Complex sentence: Contracts and verbal agreements to play were made with a number of former collegiate football stars and its first game was scheduled for October 12,1919, to be played against Massillon Ohio, one of the professional powerhouses of the day.
Split into simpler sentences: Contracts and verbal agreements to play were made with a number of former collegiate football stars and its first game was scheduled for October 12,1919. The game was to be played against Massillon Ohio, one of the professional powerhouses of the day.