Holy Cross at Georgetown

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 30, 1904, page 1

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  Georgetown Defeated Holy Cross With Ease Team Irresistible on Defense and Ofense---Mahone Star for Winners byGeneraI Work and Sensational Run. PHILADELPHIA, oct. 29.-In the first / football game ever played between the / two institutions Georgetown triumphed / over Holy Cross this afternoon at Co iumbia Park by Il to E. | Two touchdOwns and a goal i’m the / first half and a touchdown and goal / in the second represented the Blue and | Grays points, while Holy Cross was Obliged to be content with a goal from | the field In the second half, which Reid / scored from the 15-yard line after | Holy Cross player had recovered a FUN BILE Game Interesting, Although Holy Cross was outclassed IN nearly every respect. the game never Jagged, but was interesting from begin ming 10 end A crowd Of about five thousand, mostly supporters OF either Of the teams. assembled for the contest. A delegation OF about two hundred Georgetown undergraduates made the trip up from Washington TO cheer their favorltes. They esta bhshed a cheering section in the east stand and supported their team royalty In the second half, when victory seemed assured, the Wis itors sang TO their hearts content ana cheered the coaches and the players. Holy Cross had few students az the game. so their team was not as wei looked after from the ro0ters’ stand point as was that of their opponents Five hundred PeunsyIva nis. men turned out to watch the returns Of the Penn sylvania-Harvard ga ns and whenever the Quakers made ground against the Crimson the park resOunded with the cheers Of the happy Quaker students. Good All Around An irresistible attack, against which the line men Of Holy Cross We’re help less, together with a defense which kept her rivals from making any extended gains through the line. gave George town a victory iu the most coveted game on her schedule The whole team / played well together. There was little / star work done by any members Of the I Blue and Gray aggregation. bur what I ever special credit should be given is dee Captain Aah0uey. la carrying the I han ne was one OF the most reliable men on the team. while his long ruu Tor d I touchdown in the second half was the most spectacular work done by any player. The bail was on Georgetown -l-yard [ line. third down. 1--WE yards to gain Ma honey was brought over on the tackle I back fo-m@ tiou for plunge through isIC Z tackle Ile g8E through “a mole between guard and tackle. and pulling himself / loose from the opposing forwards sprinted up lhe deld. 4Ic1Ianus. Captain Larllin, and three other Holy Gro s. players jumped for the Georgetown lead / err. but he succeeded ia eScaDius. and staggering across the goal Hue planted I the oval directly behind the posts. He was SO tagged out by this tEne that Dr. Reilly deemed il advsaa1j-. 10 take / aim ont. lie was carried of tine Leld protesting against his removal and lIouahau was substituted This was Lae Culy change in ras university lsgc-l5E- Haifbacks Uuhurt. / George clowns haIfbaeks- Hart and / Larkin-the TWO men who il was Iclre5 would not be- able 20 60 through the whole game survived. and played wen / both Ola the offensive and defensive ! McGetugau was given “a free hand I En- the running of the team. and his / generalsLip was excellent Tie varied / his attack SO that the necessary dis / lance was nearly always forthcomiug | and seemed 10 knew just what man ID / caH upon Tor each play AIarteu was / played on end. when Holy Cross bad / the ball. ana only once was a suDstau.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1904, page 1

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  Georgetown outplayed Holy Cross. Nearly 5000 spectators cheered George town and Holy Cross Saturday in their first meeting on the gridron at Philadelphia and the honors Of the day went to the former by II to 4. The match was played at Columbia Park and several hundred followers Of each team journeyed to Philadelphia from this city and Worcester, Mass, the homes of the rival teams. to see them play. The ma jority of the spectators, however, were residents OF the Quaker city, and as the players were nearly all dressed alike they had great difficulty in trying to distinguish one team from the other. For this reason the roofing” was not nearly so pronounced as usual at big college foot ball match. although there were enough good plays to keep the crowd on edge. The ScOreboard on the 23th street fence, telling of the progress of the Penn-Harward game, was watched as closely as the struggle of the great rivals on the Column bia Park gridiron. PENIS touchdowns and Haryard’S fumbles were greeted by deafening yells and at times even the George town and Holy Cross players appeared to slow up In order to get the latest news from Cambridge. AS this was the first time that George town and Holy Cross had ever met on the gridiron anywhere, 1t was almost impossible to get a line the merits of the elevens before the game was started. When hostilities began the Georgetown men quickly displayed their superiority over the New England team. Both eIevens played fast, hard foot ball, but the match was free from any faint of unnecessary roughness or smuggling” and in this respect II was a model contest Georgetown devoted its offensive tactics almost entirely to straight line plunges. varying the plays against the tackles and guards only at occasional intervals when

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  The Savannah morning news, Georgia, October 30, 1904, page 1

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  Georgetown Triumphed over Holy Cross Team. Philadelphia, Oct. 29.--For the first time in the history of the two institulions Georgetown and Holy Cross met in football contest to-day and the former collegians won by the score of IT to T. The Georgetown eleven were much heavier than their opponents and had little difficulty in gain ing through the line. 1t was only through tumble that the Worcester boys were able to get close enough to the Georgetown goal to try kick from placement.

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Holy Cross leads 19–⁠8 in 27 meetings, counting the 26 since this game.