Newark post., 1920-11-24
NEWARK HIGH NOW
STATE CHAMPIONS
Administer Decisive Defeat tc
Sussex County Aspirants

DICKINSON grads who spent the
day here, the Bridgeville High
School football team came to
Newark last Saturday to compete
with the local team for the State
championship. Both teams came
to the contest with a record of
many victories in their respective
localities. Early in the season
Newark defeated Middletown, the
only other contestant in this cour-
ty. Bridgeville had defeated all
eligible contestants in the lower
counties. The State championship
therefore necessarily lay between
these two teams.
A cup will be awarded the New
ark team by the Delaware Athletic
Association which arranged for
the financial feature of Saturdays
contest.
The visiting team was out
weighed slightly by the local
eleven and decidedly out-played.
The dogged perseverance, in
domitable energy, and gentleman
ly conduct of the game Sussex
countians elected the admiration
of their opponents and the specta-
tors to the unequal contest. Two
of Bridgeville's best men were out
of the game through injuries re-
Gently received, it was said. New
ark High eleven showed evidence
of careful training and diligent
practice. They were in prime
condition.
The final score stood 61-0 in
favor of the local team, making
the victory decisive and assuring
the State championship to the
local eleven.
This was the first annual foot
ball game held by the Delaware
Interscholastic Athletic Associa-
ton. 1t was played on Frazer
Field, at Delaware College, and
was witnessed by several hundred
spectators from all parts Of the
State. Under the D. l. A. A. it
was a strict requirement that
every player on any team COM
peting for the title must have had
clean scholastic record for the
whole season.
During the first half the lighter
Bridgeville team held Newark to
two touchdowns, one of which
came on straight line plunges and
runs; and the other being due to
spectacular run by Armstrong,
who rounded the whole Bridge
vile team, scoring almost from
midfield. In the second half,
however, and especially in the last
quarter, when Newark made many
substitutions, the weight of the
local team and the speed of the
new players proved too much for
the Sussex contingent, and the
Newark backfield made first downs
in rapid succession. The team
work of the local eleven was not
able. They shone especially in a
beautiful triple pass, which was
the play on which they scored
their first touchdown.
H. McIlvain and Wiley bore the
brunt of the Newark offense, and
also were the chief ground gamers
for Bridgeville. Armstrong, Mayer,
Evans and Hayes were all con-
sistent gamers on end runs and
off-tackle plays for the Newark
team.
The lineup:
Newark Bridgeville
Crompton :. left end E. McIlvain
Cornog -. left tackle :. Donovan
Davis 49,. left guard 49,. Collins
Hubert ..... center ..... White
Hopkins :. right guard Anderson
Schwartz . right tackle :. Wiley
A. Mayer :. right end 3. Johnson
Hayes :. quarterback H. McIlvain
Armstrong left halfback Adams
Evans right halfback .Messick
J. Mayer E. fullback 49,. Jacobs
Tounchdowns j. Mayer 2
Evans 3, Armstrong 2, Hayes l,
Henning l. Goals from touch
downs-Hayes d, Armstrong 3
observation-disclosures: Hennine
for Hayes, Walton for Hubert
Stafford for Davis, Clancy fol
Stafford, P. Cornog for G.. Cornog
Manns for Hopkins, Sanborn fol
A. Mayer; Bridgeville: Curry fol
E. McIlvain, E. McIlvain fol
Curry, Brown for Donovan. Ref
eree-Shipley of Delaware; I'm
pire-Morris of Maryland State
Head Linesman-Hancock of Del
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