The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
Tech OPENS WELL.
Wins the First Game
with Worcester
Academy.
SCHOOlBOYS' LINE WAS WEAK.
Two Touchdowns Scored
By Meslor, Goals
BY Birge.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute lined
up against Worcester academy on the
academy campus yesterday afternoon
and formally opened the most promls
ing season in its career with a victory,
the score standing, after two 15-minute
halves, Worcester Tech 12, Worcester
academy o.
Shortly before o'clock the academy
eleven, headed by Capt Norris, trottod
gingerly to the west end Of the, cam
pus and lined up for practice. CeAch
Donovan watched the team from the
side lines, and there was a smile of sat
isfaction beaming on his face when the
crowd in the stand cheered the snappy
work of the academy eleven. Dive min
utes later the Tech team begJmsits pre-
lFninary- work. Two hundred faithful
rootersr yelled themselves into depths "
what seemed useless enthusiasm. A
Capt. Walsh won the toss and chose
the east goal Capt. Norris kicked off
for the academy to the Tech l5-yard
line Capt. Walsh caught, and BY d
magnificent run through the entire
academy team, advanced the ball 20
yards into academy territory. Capt.
Walsh added FIVE more yards by
Mesior waded through line hole for a
three-yard gain.
The much touted strength OF the
academy line seemed myth, for in the
next scrimmage Walsh circled Cruse
for q 20-yard gain, the Tech line holo-
ing its opponents and keeping the
youthful academy giants cut of the
play. The Tech backs found the ends
easy, and quarterback Spence signalcd
foYs nj We Ina ha
was landed on the academy SO-yard
line, after a series of plunges through
Strauss and Davis by Capt Walsh.
MesIor made two gains of a yard each
through center but on the next play
Capt Walsh was tackled for loss of
four yards. Birge made pretty round
the end play, which Melted ten yards.
The academy rooters mustered in the
stand, and cheering from one
hundred lusty lunged students rent
the air and gave hope : to the
academy players. The ball was lost
on down, and Worcester academy was
called upon to rush the ball into Tech
territory from its own 25-yard line. In
the first scrimmage, the beefy academy
line tottered and the Tech guards broke
through mailing Capt. Norris for q loss
Of three yards. In the next scrimmage
Marble fumbled and Walsh dropped on
the ball
Birge made one OF the most brilliant
runs of the game in the next scrim-
mage, lodging, twisting and hurdling
through the Academy team for a 20
yard gain, the ball being placed on
Worcester Academy's 8-yard line.
Meslor made a yard through centre
and added two more through Russ
and Taylor. Meslor was pushed over
the line for touchdown in the next
play. Time, II minutes. Birge kicked
goal. Score: Worcester Tech 6, Wor-
cester Academy 0.
Capt Norris kicked off for the Acad-
envy to Spence, who wriggled through
wouldbe tackles for a gain of yards
before he was downed by Johnson
Walsh was tackled by Cruise and
hurled back for a 6-yard loss in the
next scrimmage. Birge took the ball
for an end run in the next lineup and
dove oyer the mass of crowding tack
lers for 7-yard gain. The Academy
line held like stonewall and line buck
ing was not resorted to after two in
effective attempts of the Tech half
backs to gain. Capt. Norris tackled
Meslor for loss of yards, and on the
next down Capt Walsh punted 30
yards. Sanderson muffed the ball. but
Capt. Norris reached 1t on the bound
and covered yards before Woods
downed him
Sanderson fooled Birge and Maynard
In the next scrimmage and advanced
the ball yards. Spence brought the
Academy half back to earth by flying
tackle from behind johnson made S
yards by bowling Woods over and Capt
Norris plunged through centre for 4