yards
gained passing 14 6
Total yards
gained 293 172
Passes
attempted 4 8
Passes
completed 1 1
Passes
intercepted by 1 0
Yardage on
passes intercepted 0 0
Times kicked
off 3 2
Kickoff
average (yards) 46.7 47.5
Kickoff
returns (yards) 51 51
Times punted 1 1
Punt average
(yards) 36.0
38.0
Punt return
(yards) 0 0
Had punts
blocked 0 0
Fumbles 2 2
Lost fumbled
ball 2 2
Penalties 3 1
Yards
penalized 15 5
Touchdowns
rushing
- 1
Touchdowns
passing 0 0
Touchdowns by
interception 0 0
Miscellaneous 0 0
Total number
of plays 64 49