The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-10-02
-THE UNION COUNTY JoURNAL MARYsvrLLE. OHIO
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wen dS SOIIlG GACGllSllL hIChAllS
by Diercks which put Marysville
in the hole at least twice. One
of his punts, early in the second
quarter, rolled dead on the Ma
rysville two-yard stripe.
Another large factor in Worth
ington's showing was the stellar
ball handling of Diercks, their T.
quarterback. Using plenty of de-
ception, his hand-offs were hard
to follow and often tripped up
Marysville's defense badly.
But, in the long run, the Mon
archs were the superior team -
to a greater extent than the score
would indicate - and their vic
tory was richly deserved.
Monarchs Score Quickly
1t took Marysville just five
plays to manufacture their first
touchdown. Worthingtoon took
the opening kickoff, but failed
to gain and Diercks punted out
of bounds on the Monarch 81.
Hoffman gained five, Evans
was held for no gain, and then
Hoffman passed to McCracken
for first down on the Cardinal
20. Hoffman collected another
first down on the Cardinal 6,
then went over off right tackle
on the next play. Kleiber's place
kick for the extra point was wide
by a few inches and Marysville
was leading, so.
Worthington took the kickoff
on its own 26 and marched all
the way to the Monarch 2l be-
fore Marysville stiffened and held
the Cardinals for downs. Tarbut-
ton and Butler accounted for
most of the yardage during the
drive.
After taking the ball, Marys-
vile started back toward the
Worthington goal, and the quar-
! ter ended a few plays later with
I the Monarchs in possession on
the Worthington 46.
Second Quarter
Here, Marysville failed to gain,
and Hoffman punted to the Wor-
thington Ia, with Mcknight re-
turning to the %. The Cardinals
advanced to Marysville's Al,
where they were again held for
downs, and Diereks punted, the
ball going dead on the Marysville
3.
On the second play, Hoffman
fumbled and Evans recovered
behind the Monarch goal for a
safety which gave Worthington
2 points.
The Monarchs then had to
kick off from their own 20, the
ball going to the Worthington 35
and returned to Marysville' AS.
The Cardinals failed to gain much
this time, however, and Marys-
vile took over on downs on their
own 80.
This time, Hoffman, Evans and
Porter alternated in carrying the
ball, to the Worthington "a,
| from where DeGood passed to
Evans for the second Marysyille
touchdown. This time, Kleiber's
place-kick was good and the half
ended shortly thereafter with Ma
rySVille leading 1872.
Third Quarter
Worthington kicked off to
start the second half, and Marys-
vile was apparently once more
! headed for touchdown territory.
In just five plays the Monarchs
advanced from their own "a to
the Worthington 13. Here how
ever, the ball slithered out of
Johnny Evans hands after a l2-
yard gain, and the Cardinals re-
covered the tumble.
Tarbutton and Butler alter
mated in Juggling the leather un-
til they worked it to the Mon
arch 49, where it was first down.
On the next play, the speedy
Butler scooted around left end,
broke into the clear and scam
pered all the way to pay-dirt.
This made the score 1879 for
Marysville after Diercks' place
kick try was good, and those
two points which Worthington
got on the second-quarter safety
suddenly loomed mighty big.
1t was after this touchdown
that the Cardinals got another
break in the form of a freak
kickoff. The ball travelled only
is yards, where it hit a Marys-
vile player and bounded loose
on the ground. Worthington fell
on the oval and it was their
ball on the Monarch 40.
Butler again broke loose and
scampered all the way to the
Marysville Is, but a clipping
penalty against Worthington set
the Cards back to their own Al
and then they could not gain.
Diercks punted to Hill on the
MarySville 10 and he returned to