The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
ACADEMY GETS
FIRST DEFEAT
The Crimson and Black Eleven
Turned Down For the First
Time This Season by the Team
of Harvard Freshmen
ONLY TOUCHDOWN MADE
POSSIBLE BY A FLUKE
! tumble Near the Academy Goal
Taken Advantage of by the
Freshmen and 0veson Sent
Over the Line For the Score
kindergarten Work by w. A.


made the first smirch on the Worcester
Academy roll of honor for the season
of 1901 by winning on the Academy
Oval yesterday by score of to 0. 1t
was the best exhibition of football pro-
vided in Worcester this season and it
a display of the qualities contained in
the beefiest of preparatory school
elevens
Fumbling, in itself a game, was
prominent, and the slipups of the other
fellows at crucial stages was respon-
sible for the victory of the Crimson.
But 1t was earned. Harvard gained
more ground by straight football than
did Worcester Academy and although
the Crimson legged youngsters looked
like giants of the grid!ron, unbiased
inspection showed that the local eleven
was a bit heavier.
During the first half the defensive
work of both teams was superb, but
scored against. After Harvard had
done some effective plugging at the
tackles in the second half, the ball was
lost at a point within u yards of the
Academy goal. Then Dignowity at
tempted a punt The Academy full
back was nervous. His hands twitched
like ten year old counting nine hum
dred dollar willles for the first time.
Before Dignowity could get the ball
away he was buried beneath mass of
red streaked humanity and gloom
planted itself on the Academy banner.
Uptegrove was accused of being in Dig
nowity's way, but such a handicap
wasn't sufficient to keep the Harvard
men from landing upon the Academy
fullback and thereby gaining possess
sion of the leather Oveson, who had
been guilty of the misplay whereby
Academy got possession of the leather
within reaching distance of its own
goal line, was used in attacks on the
tackles and he was the man on the
leather in the only touchdown of the
game. Kidder failed to kick goal.
Defeat couldn't be interpreted as dis
grace for the Academy eleven. The
Harvard freshmen showed plainly the
results of constant drilling under the
most favorable auspices. Although the
team looked big, man for man it had no
advantage in weight over the Academy
team, but in knowing what to do at
the time when that qualification was
most valuable, Harvard excelled.
Cornell, usually a reliable handler Of
punts was muddled yesterday. Chase
was clearly the superior of Dignowity
gained from 10 to 20 yards by his we'll
placed kicks. Chase's squirming punts
bothered Cornell and on several occa-
sions the Academy quarterback came
in too far to receive the leather and was
fooled. Three times the ball got away
from him and bounded 10 yards beyond
the point where it should have been
caught. Once Harvard man was
there to pounce upon it after Academy
had ma dc the kindarOa MIA
of attempting to pick up the ball and
make a sensational run.
Cornell kicked off to Hurley in the
first half and the Harvard quarter
came back Is yards before being
downed by Russ on the 3O-yard line
Russ got through and tackled Oyeson
for no gain. Chase punted 95 yards and
Cornell caught. Uptegrove and Digno-
witty made no gains in line plays. Russ
lost ground in an end play. A quarter
back kick was tried by Cornell. Russ
tried to pick up the ball and advance
instead of falling on the leather and
Harvard got the ball.
Oveson went between tackle and end
on the left side of the Academy line for
gains of six and three yards each. After
Sard, Leatherbee and Oveson had made
but four yards, Chase punted 40 yards
to Cornell Cassidy made pretty end
run of 20 yards. diving tackle by Hur-
ley bringing him down. Academy
gained nothing in tackles back play
Russ fell on the ball in a quarterback
kick by Cornell for a ten-yard gain.
Uptegrove and Cassidy made gains ag-
gregating six yards.
After humping against an unyield-
ing line, Dignowity punted to Har-
wards ten yard line. Hurley came back
five yards before being hurled to the
ground. Sard made no gain at end and
Chase punted 40 yards to the Acad-
envy territory. Cornell caught the twist
ing punt. Dlgnowity tried a punt, but
the ball went out of bounds after going
Is yards. Oveson made a run of 16
yards behind compact interference.
from two to five ards yeach, until
Hurley fumbled and Russ fell on the
BALL
Harvard got the ball on downs and
Oveson lodged Russ and gained 10
yards. In a delayed pass, Russ broke |
through and landed on Hurley for a |
loss of eight yards. Chase put up an
other screecher and the ball bounded |
away from Cornell and landed on |
Academy's three-yard line. Dignowity |
punted out of danger. Sard made a |
run Of Is yards. landing the ball on |
Academy's 12-yard line. Time was then !
called.
In the second half. Chase kicked off |
to Cornell who was tackled by Croker |
for no gain. Cassidy and Dignowity |
gained seven yards and Uptegrove
made four yards on a double pass.
Dignowity got three yards in a centre
play and Cassidy added two yards. Up
tegrove gained nothing and the Acad-
envy backs suddenly discovered a
stonewall defense. Harvard got the
ball on downs.
Oveson, Sard and Leatherbee tore
through the Academy line between
tackles and ends for 20 yards and then
Oveson plunged through at left tackle |
landing the ball on Academy's 25-yard |
line. Sard went II yards and Oveson |
got three. Oveson fumbled and Acad- |
envy got the leather on its own eight |
yard line. Cassidy gained three yards |
and then Dignowity attempted a punt. |
The ball landed in the hands of Mills. |
Sard was replaced by Harrison and |