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■ ■ . .'-y • ■•. »» ■ Open Season* .1 . ■ - — .Hahway High's Eleven Invades Plainfield Arid Annexes Win Over Stine's Class Av ■' -Combination By 6-rQ Score• 4• Opening Its 1«4 gridiron aeaaon bygrading Claw A ranks for the firsttime In a number of -years and that4B foreign territoryC the Rod and'Slack eleven of Rahway High School-grfclay-«ftaraooa at Plain gcprodImpressive victory orar CoachCl oa got a yard* and on the next play, which marked Rahway* flrat resort to the famous XT formation new styled the V* by Bfooks, got loose for a prety thirty-yard run and Rahciyay’s first down. Prom then on theam*iHerb Stine’s Red! and Bine pigskinlt;Aserst turning the trick by a 6 to•0 verdict. It *was the home team's .. . .r*t game of the eeaacn aI*o. yards. Rahway tried Its first *r*inKwivr** Brooks’ squad ward and Coppola got the pill fromY” was used repeatedly until thei . .only scored.Crowell was tossed the leather on Y and hit Plainfield’s left for fourshowed to a far better advantage over,Clog, gaining twenty yards* and mak-W- •* * . ___*1. _ a— dOMu/ ft**if AiWf%iAe Queen City players than the score vindicated, several costly fumbles anda heavy penalty - earned by the thougt* ?tes sending o% a player back intn-die fracas-atenle had. left.the gune'in- the same half, costing them at least one more touchdown. Three ymudred or more rOoterc iCcompsaieo -ggg team from this olty including a * I* representation of the student body of the high school which charter*~«5d-speci*l~trolley-transportatlon.fortthe occasion.The victory Is held by many as .proof of assertions which the team’s lackers have been making after watching the squad work in the early practice days, that Rahway high isSri^V^ich^as^foughTfor the Red and Black since the days of the State championship eleven back in 314. Brooks, the Rahway coach, was a -ranember of that eleven and later a .’*tar at Brown University. ItahwayV~it3cchdowu~wae - the - direct result of the famous spread for* xuatiac, comtnocly termed D” forma-tffnn Nothing Plainfield could show :fn the first half could halt the forward anarch of th e visitors whoa they openedup with everything on the cal-jnjjgr from that formation. Lineing Rahway’s second first down. Thre edrives from *‘Y,M .the first by Clos for seven; the second by H3ro* welLlartwo and a half snd-ths third by Clos for four yards* gave Rahway another first down. Clos got three more on -the * same plunge and theicIctlt;ccfialdla.. tmfcyftrfl_Uag_jjcL jteffay.1! J?os:ilt;isession,Second Quarter . „SUlUusing .the-T* formation*-Rahway hammered tor that all-important touchdown. Crowell hit the left side of (he defenders' line and got half a yard. On the next play Rahway’s left side of the line opened up a hole big enough to drive a truck through aad-GI gs^scor^-^wbat-proveA-4orihe flfe game.*s only touefoddfrfiV'- Crowell failed to dropkick the goal.Brooks then sent in Forrest, his second-string quarter.to run the team as Coppola's ankle bothered him. Crowell kicked off to Hetfield on Plain field's five-yard line. Hetfl eld got back as far as the seventeen before being dropped. Booth hit right guard for two yards and Davidson lost a yard trying to get around right end, Crowell dropping‘him, Hetfield hit right tackle for five yards andl*Booth kicked to Clos oa Rahway's Jl^oSge^ and forward' passes workedequally as well. Cloi, the left half 3xack tore off a mn of thirty yards •from the format Ion and the same player tossed a forward to Coppola *£or twenty yards Immediately afterward. -Rahway carried the bH on a -sixty-five yard drive after the forma-t5on wasc first tried and as the first -quarter ended held the hall on Plain-MM’s one-yard mack. It was a mat* -■ter of two plays as the second quar* t»r opened and Clos pushed over the -smly touchdown of the game. Cro-•wrell failed to kick the goal.THe”Eame; play by play, follows;itcilt;(c1tI\Crowell plunged for seven yards]] and Clos made it another first down 11 on a drive through left guard and tackle. Wolcott was offside on the |1 next play, again, and Rahway wash penalised five yards. Cloa tried Y”jlt; for one yard, and Crowell, grabbinga high pass by Nadel, gained |tosi’Crowell kicked off for Rahway against a fair breeze, A. Greenblatt taking ibe leather on Plainflettfls twenty-eight yard line and returning it six jarda.' Davidson charged the line Sat seven yards, Terry for two, and ^tetfield made it a first down. Bet-ffcM tried right tackle tor one yard* 4uuf Davidson got around Rahway’s wight end for four. Wolcott was sent ■in for Doty at right end and Doty took Jvens' place at right tackle. -Terry plunged left guard and was United without a gain. Booth then AScked to Clos, on Rahway’s twentylt;one yard line. On a fumble Lurie recovered for Plainfield on Rahway's ttwenty-four yard mark. Hetfield got • “ pill on a try *t a delayed pass and was stopped without gaining. David isoc hit the left side of “the“Red and ~gnack line and likewise fajled to gain. Booth tried a drop kick which went wide and Rahway got the leather on —twenty.Clos gained a yard and a half around the Queen City left end. Clos then kicked to Terry on Rahway’s rforty.nlne. Terry got a yard, Davidson three, and Hetfield eight for Plainfield’s second first down, Doty -dropping the elusive quarterback ofyards. Clos kicked to Terry on Plain-11 field’s twenty*five and ha was droppedin Ms trades.Hetfield got two at right guard and tackle and Terry tried the same spot for one. Dalviduon plsunged to the left., and failed-.to-gain. Boothto Cios on his thirty-five and he advanced three yards. Cios gained three yai%s. Garber was sent In for HauL Rahway tumbled but Clos recovered and glaned three yards ’roundright end. The* half ended with the hall in Rahway's possession on her own forty-five yard markThird QuarterRahway again kicked at the open* Ing of the third quarter, Crowell boob ing to Hetfleld^eirPIMnlletd’a ten-yard mark. He returned toHhe twentybefore being stopped. ^Davidson failed to gain, and Hetfield got but a 'yard at center, Terry was halted without advancing. These three downs with only a yard gain forcedBooth to kick to Coppola in midfield but Rahway’s field general fumbled in “receiving and Naidcrff recovered for Plainfield on her fortnight,Davidson tried Rahway's right wing and Doty threw him with only a half-yard advance. Davidson got a yard and Hetfield one haft yard* and Booth again kicked, Coppola taking the leather on Rahway's twenty. Ho ran the ball back fifteen yards, hut fumbled again when he was tackled, the homeeleven recovering. Terry got a yard, Hetfield three and Terry one more around Rahway’s left end. Terry^-the home eleven. On the neat play Plainfield fumbled and Rahway re- tried a forward pass which failed andioveted on its own thirty-five. the ball went over to the Red and
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Rahway Record
Rahway, New Jersey, US
Tue, Sep 30, 1924
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