The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29
A CLOSE, EXCITING CONTEST.
High School Team, Heavily Outweighed,
Outplays It's Opponents and Holds
Them to Single Touchdown and
l-SensationaHGoalF From
the Field BY Daily.

mature judgment. as it is several
years since
HE ATTAINED HIS MAJORITY,
and that helped him great deal.
Davis and Harrison either carried
the ball for all the good gains or made
holes for the other runners to go
| through 1t was hardly to be wondered
at that the high schools could not stop
them better than they did. The cause
for wonderment is that the little fell
/ lows from the city could stop them at
| all.
| High school played the best game
| and had they outweighed their oppon-
ents to the same degree that Academy
| outweighed them, the high school backs
would be exhausted from making
! touchdowns.
The scoring of the high schools cams
as a surprise to the Academy men.
| They didn't know what to make of it.
| The goal was an unusually clever play.
| DAILY kicked goal from place kick on
the 35-yard line. 1t came in the first
half when the Academy men were full
| of confidence that they could hold the
high school line. They weren't expect
ing any such play.
The kick is something new in foot
ball in Worcester preparatory schools,
! it being the first time such kick was
ever made by a local team. The high
| schools were lined up on the Academy
| 2S-yard line. 1t was on the third down
and Rebboli had lost ground. Daily
dropped back to the S5-yard line. Lark
| in, quarter back was a yard ahead of
| him McGourty snapped the ball back
/ for q long pass. Larkin touched it to
| the ground in a sweeping motion, and
| then placed the end of the ball on the
toe of his left foot, pointing the ball
| nicely. Daily put his boot against 1t,
and the line prevented the Academy
giants from coming through.
DAILY SWUNG HIS FOOT
and the ball went over the bar and be-
tween the posts as true as needle to
the pole
in the first half. The superior weight
of the team was plainly manifest.
When they got fairly started, the high
school lads could not stop them The
Academy team went through the line
again and again. They made their
gains between tackle and end on either
side of the line, and also through Ca
hill, who was opposed to the giant Da-
Wis. The Academy men swept their HIT
tie opponents before them for a touch
down Later in the half they did it
again, being stopped less than a yard
from the goal line by the call of time.
Academy certainly showed to greater
advantage in the first half. High
school supporters were glum when the
teams went off the field for interrnis-
sion. From the playing Of the teams
in the first half, it looked as II the
academy men would wade right through
the high school lads at will In the sec
ond half. The high school synpathi-
zers felt that the great weight would
surely tell against the light high school
| team in the second half. But they
never stopped to reckon what a good
| spirit will do. The high school lads
were as game as so many pebbles and
when they came out in the second half,
they put up such a stubborn fight that
| the handicap of weight was removed
The big fellows could not do anything
in the ground gaining line. Indeed, the
play was forced by the high school
lads. Not once during the entire half
did the ball get into high school terri
tory. DAILY kicked off at the opening
of the second half, and from the time
he put his toe against the bail until
the referees whistle put an end to the
game,
THE BALL LOWERED BACK
and forth between the centre line and
the academy goal. High school threat
ened it so seriously that Norris was
glad to punt at every chance he got.
He didn't get many, for the high
schools had the ball a good part of the
time, and rushed hard.
The academy team showed to advan-
tage in the line, undoubtedly on ac-
count of the giant players they had in
centre. High school showed up more
strongly back Of the line. Their backs
were superior to those Of the academy.
High school played better on aggressive
work. but they had greater odds to con-
tend with In tackling, the high
schools were ahead of their opponents.
At the outset. they made few mis-
takes and tackled high, but when they
went into the game with vengeance,
they put the runner down quickly.
The disadvantage they labored under
was shown when Davis and Harrison
ran with the ball. Several times the
high school players made pretty tack
les. but the tremendous weight carried
the tackler along. Had the guards
been anywhere near sehoolboy size, in
stead of university, the tackles of the
high school lads would have brought
them down.
1t would be difficult to single out play
ers on the high school team. All
played a magnificent game. The three
men in the centre had frightful odds
to contend with. Cahill had the hard
est task and although Davis made
holes at times that he couldn't stop,
1t was to his credit that he did SO well.