Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-01
ERIE STORY BRINGS TO
TECH BOYS MANY SMILES;
LOSERS SIDE OF THE GAME

Erie papers, telling of the big game
on Saturday between Tech High and
Erie, reached Harrisburg this morn
in6 and caused some amusement. In
the Dispatch one who heads his story
Jack Kastner in the opinion of all
who read his description of the game,
bclittles NTechs ability by referring
to the fact that the Harrisburgers
played only straight football. 1t was
the only game to play on wet soggy
field. Tech is given 10 credit what
ever. Here is something Kastner
writes and which appeared in the
Erie Sunday Dispatch:
"BY JACK KASTNER"
Fighting with a spirit that mar
veled hundreds of spectators VINO
stood dripping wet in a heavy wind
and rainstorm at Athletic field yester-
day afternoon, Erie High School foot
ball eleven. undefeated throughout its
regular season, went down to defeat
in a blaze of glory before the heavy
Harrisburg Tech squad by a score of
20 to 0. 1t was one of the most spir-
tied games ever seen on a local grid
iron, and closed n year of the highest
grade exhibition of football ever seen
in Erie.
"Outweighed in every one of the
eleven positions, and playing against
a combination which has not more
than four changes in it's lineup in the
past two years, the light Red and
Black squad showed Harrisburg more
tricks than the visitors believed it
possessed. And when the final COM
parison is made, Erie cutplayed it's
opponent in many branches. Only one
thing prevented Erie from scoring on
its heavy foe-the combination of
slippery field and avoirdupois, which
crumbled the diminutive line folks OF
the home team under its laundering
attacks in line plunging and tackling
1t lis to Laugh
Erie is in no way dishonored in its
defeat. Harrisburg, touted as mar
yelous gridiron stars, displayed
nothing but straight football depend
ing only on it's superior weight to car
ry through the backield for necessary
gains to rush the leather over the
dine. only twice during the fracas
did the visitors attempt an open play,
and SO feared were they of our own
Captain Devine, that orders were sent
through the ranks to play the Erie
pilot above all others. AS result
DeVine had two and three Harrisburg
linemen hanging on his neck the big
ger part of the afternoon. Handicap
ped in this manner he accounted for
some of the best end and center runs
OF the game. Particularly SO was this
III the second half, when he crossed
from left end to right field, and ad-
vanced the ball 25 yards. for the big
gest end gain Of the day.
when the final gun had spoken,
the local casualties were two. Kra-
mer, the most successful fullback de-
veloped at Erie High in years, and
who played so important game
throughout the first half. received a
triple fracture of the jaw, and Rex
Carney, left halfback, left the field
with a fractured hand.
Harrisburg found time and again
that it's superior weight could not
hold the speedy Red and Blacks. While
the final comparison shows the visit
ors had the ball in Erie's territory
more often than the locals pierced
the Harrisburg boundaries, had it not
been for the varied attack of the
home eleven. the game would have
lacked the interest 1t held.
The First Quarter
Captain Franks team won the toss
and chose to kick toward the porth
goal, with the wind. Schoenfield re-
ceived the leather. and returned ii 10
yards. Kramer added another five
yards through light tackle. Devine
and Carney were both sent through
right tackle each making three yards
for q first down. For the time being
the field was comparatively dry.
sprinliling of sawdust aiding In carry
ing off the pools of water that formed
earlier in the day. The Erie line was
getting in some fine work. opening
ur short loopholes to allow their
backheld team. mates to edge through
1T was Harrisburg's first time with
the ball. The spectators stretched