New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16
HOLY CROSS TOYS
WITH FORDHAM TEAM
Fills Lineup with Substitutes
After Pi|ing Up 0verWheIm-
ing Score on Home Field.
VISITORS ARE SHUT OUT
Make Their Only Show of Fight
in First Period and Fail
to Gain Through Line
Weakened by Subs.

| Worcester. Mass. Nov. l5-Holy Cross
! had no difficulty in defeating the foTd-
| ham College football team in the locai
| college stadium to-day in a one-Sded eN-
| hibition, by a score of 60 to o, the Worces-
I ter players proving the better all-rouhd
! artists at the game from start TO finish.
The first period was the only one ~ the
game y which the Fordham lads put up
any kind of real fight. although In the
| latter part Of the third they did manage
I TO take the ball on to the Holy Cross d
yard line. only to give it up on fumple'
The Holy Cross players scored tne'r
! first touchdown in the opening period
! within a few minutes OF the time ilfiii''
Lee carrying the ball over for the count
| 10y means of n 57-yard run. while Draw
| ley kicked the goal. Shortly AFTER the
| opening Of the second quarter y brleh'
| for Holy Cross in a l0-yard dash scored,
| Donovan following a few minutes la'er
with another touchdown. Lee scored
again a few minutes later. lie was, III
| fact, the real star of the days contest
! and the only man on either team to make
long luns down the field. the swift back
| field PLAYER on each occasion rounding
| Fordham's ends without any trouble from
the visiting players. Two goals were
kicked by Brawley in this period. which
ended the first half Of the game with the
score 81 TO in favor of the local eleven.
At the start of the third period Ford
ham tried hard TO come back, but the
attempts of the New Workers in trying to
break holes in the Holy Cross line large
enough to allow one of their men to carry
the leather through proved fatal in most
cases. the local lads getting the bail on
fumbles or badly delivered forward
passes Three touchdowns and one goal
were scored by the Holy Cross players in
this section Of the game, Lee having two
TO his credit. made by twenty-five and
a sixty yard run. respectively, while
O'Brien. after carrying the bail down the
field for large gains, took ii over Ford
hams line for n count amid loud cheers
from the grandstands. Ostegren, who
was injured later in the period, Kicked
the goal on Lees second touchdown.
Five changes were made In the Holy
| Cross lineup for the final period, the
| first string men being taken out and the
! subs getting a chance. This move had
| a tendency to open several weak points
| in the Puppies line, but Fordham did not
! prove strong enough to take advantage
! of them. Mccarthy. a newcomer at the
! college who was sent in TO replace Lee.
| the star of the day. proved TO be head
liner, for within few minutes after the
| opening of the period he carried the
! leather over for touchdown, and dupli-
! Gated the stunt shortly after, with Draw
| ley kicking both goals.
The first touchdown scored by Nc
| Carthy was made on one of the most
| extraordinary plays seen in the local
| football stadium in years. The ball was
! sent to Mccarthy on a long back pass.
| but after receiving IT the player let IT
drop from his hands and IT rolled up the
! field with the FOrdham players hot on
| the trail Mccarthy, to retrieve himself,
made mad rush through the Fordham
| ranks and in a hard fight captured the
| ball and rushed over for a touchdown.