Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-27
Yesterdays Results.
East Orange, 3; Barringer, 0.

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Yesterdays Results.
East Orange, 3; Barringer, O.
Football history was made yester-
1ay at Ashland Field, East orange
when Maurice Lequin, standing on
the thirty two-yard line, drop-kckeo
Acid goal. enabling East Orange
High School to defeat 6arflhsS a.
High School by a score Of 10 o.
There were but four minutes leIt to
plav. when Lequin, who had missed
nm I've other chances during the
game sent the ball over the cross
mar. Coach Grosenbaugh had sprung
"a new player on the Newarkers, anu
he made good Last year Leonard
BIoss was an eleventh-hour nero:
II anything, the game was one OF
the hardest-f fought affairs IN the MIS-
tory of the New Jersey lnterscho-
lastic Athletic Association. Ihere
was little to choose between tie
elevens, although East Orange mad a
slight shade on her opponent. Both
eleyens battled to the very last for
an opening. East Orange had the
Individual who made good IN the
person of Lequin.
BarrinKer punch" Missing.
II was not because East orange
displayed the better football That II
was enabled to defeat the Newark
ers. Barringer worked some mn. illte
literal masses and the formation II.
shift such as that used by Railway
High Schools team, also proved a
big help. On rushing the ball East
Orange scored the more first downs.
Tnvarfa bly however, the backs OF
4he suburban school would make
a;oht or nine yards, but would lack
4be necessary punch to make a
Hrst down. The Barringer forward
line gave a good account Of itself IN
The tight situations, and there
wasn't a. time during the game that
Barringer was in a dangerous posi-
tion-dangerous enough to allow d
touchdown on one or two line
plunges. Individual playing marked
the work of the Barringer line, Sll1
ker and Noble performing creditablY
Sliker's work was one OF the fea-
lures of the game. He broke
through East Oranges line a num-
her of times and nailed backt1eld
man. each time throwing his oppo-
nent for a loss,
Rarringer's one Of two chances TO
score a touchdown came in the lrsI
oeriod. FIVE minutes after the ball mad
been put in play. The Newark eleven
had the ball so close to the goal line
that the span Of a mans hand would
have covered the territory. Newark
had one chance, or one rush, however
hui Perry Foster. the Barringer quar-
terback. appeared to buck up against
q stone wall when he attempted TO get
nv Jack Schwartzkopf, the East Or
ange captain and centre. Schwartz
kopf was backed by the secondary de-
Tense PLAYERS and Foster was unable
TO go the required distance. Barrin-
ger lost the ball--lost II on downs
and East Orange quickly punted.
Abbott was doing most of the kick
ing for East Orange, but one OF his
attempts at punting his teammates
out of danger almost resulted IN dlS-
aster. The kick from behind the goal
1ine was low. the ball rolling over and
over along the ground. Schneider had
q chance to pick it up and had he
been able to get his fingers on the
oval, in all proba bility Barringer
would have had touchdown, as there
appeared to be a clear field ahead.
The ball was in the vicinity or the
tventy-yard line, and East Orange
PLAYERS bounced on It. Abbott then
kicked far out Of danger. East or
angels main object appeared IN get
ting the ball near enough to the Bar
ringer goal posts to enable Lequin to
get off one of his drop kicks. The
Grosenbaugh charges were never
within the confines of Barringer's
twenty yard line.
Leduin Never Lost Heart.
Despite the fact that he missed on
FIVE previous occasions, Lequin was
not downhearted, and his efforts were
rewarded in the last few minutes of
play. His first drop kick came in the
first quarter. boot from the 45-yard
line. In the second quarter he made
three tries from the 40-yard, 33-yard
and 35-yard marks. Some of his
kicks were real close, and 1t was ap-
parent that he was rapidly gaging
the wind with every effort. In the
second quarter in the closing minutes
Of play Billy Francke. who it may
be remarked. played a great game at
end. tried a drop kick from the CEN
ire of the field. Had he made it
Francke would have won the big hon
ors Of the day. The kick was low,
however, and did not go higher than
the heads Of the players. During the
last quarter Lequin tried two more