The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-29
THE SECOND DEFEAT is
WORSE THAN THE FIRST
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cross tacke attack and skelIy
got three yards in an end
play. Lawlor plunged straight at
| tackle for two yards. Gains at centre
by Mercer landed the ball on Tufts 30
yards line.
In a line play Regain was pushed
along five yards. Mercer made a beau
tiful run of Is yards after shaking off
Tufts men who attempted to hold
him up in his plunge through centre.
The ball was down on Tufts 70 yards
| line In a tandem play through right
tackle, Skelly made four yards. Sicily
wrigled through at centre for a one
yard gain. Regain was pushed through
the line at right tackle for four yards
and the ball was on Tufts three yards
line.
Time was taken out for Regain who
had injured his shoulder in line plung-
ing. Noone went across the line for a
touchdown in an attack on tackle.
Noone kicked goal. Score, Holy Cross
6, Tufts 0.
Mercer caught knights kickoff and
beautiful interference formed for him.
| The Holy Cross fullback came from
| behind his interferers and a spectacu-
lar run of 80 yards followed, Mercer
/ being downed in the centre of the field
by Knight. Mahon got behind the Ho-
ly Cross line and tackled Regain for a
loss of four yards, but Skelly made six
yards in the next line plunge. Plum
kett fumbled a quarterback kick by
| Larkin. Mercer tackled the Tufts end,
but the ball went out of bounds and
it was awarded to Tufts.
McGlew fumbled, and O'Connor fell
on the ball. Mercer made a three
yards gain at centre and Lawlor got
! two more at left tackle. On Tufts So
yards line there was confusion be-
hind the Holy Cross line and the backs
got away ahead of Larkins pass which
was received by no one. The ball
bounded into the arms of McGlew, the
Tufts right halfback and he had a
| clear field to the goal line, Clement
missed goal. Score, Holy Cross G..
Tufts 5.
Noone kicked off to Knight, who
caught on the ten yards line and ran
the ball in ten yards before Standard
downed him. McGlew gained seven
yards at right tackle. Clement made
three yards between Holy Cross left
tackle end. McCabe fell on the ball
in tumble and Holy Cross lined up on
| Tufts As yards line.
A tackle back formation, with Noone
custodian of the leather, gained six
yards for Holy Cross. Mercer made
three yards at centre. Thirty yards
were covered by Regain who broke
away from a close formation and went
through a big opening in the right side
of the Tufts line. Knight downed him.
Knights tackle sent Regain to the
ground with force enough to knock out
the Holy Cross man and he had a rest,
but continued in the game.
Sicily was simply pushed along by
the entire Holy Cross team for p
yards to a touchdown from which
Noone missed goal. Score, Holy Cross
II, Tufts 5.
Knights kickoff was caught by
Regain and the Holy Cross back shook
off Plunkett and gained ten yards.
O'Connor got around Rays end for
gain of % yards, Knight telling him.
Noone shot through the line and went
30 yards before Knight sent him to
earth. O'Connor received some severe
bumps and was stretched out, but he
continued in the game. NoOne gained
a yard at centre and the ball was on
Tufts 20-yard line.
The Yale tackle back formation was
again a ground gamer, Sicily taking