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-.KS,, ,■ lt;r-y 1 -•^r-|-,-p -.—Vt. .. . «, 4 I » . i i ItBy SwamptngBig Red Team Batters BUI City Gridironista Into Submission After Home. Team GetsEJqrty Lead. Score is 21 to 6One more obstacle was removed a especially In the first half, irom lhe_path“OftboRd Clos wis~the~blg groundTgainer in......._ _ w . .v -i'* . V “and Blaci ©iTOfrVrfr into SummUlwold playing daep j^alP. triad att end with ’ the dercaneis,/ of a wounded run but ♦as downed by HarringtonIn k tn*t tackl^afttfjd#iin« only two yards. * Summicworifod a tor* ward pass back of lt;the Upe» Borden-itiger with the -result that tha heavy Hill City line couldn't withstand theterrlfyc pounding* it got from both the _ „Rahway forwards and backfield. afld^ to Griswold which netted' -two yards-ll-wasn't many minuter before Rah wiy*7iad Its first touchdown of the fracas.Harrington got two-~yards through left tackle. Clos. off right tacUe added one yard.* Cloa kicked to Oow* psrthwalt on Summlt'steu,. a tour-ysrd return bsingmSde, Wolcott bsulAfthls point Captain Doty who had been gamely lighting the effect* of the tflow he rscelwed about live minutes before, dropped la his tracks and was. carried from the field dased*. Ivons taking, his place* Finney r who had gone la for Brlstor gained two yards off right end for Santihtt* bat the ballfootball juggernaut which Coach “'Johnny” Brocks has molded together at Rahway High School this fall; and the tracks were cleared for another week In the drive Tor all* county- and . posslbly^Siate__ClasB Bhonors, when on Saturday afternoon Summit was invaded and the colors ot the high school eleven ©r that place were dragged down and Into the dust of a gtlffJH to 6 walloping._Summit’s Hopes Jolted(be Rahway backfield In this game, reeling ott several runs. Patterson, who took Louie Crowell's pi see and played the boat-game of his career, filling the gap tn great shape. also got In some fine galas. The Y^ worked wilTpfelly neafly always, t ne klEWIy forwards opening up big holes in the Summit line. Albisser's work in the lice was the outstanding feature of the forwards’ ■ play, although Nad el,lngdowii the runner; Summit gained«want over tt, Rahway on her own two yarda but was penalised, fifteen ’ thirty, —-on the next play for Illegal usa oil CIos with flve yarda and-Coppolahands. Griswold kicked to- Clos onSummit'.* . thirty*^ the. Hlhny back 4hraw-.^s- forward paas. which waswith sUc made it a flni down. Closgrounded, but on the next play he got loose on the famous Y” nr twenty-four yards and another''flrpj down. A Rahway aerial went Incompleted.la the v Backs'A-conney Ula A Stl Don't Profit A. Van Rahway a long lt;was la i ached a work »1 spells, I and spoi was nil disorder from BrelievedRahahway was penalised five yards boxes c for the-line, being UlagaUyJg;motion.asThompson. Kffttt-anti^Beiy piayed-brThe l.lKjed eleven, except for one llami. Wolcotfa ecd play was worthyJjrlef ; flash in - the pan the home team was the master of the situation all the way through and whatever hopes Summit bad cherished «f a vlctory„were rudely Jolted when the powerfuqt offense of the Rahway machine got to working. • Brooks’charges__ahCi5Ved^.the__finest working■drive of the four games to date and the victory was well-deserved. They gave^all they had and It waif more than enough; more than the Hill City gridironista could withstand.Teams Equal in Weight Rahway faced in Summit a team just as big as the Red and Black and with an attack reputed to he fully .as strong a? the locale. At the startthe reputation.. looked to .stand good but when Rahway’s forwards got to smearing the Summit offense the attack was smothered. Summit showed a good defense against line plunges for the most part, although Rahway backs lore off a number of long gains .at times. However, these line ad* vances were not continuous. Rahway's big*success ni advancing the 1H11 was by the aerial route, distanceshone as a receiver of forwards.Two Summit CasultlesNickey Coppola's generalship was the best of the year and was a big factor In Rahway's victory. Harrington, while not as big a ground gainer fa the ^qmmIt game as he was againststrong i condlUoi—Prtcrsimply—get I Mrs. Viof fumbles, an Intercepted pass and forcing Summit to kick as well as tak-Jug the ball over on downs.One Flash from Summit Summit's* one touchdown came as the result of a beautiful seventy-yard Tun by Oris wold with four minutes and thirty-five seconds of play in the flrat •quarter. He eluded four or five Rah* way tackters Without Interference for the biggest single gain by cither side during the game. CIos, however, xsheckt^ this touchdown off when he Intercepted a forward iiass in the fburtb Quarter and raced fifty yards through Summit's forwards and secondary for the big counter.How Sunrimtt Was Outplayed leaving out* Summit's one big gain •*f 70 yards. Rahway bad the ad van* iage In straight football, gaining 140 yards on line plunges and short end plays, against 11? yards for Summit. Rahway recovered five fumbles and zSnmmit three. Rahway forced Summit to kick four times and was forced to do so but twice. Rahway took, the ball over on downs tw.ice against once for-Summit:—Rahway-and—Summit ■each made seven first downs.The Rahway backs were thrown for but three yards losses, while the Red ^nd Black defense smeared the Hill City offense for thirteen yards In losses and stopped no less-than a half dozen plays at the line of 3Cflm-mage. Summit kitked off to Rahway ■only once during the game w'hile Rahway, kicked off five limen. By theRosalie Park, won the secondary defense. Garber and Ivens played well while thay were- in the fracas, the former follow' log the hall especially well. Cowper-tfcwaft and Griswold were Summit's best bets. Brlstor had to be taken out of the game in the first half with an Injury thought to be a broken collarbone. and Collins suffered a broken arm.First QuarterThe game opened with Captain Doty of the big Red team kicking off to Griswold on Summit’s, goal line, the receiver gaining back eight yards before being spilled. Summit tried one line plunge for a yard gain and then Griswold kicked to Coppola on Summits forty-flve. The Rahway quarter got back a yard. Without furtheryo]«a hurlfor the goal line which all but carried.Cloa crashed between left guard and left tackle for four yards and Harrington gained; a yard off left tackle. Clos flung an aerial to Castor who hauled it ln_ safely hut fumbled It a second-later when two Summit tackier* hit him at once: _ Patterson was Johnny-on-theSpoVr lind recovered the oval for Rahway on Summit's ten-yard line, the play netting twenty-nine yards and Rahway's initial first dowTi.Rahway opened with the “YM for mation, the old “D under a new name, but on the first piav Coppola fumbled. Captain Doty dived into the melee of struggling players - ah.d tabbed the leather.. Clos worked'Y for six yards on on8?pla$ and two and a half on the- next. ■ With the bettrotr the lVz yard line Harrington was given the ball for the final plunge, but the Hill City eleveji stiffened and threw the big fallback for a two-yard loss, the halt going over to SummiL On. the next play, which was to havefumbling and recover in*, on -6tun silt’s tlhrty-alx. = ~ ' •'Cloa tor^off eighteen yards, off Summit's left end for a first down.On the next play Rahway lost Qve yards Cor being offside. Cldtf found a .hlaiJmla-jnnened^rot him cm Um **Y;Patterson on /‘Y but stumbled after a five-yard advance]the halt ended wl and was easily downed. He looked!way’s possession on Summit’s thirty free for the moment. Harrington\four yard line.shot through the line Tor 9ft yards’ Third Quarter ,n Mrwon a deceptive doabte pass from “Yj nahwav kicked off to atart the aec- *Co» Mn £ua il wafa another fliiit down/ffao*|0ad half, a short bool being taken m%^..penajli^d J.a.,’5!UJUfl. We. Jl^.! ^ CUlchrUi^aa._hJ* Jvr*r*^rouiL_Re-of toe goal line for-illegal-talking—unifyre^g cQttld~mOYO'apdncb~Alblsser the next play Harrington shot across j hauled him down.* Cowpefftwait got Summit's goal line for a touchdown.{loose on Summits deceptive double but the score was lost because Rah-]jaSa and gained thirteen yards for a way was penalised live yarda foe hav-, Rr{rt down. Griawold gained, eight ing been illegally ln^ motion before I yards but Cowperthwatt. trying the the ball was snapped. The quarter j covered play again failed to fool the ended after Clos had gained back theip^^y^gy defense and w%s thrown forge over righttackle. The hall rested on Summit’s one-yard line.Second Quartera yanr iuaa: imuli1 it ft ret-down with four yarda./Griswold was smeared for a three-yard loss but galnedback four yards on a fake double pass. Cowper-ihwaii left lacWe for three yards. Summit fumbled and recovered andHaving once been pushed out of his touchdown on a technicality, Harrington was not to be denied on his sec-____ _ond chance. LikB a huge 'battering ] then lost five yards for offside play, ram he swept eHrything before him Griswo)d kicked to Pstterson on Rah-on the opening, play in this quarter t way*s thirty, the.ball being returnedand counted the Becond time for Rah-: one yard. Cloa lost a foot on away s ’-Initial touchdown. Doty | charge from Y but Patteraon tore tried a place kick which struck thejQff aevcn yards from the same form** crossbar and hounded over for the Mon. Clos kickijd to Cowperthwait onpoint Rahwayu led 9 to 6 and was never headed thereafter.Doty kicked off and the oval went over Summit’s goal line, play being resumed, with the ball on the homeSummit's thirty-five and *i#rtfre he could- budge. Afotsser and Wolcott dropped him.Borden worked the fake double pass forHferee-yards and Cowperthwsit gotteam's twenty. Borden charged at J three over right tackle. A long pass Rahway s left a\de of the line behind th line nutter Summit iioth*^ 2 tag. fant Borden got’tfarengft ceatwGriswold hit center and was stopped for four yardss. or nearly ao, It-Iook-wimout a gain. A shift play wlth^ed nearly *q to the writer for when Borden carrying the bau was smeared the lines were taken out to measure without a gsln. Griswold then kicked the ball's position, the ball was within t oHarrlngtou on Summit's thirty-five, the line its full length. However, Clos got four ysrda through right Referee Call a rd ruled It a first down.Cowperthwatt was thrown for a yard loss by Haul and Thmopson. Borden tried right tackle bnt was repulsed. Rahway was penalised fifteen yards for holding, making it a first downguard. Clos heaved a forward pass which was snagged by Castor for a twenty-yard gain; Patterson got the ball on the “Y_ formation and torethrough all opposition -*for eleven,___ ______________ _____yards and a touchdown. Doty’s place!for SummiY on Rahway's forty, kick for the extra point was blocked., Griswold couldnt gain when Nadel Rahway now led 15 to 6. j stopped him. On a double pass Bor-Doty again kicked off. Borden re-’den got seven. Griswold, hit Rah-ceiving on his l^yvd line and reel- way's right side-of the line and gained ing off a neat twecty-yard return, a yard. Summit fumbled and Nadel Summit tried to work, the D” but recovered. Clos got four yards failed to gain an iqch, Rahway was)through left guard. Coppola addedoffside on the next play and lost five yards. Griswold gained two and Bor--den-made ir-firsi down with eight on two line plays* the play incidentallybeing but the second first down made against Rahway this season.Griswold on *T'' advanced fourthe goal Itae. Slegner made a bad heave from center over the kicker's head and Summit was downed back of the goal line for a safety. % Rahway drew first blood and led at 2 to 0.The safety proved a good omei^for Rahway 'although for a few minutes Immediately after things did not appear that way. Play was resumed with the hall in Summit's? possession =Aertl--roufP'—Rahway-gained—-forty- nn.iher thirty-yard mark.—On^the verynine yarda „,and Summit only seventeen. Rahway, worked two passes out of five, and Summit four out of Tim nryards. Doty and Harrington tackling andvboth being knocked out. Both aeen-Simmii-kicking-ont-£ronHehfttd'tcoaUnued-to- play-after getting--backSummit’s Deceptive PlayThe only play oh which Summitgsuned' ronsistontly. fact hardlyany other play netted them an Inch, was the double pas? behind the line nn«l the corollary to that play, a fake lt;loulile pass- A deceptive pivot by tbf buck receiving the ball, fooledprat play Griswold went oil Rahway's left tackle and by some pretty broken field running aided by had tackling aa-ihe-pari-ot-at lost .four re seyed grid warriors, he stretched what should have leen a short gain Into a spventy-yard run for a touchdown. Harper failed to kick the goal and Summit led. 6 to 2,Harper kicked off to Coppola on Rahway*? five and the shifty quarter tore off a pretty return run for atheir wind. Griswold threw a .forward to Borden which netted seven yards and another first down. ‘ Borden got four yards through the line. Griswold receiving a long pass to the fullback's posit ion-circled Rahway’s lert end for twenty-five yards and another first down. Summit gained another two yards ami then lost th“e ball on Rahway’s seven-yard line whenered.Clos made a clever eight-yard run around Summit’s right end, along thefour around left end ,jipd PatUyscn. made it a first tfo'n wFtfi sif -yards. The Quarter-ended wjlh^^iheiiali^dn. Rahway's forty-four yard lice.Fourth Qusrtsr Coppola opened the fourth quarter wtih a bj^lf yard gain at left tackle. Harrington lost a yard on MY.” Clos kicked out or bounds on Summit's forty-six,—A forward, BoHen to Fin-ney. netted two yards. On the next down Summit heaved another forward which Clos nabbed and raced fifty yards down the sideline, throwing off\al| pursuers, to register the* third and last touchdown Tor the Red and Black. Coppolak place kick was blocked and Rahway rfed 21 to 6-Clos booted off to Cowperthwalt on his ten, the—return -netting- twenty-Grtewnlft fnmhlcd^nd-Goppola- recov^^sovoa—yards—A - forward-pass wasgrounded. O na double pass. Griswold got two yards. Borden attempted toslip across ^center on “D and Thomp-jLldjL»neJ_-Qn^Uie_nc3^Iay^hwajy^n_amL-yad£l_smearpd. him almostfumbled and. Summ'U recovered on Rahway’s ten-yard mark. Griswold failed to pain. Summit fumbled and Garber recovered for Rahway. Clos kicked to Cowperthwsit on Rahway’s thirty-nine, the receiver fumbling but one of his teammates recovering. Borden tried a fake double pass andthe Rahway defense time and again, thirty-five yard gain. The game Red was thrown for a two yard-loss. Gris-before he got started, the play netting one-hair yard, the flast step Borden took. Borden heaved a forward to Cole, who had a clear field ahead of him. but the Summit wing dropped the leather and the ball went over to Rahway on Summit's thirty-eight.Harrington rammed tott tackle for (Continued on Page-Seven ja
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