The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-08

Yesterdays game at the oval between
Holy Cross and Trinity was interest
ing only from Holy Cross stand
point The wearers of the purple piled
up such a score that all interest was
lost except to those who desired to see
how thick Holy Cross could lay it on
if they wanted to. Trinity was excep-
tionally weak in all departments Of the
game. In aggressive play the Hartford
men couldn't gain an inch, and when
they were lined up for the defense it
only meant the passing Of few sec
onds until they had to line up again
several yards nearer their own goal.
One or two mistakes saved the Trim
ity men from being beaten as badly as
by Yale week ago. An off-side play
by Holy Cross spoiled a 25-yard run,
and a mistake of one of the officials
spoiled another of the same length.
Holy Cross would have scored two
more touchdowns had the plays been
allowed as the runs brought them near
the Trinity goal line. 1t was only a
question Of time in making touch
downs
Capt Kenney of the Holy Cross team
played a magnificent game He went
through again and again, and either
SHOOK OFF TACKLERs
or dragged them along for yards after
they had laid hold OF him. Monahan,
who played full back for the first time,
was q big improvement on Powers. lie
hit the line low and hard and never
failed to make his game O'Reilly, who
was tried at half. was rather fast for
the interference. He got started De-
fore the blockers, and several times
was held back by running into his own
men.
The absence Of McTigue and Murphy
was not noticed. The line was con-
siderably stronger than ever before.
Powers, former full back, played in the
line and did good work. Hogben, VINO
took McTigue's place, showed up
STRONGER THAN McTIGUE.
Linnehan played right end. it being his
first time out. He spoiled every at
tempt around his end, but wasn't very
strong on aggressive plays, failing to
get into them. In the last of the game,
Holy Cross made several changes to
give substitutes experience.
Trinity was lamentably weak Inc
line was as full Of holes as sieve. and
on every snap back the Holy Cross
men came through in punches. Trinity
didn't have the ball much, put nad IL
long enough to
SHOW A FEARFUL WEAKNESS
against the strong line of Holy Gross.
On defensive play Trinity could do
nothing. The Holy Cross backs hit the
line or circled the ends at will. The
purple interference toppled over the
Trinity men every time 1t hit them.
The Trinity line was woefuliy weak.
The men played high except In one or
two rushes, and failed to stop plunge.
Not once during the game was Holy
Cross held or forced to kick. In punt
ing. the visitors were as weak as in
anything else. Several times Kenney
exchanged kicks with his opponents
and gained on the exchange every time
Kenney was the brilliant player Of
the game from a spectacular stand
point. He made several long runs, one
Of them being 40 yards and another 25-
His lodging and dragging tacklers
along was exceptionally good. Mona
han hasn't quite got used to his posi-
ton, and twice fumbled a pass, but
O'Reiliy saved the ball for him. The
latter. by the way, was we'll into the
plays and kept close to the ball all the
time.
Kenney missed three easy tries for
goal one of them being directly in
front of the centre of the posts. He
kicked a few inches to one side due
probably to the cross wind.
The game was for the benefit Of St.
PauPs diocesan orphanage on High
street and was witnessed by about 800
people. Among them were the inmates
az fhe orphanage, who greatly enjoyed
the game from the grandstand and
went into ecstasies over the onward
march Of Holy Cross. There was q
large percentage Of ladies in the stand.
The lineup was as follows:
HOLY CROSS. : TE TrvrIh,;,,