The Penn's Grove record., 1919-10-17

Dupont DYE WORKS DOINGS
Club Elects New Officers. "Y" Amusements. Or
ganizing Bowling Tournament. Win
First Foot Ball Game
Penns Grove Defeats LaSalle

Penns Grove Defeats LaSalle
The Penns Grove A. C. eleven played
its first game of the season on the du-
Pont field last Saturday, defeating the
strong LaSalle lineup of Wilmington
by a score of 60. Frequent fumbles
by both sides and lack of signal prac-
tice by the home team made the issue
doubtful from the start, although it
vas obvious from the first kickoff that
the h0me side had a back field far SUI
perior to its opponents.
LIST Quarter-Engler kicked to Fitz-
gerald who was downed on his own
thirty-five yard line. LaSalle failed to
gain and Mcconnell punted to C. Dol
how. a tumble giving the hall to the
visitors in mid-field. Both sides failed
to gain, and Hunt took Fitzgerald's
punt on Penns Groves ten-yard line,
racing through the field to the thirty
five yard line before he was downed.
A penalty of five yards on Penns Grove
for off-side, and a loss of ten yards on
an attempted criss-cross play brought
the ball on the twenty-yard line on the
fourth down, but Engler relieved the
pressure by a beautiful punt which took
the ball to mid-fie1d for the visitors
first down. Time called with visitors
in possession. No score.
End Quarter-Burke nipped in and in
tercepted Brennan's forward pass to
Sylvester when it look like an easy OPP
portunity for the visitors to score.
Dickinson ran in and jumped down Nc
Connell's punt after both sides had
failed to gain. A tumble lost Penns
Grove another fifteen yards, but Engler
was again conspicuous with his hefty
hoof, kicking we'll into the visitors ter
ritory, and Craig tackling Fitzgerald
cleverly before he was able to advance.
Dellett, Craig and Dolbow were all good
on defense, and Hun broke up several
plays by getting o the end before
the opposing back-feId was able to get
going. Time called with Sylvester TAX
ing a punt from Mcconnell, Craig tack
ling before he had a chance to get
away. No score.
3rd Quarter-Walsh kicked to Logan.
Second down on Penns Groves thirty
five yard line, and Logan gained fifteen
yards on a clever skin Jackie play.
Burke, Engler, and Hunt in turn went
through lOI Slud11 GAINS, biCh 1O6oA
again made a gain through left tackle.
Line-pIunging tactics seemed to be sue
c~essful, and all the back-field men on
the home side went through the holes
made for them time and time again,
Green, Dickinson and Huber tearing
big gaps in the opposing line and max
ing the work easy for their back-field.
The home sid looked like scoring when
a tumble on the visitors fifteen yard
line gave LaSalle the ball. Fitzgerald
took a pretty long forward pass from
Brennan, and looked like making a get
away until Logan ran across his path
and tackled him neatly. The visitors
failed to gain AMI another series of
Iine-plunges and skin-tackle plays
brought the Penns Grove sidewithin
thirty yards of their opponents goal
when time was called. No score.
Last Quarter-Penns Groves ball on
the thirty yard line. One yard to go
right tackle. Gains by Logan, Burke
and Hunt brought the ball seven yards
from the visitors goal, on the first
down. Engler made two yards, but
Logan was forced back for twelve yard
on an attempted end run. Visitors took
ball on incompleted forward pass, and
Burke dropped the ball after getting
under Fitzgerald's punt. Mclaughlin
recovered the ball for visitors. and
hen came the play which featured,
and which gave the game to the home
side in the last two minutes of the
game. Mcconnell fumbled the ball,
and Huber was through the line and on
it like a flash, lodging the opposing
back-feld, n aided by Hunt and
Burke who closed in behind him., he
went down the line for a ffty-yard run,
placing the ball between the sticks for
a touchdown. Burke kicked low. and
time was called Score. Penns Grove 6,
LaSalle 0. The Lineup: