The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-10-02

Caldwell is now Z-U-l Tor the
season while RoSevilIe'S record is
I'LL.
hard-fought football featured
this game between two STUB porn,
equally matched teams IN Calo-
wells home opener which was
played on tleIu soaked by a
lale- afternoon doWnpour that
obIlterated all traces of lime
markings. Running and passing
were poJn maze lreacnerOuS by
the weather conditions, koSevllle
holding slight cage by rushing
with 40 yaruS to lo9 despite the
TACT that CaldWell'S aroused de-
tense allowed the visitors only
~ yaroS IN the second half.
Inc hedSklnS threw tive
passes, competing only one for
54 yards, while the hamplerS
mace two out OF five tor II
yaroS. Penalties also slowed
Gown both teams with a total
OF ii beng marked Off.
A Caldwell touchdown from
the kOsevIlie three was nulii-
fled in the second quarter
Wnen the officials became con-
fused after calling penalty
against the Redskins and gave
the ball to the HANDLERS by
mistake.
First Quarter
RoSeVille won the toss and
elected to receive with halfback
Junior Anders taking the kickoff
on his own l5 and returning it
IA yards to the 29. AnderS car
ried the ball for the next two
plays going for IL yards and a
Ilrst down on the 40. On the fol-
lowing play, however, the Ram
blers fumbled with Larry Bates
recovering for Caldwell on the
38.
The Redskins first scrimmage
play with the ball saw quarter
pack Dave Wikander swing wide
to his left for II yards to the Il
behind three blockers. Short jabs
into the line by Dick Semple and
Dave Ferguson picked up a total
of five yards, Which coupled with
an otfsldes penalty against the
Ramblers, gave Caldwell a first
down on the 10. The Redskins
failed to penetrate beyond this
point, missing their first scoring
opportunity, as four thrusts al
me line were thrown back for
an eight-yard loss to the 10.
Rosevllle's center Gary Smith,
working in the left lInebacker
position, broke through consis-
tently to smear this frontal
attack.
The Ramblers launched their
touchdown drive from here,
going 81 yards in Is plays to
nit pay dirt. Jerry Wilson, the
fullback, burst through Cald-
wells line and raced the final
35 yards to score just before
the quarter ended. Biggest fac
tor in the I'D march was
rOughing penalty against Cald-
well which came after the Red
skins had held for downs and
forced the Ramblers to- punt.
The penalty resulted in an
automatic first down for the
visitors and kept the drive
alive. Wilson was stopped on
the plunge for point but Rose
vile led 60.
Second Quarter
Caldwell retaliated with a
touchdown march that was can
celled out when the officials
erred and gave the ball to Rose
vile by mistake on the Ram
blers' three. Even though the
boner was observed by most OF
the fans, it apparently got past
| the players and it was not until
halftime that the officials
realized their mistake.
Dick Semple started the drive
by returning the kickoff Ia
yards to the Caldwell A. Two
running plays good for five yards
were offset by an offside penalty
moving the ball back to the A
Ferguson went wide to his right
on the next play and streaked 81
yards to the Rambler l8 where
| he was ruled to have stepped on
the sideline or what was still
visible of it after the driving
rain storm of late afternoon.
Five plays into the Roseville
line moved the bail to the three
yard line where it was fourth
| and goal to 90. The Redskins
shifted out of the '"T' into single
wing, Roseville jumping across
and making contact on the shift
With the head linesman's flag
down, the play continued into
the end zone, Dave Ferguson
carrying for what appeared tc
be touchdown.
To the Illustration of players
and fans alike, the shift was
ruled illegal" but instead OF
marking; off the customary five
yard penalty and giving Cald-
well fourth down on the eight
the officials signaled that Rose
vile was refusing the penalty
and the Ramblers were putting
the ball in play on their own
three, thus costing Caldwell their
fourth down.
Before the Redskins could re-
cover from this puzzling turn OF
affairs, the Ramblers came close
to racking up an insurance touch
down as Anders swept Caldwell's s
right end for the games longest
run-a 72-yard jaunt to the Red
skin Is. Time ran out, however
after five plays had moved the
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