The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-13
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worst beating they have had ir
long time. The big, powerful
| Delaware line, with 235-pounc
giant, Cy Fleming, in the middle
was irresistible. And the Della
ware backs were fast, flaShy and
a threat almost every time they
took the ball.
Defense Changed
Then, late in the openin G
quarter, Paul Wenzel switched
his team from a six-man line on
the defense to a seven-man line,
and the Delaware attack was
kept bottled up the remainder
of the game.
At the same time, Marysville
began throwing passes when they
were on the offense. 1t was as
pretty a passing attack as anyone
could ask of a high school team,
and was directly responsible for
one score while setting up an
other. The Monarchs, even with
Buddy Huffman's brilliant ball
carrying, were un Bile to do
much on the ground against the
powerful Delaware line, but in
the air it was a different story,
and eventually this paid off.
Delaware struck early in the
game.
First Quarter
Marysville won the toss and
chose to receive. The Delaware
kickoff was short and went to
Dave Linzinmier, who brought
the ball from his own 40 to the
Delaware AZ, where he fumbled
and Delaware recovered.
The first play gained two yards
for the PantherS, but on the next,
they lost five yards, setting them
back on their own A. On the
next play, Espenshield broke in
to the clear and scampered SO
yards for the touchdown. Only
little more than a minute of
the game had elapsed. Smith at
tempted to place-kick the extra
point, but it was blocked and
Delaware was leading 60.
Shaw kicked off for Delaware,
Hoffman taking the ball on the
Monarch Is yard line and re-
turning it all the way to the
Delaware 81 before he was fin
ally stopped - a beautiful rum
back behind some excelle n t
blocking.
Marysville got the ball this
time as far as Delaware's 26,
where a holding penalty set the
Monarchs back and they were
unable to gain further. A fourth
down pass was incomplete Zone
of only two which were incom-
pleted during the entire game)
and Delaware took over on their
own 80.
The Panthers moved quickly
| downfield in a series of short
but steady gains, finally getting
all the way to the MarysVille 8.
Here, holding penalty set Del
aware back to the Monarch %,
but on the first play after the
penalty, Dex Martin went the en-
tire distance for his teams sec
ond touchdown. Smiths kick was
once again blocked, Wood break
ing through nicely to stop the
extra-point try. But Delaware
was leading 1910 and the first
quarter wasn't even over!
The Monarchs were unable to
gain after the kickoff and Hoff-
man had to punt. The first quar-
ter ended shortly thereafter.
Second Quarter
Delaware, for the first time of
the game, could not gain and
MarySville took over on downs
on their own 48. The Monarchs
drove all the way to the Della
ware II, where a pass from Hoff-
man was incomplete and Della
ware took over on downs. A
h olding penalty set Delaware
back on. its 2-yard stripe, and
they were unable to gain.
Mitchell tried to punt, but the
ball went straight up in the air
and came down to Hoffman on
the Delaware IL. The Monarchs
lost 16 yards on three plays,
making it fourth and 26 yards to
go.
At this point, Hoffman passed
to Charles McCracken, who was
tackled by a Delaware boy while
the ball was still in the air, and
the pass was ruled completed
because of interference. This gave
the ball to the Monarchs on the
Delaware 2, and on the next play
Hoffman scored.
| McCracken's first pla ac e-kick
try for the extra point was wide,
but Delaware was off-sides, and
on the next try, McCraeken's
kick was good. This made the
score 1877 in favor of Delaware
and that is the way it remained
until the half, a few minutes
later.
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