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STORY OFTHEThey Were Organized September 3, 1903.CHAMPIONSHIP DREAMED OFNone of of the Fans Expectedto Claim it the First Year—First Game Played Saturday,September 26 at Wooster.On Thursday evening, September 3, 1903, there was a gathering at the Hotel Sailer of some fhirty-five foot ball enthusiasts who wish-to see Massillon represented in the fool ball world.The meeting was presided over by George Kratseh. John Goodrich was unanimously elected man-ager and Kd. J. Stewart coach.A soliciting committee was named, consisting of J. J. Wise, Harry Vaughn, C. Allen and Otto Seibold, to procure funds to equip the team.While the state championship was dreamed of for some futuretime, it is safe to suv that none of*the fans expected to see the championship banner come to Massillon in the year 1903. Such, however,was the case, as will he seen by a perusal of the games played thatyearOn [Saturday, September 20, 1903, the Massillon fool ball team went to Wooster to play the college to am of that place in the first foot hall game of the team since being organized. Although suffering defeat they were not discouraged as they outplayed their opponents in every department of the game. The score of n to 0 in favor of Wooster was caused by unfair decisions by the officials. On the train, homeward bound, JuSius Wiitmann was unanimously elected captain.Saturday, October 17, the foot ball season was opened by the Tigers on their own grounds, Mt. Union College being their opponents. After a hard fought game the Tigers came off victorious, the score being to 0.Saturday, October 24 the Tigers succeeded in winning their second game on heme grounds, defeating the Akron Imperials by a score of ft to 0. Goodrich's sensational fifty-five yard run, wiLh only three minutes to play, scored the only touchdown.Saturday, ‘October 31, the Akron Blues were defeated in a game which showed that the Tigers were rounding into form and would be able to give the best teams iu the state a fast run. The score of 38 to 0 does not tell the difference in the two teams, as only eight minutes of the second half were played.The Pan Handles, of Dennison, was the next team to meet defeat at the hands of the Tigers. The game was played Saturday, Novebmer 7. Score, 34 to 0.Saturday, November 14, the Canton foot ball team met defeat at the hands of the Tigers by the store of 1ft to 0. The Canton team had expected an easy victory and were certainly surprised at the playing of the Tigers. This victory gave Massillon the championship of Stark county.Saturday, November 21, the Tigers continued their long string of victories by defeating the All-Cleveland team by a score of 29-0. The game was ci’t short on account of the visitors being late in arriving at the grounds.It was certainly sweet revenge the Tigers secured on the Wooster College team on Thanksgiving day, Thursday. Noebmer 26, defeating them by a score of 34 to 0. This proved conclusively that the claims made by the Tigers that they were robbed at Wooster were correct.The dream of Massillon foot ball fans was realized on December ft wher. the Tigers went to Akron, accompanied by probably eight hundred rooters, and succeeded in defeating the state champions by the score of 12 to 0.SEASON OF 1904.The season of 1904 was opened on the new Athletic park grounds, Saturday, September 24, with a game with the Canal Dover Giants. The Tigers looked for a hard game, as the visitors had been touted as state champion caliber. Instead of a hard game it proved to be a runaway for the Tigers. Score, 67 to 0.On Saturday, October 8,..th* Franklin Athletic Club team, of Cleveland, sprung 'a surprise on the Tigers. Not by their good playing but by succeeding in making a touchdown within one minute of the call of time, the result of a fumble.The Tigers succeeded in beating the world’s record in the game with the Marion team on Saturday, October 15, when they piled up a total of 148 points, with six minutes to play.That all teams had commenced to look alike to the Tigers was proved in the game with the strong East End Lyceum team, of Pittsburg, on Saturday, October 22. Score 44 to 0.On Saturday, November 5, the Shelby Athletic Club, which had the previous Saturday played a 0-0 game with the Akron team, came to Massillon with a determination to wrest the state championship from the Tigers. The j score of 28 to 0 was enough to convince them that they were not in the same class.1'The Buhl Club, of Sharon, played the Tigers on Saturday, November 12. The score, like those m the majority of games played by the Tigers, was too one sided to be interesting, being 63 to 0.The season of 1904, like that of 1903, was brought to a close by a victory over Akron. The game differed from that of the year previous in chat the score was closer, but a single point separating the two teams. Akron’s failure to kick goal was all that kept them from tying the score.1905 GAMES.It was a great, glorious and overwhelming victory which the Massillon Tigers won over the Ohio Medical University on October 7, in starting the season of 1905. The score of 34 to 0 shows how much stronger the Tigers were than their opponents.Iplayed on the Nashville Academy team, and has coached Vanderbilt and Nashville. He is 27 years old, weighs 172 and is five feet eight inches tall.L. H. Salmon, fullback, is from Notre Dame. He played four years for the Notre Dame College and coached that team in 1904. He is five feet eight inches tall, weighs 176, and is 26 years old.Jack Nesser, right halfback, is 30 years old, five feet nine inches high and weighs 174. He formerly played on Columbus teams.Erank Botoner, right guard on the Tiger team, is about 34 years old. He is six feet high and weighs 21ft. He has been a member of the Tigers since they were organized and is one of the most reliable players on the team. His home is in Massillon.Jack Lang, 2ft years of age, who will play right tackle for the Tigers Thanksgiving day, is at present coaching Westminster college. He is five feet nine inches in height and weighs 215 pounds. He played on the Tigers 1 ^ against Akron in 1904. J *Ted Nesser, who played in various v positions on the Tigers in 1904 and is j ^ slated fo” a backfield position Thanks- j s giving day, is but 24 years of age, five ,1 feet .seven inches in height and weighs j v 204 pounds. He played on Shelby and J Columbus teams before coming to Mas- ^ sillon.McNulty, the Tiger left tackle, is an old Homestead, Greensburg and Pittsburg player. He is 28 years of age, six feet in height and weighs 197 pounds. He has had ten years’ experience at left tackle.Dr. Merriam, who plays right end, is an old Oberlin, U. of P., and La-atcafcnSTigers 42, Norwalk 0, was the out- trobe player and has been with the come of the second game of 1905 by j Tigers all season. He is 30 years of the Tigers in their struggle to retain age, five feet seven inches in height the state championship. I and wei^hs 170 Pounds. ,What was expected to be one of the! Jack 1S an old Franklin, Pa., Ihardest games of the season w that quarterback and has been playing G-of the Tigers vs. Shelby Athletic Club. ‘ garter for the Tigers. He is 28 years 1 The first half was hotly contested and! of age, live feet live inches in height.0 ended in a score of 5-0. In the sec- ancl wlt;’,'Lrhs I-'0 pounds.ond half the Tigers played in better ' ^oe McChesney, right end and ,form and succeeded in running the ri,rhlt; tackle for the Tiger*, has flayed, score up to '2'i to 0 | with the Tijrcrs three .years* and is 1* c 0In a same which was noted for' pla'inK a bettCT Eame than ever be-,dfore, lie is six feet one inch in height. | aWeighs 190 pounds and is 2ft years of in1 ofumbling on both sides the Tigersdefeated Lorain by a score of 51 to 0. There were no star plays except a field goal by Hayden.On Saturday, November 1, the Broadway A. C., of Cleveland, played here, and but for the fact that darkness settled over the field before the game could bn finished, the Tigers would have undoubtedly made a season's record. Score 88 to 0.In the greatest game yet played by the Tigers this season, the Toledo team, who were touted as the next state champions, were completely swamped. The Toledo team is certainly a strong one, but when lined up against the Tigers they were completely outclassed. Socre 40 to 0.The Tigers went to Cleveland and succeeded, after a hard battle in the slush and mud, in defeating the famous Carlisle Indians by the score of 8 to 4. The Indians secured their score by a field goal by Mount Pleasant.The Tigers defeated the Reserves by a score of 27 to 0, in a practice game on Saturday November 18.The game between Canal Dover and the Tigers resulted in a victory for the Tigers by a score of 39 to 0. Tins score does not show the relative strength of the two teams as the Tigers were content to secure some practice without trying to run up a large score.age.THE PLAYERS.Robert Shi ring, the Turtle Creek center, weighs 215, is six feel tall and is 3D years of age. He played with Massillon in 1903, 1901 and during thepresent season.“Bob'1 Feathcringham, halfback, isV rl 1sPabout 30 years old. Weighs 178 pounds 1 kvfioea5v€nc\1JhaBiographical Sketch of the Men on the Tiger Team.Captain Wittmann, right end. He is 34 years of age. Has played in Massillon since the organization of the first team here. Weighs 170. Is five feet seven inches tall. Has captained all three of Massillon’s state championship teams.Clark Schrontz, field captain of the Tigers, is a Washington and Jefferson player. He plays left end. Is six feet in height and weighs 180 pounds. He is 2ft years of age and has played on both 1904 and 190ft Tiger teams.E. J. Stewart, coach and quarterback of the Tigers for three years, is *a W. R. U. and Mt. Union college man. He is five feet nine and a half inches in height, weighs 151 pounds and is 28 years of age. He has coached Mt. Union and Tiger teams.J. Bennet, fullback, formerly played on the University of Pennsylvania and Latrobe teams. He coached Mercers-burg Academy in 190ft. He is 27 years old, six feet one inch high and weighs 18ft.Dan Riley, left halfback of the Tigers, is five feet ten inches high, weighs 174 and is 2ft years old. He formerly played in Canton. He has played in Massillon two years.“Tex Mathews, right halfback, is 28 years old, weighs 175, and is five feet eleven Inches high. He formerly played on Washington and Jefferson and Carlisle Indian teams.John Moran, fallback, formerlyand is five feet seven inches in height.He is a reliable player at all times and is noted for his ability to follow interference. He is also a Massillon boy.Scholl, of State college, who will act as emergency tackle or guard, has had four years’ experience on college teams, and three years’ experience with the best teams in the professional world and coached State college thisfall. He is 30 years of age, weighs 208 pounds and is five feet eleven inches in height.Fred Haag, Massillon’s utility guard or center, is 23 years of age, weighs 255 pounds, and played on the first Tiger team organized here. He never had experience outside of the Tiger t v team.Bast, Massillon's assistant quarter back, is 21 years of age, five feet seven■inches in height and weighs 153 pounds. {#! He played for the Reserves and Tigers last season and in 1903.Herman Kerchoffe, the giant on the Tigers, is 34 years of age, six leet five inches in height and weighs 235 pounds. He played at Denver, Co!., Lafayette, Ind., and Franklin, Pa., and for two years has played on the Tigers. He will play left guard Thanksgiving t day. 11“Tige” McFarland is an old Frank- . k lin, Pa., and Washington and Jefferson j ^ player who has been playing right!n guard for the Tigers all season. He is a six feet in height and weighs 232 pounds. “Tige is said to be 34 years of age.Charles Clapper, fullback, is a Massillon boy. He is five feet nine inches in height and weighs about 174. This is his first year on the Tiger team. With a little more experience he will be a valuable man.-.'1IfccbSITE FOR HOSPITALState Commission May ChooseOne Today.Columbus, Dec. 2.—The state tuberculosis hospital commission will meet today in the state auditor’s office to hear the presentation of sites for the hoiiitl. Four counties are really in therace.it is understood, the others having practically been eliminated. These counties are understood to be Knox, Wayne, Logan and Fairfield. Other counties have sites, and if they desire they will be heard.EConstipation causes headache, nan--a,t*on. urastic pnysioe gripe,, sicken,sea, dizziAm languor, heart pal pita Drastic physios gripe,, sick weaken the bowels afia don't cure.nt:AbcIwo8iacdtlcAtlAlt;1Doan’s Reguleta act gently and cure constipation. 25 cento. Ask your drug-gist.fds
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Mon, Dec 04, 1905
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