Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-30
A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
Waterbury Young Man Sends Review
 of Work of Holy Cross Team.

The Holy Cross football team, which was one of the best elevens which ever represented that college on tie grId- iron. finished the season on Thanks giving afternoon. when it defeated Tufts college team by q score of l0-s'. Of the team and it's record the past season a local student at Holy Cross college writes thus: The Hoiy Cross Football team fttingly celebrated Thangsgiving and brought the season to a close on that afternoon by de- feating Tufts by a score of 16-5 on the Holy Cross campus in the presence or several thousand people, and when the referees whistle announced the end or the game and the two teams trotted up the avenue to their dressing room, rue students gave a cheer and tiger TOT the royal purple which was proudiy. floating from the staff of the oenfer eI the campus. Incidentally. too, they cheered Captain Joe Lawlor of Water bury to the echo and pronounced him the best captain that the H. c. c. has ever had the fortune to possess. Tufts was never in it and before the first ten minutes of play the Worcester eleven had pushed the ball over the formers line for touchdown and big Bill Noone had kicked a goal. Only those who know what college spirit sig nifies can imagine the scene when 1t IS said that pandemonium Eeigned su- preme. When Tufts kicked off to
 Holy Cross again the purple represent atives began q repetition of the line bucking which won the first touch down and were opening huge holes m the Tuft line when an unfortunate tumble on the part of Holy Cross placed the ball ill the hands of cf Tufts half back, and he was never headed until he had scored. But this was only an incentive to the IT. C.. eleven and they made their attacks even more fierce. going down the field for yards at time until they again placed the ball behind Tufts line. It was largely to Joe Lawlor $ tackle back plays. for every time that he struck the line a gain of at least five yards was made. The second half was still young when Holy Cross scored for the third time. and the game was beginning to take the appearancc of a slaughter as far as Tufts was concerned when darkness interposed and the referee called time with q score of 16 to , in favor of the purple.
 Although the day was bitterly cola the Worcester people took the oppor- tunity to show their appreciation of the fine work done by the team this year and came i'll large numbers. After the game Coach Connor. with q happy smile, said, Well, that is good enough for one season at least.
 But it is only q little forerunner of what will happen next year, for q number of the star players will Pa turn to college 10 resume their posi- tions on the team, and together with a large number of star substitutes will undoubtedly produce team which will make contests interesting for their opponents from the sound of the first whistle to the last. This year the H. c. c. football eleven has been preeminentlg successful and more than mite of their success is due to the Waterbury boy. Captain Joe Lawlor of the senior class. To former Waterbnry boy, Michael J. Thompson, now supervisor Of athletics at George town college. is due the honor of in- troducing the game to the students of Mt. St. James, but to Joe Lawlor remains the credit-of turning out the best team which has ever represented the purple on the gridiron a team n no wise inferior to the best aggrega- tions of football players excepting. of course, the. university teams. Last September before the season opened discouraging conditions had to be faced, and it was evident that more than ordinary effort would be required to overcome them. In the first place the treasury of tne athletic association was in q depleted condition, and in addition the enthu- siasm of the student body was of he cold variety. But the very first Sun day of the term mass meeting was held in fenwick hall, which was ad- dressed by Walter E. Monagan of this city, yice-president of the athletic as- soclatlon, by Captain Lawlor and otll- CT influential seniors, and the Stu dents were urged to rally to the sup port of their eleven But a mistake was made in not securing a capable coach. and when Holy Cross lined up against the Amherst Aggies on tho college. campus on September 2S., they
 were ignominiously and iecisively de- feated by their underestimated oppo- nents by the score. of, ITO. The only man i'll the game for Holy Cross that day was Captain Lawlor. and he riD- ped up the opposing line with ease and tackled his man with deadly precision. But one man couldn't win the game. Then loomad up more tiscouraging events. Williams and Wesleyan. when they heard of theAdefeat of Holy Cross. cancelled their games, not deeming the Purple strong enough to vie with them.
 But sweet revenge came to both the students and players at Mount St James's a couple of weeks later, when the Aggies pushed it all over Wes- leyan. It was now evident that if the Purple would rather float to the breeze of victory than droop in defeat q coach should be immediately engaged.
 Connor, a Harvard player. was se- cured and ill a week he worked won ders. October at Boston H., c. C.8tle- feated Boston Tech IT to O. Tn this game Captain Lawlor sustained dis location of the shoulder. which kepf
 him off the line for several weeks.
 The following Saturday on the college campus the Purple triumphed over the Worcester Tech by the score of II to , in q bitterly contested game. One
 week later. Holy Cross had an oppor- tunity to prove. to the college world of what variety of material her football team was composed when she went I'D against Tufts, the team which scored against Yale, and gave her the best game of any of the elevens which had lined up against her up to that time
 In this city the betting was 10 to s that Tufts would prevent Holy Cross z al T U