The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05
BEATEN BY TRICKS.
Tufts Men Paralyze
Holy Cross With a
Criss-cross.
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THE PLAY GAINED MANY YARDS.
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Only Touchdown Scored in
the First Two Min
utes Of Play,

Yesterdays contest between Holy
Cross and Tufts, at the oval, was a
hard one for the Mount ST. James lads
to lose. Deceived by trick plays in the
first part Of the game they made a
desperate attempt to force back Tufts
in the last half, and at least tie the
score, They came within two yards
of making it, but one little yard spoiled
their chances. On the five-yard line
on the third down, four yards were
needed to retain the ball. Three yards
were all that Holy Cross could make,
and the ball went to Tufts within strik-
ing distance of its goal.
1t was an excellent game to watch.
The play was hard and fast, and there
were several long runs which brought
cheers from the crowd. The day was
suitable for both players and specta-
tors. 1t was not too warm for the for
mer, and not too cold for the latter.
However, only about 400 spectators
were present.
Tufts showed the stronger team. The
team is light, averaging several pounds
less than that of Holy Cross. 1t is, how
ever, composed of a snappy set of play
ers. who kept on the jump continually.
Quarterback Yates ran the team in
magnificent style. He called out his
signals rapidly; and started the plays
going almost before Holy Cross was
prepared to offset them.
Holy Cross wasn't as fast as it might
be. The playtaof the team was very
slow compared with the snappy game
the visitors put up. Holy Cross also
showed =.
WEAKNESS IN TAC,LET INC.
But the greatest weakness was on the
ends getting down the field on punts.
Capt. Kenney of. Holy Cross was I'M
der handicap all through the game in
exchanging punts with Knight of the
visitors. Kenney kicked as well as
Knight, but his ends did not follow the
punts in any kind of shape and after
the punts Tufts backs brought the ball
back many yards. The work of the
Tufts ends was in strong contrast with
that of Holy Cross men. They were
down the field waiting for the catch
and tackled the men fiercely They
threw Monahan so hard after one catch
that he didn't want any more of it, and
let one punt roll along the ground five
yards towards the Holy Cross goal.
Tufts scored its touchdown by criss-
cross plays which completely deceived
Holy Cross. They carried the ball al
most the entire length of the field on
two plays of this kind The play is a
simple one, almost as simple as straight
foot ball. Right Tackle Lamb and Left
Halfback Flagg did the trick The bal
was passed to Lamb who dashed fol
the Holy Cross right Holy Cross men
seeing the play heading that way
dashed to the aid Of the right of the
line. When they were fairly in mo-
ton, Lamb passed
THE BALL BACK TO FLAGG.
who dashed for the Holy Cross left
Back Of the line the Tufts men turned
and forming an interference for Flagg
carried him past the Holy Cross line
He made one run of 50 yards, and an
other of 80, the last bringing him over
the Holy Cross goal line
In the last half, Holy Cross forced
the play. They kept the ball in Tufts
territory the greater part of the time
and seriously threatened the Tufts
goal. The>latter team held for downs
several times, however, and knights
punting relieved the goal from danger
Neither Dunter had any advantage
from wind conditions, as the wind was
straight across the field.
Capt Pierce of Tufts called the turn
Of the coin, and chose to defend the
south goal, giving the ball to Holy
Cross to kick off, Conner put his toe
against the ball and, sent it to within
half a2dozenaS yards of the Tufts line
where Thomas caughtit. He rushed ii
back to the 15-yard line before he was
downed After Knight smashed the
Holy Cross line for little gain, Tufts
worked a criss-cross on Holy Cross
which
PARALYzED. THE PLAYERS
from the mil. 1t netted Tufts a. 5O-yar6
gain, bringing the ball to the Holy
Cross 95-yard line. Lamb and F'lage
did the crlss-cross, the latter carrying
the ball.. 1t was passed to Lamb, who
started around the Holy Cross right
He passed to- Flagg, and an excellent
interference gathered on both sides 81
the runner, putting Ryan and Batters
out of the business. GWhen the inter
ference, with the runner well protected
got past the line, it opened and Flage
came out. He went 90 yards before
Batters came up from behind ano
downed him. On the next lineup the
same play was again worked, and Flags
made a 36yard run to behind the Holy
Cross goal line for a touchdown He
was tackled back of the line, but man
aged to put the ball down between the
posts. Kempton kicked goal without
any trouble. The time of the touchdown
was 1m. Sos.
Score-Tufts G, Holy Cross 0.
1t looked bad for Holy Cross but
Tufts could not get near the goal line
again, and Holy Cross forced the play
in the last half
When the-ban was brought back fol-
Connor to- again kick off, FIagg came
lie no