The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01
HEAVY BROWN TEAM
Holy Cross No Match
For the Providence
Eleven.
HApGOOD AND SHEEHAN STARS.
A Wrong Decision by the
Referee Allows a
Safety.
HApGOOD and SHEEHAN STARS.

Browns heavy rush line went
through Holy Cross yesterday at the
oval like circus rider through hoop
Of paper. Three times the heavy tack
les of the Brown team tore through big
holes and crossed the Holy Cross goal
Line, hugging the pigskin closely until
they touched it down behind the posts.
Twice Richardson put his toe against
the ball to send 1t over the bar and be-
tween the uprights, and once he
missed.
The score was 10 to in favor of the
Brown men, according to decision of
the referee. He allowed a safety,
which should have been called a touch
back, and which would have made the
proper score to 0. With theS3all
inches from the Holy Cross goal line,
Brown lined up for a scrimmage, and
Bates was given the spheroid. When
he hit the purple line the ball bounded
out of his hands, and Sullivan of Holy
Cross fell on it, AS the impetus which
carried the ball over the line was given
by Brown it comes within the mean
ing of the touchback rule
1t made little difference what the
score was, however. The superiority
Of the Brown team was easily mani
fest The men from Providence
smashed the purple line at any point
and found it Vulnerable. The Brown
men tore holes in it through which an
Ice wagon could be driven, knocking
their opponents out of the way as cas-
lily as they could have toppled over
wooden men.
While Brown played the better foot
ball, it was nothing more than could be
expected. The rush line was many
pounds heavier than that of Holy
Cross. Although there are several
good-sized men in the latter line, they
looked like pigmies when standing be-
side Browns giants The additional
weight told heavily against Holy Cross
Brown massed the big men in the in
reference, and Holy Cross might as
well have tried to stay mountain
torrent as check the Brown crowd when
1t got going.
1t appeared to many spectators that
Holy Cross men could have done better
work had they used better judgment
in directing their plays at the Brown
ends instead of throwing their backs
against the heavy Brown center Once
or twice during the game a brilliant
play featured the work of Holy Cross
Those plays were at the Brown end.
of Holy Cross backs to be effective.
Now and then, by exceptionally good
work, one of the backs tore through
for the distance, but the successful
plunges were exceptions to. the rule
Usually the fierce assaults at the line
resulted in the men being thrown back
as violently as if they had run against
stone wall. AZ
Browns strongest point was in get
ting together an interference which
swept away the Holy Cross players
like chaff before wind. The backs
and tackles, who carried the ball al
most as often as the backs, stuck as
close to the interference as a heller to
a ward politician when he has the price.
Hapgood and Sheehan were a tower
of strength for the visitors. The for
mer was greatly in evidence He car
ried the ball again and again, and each
time for substantial gain. Had Holy
Cross men been provided with lassoes
they might have stopped him. but fail
ure to provide that article for the team
allowed Hapgood to walk through
them
Behind an interference which went
through Holy Cross like a flock of
frightened sheep through a hedge fence,
Hapgood thrust aside would-be tack
lers with proud disdain, and ran yards
before he could be stopped. Instead
of small plunges which gained yard
or two, he smashed the line for big
gains, the best of which was 35-yard
run. In making this run, he scored
a touchdown, and he might be running
yet for all Holy Cross tacklers did to
stop him. Two of them essayed to
check his speed and bring him to
mother earth after his interference had
broken the line, and he tore ahead Of
it. He gave a vigorous shake as they
attempted to encircle him with their
arms, and they went off at a tangent
like bits of a broken fly wheel.
The Holy Cross line couldn't with
stand the fierce onslaughts of the visit
ors When the ball was snapped back,
the Brown rushers were through like
a crowd Of boys scrambling for pen
MES, and before the back got started,
he was downed in his tracks.
Holy Cross made determined effort
against the superior weight of the Wis
itors, and it was not the fault of the
spirit that they did not win. Their
attempts were heroic. Time and again
they assaulted the line of adamant with
eyes alert for the slightest hole, and
many times they gained. But their
gains were measured in feet instead of
yards, for they were against a strong
proposition.
A considerable portion of the line
bucking was done by Powers. He was
willing enough to work, and did not
shirk the task which seemed impossi-
BILE, but he made big mistake He
ran altogether too high, being perfect
was easy work for the Brown men to
lift him and throw him back.
Kenney smashed into the line like a
battering ram, but his forwards could
open no holes for him. His 25-yard
run around the Brown left end was the
best piece of work for Holy Cross dur
ing the day. 1T happened at the end
of the first half, and it looked as IL
Holy Cross could have scored, but the
time expired.
Both Powers and Baldwin showed
they had their wits with them at diff
ferent stages of the game. Once
pass to Powers for a punt came bound
ing on the ground, too late for him to
punt, as the Brown rushers were on
him. He snapped UP the ball and
darted for the end, making about five
yards. 1t was good gain, as a tackle
back of the line would have meant
loss of Is yards. Baldwin, failing to
follow his interference on an attempt
ed round the end play, discovered
myriad of tacklers on him. He passed
back to Kenney, who eluded the tack
lers and made five yards
Quarterback Kelley of Holy Cross put
up a magnificent game. He was in
the midst of every play. He got the
ball twice when it was fumbled, and
made several pretty tackles. Capt.
Kenney was also excellent on the de-
tense, and Sullivan played horse with
Slocum. The lineup Of the teams was
as follows:
BROWN HOLY CROSS.
Slocum, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES e, sullivan
Hapgood. t.......................r t. Toohig
Whittemore, ! g...............r &, McTigue
Chesbro, ............s........ c, McCabe
Melindy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT <, Conner