The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-06
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Saturdays West virginian SAIL
that the Grafton High team which
played here that afternoon were a
stocky bunch and would evidently
make Fairmont High travel some"
Well, the first part Of the. state
ment was all right. They were stocky.
They had Fairmont outweighed sew
eral pounds. And the second part
of the statement was true, too. Graf.
ton did make Fairmont travel. Only
the travelling was done mostly by
Fairmonts backs with the ball
tucked under their arms. Seven
times they travelled down the field
and over Grafton's goal line. One of
the crossings wasn't allowed, Um.
pire Wilson having detected Hamil-
ton, in the interference, holding Ian.
ham; but after short pause Shinn
took the ball and sailed around left
end for 20 yards. and after another
brief respite, Bell carried it blithely
around right end 12 yards to a touch.
down, SO 1t was all the same.
" Grafton had some stanch timber in
her line and repulsed the Fairmont
attack in good shape couple of times
once inside of her five yard line.
Her ends and bacHs, however. could
do very little with the Fairmont inter.
ference, the field at times having
the appearance of cross.country run
by the whole Fairmont team. Graf.
ton made fierce attack on the two
or three occasions when sne got the
ball for minute and made Fairmont
supporters faith in Fairmonts de-
fence waver for a moment but the
second line of defence soon discov-
erred where Grafton was coming
through and reinforced the spot, and
Grafton hopes were short lived. Holt
and Brumbaugh and Lanham, Graf
tons husky workers. were piled up
in heap. and Fairmont took the ball
on downs.
Fairmont's interference, particu.
larly around left end, was a great
improvement over that in the Normal
game. Hamilton was very fast in
getting in. and STAYED of Grafton
tacklers again and again Bell put
Grafton's left end out of business
every time and it's doubtful IL ne
bothered Shinn's progress around
MIN at all. 1t was usually Lanham
who got the runner after a big gain.
Aided by first class interference by
Bell, Barnes, Hamilton and Stevens,
Shinn made at least a dozen spectac.
ular runs, one for so yards. Shinn,
however, was not up to his usual
mark and didn't get into the inter
ference nearly as hard for Bell as
Bell did for him. No particular
credit can be given the Grafton right
end for the gains being shorter
around him, for when on a back shift
Bell led the interference on that side
and Barnes carried the ball, Bell
swept the Grafton terminal Off his
feet like little bird of q twig.
Shinn, however. was in poor condi.
eioh 4oi tuS II was Only
absence of good substitute that
forced him into the game at all in
the second half. AS it was, he put up
plucky exhibition and more than
did what could have been expected
under the circumstances.
Stevens and Frey each put up a
star game at end and Grafton found
absolutely nothing doing out there.
The line from tackle to tackle would
stand some scrimmage work in prac-
tice. The three center men didn't
protect the quarter as well as they
might on offense. showing tendency
to play too low and allow Grafton
back to plunge over and spoil the
pass. Fairmont made several FUN.
bles and all OF them were directly
traceable to this source. The fumbles
were made inexpensive only by the
quick work of Stevens and Frey, VINO
were on the ball every time 1t got
loose. Stevens played backfield on
defense the first half, Captain Shinn
feeling that Hamilton's superior
weight could be used to advantage
on the second line. Stevens rebelled
in the second half. He declared that
they had to put him up where there
was something doing Hamilton