The New York herald., 1922-12-03
HUB TEAM PROFITS
ON LOSERS BLUNDERS
Vigilance for Loose Ball and
Sure Recoveries Win
for Boston.
MANY HEROES ARE MADE
Paten, O'Connell and KOzlow-
sky Star for Cavanaugh's
Alert and Speedy Eleven.

Special Dispatch 70 TIE New YORK HERALp.
| BOSTON, Dec. Eternal vigilance
for a loose ball and quick, sure handed
nual football game from Holy Cross
this afternoon at Braves Field Play
| ing for the twentieth time, each team
with a record OF nine victories behind
It. the Maroon and Gold of Newton
and the Worcester Purple battled des-
perately In the most rugged football
match Of the college year. Holy Cross
had the running game and Boston tho
kicking.
! Cleo O'Donnell's boys also were be-
set with carelessness. which provided
the Cavanaugh team with it's opportu-
nities. These, seized IN a fashion
which took the spectators breath
away opened the road for two touch
downs and a field goal. netting II
points, while Holy Cross. in spite OF
| its two splendid marches for touch
downs-one of which failed OF goal
! returned home with 13 points.
Tonight those whose hearts are broken
because of tho defeat of the eleven OF
Holy Cross. believe. perhaps, that the
better team was beaten. This would be
! true II football were simply rushing and
efficiency were TO be measured only by
ground gained. But to-day Holy Cross
| lost because II was weak on funda-
mental football, and Boston College won
because It was alert. keen. seeking op-
! portunity and taking advantages OF Ii
when II came.
| Games like that OF to-day breed foot
| ball heroes Boston College had thres
of them. Ray Paten. right tackle Graft
tan OConnell, right end. and Joe koz-
| lowsky. left tackle, and lesser stars who
measured almost to the magnitude of the
major group.
Paten starts II.
II was Paten who almost at the be
ginning of the match. after Glennon. the
Holy Cross backfield star. had galloped
past middle field. and Darling had made
n remarkable sevcn;y-tnTee ya.d punt.
broke through on Ken Simendlnger. the
Holy Cross punter. and beat down tne
ball.
Simendinger was standing almost at
the middle OF the field after a fourth
down following Glennon's spectacular
advance, but as he got the ball away
Ray Paten brushed past the lone pro-
tector at the left OF the kicker and
crashed into the ball. Paten almost re-
covered the ball. just as Charley East
man OF Harvard succeeded In doing at
New Haven last week. but one OF his
team mates was quicker than he. Th'
was O'ConDeli, end "a the side next 10
Paten He was Just outside Paten when
the latter blocked tho Kick and was after
the ball on the instant. No Holy Cross
player was near except Simendinger, and
81 did not have a chance. O'Conneu
gathered In the ball. hardly haltlng his
stride, and then was on his way for the
goal line. with 10000 Boston College
voices cheering him on. II was Just
n romp for O'Connell. who covered forty
seven yards after he got the ball When
Paten tried for the point following he
score his drop kick went squarely be-
tween the posts.
The touchdown seemed TO put the real
fight into both teams On O'Connelrs
run Holy Cross player roughed n Bos-
ton College man of 10 the side. SO that
whom the ball was kicked off II was
from the Worcester teams 25 yard line.
On the Kickoff itself Holy Cross piled
up on the run back so that Boston was
placed on the offensive several yards
past middle field This put every one
on edge and the battle began to show
the fierceness for which there was not
moments cessation.
Ko11owsky Rccovcrs.
II possibly was the tremendous drive
which the Boston College PLAYERS wera
putting into their tackling which pro-
vlded them with another early oppor-
tunity 20 score This also followed tho
execution OF splendid kick by
CHUCK" Darling. VIII oshot OF a sixty
yard punt which nccessitated placing
the ball in play on Holy Cross's "A
yard line. From here the Purple onss
again started an advance. but after
nine yards gain on two fine PLAYS
Simcndnger was tackled so hard that
the ball popped out OF his arms. There
was not even a scramble for the ball.
for Koziowsky shot under simendinger
and grabbed g.
once again Il was Boston's turn 10
cheer and 20 continue cheering while
the Newton team. aided by Ward anil
Darling. drove through for n first down
on the 25 yard line. But there was a
dead stop there. Boston's drive for
touchdown failed. but there was much
satisfaction when Kozlowsky stepped
back 10 the % yard line, dropped the
ball on the q yard mark and kicked thu
ball squarely over the Holy Cross con-
Meeting bar 20 put his team 10 points
ahead.
The game, however was not over.
Simedinger made fine run back. Just
before the teams changed sides Glennon
made a ffteen yard romp and would
have broken clear had II not been for a
thrilling tackle by Darling. This ended
the advance temporarily. Following an
exchange OF kicks. including one by
Darling which covered forty-four yards
against the wind and carried to the
Worcester 2s yard line. the Worcester
boys mustered their onenslve
They then showed the punch on which
they had 80 surely depended to win tho
game. with the Boston goal seventy
seven yards away. the Purple drove