1917 Muncie Congerville Flyers season

Muncie Congerville Flyers - 1917

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Date	Day	H/A	Opponent	Score	Atten. W/L/T	Location	Field	Comments 09/23	Sun	A	East Chicago Gophers	6-12	 	Lost	East Chicago	(1)Athletic Field 09/30	Sun	A	Chicago Hegewisch AA	14-0	 	Won	Chicago 10/07	Sun	A	Hammond Colonial AC	 	 	 	Hammond	Harrison Park	(2) cancelled 09/30	Sun	A	Middletown Ford Specials	13-0	 	Won	Middletown 10/07	Sun	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	(3) no game scheduled 10/14	Sun	A	Elwood Maroons	 	 	 	Elwood	 	(4) tentative 10/21	Sun	A	Middletown Ford Specials	7-24	 	Lost	Middletown	 	(5) 10/28	Sun	 	Elwood Maroons	 	 	 	 	 	(6) 10/28	Sun	 	Greenfield Flyers	 	 	 	 	 	(7) not played 10/28	Sun	A	Portland	 	 	 	Portland	 	(8)

(1) Athletic Field in East Chicago, was located on Forsythe Avenue

(2) game was cancelled because army team was called away on Saturday for final training

(3) no evidence of a game being played by the Flyers can be found for 10/07

(4) the 10/01 Muncie Star stated that the Flyers would be playing at Elwood on the 14th

(5) the manager of the Flyers states that his team did not play at Middletown on 10/21, this could have been the "3rd" team that played Middletown, rather than the Congerville Flyers headed up by Ralph Dawson

(6) the Elwood paper (10/23/17) reports the the Maroons will not play the Flyers as scheduled

(7) the Greenfield Daily Reporter said that the Flyers would be playing at Greenfield on 10/28

(7) the 10/23 Muncie Star said that the Flyers would be playing at Portland on 10/28

Final Record: 2-2-0

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Roster

Coach:

Manager: (1st team) - Pvt. Frank "Ky" Foster

Manager: (2nd team) - Ralph Dawson 100 W. 7th St. Muncie IN       To book games: J.B. Muterspaugh 201 E. 8th St Muncie IN

Manager: (3rd team) - Zach Toliner 2511 S. Madison Muncie IN

1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd Players Name	College	09/23	09/30	10/07	09/30	10/07	10/14	10/21	10/28	10/21 Allies, F.	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Baldwin, Cliff "Kip"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Checkeye, Lawrence "Toad"	called for practice on 09/09 Collins	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Croft	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Finnerty, M.	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Gibson	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Hampton	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Hellas	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Hole	called for practice on 09/09 Lewis, G.	called for practice on 09/09 Lewis, William	called for practice on 09/09 Litterrel, Ed	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Little	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p McCabe, Lawrence	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Miller	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Quirk	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Risher	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Slane, Pete	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Sowars, Claude	called for practice on 09/09	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Williams	called for practice on 09/09 Risher, C.	 	 	 	 	* Hampton	 	 	 	 	RH Checkeye	 	 	 	 	* Hampton	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Quirk, William	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Shimer, W.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Collins, "Pearl"	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Collins, M.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Littrell, R.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Baldwin, C.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Dugan	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Finnegan, M.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Little, A.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Lewis, William	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Shimer, P.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Farrel, H.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Dalles, P.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Ellis, Virgil	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Dildine, R.	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Rogers	called for practice on 10/16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	p Bo(r)ight, Clarence 170	Army team	LG Bo(r)right, Charles 160	Army team	C Campbell (B)	Army team Castors/Costor, "Herb" 130	Army team	LHB	RHB DePuy, Harry 150	Army team	QB	QB Foster, Frank Pvt.	Army team	coach	coach Lambert, Fred 179	Army team	lhb Lamb/Land, Bill 155	Army team	RG Long, Jack (C)	Army team M(e)yers, Bill 160	Army team	RT Peckinpaugh, Dave 170	Army team	RHB Reasoner, "Dutch" 135 (Capt)	Army team	RE Scofield	Army team	FB Smith, Fred (T)	Army team	LT West, "Billie" (E)	Army team White, "Kid" 135	Army team	LE Wills, Dewey 170	Army team


 * - played in game, position unknown

p - was called to practice before the game

Scoring

1st team

2nd team

09/30 - Risher(TD), Hampton(TD), Checkeye(XP)