FOOTBALL
DARTMOUTH 11--VERMONT 0
Dartmouth opened her football season this year Wednesday, Sept. 30, on Alumni Oval, by defeating the strong Vermont team 11 to 0 in a close and hard-fought game. Dartmouth showed marked improvement over its form of a year ago when the game ended with no score for either side. It was only after Vermont had gained twenty yards through Dartmouth's line by straight line bucking that the latter team blocked a punt and by a series of onside kicks and successive gains by Ingersoll, Haw ley, and Marks, rushed "the ball over for the first score of the year. Hawley missed goal, leaving the score 5 to 0.
In the second half, before the many substitutions began, Ingersoll made two runs for touchdowns through the entire Vermont team for sixty-five yards each, but only one of them was allowed. Only the simplest plays were used and while the work of the squad was not particularly brilliant the foundations of a very strong team were apparent.
The summary:
DARTMOUTH VERMONT Kennedy (capt.), Daly, Greenwood, le re, Gebhart, Buck Sherwin, Elcock, lt rt, Dodge, Clark Tobin, Thompson, lg . rg, Buckrailler Brusse, Palmer, c c, Thomas Rich, Pevear, rg lg, Hughes R. Bankart, rt lt, Cassidy L. Bankart, Dreyfus, Steinert, re le, Reed Rvan, Dodge, Pishon, qb qb, Pierce, Frame Hawley, Steward, lhb rhb, Zwick Ingersoll, Driver, Holdman, rhb lhb, Watkins Marks, Hoban, fb fb, Kerslick
Score—Dartmouth 11, Vermont 0. Touch-down —Ingersoll, Marks. Goals from touch-downs —Ryan. Umpire—Burke of Worcester. Refree—Dadmun of Worcester. Field Judge — O'Connell of Harvard. Linesmen—Dr. Craig of Dartmouth and Monroe of Vermont; Time — 25 and 15-min. periods.
DARTMOUTH DEFEATS MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
In an interesting game in which the first line-up for Dartmouth scored two touchdowns in four minutes, the college eleven defeated the Massachusetts State team 23 to 0, October 3, on Alumni Oval. After the fast work of the first few minutes Coach O'Connor made several substitutions, having determined to follow out his policy of developing two teams of very nearly equal caliber. The second men played well and managed to run up two more scores before the game ended.
Only once in the game was Massachusetts near to a score, their opportunity occuring when Hosmer picked up a fumble and ran fifty yards before being tackled from behind by Ryan. Dartmouth got the ball on their 3-yard line by intercepting a forward pass and Ryan kicked to safety. The feature of the playing was the of Bankart from tackle and the wonderful line plunging of Marks. Although Captain Kennedy and Schildmiller, the regular ends, were on the side lines with injuries, six men were tried out at end. The best showing was made by L. Bankart, and Daly, a freshman candidate.
The summary:
DARTMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS Elcock, Daly, le re, Leonard Sherwin, Davis, lt rt, Johnson Tobin, Thompson, lg rg, Shermerhorn Brusse, c c, Alger Pevear, rg lg, Hazen R. Bankart, rt lt, Crosby L. Bankart, Dreyfus, Steinert, Lewis, re le, Turner Dodge, Ryan, qb qb, Morse Hawley, Steward, lhb rhb, Neale Ingersoll, Driver, Burns, rhb lhb, Blaney, Walker Marks, Dudley, fb fb, Hosmer
Score—Dartmouth 23, Massachusetts 0. Touchdowns—Hawley, Marks, Ingersoll, Sherwin. Goals from - Bankart 3. Umpire-O'Reilly of Boston. Referee—Murphy of Worcester. Field Judge—McGrath of Boston. Linesman-Keady of Dartmouth. Time — 25 and 20-min. periods.
DARTMOUTH 18—TUFTS 0
In a well-played game against the Tufts team Dartmouth defeated the former 18 to 0. Dartmouth's playshowed mid-season form, and the fierce charging of the line combined with the smooth working of the backs was too much for Tufts. The defeated team, after its showing of the Saturday before when it held West Point 5 to 0, was confident of holding Dartmouth to a low score, but the first ten minutes of fast play by Dartmouth soon showed the way the game lay. Only once was Dartmouth's goal in danger, and that was after two long runs around Dartmouth's right, when Captain Sheehy tried a drop kick from the 23-yard line. The kick fell short and Dartmouth again took up the procession to Tufts' goal-line.
At the start of the game Dartmouth got the ball on Tufts' fumble directly after the kick-off, and with dashes from tackle by Sherwin and Bankart and short plunges by Hawley and Marks soon carried the ball over for the first touchdown. Dartmouth continued to play open football, and with onside kicks and well-executed forward passes they were again over Tufts goal-line. The third touchdown occurred on a blocked kick by Sherwin, directly after Tufts had got the ball from Dartmouth by a fumble on Tufts' one-yard line. Sherwin broke through, blocked the punt, and after a tight race behind Tufts' goal fell on the ball for the third score.
Features of the contest were the play of the Dartmouth backs with Ingersoll out of the lineup, and the aggressive work of the line. In this latter respect, the following of the ball by Sherwin in getting down on punts and covering fumbles was splendid.
Lineup:
DARTMOUTH TUFTS Daly, Elcock, le re, Porter, Morton, Wilson Sherwin, lt rt, Chase Tobin, Thompson, lg rg, Costanza, Crowley Brusse, c c, Ireland Rich, rg jg, Burt R. BSnkart, Robbin, rt lt, Marr Dreyfus, Chadbourne, Halstead, re le, Hubbard Ryan, Pishon, Dodge, qb qb, Brophy, Bohlan Hawley, Steward, lhb rhb, Sheehy Driver, Brady, Holdman, rhb lhb, Wallace Marks, Dudley, fb fb, Hooper
Score—Dartmouth 18. Touchdowns—Marks 2, Sherwin. Goals from touchdowns—R. Bankart 3. Umpire—Dadmun of Worcester. Referee--Pendleton. Linesmen—Keady of Dartmouth, Murphy of Boston. Time—20-min. halves.
DARTMOUTH 0—WILLIAMS 0
In its first important game of the season Dartmouth met a worthy opponent in Williams in the game played at Williamstown, October 17. The Williams men were on edge for the conflict, and successfully opposed any effort of the Dartmouth backs to gain consistently against their heavy line, while the Williams backs running from tandem formation gave the Dartmouth line men all they could handle. The ball was in the center of the field most of the time and at no period in the game did either team come near scoring.
Some 3000 people, the largest crowd that ever watched a football game on Weston Field, were on hand for the game. Among these were several of the Dartmouth alumni and about 250 undergraduates who came down from Hanover. Although the Dartmouth team had expected to win by a low score, they were visibly not on edge for the game that the old rivals put up, and consequently did not display the late season form which characterized the Williams play.
In the first half Dartmouth received the ball on the kickoff, but was unable to gain and punted on the third down. After an exchange of punts the ball was in Williams territory until near the end of the half. Neither side gained consistently, the game developing into a good deal of a punting match in which Peterson had the better of Hawley. Hawley tried two field goals in this half, which fell short. In the last part of the period Ingersoll fumbled a punt on his 3-yard line, where the half ended with the ball in Williams' possession.
In the second half, Robb of Williams surprised the spectators in the manner which he tore through the Green's line and with the aid of the other backs went from Williams' 20-yard line to Dartmouth's 30-yard line. Here, however, the whole Dartmouth team made a tremendous fight and took the ball on downs. Dartmouth now opened up their offense and by several well-executed forward passes and onside kicks worked the ball down to Williams' 25-yard line, only to lose it on an illegal forward pass. After a bit of ineffective rushing, and exchanging of kicks by both sides, the game ended with the ball in Williams' possession on their 25-yard line.
For Dartmouth the work of Ryan was brilliant with the exception of his running of the team, while Marks was strong but not as effective as usual. The work of the Williams backfield and Captain Morse in the line was the feature of the Purple's playing.
The lineup:
WILLIAMS DARTMOUTH Winter, le re, L. Bankart Swain.lt rt, R. Bankart, Pevear Harter, lg rg, Rich Morse, c c, Brusse Page, rg lg, Tobin Brooks, rt lt, Sherwin Pratt, re le, Daly Williams, qb qb, Ryan Peterson, Rogers, rhb lhb, Ingersoll, Driver Robb, lhb rhb, Hawley Brown, fb fb, Marks
Score—Williams 0, Dartmouth 0. Referee — J. B. Pendleton, Bowdoin. Umpire—Doctor Stauffer, Penn. Field Judge—H. H. Hackett, West Point. Linesman—J. E. O'Connell. Time — 25-min. halves.
