Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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THE SPECTATOR 15 around the end for twenty yards, and Rothstein again crossed the goal line. Rodgers' kick went over the bar. Score, J. H. S. 18-G. H. S. 0. Greensburg gained I0 yards on a forward pass, but there was no further scoring that half. ln the second half Chamberlain took Rothstein's place at fullback, where he made several good gains. Kellar was put in at left half, Wolle and Long took the ends and Gra- ham relieved Richards. Greensburg kicked to Johnstown, who lost the ball on downs, altho Greensburg was forced to kick. The ball changed hands frequently this half, tho High School at one time advanced it to the visitors one yard line but lost it on a fumble. Toward the end of the half, Replogle went over for a touchdown, and Rodgers kicked the goal, making the Hnal score 24-O. The teams lined up in this manner: f. H. S. 'Posztion G. H. S. Geisel-Long ..... left end . B. Welty Zipf . . . . . . left tackle D. Welty Richards-Graham . left guard Royer Dolan ........ center Black Louther ...... right guard Cope Rodgers ...... right tackle Drury Suppes-Wolle . . . right end Perry White .... . . .quarterback Eicher QCapt.j Sharkey-Kellar . . .left half Loughry Replogle fCapt.J . . right half McHardy Rothstein, Chamberlain. fullback. Shaffer Touchsowns: Sharkey, Replogle, Rothstein 2. Goals: Rod- gers 4. Officials : Geo. Raab, refereeg Francis Hamilton, umpireg Merle Baker. head linesman 3 Prof. Jacobs and Farr, timers. THE CONNELLSVILLE GAME The second gridiron contest was pulled off with Con- nelsville High on the following Saturday, October 5th, and Johnstown was glven a bad scare in the first half, for until the last few minutes,the ball was in our territory contin- ually. Time after time, Connellsville advanced the ball to our 5 and IO yard line, but they never got any farther, for by reason of a fumble or by good defensive playing, High

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5 ember 28th, the foot- x g' - 4 ball season was opened at riffs. l ' the point, when High Q 7 - ' f' School met and defeated the i' Greensburg High team. 5 r The score 24-O shows '5 our superiority. Yetit was an opening same. Coach Cramer tried out all the green men and was dissatished with the playing on the whole. Last year's veterans practically played the whole game. The new men showed nerve and aggressiveness, so that they will no doubt ripen into good material. Straight football was used almost exclusively, except- ing two forward passes by Greensburg who seemed to have stage fright and were content to play on the defensive. For Johnstown, Capt. Replogle, Rothstein, and Sharkey made the most consistent gains, while Rodgersand Zipf tore big holes'in Greenburg's line. Rodger's punting was good, and he kicked four goals from a possible four. For Greens- burg, Capt. Eicher was the star. In the second half, Johnstown fumbled the ball on their opponents one yard line. Welty picked it up and tore up the field for 42 yards with Long in pursuit. At the centre of the field Long, by a clean flying tackle downed the runner thus saving a touchdown. Rodgers kicked off to Greensburg, who fumbled on the first scrimmage losing the ball. After two gains of I0 and IS yards, Johnstown was penalized for an off-side play. ln two more downs Sharkey crossed, the line for a touchdown. Rodgers kicked the goal. Score, J. H. S. 6-G. H. S. 0. Johnstown recovered the ball on the second down after the kick-off and started toward Greensburg's goal gaining 7 yards on an average. Rothsteinlwas sent over for a touch- down nine yards from the line. Rodgers sent the ball squarely between the uprights. Score, J. H. S. 12-G. H. S. o. Johnstown kicked off to Greensburg, who were forced to punt. High School lost the ball on a fumble, but Greensburg was forced to kick, White bringing the ball back 30 Yafds' After gaining C9I1SiSlZBntly. Replogle went V14 THE SPECTATOR L .P mn SATURDAY, Sept. r' . f rg- . we ! 315, I-I

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I6 THE SPECTATOR School obtained the ball and kicked out of danger. Three times Capt. Munk tried Held goals, and the last one only by sheer luck, struck the crossbar and bounced back. Our line men seemed demoralized and it was not until the second half that they could stop Connellsville's rushes. Near the end of the first half, Johnstown gained 25 yards by the first onside kick ever tried in this city. They followed this by a forward pass on which they gained 30 yards more. Replogle gained IO yards more on 2 trials, and the half ended with the ball on the visitor's xo yard line. ln the second half, Johnstown went in with more vim, keeping the ball in their opponents' territory continually. lt seemed as tho we would be held, until Replogle with a minute to play brought the ball to Connellsville's 5 yard line, and Rothstein with 40 seconds to play, carried the ball over for a touchdown. I-le kicked the goal, making the score 6--0. Connellsville outweighed Johnstown and her men were older. The features of the game were the defensive work of Hlgh School, the ground gaining of Rothstein, Sharkey and Capt. Replogle, and the punting of both Capt. Nlunk of Connelsville and Rodgers for Johnstown. The game was only won by luck, and our men will have to play better football if they want to get in the championship class this season. The teams lined up as follows: f. H. S. Position C. H. S. Sharkey .... . left end .... Cohen Zipf ....... . left tackle Bishop, McFarland, Whalen Chamberlain . . . .left guard .... Schwartz Dolan ...... . center .... Marshall Louther-Richards right guard . . . Breckman Rodgers-Graham right tackle . . . Ash Geisel-Long . . . right end . . . Clasper White ........ quarterback . . . Munk fCapt.J Kellar ...... left halfback . . . Gemas Replogle QCapt.J . . right halfback . . . Ritchey Rothstein ....... fullback .... McCormick Touchdown: Rothsteing goal, Rothstein. Raab. Umpire-Mr. Gugan, Connellsville- Timers-Prof. Jacobs, J. H. S.g Prof. Cober, C. H. S. Head linesman-Merle Baker. Referee-George