Holy Cross at Yale

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  New-York tribune, October 13, 1907, page 10

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  YALE TOYS WITH TEAM. HOLY CROSS TROUNCED. Blue Runs Up Biggest Score an Three Years. New Haven, Oct. 12-HoIy Cross displayed nothing better than high school football this afternoon against Yale, not once holding her on downs, while the Blue team tore through the visitors line for nine touchdowns, kicking seven of the goals to the score Of Yale, o.; Holy Cross, O. Berger was always TO be depended upon TO gain his distance for Yale, and in a revolving play. which twisted just outside tackle he rarely failed to make ten yards. He scored four of Yale’s nine touchdOwns. The longest runs. however were made by Coy, Philbin and Tad Jones, each of them covering fifty yards in brill liant style. Yale’s score is the largest made by her in any game in three years. and in an other particular record was created when Yale sent twenty-eight players against the visit ors. Practically only the first eleven was sent into the first half, but the second and most of the third eleven used up before the second half closed. The only player injured was Paige, of Yale. who turned his ankle. Holy Cross made only one substitution Yale narrowly averted score against her when after the fourth touch down Daley kicked off and Yale tried forward pass on the first scrimmage; it failed, and Yale was penalized to her own 10-yard line. Cooney sent a poor pass over COy’s head and he ran behind the goal line after the ball with two Holy Cross players. Luckily he shook them off and ran to the Yale 15-yard line before he was downed Yale’s second touchdown was made in five plays. After Tad” Jones ran back Daley kicked OF 10 nldneld, Coy, Wylie ana BoInar tearing off through the Holy Cross line for big gains After Yale had tried her first forward pass unsuccessfulIy and Holy Cross had taken the ball in the centre of the field Daley kicked short and Wylie fake kick, dashed fifteen yards. passing the ball 20 Coy who ran fifty yards for Yale’s third touchdown. Captain Bigelow back the next kick-off to centre Of the field. and Tad” Jones, after an exchange Of kicks. sllirted the end for fifty yards and Yale’s fourth touchdown. The first half closed with Yale’s score at forty. In the second half Bomar tried a drop kick from the 30-yard line. but missed. In scoring the last touchdown OF the day Philbin made a neat end run of forty yards. Berger’s line boring a feature. He led Yale’s scoring with four touchdowns. The Rev. DR.. Ingram, Bishop of London saw the game and expressed his regrets that Holy Cross was outclassed The lineup and summary follow:

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  The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 14, 1907, page 9

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  YALE DEFEATS EOLY CROSS. MANY LONG RUNS MADE Blues Score Fifty-two Points Against the Worcester Eleven. In a game so one-sided that Bishop Ingram, a great lover of sports, left it at the end of the first half, resulted Saturday in victory of Yale over Holy Cross by score of 52 to 0. When the bishop left the score was 40 to o. Yale used twenty-eight men before the contest was finished and not once during the game did she lost the ball on downs. Berger scored four of Yale’s nine touchdowns and while he was in the game made several good runs. The longest runs, however, were made by Coy, Philbin and Tad Jones, all of whom covered over fifty yards in brilliant style. Paige, Yale’s left tackle, hurt his knee during the game and o’Donnell the Holy Cross left end and captain, was knocked out while trying to tackle Philbin before the latter made his touchdown, The lineup and summary: Yale. Positions Holy Cross, H, Jones, Piggott, Hagan, Beebe ........,. .O’Donnell Left End Paige, Foster. Dunbar. ....... Cont Left Tackle Brides, Boggs .............. Sweeney Left Guard. Cooney, Congdon .,.......,.. Roche Center Goebel, Brown ................ Finr Right Guard. | Biglow .,...........,.... Palott Right Tackle, Burch, Alcott, Linn t......,,. Trigg’ Right End. T. Jones, Dimes, Bingham ...... ;......... Jone: Quarterback. l Wylie, Philbin .....s....a.....s BurK’ Left Halfback. Bomar, Murphy, Berger, l Boy and Burke ,.... McCartne. Right Haifpack. Daley, Bradle, | F’ullback. | Score: Yale 52, Holy Cross O; touch downs, Bomar ?, Coy, T, Jones, Der ger 4, Philbin 1; goals, Bonlar 2, Big low g. Umpires, Greshman, Pc of Princeton. Referee, Michae Michael Thompson of Georgetown I Timer, Dewitt Cochran of Yale, Tim < of halves, twenty minutes.

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 13, 1907, page 9

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  HOLY CROSS EASY FOR YALE New Haven Scores Fifty-twO Points on the New Englanders. BOmar, Tad Jones, WyIie, and Coy DO Star WOrk-Capt. O’DOn- nell Injured. New Haven, Conn, Oct 12-Yale easily smothered the tight Holy Cross eleven 50 to at Yale Field to-day. Yale scored in the first three minutes Of play. Bomar carrying the bali over from the I0-yard line after Yale had forced its way for ward by the use Of the forward pass Bomar kicked his own goal. Tad Jones made a S5-yard run after this score was made. and on the next snap back Wylie duplicated s, Bomar again going through the center for the touch down The third touchdown was made after Coy had made a 55-yard run. Yale finished the half with a score of 40 TO O. In the second half Yale put in a number of substitutes, and scored two touchdowns and two goals were kicked. ODonnen, the Holy Cross captain, was injured near the close of the game.

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Yale leads 22–⁠7 in 29 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.