The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-30
Holy Cross Will Meet
Boston College
at Boston.
A STRONG TEAM WILL GO DOWN.
The Formation Used Last
Saturday Will Be Tried
Again.

Holy Cross will finish its season to-
day and on the result Of the game will
depend the verdict of students, whether
it has been a successful season or not.
The final game will be played this af-
ternoon, at the South End grounds,
Boston, with the Boston college team
for an opponent.
The Holy Cross eleven is confident
enough of a victory. The confidence is
mainly inspired from the belief that
the team as now made up is the strong
est that has ever represented the col
lege. The playing of the eleven Satur-
day against the sturdy University of
Vermont team inspired that belief.
The students of Holy Cross are I'M
doubtedly right in their opinion. The
eleven which played against Vermont
Saturday is probably the strongest
eleven the college ever turned out.
The formation was different from any
few spots which may suffer in COM
parison with other formations of the
year. the team as a whole is much
stronger.
But playing Vermont and Boston col
lege are entirely different propositions,
as Holy Cross will undoubtedly learn
in today's match. Vermont was GER
tainly a sturdy team. The line was
heavier than Holy Cross. But the
Vermonters had considerable spare
room which might be filled with a
knowledge of the game, and the extra
weight was unwieldy.
Boston college has a strong team.
It's record for the season is a better
one than Holy Cross shows. 1t has
played in 10 games. 1t has won 8, has
tied l and has been defeated only once.
The only team that has defeated BOs-
ton college is Brown. The same team
trimmed Holy Cross. The scores were
practically the same. Brown defeated
Holy Cross II to 0. 1t defeated Boston
college Is to 0. The Brown team made
| three touchdoWns against each.
Holy Cross will play the same forma-
| ton as participated in the game Satur-
| day against Vermont. Holy Cross
should have one advantage in a close
game, in which low score is all either
| team can get. Capt. Kenney of the
! Holy Cross team showed last Saturday
that he is dangerous man against any
| team, by his ability to place kick goals
| from the field during a scrimmage. He
| kicked two such goals last Saturday
one from the S7-yard line and at a bad
| angle. Doing the trick successfully
| twice in succession shows that there
was no luck about his place kicking
! A similar kick might decide a victory
| in today's game.
! O'Reilly will play left end for Holy
/ Cross today, He showed Saturday thai
| he plays end better than any other
| position. He breaks up interference
| well and is not drawn into plays where
he does not belong. He gets down the
| field nicely on punts and tackles well
| If called on to advance the ball, he
| starts fast and catches up with his in
| reference, no matter how speedily IL
may be formed. His mate will be
| Monahan, who played full back for the
| greater part of the season. He was
| tried at end for the first time Satur-
| day. He played strongly. He was not
as fast as O'Reilly getting down under
punts, but ne didn't miss when he did
| get there. He was especially strong on
| breaking up interference.
| McDonough and Toohig will play
| tackles. The latter is an EXPLOSION
| college man. He is a hard tackler
| Conner and Carney will be guards
| The former has played the position all
season. Carney played his first game
Of foot ball Saturday, and plays we'll
| Hogben is doing well at centre. He is
more active, though not as strong as
| McCabe, the former centre. Sullivan
uses good generalship in directing the
| plays of the team, and is strong on de-
fensive play Powers, who played
right half Saturday, did fine work. If
he can do anywhere near as well in to-
| days game, he will be an important
| factor in the play of the team. Ken
| neY Will, of course, play a star game.
/ He is foot ball player from the
ground up. OSullivan at full is as ag-
gressiVe as anybody could wish for
For Boston college, Captain
Charles j. Kiley will cover left
end. He has been in the game fol
three years, and is one of the fastest
ends to be found around Boston. AT
left tackle will be found William H
| Koen, captain of last years eleven
He was on the Salem high school
eleven three years and captained it in
his senior year. Alexander I. Rorke
a sophomore, will be left guard This
| is his second year on the team, and
before that he played for two years on
the English high eleven. His work
this season has been brilliant.
At centre will be found Kenney who
has covered several positions on the
eleven in the past three years, and fills
his present place very ereditably He
weighs 1870 pounds. While not as
heavy as "Trilby" Richards, he is a
wide awake player, and familiar with
all the tricks of the game,
Humphrey McCarron will be in his
old place at right guard. He is the
heavyweight of the team, tipping the
scales at 23S, but is an unusually good
runner. He can be relied upon to open
up large holes in the opposing line
Merritt, who has played right tackle
all season, will be at his old place. He
is a good tackler and a very fair run
ner. Right end will be taken care of
by Joseph Riley, now in his second
year on the team. He is a sprinter OF
ability. The running of the team will
be left to Quarterback Kelly, an old
Boston Latin halfback. He is one OF
the best tacklers the college ever had
John McDermott of Charlestown will
play left halfback, and James H. Hart
of Everett right halfback. Both are
good players. Tim" Murphy, former
ly on Dorchester highs SO crack
eleven, will be fullback. He weighs IT'S
and when he goes into the line he