ORANGE AND BLACK MADE SMALL SCORE
Seriously Handicapped,
but Not
Afraid of Muddy Field
GIRDIRON RESEMBLED CITY DUMP
The First Five Minutes of the Game
was the
Only Chance Alliance High School Had
to Look
at the Massillon
Goal
Playing was Always Close
Massillon high was able to
score only three points against Alliance
high school Saturday afternoon. It was
the only score but you can leave it to any of the rooters who accompanied the
orange and black to the college town if the play which score
the points was simply a flash in the pan.
Only during the first five minutes of the first twelve and
one-half minute quarter was the ball in Massillon’s
territory. There are no exceptions to
that statement. The game was played
entirely by Massillon in the Alliance territory usually between the forty
yard line and the goal.
The Hartshorn field was the scene
of the game and that field was really and truly a scene. It was not fit for high school ball and the
question which filled the minds of Massillon
people was how college teams would condescend to play football on a city
dump. Muddy all over and partly covered
with water, one end of the field between the ten yard line and the goal was no
less than eighteen inches higher than the remainder of the field. An actual terrace was made on the field and
has never been graded off.
Due to the field, but let it be understood, Alliance
played good ball, the Massillon
team was greatly handicapped. The first
half of the game passed off without much excitement, no score being made.
The second half saw the Massillon team tightening up. There was no fancy playing. Captain Arther
worked his brains and the team and finally located the bunch in a favorable
place for a drop kick. It was not more
than fifteen yards before the goal but Heyman applied
the boot and over the ball flew, scoring the lonely three points. A second attempt was made at the goal but it
was unsuccessful.
The lineup and
summary
Massillon Pos. Alliance
Stearns, Wells le Geltz
Baltzly lt H.
Tanner
Baer, Weymer lg Scott
Rider c Howson
Baer rg Auld,
Stroup
Wagoner rt Schultz
Rudy re Richards
Arther qb Albright
Miller lhb Kallenbaugh
Kester fb F.
Tanner
Heyman rhb Pennell, Rosenblum
Drop kick:
Massillon – Heyman.
Referee – Clark; Bast.
Time of periods: 12y minutes.