The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-10-31
Mlonarchs Edge
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tirst down before being forced
ato kick formation. The pass
from center to Grimes was low
and Westerville recovered on the
Marysville As. On the second
Dlay Thompson passed 33 yards
% Kegg for the first T. D.
. Punt's Blocked
Again Marysville received and
again Grimes tried TO punt. The
.Westerville linemen swarmed
J through and blocked it, recover
ing on the Marysville 20. A Is
yard penalty set the visitors back
but Kegg scored from five yards
out four plays later. Both place
kick attempts failed and the
Wildcats led 1910 at the end of
the quarter.
John Evans scored for Marys-
vile early in the second period
after a 65-yard drive. The con-
version attempt was wide and
Westerville led 1876. The visitors
came back to drive go yards for
their third touchdown after the
Marysville kickoff. Kegg scored
from the IA to make it 1876 as
their third place-kick failed.
Marysville continued the tor
rid scoring pace as the locals
moved 81 yards in ID plays with
Hoffman, Patterson, and Evans
grinding out yardage. Hoffman
finally scored from the one.
Loren Grimes place-kicked the
point, one of two that were to
make the difference when the
final gun sounded
Hslf-ti Score
At halftime TIE score was 1913
in favor Of Westervillc Another
scoring battle similar to last
years 1919 game in pToeress. /
Westerville was held for towns
after the second half kickoff and
Easton returned the punt 20
yards to the Marysville 40.
Marysville was in turn held but
Kegg fumbled Grimes punt on
the Westerville % where Bob
Patterson fell on the ball for
Marysville.
Hoffman went to the Is on two
plays and then took it to the IL.
Bob Patterson swept right end
for the touchdown. The place
kick was blocked, but Marys-
vile led 1913 and the local fans
went wild.
Pass Scores for Westerville
The Dry-Towners were not to
be denied, however, as they
took Grimes kickoff and march
ed "a yards to their fourth T. D.
kegg passed to LinKhorn in the
end zone for the score. John
Easton appeared to have an equal
grip on the ball but the official
awarded it to the offensive team
and Westerville led again, 24-l9,
as their fourth conversion at
tempt failed.
John Easton stopped another
Westerville drive when he inter
cepted Burwell's pass on his own
81. Marysville however. was
forced to punt and WesterviIle
began to march again. They NOV |
ed to the Marysville %. where
Marysville recovered a tumble |
to halt the Wildcats thrust with |
five minutes left to play.
Two running plays gained sew
en- yards and on third down Bill |
Worthington hit Easton with a
perfect strike which gained to
the Wildcat 40. Hoffman ran for
first down on the 80 and two
more plays took il to the 25
Ihen with time getting short
Worthington passed to Hoffman
and the track-star fullback drove
TO the nine with a minute and a
half left to play.
Offsides- Penalty
hoffman went to the six and
Evans plowed to the one On
third down Evans went to within
inches Of the goal but Marys-
vile was penalized five yards for
otfsides to the six. With less than
50 seconds to play Hoffman ran
TO ms left to threw a jump pass
INTO the end zone where John
Easton made as spectacular
catch in the midst of a group of
defenders for the final touch
down. Grimes split the upriehts
and Marysville led 1924.
A desperation pass from Kegg
was intercepted by John Evans
on the Monarch As. Marysville
held the ball for The remaining
six seconds 70 leave some $500 |
fans limp and 10 remain lnde-
feated in seven games
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