The Worcester spy., 1898-11-22
WEAKENED
Dartmouth in
Second Half
WENT TO PIECES.
Brown Made Two Touch,
downs Against Hanover.

lege foot ball season in New England
closed this afternoon with Dartmouth
and Brown as the contesting teams in
the final match.
with the second-class college teams
of New England, this game bore exact
~ the same relation as did the Yale
Harvard meeting TO the teams collect
lively known as the Big Four. 1t was
originally intended that the game be
played on Adelaide Park, Saturday af-
ternoon, but owing to the severe rain
and the very wet condition of the field,
the two managers decided to carry it
over until this afternoon,
In the first half, the game afforded
as grand an exhibition of college foot
bali as the most eXacting enthusiast
could desire And for a short time,
early in the second period of play, the
teams seemed evenly matched and
stubbornly contested every inch Of ter
rltOry. Then. suddenly, and with ap-
parenuy no excuse for so doing, the
visitors went all TO pieces. Brown tore
up big holes in the line or went around
Dartmouths ends. In the first hs@
neither side succeeded in scoring; in
the second half Brown made two touch
downs and kicked two goals, while
Dartmouth took advantage of an oppOr-
tunity offered, and tried a place kick
for goal. the attempt resulting in a
dismal failure Thus the score stood
u to 0 in favor OF the team from
Brown.
Having defeated Dartmouth, the win
ners of the tri-colegiate foot ball
league will now lay claim to the cham
lionship of New England barring only
ale and Harvard. But Brown who'll
.s-l-.
ances Of whose team upon the gridron
this fall certainly making her a most
important factor in any settlement of
the championship. Wesleyan defeated
the Hanover team more handily than
Brown did today, winning by score
of % to 5-a score that is fully as good
as Browns u too tally against the
same team.
1t is unfortunate that Wesleyan and
Brown cannot come together for a
Thanksgiving day game in this city, as
was suggested some weeks ago. The
teams would then be rightfully fighting
for the championship, and the winner
would have a clear title But Wesleyan
disbanded her team more than two
weeks ago, and so is out of foot ball
for 1898. The championship title un-
questionably lies between Brown and
Wesleyan. But Wesleyan has fully as
much right to claim it as Brown. There
will be lots of talk. although the i'm
partial follower of foot BAH can arrive
at no definite conclusion.
The game began at 3 o'clock. and
when the two eleVens trotted upon the
field there We're fully 1000 persons there
TO greet them. Every Brown student
ana many from the ranks of the alum
~. We're of course on hand. while in the
centre section was a little delegation
OF Dartmouth men. AT first the SUP
porters of the green We'd with the wlr
greater number or Brown men in max
ing noise. They kept up their own end
pretty well during the first half but
later. when anticipated victory turned
INTO unexpected defeat. Dartmouth en-
thusiasm Wilted and during the last
70 minutes nor a Dartmouth peep was
heard.
Browns victory is due to two causes:
First, her team was the heavier by at
least 10 pounds, man for man: and.
secondly, her team play and her inter-
terence were developed TO a higher
state OF perfection. Brown has always
been able to get FIVE giants for their
centre men, While Dartmouths line ap.
peared no heavier than the average
college team.
Dartmouths strongest point was tC
be found in her kicking department.
Proctor did the punting for his team
and every one of his kicks We far
ther than any one the Brown men,
Richardson did most of the kicking fol
his team-sent into the air. Proctor
punts long and low and succeeds ir
getting a sort Of sonersault motor
INTO the ball that makes it difficult tC
handle
Dartmouth also had the better
trained team. 1t was a game in whici
time was very frequently called. bu
four times out Of five, a Brown man
was the cause. Richardson. HapgooC
and two or three others. were in very
poor condition physically and frequent
ly delayed the game. 1t is fortunat,
for Dartmouth that she emerged from
the game with SO few knocks, for sh,
has an important game in Milwaukee,
on Thanksgiving day.
Two entirely different styles Of play
We're adopted in the first and seconC
halves. Early in the game il was
kicilers' contest. tine punts coming al
thlck and fast as at any time during
The Yale Harvard fight Of Saturday
AT times the ball was advanced int,
the opponents territory on short cen
tire attacks. But no end plays Were
successfully attempted. nor did the lin,
plunges prove constant ground gamers
Dartmouth by superior work i'm punt
ing and equally good work in defensiy,
play, had slight advantage But i
was not sufficient to be productive o
q touchdown.
In the second half, Dartmouth alon
indulged in kicking. She now KICKED
not from choice. but from sheer neces
sity. For about five minutes Dart
mouth played with all the courage ant
strength she had shown in the fiYs
half. Then her line gave way com
pletely Attacks and plays that hith
erto had been met and stopped Wer
now netting from five TO ten yart
gains. The ends, too. had apparent,
lost their heads, and the backs. espe
cially Richardson. who played the sta
game of the day. We're getting aroun,
with aggravating regularity.
Just once after dissolution had sc
in Dartmouth made brace. That wa
upon her own ten-yard line Brow
had swept the ball down the field bu
had yet to score a touchdown Tel
yards from the goal line the Dart
mouth men rallied; they held for down