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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St. Mary 0, Columbus St. Mary 13 A bad case of fumbles cost St. Mary a 13-0 setback to a lightly rated Columbus St. Mary team. Although this was a disappointing loss for the Irish, for the Ramblers it was the end of a win drought. It marked the first score for the visitors in five games this season. Seven fumbles, three of which were deep in Columbus territory, prevent- ed the local team from scoring. The New Bloomington 60-piece band performed at the half. St. Mary 40, Richwood 20 St. Mary's Fighting Irish combined a powerful running attack with well timed passes to pile up their largest score of the season at Richwood. They spoiled Richwood's homecoming with a 40-20 score. On the first Tiger running play, Ted Richards broke through and recovered a fumble for the first score. St. Mary gained 321 yards to Richwood's 167. St. Mary 7, Carey 28 A speedy, well-oiled Carey football machine clipped iniury-ridden St. Mary before 1,200 Parents' Night fans 28-7. Despite the lop--sided score the game was a good one to watch. Carey's experienced back field, with halfbacks, Yingling and Hall, leading the way, put on a ground-gaining show. The Blue Devils through rushing picked up 296 yards of their 325 total. St. Mary put up a good fight until they were snowed under in the third quarter. At halftime, parents of the Fighting Irish were introduced and honored as part of Parents' Night ceremonies. St. Mary 7, Mansfield Madison 33 St. Mary finished the season with a 4-4 record by falling 33-7 before the power- ful, Class-A Mansfield Madison. Led by big Ed Chelski, Mansfield fullback who accounted for 277 of his team's 375 yards, the home team ran up a 20-0 half time lead. The only Irish score came late in the ball game when they took the ball on their thirty and marched 70 yards. Kilbury's placement was good.