The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-09-29
MONARCHS TIE
BELLEFONTAINE in
GRID THRILLER n
Locals Show Improved
Form Most of Time:
Scoring in First Half


Passes completed 6 2
yards yards gained, passing III Il
Yards interruptions re-
turned 20 O
No. of rushing plays 25 40
Net gain rushing 139 204
Average gain per rush 5A 5ls
No of punts 2 2
80 81
Yards opp punts re-
No. of kick-offs
Av distance of kick offs 35 As
Yards opp. kickoff
returned 29 23
Fumbles committed
Fumbles recovered by
No. of penalties L
Total yds. lost. penalties SO
Times out S 5
A crowd of approximately 28O0
frenzied fans watched Marysville
n d Bellefontaine battle to
, a TT tie on Memorial Field here,
! Friday night. 1t was, by more
than 500, the largest crowd ever
to watch a football game in
Marysville, and the game was
F, one of the most thrilling ever
staged here.
On the whole, Marysville was
vastly improved team over its
two previous encounters, al
| though there were times when
the Monarchs looked none to
| good, especially on the defensive.
During these lapses, Bellefontaine
was able to gain almost at will.
But most of the time, the locals
outplayed their rugged visitors
! and only two tough breaks kept
| the Monarchs from a victory,
rather than just tie.
But from start to finish, it was
a hard-fought battle between
two evenly-matched teams and
packed enough thrills to satisfy
even the most blase of grid fans.
1t was a game replete with the
kind of ball carrying and passing
which the news reels always show
and enough good football to last
for quite a while.
Most Treats Fail
Although each team crossed the
others goal only once, both threa-
tened at least twice more, only to
have their victory bids fade at
the last moment by fumbles, pass
interruptions, or inability to gain
once the promised land was in
sight
Marysville's most effective Of
fensive threat was the Jack Nc
Guire to John Dayton passing
combination, although the hard
running of Curly Hill also ac-
counted to much ground gained
for the Monarchs. The Bellefon-
taine teams passing was seldom
threat, although the Chieftans
took to the air on eight occasions.
However,, they brought along a
pair of fleet-footed ball carriers
who were dangerous every time
they got their hands on the ball.
One in particular, colored Jesse
Williams, was especially effective.
He started fast, picked up speed
as he went along, and was hard
to bring down at any time. Even
the slightest opening in the
Marysville line was all he needed
to get through for a nice gain.
Johns, the other Bellefontaine
half back, gained many yards
with his speedy running on end
sweeps and off-tackle slants.
Marysville's line looked far bet
ter than it has any time SO far
this year They were outcharged
by Bellefontaine at times, but
most of the game were charging
fast themselves, and their timing
was much improved over pre-
vious performances. big Jawn"
Dayton played his usual steady
game at left end, but several OF
her of the linesmen also showed
up well. Center Bill Palmer did
an excellent job of backing up
the line, while End Jerry Kings
more, both tackles and both
guards were much improved in
both blocking and tackling.
The way things started out, it
looked like long, dreary evening
for the Marysville cause.
First Quarter
Bellefontaine won the toss and
chose to receive. The opening
kickoff went to Williams, who
raced from his own 20 to the AZ
before he could be stopped. Start
ing from here, the Cheiftans
marched straight down the field
to the Marysville one-yard line,
from where Williams darted
through between guard and tack
lie for the first touchdown. Dear
wester's place-kick was square
between the uprights and Belle