The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-10-12

DlOChSu punt, gave NEW OOIl-
d incidentally their margin OF
victory. For the rest of the
game the two teams battled
on fairly even terms, Cald-
well gaining 181 yards rushing to
240 for New Concord. The Red
ckins completed five out of 10
passes for So yards while the
Muskies failed to connect in
eight attempts.
Neither team made any ex-
ceptionally long runs, relying
mainly on short rushes, but New
Concord as team outshone the
Redskins in hard charging and
tackling. In fact, the main differ
ence between the two teams
seemed to be in CaldwelPs loose
tackling technique, especially in
the first half. Coach Strang re-
vised his defensive set-up for the
second half with noticeable re-
suits, holding the Muskies score
less in the last two periods. The
Redskin offensive, after racking
up one touchdown, however,
begged down on other occasions,
losing the ball twice on fumbles.
The first quarter produced a
quick score for New Concord as
the result of a couple of breaks
of the game. Caldwell, caught
clipping on the kickoff, was set
back on their own IA to start the
contest, but with Bill Christopher
and Ronald Caldwell toting the
ball they advanced to their own
33 before making an important
decision. With fourth down and
less than yard to go, Al Chris
topher decided to play safe and
punt. But on the play, defensive
right guard Clyde Watson broke
through center to block the kick,
New Concord recovering on the
Caldwell H.
Karl StritZ threw Bradley
for tWOyard loss on the first
thrust, but two plays later, Bob
Atkinson the right half back
broke through to sprint nine
yards for the touchdown. Jim
Ballantine booted the extra
point for a 10 lead for the
Muskies.
After receiving the kickoff
again, the Redskins were forced
to punt from their own AZ but
Atkinson made a spectacular re-
turn from his own "a to the Cald-
we'll A. The Muskies moved
downfield to the Caldwell 19
where Dick Crum intercepted a
pass to halt the drive.
Following this interception, the
Redskins began to roll, marching
from their own 10 to the New
Concord II before surrendering
possession of the ball. The drive,
which carried over into the sec
ond period, saw Bill Christopher
and Ronald Caldwell hit the line
for steady gains to pile up five
first downs. With third down and
five on New Concord's IL, Al
Christopher attempted two passes
into the end zone to Roger and
Hugh Walters but each failed.
This was Caldwell's longest
march of the game and was inn
mediately followed by New Con-
cords longest drive as the Little
Muskies went 80 yards to pay
dirt, all on running plays.
Jim Ballantine went the final
18 yards, dancing down the
sidelines while at least three
Caldwell players missed what
should have been easy tackles.
Ballantine's attempted place
ment was no good. But New
Concord led 1870 at halftime.
The third quarter was a see
saw affair featuring the new de-
fensive play of the Redskin line
which forced New Concord tC
punt twice and give up the bal
on downs once. Near the close oI
the quarter, the Muskies re.
covered Bill Christopher's tumble
on the Caldwell 38 and got dowr
to the Caldwell "a before being
stopped.
| Getting possession Of the bal
on their own 80, the Redskin!
opened up with a combination
running and passing attack tha
carried over into the final quar-,
ter and saw Caldwell score il
two minutes of the fourth period
Al Christopher passed to Bill il
the flat for 16 yards, then run