New-York tribune., 1919-11-02


with just two minutes to play He
oeslimed Colgate line. blocked a pl
the ball, slid across the Colgate line.
That made it : to 6, with Colgate
in the lead. and the green capped
Dartm outh freshmen held their breath
as Robertson started the try for goal.
The ball seemed to go wide. 1t struck
one of the goal posts and seemed to
hesitate for ages. Then the ball drop
ped behind the white piece of timber.
grazing it in its descent That tied
the score and the Dartmouth undc>-
graduates. who had been spending an
agonizing three quarters Of an hour.
screamed in relief
1t was bitter battle from start to
anish. Open plays were Of little avail
Tor no cleats would hold in the greasy
mud that was over the oval. 1t was
mainly d game of two battering rams
composed of splendid young bone and
muscle.
Colgate Scores Early
Colgate seemed to have the better
IN this form of attack. Its touchdown
came in the first period in a series
OF line plunges. mainly by Henry
Glllo, whom they call Hank.
The start of the rush that gave Col
gate the touchdown followed bad
punt by Robertson. The ball went
outside somewhere close to the Dart
mouth 30-yard line Then Colgate
started to batter and the visitors tore
'ae Dartmouth line apart as piece
oi paper is torn until they get within
.-rlking distance of the goal.
then came quick forward pass on
he last down. Anderson whipped the
slippery ball TO Gillo. who plunged
over the line at one leap with two
Dartmouth men clutching franticaily
1T his heels. The ball easily cleared
ne bar for the goal
After that it looked bad for Dart
mouth. Once or twice the men in the
green gained at end runs Sometime.
Holbrook would clear through the Col
cate secondary defence only to slip in
ne greasy oozed that covered the field
1t was not day for long and spec
Acular runs. 1t was the dogged fight
iag spirit of Dartmouth that pulled the
@ame out Of the mud IN the last period
hat and Adolph Frederick Youngstrom
Whom icy call the Swede-most es-
oecially the S-5edc
Swede Saves the Day
The Swede was parked with the
Ariter in the same territory at the
asque and Gauntlet House last night
ma occupied the adjoining cot Your
correspondent was warned that the
Swede was member of the football
cam ara was not to be disturbed after
10. At tat moment he impressed your
correspondent as being an unobtrusive
voung man who slept with an alarm
clock beside him. He did not look in
he least like a potential hero. But i,
vas the unobtrusive Swedo who saved
Dartmouth.
There. with the game in the hands OF
ne invaders and the stands packed
with dropping Dartmouth men. tno
Swede came to life and activity
>coopng the mud out of his gray eyes
as Webster poised for the punt the
SwPdc crashed by the opposing guard
with those gray eyes fixed on the
muddy ball.
Creaking through the mud. the Swede
nurled himself at Webster and the ball
crashed against his breast. rolling to
me ground Like flash the Swede
reached over. and worming through two
pairs of arms that reached for him. he
mot over the goal inc. This brought
Dartmouth within one point of the tie
The ba.i was carried across at a bad
angie Robertson waited for some
'i"t p'i"I' NS tllpN lNf the goal. Q
nose in the far stands it seemed Ger
tain that he had missed. The thud of
he iauddN. soeEv bah against the post
seemed hike the crack Of doom to
llanoVcr. But the mud splashed
Dartmouth players began to dance
fantastic dances The ball was over
and the score was tied.
Teams Evenly Matched
The teams appeared to be matched
with wonderful eVenness. 1t would
. have been intensely interestin
game on dry field where one could
have seen the tricks and the strategy
But this was no day for that sort Of
football. 1t was moro of battle.
The appearance Of Captain West, of
Colgate. late of the A. +. f., bore tes-
timony to this The former soldiers
face looked something like the face
of Jess Willard at Toledo. He played
With the blood clouding his vision for
at least two periods. But that did not
keep his eye off the ball. He was
down on every Kick and he tackled
with the certainty of leopard spring
ing
Three tines the Dartmouth line
crashed through and blocked punts but
zach time Colgate men recovered the
ball, West usually. Then came the
fourth blocked punt and the crowdins
OF NunGStIon, me SWeOe, INTO the
limelight.
Colgate had the luck of the frs.
ocrlod and Dartmouth had the luck OF
he last. Also Dartmouth had the
Swede-especa and emphatically
Dartmouth had the Swede.
Drags Game Out Of Mud
The stage was set for the perform
ance Of the Swedc by a beautifully ex-
ccuted forward pass from Robertson to
Merritt. Then the Colgate line held
until Colgate got the ball. A punt by
Webster, had it been executed success
FULLY, would have meant Colgate vic
tory, and the experts were concedins
the game to Colgate when the Swede
crashed through and dragged the game
out of the muddy film
The game ended as the back drop OF
New Hampshire hills became indistnct
IN the dusk. The hopes of Dartmouth
for football supremacy had become
quite as indistinct when the tow head
ed Swede crashed through the line
FIRST PERIOD
Murphy. for Dartmouth. kicked of
20 the live yard line 10 Gillo, who ran
the ball up for twenty yards On the
second down Dartmouth gained seven
yards or the hidden ball trick through
center. Clio crashed through center