The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-30
EvENTFUL WEEK.
Happenings on the
Local Foot Ball
Gridiron.
WORK OF RIVAL PREP SCHOOLS.
High School Lads Have
Won Loads of
Credit.

The past week was an eventful one
on the local foot ball gridiron, princi-
pally because the rival prep. schools,
Worcester Academy and Worcester
high school met. Another important
match was the game between the Tech
schools of Worcester and Boston in
which neither could win out
Holy Cross played at Fitchburg, com
pleting the list of Worcester schools
that had a game during the week.
The great struggle was that on the
Academy campus Saturday afternoon.
From that battle the high school lads
emerged with loads of credit sticking
out all over them.
Neither team showed that it knows
any too much about foot ball for even
prep. school. Worcester Academy
showed itself lamentably weak. Con-
sidering the exceptionally heavy team
II has and the coaches of reputation,
Worcester Academy is certainly very
backward in foot ball Worcester high
is certainly weak. But in it's weakness
there is good excuse, whereas there
is none in the case of Academy. While
Worcester high is weak it proved
stronger in comparison with Academy
than even its coach had reason to ex-
pect, and
SURPRISED ITS FRIENDS.
Every misfortune that can be thought
of, except an epidemic of cholera, has
struck the high school team in the last
few weeks. While nobody will deny
that the team has lots to learn, every
body is struck with wonderment that
1a r0la or
stage in so short time. And although
the team is not as strong as it might be
the younger men deserve the highest
praise for their gameness and their de-
termination, which qualities alone saw
ed them from ignominous defeat
Worcester Academy had the strong
est team it has lined up this season
Harrison, who wasn't worth his weight
against Harvard freshmen, was a tow
er of strength against Worcester high
school. What the reason is can only be
surmised. Rumor has it that Harrison
was fatigued from helping in the Dew
ey celebration in Vermont for the week
before the Harvard game, so that he
was not himself against the Harvard
freshmen. Maybe that is.so and maybe
it isn't. More likely it isn't. Harri-
son didn't play foot ball properly
against Harvard freshmen and he
didn't play properly against
high school, but the man
against him made the big differ
ence. Against Harvard freshmen Har-
rison had a man of his weight opposed
to him He didn't against high school.
That is the most likely reason of his
successes Saturday. He didn't play
good foot ball. but he
PLAYED EFFECTIVE FOOT BALL.
oh, d. -
known, played a great game. He was
easily the star of the Academy team
Saturday. Norris also played well, es-
pecially on defense. His tackling was
not so good as against Harvard, but it
was effective. With the exception of
these individuals, Worcester Academy
played poor game. In one point only
Gid the team show anything like team
play. That was in interference and it
was certainly good against high school.
How it would have worked against
larger players isn't certain, but it was
good enough to dispose of the average
prep school and men. Sanderson did
well in following the interference and
the Academy ends showed considerably
better than high school ends in that
one particular
However, it isn't fair to Judge Acad-
envy by a comparison with the high
tice to Academy. Not that the team
isn't stronger than high school, 1t GER
tainly is. But it ought to have shown
itself many times stronger than it did.
With such a preponderance of weight
in the line, Worcester Academy should
not have allowed high school in the
game for a minute.
Taking Saturdays work as a criterion
Worcester Academy does not show in
14rrI,E tI,n
prep. schools of Andover and Exeter,
as it has in other years. Harvard
freshmen played a tie game with An
dover and Exeter and
DEFEATED WORCESTER ACADE-
MY EASILY.
Worcester Academy should be classed
with Holy Cross instead of high school.
Its line men are as heavy as those of
Holy Cross, some of them heavier. With
TIE exception of Wheeler, every man or
Academy will probably weigh as much
as the man against him on Holy Cross
High school isn't as heavy as the Holy
Cross scrub, nothing like it.
High school showed its best strength
back of the line and at ends McGourty
was an exception in the line The Acad-
envy line, was undoubtedly stronger
than high school, as it should have been
but McGourty showed up well. He was
against Nelson, who can probably tir
the beam at 80 pounds more than the
chunky high school center McGourty
has good weight for his height He is
about feet inches, but built round
Nelson is few inches taller and looks
like the side of a house against Nc
County The latter had Nelson going
though, most of the time.
High school showed up with good
pair Of ends in McAuliffe and Rebbol
in every department of end playing ex-
cept running With the ball. They made
a few brilliant dashes, but in the main
were too slow in starting and never
caught up with their interference. This
was desirable, as high school wanted
to mass as much interference as possible
against the heavy Academy ends. They
showed up we'll getting down the field
on punts, never allowing Academy
backs to bring the ball back foot or
a catch The only time they failed or
good work in this particular
COST THEM A TOUCHDOWN,
as Wheeler muffed.
While the high school backs showed
up finely they owe something to theil
forwards. for the latter did well against
the great weight against them. All the
backs did finely. Little Teddy Larkir
played a great game. He got into the
interference well and passed well ex'
cept on one or two occasions His tackle
of the burly Harrison would atone fol
a whole game of bad work His clever
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