Evening journal., 1922-12-11
Special 10 The Evening Journal

opeclal 10 Inc Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Dec. 1.-Two cele-
brations were held Saturday night
by children OF the Newark schools
and residents OF the town in gem
eral over the SO TO victory by
the Newark High School football
team OF Laurel High for the sec
ondary High School championship
OF the State Another celebration is
talked OF for tonight when il is
likely there will be a parade and IL
is also possible that later the High
School football squad will he ten
dered n banquet by the people OF
Newark IN appreciation OF their
great work on the gridiron this
season.
Groups OF High and Grammar
School pupils were waiting for re-
turns from the game and when the
news Of the final score reached New
ark late in the afternoon the boys
started ringing the school bells and
kept It up for nearly half an hour
Il was not only the school children
however. but nearly every resident
of Newark was keenly interested
and Joined in the celebration over
the victory. The second celebration
came when the players arrived home
later in the evening. The score, /
SO TO was painted on Main street I.
in front OF the Opera House.
The players while elated over
their victory found time to commend I
the Laurel team for the hard game /
they put up and for the fine treat I
ment they received at Laurel in /
every respect. superintendent OweDs
of the local schools, and Coach I
Joe" Wilson, also said they. were .
much pleased with the fine treat
ment at Laurel and with the ex-
cellent arrangements made there
for the game.
Coach Wilson came in for much
praise for the fine work Of the team
and that Wilson had the players in
the best possible physical shape was
evident from the fact that not a
change was made by Newark in the
l.--1p during the entire game.
captain Floyd Hubert. halfback,
was looked on by many as the hero
Of the game from the Newark stand
point. Captain Hubert not only
played a whale of a game but also
called signals considerable OF the
game and displayed fine geDeralship.
Every player on the team however
put up a hard clean game. /;
Winning State championships has
become a habit with the Newark
High School team as this made the
.hird consecutive year that Newark
1as won this title. Two years ago
defeated Bridgeville on
Frazer Field, University OF Della
ware for the championship and last
,ear again defeated Bridgeville for
he title at Dover In all three
games Newark ran up a large score
md in no one. of the three was
goal line crossed.
There were about FIVE Of the
,lavers on the Newark team Sat
lrdav who also played on the teams
has won the other two champion
hin games for Newark. They were:
-aptain Hubert, c. Hopkins, Manns'
layer and Cornog.
The game Saturday was the last
n a Newark High uniform for at
east five members OF the team.
'aptain Hubert, Townsend, Arm
trong. Manns and Strahorn, who
will graduate next June.
Hubert has won his letter in foot
all all four years that he has been
/, High School. His Freshman and
,ophomore years he played on the
me but was shifted to the backfeld
ast season and played half
ack again this season. He will
kelly enter the University of Della
are next September and followers
Z the sport who have watched his
-ork in High school predict that
g will also make the Gold and
,lue team. II is also likely thati
trahorn, Manns, Armstrong and
ownsend, who graduate will antsr