The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-29
LOCALS WIN FAST GAME
FROM MORGANTOWN HIGH
but Monongalia Team SmaShes
ClarkSburg'S Record by
Scoring Touchdown.
FINAL SCORE is 10 TO &
Warne Makes Touchdown and
Cooper Kicks Field Goal for
CIarkSbEg'S Points.

! With only fifteen seconds OF NAV leH
IN Saturday afternoons football CANT
oetWoen tho Clarksburg and Morgan
town high schools. Shumakar, uuartere
back OF tho Monongalia team, shot
lohs forward pass 10 G. Barnard and
me later raced across the Clarksburf
line for the first touchdown that haE
peoh scored against the local boys thfs
season. Clarksburg. however, won tho
game Oto .. having scored touch.
uoW " me hrst quarter and a field
I goal In the third
Tho game was played before a falrs
sized crowd at Norwood park.
Touchdown Earned.
Although Il was generally regretted
mat the local teams record OF not
having boon scored on was spoiled,
no one doubted that the Morgantown
boys deserved the score. Tho score
was not tiuky In the least. Only a
few moments before they had advanced
The ball down the Geld from their own
Vineyard line 10 within three Yards
OF the Clarksburg goal posts. only Ia
loso the ball on downs. Recovering
the ball n few minutes later. they again
fought tholr way 10 within striking
/ distance Of the Clarksburg line and
after two attempted forward passes
had been incompleted. they tried tho
same play again with the result al
\ ready noted.
tlarksburg hung up its first score
I IN the FIRST nine minutes OF play wher
/ Wnrno intercepted long forward pasl
from shumaker and ran over thirty
yards across the Morgnntown goal
line Il was spectacular run. warnt
throwing on four or five Morgantowu
taeklers aud lodging one or two others
in clover manner.
! The locals field goal came in The
third quarter when Cooper booted tnt
ball between the crossbars from tho
/ twenty-five yards line. II was per-
feet kick and saved the game for the
locals.
Fourteen Forward Passes,
Il Fourteen forward passes were at-
tempted IN the course of the game.
seven by each team. or Morgantown,s
I seven, two were successful, one Of
them resulting in that teams only
score Of the game. The other was
good for a twenty-yard gain. The
locals completed only ono or their
seven The successful pass was tho
first Of the gamo and was good for
eight yards. Four were inconi-
plctcd and two were intercepted.
The defensive play OF the Clarks.
burg team was well nigh perfect un-
IN the last quarter when the Morgans
town eleven marched the full length
Of the Md In n short time, plercina
the local line as II II were no more
than paper. They were finally halted
in the shadow OF the goal posts, but
later scored by means OF the forward
pass.
The game In detail.
First Quarter.
Captain Shumaker, Of Morgantown,
won the toss and decided to defend tho
east goal Rachelle kicked of, th(
ball scared high and was caught BY
Shunlaker on his own fifteen yard line.
He returned It fifteen yards. G. Bar
nard hit left tackle for one yard. G.
Barnard Bkirted right end for two
yards. Emsweller was thrown for
loss and fumbled the ball, Ciarksburd
recovering. Cooper made one yard on
short end run. A neatly executed
forward pass. Cooper TO Erwin, melted
eight yards. Erwin hit left tackle for
first down. A long forward pass,
Cooper to Warne. was broken up BY
G. Barnard. Cooper gained two yards
on an end run. Erwin fimbled but
recovered the ball and gained a yard,
With the ball on Morgantown's twenty
yard line Cooper tried for field goal
but failed. Morgantown's ball on their
own twenty yard line Deyaughu
failed to gain on a line plunge. De
vaughn hit left tackle for Ave yards,
G. Barnard circled right end for dva
yards and first down. Shumaker
failed to gain at left tackle. A for
ward pass Devaughn TO shumaker was
incomplete. Warne intercepted for
ward pass thrown by Devaughn and
ran thirty yards through the entire
Morgantown team for touchdown,
Cooper kicked the goal. On the kick
of Shumaler booted the ball fifty
eight yards. Devaughn intercepted q
five yards. Deyaughn intercepted
forward pass but was downed IN HIS
tracks. G. Barnard gained two yards
through left tackle. G.. Barnard skirt
ed left end for frst down. Shumaker
failed TO gain on an end run, Cooper
intercepted forward pass and was
downcd on Morgantown's twenty-eight
yard line when the whistle ended thA
first quarter.
Second Quarter.
Erwin went through the line for
three yards. Shumaker intercepted
forward pass, Cooper to Arnett, and
returned It ten yards. The same play
ed tapped the line for eight yards, btt
the Morgantown team was penalizo4
fifteen yards for hurdling. shumakcP
again hit the line for seven yards. q.
Barnard pierced center for six yards.
Shumaker went through the line for
eight yards and first down. Devaughn
got only one yard around right end on
a trick play. Shumaker got four yards
through the line. G. Barnard was
thrown for no gain on an attempt TO
skirt left end. DsYaughn suffered the
same fate on the next play, and It was
ClRrksburg's ball on downs. The pig
skin was on the local twenty-five yard
line. On a fake play warne went
through right tackle for two yards,
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