COMPLETE 13 OF 23 PASSES
The first team threw a total of 23 passes, and completed 13 of these for a gain of 267 yards. From the start the Indians were out to "shoot the works" and answer the question whether their attack, hitherto based largely on running plays, wasn't too unbalanced to be really dangerous. The Dartmouth passes were cleverly designed and executed, and Cornell's close man-toman defense allowed the long passes to the tailback, usually on the end of a reverse, to work perfectly.
Dartmouth's first three passes slipped out of the chilled hands of Kenny and Hull, but thereafter everything seemed to work. The first score came about through a long toss from Chamberlain to Nairne, the Green receiver taking the ball in stride on the 18-yard line and continuing to the goal. The second touchdown came about two minutes later, this time on a 45-yard pass from Handrahan to Camp. The Dartmouth end out-juggled two Cornell defenders to get the ball and then shook himself free for a 14-yard romp to score. The pass from Handrahan was a complete surprise and marked the aerial debut of the stocky fullback.
Soon after the second quarter began, Nairne dropped a long reverse pass from Chamberlain right on the goal line, but Handrahan heaved a long, diagonal pass to Hollingworth to make up for the missed score. A beautiful block by El Camp aided Hollingworth in his 19-yard scamper after the catch. Before the half ended, the Indians put on a 66-yard aerial advance which ended with Nairne smashing across from the 2-yard mark.
The second team finished out the half and opened the third quarter. Without using a single pass, the second eleven had difficulty in getting started and was mostly on the defensive. Late in the third period, Cornell's Jack Batten hurled three consecutive down-the-alley passes for first down on the Green 14-yard line. At this point the Ithacans pulled a trick play, developing out of a spread formation, and Hooper drove to the 2-yard line. Batten went over on the second plunge, but missed the point after touchdown.
Dartmouth's first-stringers went back into the game after this score and immediately rang up two more touchdowns, both after John Handrahan had intercepted Cornell passes. The first of these was produced on the same reverse pass, Chamberlain to Nairne, and culminated a 60-yard advance. The final score of the day came about on a 53-yard drive, mixing short passes and off-tackle smashes, and was made by Nairne from the 2-yard line. Joe Handrahan converted both points, giving him and average of 4 out of 5 for the day and boosting his season's total to 22, the best in the country.
The Big Green's aerial performance, even discounting Cornell's inadequate defense, gave the Dartmouth rooters something to cheer about on the eve of the Princeton clash which seemed destined to settle the football supremacy of the East for 1935.
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