St Mary High School - Marian Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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SEASON AT f. our St. Mary 33, Mt. Gilead 6 St. Mary overran Mt. Gilead with the some score against that team as in the 1949 season. Everyone on the bench went into the ball game and there were no serious iniuries. Dave Krigbaum tallied first on a 24-yard dash after recovering an Indian fumble. This was followed with a score by Bill Wagner. Dave Jackson and Dick Gunder each added six points and Kilbury converted by a place kick after the first three touchdowns. Mt. GiIead's only score came late in the final stanza when Zolman crashed over from the two. St. Mary 0, Lima St. Rose 14 The Irish, after battling a Lima St. Rose grid squad to a scoreless first half, yield- ed two Iast half touchdowns. The Cardinals hit pay dirt once in the third period and once in the final quarter for a 14-O victory. Early in the second stanza St. Mary marched to the St. Rose sixteen. The defensive line held for 3 downs and on the fourth, a pass was batted out of Krigbaum's hands in the end zone. This ended the only St. Mary attempt of the evening. St. Mary 23, Columbus Holy Rosary 6 Despite a heavy fog that engulfed the field, St. Mary's Fighting Irish trounced a heavier Columbus Holy Rosary eleven 23-6 before some 1,800 fans. Twenty-one points were scored the first half. A succession of offside penalties kept the Irish from crossing the Rosary goal line several times. The Irish showed a great deal of snap in capturing their second victory of the season. The heavy Columbus squad was literally pushed aside most of the game. The evening's festivities were high-lighted with the precision marching of the Cald- well High School Band. St. Mary 14, Tiffin Calvert 12 A sixty-five yard run on the first play from scrimmage by Dave Krigbaum gave the Irish a lead which they never relinquished. St. Mary, the pre-game underdogs, went on to upset a highly favored Tiffin Calvert eleven, 14-12. Just before the end of the quarter, Kilbury gambled and threw a short pass over the line to Gunder who ran 75 yards without a hand touching him. In the final minute of play, Altwers threw a long pass from the Tiffin twenty to Granata who evaded several Irish tacklers but was finally brought down by Chuck Andrews on the Irish forty-five as the gun sounded.

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FOOTBALL Under the expert tutelage of Coach Ray Robbins, St. Mary's marked up successful seasons in both football and basketball. Ray's second year as head coach further proved his sportsman- ship and will-to-win. A vigorous competitor himself, Coach Rob- bins instilled the same fine spirit of competition in his athletes. COACH RAY ROBBINS 1950 . . . The Irish footballers broke even for the season in winning four and drop- ping four. St. Mary hit their peak the fourth game of the season in upsetting a highly touted Tiffin Calvert outfit I4-l2. Bob Shoemaker, Senior tackle, ended his high school playing career with an outstanding season. He gained recog- nition on the A.P., U.P., and l.N.S. teams and was one of twenty-five gridders in the state that were honored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce football banquet in Columbus last fall. FIRST ROW -- P. Huber, D. Gunder, D. Riester, J. Dunn, B. Schroeter, T. Richards, J. Wensinger, G. Patton, B. Wagner, T. Kelleher, B. Shoemaker, C. Andrews, D. Krigbaum, J. Tinnerello, J. Finnegan, J. Kilbury. SECOND ROW-C. laVenia, E. Quinn, J. Schnitzler, D. Cornely, M. Anderson, J. Cooper, J. Irvin, D. Heckman, D. Terzo, T. Huber, J. Sullivan, J. Boler, D. Jackson, D. Smith, J. Murphy, L. Ryan, J. Blashinsky, C. Hertenstein. THIRD ROW-Father Murphy, Coach Ray Robbins, C. Myers, D. Carr, C. Mitchell, B, Campton, D. Shoemaker, S. Walston, D. Wilhelm, B. Lyon, J. McNamara, .l. Armbruster, P. O'Connor, D. Merchant, P. Simpson, T, Kilbury, F. Shar' rock and N. lrvin lassistant coachesl, Father Wiggins.

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