Holy Cross at Yale

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  New-York tribune, October 9, 1910, page 11

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  YALE USES OLD PLAYS gafIes Holy Cross with Forma- tions of Early kinetieS. BUT SCORES ONLY TWICE ,z;...ors Press Substitutes Hard, and Regulars Are Rushed 10 the Rescue. ,-r Haven. oct. S-Discsrding formations .6s possible by the new code, Yale and – cross furnished an attractive demon lion Of high class football OF the type – the early 90’s here to-day Yale won by score Of p TO O. Except for the pres o,ce OF a few forward passes, the game night have passed for revival Of the --.s,,5n spor, n the days Of McCung. usr4langer and Phil King. Even the ante dated crisscross double pass was taken out ~ The dusty pigeon hole to figure as Yale’s -,os. successful scoring play. believing that Holy Cross’s opening game .,-asv would show that team in erratic .Isvfrr form. Captain DAILY sent an eleven - ~. chalk lines that dc not INCLUDE .-,gie f~sr string player. Tenacious and 7,4rieerent. Holy Cross fought back the r-7 combination TO a scoreless first period, - DAILY hurried a bevy Of regulars into 80 f-av. He LED the way by stepping TO .bs attack with an attempt 10 kick field ,,a1 for Yale and avert the disaster Of v.irevash. but his venture failed vsle.s reinfo-cements brought scoring 50 s--nrfIlsting run back Of Joys punt for ,ri--v-tive Yards brought the battle 10 Holy cross. thirty Yards from its goal. Twice Cautain Daily tore a hole through tackle for eight wards. and Corey fooled the Holy cross defence by reeling of his old-fashioned crisscross play and racing through centre 1or the touchdown vale was now az the top Of its playing cf,aT – avf1G hack with Joys kickoff. Two Yale for ward masses. Deming 10 Reilly and DAILY 20 Phubin. netted twenty yards. but afteen-va1d penalty splashed cold water On Yale’s scoring ambitions Captain DAILY tried 10 drop kick, but the ball NIT the rush line and bounded back into his hands. Co-ey’s forward pass was seized by Can non. who ran back fifteen yards. Cannon next si1irted the Yale end for fifteen yards, ard “A forward pass, Whalen 10 Lawlor. re-ted twenty yards more and took the bail 10 the Yale 25-yard line as the first half closed. HOLY Cross kept right at Yale in the third period. I.awlor picked up joys punt to the Yale 40-yard lire. and q forward pass. Whalen TO Lawlor, took the oval twenty ward nearer the Eli goal. A 15-yard penalty agsiust Yale stuck her still deeper in the ni7e. but fresh troops were sent into her rush line, who drove back the Holy Cross attack til the fourth down, when Joy tried & quick place goal. which went short as the period closed To Walter Camp goes the credit for sterning the -iGe that seemed TO be set ting against old Eli He hoped up and caught q Holy cross forward pass az the Holy Cross 55-yard line and plunged into the onen- He had travelled fifteen yards before ne was dragged down from behind. Potter was called upon for two artillery charges upon the Holy Cross citadel, which uetted ten yards each. Denling squeezed ove- with the touchdown. Holy Cross as serted that he die not get over and argued over the decision. Yale kicked both goals, her total OF 2 points exactly eQualling last years score

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  Norwich bulletin, Norwich, Conn., October 10, 1910, page 3

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  YALE’S BEST AME. Blue Eleven Defeats Holy Cross 1: 70 O. In a rafting good game of football, tl< best by far of any played at New Raven this sea son. Yale defeated Holy Gross Saturday II to 0, the same score as resulted from their meeting a year ago. From the start the Holy Cross men fought valIiantly and when the first period ended had kept Yale from scoring, although a trial for a goal from the field by Captain DAILY just missed going OYER In the second session line plays by DAILY, Philbin and Coates. Corey made p wide sweep around right end and crossed the line. In the fourth period after~a fine run by Walter Camp. Jr., and plunges through the line by Potter and Deming, the latter shot over for another score. the goals in both cases being kicked easily.

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Yale leads 22–⁠7 in 29 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.