Marion progress., 1949-10-20
Rippers Loose
To Charlotte
Tech 6 To Is

The Orange and Black Marion
! high school football team failed to
pull itself out of the loss column
this week as the Rippers dropped
another game Friday night to
Charlotte Tech by score of six to
twenty-five.
The game was played in Char
lotte and was by no manner or
means the type Of game that the
score may indicate. Both Charlotte
and Marion scored six points dur
ing the first quarter and continued
to fight on even terms until fur
ry of those additional touchdowns
in the final period gave the Tech
high school Wolfpack a complete
victory over the Marion Rippers.
Carlos Strickland was the big
gun in the Tech win as he account
ed for three of his teams touch
downs, one .of which came as a re-
suit of hundred yard jaunt on an
intercepted pass near the close of
the game.
Dan Mccall held the lime light
for Marion. He completed six pass
es during the game for total of
1875 yards. The Ripper score came
as result of one of the passes,
completed to Carl McGalliard in
the end zone. Mccall, working in
tailback position showed, flying
heels on several occasions, but he
could not quite break free for ex-
ira points. With only forty seconds
remaining in the game Mccall pick
ed a Tech kickoff from the air and
raced the kick back for seventy
five yards to the Charlotte ten, but
his efforts were lost as the gun
ended the game on the Tech one
yard stripe.
Tech was first to score in the
early stages of the game. Begin
ming play at midfield Strickland
broke loose for forty-five yards
and carried to the Marion five.
Helms lost two. Strickland picked
up one and on the next play skirt
ed right end for the score.
| Marion was not to be out done
as the Rippers started to roll a
few minutes later. In possession of
the ball on their, own thirty-eight
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carried the ball to the Tech six. 1t
was at this point that Mccall drop
ped back and shot the pay-off pass
to McGalliard in the end zone.
Both the second and third quart
ers were slow and hard fought with
neither teams showing a decisive
advantage. Both teams fumbled the
ball and frequent penalties slowed
the forward progress of the game.
Near the end of the third quart
er Tech started their second drive,
spear-headed by Strickland and
Norkett, which finally resulted in
a score, but it was pass intercept
tions which really broke the back
of the Marion team and were re-
sponsible for the victory. =
The line play of the Rippers
showed improvement over the play
of previous weeks and looked good
on one or two goal line stands.
Tackling and blocking were also on
the improved list, but weak spots
were still noticeable in the often
sive as the Rippers made desper-
ate attempt to adjust themselves to
the loss of Gilbert Packet, who is
probably out for the remainder of
the season with broken ankle.
Score by periods:
Charlotte --- 6 0 0 1872 5
The line-ups:
For Marion: Ends, McGalliard,
RAIDER, Greene; tackles, Jenkins,
Gibbs, Daniels; guards, H. Wilson,
D. Wilson, Toney, Condry; center,
Walker; backs, Ponder, Stanton,
Mccall, Hammett, Cannon, Gurley
and Atkins.
For Charlotte: Ends, Holton,
Fisher, Twitty, Cheser; tackles,
McWhirter, Stewart, Shoemaker;
guards, E.. Helms, Hoffman, Nc
Gee, Griffin; center, Faulk, Bal
lard; backs, R. Helms, Strickland,
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