FOOTBALL

Dartmouth 9, Cornell 0.

Outplaying the strong Cornell aggregation at all points of the game, Dartmouth scored a decisive 9-0 victory in the first out-of-town game of the season, played at the Polo Grounds in New York October 25. Straight old-fashioned football gave the Green the big end of the score, and Cornell was kept on the defensive throughout the contest.

Robertson at half-back and Youngstrom at guard loomed up as All-America aspirants through the brilliancy of their individual ef- forts. Robertson scored all nine points for Dartmouth, going over the line for the touch- down in the third period and later making good a drop-kick from the 47-yard line. He consistently outpunted Shiverick, the Cornell star, and barely missed a second tremendous attempt at field goal from the 60-yard line.

It was Youngstrom who twice broke through the line in the second half and blocked suc- cessive punts by Shiverick. Dartmouth’s touch- down came after the recovery of the first blocked punt by Youngstrom on the Cornell 10-yard line. Although Cogswell and Myers, the regular ends, were unavailable on account of injuries, the second-string men who took their places put up a strong defense, leaving no weak point in the Green line.

Dartmouth 7, Colgate 7

Dartmouth and Colgate, considered by lead- ing critics the strongest elevens in the East, met in a championship battle at Han- over, November 1, playing before the largest crowd ever assembled on Alumni Oval. After fighting in vain for three periods to overcome a seven point Colgate lead, gained early in the contest, the Green machine gather- ed strength and took the ball over for a touchdown in the very last minute of play. Robertson’s goal from a difficult angle left the two teams in a 7-7 deadlock when the final whistle blew.

At the start the heavy Colgate eleven ap- peared a bit too strong. Successive plunges by Gillo, the Maroon half-back carried the ball almost the length of the field, and when the Dartmouth line finally stiffened, a pass, Anderson to Gillo, resulted in the Colgate touch- down. Then for three periods the game re- solved itself into a clash of powerful offenses against even stronger lines. Neither team could penetrate the opposing defense and Robertson and Laird were repeatedly forced to punt on the muddy field.

As the last quarter was drawing to a close, the Green backfield started a desperate march down the field, with Jordan and Holbrook alternately carrying the ball. On the Maroon IS-yard line Colgate held and gained posses- sion of the ball. Webster dropped back to kick, but Youngstrom had broken through be- fore he could get the ball away. The big guard blocked the punt, picked up the ball and tore across the line for a score. Before the teams could line up after the kickoff, the whistle blew, bringing the struggle to an end.

Dartmouth 20, Pennsylvania 19.

Because Miller of Penn twice failed to kick goals after touchdowns, Dartmouth was re- turned a winner by a one point margin in another titantic contest played on the Polo Grounds, November 8. Each team scored three touchdowns but the brands of football dis- played were exactly opposite. Penn relied on a dazzling aerial attack, while Dartmouth kept consistently to the straight line-plunging game.

The Green backfield took advantage of every opportunity. Holbrook broke through tackle in the first period and ran 55 yards through the whole Red and Blue team for the first score of the game. Holbrook also chalked up six more points in the third quarter, after a brilliant run by Cannell had taken the ball to the Penn 15-yard line. Dartmouth’s third touchdown came shortly after when Jordan intercepted a forward pass and ran 70 yards to the goal line. All the Penn scores resulted from long forward passes which had the Green defense completely bewildered.

When accounts were checked up after the game, it was found that the victory had been a costly one for Dartmouth. Robertson was permanently put out of the game with a brok- en leg, and Myers sustained a broken should- er. Holbrook, Jordan, Sheperd, and Young- strom all suffered from minor injuries.

Brown 7, Dartmouth 6.

The crippled Green eleven, deprived of the services of Robertson and Myers, went down to a 7-6 defeat at the hands of Brown in Boston, November 15. Owing to the fact that Youngstrom, Holbrook, and Jordan were suf- fering from injuries, Coach Spears could on- ly use them in part of the game, consequently, Dartmouth had to rely on second string men for its main attack. Shelburne, tried out at fullback for the first time, proved a real find and in his line plunges gained more than half the total ground annexed by the Green back- field.

Although the Brown victory was a distinct surprise to the football world, Dartmouth’s showing cannot be considered other than ex- tremely creditable in the light of the unfavor- able circumstances. The Green team gained 27S yards through the line to 95 for Brown and registered 17 first downs to four for the opposing eleven. The fluke recovery of a blocked kick by Captain Nichols of Brown was the play that spelled defeat for a pre- viously unbeaten eleven.

In the second quarter the Dartmouth backs carried the ball on a 70 yard advance down the field, Ekberg going over for the score af- ter a series of line plunges. Except for the few minutes in the third period, when Nichols scored for Brown and Armstrong kicked the winning goal, everything pointed to a Dart- mouth victory. Grundman was afforded inse- cure protection when he attempted the fata! punt. Nichols picked the ball almost off the kicker’s toe and tore away to the goal line with nobody in his path to offer opposition.