The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-10-13
|FUMBLESCAUSE.
|MONARCHS FIRST
DEFEAT OF SEASON
Marion St. Mary 1914
Victor In Crucial
Mid-State Tilt Friday
STATISTICS ON GAME

ardS gained, passing lOO "a
/ Passes had intercepted
: Yards interceptions ret. 0
Net gain. rushing 9S Is.
| No, of rushing plays "a Al
| Average gain per play
No. of punts 2
Average distance of punts 3S q
| Yards opp's punts ret. 26
No. f kick-offs 3
Av. distance of kick -offs N3S 81
Yards oppis kick-offs ret 49 6!
Fumbles committed
Fumbles rec. by opp. 3
No. of penalties 2
Yards lost n penalties 90 q
Times out 3
| A severe case of 'fumble-itis
which has been bothering Marys
vile high school football team
| all season long, became acute
last Friday night and in the enc
proved fatal to the Monarch
hopes for an undefeated season
and their third straight Mid-Statt
League championship.
MarySville fumbled their op
ponents from Marion st. Mary
into one touchdown, and them
selves out of two possible scores
with the result that the Irish wor
the game l9 to IA. Aside from
the fumbles, the Monarchs played
by far their best game of the
year, to date, and at one time
were leading 14-0, oHtplaying the
ST. Mary's team so badly that
local fans were confident of ar
easy victory.
Yes, the game was in the bag
for two quarters, then someone
united the string and it got away
the Irish going for two touch.
downs in the third period after
being handed one on a silver
platter in the last play of the
first half.
Line Vastly Improved
Most remarkable and pleasing
improvement in the Monarch
performance was in the line play
which was excellen until the
final period, when the boys began
to tire and let st. Mary's out
charge them. Until then, the
Marysville linemen had all the
best of the argument, out-charg-
ing and out-smarting their more
experienced opponents almost
every play, both Extensively anc
defensively.
In the last period, they were
charging less vigorously anc
Monarch backs were unable tC
do much. 1t was particularly
noticeable on Quarterback Jack
McGuire's pass attempts, the
burly lad being thrown for losses
on pass tries three times in the
final Stanza. His blockers simply
were not keeping ST. Mary tack
lers off him until he could gel
the ball away. 1t was the frs
time this season that Mcclure
had been rushed SO badly or
pass tries that he couldn't throw
the ball.
All Play Well
But until that began to happen
the Monarch passing was never
better, and running of Half-bach
Curly Hill was tops" Along the
line, all of the boys turned ir
extremely fine performances un'
til they began to tire.
For St. Mary's, the outstanding
performance was turned in by
half back Bob Stuber, who tore
off one long gain after another
until he was hurt in the thirc
period. The Stuber lad tried tC
dive over Hill as the latter tried
to tackle him, and broke hi'
collar bone when he hit the
ground.
Baldauf and Schuler, in the ST
Mary backfield, Ed. Maloney, a
ends; Guards Maniaci and Krig
baum, and tackle Werley were
also stellar performers for th'
! Irish.
Touchdown on "Fluke"
| st. Mary's first touchdown
came on fluke, pure and simple
The Irish had worked the ball t.
Marysville's two-yard line, Wher
they were held without gain TO
four downs. When Marysvill
! took the ball, less than 80 second
remained in the first half, tim
| for one play, normally.
Mcclure, at quarterback, tool
| the ball direct from center ant
dove forward, siaaply to kill on
| the remaining time. But Marys
vile was off-sides and this auto
/, matically stopped the clock witt
a few seconds still remaining ant
another play had to be run.
Instead of using the same, SAFE
play again, the Monarchs fol
some reason elected to have Full
back Loren Grimes run with tn,
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