Holy Cross at Army

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 3, 1915, page 1

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  ARMY IS HELD TO A TIE BY HOLY CROSS TEAM Cadets Nine Attempts at For ward Passes Blocked Neyland Is Injured. WEST PniNr. oct o--Ths nui> cross kickc”s scared the Amy team today when they PLAYED the cadets to a u 20 IA tie IN the opening game Of the logal football season. Folluwcs of Army eleven were somewhat disappointed, bur the cadets showed flashes OF real strength HOW and then, The Worcester lads presented 2 light hut aggressive eleven that fought hard from start to fil,sh. 1t was a team well coached IN defensive tactics for the style o. attack which has worried most of the AuuE cppou,uts during the last two seasons and II siowed some of the cletnest forward passing seen on tn. plains” In a long tim SO good was the visitors defence ‘or the ~torNari pass plays that they blocked every one OF the nine attempts OF that kind mad” by the cadets. on the “ther hand Devlin and Me carthy were successful with some pretty passes, i’ve OF which were for forty Yards each and nettrd the visitors their TWO tot hdowns. One other APP peared to be a sure touchdown, but Nc tarthy slfhtlcd II by muiHllR INC tdt’t. Holy Cross gained only at intervals through the Arny’s line and then for no great distance. Two first downs were registered by the visitors, but brtl came while the Army substitutes were in. An injury 10 Bob Neyland in the first period neces stated his giving way to Murrill. a ‘‘plebc.’ who ran the team with plenty OF snap and vim McIGwcu played his usual star gam” at centre and the end play NIX W Redtc’d, ELEPHANT and prickett for tho cadetS WAS good. The lineup;

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 3, 1915, page 58

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  ARMY FAILS TO WIN Held to Tie Game by Holy Cross-Score, IA to IA. BALL IS POORLY HANDLED Soldiers Fail on Forward Passes, While Collegians Succeed Twice. BALL IS POORLY HANDLED WEST POINT, N. Y, October 1.-The Army and Holy Cross fought to a draw here today in the opening game of the local foot ball season. The score was IA to IA. The cadets could not stop the airline plays of Holy Cross. two of which were for forty yards and which Melted touchdowns. On the other hand. the Army’s at tempts at forward passes failed miserably. Straight foot ball gave the army its two scores. Loose handling of the ball and mediocre punting was responsible for some of it’s poor work. Ford and Mitchell starred in line sma shing tactics for the cadets. PEN alties were frequently inflicted upon both sides for offside play and holding. The lineup:

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Army leads 18–⁠6–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.