New-York tribune., 1913-10-19
Smothers Holy Cross Eleven.
but Not Before 1t Has Made
a Touchdown.
CRIMSON TEAM IMPROVED
Rolls Up Score of At to 7, De.
spite Absence of Brickley and ,
Other Stars - Coolidge
Plays Brilliantly.
| BY Telegraph 70 The Tribune 4,


preston on Harvard to-day The visitor.
were as roundly outplayed as the II TO,
score would indicate, and had percv
Haughton been willing to send his fra,
string men through the entire battle ths
figures might we'll have been much larger.
What satisfaction Holy Cross had 4,
the match, for which it's coach Harry
Kersburg, a former Crimson guard. had
specially prepared the team, came In ia
ability to cross the Harvard goal line.
This was done before the game had been
on a minute and a half. when Freedlsv
making n miss OF long boot down ths
field. saw his mum turned into a Holy
Cross score when Donovan, fullback
picked up the ball and raced thirty yards
without a Harvard player within hailinr
distance.
These six points and the one that cams
when Brawley kicked the goal were aItl
that Holy Cross got, while Harvard
scored four touchdowns in the first half
with the regulars in the game, and thA
substitutes who finished out the strnr
scored two more touchdowns.
Supplementary TO these scores, Eddis
Mahsn, making four attempts for field
goals, succeeded in sending the ban be.
tween the visitors uprights twice, oncl
from the 3S-yard line and later from tho
2l-yard line.
Although Brickley. Hitchcock, Brades
,AI
the Harvard-team was much better than
It had been in any preceding game, show.
ing last years wonderful instinct for fol.
lowing the ball. and in its interferencs
raising particular havoc with the rival
tacklers.
Gilman and Cowen. playing as regulars
for the first time. displayed the sort OF
football that stamps them as players
equal to the men they replaced, while the
work OF the Harvard regular ends was
never more brilliant
Coolidge, in particular, shone to-day.
lie scored two touchdowns-one by TAX.
ing a forward pass from Rollins. and
again by being quick to seize the ball and
score when Gilman had broken through
on forward pass play and knocking the
ball out Of the passer's hands before he
could get IL away.
Coolidge was everywhere on defence.
more than half OF his tackles being be-
hind the Holy Cross line The game was
one Of the toughest that has ever been
seen on Soldiers Field. Holy Cross used
its hands continually and was aggressive
all the way through. Harvard was quick
to take up the rough work. but was
surely more artistic. not a moments tine
being taken out for any Harvard player.
while the visitors were spread out on the
ground all afternoon. taking out so much
time that the four twelve-minute period
game lasted two hours.
Holy Cross, 1t should be stated. played
the game without the services OF IT'S best
lneman. the veteran Ostergren. and
without OBrien at end. These are the
best men on the team. but both were un-
able TO get into the game because Of in
Juries. Ostergren. in particular. was
missed. for the visitors attack had been
built around him. Although always
fighting hard and selling every oppor-
tunity when Harvard was slow or care
less. Holy Cross could make little head
way in the rushing game.
In the second period a successful FOR.
ward pass worked the ball we'll up 10
Harvard's 35-yard line. where. however.
the advance stopped. and Bergin made an
unsuccessful try for a goal from place
ment. Except this case and when the
touchdown was scored. Holy Cross did
not hold the ball nearer Harvard's goa!
first down by rushing.
Harvard's attack was well organized
but the most brilliant part OF the Crimson
play was the beautiful running back OF
kicks by Hardwick and Mahan. The la''
ter showed what a wonderful backhsA
man ne really is. Late in the game hoy
Cross displayed its grit by holding Ha''
ward for downs on its two-yard line, non
where Rogers, the Worcester kicker, stooo
far behind the goal line and drove out .
punt almost to the middle Of the neio' ).
was an effort as noteworthy as thar "
Sprague. OF Harvard, in that TO game
that Harvard took from Yale al Ne"
Haven FIVE years ago.
The teams had not warmed up 10 l"e
battle before Holy Cross had kicked tH'
Crimson's hopes for a clear goai nv
record into smithereens. Harvard A'eAeu
OFF and Immediately stopped the ii'i''A,
attack of the visitors without yaru Va
gain. Then Rogers kicked, Freedley ha'
ing plenty Of time, but misludshIs '"-
ball at his own S5-yard line ana 'Hs"
mufflng.
The ball bounded of TO the SIDE a''
straight into the arms Of Donovan '"s
Holy Cross back, who was far III aoN""Ne
OF any Harvard man. and VINO looh
Lall so clean that he did not even 'o''
stride on his way 10 the goal line' =.
There was not much for Holy Oross
the game after that. Within lhIee '
utes OF the visitors score Har'a'u ,,rg
secured a touchdown and goal, h'a"..
the points stand 7 to I. After that INV
points piled up.
The lineup follows:
Harvard C4D. Position. Holy Oro,ys ,ysctsbs
r, . brleh' '''''''''''I" r. McGrath
atorer. r.'''''''.'''''"L l. '''''' Haggeriy
Sowen. :.'.''-''''''L. ~ '''''''' Brawiey
Irumbuli' li''''''''.'.'6, ;'''''''''' Morrissey
.ennock' '.'.''."n' - '''''''' Cabil
Gilman. ..'.'-''~'.'E. I; ''''-'''''' Meteyir
Soohdse' e''''.''''''''d' r. Musn
reeuleS eS''''''''''''-S 10 Rogers
Har,fNick. ...........R. III. B. .....'' ;,o,an
Bettle. Il. ..........''po'o'',,
observation-disclosures, Bettle. Haro~I ',cI- :
StOrer. Coolidge (2), Rollins. Goals from 'snals
downs--Brawlcy. Storer (4D, Milhollano' "0''