The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1947-11-27
Northwestern Ohio
Champs ClinCh Game
With Long Runs

The Redskins went down fighfinu
in their final grid game of the sea
son at Toledo DevilbiSs stadium last
Thursday night, as they bowed tn
the Holland Blue Zippers. 12-7 in
a post-season benefit game. It was
a clean, hard-fought game with
neither team able. to score in the
first half, but Holland punched over
two touchdoWns in the third quarter
and Caldwell scored in the fourth
Coach Ramsey started his all
senior backfield of Tilton. Ferguson
Frederickson and Glen Potts. in an
effort to snap Hollands streak of
nine straight wins. The Redskins
received the opening kickoff and
drove 81 yards downfield, ending on
the Holland ID before losing fhe
ball. The ground attack carried fo
the Zipper's Al where Frederickson
uncorked pass to Shaw for %
yards to the 49, After advancing ia
the IA, the Redskins were penalized
Is yards and set back to the Al
They failed to make up all this
yardage and lost the ball on downs
on the %. The Zippers. in turn,
could get only to Caldwell's SO be
fore being forced to punt at the
close of the quarter.
The second period found Caldwell
with their backs to the wall as the
result of blocked punt. With first
and ten on their own 26, Glen Potts
picked, up a yard. Fergy crashed
through for seven, but Whitley was
thrown for a two-yard loss to the
81. This put Tilton back in punt
at Al ~
broke through and blocked the punt.
Holland recovering on the Caldwell
10. The Redskins made desperate
stand to regain the ball on downs
on the seven, Tilton punting out
from behind his own goal line. Hol-
land surged back down to the Is
where they again lost the ball to
Caldwell. Short line bucks by Fergy
and TIlton brought the ball back
to midfield at the half.
The Zippers got going early after
the halftime intermission. Tilton
booted a beautiful punt from deep
IN Redskin territory that was taken
by halfback Burgin on his own 40
and returned go yards down the left
side lines for touchdown standing
up. Shaw blocked the kick for the
point with Holland leading 60. The
Redskins came back to drive %
yards to the Zippers' AZ before be-
ing forced to punt, the ball going
out of bounds on the Is.
On the first play for Holland, the
backfield shifted strong to right, but
the quarterback Cramer took the
ball, made complete pivot, faxed
a handoff, then scampered around
his own left end 85 yards for the
second score. An attempted pass for
point was no good, the Zippers lead
ing 1910.
The Redskins tried to get into
the game by passing, but Tilton's
aerial intended for Shaw was inter
cePted on the Caldwell Al. A few
plays later, Tuffy recovered a Hol-
land tumble on the Redskin 80 at
the close of the third quarter.
In the last period, Tilton kicked
43-yard punt that was downed by
Holland on their own 10. After ad-
vancing TO the 46, the Zippers
fumbled, Woodford recovering Then
Ferguson picked up seven yards,
and Tilton broke loose for "a yards
To the l3 and a first down. Caldwell
>. .adva'nced to within inches of an
r1t1>-.-ttsr first down, losing the ball on
the four This time the Zippers
fumbled again and Merry covered
for Caldwell on the eight.
Ferguson was tossed for a two
yard loss to the 10, Tilton gained
seven yards to the three, Ferguson
drove down to the one-foot mark,
and Tilton carried it over on fourth
FOO1s making the count l2-6. Fergy
h. D. 'eoff left tackle for the extra
n Mclt, and Caldwell became the
). 10ond team TO score on Holland this
amer. The game ended with the
nineopers in possession of the ball in
leir own territory.
1ineups.