FOOTBALL

DARTMOUTH 16—HOLY CROSS 5

In the presence of a large crowd of Dartmouth alumni and not a few undergraduates, Dartmouth defeated Holy Cross 16 to 5 at Worcester, Saturday, Oct. 23. Although the teams were not evenly matched the largest crowd of the season was in Worcester on hand to witness the contest. Dartmouth evidenced great improvement over the game against Williams, but allowed their opponents to make the first score of the year against the Green.

Dartmouth's first score came after about fifteen minutes of play, when Pollard ran back a punt-out by Holy Cross to the spot from where the ball was kicked. From this 25-yard line. Hawley by clever dodging went over for the first score. Hawley kicked the goal. A run by Hawley of thirty-five was responsible for the second score, soon after which the half ended. Holy Cross' score came after a couple of short end runs on a well-executed forward pass to Toy who ran thirty yards for a touchdown. The next was a regular Dartmouth touchdown, in which Dartmouth rushed the ball by short gains over the line.

The work of Hawley and Pollard for Dartmouth and of Joy for Holy Cross was the feature of the game. Pollard, who played his first game for Dartmouth, several times made spectacular end runs and was clever in all his open field work. Pevear was badly hurt in the muscles of his leg in a sharp scrimmage, and had to be assisted from the field.

Summary:

DARTMOUTH HOLY CROSS Kennedy, (capt.) le re, Driscoll Sherwin, lt rt, Fritsch Tobin, Thompson, lg rg, Sweeney, Finn Brusse, c c, Conto Rich, rg lg, Roche Pevear, Robbins, rt lt, Triggs, (capt.) L. Bankart, re le, Lawlor Ryan, Dodge, qb qb, D. Mahoney Hawley, Steward, Ihb rhb, S. Mahoney, Jones Pollard, rhb lhb, Schied, Burke Marks, fb fb, Joy

Touchdowns—Hawley 2, Marks, Joy. Goals from touchdowns—Hawley 2, Sherwin. Goal missed—Joy. Referee—James E. O'Connor, Harvard '02, Boston. Umpire—William H. Burke, Tech '05, Worcester. Head linesman -W. C. Knight, Michigan '06, Westboro. Field Judge—Dr. S. B. Newton, Pennsylvania '94, New York. Linesmen—F. W. Lowe, Dartmouth 'Ol, and George A. Daly, Holy Cross '10. Time—25-minute halves. Attendance—5000.

DARTMOUTH 17—AMHERST O

Dartmouth defeated Amherst by a score of 17 to o, Saturday, Oct. 31, in what was the best attended game of the year on Alumni Oval. In this game Dartmouth showed her first true form of the season, with spurts that gave evidence of a powerful offense. While the right side of the Green line displayed a woeful weakness against the rushes of the determined Amherst backfield in the latter part of the first half, when actually threatened with a score with the Amherst team inside the Dartmouth 10-yard line, they braced and held.

This was Pishqn's first try-out at varsity quarterback and the little fellow drove his eleven with a speed that was a revelation. The first touchdown came after a series of whirlwind rushes and an exchange of punts, when Pishon shot a forward pass to Daly on the Purple and White's 3-yard line. Daly trotted over the line four minutes after the kickoff. Haldeman, Amherst's big left half, played a star offensive game for his team and was almost always good for a substantial gain, while on defense Gray put up a polished effort. Dartmouth's excellent manipulation of the forward pass, the only play outside of straight football employed, was the feature of the day.

Dartmouth kicked off to Atwood, who ran the ball back fifteen yards to the 25-yard line. Amherst failed to gain and punted to Ingersoll on Amherst's 42-yard line. Ingersoll kicked after one down and Amherst immediately returned the punt to Hawley on the 35-yard line.

Hawley by fast work and clever dodging carried it in to the 7-yard line. Hawley and Marks made five between them and on the next play Pishon threw a delayed forward pass to Daly, who went over, Hawley kicking goal. Score: Dartmouth 6, Amherst 0.

The second touchdown came in lightning order after Schildmiller had recovered Ingersoll's long punt to Amherst's 45-yard line. Hawley, Marks, and Ingersoll made eighteen yards on three bucks, and on a forward pass Schildmiller went to the 3-yard line. Marks plunged over and Hawley missed goal. Several exchanges of kicks and the half ended with the ball in Dartmouth's hands on her 16-yard line. It was in the latter part of this half that Amherst made two forty-yard marches, only to be fiercely held when almost to the goal line.

The second half was marked by a punting duel in which Sherwin for Dartmouth took Ingersoll's place in the kicking and showed excellent form. After being balked by the miscarriage of a forward pass on Amherst's 10-yard line, Dartmouth scored her last touchdown on straight football from Amherst's 50-yard line. Sherwin kicked the goal which ended the scoring. Final score: Dartmouth 17, Amherst 0.

Summarv:

DARTMOUTH AMHERST Daly, Brady, le re, Madden Sherwin, lt rt, Post Robbins, lg rg, Siegrist Brusse, c c, Pinkett Farnum, rg ]g, Buck Rich, rt It, Kilburn Schildmiller, L. Bankart, re le, Mason Pishon, qb qb, Abele Hawley, Steward, lhb rhb, Gray Ingersoll, Pollard, Ryan, rhb lhb, Haldeman, Blades Marks, fb fb, Atwood

Score—Dartmouth 17. Touchdowns—Marks 2, Daly. Goals from touchdowns—Hawley, Sherwin. Umpire—Burleigh of Exeter. Referee—Dr. Newton of Penn. Field Judge-Taussig of Cornell. Linesman—Murphy of Worcester P. I. Time—25-minute halves.

DARTMOUTH 10—PRINCETON 6

In a well-plaved, fiercely-contested game, the Green of Dartmouth was triumphant over the Orange and Black of Princeton on the Polo Grounds in New York City, Saturday, Nov. 7, before a crowd of something less than 20,000. Considering the distance from Hanover a remarkably large crowd of Dartmouth partisans was on hand to support the team. On the field the playing of the eleven was marked by an earnestness and determination to make good which , excited comment on all sides.

The Princeton line, which had been heralded as about to wipe the Green's forwards off their feet, did not come up to predictions and was played to a standstill, while the playing of Captain Kennedy and Schildmiller at the extremities marked them as the finest pair of ends of the season. In the backfield the end running and onside kicking of Hawley was excellent, and most of this work was done* with the veteran Marks out of the interference and with Ingersoll so badly lamed as to be greatly handicapped. Sherwin outpunted his opponent and it was his drop-kick that made victory possible.

Princeton's play was sluggish and stuck to straight football. Dartmouth's was snappy, varied, .and well run off. That about tells the story of the offense of both teams, while the defense was marked by a stubbornness that made consistent gaining impossible. To a spectator there seemed an unnecessary amount of penalizing for both sides, as the penalties amounted to 195 yards, of which Dartmouth got 135 and Princeton 60, and there is no doubt that one or two of these played an important part in the scoring.

The playing in the first half was almost entirely in Princeton's territory, but it was not until well along in the period that Sherwin dropped a beautiful goal from the 35-yard line at a difficult angle. Once in the half the ball was on Princeton's 5-yard line in Dartmouth's possession, with two downs in which to take over, when Dartmouth was penalized fifteen yards for holding, with the result that the distance was too great to be covered in spite of a well-worked forward pass from Pishon to Kennedy.

About seven minutes after the start of the second half, with the ball on Dartmouth's 42-yard line in Princeton's possession, the Green received two consecutive penalties of fifteen yards each, and Tibbott, Princeton's wonderful half, won eleven yards more. The ball was on Dartmouth's 1-yard line, and when Dartmouth was penalized half that distance, for offside, Cunningham carried it over. Dartmouth was not to be discouraged, however, and soon after the kickoff steadily worked the ball toward the goal of the Orange and Black until Schildmiller, receiving a perfect forward pass from the diminutive Pishon, tore off twenty yards for a touchdown, after shaking off two tacklers.

It was a great victory for Dartmouth, and in the words of one of the New York critics, "Princeton was out-generalled and out-played." While the team work of Dartmouth was not as polished as that of last year's team, the individual excellency of the players which has always been apparent in Doctor O'Connor's coaching was everywhere manifest, and the manner in which every player seemed to have command of all the tricks and possibilities of his position was always evident. Especially was this noticeable in the way in which every man was always in every play and followed the ball with tireless energy.

PLAY IN DETAIL

Dartmouth won the toSs and kicked off with the east goal at their back. Tibbott ran it in fifteen yards to the 20-yard line and on the first play attempted a fake punt which Tobin and Sherwin nailed for a yard loss. Ingersoll made a fair catch of Buckingham's punt, but Hawley and Marks could get only two yards. On an exchange of kicks Princeton got the ball in midfield on a fumble only to have Tobin block a kick on which Dartmouth secured the ball. Dartmouth punted on the third down and Read, in an effort to return the kick, booted the ball out of bounds on Princeton's 9-yard line. Hawley went four yards on the first attempt, but Dartmouth was penalized fifteen yards and while a buck by Marks and a forward pass to Kennedy made twenty-four yards, it was not enough and Princeton got the ball on downs. Punt followed punt, and after Princeton, mainly through the efforts of Tibbott, had worked the ball to the center of the field, Brusse broke up a play and seized the fumble which resulted. On the next play Hawley tore around end on a thirty-five yard sprint. Two tries at the line failed to gain and Sherwin ambled back for a drop kick. The pass was perfect and Sherwin calmly taking his time scored from the 35-yard line.

The rest of the half was spent in exchanging of punts after a couple of tries of ineffective rushing by both sides. Time was called with the ball in the middle of the field in Princeton's hands.

Waller kicked off to Hoban in the second half and after an exchange of punts Princeton got the ball on Dartmouth's 42-yard line.' Dartmouth was penalized twice for holding, which took the ball to the 12-yard line. A lightning dash by Tibbott and a buck by Cunningham brought the ball to within a yard of the goal. Dartmouth was offside and the distance was halved by a penalty. In spite of the sturdiest defense there was enough weight behind Cunningham to send him over.

Unheeding the cheering of the Princeton rooters the Green was by no means discouraged and came back with a fight and a vim that were sure of results. On the kickoff Tibbott ran twenty yards and then fumbled, Pishon falling on the leather. Sherwin punted after a short gain and Tibbott was nailed without a yard. Princeton punted out of danger and another exchange found the ball in Dartmouth's possession in the center. Consistent gaining by either team was again impossible and frequent punting was the order. At last a corking low punt by Sherwin sailed over Cunningham's head, and when it was finally recovered and Princeton had been penalized fifteen yards for holding, the ball was on the 3-yard line. Buckingham punted from behind his own goal, but Rich breaking through forced him to kick high with the result that Pishon got it on Princeton's 25-yard mark. Hoban made five and on the next play Schildmiller shifted over to left end without any apparent attention being paid by Princeton. Pishon held the ball until almost downed by the Princeton line men breaking through, and then he shot the ball clean and straight to the waiting Schildmiller. The latter slipped through the dazed Princetonians and went over for Dartmouth's first touchdown. Bankart kicked goal while the Dartmouth stands went insane. Score: Dartmouth 10, Princeton 6.

That ended the scoring, but the substitute backfield Coach O'Connor sent in played a "splendid rushing game and the worn-out Princeton forwards were being crowded back toward their own goal, when the whistle blew with the ball in Princeton's possession on their own 10-yard line.

The Dartmouth Song and the famous snake dance followed, while the Princeton stands melted away. Summary:

DARTMOUTH PRINCETON Kennedy, Daly, le re, Welch, Cass, Weis Sherwin, lt rt, Booth Tobin, lg rg, Buckingham Brusse, c c, McFadyen R. Bankart, rg lg, Waller Rich, rt lt, Siegling Schildmiller, L. Bankart, re le, Dowd Pishon, qb qb, Dillon, Bergm Hawley, Steward, lhb rhb, Reed, Pfeiffer, Cunningham Ingersoll, Ryan, rhb lhb, Tibbott, Bishop, Sparks Marks, Hoban, fb fb, McCrohan

Touchdowns—Cunningham, Schildmiller. Goals from touchdowns—Waller, Bankart. Goal from field—Sherwin. Referee—Charles Taussig, Cornell. Umpire—Dr. Nathan N. Stauffer, Pennsylvania. Field Judge—William N. Morice, Pennsylvania. Head linesman— W. R. Okeson, Lehigh. Time—30-min. halves.

HARVARD 6—DARTMOUTH 0

Dartmouth lost to Harvard in the Cambridge stadium, Saturday, Nov. 14, in the last seventy seconds of play. The game was the banner one of the year in. Boston, and was played before a crowd of 35,000 that packed the big horseshoe as it had never been filled except for a Yale-Harvard contest. The story of the game in brief was that the remarkable offensive game of the stalwart Harvard eleven succeeded in wearing away one of the sturdiest defenses ever put up by a Dartmouth team. In short, the better team won.

That particular game was a hard one for Dartmouth to lose for divers reasons, but Harvard's victory was clean cut. Harvard presented one of the best teams it has had in years and the best Dartmouth had was not enough.

The battle between the opposing lines was. tremendous and was practically an even thing throughout the game. The discrepancy lay between the rushing game offered by the patched-up Dartmouth backfield and the splendid team work presented by the men behind the line on Harvard's team. Marks was still the reliable plunger, and the work of Pollard especially in the returning of punts was a feature, but. it seemed imposible for the men to get together, and plays which had been good ground gainers in other games lacked the proficiency and polish necessary against such an aggressive defense. Harvard, on the other hand, not only displayed a wonderful close formation man in White, but their execution of the forward pass at times when it counted was the best seen during the year.

Captain Kennedy and Schildmiller both upheld the reputation they earned, in the Princeton game and showed themselves two of the finest ends in the country. Their work in driving in plays aimed at them, and in covering punts displayed the highest class. The work of Tobin in the line and in getting down the field on kicks was the feature of the forwards' play. Fish, of Harvard, was a tower of strength in Crimson and was mainly responsible for the pronounced success of his team's forward passing.

DETAILS OF PLAY

On the toss Dartmouth won and Captain Kennedy chose the west goal. McKay kicked to Ryan, who fumbled, Schildmiller falling on the ball at the 18-yard mark. Marks made five but Ryan lost and Sherwin punted to Browne on Harvard's 38-yard line. On the third play Kennard punted and Crowley recovered Ryan's muff on the 2 5-yard. Corbett shot through for .a clear field, but Pishon halted him in a pretty tackle, eight yards from the goal White made three but Corbett failed and oh a forward pass Pishon got the ball behind the goal line. A score was staved off and Sherwin punted to Kennard in the center of the field.

Harvard failed and Dartmouth took the ball on downs on the 38-yard line. Pollard went in for Hawley whose shoulder, injured in the Princeton game, had given way. They exchanged punts and the ball was Dartmouth's on the 27yard line. On a fumble after five yards by Marks, Harvard got the ball and worked a forward pass for fifteen yards, but was called back for offside and Kennard punted to Ryan on the 27-yard line. Marks added five and Pollard four. Sherwin kicked. After White had made twenty-three yards on two fake kicks, Cutler sent an onside kick to Pishon on the 24-yard line. Sherwin punted on the second down and on a return Kennard sent it over Pishon s head behind the Dartmouth goal, where Pishon fell on it. Sherwin again kicked out and on the second play Kennedy nailed a Harvard forward pass on his 45-yard mark. Sherwin kicked high and Schildmiller recovered only to lose the ball because of interference with a fair catch. On "another exchange Sherwin again kicked high and Kennedy got it in the center of the field. Dartmouth failed to gain and Brusse got Sherwin's next on the 20-yard line. The Harvard line was stone and Sherwin dropped back for a drop-kick. It fell short, however, and Browne ran it out to the 29-yard line. Time was called shortly afterward with the ball in Dartmouth s possession on her own 8-yard mark.

At the beginning of the second half Withington went in for Dunlap and Ver Wiebe for Kennard. Tobin kicked off to Browne who brought the ball in sixteen yards before being downed. Corbett and White went nine yards between them and Corbett was forced to kick to Pishon. Marks tore through for five vards and Pollard went for one more. With, four to go Marks was called upon and Only failed by a fraction of an inch, considerable discussion resulting among the officials. As consistent gaming was impossible, punt followed punt until Pollard got the ball on his own 41yard line. Marks went four, six, and two through right guard. Pollard with Marks behind him shot through for ten vards and Marks made three more, but on the next play Pollard got three and Schildmiller failed to get the distance on end around. Harvard got the ball on downs on her own 40-yard line. She then made first down twice, but a forward pass was illegal and Cutler had to kick to Pollard. An exchange of punts followed and Steward went in for Ryan. Marks went six yards on the last two rushes the Green ever made. Pollard sent an onside kick to Cutler on the latter's 23-yard line.

Leslie went in for Corbett, and Harvard's wonderful march to the goal line started. White took four at center and Leslie just missed first down. White made the distance and then withdrew in favor of Smith. Leslie reeled off eight and Ver Wiebe made it first down. Leslie went three and Ver Wiebe five. Leslie bucked for five more but on the next play Harvard lost fifteen yards for holding and Cutler in desperation shot a clean forward pass for twent-three yards which Browne secured on Dartmouth's 40-yard line. Leslie got five and Ver Wiebe followed with three more. A forward pass netted ten yards and Pevear went in for Bankart. Leslie went seven, and Fish while sitting on the ground reached up for the next forward pass and secured it on Dartmouth's 9-yard line. Two rushes bore the leather to the 3-yard line, and with the whole Harvard team behind him Leslie bore back the heaving pile of green and the game was Harvard's by inches and seconds. McKay kicked goal and time was called almost immediately after the kickoff.

Summary:

HARVARD DARTMOUTH G. Brown, le re, Schildmiller Houston, McKay, lt rt, Rich Dunlap, Withington, lg rg, R. Bankart, Pevear Nourse, c c, Brusse Hoar, West, rg lg, Tobin Fish, rt lt, Sherwin Crowley, Cutting, re le, Kennedy, Daly Cutler, qb qb, Pishon Corbett, Leslie, lhb rhb, Ryan, Steward White, Smith, Long, rhb lhb, Hawley, Pollard Kennard, Ver Wiebe, fb fb, Marks

Score—Harvard 6, Dartmouth o. Touchdown —Leslie. Goal from" touchdown—McKay. Field Judge—H. L. Dadmun, Worcester Umpire—J. A. Evans, Williams. Referee—H. H. Hackett, West Point. Head linesman— G. Ayrault, Groton. Time—35-minute halves.

THE PRINCETON-DARTMOUTH GAME

THE PRINCETON-DARTMOUTH GAME

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VIEW FROM THE CLOSED END OF THE

VIEW FROM THE OPEN END

Crowd of between 30,000 and 40,000 Spectators watching Harvard-Dartmouth gar.

VIEW FROM THE OPEN END

Crowd of between 30,000 and 40,000 Spectators watching Harvard-Dartmouth gar.