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%Dm-I «.berg’ Mrth-•e*»-Icgt?ref.Col-X.Icx«t.I 0.Ifojvof/2«,’ T, irtesum-ry *•Col.»rgr-Col-Noll.■ TO LIGHTER BUTSWIFTER ATHENS HI TEAM HERE SATURDAY BY SCORE Of 19 TO 0SY61hastetandin •lt;Perkins Makes Many * Long Gains by Low Running.It; JOE COLLIER.The Athena high achool football, team continued Ita march Into auc- J cesafuI season when It defeated the) Zanesville eleven to a one-alded! score of If to 0 at the high achool' field Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Out weighed and hamper-jwl Ih Ita offensive attack by a slippery field the light Athena team, advanced almost at will against Its' heavier opponents and played' nearly the entire garth? in their ter-; ritory, allowing only five plays in their von.This is the second time this season that the Athens team has appeared on the home field and the first time they have w6n here this year. The game serves as a full l redemption for the loss to Colum-j bus North high with which the' season was started, and shows a' wonderful improvement in the team since then. •The .Zanesville eleven was practically heiplss against the consistently gaining offensive attack of the Athens team, allowing between fifteen and twenty first downs to their two. Their offensive playing' waS no more effective, gaining* them their two first downs, dur-f ing the little time it was in operation, by two long passes, and gaining them hardly anything in actual scrimmage.Had not the field been wet It Is likely that the score would have been even a bigger w alk-a w ay for At hens.The Athens team played well uniformIly. Perkins gained nearly aa often us he carried thg ball and Wilson and Carmichael were suc-essful in completing several longPluck!BIMty Morgan, • left End for H. H. a.. Ways Game With Splintered GoRar Hone.Herrold (Bllnky) Morgan, left-end on the Athens high school football team Is oat of the femme for the remainder of the mv on. lint only by arcklrnt did his father, Thurman L Morgan, some years ago a star football and baseball player at Ohio university, and now clerk of the court* of Athens county learn about It.After the Aanesvllle game yesterday Morgan notkwl that Bllnky was favoring one arm aad took htm to a surgeon who after an examination found that the lad’s left collar bane was splintered and his right shoulder badly Jammed. The surgeon mended the fractures ami placed the left arm of the young footballer In a sling, telling htm to keep It that way six necks. Bllnky Is furious because tlie big game with Portsmouth comes next week, and Insists he can play anyhow.« And now Bllnky admits the hones were broken In the second period anti that he played the entire last half In that condition. Not even his teammates knew of the Injury and sjieotators say they could not observe any slowing up of the youngster’s playing.Carmichael Caught Forward Pass Making Touch-Down.placccnlVp'.itngiO-ydpr* der. 3pr* ball U lboil IShe | formud before the goal posts was!**?*-heavier than elsewhere on the)® T~* flold. Both of three passe* werctRv# ♦cleverly executed, the last one. Wilson to Bechtold. b-ing bewildering In its execution.The gc.me play by play follows:First quarter.—ZanenvlUe won the toss and kicked to P. Car-mlchael who was downed on the!)0-yard line. Border point'd in on;yardchatbr.llwallthe next down, followed by a three|was about as flashy as anything on Ms team.The 112 pound Wilson was a revelation to the crowd. It Is also his first, season but for'the muddy field his work would hayp been even more sensational all the waypasses, the first of which scored {through. His general work pleas-he first touchdown. |«,d and his speed promises muchPerkins playing hia first season. |f0r the remainder of the season, and bis second home game, was a» Earl Carmichael was on the big ground gainer. Running low, bench and tw»n. Pearl per-he repeatedly hit the line for long)formed in a stellar manner catch-gains bowling over everybody before him. His tackling was also deadly in its Bespits and he seemed to have It in* for another colored buck on the Zanesville team, whoEASTERNWnyut sl.ury «. Tliki 0. Buffalo 10. Rochester 0. Can tens 3, Quant too 0. Massachusetts Aggies IS,Coning one forward pa.se for a touchdown and' making many other long gains.Athens high showed mostly straight football, save in, several Instances where It became necessary to score by some thing outside of- primary tactics. In both halves It was found necessary toyard gain by Carmichael. By a) series of plunges, Perkins 10, Wll-1 son 6, Border I, Carmichael 6. Perkins I, Carmichael 1. Wilson 7.1 Carmichael 6, and Border 1, Athens waa In a position to try a place' kick, which Brektold missed, giving Zanesville the ball on the twenty yard line.ZncsvillS kicked to the thirty-five yard Une and after gaining about nix yards on plunges by Wilson and Carmichael and attempting two passey Athens lost the ball on a fumble. Zanesville kicked to Wilson who ran it back eight yards. Perkins pjunged for three, Carmichael for three and Perkins again fot eight when the quarter ended with the ball on the 52-yard line.The second quarter started with a ruah which ended in the first scoring down. Wilson plunged Tor five yards and Carmichael circled tha left end for twenty. Perktns gained two and Wilson completed a long pass to Carmichael who ran through several opponents for a touchdown. Recktoid missed the kick. Perkins kicked to the 66-yard line. After one play which gained them one yard Zanesville punted to Perkins who returned it about three yards. Neal was substituted for Bennett. WUson lost a yard and Ashworth kicked to 26-yard line. Again after pne play which gained them one or two! varda Zanesville punted to 70-ycrd| line to Wilson who was unable to run it back. Time out was called for Morgan. Perkins plunged twice :\nd Wilson once advancing the ball about four yards and Ashworth kicked to the 76-yard line. Murphey was substituted for Morgan.Zanesville lost twenty yards onISscore by the forward pass as the an end run andpunt^d again to
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Oct 18, 1925
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