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SIGNED.He is a Star Guard and WillTake McFarland's Place.WILL ARRIVE ON SATURDAY.Maxwell Will Coach Team UntilWightman Returns—NothingDone at the Meeting of theFootball Officials — Canton’sSeason Opens September 29.The latest addition to the Tiger foot ball team is Robert W. Maxwell, a star guard from Swartbmore. He is aix feet two inches in height andweighs 260 pounds. Manager Stewart received a telegram Tuesday morning from Ooach Wightman, who is now at Chicago, saying that he had signed tbs new guard. Maxwell is an ali-rouud athlete, and can sprint fifty jards in five and two-fifths seconds. He is nowin training for the Irish-American meet at New York. In the All-American team of 1205 he wa- elected to ailt;position as guard. Maxwell will reach here next Saturday and take charge of the team until Coach Wight- * man arrives, which will probably be 1 some time next Tuesday. Max* el (*will play in Ker-hoffe’s place until tne latter arrives, and then will be shifted I ^ to the position which McFarland held |1 last season. He will be a tower ofistrength to the Tigers this fall, as he * has already learned many of the r.ew 1plays ot this season's foot ball. 1Kerchoife and Maxwell will make aIpair of guards which will be bard to i duplicate on any professional team. 1With “Bob” Shiring at center, Me- Nulty and Long tackles, and Hupp and 8 Echrontz at ends, Massillon will have c a team on the line as strong and form- 9 ldable as a stone wail. *bAnother Tiger who was signed laat year for the ’a t game of the season, * has been signed for the coming season, a but will only participate in the last b four or five games. This man is no 0 other than Mike Bennett, the star full- 8back who was to take the position of 1 Salmon if the latter was hurt, or in tJured in any way during the game. 18 Bennett hoies that Wallace will again 1sign “Bull Smith to play fullback for|c t ie Canton team, so that he can get a SSi0 tance to play against him. These two men are bitter rivals in the foot I cball world, As both were candidates for positions on the All-American team in the season of 1904. Bennett will 8 Oiach the Mercersburg college eleven this fall, and as soon as the seaeon • ids, which is November 7, he will come to Maaaillon.The foot ball officials of the CantonIIand Massillon teams did not come to may agreement Monday morning. It has been decided that another meeting will be held at the Country club next Thursday afternoon. Nothing was de-«bKelded upon except that the last game | ^ of the .series will be played at the Massillon park on Thanksgiving day.It is probable that the other game will be played the first or second wees in November. It was also agreed by Managers Stewart and Wallace that neither would tamper with the members ot the other’s team.wsiliY“Blondy Wallace, coach of the Canton team, announces that the red and white would play the opening game ot tbe season in Canton either on September 29 or the second week in Ootober. Then the Buckeye team will make a trip thru New York state, playing at Buffalo. Watertown and Albany. About thirty teams have written forT1tlb;tlItaieitttlmwdates. Steelton, Latrobe and Harrisburg, Pa., have asked for dates.iiU
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Massillon Evening Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Tue, Sep 11, 1906
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