The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
TO
PROTEST
GAME
Official Awards League
Football Contest to East
Orange Eleven.

A hard-fought New Jersey Interscholas-
tic League football game, marked by many
sensational plays on both sides, was con-
tested at the Ashland Oval, East Orange,
yesterday afternoon between the East Or
ange and Montclair High School elevens.
The affair came to a close as arkness
fell with the rivals engaged in n dispute.
The referee, after having a long discussion
with the respective captains and coaches,
was forced to call the game on account of
darkness, but awarded the game to the
East Orange High School eleven.
The teams played each other to a stand
still in the first half. Neither side was
able TO score, although both Creede and
Wilson made several pretty tries at the
respective goals from the field. Late In
the second period of play Montclair Sc
cured the ball on a punt, aud after an
unsuccessful attempt at East Oranges
line, Wilson punted to East Orange, the
ball going out of bounds at the centre of
the field. The ball was brought in by the
umpire and before the Montclair team had
time to line up, the East Orange team
lined up and the ball was passed back to
Creole. who kicked the ball across and
far down the field. Whitney, the fast left
end, was off like a flash and was down
under the punt and gathered up the
ball and ran thirty-fiye yards for q touch
down..
Montclair questioned the officials rul-
ing as to whether or not Whitney was
on side when the play was made, II
seemed impossible to the Montclair bows fol-
him to get down under the kick so rapidly
The referee brought the ball pack and
started to penalize East Orange High fol
an off-side play when he was stopped by
the linesmen, who claimed that the mar
had not been off-side. Then the dispute
started. The referee finally reversed hii
decision and gave East Orange the touch
down and Creole kicked the goal. Mont
clair protested, but the referee stuck to hi
second ruling.
Montclair claimed that he had made on
decision by bringing the ball put anC
could not change II. But he said he hat
not seen the play and the question Of off
side play was left to the linesmen. In hi!
failure to sea it. Mr.. Selvage, who wa.
acting in the second half as umpire, hat
not seen the play either, so he coult
throw no light on the subject. Finally
darkness fell and the referee called tn
game and awarded it to the East Orang'
High School by a score of 8 to D.
Captain Harry Wilder, of the East Or
ange High School eleven, said: THE ref
cree said that Whitney was onside. ans
that settles 1t. Montclair can protest /
they wish, but 1 think the game belong
to us"
Captain Jenkins, OF the Montclair Higl
School eleven, said: The referee mad
three decisions against East Orange. FRS
by saying that It was not a touchdown
second, by carrying the ball back to 1t
former position, and third, by penalizin
East Orange. Therefore, the game surel
should not have been awarded to EaE
Orange"
Montclair will play East Orange agai
in a few weeks on the Montclair Athleti
Clubs grounds, but II the protest tina
will be entered by Montclair at the mex
New Jersey In~terscholastic League meet
ing is not allowed, the next game will no
count as n league contest.
The lineup:
East Orange IL. S. Montclair Fl. s.