1923 clipping from,
A Documentary Scrapbook of Football in Frankford,
original source publication not identified.

JACKETS TRIM GIANTS 27- 3

Great Crowd Witnesses Thanksgiving Day Football

The Yellow Jackets came back on Thanksgiving Day with some of their old-time pep. The same ten thousand persons who came to that game looked and expressed the feelings of a good turkey dinner, and when the boys in yellow left the field they felt better conditioned to enjoy one.

All this came from the defeat of the New York Giants in a hard-played game by the score of 27-3. Yes, they had all the Thanksgiving spirit, none regretting the New Yorkers' well earned three points in the waning minutes of play.

The entire battery of Frankford's backfield men starred, each getting a chance after Pat Smith piled up the score to 14-0 in the beginning of the second period.

In the first period, after only a few minutes of play had passed, Rosetsky made a first down, quickly followed by a five-yard dash by Lehecka, bringing the ball to the New York 25-yard line. Here a surprise was unfolded. Scott made a perfect forward pass to Heine Miller, who went over for a touchdown. Scott kicked the extra point, making the score for the first period 7-0, with Frankford outplaying the New Yorkers. Lehecka was injured on his five-yard run and Dayhoff replaced him.

The second period saw Poss Miller, Smith, Thomas and Dayhoff in the limelight. In the first few minutes of this period also a touchdown was made only to be followed by another shortly after. Pat Smith, after hard pounding by himself and Dayhoff, took the oval and Scott kicked the point.

Then came the sensational play of the game. Poss Miller tossed a short pass to Thomas, on New York's 48-yard line, who doubled back and skirted the right end for a 48-yard run and a touchdown and Stein's placement kick made the score read 21-0 at the half.

The Yellow Jackets greatly outplayed the New Yorkers and at no time did they permanently hold Frankford at a dangerous disadvantage.

Between halves the Frankford Midgets, an 85-pound team, entertained the crowd at the expense of an interested spectator, who offered them opposition.

In the third period Frankford's final score was made in the shape of a touchdown when Asplundth blocked a kick by Neville, of New York, and Rus [sic] Stein caught it on the rebound and stepped over the line. His kick for a point failed, making Frankford's final score 27-0.

The remainder of the fray showed Frankford well in the lead and holding a swaying hand over the New Yorkers, but Neville and Jones starred for them. Poss Miller and Scott held up Frankford's name and were well surprised in the [final] seconds of play when Neville, standing on Frankford's 40-yard line, booted a well placed drop-kick over the rail giving the the three points.