The daily monitor leader., 1945-09-25
Bad Breaks,
FumbIes Are
Costly 10 N. {.
Trojons Score
Three Times
to Win 2O-6

to Win 20-6
First game jitters and fumbles
pitfalls of an inexperienced
team, spelled defeat for Mount
Clemens High school Friday
night in their gridiron opener
with Monroe under the lights in
that city.
The game but green Bathers
fought to the last but several
bad breaks were too much for
them and when the final whistle
sounded the Red and Gray was
on the short end of a 20 to 6
score.
The score however Is not
fair measure OF the game which
was played before 1900 rabid
fans. From the very start both
teams fought tooth and nail for
every yard gained and although
the Bathers trailed throughout
the entire contest, at several
points in the game it looked as
if the local club would forge
out in front.
But each time a tumble or an
ill-timed play would throw them
out of stride and return the ball
to the Trojans.
BACKS LOOK GOOD
Several times during the game
local backs gave the fans prom
ise of greater things to come.
Don Gallagher repeatedly crack
ed the Monroe line for good
gains as did Dick Fox, Tom
Black, Jack Anderson and
Wesley Carlos.
Although mousetraps left huge
holes in the line during the first
half, Coach Roy Quinn ironed
that matter out during the half
time and line plunges were stop
ped cold in the second half.
The echo Of the starting
whistle had hardly quieted be-
fore Monroe had placed Itself
in scoring uDstion.
The Trojan kickoff, tricky
bounder, glazed off Johnny
Buckley. Bather Center and be-
fore any of the local gridders
could scoop it up Jim Bowling.
alert Trojan end fell on to give
Monroe possession of the ball
en- Mount Clemens As yard line.
Monroe sent its backs into the
Mount Clemens line on four
plays and were stopped cold
and Mount Clemens took over.
The Bathers hit the line and af-
ter feeling the Trojans out Tom
Black stepped back and kicked
10 the Monroe 20 yard line
where Chnk Schroeder and Herb
Listenbee stopped Manuel Ho-
skins, Trojan safetyman.
The kick was called however
when it was ruled that the
Trojan linemen had roughed
Black under a new state rule |
Monroe was given a five yard
penalty and Mount Clemens re-
tanned possession of the ball.
After they were unable 10
crack the stubborn Monroe line
Black again kicked to the Mon
roe 10 where Hoskins scamper-
ed back for 10 yards.
BATHERS TUMBLE
After being stopped on three
consecutive plays Monroe kick
cd to the Bathers safetyman who
was hit hard on the runback and
fumbled. Bowling recovered 10
give Monroe another scoring op-
portunity.
After being stopped on two
plays, jim Eldridge took the
ball on the Mount Clemens "a
and scooted through the Bathers'
line for 20 yards.
Eldridge hit the line for three
more but then Mount Clemens
tightened and held. The line play
os Captain Schroeder, Buckley
and Bill Climer particularly out
standing in the stand.
Mount Clemens took over and
on the first play with Black
back, Buckley made a high pass
which rolled over the goal line.
Black made an attempt to scoop
t up and run it out but Bowling
got TO the ball first and fell on
il for the Monroe score. Ed
ridge sliced off guard for the
extra point.
With the crowd still cheering
the first score. the Bathers came
lack strong. They took the kick
off and with Carlos, Don Gal
.aRher, and Gene Rheinhardt
carrying they marched up the
field. They were stopped before
the midfield strip and Anderson
who replaced Black at left half
punted a high one to the Monroe
80.
On the first play Ted Maupin
punted but the kick sliced off
his foot and carried only 10
yards and the Bathers took over.
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