South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-19
WABASH TEAM IS
HELLO SC0RELES5
Silver Edges Put UP Brilliant
Defense and Gain Nothing to
Nothing Tie in Tilt With
State Champions.

The Silver Edge football team Of
this city. by holding the champion
Wabash Athletic association football
team at bay at Springbrook park
Sunday afternoon and finishing so
minutes Of grinding football with
never "A tally against them. drove one
more nail into their claim OF state
champions. The score Of the game
was nothing 70 nothing. neither ma
chine being able 10 penetrate the de-
Tense Of the other for a telling blow
OF a counter.
The lines OF the two teams we're
like stone walls with the exception
o. the last two quarters, when the To-
Gals weakened slightly at times and
allowed the dOwnstate backs 20 crash
through for telling gains. Outside OF
that, neither team was better than
the other and tight football was the
rule throughout the grill. Ii was one
OF the highest and cleverest games
seen in South Bend Independent foot
ball circles for many seasons.
Scott the daughty little halfback
for the locals and Smith, the Silver
Edge quarterback, were easily the IN
dividual stars OF the game. Manager
BOinski worked hard at fullback and
his crushing line bucks Melted the To-
Gals many yards. Big Schultz at
guard also displayed wonderful tai
ent at stopping the line bucks Of
Adams, the husky Wabash full.
First Quarter.
The first quarter was marked with
clever forward passes by each team.
Wabash kicked to Smith who took
the ball 10 the 30-yaru line. Scott
took the ball around right end for
pretty run of 10 yards. Vargo fol-
lowed with 10 yards through tackle.
I'll, n
90 received a. pretty pass from Smith
for 10 yards. Wabash got the ball
on a punt. They were held for two
downs, and failed on q pass. smith
received their kick and put Vargo
and Boinski through the line for five
yards. Wabash held and Zilkey
blocked their kick and recovered it.
Smiths drop was blocked. Wabash
was held for downs. Wabash block
ed forward pass but II. Smith recov-
cred before the ball hit the ground.
The ball was on Wabash's 25-yard
line as quarter ended.
Second Quarter
Lower went in for Gruber. wabash
failed TO gain for two downs, Scott
blocking a pass in the second. Wa
bash was held and kicked to Smith.
VargO took five yards. After two
downs the ball went to Wabash on
tumble. After a two yard gain around
the local line for four yards, After
the ball see-sawed back and forth for
half OF the quarter, Smith kicked
over Adams head and the ball rolled
to the wabash ten-yard line. Wa
bash recovered but failed TO get in
scoring distance OF the local line.
The ball was in center of the field
at end OF the quarter.
Third Quarter.
r. Meyers went in for Reiter. The
quarter was a repetition of the other
two. The ball was whipsawed back
and forth with the scrimmage prac-
tically always in the Wabash end Of
the field. The locals were forced to
extend themselves at the beginning of
the period TO guard against a score
the dOwnstate aggregation pushed
the ball with line plunges and long
end run to the vineyard line. The
Silver Edges held, however, and the
Wabash 40-yard line.
Fourth Quarter.
Adams opened the last period with
a 20 yard gain through the Silver
Edge line, which had weakened slight
". The locals we're penalized for
holding. after which smith kicked
and BOinski recovered on the Wabash
So yard line. The Silver Edges tried
hard TO score but the wabash eleven
displayed remarkable defensive tao
tics and held them clear OF the line.
The ball was on the Wabash . 3 yard
line when the quarter ended.
Adams and Reno, fullback and left
end, played the hardest games for the
Wabash club. The latter vas good