The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-27

Iloly NIOSs o, rDTONH 0, is lIle SloIy
of the greatest football battle that was
ever fought by the Holy Cross pigskin
chasers, BY unity of strength and
good hard individual playing Holy
Cross tied the score with team which
is a recognized feature among the uni
versities. For Holy Cross the tied score
is equivalent to a victory.
When the Worcester team went on
the field and lined up against a team
which outweighed it Is pounds to a
man its supporters had little hopes Of
victory although they did entertain a
faint hope of scoring, but after the
game was started there was little
money in sight in support of the Bru-
nonians. The formation plays used by
Holy Cross were a puzzle to Browns
defense and it's heavy line was ripped
up for repeated gains. On the offensive
Brown had but one man and but one
formation by which it could advance
the ball. The old Yale tackles back
formation with the ball in Webb's
hands ment a sure gain for the
Brunonians.
The attendance at the game was I'M
usually large and the supporters of
both teams were there in voice as well
as body. Long before the blow of the
referees whistle the rooters on both
sides were holding contests in voice
test. A noisy bunch of Holy Cross
men who had accompanied the team
We're making things lively on one side
of the gridiron, while the Brunonian
vocal instrumentalists, strengthened by
the presence of 100 delegates of the
Delta Epsilon Society, were mingling
college songs with cheers. When the
teams appeared on the field the pent-
up energies of a thousand men were
Doc 1o,. ,-9ie ri inf
the blow of the referees whistle.
At the start Holy Cross got into the
game with vim which took the
Brunonians off their feet and presaged
victory, but the deity which was pro-
pitious to Holy Cross did not forget
"Old Bruno"
The scoring was done first by Holy
Cross, after IA minutes of play. Brown
had secured the ball on Holy Cross
5-yard line, when Hatch fumbled,
when Reid picked up the ball and,
aided by Larkins superb interference,
carried it down the field for touch
down. Browns touchdown came in
the latter part of the first half. Webb
was given the ball on a tackles back
formation. and he ploughed through
tackle and. with the exception of Lar
kin. had a clear field before him. Lar
kin did his part and turned the man
in. but there wasn't a Holy Cross man
in sight to do the tackling, and Webb
got by for a touchdown.
Rather than discouSging the Holy
Cross players, this misfortune made
them play all the harder. and Browns
giants were the objects of their attack.
After every rush time had to be called
to allow some Brunonian to recover.
Considering the playing of the two
teams, it can be justly said that Holy
Cross had the better of the argument.
During the greater part of the game
Holy Cross kept the ball working IN
its opponent's territory and in good
straight football made gains through
it's opponents line with ease. Not once
during the game did Brown hold Holy
Cross for downs. Two or three times
Brown got the ball into Holy Cross
territory but when 1t got within the
danger line the Worcester men were
as immovable as a stone wall.
Although every member of the Holy
Cross team played star football too
much praise cannot be given to Tim
Larkin who piloted the Purple through
the game. He was with the ball from
the beginning Of the game to the end
and his clever interference was phe-
nomenal. Reid as usual was sure
ground gamer, his 100 yards run being
a feature of the game. Noone played
a good game on the offensive and when
he was brought back on the tackles
back formation he was sure of making
his distance. But twice at critical
stages in the game he fumbled mis-
erably. This was due to his careless
manner Of holding the ball when he
was running Although McCabe and
Cant. Lawlor were both injured they
stuck to their positions and tossed their
opponents about at ease. Mercer again
I fix,Ya he fcs 10 fha
team and when given the ball he ripped
the Brown lineup like paper.
For the first time this season Capt.
Iawlor was unlucky on the flip of the
coin and Brown won the toss and gave
HOLY Cross the ball. LarlSin started the
game by booting the leather down to
Browns f1ve-yard line. Hatch got the
ball for Brown and carried it back TO
the 15-yard line where he was tackled
by Kelly. Metcalf who was playing IN
place of Capt Bates, who is laid up
with a sprained knee, started to assail
the oily Cross line and after three at
tempts he barely gained the required
distance A .fye-yard plunge by
Schwinn and a run by Webb brought
the ball to the entrance Of the held
where Holy Cross took brace and
forced Brown to punt. Larkln Sc
cured the ball on the 90-yard line but
was not able TO advance. mere me
strength of the Holy Cross offensive
play began to show itself much to the
discomforture- of the Brown supporters.
On the first rush Sicily put Savage
out of business and plunged for five
yard gain Noone found Johnson easy
and advanced the ball 10 yards before
he was downed. Reid was good for
five yards on the next rush but bad
tumble by Regan on the next play lost
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loss bv Lawlor's fierce lacking Brown
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