1914 Chillicothe Hornets
Top Row:
Coach C. B. Perry,
First Row:
Wilmont Montgomery, Dan Francis, Forest Brown, Frank Batta, Vahl
Clawson, Horace Scruby.
Second Row: Claude Cover, Irwin
Putnam, Beeson Johnson, Clark Gilbert, Leon Dennis, Dewey Chandler,
Flavel Girdner, Front Row: Hicks.
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Record |
3 - 5 - 2 |
Points For |
98 |
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Conference |
None |
Points Against |
218 |
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From The Chillicothe Yearbook
"On the 14th of September, a
football meeting was called. The outlook for a fast team was
good. Never had there been more material than there was this
year, and with C. B. Perry for coach hopes were high for a
championship team. Practice was started immediately at Weston
Heights. On account of the distance (the jitney service was
not here then) and the poor ground, the practice was generally
lax."
(Summary from the Yearbook follows the score)
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| Sat. |
Sept. 26 |
Trenton |
Lost |
7 - 47 |
"After
a short period of practice a game was played here on the
Normal gridiron with the Trenton High School team. Luck was
against us, the visitors winning 47 to 7. It was not as bad a
game as the score would indicate. Several of our boys played a
"star" game but there was a sad lack of team work and the only
reason for this was lack of practice. Several of the men were
new and had not played football before, and this, a real game
served to straighten them out and also to get the whole team
to work together better."
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| Fri |
Oct. 2 |
at Braymer |
Won |
14 - 0 |
"At
Braymer our boys had a comparatively easy time beating the
High School team of that city. Dewey Chandler made a touch
down on a tackle run."
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| Mon |
Oct. 12 |
Breckenridge |
Tie |
0 - 0 |
"These
teams were very evenly matched and neither scored. The ground
was muddy with water standing in the low places. This
handicapped the players considerably, because they could not
stand up. The mud was worse on our team than on the visitors
because they were heavier than the visitors. We would
undoubtedly have gained a victory if the ground had been dry."
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| Sat |
Oct. 17 |
at Cameron |
Lost |
0 - 6 |
"
We were defeated 6 to 0 but as the score indicates, it was a
close game. our team was fighting from start to finish and the
Cameron boys were never sure of the game until the final
thrill of the referee's whistle."
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| Sat. |
Oct. 24 |
Gallatin |
Lost |
14 - 15 |
"It
was a hard fought battle all the way through. A series of bad
fumbles gave the visitors most of their score in the first
half. Our boys seemed unable to get started right in that part
of the game. But oh my! that last half. It would have
aroused the patriotism of any High School student to see the
way our boys pounded at that Gallatin team trying to win that
game, and they came so near doing it that there was only one
point difference between them at the end of the game. In the
last quarter Francis missed a fine field goal by only a few
inches.."
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| Fri |
Oct. 30 |
at Lathrop |
Lost |
7 - 57 |
"We
went up against a team of heavy weights, who had played
together two or three years before this season. In spite of
this we held them down until Cover and Putnam, our star right
end and right tackle were knocked out. Then Lathrop ran wild
around our right end."
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| Fri. |
Nov. 6 |
at Breckenridge |
Tie |
6 - 6 |
"We
went to Breckenridge determined to break the tie with that
team, but the result was another tie. In a well played game
each side made a touch down. Both failed to kick goal.
About this time our line up was changed and more spirit was put
into the practice. Several hot practice games were played with
the heavy Business College team.
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| Fri |
Nov. 13 |
Brookfield |
Won |
13 - 3 |
"When
the Brookfield team came here to play us our team was in much
better trim that ever before. The effect of the hard practice
was very evident by the manner in which the Brookfield boys
were defeated. Churchill playing fullback made two touchdowns
and Batta kicked one goal. The visitors only score was made by
the air route, a field goal in the first quarter."
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| Sat |
Nov. 21 |
at Breckenridge |
Won |
37 - 0 |
"The
next Saturday found us again at Breckenridge more determined
than ever to beat our old adversaries and break the tie, and
this time our hopes were certainly realized. The game was a
perfect walk-away, our team carrying home the big end of a 37
to 0 score."
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| Thu |
Nov. 26 |
at Trenton |
Lost |
0 - 84 |
| The
final game of the season was on Thanksgiving day at Trenton,
in which we were defeated." |
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