FOOTBALL

Both the Princeton and Harvard games were defeats,—the one by a real fluke in no way earned, the other by a two-point margin. Considering the small number of veterans at his disposal, Coach Cavanaugh has succeeded remarkably well with his first Dartmouth football eleven. Next fall, with all but a few of the men trained under his inspection back at work, and with a strong 1915 squad to draw from, the College may safely expect more from its head coach.

DARTMOUTH 12—VERMONT 0

Vermont held Dartmouth to a twotouchdown victory on October 28. The game was a much harder one than the rooters had expected to see. On three occasions the home team was unable to make first down with but a yard or two to go. Absence of Morey and Barends from the backfield was counteracted by the return to the game of Llewellyn, whose position at quarter had been filled by substitutes for two weeks. The failure at critical points seemed to lie more with the line than the backfield. Dartmouth rushed the ball 326 yards to Vermont's 80.

DARTMOUTH 18—AMHERST 6

Dartmouth won her early games by old-fashioned football with now and then an onside kick or forward pass. Rumors of trick plays and new formations, the fruit of secret practice, went the rounds before the Amherst game. Two hundred-students made the trip to Amherst half expecting to see one or two of Coach Cavanaugh's new plays.

Though scoring once on a blocked kick, Amherst could not force the Green to try any unusual tactics. A Dartmouth touchdown was tallied in each of the first three periods. On the kickoff Llewellyn ran the ball back thirty-five yards to Amherst's 35-yard mark and from there his team rushed it over the goal line without a break. In the next period Elcock blocked a punt and ran twenty-seven yards for a touchdown. The third touchdown was made by straight rushes after an Amherst fumble.

In view of the strong showing made by Amherst against Harvard the College was much pleased with the wellearned 18-6 victory.

The lineup: Daley (Capt.), le; Elcock, It; Farnum; lg; Gibson, c; Bennett, rg; Wnitmore, Englehorn, rt; Dana, re; Llewellyn, Wright, qb; Dudley, Barends, Ihb; Morey,' Ambrose, rhb; Snow, fb.

DARTMOUTH O—PRINCETON 3

The Princeton game should have been a tie. In the last few minutes of play, after a long, even, scoreless battle, Princeton was in possession of the ball on Dartmouth's 32-yard line, it being third down with seven to go. DeWitt, their best drop-kicker, fell back six yards for a try at goal. To prevent a block he kicked hurriedly. The ball sailed along low to the ground, bounded two or three times, then jumped over the bar.

Spectators and players supposed that a no-count touchback had been made. Princeton started to line up for a scrimmage, but after a ten-minute discussion, the referee announced that a goal from the field had been scored. His opinion has been upheld by members of the Rules Committee, though all admit that the correct interpretation of the rule involved is hot the equable one.

Coach Cavanaugh's continuous secret practice was justified at Princeton. The Green employed a modification of the famous "Minnesota shift," with marked success, worked several trick plays, outrushed Princeton by fifty yards, and gained first down seven times to Princeton's six. The Tiger punts averaged thirty-eight yards, two yards more than those of Dartmouth, and in running back kicks Dartmouth was slightly outdistanced. The Green made one successful forward pass and her opponents recovered one onside kick. Princeton lost the ball five times on fumbles; Dartmouth lost it but once.

In direct contrast to the kick which scored for Princeton was a try for goal by Hogsett. Toward the end of the first half, a recovery by Elcock followed by a line buck of Morey gave the ball to Dartmouth well down the field. Hogsett was sent in to try a drop-kick. Standing forty-two yards from the goal line he kicked a long, high one which crossed the line above the cross bar but two feet outside of the uprights.

Lineup: Dartmouth Dana, re le. Whlte Englehorn, rt It, Hart, (Capt.) Farnum, rg 1g, McCormickBeer rg 1g, Winants Gibson, c c, Bluethenthal Whitmore, 1g Elcock, It rt. Phillips Daley (Capt.) ,le re, Dunlap, Hammond Llewellyn, qb qb, Pendleton Morey, rhb 1hb, Baker, Sawyer Dudley, Hogsett, Ambrose, Barends, Louden, 1hb rhb, DeWitt Snow, fb fb, Vaughan

DARTMOUTH 3—HARVARD 5

The 1911 Harvard game will go down in football history as one of the most intensely interesting and one of the muddiest battles ever fought in the Harvard stadium. While it spoiled many plays for both teams the mud worked particularly to the disadvantage of Dartmouth for it checked the dodging so necessary to wide wing tactics on which the Green offense especially depended.

Harvard entered the game with a rush, recovered a punt, and on Dartmouth's 15-yard line blocked a kick for a touchdown. Fisher failed to make good a difficult goal.

After the touchdown Dartmouth came back. The team fought hard intelligently until the final whistle. Following the recovery of a Harvard fumble on the Crimson 32-yard line, Hogsett, whose injured shoulder had kept him' out of the first lineup, went on the field for a try at goal. From a point within fifteen yards of the side lines he drove the ball squarely between the posts and well above the bar.

On two other occasions a Dartmouth score seemed imminent. In the opening period, after a forward pass to Elcock and a seven-yard line buck of Dudley, Englehorn carried the ball to Harvard s 15-yard mark on 'a craftily played fake place kick. There the Crimson line held for downs. The fake kick featured again in the last period, when Dudley plunged through to the Harvard 8-yard line only to have the slippery pigskin fly out of his hands on the tackle.

Coach Cavanaugh generalled his game like a Napoleon. From the sidelines he watched every move of his team and at the critical points sent in substitutes with instructions. Both fake kicks were tried at his . suggestion and he trusted to Hogsett at just, the right moment.

Lineup: Dartmouth Harvard Daley (Capt.), 1e re, O'Brien, Hollister Elcock, It Storer Whitmore, Beer, Dunbar, 1g rg, Fisher (Capt.) Gibson, c c, Huntington Bennett, Farnum, rg 1g, Leslie Englehorn, rt It, Hitchcock, Jenckes Dana, Lewis, re . 1e, Smith Llewellny, Hoban, Pishon, qb, Gardner Dudley, Barends, 1hb rhb, Wendell Morey, Hogsett, Morey, rhb 1hb, Campbell, Frothingham, Reynolds, Campbell Snow, fb Blackall

SCORES FOR THE SEASON

Dartmouth 18 Norwich 3 Dartmouth 22 Mass. State 0 Dartmouth 23 Bowdoin 0 Dartmouth 12 Colby 0 Dartmouth 1 Holy Cross 0 Dartmouth 23 Williams 5 Dartmouth 12 Vermont 0 Dartmouth 18 Amherst 6 Dartmouth 0 Princeton 3 Dartmouth 3 Harvard 5 132 22