The Penn's Grove record., 1923-11-30
dupont Tigers Meet
Their First Defeat
Outplay PaulsbOrO For Three
Periods But Lose In Closing
Minutes of Play

Inc uuI OlG Tigers lOSL d game. II
was the first defeat of the season and
it came after the men had completely
outplayed PaulsbOro for the first three
periods. This only touchdown of the
game in the last quarter was made
from mid-ield by a long distance for
ward pass to Hendrickson. The boys
blocked the dropkck for a goal and
the game ended with a 6 to 0 score.
The game was played on the Pauls-
boro school field and the grounds were
very sandy and soft which made the
playing and running of the Tigers
backfield very handicapped. 1t was
not such a handicap to the Paulsboro
team for they had not a fast backfeld
as the Tigers but had an eleven of big
heavy and slower men.
After receiving the kickoff Pauls-
boro was unable to gain and was
forced to punt. Then Ed Bennett rip
ped off a first down in one play. So it
went for the whole half in which
Paulsboro did not make a first down
while the men from home made five.
Also in this half the ball reached
the territory of the Tigers.
Each one of the backfielders, Pat
terson, Hendricks, and Bennett, did
his share of the work. Yet, when they
got near the goal line they were held.
Twice Joe Patterson tried to score by
a drop kick. Once it was blocked and
the other time the ball went just be-
low the bar.
There were some sensational plays
early in the game, when George Dol
bow recovered H. Mattson's tumble,
and Wolfer broke thru the line and
caught the ball as Turner was making
a double pass. AS the first quarter
ended Ed Bennett got away and went
around right end for twenty yards.
In the second quarter Shiloh Pen
nington was the star and he kept the
work up till the end of the game. In
this quarter he tackled Paulsboro men
for losses three times. When Bates
fumbled the ball Shiloh recovered it.
Then Red Hendricks threw a forward
pass to him and he caught it while
going full speed. He added twenty
five yards. 1t was the thriller of the
game and by it Shiloh clinched his
place as the mar of the day.
Toward the end of the third quarter
Paulsboro received the ball on their
own twenty yard line and then began
making first downs for the first time
in the game. AS they reached their
fifty yard line the period ended.
They next were held and forced to
punt. Joe did so me exchanging of
the punts. Once when Paulsboro fun
bled on the twenty yard line Megary
recovered. After Joe punted to mid
field they made the n forward pass
which Melted the touchdown After
this the Tigers received the kickoff
and resorted to forward passing,
which was twice. intercepted by the
opponents. This one forward pass
which scored was one of the few which
Paulsboro completed.
In the third quarter when Joe punted
to Hendrickson Shiloh Pennington
would have gotten to the man starting
to run back had he not been deliber-
ately tripped. The referee did as he
consistently did thruout the game and
did nothing about such Intentional
offenses but, thanks, it is to Doc
Thurston that this was seen. After
considerable argument with the ref
cree the umpire gave the penalty.
There were some other regrettable
occurrences in the game of the most
unsportsmanlike nature and one of
these was by the fact that Charles
Dolbow, of Penns Grove, played for
Paulsboro. To be sure a fellow may
play where he wishes but "Lolly," on
the other hand, had been playing on
the Tigers eleven until two weeks be-
fore this game and as he had been
given the coaching the other Tigers
received. So he knew the signals and
plays that were used by the team he
played against and it was said that he
frequently called out the play that
was being signalled by Viele. The
Tigers very often grouped back for the
signals to be whispered and they then
pulled off the play with nothing said.
Practically every time that this was
done there was a markedly good gain.