The Penn's Grove record., 1914-10-23
Penns Grove Loses to Woodstown

The Penns Grove foot ball team lost tt
their old rivals, Woodstown, at Woods
town last Saturday by the score OF . to U
Both teams were evenly matched, Woods
town excelling in end running, but had the
breaks of the game favored Penns Grove
as they did their opponents and the ref
cree been more versatile OF the rules OUT
boys might have brought home victory
Rainey did the feature play for Woods
town, while Huber's deadly tackling kept
the score low.
Jones kicked off to Diver, who carried
it back 20 yards. Burke gained 8 yards
OH a line plunge. w. Smith gained 10
I yards on a forward pass. Hunt, Diver
and Burke picked out holes in the line
and made good gains. Borden made 3
yards on an end run Penns Grove fun
Grove lost the ball on downs. Brown
m Rainey each gained 8 yards on line
plunges. This ended the first quarter.
Score 0 to O..
The second quarter started by Brown
and Rainey making good gains. Brown
lost ten yards by hurdling. Woodstown
tried a forward pass but it was caught by
Borden. Penns Grove failed to gain OIL
line plunges. Penns Grove forward pass
cd but it was caught by Newton for
Woodstown. Brown lost two yards for
Woodstown. E. Kitchener gained but
they had to kick. G. Hitchner got the
kick and it was still Woodstown's ball.
They lost on a tumble, Rainey gaining
five yards. G. Hitchner got a forward
and started up the field but was brought
to the ground by w. Smith nine yards
from the goal. Brown and Rained but
they could not make a touchdown.
Woodstown lost the ball oil downs when
they were one yard from the goal. The
first half ended without either side
scoring.
In the second half Penns Grove kick
ed of. Brown gained IL yards tor
Woodstown but they were forced to
kick. Penns Groves ball. w. Smith
gained ten yards on a trick play. A
forward was tried but it did not work.
Woodstown was penalized five yards for
being off side. Hunt gained II yards thru
tackle. Burke was detected huldling and
penalized 10 yards. Diver punted TO E.
Hitchner and gained 80 yards before HUI
Der. G. Hitchner made 5 yards. Frazier
missed it. Another was tried but Huber
got it. Diver made Is yards. Burke re-
covered a tumble. PENIS Grove kicked,
ending the third quarter.
Woodstown's ball. : Stobbe and Huber
each made good tackles. q. flitchner
got a forward. Rainey. and Frazier gained
20 yards on a forward. PenDs Grove was
penalized five yards. Rainey gained 5
yards thru tackle. Woodstown fumbled
but Il. Hitchner recovered. From this
point until the end of the game Penns
Grove displayed a never give up spirit,
which always characteriZes their gridiron
battles with their friendly rivals, Woods
stowif, but they were battling against
odds, viz, an impartial referee and away
from home. Rainey brought the ball
within 6 inches OF the goal but lost out
oil downs because of Penns Grove stub
born defence. Penns Grove kicked from
back Of the goal line. Woodstown lost
5 yards. Burke broke up one OF Woods
towns forwards.E E. Hitchner went around
right end for end for fifteen yards gain.
This brought the ball within ten yards
of the goal. Brown gained four yards as
did Rainey. Rainey after many unsuc-
cesful attempts scored a touchdown but
failed to kick the goal. There was still
8 minutes to play. Jones kicked off to
Diver who was brought down by Frazier.
Penns Grove tried the forward twice but
they were both incomplete. Diver kick
ed to Clayton who ran the ball back 20
yards, before Burke brought him down.
w oodstown did not gain i'll the last mill
ute. The game ended with the SO in
WoodstOwn's favorr