Holy Cross at Yale

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  New-York tribune, October 6, 1904, page 9

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  YALE PLoUGHs THROUGH HOLY CROSS Worcester Team Starts Strong Against Blue Eleven, but Loses, g to 0. New-Haven. Conn. Oct. 5.-Holy Cross made a good start against Yale to-day. and succeeded IN holding the Blue varsity down TO two touch1owns in The flrst half the final score standing: Yale % Holy Cross. o. The opening plays were great disappointment to Yale. but the game went on the New-Eaveu varsity woke up, and showed some of the fastest football seen here this year. The first half ended in old fashioned Yale hurricane attack, in which Hoyt. ShevliR. Steven son Roraback. BIooner and Hogan put up furious football Roraback the Yale s@5-pound centre. got in nearly every play, and hauled his teammates yards at a time Shevlin was everywhere at once on the defence. and made clever thirty yard end run: Blooruer broke through the line repeatedly 70 nail the Holy Cross runners behind the line. and Hogan vas a tower of strength. The Yale ends Gates and Hare however. were q disappointment, being outplayed steadily by Connor and Campbell OwsIey ran the Yale team we’ll. and was followed at quarter by Hutchinson. who made a close try FOR goal from the field and used excellent general ship Hoyts goal kicking from touchdown was CIsan and accurate. OwsIey ran the first kickoff back fifteen yards and after long interchange OF pun,s and much wrauEling over penalties. Hoyt. Stevenson and ShevI.n pourhed dfty yards for the first score The second made much more quickly, Yale rushing HoIy Cross’s low and strong defence over seventy Yards. Hpyt scoring. Yale put in an enttrely new team IN the second half Shevun made a long end a trick play. and Morse scored by brilliant running. The last Touchdown was made by furious play BY HIorss. Hoyt going over for the score. The lineup and score:

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 6, 1904, page 7

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  Yale Defeats Holy Cross ! NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct. 4.-Yale made a total of % points and shut out Holy Cross today at football. Two touch downs were made in each half, but the of the first period before a Yale player was able to cross the goal line. 1t was not the fault Of the Yale players, but rather the excellent playing and strength of the Holy Cross eleven that made this SO. That Capt. Hogan had not under rated the ability of the visitors big team was evident from the style of game that Yale PLAYED from the beginning.

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Yale leads 22–⁠7 in 29 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.