Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-11
NEWARK HIGH WINS
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Whole Town Celebr ates Satur-
days Victory Over Laurel
Cridders.
sp.r,a, Correspondence Every Evening

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Newark. Dec. 1.-Two celebrations
we're held Saturday night by children
81 tn. Newark schools and residents
OF the town in general over the 80 To
victory by the Newark High School
football team over the Laurel High
FOR the secondary high school cham
plonship OF the State. Another ,ele-
hratlon is talked Of for tonight when
u IN likely there will be n parade and
g. - also possible that later the High
: hool football squad will be rendered
banquet by the people OF Newark
In appreciation OF their great work on
The grldiron this season.
Groups OF high and grammar school
pupils were waiting for returns Nom
he game and when the news of the
nnal score reached Newark late in the
afternoon. the boys started ringing
,hc school bells and kept IL up for
nearly half an hour. Ii 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 sec
ond celebration came when the play
crs arrived home later in the evening.
The payC-. while elated over their
victory. found time To commend the
Laurel team for the hard game they
pat up and for the fine treatment they
received at Laurel in every respect
superintendent owens OF the local
schools and Coach Joe" Wilson. also
sad they were much pleased with the
fne treatment az Laurel and with the
a., h.r Fns
tnc came.
coach Wilson came in for much
rlaisc for the fine work OF the team
and that Wilson had the players in
the hes; possible physical shape was
e, dent from the fact that not a
cnange was made by Newark in the
lineup during the entire game.
captain Floyd liubCt. halfback.
was looked on by many as the hero Of
ne game from the Newark standpoint.
captain Hubert not only Played a
whale OF game. bat also called sig
ua,s for a considerable part Of the
,gsme and displayed fine generalship.
Every player on the team, however
pa; up a hard. clean game.
Winning state championships has
isD ONE a habit with the Newark High
: b ,ol team as this made the third
,o.secutiVe year that Newark has
Won this title. Two years ago New
a., defeated RridgeVille on Frazer
I'eld. University Of Delaware. for the
.hlmpionsh.p. and last year again de-
leated Br dSeville for the title az Do
Nsr. In all three games Newark ran
uu large sore and in no one OF the
ihrcc wss Newarks goal line crossed
There were about five OF ths play
a. on the Newark team Saturda,
Who also played on the teams tha
Won the other Two championship
Games for Newark. They were Cap
co and Cornog.
The game saturday was the las; ir
q Newark H.gh uniform FOR az leas
ave members Of the team. Captain
Hubert. Townsend, Armstrong, Mann:
and S;rahorn, who Will graduate mex
jane.
Hubert has won his letter in foot
nsu al four years that he has been II
Heh school His freshman an,
s.lhomore years he played on IN
me. bit was shifted 10 the backiel'
4as. season and played haifback agsii
- season. lie will likely enter IN
la.Ncrs.iy @. Delaware next Septem
brr and followers 81 the sport VIII
have watched his work in High Schoo
..ed.c, that he will also make In
oo.1 and Blue team. ]; - also l.kel.
Ia Sirahorn. Msnns. Armstrong an
Townsend. who graduate. Will ente
Delaware and will be out for football
Conoary 10 the belief Of resident
o. some sections % the State. IN
Newark iiish School football tear
So no help in the matter OF coaching
nUm the University OF Delaware ath
lot.c authorities nor does the tear
have the use OF the university field O
O. INNS stun. Occasionally In the pas
shcn Frazer Field was not being use
Newark has played some OF its HON
Games there. The fact, however, tina
~. ~ h Schooi p.syUs have the OF
D0,anliy 20 see the university sqna
prsct.ce and play may have been
bsnsni but no one connected with IN
university has assisted in the coach