The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-20
Boston English High School Stu
dents Showed a Willingness to
Mix in FiSticuffs When the
Football Was Scheduled
VISITORS WON BY A
TOUCHDOWN AND GOAL
Tendency Of Worcester Youths to
Scrap NeCessitated a Change
in the Line Up-0ffiCiaIS Were
PoWerIess to Keep the Players
in Check

PoWerleSS to Keep the Players
in Check
Twenty-four students Of the Wor
cester High School and Boston English
High School had two-round go at the
| Worcester Academy campus yesterday
afternoon, and when the scrapping
match was over the youngsters from
Boston were declared the winners by
a score of to O. The contest was ad
vertised as a football game and as 1t
was free show, a crowd of about 1900
lined around the field to see the sport.
Between times, when the boys forgot
to fight, they made an attempt to play
football but in the opinion of experts
| 1t was a sorry exhibition Of the game
on the part of players and officials,
most of whom were shy of their know
| ledge of the rules. Worcester High
gave a sorry exhibition during the first
half and 1t was not until within five
minutes of the end of the second half
that 1t played the game it is capable
of putting up. With the score 6 to 0
against the Worcester eleven, the boys
played desperately and worked the ball
down the field for steady gains until
they had touchdown all but scored
Then they went to pieces again and
Boston got the ball and worked it
down the field to Worcester's 10 yard
line and time was called with the ball
| there
The Boston team was much lighter
than the Worcester eleven, but the
boys put up a plucky game and
plowed through the Worcesters heavy
line at will, the play during the great
| or ri ,f Ia hpinR
cester territory.
Collins, the big right guard Of the
Boston eleven, and Crowther on the
other side furnished more sport for
the spectators with their display of
fisticuffs than by football playing, and
]. Carney and Warner also had fac
ulty of mixing it up so 1t was found
necessary to change the Worcester
boys around in the second half to pre-
vent the smuggling. Crowther was shift
ed over to right tackle and Carney
was sent over to play against Warner,
Macklin going from right tackle to
! right guard to take Carney's place.
The smuggling tactics that marked thu
first half were prevented by this shift
and both sides played football in thu
second half, Santry, Burns, Canning
Barnstead and Connolly doing the
best work for the visitors while Jack
|
the honors of the Worcester boys.
Worcester won the toss and chose
to defend the west goal, giving Boston
the ball. Kennedy kicked off to Wor-
cesters 20 yard line where Cahill got
| the ball and he lodged through the
i field back to the centre of the gridiron
4 before he was downed. E. Lauder tried
1 to circle Boston's right end but was
i downed for a loss Of 10 yards. Worces-
ter bucked the Boston line without sue
cess and the ball went to Boston on
downs. Kennedy opened for Boston with
a punt to C. Lauder who was downed
in his tracks on Worcester's 20 yard
line. Worcester tried a right tackle
back play but lost ground and ]. Car
| ney and Warner gave their first exhi-
| bition of boxing which the officials of
| the game had to break up. Worcester
| was held for downs and the ball went
| to Boston again.
| Canning was sent at the Worcester
| line but dropped the ball and Sullivan
| dropped on it for loss of five yards
Hatton made up the distance by finding
| hole in right tackle. J. Carney mixed
! 1t up again and his display of pugnaci-
| ty cost Worcester High 10 yards, the
ball being placed at Worcesters nine
yard line. Canning made four of these
/ by going through the line but the ball
| was brought back ten yards for off
side play
Kennedy punted from Worcester's 10
| yard line and Worcester High was CIV
en- the ball for a free kick from its
| % yard line. M. Carney made nice
easy little punt that did no harm and
Sullivan got the ball which did not go
more than ten yards. On the next
play, Boston fumbled and C. Lauder
dropped on the ball but Boston was
given the ball and ten yards for inter
ference with the centre. Kennedy punt
ed to Worcester's ten yard line = re
| c. Lauder made the catch and 90. the
ball back to the rs yard line before ne
was downed. Worcester tried the punt
ing, game and Kennedy got back TWEEN
ty yards Hatton made eight yards
through the centre and then Burns
tried goal from the field and missed
it by a few inches
NJ. Carney kicked to Bostons 20
yard line, where Santry got the ball
and brought it back into Worcester
territory before he was downed. Sui
Ivan and Barnstead went through
the Worcester line for 13 yards olEc -
plays and Collins and Crowther had
a scrap. While they were sparring for
each others solar plexus. time was
called with the ball on Worcester's %
ydTu ilil0-
When the teams lined up for the sec
ond half, Worcester had its players
shifted around, as noted earlier in the
story. Carney kicked off low and War
ner fell on the ball Kennedy punted
and C. Lauder let the ball get by him
and it rolled to Worcesters 20-yard line
before he could fall on it. On the next
lineup Boston got the ball through a
tumble and Santry on a cross-tackle
play made 10 yards. Then Santry and
Connolly were sent at the Worcester
line hammer and tongs and they took
the ball by short plunges to Worcester's
5-yard line. Here the ball was passed
to Barnstead, who got around Wor-
cester's right end and planted the ball
between the goal posts for the first
touchdown in seven minutes. Kenne-
dy kicked goal
Orr was sent in to play left tackle
for Morrissey on the next lineup. NJ.
Carney kicked off to Connolly, who
got back 20 yards Of the distance. Then
Burns made the most brilliant dash of
the game and c. Lauder the best
tackle Burns worked his way through
the Worcester line with the ball and
had a clear field to Worcesters goal
with the exception Of c. Lauder Lau-
der came on to meet him, and when
Burns had covered 30 yards Laud IT
dove at him. lifted him into the air
and turned him over on his back.