The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-13
Bathers

~ e1leCyJvo u too ySCeIverS could
have held On 70 the oall. Both
Hamtramck talliss were made on
passes. ~
After the Cosmos had run off
about 20 ,plays-gaining a total
of IS yards-that on a sweep
around the Bathers' right end,
the Mount Clemens team took
the ball and with fullb q OK
George Mason carrying the brunt
Of the running duties, moved the
ball downfield from the center
lire about IS yards. A touch
down pass from Strassburg to
Bob White. who had replaced
Tate at end, was dropped. Tate
injured his knee on Ham,
tramck play around his side of
the line.
Dalusky picked up IS yards
on q wide run TO the right and
then Strassburg faded back and
threw q short pass to the left
where quarterback Aldon Banks
fumbled 1t for . moment, then
got q sure grip and cut back
for Q 20-yard touchdown play.
Strassburg missed the kick.
LINE WEAK ON OFFENSE
Continuing on the offensive
after the ball had been taken
back to the 80, Mount Clemens
had . pass intercepted and lost
10 a few minutes later when
Strass was thrown for a loss on
pass play. Throughout the
game, the Bather line showed
better play on defense than Of
Tense. Time after time, Cosmos
linesmen - and occasionally q
secondary man-roared through
into the backfield, once throw
ing Strassburg for a 2O-yard loss.
Opening mp with IN aerial cir
Gus, the Bather continued their
passing attack with Banks get
ting the NEST chances. Both he
and White muffed several gold
en- opportunities however, re-
vealing an early-season tension.
Bob Godfrey, more than a
captain In name, appraised Ham,
tramck plays accurately and
replaced by Maikowski, was cas-
lily the outstanding Bather play
err on the field. He called the
shifts to compensate for an Of
fensive unbalanced lire and was
IN on nearly every play.
SCORE ON PASS PLAY
After Godfrey and a minority
of the first team had been re-
moved, the Cosmos took over the
ball and scored on a pass, Cich-
orocski to Shalka.
Sparkling q second team drive
which resulted in the second
touchdown for the locals were
Lyle Bliss and Bruce Bostwick
who shared the running honors
In carrying the ball down the
field. Bliss carried. the ball over
on a two-yard smash off right
guard.
Hamtramck's last touchdown
came late in the day when they
marched down, the field, plune-
ing steadily through the right
side of line for long gains down
to the goal, where they smashed
over from the three-yard stripe.
Although the b q tn err first
team outplayed the &C S m o s
starting lineup, the Detroit re-
serves appeared to have the bet
ter Of things after both starting
lineups had been removed. Top
surprise of the day, from the
local standpoint, was the fire.
quency with which Bucks boys
were taking to the -airlanes.
Strassburg's passing was accur-
ate and II his receivers could
hang onto the ball, he would
have had q high average of COM
pletions.
An the cosmos lineup, Captain
Ted Grabowski, huge tackle; Jim
Ford, hard-running Negro half;
and the huge fullback Cichoroc-
ski, showed up well.
In the starting lin cup for
Mount Clemens were: Tate, LIE:
Shields, 1t, White, LG; Godfrey.
g; Olszak. RG; Branyon, RI:
Siewert, RE; Banks, OBJ; Daius-
Key and Strassburg, HB; Mason,