New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Worcester Men primed {,
Win, but Forward y
Passes Go Awry.
OLDIiME PLUNGING
HELP TO WlNNfs,
Buffers Run, in Final Quar-.
Responsible for the O,I,
Touchdown of Game
By JEROME BEATTY

Harry yaughns For6s,-
ira ned % Wrac. with e. "a
sistency Holy Cross's only 49,, e..
forward pass held and har-s,', q
men from Worcester e, Forsh,.Ts =
yesterday afternoon, and Won 49, -.
Of DO 70 o. va 'e'ii
In Deviin Holy Cross hadan,
strong right arm, a o.srts,I..i ~
threw accurately and On a In T.s''i
cause OF great defensive tac.i,, i. =
Fordham backs rot one =, ~ y
throws landed safely In n. - -
teammate. With their ove,ss..' "a
failure. Holy Cross had no 80. a.
Oldtime line plung.ng BIZ c,.,.
fule and Dunn pushed the b,n -.
for Fordham. but though tbsv !
eight first downs 70 their o,,,. az
tHlee. the Maroon would W. r-,.f
held to 3 90 o count had il -.
for a sparkling 70-yard dash "a 80, :, :.
down b. Butler Foriham's riss, 81
back. s"' 'ai'
Only few minutes befor. IA,
Of the game, Butler, staadi,e =. ~ 4,
3O-yard line, caught a pun.'fron n
lin and lunged and twisted arj 49,,
through the field 70 the goal uo., n.
less than three Holy Cross men ,,,,' :.
Butler. but each diyed ior M, 49, 49, :.
stead Of FOR his sh.ns. and ono ~. n
other he threw them of Ike gr.,, =.
wrestler escaping from a hslf.s,,,.
Holy Cross t9ckling was sess,, +,
bad and many a yard was MAJ \ [,
Fordham back while he was IN H. gr,,.
Of an opponent
The first half was scoreleu rs. ~,
played almost entirely In HOW c.,
territory, with the visiting team ~ I,
over and over a forward Pass ~,
found no terminus.
In the third quarter the Nsroo, y.
gan ripping holes in the Holy Gre.
line, and after taking the bali On dow,
in midfeld, carried it withou. me-,
ruption up 20 within three yard, o. "A,
enemy's line. Hero Holy Gross br,s,l
and hurled back the attack ,or,.,,
Fordham 10 try l5-yard place kick q,
goal, which was easy for lule. mas,,
the score Fordham 3, Holy Crcs,
When the final quarter opened ,s.
life came into the visiting team. Afe
rushing the ball twenty-five yards. De-.
lin tried a forward pas. from For.
hams 30-yard line. The ball a.,
straight to Mccarthy, standing ,si'
the corner Of the field. set 10 mai, n,
catch and 10 step over for touehcsrs
Just as he touched the leather, hsE
ever, a Fordham back crashed iuto In
and the ball. fumbled, dropped % d.
cold, hard earth. I. was the Only IL,
Holy Cross threatened 70 score.
Desperate in the last quarter, Dsy,
and Riley, who also threw vel, TIE.
five shots. but they all failed to BIZ tx
mark.
Fo.dham once tried a lateral pas
that failed TO gain, and in the h.f.
quarter gathered eight yards on h.
ward toss, Dunn 20 May Except Z,
these two instances the Maroon t!t,'
let the ball get far away. Vaugha IA.
developed a fake forward pass f0r-i
ton. with two men back, either rsiii
to take the ball from the centre, sr
several times 10 was good fer 50
stantial gains.
Holy Cross relied mostly upon 4 n
play for line gains, but Il usually W
slow in starting and ineffective
In Mccarthy, Anderson and Brave
Holy Cross showed the crowd Tire
firt class linemen. Devlin. Riley s.
Bradley were the stars OF the yii.ii,
backheld. Fordham displayed a ~
line of uniform quality and ends ~
were sure fire at cutting down re
fielding punts.
The kickoff was delayed half o. 10.
because the transfer man was slcy
getting Holy Cross's suits out % fo'.
ham. Nearly 5000 persons saw the z
test. The last time Holy Cross :.
Fordham, which was IN 1913 10
Cross won by score Of 6S 70 o.
Tho ifna-un foffOW=.