Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-29

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grandeur to which the elements lent
an exquisite touch with trimmings
of icicles and frosted snow. which
melted and then froze, another brill
liant Interscholastic League cham
pionship football battle between Bar
ringer High and East Orange High
went down into the pages of history.
The blustery winds which sent the
s~nowfiakes scurrying across the field
and outlined the rectangular mass
of humanity which surrounded the
field drew a delicate white outline
over the heads and shoulders of the
supporters of both elevens and
heightened the wealth of color,
Frightening many a cheek already
red and increasing the lustre of
many an eager eye early in the game.
Later, when East Orange had
triumphed, and the fair banners of
Barringer were trailing in the mire.
the same relentless snowfiakes alight-
ing IN the cheek of some fair rooter
for the Blue and White might have
been mistaken for many a misty
tear. or perhaps they were genuine.
East Orange won the game s points
to 8, after Barringer had scored
first, and the local rooters were sip
ping the first sweet draughts of an
anticipated victory, but the cup
slipped ere it reached the lip to be
drained to the dregs, and East Or
ange. triumphant and happy. carried
the day, cheered by the Barringer
r%ooters, who showed themselves to
be as game in defeat as they have
bene loyal in victory.
The playing of Macolm Switzer,
captain and quarterback of the East
Orange team, furnished the sensation
Of the day. Not only did the fleet
footed little back field man make the
only touchdown of the day. but time
and again he electrified the multitude
OF spectators by rounding Barringer's
ends for runs that would have done
credit to a Thorpe or a Hobbie Baker
Once during the third period he
caught the ball on Barringer's 5O-yard
line and shot through a broken field
for forty yards. The ball was brought
back, the referee claiming he
(Switzer) had run out of bounds while
turning B~arringer's right end. Ii
brought a sigh of relief to the Barrin-
ger supporters, as 1t surely meant an
other touchdown. The punting of
Andrew Dempsey was nothing short
of marvellous. The manner in which
he got the slippery pigskin off for long
drives ranging from 35 to As yards
was the talk of the coaches and sup
porters of both teams. The East or
ange players also congratulated their
opponent for his great work, and
claimed that he kept the score down,
The kicking of Creole, East Oranges
left tackle, was good at times. AS a
rule, most of his punts were high and
short, and he did not gain anywhere
near the ground, as did Dempsey.
His line-work was first class.
East Oranges Clever Backheld.
East Orange won the game by supe-
rior back-fleld work, although In the
second quarter, when the touchdown
was scored, she completely rushed the
Barringer players off their feet and
pushed the ball owe by a series OF
line plays directed through the guards
and tackles. Where the victors
showed superiority in line plungint
was in using the right and left forma-
ton shifts. 1t took fully two periods
before Barringer succeeded in perfect
ing a defense that would stop this
sort OF plays. From then on the New
arkers took a great brace and had the
better of the line %plunging. 1t was
then that the heavy Barringer line
began to tell.
Before the game started Barrin-
ger ruled the favorite. Her sup
porters became more jubilant when,
after two attempts to kick a goal
from the field. Andy Dempsey finally
succeeded in placing a pretty kick
from placement. The ball sailed
souarely between the goal posts from
the 25-yard line. The waving of ban
ners and the cheering of the Barrin-
gerites that followed were enough to
take the heart out of an ordinary
team.
East Orange Immediately got busy
after the second Kickoff and started
sending Switzer around the ends and
Culbert and Walton through the
line. BY using the shift formation
the ball was soon rushed to Barrin-
gers 5-yard line, after which Swift
ger. on a fake end run, shot between
centre and guard for the only touch
down of the game. Schwartzkopf
failed to kick the goal and the score
was East Orange 6, Barringer 3.
Barringer Loses Chance.
In the last half the ball see
sawed up and down the field.
Towards the end of the third quar-
ter Barringer came within ar ace of
making a touchdown when Switzer
fumbled one of Dempsey's hard-twirl-
ing punts. Luckily for the East Or
ange captain that he regained the
ball just in time to keep Jose get
ting it. Had Jose succeeded he could
have easily rolled over the line.