Dartmouth at Holy Cross

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 27, 1942, page 36

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  Underdog Dartmouth Trips Power-Laden Holy Cross, 17–⁠6 Runbucks Of Punts Tell Heavily in Scoring By Hanover Team WORCESTER, Mass. Sept. 90 A Dartmouth eleven, picked almost unanimously for the role of the worm, turned savagely on a power lady Holy Cross team today to bang out decisive IT’S upset before a record breaking opening day throng of $4,000 at Fitton Field. The Indians set the Holy Cross eleven back on its heels repeatedly and showed Its versatility by a mag nificent goal-line stand in the fourth period which denied the Crusaders four successive shots at the end zone from the 1-foot line. In the closing minute of the first period Ray Wolfe of Dartmouth took punt back to the Holy Cross 81. Fullback Tom Douglas went to the 10 on the first play of the second period. Then Meryll Frost blurted out of spinner to score. Kast place kicked the extra point. Johnny Bezemes of Holy Cross took the third-period kickoff to the Dartmouth 40. He then passed to Johnny Grigas, who reached the 16 and then tipped to Ray Ball for a touchdown. Capt. Ed Murphy’s try for the extra point was wide. Walfe set up the second Dartmouth touchdown late in the period, run ming back punt to the Crusader 8. After two shots at the line, Wolfe swept around left end for the score and Kast again converted. A minute later Frost ran a punt Sc yards to the Crusader 4. In three plays, Holy Cross yielded only a yard and Kast dropped back to the to place-kick field goal from q difficult ample

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Dartmouth leads 31–⁠25–⁠4 in 60 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.