Vermont at Holy Cross

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  The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., November 26, 1899, page 3

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  BURIED VERMONT. Holy Cross Scores IS Points in Forty Minutes. CAPT. kENNEY A BRIGHT STAR Kicked Two Goals From the Field in True Hud- son Style. CAPT. hENNEY A BRIGHT STAR Pond in the box and did things to the crack players of the college on the hillf On the same field yesterday af. ternoon eleven young men of Holy Cross clad in foot ball suits battered a team from University of Vermont be. yond recognition, taking sweet revenge for the victory of several years stand. ing. In 40 minutes of playing the Holy Cross men rolled Hp score that aver. aged better than a point minute. the total being As. The Vermont mer didn’t get single point Not once during the game aid they give any evil dence of an ability to score. They once sent the ball to within five wards Of Holy Cross goal but it was on a punt and it didn’t take HOLY Gross long to get out Of danger. Once Yer. mont made a determined stand inside their own five yard line taking the bal away from Holy Cross by holding or downs. But the purple clad collegians came back tiercely and the relief was only temporary for Holy Cross soor pushed it over Hahn of the visitors made the only good runs. of the day He got around Monahan twice. for good runs. W*d. dell, left guard of the visitors, was Che only other player who showed to any advantage. He was in the game most of the time and made several good tao kles. When Holy Cross backs got past everybody end had only the goal posts before them he came up from behind to shorten the run by good tackle All Holy Cross players did fine work Inc team was again shaken up for the last home game of the season, sew eral important changes being made. The shakeup worked well against the weakness of Vermont. Capt. Kenney played a magnificent game as usual. He was star in all departments. Vermont could not stop his PUSHES at the line When they played high he tore through a hole he tween them and when they Law low to trip him he hurdled the line and made his length. His punting was a feature OF the game. Bringing back the ball yards on kicks from the other side, he put his toe against it with, It stopping, and in every exchange Holy Cross gained yards. Powers, who played full back early IN the season, was put back at half pack for yesterdays game He PLAYED Tar better than he ever did before. Holy Cross opened good holes for him ana gathered magnificent interference. Powers stayed with the interference to get the full benefit from it, He timed himself prettily and saw the holes as II he had mentors pointing out to him. lie made the star runs of the game. one from his own position and one from right half. He ran IS yards and 10 yards. He shook off tacklers as a terrier shakes a rat. He was not once stopped from in front. He was pulled down on both long runs by Waddell, the sturdy guard, who came up from behind O’Reilly also played a star game. He was down the field on punts in fine style and not once did the Vermont men bring back the ball Even on the kick otts when the ball was sent to the five yard line, O’Reilly was close up and only allowed a few yards gain He tackled well. Nothing got around his end except the wind. He made several star plays which cut off hopes of Yer mont when directed at the other end or Holy Cross line. Vermont pulled its ends back and gave the left end the ball to skirt the Holy Cross left where Hahn had made so many good gains. Vermont massed a really good interference, which was directed at Mona han, But O’Reilly got after the play fast and tackled the Vermont end from behind, throwing him with losses vary ing from to IA yards. Toohig and Conner did exceptionally good work in the line. All the line men outplayed their opponents including carney of the base ball team, who played his first game Of foot ball yes terday and was against Waddell, the best man of the Vermont line. Carney made holes well and stopped plays directed at him after the first few got by McDonough, captain of last years e., played we’ll He was down the field al most as soon as the ends, and once got the ball on a tumble, when O’Reilly tossed the back after he dropped the ball. Sullivan distinguished himself by several star tackles. He ran the team finely, banging plays at Vermont’s line with such rapidity the visitors didn t know where they were at. There was considerable holding and some off-side play during the early part of the contest. Vermont complained, but its men were as big offenders as Holy Cross The star feature of the game was the kicking of Kenney In addition to his superiority at punting, he dropped two goals from the field on place kicks. One was from the 25-yard line, Kenney being directly in line with the posts when Sullivan put the ball down for him The other was magnificent kick 1t was from the 97-yard line and at a considerable angle. Kenney sent 1t over as true as a rifle bullet. The line held Vermont back as easily as If they were pigmies while Kenney kicked. Vermont had the advantage of the wind during the entire game. 1t was at their backs when the first half began and in the last half 1t swung around when the teams changed fields. Kenney startled the crowd by the first magnificent run. Holy Cross mad Just scored a touchdown, and he kicked goal Morse kicked off and Kenney caught the ball After running a rev steps he returned the punt to Joyner IN theucentre of the field. Joyner INJURED and Sullivan got the ball. henney sifrted the end and went to the line for a touchdown. 1t was made IN 80 seconds. Powers made run of 80 YARDS to the 20-yard line, and later run of rs yards TO within yard OF goal The lire up:-- IT ID AZ .0-U. of V. MQllahan, e:..,.,’..’.’‘.’‘‘‘‘‘‘‘‘i now McDonough t.t.....,......... J. Do y, Cannon, ! g.. ..........’‘‘.’‘‘‘‘‘r - 6stIev King, Shine, g..................r g. Oatiiey Hogben. .................... c, Beckley Carney, g.,...................l g, Waddell Idoohig, r t...a.. .’.’‘‘‘‘‘‘.’‘‘‘i e Strait Sullivan n h..............qb JoyneT Powers, Batters, h........r n, (Sapt,{l1 L ~, KAnpey (Capt), h,.......’,’..i II I Ilii O’Snllivan, Egan, I p.’‘..’ ..’‘‘‘‘‘l “ i1ooi’ Score, Holy Cross As, University Of Yer Yer mont 0; touchdowns, kenneg I, - ‘outi Z van q; goals from touchdoWns, kenney o. goals from fed from place kicks, Zen ney 2; goal missed, Kenney h e. rS,s - = G. Spence of Tech; umpire T.; - “ xfsrl mont w. j Mercer of Holy Cross; timers F T. O’Hara of Holy Cross, 3 II, BARROW Of Vermont. Time, % and lo-minute Pc

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Holy Cross leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.