New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21
Splash and Slide Through
Mud Ankle Deep in
Hard Fought Game.
FUMBLES MAR CHANCE
OF BOTH ELEVENS
Each Side Many Times Near
Scoring in Game RepIete with
Thrilling Moments.
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and sliding through mud ankle deep.
their hands black with dirt and eyes
filled with grit, the Syracuse and Dart
mouth University football teams played
a no-score tie here this afternoon. The
John d. Archbold Stadium gridiron,
rendered qusgmire by two days Of al
most continuous rains, made true foot
ball impossible, and fumbles and punt
ing provided the great share Of the ac-
ton.
Syracuse held the advantage in punt
ing, as Wilkinson did a little better on
every attempt than Speers and Gerrish,
of the visitors.
In every other branch Of the game
the rival elevens were equally inef-
fcctive. Only a few forward passes
were attempted and only two were COM
pleted by each team. None Melted
long gain. In line charging, the Dart
mouth backs seldom broke through.
The Syracuse backs were unable TO get
under Roadway on more than half their
attempts.
Second in interest to the outcome OF
the game itself was the hour-long bat
tie between Spears, Of Dartmouth, and
Chris Schlachter. of Syracuse, the fore
most candidates for the guard posi-
tons on the all-American team. Frank
Cavanaugh at the last hour shifted
Spears from left to right guard to meet
the charges Of the former Bushwick
High School star, but his strategy
gained him nothing The result would
have been the same had he been
matched against Babe" White, for
merly Of Dewitt Clinton.
Schlachter outcharged Spears on
three out of four plays. Not yard
was gained by the heavy Dartmouth
backs through his side Of the line, and
on at least six plays Schlschter broke
| through and single handed threw Dart
mouth backs for loss.
Twice during the first half Syracuse
stood within inches Of touchdown,
I and twice Dartmouth took the ball on
! downs because the Syracuse backs were
unable to get started. On the first at.
! tempt three downs took the ball from
the 2-yard line to within foot Of the
/ goal. and on the fourth down Dart
mouth held the ball three inches from
| the white chalk mark.
Soon afterward Syracuse again took
! the ball to the threshold OF victory,
I only to lose il when an end run was
smeared in the grimy sod, Wilkinson
being unable TO break away. On other
occasions Syracuse brought the ball as
far as the l5-yard line, but action
/ ended there with q punt Only twice
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threaten, and that in the last three
minutes of play. Following a monot-
onous exchange OF punts, Dartmouth
took the ball on her own 40-yard line.
A forward pass. followed by an end
run, put the ball on the Syracuse 40
yard line. On an incomplete pass SYRIA
cuse was penalized fifteen yards when
an end tackled the thrower illegally.
Holbrook called the first trick play
I of the game minute later, when he
sent three backs through the line and
/ then skirted around his right end.
/ Chick Meehan, the brilliant Syracuse
I quarterback, brought him TO water with
a vicious tackle and slide on the SYRIA
b cuse 5-yard line.
With defeat five yards away. the mas
siye Syracuse forward line became "a
one. Carolan, who has been on the hos
/ pital list most Of the season, went in
tor Thielscher, Of Dartmouth, and took
the ball to follow Spears through the
Syracuse line.
/ Schlachter met the charge, dropped
Spears and took Carolan back three
yards. The power Schlachter displayed
was terrific. He limped back into place
and Holbrook ordered another charge
in the same place, and again Schlsch-
ter, with his lighting side partner,
Cobb, met the attack, and two more
yards were lost.
From the outset il appeared that
neither team had decided advantage.
The field was ankle deep in loose mud
and water. A minute before play start
ed thirty bales Of shavings were seat
tered over the field, forming white ISL
ands in a sea of black mud. Through
ont the game the quarterbacks tried 70
keen their men On the dryest land, that
thev might dry their hands occasion.
aIlv in the shavings. Resin was used
profuseIy, but it was Impossible 10
check the fumbllng
Captain Rose won the toss and chose
10 defend the east goal, the wind IA
, voring Syracuse at that time. Syracuse
! clicked off to Dartmouth, the tee dis
solving IN tue Huu -iN VIC s"isu-
iny along the water for about ten
yards, Dartmouth taking it in midield.
On the first down Dartmouth fumoled
and Syracuse recovered. II was not
long, however, before a Syracuse back
allowed the pigskin TO go squirming
through his arm, and again Dartmouth
was on the offensive.
This programme was repeated time
and again during the first period,
neither team coming within striking
distance Of the goal line, though SYRIA
cuse recovered the more fumbles.
There was a noticeable change in
policy of both teams when they came
on the field for the second half. Sew
eral Dartmouth linemen were brought
20 the bench to rest up, and instruc-
tons were for a punting game all the
way. Syracuse adopted the same tao
tics. backfield man backing up Will
kinson. who did remarkably well at his
continual punting. The passes from
centre went through every time, and
not pant was fumbled.
The lineup follows:
Syracuse 10. Position. Dartmouth lo.i
Brainey .............L. r.. ....... Worthing on
/ Cobb .................I, T. McAultne