AKRON
HIGH DOWNS MASSILLON HIGH
Locals
Outweighed About 12 Pounds to Man
MASSILLON
OUTPLAYED AKRON
Line Could
Not Hold Heavy Men Playing Against Them
Locals
Went Into the Game Without Practice
Akron Forced
to Fight for Every Yard
In one of the
hardest fought battles of the year the Massillon high school team met its
second defeat of the season at Akron, Saturday, by the score of 16 to 0.
The local boys did
not lose out because of their playing ability, as they outplayed Akron, but the
game was won by Akron’s weight. The
Akron team outweighed the local team by at least twelve pounds to the man and
with the heavy backs pounding at Massillon’s light line substantial gains were
made. A few end runs were tried by the
Akron team but these being quickly broken up, they would start on the line
again.
The Massillon line
played hard but were forced back on account of the weight of their opponents,
fighting hard for every yard that was lost.
The Massillon backfield played a great game, stopping the bucks that came
through and carrying the ball for good gains at times.
The game began about
1:30, as soon as the Massillon team arrived on the field. The local team was handicapped on account of
having no practice before the game as they did not get to the grounds until a
half hour after the game was scheduled.
At the start Akron
kicked to Massillon, Kester fumbled the ball, Sonnhalter regaining it. Massillon was held for downs and Heyman
punted. Akron started down the field
with their heavy backs tearing up Massillon’s light line and finally shoved
Williams over for the first touchdown.
Massillon pitched to
Akron and they again started down the field, when the Massillon line took a
determined stand and Akron was forced to punt.
Heyman received the ball and returned it a short distance. Massillon tried a forward but an Akron
player got the ball and advanced it to the ten yard line, when the period
closed.
At the beginning of
the second period Massillon held Akron for downs and Massillon took the
ball. Heyman punted and Barber
recovered. Massillon again lost the
ball on a forward pass. Akron got the
ball within striking distance of the goal then tried for a drop kick that
failed. Massillon got the ball and
Heyman punted to the middle of the field.
Time was called for the first half.
Score 5 to 0.
The second half was
a repetition of the first. In the third
period, Palmer got a Massillon forward pass and made the second touchdown. Goal was kicked. Score 11 to 0.
In the fourth
period, Doyle was pushed over the line for the last touchdown of the game. Goal was again kicked. Score 16 to 0. Several minutes afterward, the whistle blew for the end of the
game.
A dozen or more of
Massillon rooters who saw the game were satisfied with Massillon’s playing if
the weight had been equal on both sides, the score might have been different.
The
line-up:
Massillon Pos. Akron
Miller le Palmer
Keeton lt Saalfield
Wagner lg Swinehart
Arthur c Woldsmith
Hoffman rg Haag
Reinoehl rt Crisp
Zintsmaster re Smith
Kester qb Marshall
Custer, Barber lh Williams
Sonnhalter rh Foltz
Heyman fb Doyle
Touchdowns:
Akron – Palmer and
Doyle.
Referee and umpire –
Bast and Snyder.
Time of periods – 10
minutes.