The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-11-16
MT, vernon WON
BY CLOSE SCORE
FROM GAINESVILLE
Locals. Make I Points In Last
Period Of Play In Same
Saturday
SEVERAL STARS
OUT OF THE GAME
Details OF The Game Play By
Play; Line Up and The
Summary
(By Fred IIays)

a
population several times greater than
that OF Mt. Vernon; she may boast Of
a larger high school, of finer build.
ings, ETC., but when it comes to high
school football tearns-well, Zanes-
Vile must take a rear seat.
Had GAINESVILLE high triumphed over
Mt. Vernon in their grid meet Satur-
day at Athletic. park, the very fact
that she had won victory from the
orange and black would have been
most conspicuous for it's unusualness.
For years the gold and black has
predominated over the blue upon the
gridiron. Football wins for Zanes.
vile have been few and far between.
Saturdays set-to between the scholas-
tic rivals proved to be no exception
to the rule, the locals emerging as the
victors by a z to 0 score.
Visitors Loom Formidable
GAINESVILLE invaded the local camp
at an oportune time to snatch VIC
tory. Stimulated and heartened by
their big triumph over Cambridge the
previous week, GAINESVILLE entertained
hopes Of bringing Mt. vernon's string
of successive victories to an end by
handing her crippled team a lacing.
Handicap Doesn't XIII Spirit
Despite the fact that Mt. Vernon
had to worry along without the val
liable services OF three Of her regu.
lar performers, Corcoran, Cunning.
ham aud Clark, who are recovering
from injuries received in the Della
ware game, hi showed that she re.
tanned d wallop lusty enough to stow
away her blue and whits opponents.
The local backneld. composed Of
Capt. McBroom, Brining, Clyde Nc.
Broom and Fletcher. was within all
probability as light a set OF backs as
has ever represented Mt. Vernon
high school eleven. Their average
weight hovers around the 133-pound
mark.
They proved that avoirdupois is
and is not an essential quality in a
football players makeup. These
back men, all Of whom possess speed,
agility and aggressiveness, ripped
through the opposing lines and tore
Around the ends repeatedly for gains.
Mt Vernon placed the pigskin with.
in Zanesville's five.yard zone on two
occasions in the first half. Here was
where weight would have been big
asset. Both times hi attempted fu-
tilely to pound through the stiffened
wall of the opposition. In each in
stance, the visitors regained the ball
and carried it out of the danger Sec
tor.
Miehaers Machine Scores
At the beginning of final period,
after Biefnes had intercepted Zanes-
vile pass, Mt. Vernon pushed the ball
to the enemy's onesyard line. The
GAINESVILLE forward line, reinforced by
its secondary DEFENSE, presented an
impregnable barrier. Three times the
orange-numeraled backs tried desper-
ately to puncture the opposing line.
On the third down and goal to make,
Quarterback McBroom figured that
perhaps it would be easier to travel
seven or eight yards around the end
than one yard through the center. His
line of reasoning proved to be- correct.
The quarterback, carrying the ball
himself, dashed around right end for
the only touchdown of the day.
Griffith Shows Ability
The GAINESVILLE quarter, Griffith,
was the outstanding figure for the Wis.
iting team. He was an exceptionally
fast man on his feet, frequently pull
ing off good gains off-tackle and
around theends. Besides directing his
teams play, he did the punting, threw
the passes, and made one attempt to
kick goal from field.
~ GAINESVILLE Uses Pass
The blue-clad players flashed some
pretty forward passes at times that
gave the Mt. Vernon coherents any
thing but comfortable feeling. One
Of their passes was good for thirty
yards, another one for 20. Material.
ly, their big gains earned them moth
ing. Twelve yards was rs close as
they ever came to the Mounts goal.
Lineup and summary:
Mt. Vernon (7) zanesvilie 10Y
Arnold .......... .L.B...... -. Saad
Stream ...~..... LIT. ..... Morton
Bishop ...... ...... .L.G. ...... Devoie
Biefnes '.......... .C......... Jones