New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
Scored On at Start, Wins
Over Wesleyan by a
Big Margin.
FORWARD PASSES AN
IMPORTANT FACTOR
Line Bucking by Methodists Fails
TO Gain GrOund-Eells
Punting Marvel.
{ by Telegraph 10 The Trlbun. J

ny ifl'bihPl 70 nc ATltune
Williamstown, Mass, Nov. will
iamstown's determination 10 win under
any circumstances and her strong fight
ing spirit never manifested itself 20
better advantage than this afternoon.
when the Purple team faced Wesleyan
and won by the score Of 20 TO 7. making
two touchdowns in Tho last six minutes
of play.
Darkness had already set in when
Hubbell seized Eells's forward pass and
rushed across the line. with kenan
close 20 his heels 10 was still darker
when Toolan added the final tally by
/ a beautiful piece Of open field running
after receiving Konan's punt in the
middle OF the field.
1t was distinctly match between the
new and old style of football all the
way through, and the new play which
Coach Daily has been teaching the
Purple men Won out. Forward passes
We're directly responsible for two Of
/ Willlams's touchdowns, one from Jones
TO Eells in the first period and one
from Eells 70 Shubble in the last quar-
ter
Although the Wesleyan team relied
largely on line bucking, the Williams
men, whey they really desired TO hold
out against the assaults Of the Metho-
d.sts were able 10 30 so. Brown, AZ
right ackle, and Lap.ante, at right end,
0owred the Wesleyan runners in their
tracks time and again.
Captain Payson was in the game at
the start 20 give impetus 10 the play
Of The eleven, but his injury forced
Elm 90 give way 70 II. Wright soon
after the game began.
GORDON opened the contest by kick
Ing OF Tor Wesleyan. Williams was
held for downs on the 25-yard line, and
heils, who invariably gained on an ex-
change Of punts, got off a beautiful
spiral for forty-five yards. After a
couple Of short gains by Slocum and
keenan, Johnson struggled through
centre and threw of the Williams tack
lers IN his fifty-two-yard dash for the
Mcthodists' only touchdown. Kenan
kicked the goal.
Jones received Gordons kickoff and
ran u back from the % 10 the 81 yard
line. TOmkins smashed through for
eight yards. and an off-tacklc play gave
him chance TO slip through tackle
for nineteen more before being downcd.
L looked as though Williams was
marching on the Wesleyan goal, but Ii
tumble gave Wesleyan the ball. The
visitors could not gain their distance,
however, and the Purple received the
ball Oh downs
Tomkins smashed the lire FOR five
yards and Eells returned the punt. Slo-
cum ran back twelve yards. placing the
leather on the 35-yard line, but again
the visitors could not gain.
Keenan, punted. This time Eells's
spiral showed the futiity Of Wes-
leyan's resorting TO a punting duel, for
Newhall had to chase the pigskin TO
Wesleyan's 5-yard line. - the next
play Jones made fair c--ch. and il
was Wiliams's ball on Wesleyan's 81
yard line. Jones passed the ball 10
Eells, who carried IL 20 the visitors 7
yard mark. Tomkins crashed through
three times. leaving the bail on the 2
yard line when the whistle blew. Tom
kins scored for the Purple in the first
play in the second period.
Eells kicked off for Williams, and
despite blocked kick by Furness and
35-yard forward pass from Eells to
Laplante who was downed on Wes-
leyan's 12-yard line, neither team was
able to score in this nor in the fol-
lowing period.
Toolan broke loose for long gains
in the fourth period. When Williams
received the ball, he circled right end
for thirty-eight yards. landing the
oval on Wesleyan's 25-yard line, but
the Purple lost it in a tumble In
stead Of punting. Eells made one Of
the best Onward passes seen on col
lege gridiron this season, sending the
hall IN Chphheu thir.v-Gvn ward :
away, who raced the remaining TWEEN
~ yards for d score. With the field
almost dark, Toolan caught Keenan's
punt a moment later and lodged
through the whole Wesleyan team. half
the length of the field, for the final
tally. Eells kicked both goals.
fol1ou.o.