The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-15
LOST WITH HONOR.
Tech Plays Strongly
Against the Holy
Cross Team.
SHOWED SURPRISING STRENGTH.
The ". ?, |. Line Held Well
But Holy Cross Found
the Ends Weak.

deserve great credit for the showing
they made against Holy Cross at the
oval yesterday. OF course, Holy Cross
won, the score being % to 0, and nobody
was surprised at the victory. The
Tech men did exceptionally well in
holding the wearers of the purple down
to those figures, The defence the Tech
men put up was the feature of the
game they neld Holy Cross three
tlnes on downs, something their most
ardent supporters had no license to ex-
peot
The defence Of Tech was contrary to
expectations. Before the game all pre-
dlctlons were that Holy Cross would
punch holes in the Tech line, but would
not be able to do much with Tech ends,
as Wood and Birge are regarded as
crack-a-jacks. The opposite turned out
true Holy Cross didn't do anything as
We'll as expected on center plays, but
played havoc with the Tech ends occa-
sionally
Tech men had hoped to be able to do
something in aggressive work, conf
IDENTIFY predicting that they could turn
the Holy Cross ends because they never
found any trouble in doing So They
calculated on a wrong basis yesterday.
They couldn't get around the Holy
Cross left with a bicycle. They turned
Linnehal
TWICE IN SUCCESSION
for good gains, and might have done it
more had not the Holy Cross line. bro
ken through their forwards and broken
up the play before it reached the end.
The day was too warm for football,
and to the weather the score of Holy
Cross is probably due. Had it been
colder the chances are the score of the
college lads would have been several
points higher. While they played a
good game, 1t was not as good as they
are capable of. They suffered more
from the heat than Tech, being heavier
men and more easily affected. Toward
the end OF the game rests were fire.
quent, and players became winded cas-
lily.
Holy Cross didn't show anything like
its proper speed, save in one instance.
AT the beginning of the second half the
college boys put dash into their game
and went down the field twice in seven
minutes. Tech couldn't stop them for
an instant
Tech couldn't gain an inch on Holy
Cross. The team had to play punting
game, and was favored by weather con-
ditions. In the first half the Tech men
had a good wind
TO HELP OUT THEIR PUNTING,
and in the second half, when the teams
exchanged goals, the wind died out s.
badly that Holy Cross lost that much.
1t meant considerable, for Kenney cas-
lily outpunted II. Walsh of the Tech
team. Kenney was the better man
even when kicking against the wind,
and his team would have been greatly
benefited had he kicked more.
ina CT in, five
half evidently had the effect of taking
out some of the life from Holy Cross.
At the start Holy Cross went through
handily and scored a touchdown in
short order. Then Tech made a rally
and showed that it could hold Holy
Cross. The players from College hill
seemed to lose life. During the inter-
mission Coach Conner gave them a
talking to, and they had more life Wher
they started in from the second half.
Holy Cross put up good game all
through. Against any other team than
Tech it's score would have been much
larger But Techs knowledge of the
style Of play adopted by the Holy Cross
team enabled the men to accomplish
much more than an out town team
could have done.
Tech deserves more credit for its play
ing yesterday than under ordinary cir
cumstances. In went into the game
with several men in the lineup who
should be resting. Wood, Spence Simp-
son and H. Walsh
ARE RECOVERING FROMINJURIEs
and would not have played had the
game been with any other team than
Holy Cross. But recognizing that the
team could not afford to present a weak
spot anywhere, the injured men doter-
mined TO play. Fortunately for them
Holy Cross played a clean game al! the
time, which was exceptionally CON,
mendable for them to do Many anotE-
err team in the position of Holy Cross
would have taken advantage OF the or
portunities, and, by roughing it, could
have put the injured men out of the
game, and thus weakened their oppon-
ents. But in spite of the warmth Of thu
weather and the ease with whiah the
injured men could have been disposed
of by rough work, only Wood had q
retire. He was suffering from Lame
knee. No one was to blame for the adj
dional injury he received yesterday. He
wrenched his leg when chasing after q
punt. Not man of either team was
near him when the accident happened
The feature of the game was the
strength displayed by the Tech line
The men played very low and
PREVENTED HOLY CROSS
gaining in that way. 1t was good
Judgment and good playing. The HOLY
Cross interference was far better thar
it ever was before and disposed OF
Tech ends handily several times. The
interference was very strong. Wher
it struck the Fech men, it put them
out of business entirely
Kenney's punting was a feature He
gained yards on Walsh every time he
nut his toe against the ball Had he
not been handicapped by the wind in
the opening half, Holy Cross would
have crossed the Tech line several
times. He made a pretty play on a
punt at the close of the first half He
raised the ball high in the air, which
caused a cry of derision from Tech stu
dents in the stand. But it died quick
ly. for the high punt was intentional
and Kenney. dashing forward, caught
it. 1t was star play.
peculiar play occurred just before
the whistle blew for the close of the
game. The ball was passed back tc
Lennev for a runt. 1t was bad pass
Kenney being obliged to go outside t.
get the ball He turned in and kicked
Il. The proper decision was given that
the ball was dead when 1t went outsid
and the bali was called back, bit before
lineup could be formed, the playing
The lineup of the teams was as fol-
lows;
HOLY CROSS. TECH
O'Sullivan, e......................r e blrge
Powers, ] ....-..........'.'..r l. MAY "a
Conner, g......-.-......'...."'r g, nuS,ei,ile
McCabe ..........-...........:.. c. r. rkins
Hanrahan, r g.,........r..,.... &; Iralll
LinneRan. r e........l e. Wood, Il, Walsh Walsh
sq pHIiIn E fcapt H. Walsh + s Wiis