SHAW
HIGH SCHOOL
BEATS
MASSILLON
Cleveland
Team Too Fast for Locals
BLACKBURN
BACK IN THE GAME
Makes
Massillon’s Only Touchdown and Kicks Goal
Local
Boys Put Up Fast, Clean Game but are Downed
Large Crowd
Lines Field
In one of the
fastest and most exciting games ever played on the local grounds, Shaw high
school, of Cleveland, Saturday defeated Massillon high school by a score of 17
to 6.
Every foot of ground
was fiercely contested from the beginning of the game till the time keeper blew
his whistle for the last time. Shaw
high has one of the fastest teams Massillon ever tackled, and although the home
boys were defeated they put up a good, straight, clean game, as did Shaw.
Massillon kicked off
to Shaw and the runner did not return it far before being downed. After the ball had changed hands several
times, Smith made the first touchdown on a forward pass and as the attempt at
goal was missed the score stood 5 to 0.
At this moment a
husky player was seen replacing Barber at end.
It was Blackburn, who got in the game at the last moment and threatened
to stampede the crowd. Then things
began to happen. With Massillon in
possession of the ball, a forward pass was made to Blackburn and made a
sensational run of over 60 yards for a touchdown and he also kicked goal,
making the score 6 to 5 in favor of the locals. The whistle then blew for the end of the first quarter. The local rooters yelled themselves hoarse.
In the second
quarter the players went after the game harder than ever and after a few minutes
of play Taylor broke through Massillon’s line and after a long run, made a
touchdown. Goal was kicked and the
score stood 11 to 6, in favor of Shaw.
Toward the end of the second quarter the ball was carried within twenty
yards of Massillon’s line, and Yost received a forward pass for another
touchdown. Goal was kicked and the
score stood 17 to 6 at the end of the first half.
Neither side scored
during the second half, but the ball zig-zagged back and forth across the
field. Massillon made many gains during
this half, but Shaw managed to hold them on the second and third downs,
although Massillon made her yards many times.
The whistle blew with the score at 17 to 6.
The local boys put
up a good, stiff, clean game and were beaten fairly by the Cleveland
aggregation. Shaw’s players are as
clean and square as any with whom the locals ever played. The attendance was about 600. All were orderly and no trouble was
experienced in keeping them off the field.
The
line-up:
Massillon Pos. Shaw
Huffman re Yost
Kester rt Omisser
Rudy rg Morgan, Folgen
Portmann c Wagner
Clay, Wagner lg McNamara
Keeton lt Gender
Barber, Blackburn le Hense
Miller qb Bushnell
Sonnhalter fb Allen
Guster lh Smith
Taylor fb Heyman
Touchdowns:
Massillon – Blackburn; Taylor.
Shaw – Smith, Yost.
Referee and umpire,
alternating – Bast and Hym, of Canton.
Field Judge – Menke.
Head Linesman –
Merwin.
Time of quarters –
10 minutes.