The sun., 1919-10-05
HIGH PASS PROVES
COSTLY TO N. Y.6.
Gives Amherst Safety That
Spells Victory-Score
Is 2 to O.
CANN'S PLAY FEATURES
Violet Registers Eight First
Downs to Three for Bay
State Eleven.
Special DespatcA TO THE Sun.

AMHERST, Mass, Oct. New York
universty's football team opened it's
season here this afternoon with Amherst
on Pratt Field and came out on the
wrong end of to score. The game
was played on n wet field and a light
drizzle fell through the first part of the
contest. 1t was the slippery condition
OF the ball that brought about the vis-
itors defeat. -
Although defeated, the Violet team
was far from disgraced They out
rushed, outfought and outplayed their
rivals and lacked only the final punch
70 snoVe the pigskin across the goal line
on three diHerent occasions. Their Of
renee was superior, particularly in line
piunging and at forward passing. The
New Workers registered eight first downs
to Tie opponents three.
Inc only score of the game cana
Wlthin two minutes OF the opening whis-
ue, cam for New York kicked off to
nhlilps on the Id yard line, who brought
II PACK twenty yards. link Immediately
kicked to Weinheimer, who was downed
IN his tracks on the 10 yard line. Two
plays at the line made no gain, so Cam
stepped back to his own goal line to
KICK The pass from Baker went far
over mis- head and Cam was forced to
iall on the ball back of the goal scoring
safety for the Purple. This one error
spelled defeat for the New Yorkers.
Quincy Blocks Kick.
Inc play seesawed back and forth for
the rest or the first half, with the ball
mostly In Amherst's possession. link
ateeinpsed "a >heiJf goaf>rIr trs- SECOND
quarter from the 2S yard line, but
quincy broke through and blocked the
kick
The Violet received the kickoff at thu
start Of the second half and brought thu
pigskin down the gridiron with a rush.
aided largely by Weinheimer's thirty
yard run around right end. The hall
was lost when Cam was forced to try
dropkick from the 81 yard line fol-
lowing a penalty for holding. The kick
was blocked slightly and went wide OF
its mark
The visitors made their strongest bid
for a score In the final quarter. On the
nrst play, Horrigan intercepted a for
ward pass on his own 35 yard line and
ran 1t back to midfeld. Two forward
passes from Cam to Mooney over the
centre of the line brought the ball to
the Amherst 2S yard line. Alternating
plunges by Cam and Horrigan gained
seventeen yards more. Two penalties
lost twenty yards and the Violet was
forced to surrender the ball after an
incompleted forward pass.
An Aerial Attack.
Another series of forward passes from
Cam to Mooney again brought the ball
within scoring distance With but Ave
seconds to play Cam attempted a Drop
kick from the % yard line at difficult
angle and the ball just missed the posts
by inches.
capt. Cam put up his usual sterling
game for the Violet and displayed good
Judgment in picking his plays Horrigan
and Mooney starred for the visitors OH
the offence, while Adams who weighs
but 142 pounds, played a wonderful
game at left guard.
link and Brisk were the life OF tho
Amherst team and accounted for prac-
ucally all of the Amherst gains Clark
at right tackle broke through the line
again and again and spoiled many a
New York play before it had a chance
to get in motion. The lineup: