New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06
HARVARD Wins EASILY.
Smashing Line Play Defeats
HJIy Cross Eleven.
BACKS STRONG AND FAST
Wendell, Hardwick and Brick
ley Show Great Power on
the Attack.
rpy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

g Cambridge, Mass, Oct 5.-Harvard's
smashing line plays were too much for
Holy Cross to-day. the Crimson forwards
tearing wide open holes for Wendell,
Hardwick and Brickley. and Percy
Haughton's team scoring three touch
downs by straight rushing In the first
half In the second half the Crimson used
team composed entirely OF substitutes,
except for FELTON,, who did the kicking.
and the visitors. while unable to score
themselves, played the Harvard second
string men to q tie, the final score being
q to O.
The Harvard attack In the first half
was all-powerful. Wendell's team held
the ball almost all the time, and in the
twenty-fou minutes OF play gained ap-
proximately go yards from scrimmage
and rushed back kicks for nearly go
yards.
Holy Cross had the Kickoff, Ostersren
driving the ball to Wendell. On the Har-
ward l0-yard line, and the Harvard lead
ers first rush of the season gaining TWEEN
ty yards On fake kick Brickley skirt
ed the Holy Cross right flank for twenty
five yards, and then Harvard came down
the field, hammering Its way to the goal
line in ten more plays, and In all Keeling
OFF four first downs.
After the next Kickoff had been re-
turned Harvard secured the ball on Holy
Cross's 35-yard line on Pickett's tumble,
and although l5-yard penalty for hold
ing was imposed the Crimson made UP
this distance and in eight rushes came
down to within a yard OF the goal line.
Here Wendell fumbled, and McCabe fell
on the ball for Holy Cross Shortly after
this Hardwick ran a kick back to the 20
yard line and Harvard drove again, but
when under the goal posts again the Holy
Cross defence stifened. and although
Wendell had only yard TO go on fourth
down he was smothered. and the ball
was lost on downs. only foot or so from
the goal line The second period now was
half over, but in the remaining six min
utes Harvard scored two more touch
downs.
After Harvard had been held for downs
BrIckley missed goal. from placement
from the S5-yard line. and on Holy
Cross's subsequent kick-out Hardwick
romped back 10 the 7-yard line. from
where two heavy plays were enough 20
score. From the next kickoff Wendell
drove back we'll past midfeld. and In ten
oil thrza of
the backs tearing through for long gains
and Brickley scoring the touchdown on
plunge through the Holy Cross right
tackle for Ave yards.
In the second half the Harvard sub
stitutes never threatened Holy Crosss
goal line, while the visitors came within
thirteen yards OF iIarvard's posts. This
point was reached by means OF sS-yard
advance, made possible by two splendid
forward passes. in which Ostergren, Null
lin and J. o'Brien figured, and Mullin
adding a l7-yard gain on quarterback
run. on the l3-yard line. however. Har-
wards defence was impregnable, and az
tor four plays had been spilled Oster-
green's try for a drop field goal was
blocked The ball was recovered by
Bradley for Holy Cross, and Ostergren
kicked again, but sent the ball only over
the line OF scrimmage.
Harvard rusned the ball about S25 yards
from scrimmage to-day 10 about 100 yards
for Holy Cross and made nineteen first
downs. Hardwlck's work In the open
field was positively brilliant, and the
work of the Harvard rush line was bet
ter than the coaches expected 1t would be-
The score follows.