1912 Muncie Congerville Athletic Club season

Muncie Congerville AC - 1912

For 1912, the Congerville AC upgraded their schedule to include more of the states top teams. The Congervilles played the Gas City Tigers, Marion Eagles, Fort Wayne Friars, Wabash AA and the Newcastle Maxwell-Briscoes. Playing a stronger scheduled, Congerville finished with a respectable 6-3-2 record. Congerville started the season with a tight 3-0 win over the Muncie Grizzlies, a colored team. A game against the Gas City Tigers was rained out, but the two teams played on the last week of September and the Congervilles won 14-6. Following a week off, the team traveled to Marion and came home with a 7-7 tie. The next week was a big test with a game at Fort Wayne against the powerful Friars team. The Friars won handily 27-13. Rebounding from that loss, the Congervilles won easily the next week, 55-0, against the Dunkirk City team. Playing a return game at home against the Marion Eagles, the game resulted in another tie, this time the game was scoreless.

Date	Day	H/A	Opponent	Score	Atten	W/L/T	Location	Field	Comments 09/08	Sun	A	Muncie Grizzlies	3-0	 	Won	Muncie	McCulloch Park	(1) 09/15	Sun	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	no game scheduled 09/22	Sun	A	Gas City Tigers	 	 	 	Gas City	 	cancelled - rain 09/29	Sun	A	Gas City Tigers	14-6	 	Won	Gas City 10/06	Sun	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	no game scheduled 10/13	Sun	A	Marion Eagles	7-7	 	Tied	Marion 10/20	Sun	A	Fort Wayne Friars	13-27	 	Lost	Fort Wayne	League Park 10/27	Sun	H	Dunkirk City Team	55-0	 	Won	Muncie	Westside Park 11/03	Sun	H	Marion Eagles	0-0	 	Tied	Muncie	Westside Park 11/05	Tue	A	Wabash AA	6-67	 	Lost	Wabash	 	(2) 11/10	Sun	H	Wabash AA	7-13	 	Lost	Muncie	Westside Park 11/17	Sun	H	Gas City Tigers	35-6	 	Won	Muncie	Westside Park 11/24	Sun	H	Middletown Independents	 	 	 	Muncie	Westside Park	cancelled - weather 11/28	Thu	H	Muncie Avondale Tigers	21-6	 	Won	Muncie	Westside Park 12/01	Sun	H	Newcastle Maxwell-Briscoes	35-0	 	Won	Muncie	Westside Park	(3) 12/08	Sun	H	Muncie Avondale Tigers	 	 	 	Muncie	Westside Park	(4) cancelled 1 - the Muncie Grizzlies were a colored team

2 - this game was played on Election Day

3 - originally scheduled to play Middletown, but they cancelled the game

4 - game was mutually called off because acceptable arrangements could not be made by both teams

Final Record: 6-3-2

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Roster

Coach:

Manager: Earl W. Ball 3118 South Madison, Muncie IN

Players Name	HS/College	09/29	10/13	10/20	10/27	11/03	11/05	11/10	11/17	11/28	12/01 Baldwin, Cliff "Kip"	 	*	RE	RE	 	RE	 	RE	RE	RE	* Barnes, John	 	*	RG	RG	 	LG	 	RG	LG	LG Brazil	tryout Brown	 	 	 	 	 	QB	 	QB	QB	QB Burns	 	 	B	FB	 	FB	 	FB	FB	FB	* Checkeye, B.	 	 	 	 	 	* Checkeye, Joe W.	 	*	B	LH	 	LH	 	LH	LH	RH Checkeye, Severin "Coonie"	 	*	QB	QB	 	QB	 	QB	QB	QB	* Collins, "Pearl"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	E Dugan	* Fletcher	 	*	B	RH	 	RH	 	RH	RH Hellas, "Stash"	 	*	C	C	 	C	 	C	C	C Hilton, William "Bill"	 	*	LT	LG	 	LT	 	RE	RG	RT Hole, Louis "Sarp"	 	*	B	FB	 	FB	 	FB(S)	FB	FB Hole, Cris	 	 	 	LH	 	RT	 	LG	RT	RG Knecht, "Dutch"	of Detroit	E	LE	LE	 	LE	*	LE	LE	LE	* La Duron	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	RT	LT	LG Lewellen, Ira	e	* Litterall	 	*	LG	RT	 	RG	 	LG	RG	RG Medsker	Muncie HS	 	 	 	E Reynolds, Bobby	 	*	B	RH	 	RH	 	RH	RH	LH Risher, L. "Log"	 	*	LT	LG	 	LT	 	LT	LT	LT Sowars, Claude	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	E Turner, Fred	 	*	RT	LT	 	RT	 	RT	RT	RT	* Wills	 	 	 	 	 	LH


 * - played in game, position unknown

p - was called to practice before the game

Risher, Lewellen and Fletcher played for the 1911 Magic City AC team

Sowers and Collins played for the Congerville Eagles team and were given tryouts for the 12/01 game

Scoring

09/08 - no record of who scored the 3 points

09/29 - S. Checkeye(TD), T. Checkeye(TD), Knecht(XP/XP)

10/13 - Knecht(TD/XP)

10/20 - no record of who scored the 13 points

10/27 - no record of who scored the 55 points

11/03 - no scoring by Congerville

11/05 - Knecht(TD)

11/10 - S. Checkeye(TD)

11/17 - Reynolds(TD), S. Checkeye(TD/TD), Knecht(TD), Fletcher(TD)

11/24 - cancelled due to weather

11/28 - J. Checkeye(TD/TD), Knecht(XP/XP/XP), S. Checkeye(TD)

12/01 - Turner(TD/TD), S. Checkeye(XP/TD), Burns(TD), Knecht(XP), Baldwin(TD)

Sources: Muncie Star