LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA F SAN DIEGO Three Years of Football at Dartmouth ng the Story of the Seasons of 'oi, '02 and 'o3 LOUIS P. BE&CEZET, Vos iuvenes quibus haec placeant, in ludutn iniisse El viribus validis cettare in gloria sit is To that great little man WALTER E. this volume is affectionately dedicated FOREWORD. The raison d'etre of this humble and unpretentious narra- tive is so evident that we need not discuss it at all. It is the simple story of the events of three seasons upon which Dart- mouth men will like to dwell. The writer gave his manuscript to a friend, a Harvard man, to be read and criticised. "Well," was the comment, "anybody would know that it had been written by a Dart- mouth man; besides, you didn't need to rub it into us quite so much!" He was assured that no attempt had been made to conceal the fact that it had been written by a Dartmouth man. So it was, written by a Dartmouth man, of Dart- mouth men, for Dartmouth men. As for "rubbing it into" Harvard, nothing was farther from my intention. The facts of Harvard-Dartmouth contests have, of course, been given in a way to make good reading for Hanover men, but no statement has, to the slightest degree, been altered or ex- aggerated, to Harvard's disparagement, from the strict truth. For the sake of readers who are not conversant with re- cent changes in the rule-book, it" may be well to explain that the seasons of '02 and '03 were played under a rule requir- ing the teams to change goals after ea,ch touchdown or goal from the field, and that in September, '03, a rule went into effect requiring seven men in the line while the ball lay be- tween the two 25-yard lines, but allowing the quarter-back to run with the ball on a direct pass, provided that he did not cut in within five yards of the spot from which the ball was put in play. 6 FOREWORD. While a work of this kind must talk with the reader of the technicalities of the game as though he thoroughly under- stood them, it is hoped that the story of these contests will prove interesting, not only to the younger Dartmouth men and those about to enter the institution, but to alumni of riper years, who knew no football in undergraduate days save the old-fashioned game, with half the college kicking toward the north end of the campus, and the rest toward the gym. and the Dartmouth hotel. I am under great obligations to Professor Charles H. Morse, who has kindly furnished the photographs from which several of our illustrations have been made; to Mr. F. A. Musgrove, '99, and Messrs. Merriam, Smith and Lampee, for courtesy in lending cuts; to Mr. F. C. Walker, of St. Paul's School, for kind assistance and criticism, and to Messrs. Witham, Place and Knibbs, who have done much to aid me in the work of gathering data. Louis P. Benezet. St. Paul's School, Concord, K H., April 19th, 1904. THE SEASON OF 'OL RECONSTRUCTION. With the opening of the season of 1901 began a new era in the history of Dartmouth football. The return to col- lege, as head coach, of Walter McCornack, '97, was a turning point in that history. It was time for a change; for three years the Green had been defeated by both Brown and Wes- leyan, and had lost quite a little of her former prestige. Year after year we had hoped for a team which would win, but three successive Novembers had found us chagrined, disappointed, and looking forward to the next season to re- trieve our fortunes. And now the alumni and students were firmly resolved that to achieve victory no stone should be left unturned. "Mac" should be secured, the team should be shaken up and made over, the system of coaching should be wholly changed, and for the first time in the history of the college there should be a competent trainer to care for the physical condition of the men. Fortunate indeed was Dartmouth in securing the services of Mr. J. W. Bowler, once assistant trainer at Harvard, and for several years di- rector of the Charlesbank Gymnasium, and no small share of the success of the seasons which we are to chronicle is due to his skill and watchfulness. The class of 1905 was particularly rich in material, having men who. had played more than one season under "Mac" at Exeter, as well as other "prep"' school stars. The names of 8 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Vaughan, Knibbs, Dillon, Patteson, Oilman, Clough, Bel- knap, Lillard, Conley, Melvin, Brown, Eix, Grover and Don- nelly will show how great a proportion of our football players entered college with this class. Yet the majority of these were ends and backs, and the great lack of heavy men was a source of anxiety to the coach all through the season. The schedule was one of the hardest that a Dartmouth team was ever called upon to play, containing games with Williams, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Harvard and Brown. The first contest was the game with the alumni eleven on September 24th. Played for the amusement of the visitors who were attending the Webster Centennial, it was mere practice for the undergrads. The alumni, however, went into the game "for blood," and by brilliant individual play- ing scored a victory over the two green teams which were put into the field against them, one in each half. The stars of years gone by had not forgotten their old tricks. "Pills" was the same old center, a little heavy, perhaps, for good condition, but very much in the game; "Ben'' and "Zeus" Marshall made a fierce pair of guards; "Kibsey" Lewis and "Squash" Little taught their opponents a thing or two about old-time football. It seemed good to see "Squash," with all the fierce old fighting blood up, crashing into the line before the ball was put in play, and pulling his vis-a-vis off-side in a style that had been in vogue a dozen years before. "Bill" Craig and "Charley" Whelan put up a great game at end, while "Johnny" Warden, as quarter-back, ran his team with great judgment. Behind the line "Charlie" Proctor lifted his famous kicks into the air, and bucked the center hard and low. "Bill" Stickney with his great shoulders carried everything before him when he struck the line: but it was FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 9 "Wife" Jennings, who, had he been permitted to play on Dave Campbell's Harvard team, would have been praised to the skies as All-America half-back, who did most of the ground gaining for the "old boys." Starting like a sprinter, wriggling through a hole scarcely big enough to admit a rabbit, dodging and shaking off would-be tacklers, once in the open field he showed the younger generation what a hun- dred yards in ten and three-fifths looked like from behind. It was worth going miles to see. The first half resulted 6 to in favor of the "gracls." At the beginning of the second half Charlie Proctor broke his nose and retired in favor of "Phil" Patey. The latter, who made right half his freshman year, only to be debarred from playing for the rest of his coujse, gave the undergrads a great deal of trouble. Low built, like Jennings, he was a hard man to stop. The alumni had scored again, and it was 12 to 0, but "Dubsy" rallied his men, and rushing the short winded "grads" down the field scored touchdown and goal. But time was soon called, and the "old boys" remained the winners. On Wednesday, October 2d, Dartmouth met New Hamp- shire College in the first game of the regular schedule. The "Aggies" had a heavy team, but they were slow and did not play together. Dartmouth showed great team work, pulling and hauling the runner along many yards after he was downed. All the new material was tried out, and everybody was given a show. No less than six men were played at quarter: Wit ham, Belknap, Farmer, Hausmann, Melvin and Brotherhood. The game was a romp for the Hanover boys, the final score standing 51 to 0. On Saturday, October 5th, Dartmouth defeated Trinity, 23 to 0, which was exactly the score made by Yale against the same team a week earlier. The game was even more 10 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. one-sided than the score would indicate, as Trinity made her distance but twice during the entire contest and held Dart- mouth but once. The Green made her first touchdown in short order. Xewick's kick-off was over the goal line and Trinity punted to Dillon on Dartmouth's 50 yard line. He was not downed until he had covered 15 yards. In five plays more the ball had crossed the line. Goal. 6 to 0. After the next kick-off an exchange of punts gave Dart- mouth the ball near the center of the field. An off-side play obliged the Hanover men to kick. From their own 15 yard line the Hartford boys did their only effective rushing, making the 26 yard line before being obliged to punt. Dart- mouth rushed the ball to the 25 yard line, where, as time was nearly up, "Witham called for a goal from placement. The ball struck a Trinity player and crossed the line, Bullock falling on it for a touchdown. Score, 11 to 0. In the second half Dartmouth put in an entirely new team. After several kicks back and forth, a fumble gave Griffin a chance to fall on the ball on Trinity's 40 yard line. From this point Colton, dough and Patteson romped through Trinity's line for Dartmouth's third score. Ailing kicked the goal. 17 to 0. Griffin ran in the kick-off to Dartmouth's 35 yard line, whence Colton, Grover and Patteson, in uninterrupted pro- cession, carried it down the field for another touchdown. Score, 23 to 0. Again the ball was rushed nearly the length of the field, and was on Trinity's 15 yard line when time was called. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 11 Summary: Dartmouth. Trinity. Bullock 1. end r Meredith Hanlon Garvin Smith, E. B 1. tackle r Henderson Ailing Pratt 1. guard r Johnson Brown Lewis center Crane Eiley Austin r. guard 1 Myers Smith, A. K. Hill Whelclen Place r. tackle 1 Van Tine Griffin O'Connor r. end 1 Allen Li Hard Chapman Witham quarter Tuke Farmer Merriam Belknap Xewick 1. half-back r Townsend Colton Trumbull Yaughan r. half-back 1 Wyncoop Knibbs Patteson Dillon full-back Van Weelden Morse Clough Grover Score, Dartmouth 23, Trinity 0. Touchdowns, Dillon, Bullock, Clough, Colton. Time, 20 minute halves. 12 FOOTBALL AT DAETMOUTH. DARTMOUTH 45, BOSTON COLLEGE 0. On Wednesday, October 8th, Dartmouth met, at Hanover, the team from Boston College, fully as heavy as herself, which had just succeeded in holding Brown to 12 points. Dartmouth played 27 men in all, no one man being allowed to play more than one half, yet won the game with ridiculous ease. Boston College could gain ground in no way, and was surprisingly weak in handling punts. The Green's first two touchdowns were scored in short or- der and in an unexpected way. Newick sent the ball over the line on the kick-off, and Captain "Jack," who was down the field like the wind, dived for it, while the Boston men stood stupidly looking on. For a moment there was silence, then "Mac's" voice rang out sharply from the side line, "I'm sorry, Boston College," said he, "but that's a touchdown," and from both sides of the field went up a roar of laughter and surprise. It took Boston College five minutes to realize that, as every man on the Dartmouth team had started be- hind the ball, they were all on-side. The kick-off went to Newick, who was downed on the 30 yard line. Witham at once punted to Boston College's 15 yard line, whence, after McCusker had failed to pick up the ball, O'Connor dropped it over the line for his second touch- down. Dartmouth's third touchdown was delayed by three fum- bles. With very little opposition on the part of the visitors Vaughan finally carried the ball over. The fourth touchdown took but ten plays. Score, Dart- mouth 24. A pretty run by little Jack Belknap took the kick-off back to Dartmouth's 45 yard line. A long punt of Newick's was FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 13 fumbled, and it was O'Connor's ball on the 15 yard line. In two plays Morse was dragged over for another score. 29 to 0. As has been said, Dartmouth put in an entirely new eleven at the beginning of the second half. A fumbled punt gave the Green the ball, near the center of the field, and in four plays Grover crossed the line. Score, 34 to 0. A fifty yard run by Farmer, a few line plays and a 30 yard gain by Patteson resulted quickly in another touch- down. 40 to 0. Another romp down the field, and Dartmouth was set back ten yards for off-side. Standing on the 29 yard line Chaun- cey Colton deftly sent the ball squarely between the posts for a goal from the field. 45 to 0. Down the field once more. Herman fell on a muffed punt and it was Dartmouth's ball on the 25 yard line. As only 30 seconds of the half remained, Colton dropped back for an- other try at goal. The kick was partially blocked and the ball fell near the goal line, where Whelden touched it down. The score, however, was not allowed, as it was claimed that time had been up before the play started. Summary : Dartmouth. Boston College. Bullock 1. end r Nickerson Hanlon White Herman Smith, E. B 1. tackle r McCusker Whelden Pratt 1. guard r Lucey Riley Lewis center Kenney Smith 14 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Leach r. guard 1 Eorke Austin Brown Place r. tackle 1 Koen Griffin O'Connor . r. end 1 Sullivan Lillard "\Vitham quarter Eiley Belknap Farmer Newick 1. half-back r McCarthy Colton Sullivan Knibbs r. half-back 1 Ford Patteson Yaughan Dillon full-back McCusker Morse Lane Grover Score, Dartmouth 45. Touchdowns, O'Connor (2), Vaughan, Morse (2), Patteson, Grover. Goal from the field, Colton. Time, 20 minute halves. DAKTMOUTH 22, TUFTS 0. On October 12th, Dartmouth defeated, at Hanover, the strong Tufts eleven, which, having just scored on Yale, was confident of a victory over the Green. The game was a romp for the New Hampshire team, which played 29 men before the contest was finished. Tufts fought hard to score, espe- cially toward the end of the game, but with Hausmann, Clough and Foster, who was just out of the hospital, playing the back field positions, and a substitute line. Dartmouth stopped her opponents time after time. Little Jack Belknap FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 15 did great work in handling punts in the back field, contrib- uting not a little to the "shut-out." As usual, Dartmouth did not get through the game without injuries. Knibbs was hurt, and Captain O'Connor, who had never been injured before in his life, retired with a twisted knee which kept him out of the line-up for five weeks. Tufts' kick-off at the beginning of the game was caught by Grover, who ran to the 25 yard line. Colton sent a beau- tiful punt to Clement, and Tufts, forced to kick after gaining five yards, returned it. Twice more punts were exchanged, Colton gaining steadily, and Tufts making desperate efforts to rush the ball before kicking. Finally Farmer made a fair catch on the visitors' 45 yard line, and Ailing tried for a goal from the field. The ball fell short and was caught on the 10 yard line, whence Clement punted 20 yards to Grover. Now for the first time Dartmouth rushed the ball, plunging through the visitors' line for long gains. The first touch- down came in short order, and Alling's goal made it 6. O'Connor caught Tufts' kick-off and ran the ball in 20 yards. Colton punted to Tufts' 45 yard line, where Pratt, by a long dive, stretched Knight on the ground. On the first play Colton downed Clement for a four yard loss. Now three times in succession, after vainh' attempting to rush the ball, Tufts tried the quarter-back kick, catching Dartmouth nap- ping twice. Once Grover secured the ball, but the umpire, for some unexplained reason, took it away and gave it to the visitors. The third kick gave Tufts the ball on Dart- mouth's 10 yard line, where Colton's beautiful tackle had saved a touchdown. On the first pla} r Colton dropped the runner behind the line. Tufts tried O'Connor's end, but made no gain and sent Clement back for a goal from the field. He had no time to get the ball away properly, and it went wide of the mark. 16 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Dartmouth kicked out, and Tufts, after trying Bullock's end for a loss, kicked back. The Hanover eleven now began to rush the ball again, and by the steady plunges of Pat- teson, Knibbs and Dillon the leather was carried two-thirds the length of the field for a touchdown. The goal was missed and the score stood 11 to 0. After the next kick-off, an exchange of punts gave Dart- mouth the ball on her 40 j-ard line, whence it was rushed to within 20 yards of a touchdown before time was called. The second half began with Dartmouth's kick-off. Pratt, who had been playing a great game throughout, made an- other beautiful diving tackle, downing the runner on the 25 yard line. Bullock threw Eay for a loss and Tufts punted. Again the procession to the goal line, resulting in the third touchdown. Griffin's goal made it 17. O'Connor ran in the kick-off some 15 yards. Newick im- mediately punted to Tufts' 50 yard line. Dartmouth was now playing a substitute team, with the exception of Griffin and O'Connor, yet the visitors were utterly unable to make any impression on the Green's line, and after three attempts gave up the ball on downs. Once more Newick punted, this time to Tufts' 10 yard line, where Knight's fumble gave the ball to Dartmouth, and the Hanover men's fourth touch- down followed immediately. With ten minutes of the half still to be played, Dartmouth put in six more substitutes, and resorted to a punting, de- fensive game. The play was all in Dartmouth's territory yet Tufts never came within 35 yards of scoring. Twice Belknap was tackled back of the goal line with the ball in his posses- sion, but each time it was a touchback and not a safety. The call of time found the ball in Dartmouth's possession on her own 22 yard line. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 17 Summary: Dartmouth. Tufts. Bullock 1. end r Cannell Hanlon Dunham Ailing 1. tackle r Coutten Smith, E. B. Pratt 1 guard r Pierce Brown Kiley center Hill Smith, A. K. Lennett Davis \ Place r. guard 1 Galarneau Austin Leach Griffin r. tackle 1 Chapman called. The Providence "townies" were ugly and with a little per- suasion would have started a free fight, but French, Buggies and the cheermasters marshalled the "rooters" into a col- umn, headed by the band, and marched them off the field. A loud report, like that of a cannon, sounded from the middle of the field. "What's that?" "What is it?" said everybody. "It's the cannon cracker that Mac vowed he would not fire off FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 51 till Dartmouth beat Brown in football!" shouted a cheer- master, gleefully. "Give a Wah- Who- Wall for Mac's cannon cracker!" And it was given with a will. " 'Gainst the line of Dartmouth They've LOST renown. Three cheers for Dartmouth And down with Brown! (Eah-Eah-Eah, Dart-mouth, Dart-mouth, Eah-Eah-Eah, Dartmouth.)" "Brown! Brown! Brown! How that color did fade! Brown! Brown! Brown! Has turned a deep blue shade. Brown! Brown! Brown! The color can't be seen. It does not show so far below Our Dartmouth Green." "Count the score!" yelled some one. The crowd re- sponded. And so, dancing in zig-zag fashion across the street, the crowd, four abreast and arm-in-arm, yelling and singing by groups and as a unit, marched mile after mile through the streets of Providence, and halted at last before the Xarragansett House. There, after yells had been given for every member of the team, for Captain O'Connor, Trainer Bowler, the substitutes and the second eleven, "Larry" Hill, standing on an old wagon, said, "Now, fellows, one last good 'Wah-Who-Wah' for McCornack, one, two, three" and there followed such a yell as has never been heard, before or since, in the streets of Eoger Williams' city: 52 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. "Wah-Who-Wah! Wah-Who-Wah! Da-da-Dartmouth ! Wah-Who-WahS T-I-G-E-B! McCornack! McCornack! ! McCornack! ! !" And another chapter in Dartmouth's football history was closed. Summary: Dartmouth. Brown. Bullock 1. end r Otis Place 1. tackle r Savage Pratt 1. guard r Johnson Hall Smith center Colter Brown, J. A r. guard 1 Hatch Griffin r. tackle 1 Webb O'Connor r. end 1 Schwiiru Hascall Witham quarter. Scucldcr Belknap Patteson 1. half-back r Green Dillon Hatch Vaughan r. half-back 1 Tarbell Brown, E. B. Denico Knibbs full-back Cann Morse Metcalf FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 53 Score, Dartmouth 22, Brown 0. Touchdowns, Knibbs (2), Place, Patteson. Referee, Mr. Lane of Harvard. Umpire, Mr. Dadmun of Worcester P. I. Linesmen, Mr. Eandall of Dartmouth, Mr. Burgess of Brown. Time-keepers, Mr. Cross of Yale, Mr. Peat of Columbia, Mr. Weekes of Brown. Time, 35 minute halves. Attendance, 5,200. NOTE AND COMMENT. Said the little coach, after the game, "Well, this is my last game of football," here he paused, and our hearts sank, "until next year anyhow." Everyone spoke with praise of Brown's gameness. It was a great thing for a badly beaten team to rush the ball 30 consecutive yards against their conquerors. There had been a most healthy competition for positions on the Dartmouth team. The day before the Brown game there were only four men on the team who were positive that they would begin the game, namely: Captain O'Connor, Jack Griffin, "Fat" Smith and Vic Place. The other posi- tions were all in doubt. Left end was almost a toss-up be- tween Farmer and Bullock, left guard a fight between Pratt and Gilman, right guard a close thing between E. B. Smith and J. A. Brown, and between the two quarters, Witham and Belknap, and the six backs, Brown, Dillon, Knibbs, Morse, Patteson and Vaughan, there was very little to choose. Fill out the second line-up with "Ben" Ailing and Homer Leach, tackles, with "Ben" Eiley, center, and Lillard and Donnelly, ends, and you have a team which would have beaten Brown seventeen points to nothing. A great sextette of backs; as Mac said of them, they could play the mischief with any line in the countr}'. Of the six, 54 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. perhaps Brown, Patteson and Knibbs were better on the defense, while Vaiighan, Dillon and Morse excelled in ad- vancing the ball. Any one of the six could cover the 100 in eleven seconds or better, while "Pat" was good for 10 ^-j. Their stripped weights ran from 163 to 171, their heights from 5 feet 7, which was Vaughan, to 5 feet 11, which was Dillon. There was not a team in the country with six backs which would average as good as this half dozen. The following statistics of the fifteen men who played in the Brown game may be interesting: NAMES. a | | If So B%. u K < ~ 7." John Christopher O'Connor, '02, right end, 22 5 ft. 9^ in., 162 John Francis Griffin, '02, right tackle, 22 5ft. 7^ in., 174 Julius Arthur Brown, '02, right guard, 21 5 ft. n in., 188 Arthur Kendall Smith, '04, center, 21 5 ft. n in., 194 David Damon Pratt, '02, left guard, 20 6 ft. 3 in., 183 Victor Morton Place, '03, left tackle, 24 5 ft. io in., 188 Matthew Washington Bullock, '04, left end, 20 6 ft. 160 Myron Ellis Witham, '04, quarter, 21 5 ft. 10 in., 160 John Belknap, '04, quarter, 21 5 ft. 3 in., 126 James Albert Vaughan, '05, right half, 19 5 ft. 7 in., 164 Robert Roswell Brown, '04, right half, 20 5ft. 9 in., 166 Greisser Winston Patteson, '05, left half, 18 5 ft. 10 in., 171 Walter Sydney Dillon, '05, left half, 20 5 ft. II in., 165 John William Knibbs, Jr., '05, full-back, 21 5 ft. io4 in., 163 Henry Boit Morse, '04, full-back, 20 5 ft. ioi in., 165 Average age of the eleven who began the game, 21 years. Average height of the eleven who began the game, 5 feet loj inches. Average weight of the eleven who began the game, 1 73^ pounds. Average weight of the seven line men, 1 784 pounds. Average weight of the first four backs, 164^ pounds. Average weight of the second four backs, 155^ pounds. Average weight of the eleven who ended the game, 1 70 pounds. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 55 Harvard, with her 194 pound line, her veteran players, some of whom, like Cutts, Lee and Kistine, had been playing college football for eight years and more, and her fast backs, was in a class by herself this season. But outside of Har- vard there was not a team in the country with which the Green could not have played, on even terms, on November 23d. In fact, there were only four in the East, Yale, West Point, Cornell and Princeton, who were in her class. Yet Lafayette and Annapolis, Columbia, Syracuse, and even Pennsylvania, who was not big sixteen, were ranked above the Green by Caspar Whitney and Charles E. Patterson. La- fayette certainly was better than Annapolis, Columbia, "et tons ces garcons la" but the best she could do against Brown was to save herself from defeat by a touchdown scored in the very last minute of play. Brown, when she met Dartmouth, was 60 per cent, stronger than in the Lafayette game. An old player who saw both games declared that Dartmouth could have beaten Lafayette 24 to 0. No, it was the same old story: Dartmouth was not given credit for being as good as she was. Never, until in '02, when the critics were obliged to reckon with Dartmouth, did the Green get her just deserts in the way of ranking. It is a great pleasure to anyone who chronicles Dart- mouth's athletic prowess to record the pleasant things which were said all through the season in regard to the gentlemanly conduct and clean playing of our team. All of the Boston papers spoke of the "entire absence of dirty playing on the part of the New Hampshire boys," as it was put in one publi- cation. Portland papers commented on the same thing, in connection with the Bowdoin game, and Providence journals had nothing but praise for the manner in which the Hanover boys played the game and for the "orderly demeanor of the rooters." 56 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. The sum total of points scored in Dartmouth-Brown games now stood: Brown 80, Dartmouth 50, distributed as follows: '94, 20-4; '95, 10-4; '96, 10-10; '98, 12-0; '99, 16-5; '00, 12-5: '01, 0-22. Of these seven games, one, the first of the series, was an easy victory for Brown; another, the last, an easy win for Dartmouth, while the others were grand battles. In '98 and '99 Brown decidedly outplayed Dartmouth, while Mac's team in '96 had as clearly outplayed Dave Fultz's. In '95 and '00 the teams had been as evenly matched as possible, a muffed punt deciding the contest in one case, a slip in the snow settling the other. To sum up briefly this most successful season, Dartmouth beat Xew Hampshire College 51 to 0, Trinity 23 to 0, Boston College 45 to 0, and Tufts 22 to 0, using from 28 to 32 men in all of these games. It will be remembered that Trinity held Yale to 23 points. and Tufts had scored on the Blue, while Brown had barely beaten Boston College. Dartmouth, with her cap- tain and four of her best men on the cripple list, won from Williams 6 to 2 in by far the poorest game which she played all the year, then ran away from Bowdoin 35 to 6, the Maine boys' only score being due to their umpire's decisions, and beat the strong and heavy Wesleyan eleven 29 to 12, a score which should have been 35 to 6, but for Thompson's theft of the ball. Bowdoin had previously held Harvard down to 12 to 0, and Wesleyan had a team which was as strong as Wesleyan teams usually are. Dartmouth beat Vermont 22 to 0, and scored twice on one of the strongest elevens that ever played football, when she held Harvard 27 to 12. The reader will remember that Bar- nard's touchdown should never have been allowed, and that Daly's goal from the field was certainly a very lucky chance. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 57 The climax of the season came when the fast and hard fighting Brown team went down, 22 to 0. Thus Dartmouth had won ten games and lost one, and scored 291 points to her opponents' 47. THE SEASON OF '02. PROGRESS. An even ten months the college had been waiting, ex- pectantly, for the beginning of the next season. The defeat of Brown, 22 to 0, on Thanksgiving da)',, 1901, had given Dartmouth a taste of football glory, and, like Oliver Twist, she was hungry for more. Of the '01 team, Captain Place, Bullock, "Fat" Smith, \Vitham, Yaughan, Dillon, Patteson and Knibbs were back in college, while a great many of the strong second team were eligible as 'varsity material. From the '05 class team came Conley, Brown, Eix and McGrath to join the 'varsity squad, while '06 furnished some good men in Gage, Herr, Deakin, Pratt, Glaze, Coburn and Green- wood. Amos Foster; half-back on Frank Lowe's team, who had been kept out the previous fall by typhoid fever, was back in the game. Still, as usual, there was a great lack of heavy men for the line; fast backs, splendid backs, a fine quarter, swift ends, we had them all; but outside of Joe Gilman and "Fat' y Smith, not a man in the squad who bettered 190 pounds. But in the midst of the anxiety which the dearth of heavy men caused to captain, coach and college, there arrived in Hanover two men who possessed the so-much desired quali- fications. They were H. T. Lindsay, '06, a Wisconsin giant who measured 6 feet 5, and weighed 229 pounds stripped,, and L. C. Turner, from Ohio, a six-footer who stripped at FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 59 196 pounds, and of whom John Eckstorm, who had seen him play, prophesied that he would make the greatest tackle that ever played football for Dartmouth. The latter came from Miami, a college whose standing in Ohio was so low that had Turner gone to Ohio State University, as he had at first intended, he would there have been eligible for the team; while Lindsay had spent some weeks at the University of Wisconsin. Both men were stronger, far and away, than the average college lineman, both good for 40 feet and over with the 16-pound shot. If they had not been so sorely needed the temptation to play them would not have been so great. But, with these two men in the game, the Dartmouth line, with "Dubsy," weighing 155 pounds, and "Mat," weigh- ing 160 pounds, playing ends, would have averaged 192 pounds, and the whole team 182. The Yale team of '02, un- disputed champions of the East, averaged as a team 182% pounds, and in their line 195, while the defeated Harvard eleven averaged 193 pounds in the line and 184 as a team. Thus by playing Lindsay and Turner Dartmouth would have had, for the first time in her history, a team far superior to anything in the minor colleges and on a par with the big two in weight, experience and knowledge of the game. To some colleges it would have been a sore temptation, but the Dartmouth Athletic council never hesitated. At its first meeting in the fall the two men in question, together with Marquess, a 190-pound full-back who had entered col- lege from Fiske University, were barred from participating in all further athletics during the year. 60 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. DAKTMOUTH 11, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 0. On Saturday, October 4th, Dartmouth won her first vic- tory of the season by defeating Vermont, 11 to 0. A hard game was anticipated, as Vermont had tied Brown, to 0, only three days before. However, the Green Mountain boys were not as dangerous as they were expected to be, and had not Dartmouth put in several substitutes in the second half the score would have been much larger. It was not until the last two minutes of play that U. V. M. was able to gain a first down. Dartmouth had in her line-up seven of the men who played against Brown the previous year, and while they were all in the game Vermont offered little resistance to their fierce offense. Clough caught the ball on the kick-off, and advanced it five yards. "Jimmy" Vaughan showed old-time form as he cleared Morse's end for 20 yards. Dillon immediately du- plicated the trick around the other end, and steady line plunges by Knibbs and the halves sent the ball over the line. Turner kicked the goal, and the score was 6 to 0. Bullock received the kick-off and tore down the field for a 25 yard gain. On the very next pla} r , however, Dartmouth fumbled, and it was Vermont's ball. Some apprehension was manifested by the "rooters" at this point, but the Green's line held like a rock, and Vermont made a poor attempt at a goal from the field. Dillon caught the ball on the 10 yard line, and by a brilliant broken field run advanced it to Ver- mont's 40 yard line. Again line plunges by Vaughan and Knibbs brought the ball to U. V. M.'s four yard line, whence Dillon shot over for the second touchdown. Score, Dart- mouth 11. Turner's try for goal barely missed the upright. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 61 After the kick-off, a beautiful dodging run by Farmer brought the ball back to the middle of the field, but time was called a moment later. At the beginning of the second half Glaze's kick-off went over the line, and Vermont kicked out from the 25 yard line. The Hanover boys were soon on their way down the field again, but on Vermont's 12 yard line they fumbled, giving the ball to the visitors. Unable to gain, Vermont punted. Once more Dartmouth rushed the ball down, Colton and Grover making steady gains. Near their own goal line, how- ever, Vermont's defense stiffened and she recovered the ball on downs. Again the Dartmouth line was impregnable and a punt sent the ball to the 45 yard line. Here again a fumble by the Green gave the ball to Vermont. The boys from Burlington now did their only effective rushing of the ball, and gained some 30 yards in all. About to be held for downs, they tried for a goal from the field from the 42 yard line, but the ball fell short. A few rushes by Vaughan and Coburn, followed by a punt, and the game was over. Summary: Dartmouth. Vermont. Bullock 1. end r Morse Herr Foster Turner 1. tackle r. ....... Kingsland Bates Gage 1. guard r Grow Smith center Gale C lough r. guard 1 Parker Place r. tackle 1 Eanney Farmer r. end 1 Patterson Donnelly 62 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Witham quarter Barrett Glaze Lillard Melvin Dillon 1. half-back r Woodward Colton Vaughan r. half-back 1 Xewton Knibbs full-back Strait Grover Coburn Score, Dartmouth 11, Vermont 0. Touchdowns, Dillon (2). Time, 15 minute halves. DARTMOUTH 0, MASSACHUSETTS STATE COL- LEGE 0. Dartmouth had a bad scare, and a narrow escape from de- feat in the game with Massachusetts State College on Wednesday, October 8th. The Massachusetts men had a veteran team, one which had, the season before, defeated Holy Cross, Boston College, Tufts and Amherst, and thanks to the excellent coaching of "Wife" Jennings, Dart- mouth's old half-back, they were much farther along in their development than other teams at this period of the year, and would have given any team in the country a good "run for their money.'' The three backs each wore a queer contrivance, a handle fastened to his body by means of a strap which reached across his back, disappearing under the front of his jacket at the armpits. By means of this con- trivance the three backs, generally with a tackle breaking FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 63 the way for them, shot through the line in a tandem forma- tion which could not be broken before it had emerged from the other side. After the good game put up by the Dart- mouth linemen in the Vermont game, the Green's forwards took a great slump, and allowed the Massachusetts men to "get the jump" on them repeatedly. But outside of two disastrous fumbles, no fault could be found with the playing of the Hanover back field. One, made by Dillon just as he was crossing the line, robbed Dartmouth of a well-earned touchdown, the other, McGrath's muff of a punt, gave M. A. C. a chance to try for a goal from the field, a trial which came near costing Dartmouth the game. Dartmouth started off with a rush. McGrath ran the kick- off in 10 yards, and the Dartmouth backs shot through the visitors' line for good gains. Vaughan, Dillon and Knibbs in turn carried the ball, bringing it to M. A. C.'s 34 yard line, where a fumble spoiled the Green's first opportunity to score. The New Hampshire line now took a little nap, while the visitors rushed the ball to Dartmouth's 45 yard line. Here, about to be held, they kicked, and McGrath received the ball on the 20 yard line. Dartmouth began rushing the ball again, but was unable to get nearer than 30 yards to the visitors' goal line. After an exchange of punts M. A. C. se- cured the ball, and rushed it to Dartmouth's 19 yard line, where, on the point of being held for downs, the visitors tried a goal from the field. The Hanover rush-line spoiled the play, and it was Dartmouth's ball. A punt by Farmer sent the leather to M. A. C.'s 50 yard line. A few moments later and time was called, with the ball on the Green's 52 yard line. The Dartmouth eleven had got "what for" from the little coach during the intermission, and came out for the second half imbued with a very different spirit from that with which 64 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. they began the game. This was immediately evident, for after receiving Dartmouth's kick-oft', Massachusetts State could not gain her distance, and Snell was obliged to punt. The kick was a long one, sending the ball to the Green's 42 yard line. Dartmouth's offense now went to work, and by the fierce charges of Knibbs, Vaughan and Dillon the ball began to move down the field. The visitors fought hard, but there was no stopping the Green's advance. Straight down the field, 66 yards they rushed, and it was first down on M. A. C.'s two yard line. On the next play Dillon shot over, and everyone was sure that Dartmouth had scored, but alas, the ball had fallen, and a Massachusetts man was on it like a flash. This failure seemed to take the heart out of the Dartmouth team, for the visitors, using their tandem tackles- back formation, crashed through the Hanover line, gaining slowly to the 50 yard line. A punt by Snell to the Green's 35 yard line was muffed by McGrath, and it was the visitors 7 ball. Dartmouth was desperate, and repulsed two plays with loss. It was then that Massachusetts' right tackle, standing on the 42 yard line, shot toward the middle of the Green's goal a beautiful kick. For three seconds the startled crowd held its breath, then gave a great sigh of relief: the dis- tance was too great, and the ball dropped just under the cross bar. Immediately after the punt-out time was called, with the score to 0. Summary: Dartmouth. Massachusetts State. Bullock 1. end r Ahearn Smith, R. B 1. tackle r Snell Glaze Brown FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 65 Gage 1. guard r Franklin Smith, A. K center Patch dough r. guard 1 Craighead Place r. tackle 1 Halligan Farmer r. end 1 O'Hara McGrrath quarter Quigley Dillon 1. half-back r Lewis Vaughan r. half-back 1 Connelly Knibbs full-back Munson Score, Dartmouth 0, M. A. C. 0. Time, 20 minute halves. XOTE AND COMMENT. Coach Jennings, of Massachusetts State, was the only per- son who was entirely satisfied Avith the game. A team which reaches its development early in the year generally suffers a relapse before the end of the season. M. A. C. was not quite so fortunate in the rest of her schedule, beating Tufts 5 to 0, losing to Wesleyan 5 to 6, and to Am- herst to 15. Myron Witham, rarely on the invalid list, was kept out of the game by a badly sprained ankle. This injury, luckily, was not serious enough to bar him from the game with Williams. DARTMOUTH 29, TUFTS 0. It was a serious problem that faced the little head coach on the evening of October 8th. Here was his team played to a standstill, his crack quarter-back out of the game, his prize backs unable to hold the ball at critical points, his line torn at will by the attacks of a team which was supposed to be greatly inferior to Dartmouth, and the Tufts game only 66 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. three days away. And Tufts had scored on Yale, for the second time in two years, and had just held the strong team of the United States Military Academy to five points; indeed, the boys from Medford made no bones of the fact that they were in search of "revenge" for the game of '01, when, under similar circumstances, they had expected to beat Dartmouth. But our coach was not the man to sit down and mourn over the situation. Three days was not much time, but it was better than nothing. Something had to be done, and sure enough there was "something doing." Joe Gilman, who had been kept out of the line-up so far by a great axe-wound in his left hand, went in at center, his hand still swathed in bandages. R. B. Smith was shifted to right guard, while the veteran center, "Fat," was given a trial at left tackle. "Dubsy" Farmer was changed over from end to quarter, and the veteran "Bill" Craig, left tackle on Fred Crolius' team, and left end on Frank Lowe's team, went in at right end. The M. A. C. game was played on Wednesday, the 8th, and the very next afternoon every member of Dartmouth's back field came out to practice equipped with the strap handles which had so materially assisted "Wife" Jennings' men in their onslaughts on the Dartmouth line. Every evening there was signal practice in the gymnasium, that the shifted men might become accustomed to their new positions. Thus was prepared for the men from Medford, a small surprise party. And truly it came as a surprise. The visitors were not merely beaten, they were outclassed. It was not a contest, it was a romp. In 35 minutes of play Dartmouth scored five touchdowns, kicking four of the goals. The playing of the Dartmouth team was a revelation; it was more than the most sanguine supporter dared hope for. They could scarcely FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 67 recognize the team that had been tied, only three days before, by the Amherst "Aggies." The punting, running and all- around playing of Chauncey Colton was a feature of the game; "Jimmy" Vaughan and "Billy" Knibbs were in cham- pionship form, and played as hard as if it were the Brown game. The visitors were none too gentle in their handling of these two players, as they had a notion that without them Dartmouth would be their prey. Somehow, Dartmouth never gets through a game with Tufts without serious injury to some prominent player. A. K. Smith and Place tore holes in the Medford line big enough to drive through a coach and four, and the Green's swift backs galloped through with ri- diculous ease. Only once did the Massachusetts eleven make first down, and not once was Dartmouth held for downs. Dartmouth kicked off, and Tufts was immediately thrown back and forced to punt. From her own 26 yard line the Green rushed the ball straight down the field for a touch- down, scored by Knibbs just four minutes after the game began. After Vaughan had run the kick-off back 20 yards Colton punted. Here Tufts made her only gain of the day, a 25 yard run by McGlew around the Green's right end. Attempt- ing the same play again, he was throvn for a loss; another loss, and a short kick was attempted. It fell short, very short, and Dartmouth secured it back of Tufts' line. Colton and Vaughan now broke loose for long runs, and the reliable "Jimmy" dodged 15 yards through .the whole Tufts team for the Green's second touchdown. Colton ran the kick-off back 16 yards, then went through an open door ("Fat" Smith's door) in the line for 33 yards. Vaughan cleared the end for 15 yards, but a fumble caused a big loss and Chauncey punted. Davis caught the ball on the 68 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 10 yard line, and "Mat" Bullock threw him back to the goal line. Time for the first half was then called. Meanwhile, a gentleman from Medford had observed "Billy" Knibbs lying on his side in a scrimmage, and had landed heavily with his knee on the latter's lower ribs. Billy was forced to retire (with an injury which kept him out of football until the last fifteen minutes of the Brown game) and Coburn took his place. The second half was simply slaughter. Tufts seemed utterly unable to stop the rushes of the Dartmouth backs and tackles. Colton and Vaughan romped through holes opened up by the linemen for 15 and 20 yards at a time. The inter- ference of Bullock was superb; he would block off man after man in a single play. "Jimmy" crossed the line just two minutes and 40 seconds after the half had begun. Score, Dartmouth 17. Fierce rushes by Coburn, Place and Colton resulted in an- other touchdown, four minutes after the first. Dart- mouth 23. A new set of backs, Eix, Grover and Couley, now went in, and scored again in five minutes, A. K. Smith carrying the ball for the final plunge. Gilman kicked the goal and the score stood, Dartmouth '29. Bullock ran in the kick-off and Deakin and Grover had carried the ball to the middle of the field when time was called. Summary: Dartmouth. Tufts. Bullock 1. end r Dunham Smith, A. K 1. tackle r McMahon Gage 1. guard r Dow Clough fi r B ?o 10 a > JO "5 H 73 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 69 Gilman center Prince Knowlton Smith, E. B r. guard 1 Galarneau Place r. tackle 1 Bray Craig r. end 1 Nason Estabrook Farmer quarter McCarthy Colton 1. half-back r Cannell Grover Vaughan r. half-back 1 McGlew Rix Deakin Knibbs full-back Knight Coburn Davis Conley Score, Dartmouth 29, Tufts 0. Touchdowns, Vaughan (2), Colton, Knibbs, A. K. Smith. Time, 20 and 25 minute halves. XOTE AXD COMMENT. It was ludicrous to see Gilman, when on the defensive, bowl over his man with one hand. The wonderful work of McCornack was never so brilliantly shown as in his ability to revolutionize a team in three days, and have it play such championship football as did Dart- mouth against Tufts. "Dubsy" Farmer put up a great game at quarter, running the team well and keeping the plays moving right along. 70 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. DARTMOUTH 18, WILLIAMS 0. Picture to yourself a level field, surrounded on all sides by a high board fence; within, a low stand, of unpainted boards, flanked on both sides by long weather-beaten bleachers. At the ends and across, a great mass of humanity, packed ten deep behind the ropes. Behind the ranks vehicles of all de- scriptions, automobiles, coaches, with a great tally-ho in the middle. Overhead a dull gray sky, the thermometer at 51 and no wind to speak of. Football weather, for both spec- tator and player. Two thousand people in the covered stand, mainly ladies and their escorts, flying banners mostly green, though here and there a bit of purple shows. On the bleachers at the sides two thousand people more, with the interest centering around a knot of Dartmouth men, two hundred strong, who are lustily singing to the beat of "Clarry" Howes' cane. Just beyond them a section which is full of young Dartmouth grad- uates. We hear them call to each new arrival: "Kimmie! How are you?" "Hoddy! Governor! Come up and be with the push." "Hello, Kid!" "There's Pitt, now." "And Larry Hill." "And Matt Jones." "How are you, Eke?" etc. It is a typical Dartmouth crowd, everybody knows everybody else. It is "Monty" or "Zach" or "Dutch" or "Dick" or "Deck" or "Dave." From the dense ranks on the east side there arises yell after yell. Here the great majority of the Dartmouth under- graduates, four hundred strong, is gathered, singing and cheering, with Karl Skinner as their leader. But the main interest arises from a contest which is going on near the 55 yard line. The Berkshire men, two hundred strong, are bunched together here to yell, while right behind them stands a tall tally-ho, loaded with young Dartmouth grads, all armed FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 71 with huge megaphones. The Williams cheermaster calls for a yell, and at once "Long Jim, the Scout," gives the signal to his cohorts. Up come the megaphones, the tally-ho becomes a hotbed of trumpet flowers, all pointing the same way, and the two yells burst forth simultaneously. And would you be- lieve it, this little knot of Hanover graduates is actually out- noising, if not outcheering, the whole Williams delegation. But all this is only the frame to the picture proper. Out upon the lime-washed gridiron are twenty-two men in action, eleven in purple and. buff, eleven in buff and green. Care- fully avoiding each other, they are crouching, charging, run- ning, pushing back imaginary opponents. In the Williams line-up we recognize some of our antagonists of a year ago, as Hatch, Gutterson and Jayne; also John Vose's twin brother, the great basket-ball player. Turning to the other team, we know them all. Tallest and heaviest of the lot, Joe Gilman, with his yellow hair and chubby face showing above the crowd, attracts our attention first. His wounded hand is still bound up in a black leather bandage, but his fingers are free, and he handles the ball well. Flanking him on one side is "Bill" Clough, who played full-back until he put on too much weight. The stocky right guard must be Gage, the freshman from Manchester. The bulky left tackle, who charges so swiftly and runs so fast, is none other than our old friend "Fat" Smith, familiar to us as last year's star center- rush; while his running mate, of course, is the old reliable "Vic." "Myron" is back at quarter, with an ankle supporter showing ominously above his shoe, while ^Mary" Dillon, who is played at full, is similarly equipped. "Dubsy" has gone back to right end, while "Mat" is at his old post on the left. Chauncey Colton has taken Dillon's place at left half, while we recognize the stocky little right half as "Jimmy" Vaughan. 72 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. A small army of substitutes, swathed in robes and blan- kets, lies on the ground between the ropes and the side lines. Here, too, we find "Jack" Griffin, John Bowler and McCor- nack. Their faces reflect the feelings of the rooters; for in spite of all the noise that the latter are making, the prevail- ing feeling is one of subdued confidence. It is just fifty-two weeks since Dartmouth came down to Xewton Center, with Jack O'Connor and Bill Knibbs out of the game, and "Mary" Dillon and Myron Witham crippled and unfit. Then we were taken by surprise and almost caught napping by a team which had been heralded as easy, but was really further ad- vanced in its development than our own. And after sitting on the anxious seat all the afternoon we had pulled the game out of the fire, as it were, in the last half of the ninth in- ning. But while we had expected to win a close and hard fought game, we were not quite satisfied. There were too many points in the contest where a hairs breadth would have turned victory into defeat. When a Williams man ac- cused us of having been favored by fortune, we did not answer him; not even were we consoled by the knowledge that at the end of the season our team could have trounced the Purple with as much ease as they did the Brown. No, we Avanted to show, and show decisively, that we were better than Williams. We were a bigger college, with 300 more men to pick from, an older college, a better college. Our men were stronger, just as sandy and knew more football; and we were going to show it. Dartmouth College had been waiting for this game since October 19th, 1901. The class of 1903 and the graduates had been waiting for it since the disastrous 12 to 10 game in the fall of '99, the game which was lost to us by Joe Wentworth's and "Wife" Jennings' in- juries, Bill Stickney's fumble and Charley Proctor's inability FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 73 to kick goals. In eleven years Williams had beaten us but once; the scores ran: 24-12, 20-0, 10-0, 10-5, 10-0, 52-0, 10-6, 10-12, 6-2, a total of 152 points for Dartmouth to 37 for Williams. Today we were going to leave no doubt; it was to be a clean, decisive victory; "Mac" had been caught off his guard a year ago, with his team just picked, his best men crippled, and his plays undeveloped. To-day he was ready; this team had been already "tried out" against Tufts; they expected to win, but were not overconfident; they had been working hard, and were to reap the fruits of their labors. Williams, too, had been working hard. They had held Harvard to 11 points, and, though beaten by Cornell, had managed to score on the Eed and White. This was, to them, one of the two games of the season. They must prove that they are still in Dartmouth's class. Williams has grit, plenty of it. Her men will fight hard, and within her 30 yard line the strength of her defense will vary inversely with the dis- tance from the goal. And this is why we have all met at Newton Center to see this game. But in the meantime out on the field something is going to happen. The practice is over, and the gridiron is vacant, save for a tall man in citizen's clothing, toward whom is walking a player from each of the two groups on the side lines. The three meet, converse for a moment, a coin flies into the air, and the referee stoops and picks it up. As the little group separates, each captain calls his men, and it is seen that Williams has won the toss. For the Berkshire men are spread out to defend the south goal, from which a gentle breeze is blowing. There is a moment of silence, the hush of expectancy, as Chauncey Colton tilts the ball to suit his taste; everyone, players and spectators alike, stand tense with suppressed 74 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. emotion; a sharp whistle sounds, the Hanover men go tear- ing down the field after the ball, and a great sigh goes up from the crowd of spectators. Ten yards is all that Gutter- son can make, and Williams is only 20 from her own goal line. Five rushes, however, net the Purple 17 yards, and Dartmouth rooters begin to feel anxious. Williams next tries Bullock's end, but the play is a complete failure, "Mat" downing his man away behind the line. As Watson drops back to kick a yell goes up from the Hanover men. a yell which dies away suddenly into a groan, for "Mary" Dillon, who in four years of football has never muffed a punt, drops the ball, and a Berkshire man is on it. It is on the Green's 39 yard line, and the team, fully awake to its danger, is now fighting its hardest. Two downs in quick succession gain only two yards, and a punt sends the ball to Dillon on the seven yard line. Still a little over confident, the Hanover eleven does not put forth its full strength, and two fine tackles by Lewis prevent gains. Wltham punts, and it is Williams' ball on the 46 yard line. A beautiful tackle by Farmer set* the Berkshire men back five yards, and a fumble gives Dart- mouth the ball. Now the green-stockinged eleven settles down to its task, and begins to show its real strength. Amid the frantic cheers of its supporters it carries the ball 58 yards in eight plays, including two 15 yard runs by Vaughan, and three dives by Dillon ranging from five to eight yards. Again Jimmy is given the ball, and as he crosses the line, pushed over by his team mates, three thousand people rise to their feet. Some one starts a yell, but it is quickly hushed, for it is seen that there is something the matter. The um- pire brings out the ball, and Dartmouth has been set back 10 yards for off-side play. One more rush, and there are still seven yards to go. Rather than risk another down Witham FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 75 signals for a place kick. But the Williams backs break through, and Gutterson blocks. Vaughan dives for the ball, and reaches it just a fraction of a second before three purple- clad warriors. On the very first play Colton is called on to clear right end. He runs 14 yards, but is nailed five yards from the line. As he falls, however, two of his team mates grasp him by his strap, and over the line he goes, together with the ball and two Williams men who have attached themselves to him. Again the great crowd rises to cheer, but again ominous actions on the part of the umpire deter them. He is whistling and wildly waving his hand, but Chauncey is still sitting on the ball, and Captain Place is evi- dently telling him not to budge. A short discussion follows, while the spectators, all on pins and needles, stand fidgeting. The little group at last breaks up, and the ball is brought out; the next instant a great roar breaks forth, for the Dart- mouth substitutes are jumping for joy, and Myron is holding the ball for Jimmy to kick. A clean goal, and the great crowd on the east side counts: Dartmouth 6. "What was the trouble?" "How was it settled?" is heard on all sides. The news travels slowly from mouth to mouth, but finally we learn that Mr. Dadmun had decided that Williams should be penalized for off-side play, but that finally he had been made to see by Dartmouth that 10 yards received were not quite as good as 19 yards earned,, especially when the 19 yards reached to the line and included a touch- down. Meanwhile the teams have changed goals, and Vose is teeing the ball for the kick-off. And now comes the prettiest play of the game. Standing under his own goal posts ''Mary" Dillon catches the ball and is off like a shot. With- out checking his speed in the least he dodges one tackier, 76 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. hurdles another, and passes man after man. On the 35 yard line a beautiful piece of blocking by Bullock rids him of two more. The white cross-lines are flying by him like telegraph poles past a fast express. Man after man and line after line is passed, until in the very middle of the field, little Jayne hurls himself straight in Dillon's way. He trips, stumbles, and before he can regain his speed Gutterson has him, and he is down, having run 55 yards. The major part of the spectators are frantic with joy, and from all sides of the field ring out the wild yells: "Dart-mouth! Dart-mouth! Dart-mouth! Dillon! Dillon! ! Dillon! ! !" -But, to every- one's surprise, Williams, far from being disheartened, fights desperately. Three downs barely net five yards. Two more plunges by Place and Dillon and it is first down again. Vaughan adds five yards, Dillon hurdles for nine, and Colton, amid the wild yells of the Dartmouth contingent, plants the ball on the 15 yard line. Another rush by Chauncey and the ball is but three yards from the goal. The crowds on the side lines are yelling "Touch-down! Touch-down!" But alas! the umpire calls for the ball, and turns it over to the Berkshire men, claiming that Dartmouth has held. Thus a sure touchdown is averted, and the Green's score cut down six points. A short gain by Gutterson and Williams punts, the ball going to Dillon on the Hanover eleven's 40 yard line, for the kick has been a long one, and gone over the full-back's head. On the very first play Dartmouth loses the ball on a fumble. An attempted double pass leaves the Williams runner behind his x>wn line, with Farmer clinging to his legs; but a fake kick results in a scant five yards gain. The next play is so badly broken up by "Fat" Smith that Williams drops the ball and Bullock falls on it. With two and a half minutes to play Dartmouth does some fierce rush- ing, and gains 43 yards in 12 plays, one of them a fine hurdle FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 77 by Dillon. But there is not time enough to score again, and the half ends, with the ball 27 yards from another touch- down. But for off-side play and holding Dartmouth must have scored once more during the half, if not twice. The signals had been given very slowly, and a little more haste would have increased the score materially. As the teams take their places for the second half the Dartmouth rooters notice that Gage's place is filled by the familiar figure of "Cracked Corn" Smith, and that Grover has gone in for Dillon, whose weak ankle is again giving out. Vose's kick-off is caught by Colton, who recovers 15 yards. On the very next play Grover, after gaining four yards, drops the ball, and Williams has only 24 yards to travel for a touch- down. Over anxiety on the part of Dartmouth results in a penalty of five yards, and it is first down for the Purple just 19 yards from a score. It certainly looks as though they might score, and Dartmouth's rooters are yelling frantically to spur on the team to greater efforts. On the very next play, however, a gilt-edged tackle by "Dubsy" sets the Berk- shire men back six yards. Realizing the hopelessness of any further advance, Captain Hatch calls on Peabody to attempt a goal from the field. The distance is short, and the ball squarely in front of the posts. Everyone holds his breath; back comes the ball, but back, too, come Dartmouth's ends, both leaping into the air before the kicker. The ball is stopped, and goes rolling off to one side, where Colton picks it up and runs it back to the Hanover eleven's 42 yard line. From this point Dartmouth carries the ball in an uninter- rupted procession straight down the field for 68 yards and a touchdown. Nineteen plays in all are needed, most of them short plunges through Williams' line. Grover, Vaughan, Place, Colton and Smith take turns advancing the pigskin, until at the 31 yard line Vaughan tears loose for a 10 yard 78 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. advance. Conley, who is here substituted for Grover, adds another 10 yards, and there are only 11 yards more to go. Here, however, the Purple's defense stiffens, and it is only by a supreme effort on the part of the Hanover eleven that Conley is finally pushed over, at the extreme corner of the field. Once more pandemonium reigns on all sides, and as the Dartmouth band strikes up a familiar tune the excited rooters roar out: "In the good old football time, In the good old football time, Williams was an easy mark 'Gainst our sturdy line. And as we roll up score on score Sure that's a very good sign, She's still the same old easy mark In the good old football time." A yell greets Myron's successful punt-out, and a louder one follows Jimmy's successful goal. Score, Dartmouth 12. Once more the teams have changed goals, and Vose is kick- ing off. The ball goes high and far, and falls behind Dart- mouth's goal line. A kick-out from the 20 yard line follows, and Lewis brings back the ball to the 46 yard line. Williams here tries a trick play, a neatly executed double pass, which gives them 10 yards. But for a quick recovery and brilliant tackle on the part of Bullock, Watson might have gone free. Two plunges, and it is first down again. Dartmouth is penal- ized five yards, Williams again makes first down, and once more the umpire sets the Green back five yards. With the ball on the 14 yard line the Hanover team awakens to the fact that Williams is still in the game. The cheers and songs from the bleachers put new life into the team, who are exhorted to "make it a shut-out." The crowd is looking for FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 79 a great stand by the New Hampshire eleven, and in spite of the yells of approval there is a genuine feeling of disappoint- ment among the Dartmouth rooters when, on the next play, Mears drops the ball and Colton falls on it at the 10 yard line. Xow Dartmouth settles down to her task again, and steadily the two elevens move up the field. Both bodies of rooters are singing and cheering madly, and a grand struggle is on. Three yards, four yards, five yards at a time the ball comes toward us. On the Purple's 51 yard line "Jimmy" Vaughan tears loose for a long run. Before he has gone 10 yards he is tackled, but he takes tackier, ball and all along for another eleven yards, while bleachers and grand stand re-echo to the sound of "Dart-mouth! Dart-mouth! Dart- mouth! Vaughan! Vaughan!! Vaughan!!!" With ' 30 yards to go, Williams' defense grows stronger and more stub- born. Conley is called on time after time to plunge or hurdle for the two yards that just brings first down. Again the Hanover rooters are calling "Touch-down! Touch-down!" and it is evident that something is going to happen. It is growing dark rapidly and all we can see is a shadowy mass gathered at the extreme north end of the field. Still it moves, however, and now, after one play more, it disinte- grates and scatters. A wild yell goes up, and the band strikes up the Dartmouth song. Instantly every head is bared, and the whole Dartmouth delegation is on its feet. It is a thrill- ing sight, to look up and down the long rows of men all standing motionless, raising their voices together as they sing the inspiring words: "Thy name we'll cherish all our lives, Thine honor we'll uphold, And wish that we were back again Within thy classic fold." 80 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. The song ended, the crowd waits for Jimmy Vaughan to kick the goal, then with triumphant yells, counts Dartmouth 18. A moment later and time is called. The crowd surges out upon the field, and the air is full of hats, canes, hand- kerchiefs, banners, and is rent with yells and songs. The band strikes up "John Brown's Body" and round and round the field marches the crowd, yelling like mad, until, emerg- ing from the grounds, they take the high road to Boston, still singing at the top of their voices: "Glory, glory to old Dartmouth! Glory, glory to old Dartmouth! Glory, glory to old Dartmouth! For this is Dartmouth's day." And it certainly was. Summary : Dartmouth. Williams. Bullock I. end r Vose Herr Smith, A. K 1. tackle r Hatch Clough 1. guard r Dennett Gilman center Campbell Gage r. guard I Hoffman Smith, E. B. Place . > r. tackle 1 Jones Murray Farmer r. end 1 Lewis Foster Witham quarter Jayne Miller Williams FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH- 81 Colton 1. half-back r Watson Miller Vaughan r. half-back 1 Gutterson Mears Dillon full-back Peabody Grover Durfee Conley Score, Dartmouth 18, Williams 0. Touchdowns, Colton, Conley (2). Referee, Brown of Harvard. Umpire, Dadmun of Worcester Tech. Time, 25 minute halves. NOTE AND COMMENT. The Boston Advertiser, in speaking of the game, says: "When it is considered that Dartmouth displayed not more than 75 per cent, of her strength at Newton Saturday, sev- eral of her best men being unable to take part in the game, respect for W. E. McCornack's ability as a coach is consider- ably increased. He bids fair to evoke another highly suc- cessful team out of material which, for several line positions at least, was not exceptional to start with." The statement in regard to 75 per cent, of Dartmouth's strength was literally true. "Billy" Knibbs, the veteran full- back, was out of the game, and Dartmouth's defense suffered very much in consequence. Patteson, last year's regular left half, was in the hospital, laid up with quinsy and asthma. Dillon's ankle gave way and forced his retirement at the end of the first half. Witham was in a similar condition, and was sparing himself as much as possible. It was almost a repeti- tion of the injuries to the team a year before, when Knibbs had been out, Colton laid up with a bad muscle bruise, Jack O'Connor out of the game for a month, and Witham and Dil- lon in very poor shape physically. 82 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. In studying a chart of the game made out by a Boston re- porter, Dartmouth's superiority was at once evident. In every department of play the Hanover men outclassed their opponents. Without once losing possession of the ball, they rushed it 82 yards for a touchdown, then carried it 102 yards from the kick-off, only to have it taken away on a penalty, yet made another 42 yard march before time was called for the first period. In the second half, two marches were made to the goal line, one 62 yards long, the other an even 100. In the first half Dartmouth rushed the ball 173 yards (half of the second march mentioned above was covered by Dillon in the run-back of the kick-off), "Williams 23 yards. In the second half Dartmouth rushed 172 yards, Williams 21. In the whole game Dartmouth rushed 345 yards, Williams 44. Dartmouth ran back kick-offs for a total of 82 yards, Wil- liams for 13 yards. "On the offensive Dartmouth waited some little time be- tween plays, and if the plays could have been run off more quickly Williams would have been defeated by a much larger score." Boston Herald. "Dartmouth's line was clearly superior to its opponent's in both offense and defense. The Dartmouth linemen broke through on every play. Oilman, the Hanover center, threw his man back every time and aided the backs in every play through the line. Dartmouth's line also tackled well, the men always getting the runner low and hitting him fiercely. The Hanover backs were a fast combination and they worked together beautifully. The left half-back and the full-back went through the line together every time, the full-back having his arm around the half-back's neck. On the de- fensive the backs helped the line well." Boston Globe. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 83 DARTMOUTH 6, AMHERST 12. It is almost impossible for a football team to develop great strength early in the season and maintain it to the end. Sooner or later there comes a slump. Just what is the cause of this is not always known; but the fact is one which is recognized by all coaches. "Dave" Campbell's championship Harvard eleven, Chadwick's great Yale team, each had a narrow escape, in mid-season, from defeat at the hands of West Point. Even Gordon Brown's wonderful team of 1900 was held 10 to 5 by the inferior Columbia eleven. The eleven from Providence was caught napping by Lafayette, on No- vember 1st, and on October 25th, Dartmouth was caught off her guard and defeated by Amherst. It was a most unexpected and stinging reverse. Amherst had a strong team, one which had held Harvard to six points, and defeated Columbia 29 to 0, but she really was not on a par with Dartmouth when the Hanover team was in condi- tion. Knibbs, Patteson and Dillon were out of the game through injuries, and Colton, who played such great football against Williams, had been laid out in the practice only a few days before. But this was not the cause of Dartmouth's de- feat. The truth of the matter was, the men were a bit "stale." Fearing the Williams game on account of Dart- mouth's 1901 experience "Mac" had overworked them in preparation for this year's battle. This was clearly shown the following week, when several men began to lose weight. Jimmy Vaughan began the game weighing 156 pounds, and others were nearly as bad. Throughout the first half, while their strength lasted, the Hanover men completely outplayed their opponents. Amherst did not make her distance once, 84 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. while Dartmouth rushed the ball 132 yards, earning one touchdown, and losing another through fumbles and penal- ties. There were over two thousand spectators, two hundred of whom were "rooters"' from Amherst, and their triumphant march around Alumni Oval after the game was not the least galling feature of Dartmouth's defeat. Amherst kicked off 35 yards to Witham, who recovered 10. Vaughan failed to gain at right end, and Witham punted 55 yards to the visitors' 25 yard line. \Vashburn was thrown for a loss, and Quill went back to punt. The Hanover line- men came through fast and blocked the ball, which, however, was recovered by Amherst. A punt sent the ball to the mid- dle of the field, and by the four and five yard plunges of Rix and Conley Dartmouth rushed it 56 yards for a touchdown. Vaughan's goal made it 6. Eix carried Amherst's kick-off to the 30 yard line. Dart- mouth gained some 20 yards, but was penalized 10 for off- side. Quill returned Witham's poor punt, gaining 14 yards by the exchange. Dartmouth once more began to rush the ball, gaining to Amherst's 50 yard line, where it was given to the visitors for holding. Again Amherst was unable to gain, and Quill punted to Dartmouth's 25 yard line. Once more Dartmouth rushed it to the center of the field, but time for the first half was called. Dartmouth opened the second half by kicking to the 20 yard line, where Pierce was downed in his tracks. Washburn tore through left tackle for his distance, the first five yards that the visitors had earned. Dartmouth's defense became shaky, and Amherst rushed the ball to the Green's 50 yard line, where it changed hands twice, through a fumble by each team. Quill tried right end, but lost six yards through Con- ley's beautiful tackle. Amherst punted to the home team's FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 85 30 yard line, whence Witham recovered 18 yards. Vaughan made four yards, Conley six and Vaughan seven. It looked as though Dartmouth was bound to score again, but on the next play the umpire set the home team back 10 yards. Witham went back to punt, but juggled the pass and the ball was knocked out of his hands. Three Amherst men chased it back, Daniels finally securing it, only 27 yards from the goal. In spite of the heroic efforts of Witham, G-ilman and Bullock to stem the tide, in eight rushes Amherst had scored. The punt-out was a success and Daniels' goal, tying the score, sent Amherst's rooters into the seventh heaven of delight. Dartmouth kicked off, and the visitors were forced to line up for their first scrimmage on their own 16 yard line. The umpire set them back for off-side, and Quill punted to his 35 yard line, where Witham made a fair catch. Brown was called upon to try a goal from the field, which he missed by a narrow margin. Amherst kicked out from the 25 yard line, and it was Dartmouth's ball on her own 50 yard line. It went to the visitors almost immediately on a fumble, and they be- gan to gain rapidly through the exhausted Dartmouth line. Forty-five yards they made, ploughing through for 17, 12, seven and five yards in four plays, but on their five yard line the Hanover eleven made a gallant, desperate stand. Twice the visitors were held for no gain, and Quill went back for a goal from the field. And now the game was decided by a mere fluke, a strange turn of fortune: The kick was blocked, the ball shot out to one side and fell on the field with nobody near it but Washburn of Amherst. Place and Bullock were the only Dartmouth men to see the ball, but neither could crawl out of the heap in time to head off Washburn, who, with a clear field in front of him, ran eight yards for the de- ciding touchdown. Daniels' goal made it 12 to 6. 86 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Less than a minute remained of the half, and there was no time to do anything to retrieve the fortunes of the day. Summary: Dartmouth. Amherst. Bullock 1. end r Priddy Smith, A. K 1. tackle r Varnum Smith, B. B. Clough . .1. guard r Park Brown Oilman center Howard Gage r. guard 1 Palmer Brayton Place r. tackle 1 Pierce Farmer r. end 1 Bafferty "VVitham quarter Daniels Eix 1. half-back r Washburn Vaughan r. half-back 1 Biram Conley full-back Quill Score, Amherst 12, Dartmouth 6. Touchdowns, Conley, Quill, Washburn. Goals, Vaughan, Daniels (2). Umpire, Dadmun, W. P. I. Eeferee, Cutts of Harvard. Time, 25 minute halves. DABTMOUTH 12, WESLEYAN 5. On Saturday, November 1st, Dartmouth defeated \Ves- leyan 12 to 5, on Andrus Field, Middletown. A great shak- ing up had taken place, and the line-up had been materially changed since the Amherst game. "Fat" Smith was back at center, Joe Gilman had been shifted to left guard, Frost went in at left tackle, the veteran "Bill" Craig took Bullock's FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 87 place at end, as the latter was on the hospital list, Grover and Dillon were back in the game, and Amos Foster had hegun to play the fast, smashing game hy which he distin- guished himself during the remainder of the season. The team's defense was strong, its offense fast, the play was full of life and snap. One would hardly recognize the team which only a week before had been defeated by Amherst. In the line the playing of Clough and Gilman was brilliant. They were towers of strength on defense and opened great holes on offensive play. All the backs played good football, with the exception of tackling. In this department the Hanover boys showed remarkably poor form, and to this fact it is due that the score was not much larger. On the day of the Brown game, Dartmouth would have defeated Wesleyan 28 to 0. Wesleyan, although outplayed, put up a game fight, and by good defensive work and trick plays kept the ball in Dart- mouth's territory all through the first half. The clean play of both sides was remarked upon by all the spectators. Wesleyan's kick-off was caught by Dillon, who ran back 20 yards. Captain Place was brought back of the line for a four yard gain. Fine interference gave Vaughan a clear field for a run around the end. But his cleats refused to hold in the slippery ground and he fell heavily. Thus, instead of scoring in the first minute of play, Dartmouth was obliged to punt and lost the ball. From the center of the field Wes- leyan gained slowly, barely making her distance for three successive first downs. Discouraged by the slow progress, Captain Calder sent Forbes around Dartmouth's end on a beautifully executed trick play for 40 yards and a touch- down. Dillon downed the runner just as he crossed the line, at the very corner of the field. The punt-out was unsuccess- ful, and the score stood Wesleyan 5. 88 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Oilman's kick-off took the ball to Calder on the five yard line, and the little captain made a beautiful run, recovering 52 yards, while the Dartmouth players stood by and waited for each other to make the tackle. The reliable Jimmy downed him at last. At Dartmouth's 33 yard line the Han- over men refused to budge and Gillispie went back to try for a goal from the field. This was unsuccessful, the ball going to the goal line, whence Dillon ran it in 15 yards. Dart- mouth had gone to sleep, and could not gain fast enough. Witham's punt sent the ball to the middle of the field. Again Wesleyan rushed 15 yards, but could gain no farther and tried another time, unsuccessfully, for a field goal. Dartmouth was still in a stupor, and could not gain. Witham's punt sent the ball to the center of the field, whence Wesleyan rushed it 15 yards in eight downs. On our own 41 yard line she was held for downs, and the visitors, emerging from their trance, began to show their real strength. The forwards tore great holes in the Middletown line, through which the backs dived for five and 10 yard gains. In the last three and a half minutes of the half the ball was carried from Dartmouth's 41 to Wesleyan's 24 yard line, a distance of 50 yards. Call of time for the first half saved the Meth- odists and left the score, just as in the game a year before, in favor of the weaker team. At the beginning of the second half Dartmouth still showed the fight and dash that had marked her play during the closing moments of the first. Three fresh men had gone in, Eix, Brown and Donnelly, and the whole team was thor- oughly aroused and full of fight. Oilman's kick-off was over the line, but Calder, hoping for another exhibition of poor tackling on the part of the visit- ors, essayed to run it in. On the 18 yard line he was met by FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 89 "Vic" Place, who hurled him back some yards. Wesleyan was unable to do anything with Dartmouth's stonewall de- fense, and Coote punted to Grover. The latter muffed the ball, but snatched it up just in time to save it from a Wes- leyan end, and made 10 yards. Fierce charges by the Han- over backs took the ball to the 15 yard line, where the Methodists secured the ball on downs. Again Dartmouth refused to budge, and another punt sent the ball to Vaughan, on the Green's 50 yard line. Once more Dartmouth began her advance, and steadily down the field she moved in un- interrupted procession, for 60 yards and a touchdown, scored by Vaughan. Jimmy then kicked a pretty goal, and Dart- mouth led by one point. Amos Foster now took Vaughan's place, and Dartmouth began her attack once more. Donnelly ran in the kick-off some twelve yards, and Rix, Grover and Foster began to pound Wesleyan's line for gains averaging five yards per down. The play which sent Grover through left tackle, with Foster closing in the rear of the column, was the surest ground gainer. Down the field, steadily, moved the two elevens until on the 20 yard line Dartmouth was penalized 10 yards for off-side play. As Dartmouth had two downs in which to make the necessary 15 yards, Witham sent Grover through Wesleyan's right tackle. The big full-back kept his feet beautifully and was not pulled down until he had cov- ered 17 yards. It took but three more charges to send him, on the same play, over the line for a touchdown. Brown kicked a pretty goal from a difficult angle, and the score stood: Dartmouth 12, Wesleyan 5. Grover ran back the kick-off 18 yards, and Dartmouth had rushed the ball to the middle of the field when time was called. 90 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Summary: Dartmouth.- Wesleyau. Craig 1. end r Hanlon Onthrop Garrison Frost 1. tackle r Forbes Brown Gilman 1. guard r ^ S 1'.V Day Smith .center Gillispie Clough r guard 1 Brown Place r. tackle 1 Goode Farmer .r. end 1 Onthrop Donnelly Eyster Witham quarter Calder Colton 1. half-back r MacDonald Grover Rix Vaughan r. half-back 1 Cobb Foster Dillon full-back Coote Grover Score, Dartmouth 12, Wesleyan 5. Touchdowns, Forbes, Vaughan, Grover. Eeferee, Mr. Lane of Harvard. Umpire, Mr. Dadmun of Worcester Tech. Time, 30 minute halves. NOTE AND COMMENT. At the opening of the second half Captain "Vic" had evi- dently made up his mind that if his ends and backs would not tackle the runner, he must do it himself. And he did it in grand style. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 91 As usual there was the hest of feeling between the two elevens. Wesleyan's reception of their visitors was hospi- tality itself. Dartmouth-Wesleyan scores now stood a tie: 1892, Dartmouth 20, Wesleyan 4; 1898, Dartmouth 5, Wesleyan 23; 1899, Dartmouth 0, Wesleyan 11; 1900, Dartmouth 5, Wesleyan 16; 1901, Dartmouth 29, Wesleyan 12; 1902, Dart- mouth 12, Wesleyan 5. Total, Dartmouth 71, Wesleyan 71. Each college had had three victories. In the last three Dartmouth-Wesleyan games the final loser had led at the end of the first half. In '00 the first half found Dartmouth in the lead, 5 to 0; in '01 Wesleyan led at the end of the first, half, 12 to 6, and in '02, 5 to 0. In '99 the score at the end of the first half stood to 0, but Dart- mouth had had the better of the play, and in '98, with the score 6 to 5 in favor of the Methodists at its close, the first half had shown Dartmouth playing the better football. DARTMOUTH 11, SPRINGFIELD T. S. 0. On Saturday, November 8th, Dartmouth defeated the strong team which had tied Wesleyan two weeks previously, the team of the Springfield Training School. This institu- tion is for the purpose of developing physical directors for the Young Men's Christian Association, and thus is com- posed of picked athletes. Superior team play and knowledge of the game gave victory to Dartmouth, and the score does not show fully the Green's superiority to her opponents. The line played the same fast, aggressive football which it had shown in the Wesleyan game, while the tackling was im- mensely improved. The work of Bullock and Farmer was 92 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. brilliant, and the playing of Dillon and Foster not much be- hind. Patteson, who, after his discharge from the hospital, began playing at 144 pounds, was in the game for the first time, to the great delight of the spectators, who were think- ing of the coming Brown game. Witham ran the kick-off to the 47 yard line, Frost gained 13 yards, Foster 10 and Frost five. Witham punted to Gray on the five yard line; Gray returned the kick and Witham ran the ball in 15 3 r ards. Frost made 20 yards, "Pat" seven, and Brown covered the remaining distance to the goal line in a dive through center. The punt-out was not caught, and the score stood, Dartmouth 5. Bullock caught the next kick-off and recovered 23 yards. Place and Foster each made five yards, but a fumble gave the ball to the visitors on the next play. A trick play, with Ab- bott carrying the ball, gained them 12 yards. A fumble, and Bullock dived for the ball. Dartmouth took up her advance again, and the backs and tackles carried the ball to the vis- itors' eight yard line. Here the latter developed unexpected strength, and took the ball away on downs. A punt followed, and "Pat" made a fair catch on the 43 yard line. The dis- tance was too great, and the try-at-goal failed. The ball rolled over the line, and Springfield punted out from the 20 yard line. Brown caught the kick and recovered 1? yards. On the next play a pretty run by Farmer netted 43 yards and a touchdown. This play, marked by good inter- ference on the part of Bullock, "Pat" and Brown, and good dodging by "Dubsy" himself, was the prettiest of the game. Witham kicked goal, and the score stood, Dartmouth 11. Dartmouth rushed the ball to mid-field, whence Witham punted to Gray, who was downed in his tracks by big Joe Gilman. Time was called with the ball in the visitors' pos- session on their own 12 vard line-. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 93 In the second half Dartmouth relaxed somewhat, while Springfield played harder than before. Gilman's kick-off was over the line, but Carley recovered 20 yards. Slow gains by the visitors, with an exchange of punts, carried the ball to the Green's 40 yard line, where the Hanover boys held for downs. Dillon squirmed through the line and ran 34 yards, but Dartmouth fumbled. Springfield punted, and Dart- mouth had the ball on her own 28 yard line. Bullock made 25 yards around the end, and Dillon 12 more through the line. The visitors then gained possession of the ball on downs, but after trying in vain to rush it, punted. Dart- mouth now rushed the ball steadily down the field to Spring- field's 27 yard line, where time was called. Summary: Dartmouth. Springfield. Bullock 1. end r Wolworth Frost 1. tackle r Draper Smith, R. B. Gilman 1. guard r Bugbee Smith, A. K center McLaren Clough r. guard 1 Clark Gage Place r. tackle 1 Hamlin Farmer r. end 1 Berry Lillard Witham quarter , Gray Patteson 1. half-back r Abbott Dillon Foster r. half-back 1 Elliott Brown full-back Carley 94 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Score, Dartmouth 11, Springfield T. S. 0. Touchdowns, Brown, Farmer. Eeferee, Foster of Amherst. Umpire, Bar- ton of Dartmouth. Time, 25 minute halves. DARTMOUTH 6, HARVARD 16. "Harvard found a Tartar in the team from Hanover yes- terday afternoon, and it was only toward the end of the sec- ond half, and after the Crimson rooters had been turned pale with fright, that Harvard won out by the score of 16 to 6. For what seemed at least an hour visions of defeat at the hands of a minor college floated before the minds of the im- mense crowd of Harvard spectators who had turned out to see the last game of 'varsity football on Soldiers' Field this season. They had expected better things of the Harvard eleven in its last home game, and as there can be but little doubt that the team played to its limit because it had to in order to win, if for no other reason the prospects for next Saturday's game are far from encouraging. "Although Dartmouth came out of the first half with the score 5 to against her it was fair to say that she had played Harvard on even terms, and for a good part of the second half Harvard was clearly outplayed. "When Dartmouth's touchdown and goal put her in the lead, with the half rapidly drawing to a close, it seemed al- most impossible for Harvard to win out. The band and the section of rooters went mad, and the whole south side of the field joined in such cheering and singing as has not been heard on Soldiers' Field since last November. "Then it was that the Harvard team showed the one bit of spirit from which it is possible to derive a speck of com- FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 95 fort. With the odds" (sic) "clearly against them they rallied nobly and pushed the New Hampshire team back and down the field until Knowlton was finally shoved over the line. Even then Harvard's supporters were not certain of the re- sult, for it was getting dark, and Dartmouth by another touchdown could easily win out. "It had been an anxious half hour for every Harvard sym- phathizer on the field, and not until the whistle ended the game did they begin to breathe easily." The above account, taken from the Boston Herald of No- vember 16th, tells in brief the story of the most exciting game ever played between the Green and the Crimson. As will be clearly seen when the whole story of the contest has been told, the final score gives far from a correct im- pression as to the relative strength of the two elevens. After all has been said the fact remains that Harvard's last two touchdowns were scored under cover of intense darkness. It was no longer a question of football skill, but of which side had the ball; the obscurity did the rest. And while we are discussing this question, those of us who saw this game will never be convinced that the second half was not six minutes too long. The time keeper is a fair man, and nothing is fur- ther from our intention than to accuse him of dishonesty, but dozens of Dartmouth men, who were themselves keeping accurate account of time, are positive that he made a big mistake in his reckoning, and that had the half ended when it should, the score would have stood 6 to 5 in our favor. However, everyone admitted that Harvard was outplayed, and thoroughly deserved to lose the game. To begin with, Harvard outweighed the wearers of the Green 11 pounds per man in the line, and seven pounds per man back of it; five of her players were members of "Dave" Campbell's powerful eleven, and four of them were of the 1901 "All America." 96 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. On the other hand, Dartmouth was not at her best. Knibbs was still out of the game, and Patteson had not re- covered his full strength. The offense of the eleven left nothing to be desired, but the defense was far from being as strong as it was just one week later, when Dartmouth met Brown. The fumbling, too, was an important factor in the game. The Boston correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, in his account of the game, writes: "Fumbling was costly for Dartmouth, as it was the general opinion after the game that Dartmouth would have won had it not lost the ball so often by slippery work." Had the Hanover team played as good football on the 15th as it did on the 22d, Harvard would never have won. It was an ideal day for a football game, and a vast crowd of 15,000 spectators turned out to see the last game to be played on Soldiers' Field. Fifteen hundred Harvard undergrad- uates were bunched up under the various cheermasters and sang and cheered, before the game to practice for the 22d, and during the game to encourage their team to stave off the defeat which stared them in the face. Gathered in the south grand stand were some two hundred and fifty loyal Dart- mouth men, who yelled and cheered as only Dartmouth men can cheer. Promptly at 2:30 the game began. Harvard had won the toss and was defending the west goal. Oilman's kick-off went to Putnam on the five yard line, and through good in- terference by Harvard, and the same feeble tackling in the open field which marred the work of the Hanover eleven all through the season, he ran the ball in to Dartmouth's 42 yard line. On the very next play Mills broke through for 33 yards, and it was only nine yards from the line. Two plunges netted six yards, and the spectators were sure that FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 97 the game was going to be a romp for the Cambridge eleven. Just here, however, the unexpected happened. Graydon dropped the ball on the next attempt, and Farmer was upon it like a flash. It was now that Dartmouth, lined up with her backs standing on their own goal line, showed of what stuff she was made. With lightning-like speed, she shot her backs through the Crimson line. Play after play netted gains of four yards, and two charges always brought a first down. Captain Place and "Bill" Clough would toss aside the 410 pounds of brawn opposed to them, and a swift jump by Foster or a fast plunge by Dillon would do the business. Sixty-seven yards, straight down the field, the ball was car- ried, until on the Crimson's 38 yard line occurred the first of a series of disastrous fumbles, which gave the ball to Har- vard. "But for which accident," says the Boston Herald, "there is no reason to believe she would not have kept on and scored." From this point, despite Dartmouth's stubborn resistance, the ball was slowly forced down the field, Mills and Graydon doing all of the work, as the others had difficulty in advanc- ing the spheroid. The last 23 yards took Harvard nine plays. Graydon carried the ball on the final plunge, and Barnard missed the goal. Score, Harvard 5. Gilman's kick-off was caught, on the 35 yard line, by Bar- nard, who was downed in his tracks. Harvard now, by means of tackle-back formations, rushed the ball some 30 yards, requiring no less than 14 plays to make this distance. This progress, accomplished by sheer weight, was too slow to suit the Harvard captain, and he attempted to circle Bullock's end, but was thrown for a three yard loss by the watchful "Mat." Somewhat surprised, Kernan called for Putnam to make up the loss around Farmer. But "Dubsy" was ready 98 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. and spilled the runner some yards behind the line. Realizing the hopelessness of further progress, and fearful of what might happen if Dartmouth secured the hall, Captain Ker- nan took advantage of the "20 yard retreat" rule and made it first down on Harvard's 47 yard line. Twenty-throe yards they rushed it, hut Dartmouth took away the ball on downs. From the Green's 40 yard line to Harvard's 50 yard line the ball was carried by Foster and Dillon. Time was about up, so "Witham tried a short kick, which gave the ball to his own men on the Crimson's 45 yard line, where time was called. At the beginning of the second half the Hanover eleven started off with a rush and simply overwhelmed Harvard by the rapidity and fierceness of their attack. The ball went to Dillon on the kick-off and by wonderful speed, dodging and hurdling, he duplicated Putnam's run, passing the whole Harvard team with the exception of Daly, who downed him on the Crimson's 48 yard line. Harvard was set back 10 yards for off-side play, Foster made two yards, Dillon cleared the end for eight more, and Foster broke through Shea for 20. Dillon lost a yard, but Foster made it first down on the three yard line. Both bodies of rooters were cheering madly, and the next instant pandemonium broke loose among Dart- mouth's supporters as Amos Foster, rising high into the air, shot forward and fell over the line. There was breathless silence for a moment while Jimmy Vaughan stood, quietly instructing Myron Witham how to tilt the ball. Then, de- liberately, the ball was set down and a perfect kick put Dart- mouth in the lead, 6 to 5. The joy of the Dartmouth rooters knew no bounds; the substitutes, led by "Muggsy" McGrath, were turning cart- wheels and double rolls on the side lines. On the other side, the Harvard men were yelling harder than they had yelled since November 23d, 1901. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 99 The kick-off went to Vaughan on the five yard line, and by pretty running and good interference he recovered 30 yards. A few short gains, and Vaughan broke through the line for 30 yards more. Still the ball moved. Harvard could not stop the charges of the fast Dartmouth backs. The goal line was only 25 yards away, and another touchdown, making it 12 to o, was imminent, and there were but ten minutes to play. But another fatal fumble occurred, and although Dartmouth kept the ball, it was third down, and four and one-half yards to gain. The old Harvard tackle, Frank Ma- son, in writing of this incident to the Boston Herald, just two days after the game, said that had the Dartmouth quar- ter-back duplicated Captain Kernan's 20 yard retreat, no power on earth could have saved the Crimson team from de- feat. But four and one-half yards looked small to Myron, after the six and ten yard gains which the team had been making. So the attempt was made, but failed to quite make the distance. It was Harvard's ball, for the first time in this half, upon her own 24 yard line. Time was nearly up, as everyone but the timekeeper thought, and Captain Kernan did not dare to rush the ball. His only hope was to punt, trusting to a fumble on the part of the Dartmouth backs. Patteson took Dillon's place in the back field, and Kernan sent a wonderful punt over the Hanover man's head. "Pat" recovered the ball on the 25 yard line, but Harvard had made 60 yards by the kick. Dartmouth made two attempts, but did not make her distance, and Witham, fearing that Har- vard should gain the ball on downs, punted. The kick was a poor one, and went outside at the 53 yard line. Hurley took the place of the tired Putnam. It was now that Harvard did her best playing of the day. Graydon and Knowlton alter- nated carrying the ball, in plays aimed for the most part at 100 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Frost. The Hanover man stood the battering well, and it took all the weight and strength of the Harvard team to squeeze out first down when it was needed. Fifteen plays and a gift of 15 yards by the officials brought the ball to the two yard line. And there, amid the darkness which now en- veloped the field, Knowlton shot over the line for the Crim- son's second touchdown, and the Harvard rooters went into ecstasies of joy. No championship victory over a powerful Yale team ever gave the Cambridge men any more pleasure than this touchdown, scored upon the men from the little college in the Xew Hampshire wilderness. It was now so dark that one could not see his hand before his face, yet the timekeeper insisted that the half was not up, and as the ball would go to Harvard on the kick-off, the Cambridge men were anxious to continue. Knowlton ran the kick-off in to the 37 yard line, and the wonder is that he did not go free. On the next play the Harvard runner crossed the side line and ran into the ropes on the side, thinking he was out in the open field. The referee lighted a match, located the side line, and with the aid of a lantern piloted the two teams back upon the grid- iron. On the next play Herr threw Kernan for a loss, Lillard downed Gray don and Brown tackled Hurley, but to their great dismay, it was Mills who was carrying the ball. He was downed by Patteson on the 42 yard line. Meanwhile three minutes' time was taken out until the officials, who were scouring the field in search of the ball, could arrive. Play was resumed, and Kernan, behind the perfect interference of old Mother Xight, ran 42 yards for a touchdown. Daly kicked goal, and the score stood Harvard 16, Dartmouth 6. There was another kick-off, and after Harvard had run back the ball some 20 yards, a punt sent it to Dartmouth on FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 101 her own. 25 yard line, where time was called. The playing during the last 10 minutes had been farcical. It resembled blind man's buff about as much as football, yet one Boston paper, unable to find anything else to praise, from a Har- vard point of view, spoke of the way in which "Kernan, after his old fashion, squeezed between left tackle and end, and by wonderful dodging and clever work" (sic) "pulled himself along" (he must have had a tremendous drag) "for 43 yards and another touchdown." Summary: Dartmouth. Harvard. Bullock 1. end r Bowditch Herr Frost .1. tackle r Knowlton Oilman 1. guard r Whitwell Smith center Sugden Force Clough r. guard 1 Barnard Gage Place r. tackle 1 Shea Farmer r. end 1 Mills Lillard Witham quarter Daly Dillon 1. half-back r Putnam Patteson Hurley Vaughan r. half-back 1 Kernan Grover Stillman Foster full-back Graydon Brown Score, Harvard 16, Dartmouth 6. Touchdowns, Graydon, Foster, Knowlton, Kernan. Eeferee, L. F. Deland. Um- pire, F. E. Jennings. Time, 25 minute halves. 102 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. NOTE AND COMMENT. One Boston paper spoke of the fact that Harvard was "weakened by the absence of the two Marshalls." "Zeus" Marshall, an old Dartmouth alumnus, and a wearer of the "D," would hardly be willing to play against his own alma mater, and when one remembers the wretched back-field work of Carl Marshall in the Yale game and thinks how often the beautiful tackling of Daly stopped the Dartmouth backs when they had passed everyone else, one can not help re- gretting that the regular Harvard quarter-back was not in his usual place. Boston Globe "The offense of the Dartmouth backs was little short of marvelous. The three men were all fast as sprinters, and they struck the line as one man. It is doubt- ful if there is another such back field playing football today. And this characteristic of fight, speed and dash ran through the line and ends as well. The Dartmouth line got the better of Harvard in almost every play. The boys from Xew Hampshire got into the play with their bodies while Harvard men used their hands. Farmer and Bullock, at Dartmouth's ends, stopped every play that came their way, and it was not until their substitutes had been put in that Harvard was able to gain around the ends." Boston Herald "Nothing can show any more clearly the effect of Dartmouth's mode of attack than the fact that Dartmouth gained by straight rushing over 225 yards during the game, besides 60 yards gained by running in kicks. Dart- mouth did not spring any tricks, and she did not have to. Straight-away football, with nothing besides the regular old- fashioned formation used for the greater part of the time, was sufficient to push the Harvard line back steadily and con- sistently. The Dartmouth backs went at the line hard and FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 103 fast, and almost every time were through for a good gain before the Harvard linemen had begun to charge. They hammered the left of the Harvard line for the greater part of the time, but were able to gain at almost every point in the line, and occasionally round the ends. Dartmouth's offense was probably the fastest ever seen on Soldiers' Field, as the Harvard men did not have time to think where the next play would be directed before the line was smashed again, and in- variably for a telling gain. Dartmouth's signals were given quickly, and the players seemed anxious to drive Harvard off the gridiron, so fierce was their attack. In her strong offense Dartmouth found her best defense, but even when Harvard had the ball Dartmouth showed herself remarkably strong. She held Harvard for downs and also forced Captain Kernan to lose 20 yards rather than surrender the ball, and at all times put up a stubborn barrier to Harvard's formation plays.'' Chicago Eecord-Herald's Boston correspondent "Dart- mouth's magnificent offense and Harvard's powerless defense were the features of the game. McCornack, the old Engle- wood High School player, later of Dartmouth, had imbued his charges with a fierce determination which proved irre- sistible against the slow, beefy line of the Crimson. Dart- mouth overwhelmed Harvard at the beginning of the second half, and tore and plowed through the Harvard line with des- perate fury. The Crimson line seemed like paper. Dillon got tfee ball on the kick-off and cleared every man but Daly in the back field. On the next play the Crimson goal was threatened again, but Daly a second time saved a touchdown. A few straight bucks gave Dartmouth a touchdown after four minutes of play, Foster carrying the ball for the final plunge. Vaughan kicked a difficult goal. Soon after the next kick-off 104 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Vaughan ran through the entire Crimson team with the ex- ception of the reliable Daly, who brought him down on Har- vard's 40 yard line." Chicago Tribune's Boston correspondent "Then came the surprise of the year. Dartmouth, with lightning-like ra- pidity, shot its offense time and again into the Harvard line, and down the field went the two teams, Dartmouth rarely re- quiring more than two downs to get its distance. At the 25 yard line a fumble took place and Harvard got the ball. Once more a steady progress was made by the wearers of the crimson, and finally, by dint of terrific shoving and pushing, Knowlton shot over the line for the first touchdown. Bar- nard's trial for goal was a dismal failure. Harvard 5, Dart- mouth 0. Dartmouth immediately began to show fight again. and its tackling was low and hard. Harvard wa< balked re- peatedly. Its heavy weights were pulled and hauled about at will by the Green and AVhite men. The fighting for the re- mainder of the period was in Harvard's territory, time being called with the ball on Harvard's 45 yard line. The second half opened with a long run by Dillon, Dartmouth's left half, who cleared the Harvard bunch only to be downed on Harvard's 35 yard line by Daly. Three times in succession did the losers' backs break through with a clear field except for Daly, who, by marvelous tackling, succeeded in delaying the score. Dart- mouth's rooters finally called upon the team to score, and in less than three minutes Foster took the pigskin across the line for a touchdown. The score was now tied and every rooter held his breath until Jimmy Vaughan, with a deft kick, made a goal, and Dartmouth had the lead, 6 to 5. De- feat stared Captain Kernan in the face and he immediately started to rally his men. This did not have much effect, how- \ M FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 105 ever, as Dartmouth ran the Crimson down to its own 25 yard line, where a fumble stopped the progress of the visitors. The features of the game were the offensive tactics and vicious tackling of the visitors, Harvard's poor team work in the last half, and the tackling of Daly. Daly, Kernan, Mills, Graydon and Bowditch put up a fair game for the winners, while Yaughan, Frost, Farmer, Bullock, Place, Dillon, Foster and Patteson played well for Dartmouth." DARTMOUTH 12, BROWN 6. It was a gala day in the history of Manchester. Never be- fore had the city seen anything quite like it. It had enter- tained crowds before, crowds as great, crowds far noisier; but never had it beheld just such a crowd as this. The city was football mad. From the tops of buildings hung great festoons of green and brown bunting. Not a store, not a shop was to be seen whose windows were not decorated with flags bearing B's and D's. Nine persons out of every fifteen whom one met wore green, and three of the remainder wore brown. Every hour there entered the city a train which poured out its hundreds of football enthusiasts. A thousand men from Providence were early on the scene. They were seen and heard on every hand. "Oh, we didn't do a thing to Pennsylvania, No, we didn't do a thing to Pennsylvania, No, not a single thing to Pennsylvania, To the boys from Philadelphia." "Oh, we didn't do a thing to old Columbia, No, we didn't do a thing to old Columbia, No, not a single thing to old Columbia, To the bovs from New York Town." 10(5 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. "Oh, we won't do a thing to old Dartmouth, Xo, we won't do a thing to old Dartmouth, Xo, not a single thing to old Dartmouth, To the boys from Hanover." Their song told of their feelings; no doubt, no question in their minds; it was all settled, the game was won. Last year they had had their worst team in eight seasons, while Dart- mouth's eleven was one of the best in her history. This year it was very different. Their team had outplayed Yale for half of a game, and held her to a single touchdown in the other half; Harvard had been held to six points, and the once mighty Pennsylvania had been humbled to the tune of 15 to 6. Forty-five points had been rolled up on Tufts, La- fayette had been tied, in the poorest game of the season, and the proud Columbia had been smothered, 28 to 0. Yet these games were only preliminary to the game of the season, the contest for which they had been waiting since Xovember 28th, 1901; for to-day was to bring sweet salve for the smart- ing wound now nearly a year old, a salve all the sweeter be- cause delayed so long; and its name was Revenge. It is noon, and the streets of Manchester are thronged, with people. Football, football, nothing but football, is heard on every hand. "Barry is the man who will make the runs." "Mac knows this." "Sheehan's knee is not quite "Billy may go in'' "Joe Oilman says 12 to 0" "Either Baker or Hamilton '' Such are the scraps of conversation which greet the ears of a passer by. Suddenly round the corner, swinging into Elm street, comes the head of a procession. Seven hundred men in line are marching onward, four abreast. Xo song, no yell, comes from them to tell us who they are, but the ribbons and flags leave no doubt in our minds. Besides, we know them, every FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 107 one. The special train from Hanover has come, and with it all Dartmouth College. But who are these that follow so closely in carriages? Surely, they, too, look familiar. Yes, who could mistake that kindly smile, or fail to recognize yon beard of pronounced hue, or miss that dear old wrinkled face? The faculty have caught the fever, and, loyal Dart- mouth men that they are, have chartered a special car and are here. Hanover will be dead indeed to-day. And now there remains but- 80 minutes before game time, and the great throngs surge toward the cars. Every cab, every 'bus, every car that is available is loaded to its utmost capacity. It is half an hour after our arrival at Varick Park that we finally force our way in, and pause a moment to sur- vey the scene. All around the gridiron, with the exception of a small gateway at the west end and a space of sixty yards at the north, stretches the great stand, needing only a few more seats to make the whole an amphitheatre. On the east side of the field, nine tiers high, surmounted by a big brown banner, cheering and singing, sit three thousand loyal sup- porters of the eleven from Providence. At the ends of the field are gathered three thousand people, some wearing brown, others green; while in the main grand stand, stretch- ing with its twenty tiers of seats for a hundred and twenty yards on the west, sit six thousand enthusiastic backers of the boys from Xew Hampshire. For every yell for Dart- mouth there comes back across from the east an answering cheer for Brown, and song is responded to by song. It is 1:47; and there is a momentary lull in the cheering. In the small gateway at the break in the stands there is a little com- motion, when suddenly the gate is thrown open and 21 sturdy Rhode Islanders, headed by Captain Barry and Coaches Gam- mons and Murphy, emerge from the opening on the trot. A 108 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. great roar goes up as the east side rises to greet its cham- pions, and back from the west like an echo comes Dart- mouth's welcome to her gallant foes: "Wah-who-wah ! Wah-who-wah ! Da-da-Dartmouth ! Wah-who-wah ! T-I-G-E-R! Brown! Brown! Brown! !" Without any preliminaries the team lines up to run through signal practice. We Dartmouth men look them over curiously, this team about whom we have heard so much. They certainly look like a first class 'varsity eleven, coached and trained to the hour, from whom no team in the country could be dead sure of winning. More eagerly than at the others we strive for a look at the right tackle; his name is very familiar. There he is, coming towards us: why surely he is the same old Sheehan who was Hapgood's running mate in the days of Murphy, Melendy arid Chesboro, even before the coming of Washburn and Whittemore. Yes, he is a vet- eran, indeed. And this is the team which has trounced Penn. and Columbia, and almost split even with Harvard and Yale, the team for whom Captain Barry has sworn that they will win this game or be carried off the field on stretchers. Once more the little gate swings open and seven thousand people rise to their feet and a great volume of sound bursts forth as 28 stalwart sons of old Dartmouth, headed by "Mac," "Bill" Randall, "Jack" O'Connor, "Jack" Griffin, "Wife" Jennings and "Tommy" Thompson, trot out upon the field. The practice begins at once, and the eyes of the spectators wander curiously from one team to the other. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 109 As far as the eye can judge, they are certainly well matched, both big and strong and fast. This is going to be a battle royal, or we are no judges of football. It is just 2 o'clock when Referee Corbin summons Cap- tains Barry and Place to meet him in the middle of the field. The Dartmouth man calls, and wins, and the Hanover eleven is spread out to defend the south goal. Let us look them over, while Lynch, of Brown, is teeing the ball. Here is Joe Oilman, slapping his great sides with his hands; there is "Jack" Frost, blowing on his fingers, yonder is "Mary'' Dil- lon, stamping upon the ground. What is the matter? Surely they are not cold. For the day is perfect, for the spectators, and hence a bit too warm for the players. No, they are not cold, but they are all on edge. For two months they have been working, striving, thinking of nothing else but this mo- ment, and lo! the moment has come: "Ready, Dartmouth?" "Ready, Brown?" "Play!" A great sigh goes up from the spectators, followed by a gasp from the west grand stand, as "Dubsy" Farmer drops Brown's kick-off. Only a second's delay, however, and he as off. On the 26 yard line he is nailed, and the two elevens face each other for the first time. A signal, and round the end, fast and hard, comes a string of Dartmouth men; a wild yell goes up as Jimmy Vaughan swings loose from the line and eats up 24 yards before he is downed. A short halt for Joe Oilman, who has been injured, then Dartmouth begins her attack. A short plunge by Dillon and two dives by Fos- ter bring first down, just past the middle of the field. This progress is too slow to suit Witham, who calls upon Dillon to circle Schwinn's end. And now occurs the first of a series of turning points. For either through a poor pass by Myron or a poor catch by "Mary," the latter juggles the ball badly, 110 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. it flies out of his hands and he has to chase it back 12 yards, where Crowell drops him to the ground. Meanwhile Joe Gil- man has been kicked in the head, and has to take the full time limit before he can go on. Dartmouth's next attempt is a failure, and to the intense joy of the east side Witham falls back to punt. Over the heads of the players and high into the air shoots the ball, falling into the waiting arms of Barry, Before he can take a step, however, the dangerous Brown captain is thrown in his tracks by the Dartmouth ends, who thus give a sample of the style of play they are to show throughout the game. Now, to the extreme joy of its supporters, Brown begins a series of those assaults which tore up the sturdy line of Yale, and played havoc with old Penn. Aiming their plays at Frost and Gilman, who has been laid out twice in the last five minutes, the Providence men come crashing through. Twelve yards, one yard, seven yards, four yards, three yards, three yards?, thus run the gains. After every other play poor old Joe Gilman is stretched out for the limit of time, and he comes up very stiffly and slowly. ("Fat" Smith is authority for the state- ment that for ten minutes from the time when Joe was first kicked in the head he didn't know whether he was playing football or mumblepeg.) The ball is in the middle of the field, and is moving steadily. Two more short charges and then Webb, picking up the ball, which has been dropped by Shaw, makes 13 yards, unassisted, through the whole Dart- mouth team. A beautiful dive by Vaughan brings him down. Both bodies of rooters are cheering like mad. Smash, smash; tavo more downs, and it is first down on the Green's 27 yard line. Captain Vic, after every play, rushes along back of the forwards, slapping each man and exhorting him to stand firm. Myron Witham' s lips are moving, and we can FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Ill guess that he is wasting no words. And now the Hanover line makes its first great stand. An attempt by Webb, who has been doing most of the ground gaining, is a failure, re- sulting in a gain of less than a yard. Barry is sent at Bul- lock's end, but the reliable "Mat" nails him with no gain. With the ball on the Green's 26 yard line and four yards to gain, Barry strikes Place, and, unable to gain straight through, slides off to the side for some eight yards. A great groan is heard from the Dartmouth stand, for the play seemed to be a sure failure at first. Four more charges, aver- aging three yards apiece, and it is first down on the six yard line. The Hanover boys are in a perfect frenzy of despera- tion. Their attitudes are eloquent in their tenseness. Webb is swung from his place in the line upon Frost, and in a per- fect fury the Dartmouth backs hurl themselves to the sup- port of their lineman. When the pile is disintegrated, it is seen that the ball has advanced barely a yard. Euss, the swift 180 pound end, is brought back for a straight plunge at Gilman. But Joe is himself again, and throwing Cobb aside, he is under the play. Witham and Foster rush to his assistance, and the ball is still four yards from the line. Now Brown, in turn, is desperate, and the whole strength of their powerful eleven is behind Hamilton in a last frantic charge at Gilman. But there is not brawn and skill enough in all the Providence eleven to overcome the strength and determination of Dartmouth. When the heap is unpiled, Hamilton is found at the bottom, with Gilman's big arms around him, and the ball three yards from the line! The second turning point of the game is over and the most gal- lant stand ever made by a Dartmouth team is now a thing of the past. And here there follows a scene indescribable. In the west grand stand men are wildly embracing each other, 112 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. dancing, yelling, crying out incoherently, choking and gasp- ing for breath. A moment of rest and play is resumed. And now Myron Witham shows his good head and his nerve. He has seen that Brown cannot stop Dartmouth's offense; had it not been for Dillon's fumble, the ball would now be down near Brown's goal. If he punts, in five minutes they will be back here again. And thus it is that Dartmouth, lined up with its backs behind their own goal line, begins once more to rush the ball. Foster plunges through Sheehan for four yards, Vaughan adds one, Foster makes four through Cobb, Dillon makes first down through Webb, and Foster tears through Sheehan for six yards more. Brown is set back five yards by the officials, Vaughan makes four and Dillon shoots by Webb for eight. A short gain and Vaughan clears Euss for 16 yards. A short plunge, and Vaughan is hurt. On the next play Barry is through, downing Jimmy for a loss, and there is joy in the Brown camp for the first time in ten min- utes. A straight buck by Foster nets four yards, and it is Brown's ball on downs, just past the middle of the field. Once more the east side breaks into cheers of joy, and anxiety is evident in the Dartmouth stand. But Bullock throws Barry for no gain, and Clough stops Lynch at the line. Brown tries an on-side kick, but Witham is awake and the ball is ours on the 48 yard line. On the very first down the umpire sets Dartmouth back ten yards. Second down, and fifteen yards to go: Vaughan makes five. Third down, and ten yards to go: a beautiful run by Dillon nets 16 yards and a first down. This seems to put new life into Dart- mouth, for in ten plays, one a pretty 12 yard run by Foster, they plant the ball on Brown's 14 yard line. Russ steals the ball once, but it is seen by the officials. A charge by Foster brings no gain and Barry throws Vaughan for a four FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 113 yard loss. Third down and nine to go. It is too close to the goal line to lose, and rather than risk another end run, Witham takes the ball back to the 34 yard line for a first down. Brown is fighting hard and it takes three plays to bring a first down. A pretty double pass gains ten yards, with Farmer carrying the ball. Five more plays, and it is first down only six yards from the line. Brown is desperate. Both bodies of rooters are cheering madly, the west side yell- ing, "Touchdown! Touchdown!" A charge, and half the Brown team are off-side. The umpire halves the distance, and there are only three yards to go. Another charge, and again ' the Providence men are too eager. Dartmouth gains a first down, only a yard and a half from the line. Dillon is through to the goal line, but Euss and Barry force him back. Once more Dillon takes the ball, Gilman tosses Cobb aside, and in a tenth of a second there is a great pile of green and brown on the goal line itself. The referee works his way down, throwing off man after man; there at the bottom is Dillon, still clutching the ball, which lies just over the white line that marks the goal. The third turning point of the game is past. The game has been won and lost. When it came to the pinch Dartmouth was strong enough to hold Brown, while Brown was not strong enough to hold Dart- mouth. It takes but a fraction of a second to convey the news to the crowd, and as the west side realizes what has happened, there is a wild rush from the grand stand. For a moment pandemonium reigns. Professors and gray-haired alumni, seniors, freshmen and young graduates are all jumbled to- gether in the space between the grand stand and the ropes. All are leaping into the air for joy, yelling like mad, and embracing each other indiscriminately. For a minute there 114 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. is a hush, for Myron and Jimmy are trying a difficult goal, but when a perfect kick sends the ball squarely over the bar, the noise bursts forth again, culminating in rousing yells for Dillon, Vaughan and the whole team. Score, Dartmouth 6. Time, 33 minutes, 10 seconds. The teams change sides, and Lynch sends a swift, low punt at Oilman, who stands on the 35 yard line. It strikes Joe like a cannon ball, but he holds it, and showing good speed, rushes it eight yards before he is downed. A straight plunge gains three yards, then Witham tries an on-side kick. Crowell is under it, however, and gains 10 yards before he is downed. Brown tries a trick play, but Dartmouth's ends are not to be gainsaid, and Lynch is thrown for a three yard loss. Standing on his own 43 yard line Barry sends the longest punt of the game bounding over Dillon's head. Dillon picks it up on Dartmouth's one yard line and recovers five before being downed. But the whistle sounds and the first half is over. Again the crowd of Dartmouth rooters flings itself loose and holds an impromptu jollification and reception in front of the stands. The Dartmouth Band alternates with the Naval Band of Portsmouth, which is playing for the 300 Dartmouth rooters who have come from that city to see the game. "Open up a hole, let Billy Knibbs through, Fifteen yards or more will do, Brown, we won't do a thing to you, Oh-oh-oh-oh my! Vaughan 'round the end for ten yards more, Get busy, boys, and roll up the score, Brown, you're going to be quite sore, "When you kiss yourself good bye!" FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 115 Everybody on our side of the field is happy, except that here and there is heard the whisper: "Bemember this is the way we had Amherst." But here come the boys; the time is up, and amid the wild cheers of both parties Dartmouth prepares to kick off. We notice that Patteson has gone into the place of Dillon. Joe Gilman carefully sets up the spheroid, and as the whistle sounds sends it sailing away down the field to Barry, who stands under his own goal posts. The swift Brown captain never falters, but is off like a shot. At the 20 yard line he meets the first Dartmouth tacklers. It seems as though he cannot get through, yet somehow he wriggles free. Ten yards further, and a Dartmouth man seizes him; but a kick and a plunge, and he tears on, striking another group, 15 yards further, where brown and green are mingled together; there is a short struggle, and then out from the bunch shoots the Brown half-back, only to fall at last on the Green's 40 yard line, brought down by Witham arid Patteson. This suc- cess puts Brown right upon edge, while Dartmouth, remem- bering the stand of the first half, and confident of her ability to repeat it, is not quite so eager. Webb breaks through for four yards, and then for a yard and a half. Another first down; then Dartmouth almost holds Brown for downs. Two more charges bring a first down on the 13 yard line; then the Dartmouth line takes a great brace and holds Euss and Hamilton to half a yard apiece. With third down and four yards to go, Captain Barry tries Bullock's end. Mat is after him like a flash, almost has him, but slips and falls. Away out to the right runs Barry, unable to cut in because of the Dartmouth backs, who are running parallel, finally crossing the side line just seven yards from the goal. It is first down again, and the third turning point of the game is past. For 116 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. it takes but three plays to score a touchdown, made by Lynch between Frost and Gilman. The east side of the field gives vent to wild enthusiasm, and dances and tears round like mad, while back from the west rolls a great confident "Wah- who-wah!" for "the whole team." Then everyone is hushed for a moment, while Colter aims the ball for a difficult goal. Straight to the right hand post sails the ball, striking it obliquely, and falling just over the crossbar. Again the east grand stand tears loose, for the score is tied and the ball is going to Brown. Coach McCornack turns around and re- marks quietly to a bystander that it will be Dartmouth's game, 12 to 6. Joe Gilman tees the ball, and both teams prepare to strug- gle their hardest for the touchdown which shall win the game. And now it is that Dartmouth, driven by necessity, shows what her real power is. For not once in the rest of the game, 17 minutes in all, does Brown gain a first down. The kick-off goes to Lynch on the very goal line itself, and he tears down the field, throwing off man after man. At the 38 yard line he is stopped, however, and the teams face each other once more. Barry tries Bullock's end, but is thrown for no gain, Euss gains but half a yard, and the Brown cap- tain falls back to punt. The Hanover line has clinched the game in these two stands. But now comes the narrowest escape of all, and the prettiest exhibition of cool nerve and good judgment in the whole game. The punt is low and swift, and striking the ground comes toward Patteson on the bounce. Tearing down upon him like a herd of stampeded cattle, not five feet behind the ball, come six, big, brown-clad rushers. An instant's hesitation, the slightest error in judg- ment, a poor catch of the bouncing spheroid, and the game is lost. But "Pat" never flinches; he coolly watches for the FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 117 bounce, then leaps to meet the ball and falls forward. The next instant he is buried beneath four tacklers. A great yell goes up from the western side, for it is Dartmouth's ball on her own 43 yard line, and out toward the middle of the field is trotting a figure familiar to Brown and Dartmouth alike. Yes, they know him; on the east side there is commotion and comment, while from the west rings out a great yell: "Wah-who-wah! Wah-who-wah! Da-da-da-Dartmouth ! Wah-who-wah! T-I-G-E-K! Knibbs, Knibbs, Knibbs!" It is the Green's star full-back, who, laid up with a broken rib, has not been in the line-up since the Tufts game. He plays now with a great leather girdle ten inches wide and half an inch thick around his waist, and it winds him so much that he can last only 15 minutes or so. But while he lasts he will tear things up a little. He gets a great ovation as he lines up in the place of Amos Foster, who is given warm applause as he slowly limps off the field, for the star game that he has played. And now of the backs who began the game only the sturdy "Jimmy" Vaughan is left, but the three who are now together comprise the old "First Triumvirate" who began the game against Brown in 1901. The whole team crowd around the three, shake hands, and swear that they will put the ball over the line once more. And thus they get to work. Two hurdles by Knibbs bring first down, a charge by Frost gains four, and Yaughan adds a like amount. Patteson shoots through Shee- han for three yards, and Knibbs adds four by a hurdle of the 118 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. center. Vaughan squirms through Sheehan for five yards, and Knibbs clears the same place for another first down. Poor old Sheehan, veteran of five teams, is slowly weakening before the vigor of lanky "Jack" Frost. Here, to add to the interest of the game, Euss, up to his old trick, steals the ball, and goes tearing town the field for To yards. But the referee has seen the whole thing, and amid the groans of the Providence rooters, who have gone mad with joy a moment before, the ball is brought back and given to Dartmouth. Here, however, Brown's defense suddenly stiffens, three downs gain but as many yards, and the ball is given over to the Providence eleven. Brown tries desperately hard to get out of her dangerous position, but there are three past mas- ters in the art of defense who are backing up the line, and three plunges by Barry result in the surrender of the ball to the Green on the 35 yard line. It takes two hurdles by Knibbs and a dive by Vaughan before first down is declared; then Patteson circles right end for nine yards. Three plunges by Knibbs and Vaughan bring six yards, and once more the linesmen take up their poles and walk. Poor old Sheehan, fighting gamely to the last, has been tossed around almost at will by Frost J or the last few plays, and at last limps off, being succeeded by Savage, regular tackle on the 1901 eleven. Frost plows through his new antagonist for two yards and a half, and a pretty hurdle by Knibbs brings first down. After every play some one is stretched out upon the ground, and every jump that the Green's full-back makes costs him fear- ful punishment. The playing is furious on both sides. Brown, strong and desperate, is thinking of her revenge, and the fruits of a whole season's work gone for nothing: Dart- mouth, stronger yet, is not to be denied. Another plunge by Knibbs gains two yards, but leaves him stretched upon the FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 119 ground for the limit of time. Vaughan makes two yards through Savage, and Knibbs hurdles for a first down. Now with only five yards to go, still it is doubtful. Frost tosses Savage aside, and Patteson gains two yards. Knibbs is called on to carry the ball, and rising over Gilman and Cobb he falls across the goal line; the Dartmouth rooters half rise in their places, but sink back again Euss and Lynch have dragged him back, and the ball is still two yards from the line. It is the supreme moment of the game, third down, the line to gain. Witham looks around at his backs, then calls them up and whispers. Once more Knibbs takes the ball on a hurdle between Smith and Gilman. He is met in the air by Euss and Barry, but his team mates are behind him, and the mass, after a momentary check, falls in a heap just over the line. And now the air is split by a noise such as has never been heard in Manchester before. The celebra- tion over the first touchdown and the racket that the Provi- dence men made a few moments ago compares with it as the cooing of a zephyr with the blast of a tornado. Every man in the Dartmouth Band is blowing his horn, and someone is pounding the bass drum like mad, but the whole effect is of a dumb show. A frantic stampede from the stands fills the entire space back of the ropes; hats are smashed, canes and umbrellas are broken and lost; but who cares? Which one of us would not have given a year of his life to save this game for Dartmouth? With difficulty is the noise hushed while the reliable "Jimmy," with his usual perfect kick, removes all danger of a defeat. The enthusiasm breaks out again, and the great crowd counts, Dartmouth 12. Knibbs has been laid out ever since he crossed the goal line, but now limps painfully to his place to receive Brown's kick-off. And now Dartmouth's condition begins to tell, and 120 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. the faithful care and attention of Trainer Bowler begin to bear fruit. For Brown, exhausted by the fierce playing of the last few minutes, now gives way rapidly before the on- slaughts of the Green. Yaughan recovers twelve yards on the kick-off, and Patteson skirts Schwinn's end for 30 yavds: the wonderful speed of Captain Barry alone prevents a touchdown. Chase takes Lynch's place. Yaughan ploughs through Webb for six yards and Patteson again circles the end, this time for 16 yards. Again the Dartmouth rooters are calling for a touchdown, for there remain but 34 yards to go. On the next play, however, the umpire sees holding in the Dartmouth line, and turns the ball over to Brown. There is still danger of a tie, for it is growing very dark, and if Bul- lock should miss the swift Brown captain in the gloom, not even Patteson can catch him. Brown is off-side on the next play, and being set back 10 yards, retreats 10 more for a first down. Hamilton tries the line, but Dartmouth holds like a stone wall. The ball is passed to Barry, but he has not taken two strides before Bullock strikes him on one side and Farmer on the other, and he falls, two yards behind his own rush-line. A punt sends the ball to Patteson on the 45 yard line, from which he rushes it 15 yards, being tackled by Schwinn. Meanwhile Euss has tackled the ball, and, thanks to the darkness, is not seen by the officials. Twice more does Barry try to gain, but his second attempt finds him still be- hind his own line. A punt sends the ball to Patteson. and in six rushes, two by each back, Dartmouth carries the ball 46 yards. There still remain some eight minutes of the half, but as Brown is convinced that in less than two minutes the score will be 18 to 6, and Dartmouth is satisfied with the game, the most remarkable contest ever fought in the state of New Hampshire closes in darkness. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 121 Summary : Dartmouth. Brown. Bullock 1. end r Russ Frost 1. tackle r Sheehan Savage Gilman 1. guard r Cobb Smith center .Colter Clough r. guard 1 Shaw Place r. tackle 1 Webb Farmer r. end 1 Schwinn Witham quarter Crowell Dillon 1. half-back r Lynch Patteson Chase Vaughan r. half-back 1 Barry Foster full-back Hamilton Knibbs Score, Dartmouth 12, Brown 6. Touchdowns, Dillon, Knibbs, Lynch. Goals from touchdowns, Vaughan (2), Colter. Referee, Mr. Corbin of Yale. Umpire, Mr. Dadmun of W. P. I. Linesmen, Thompson of Dartmouth, Clifford of Brown. Time-keepers, Dr. Bolser of Dartmouth, Blanding of Brown. Time, 35 and 27 minute halves. NOTE AND COMMENT. Any account of this great game which did not speak of the celebration which followed, would be incomplete. Mad with joy and delirious with excitement, twelve hundred Dartmouth rooters, young alumni and undergraduates, lined up in column by fours, to march by way of Elm street, to the heart of the city. The cheermasters were still in charge, and 122 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. the metal-lunged band was yet full of fight. The score was counted time and again, hoarse "Wah-who-wahs" were screamed for every man on the squad, and the shops and mills of Manchester echoed and re-echoed to the din. At the New Manchester House Karl Skinner rallied the mighty mob, and after wild cheers for everything and everybody con- nected with the Dartmouth football team, the crowd dis- persed, perfectly happy, and at peace with all the world. The following table, giving the statistics of the men who played the game, may be interesting: DARTMOUTH. BROWN. NAME. Bullock, '04, Frost, '04. Oilman, *06, Smith, '04, Clough, '06, Place, '03, Farmer, '03, Witham. '04, Dillon, '05, Vaughan, '05, Foster, '04, Patteson, '05, Knibbs, ; 05, 21 21 20 22 22 25 22 22 20 20 22 19 22 5 .2 NAME. "5 .* id a B 6 ft. ICO Russ, '06, 24 6ft. 2 n 181 Sheehan, '03, 24 6ft. 1 n 213 Cobb, '03, 27 5 ft. 11 n 202 Colter, '05, 6ft. 1 n 181 Shaw, '06, 22 5 ft. WA n 188 Webb, '05, 21 5ft, &A n 155 Sch w inn, '05, 20 5 ft. 10 n 164 Crowell, '03, 23 5 ft. 11 ] n 169 Lynch, '06, 20 oft. 7 5 ft. 9 1 A n n 165 163 Barry, '03, Hamilton, '03, 22 23 5 ft. After this bad relapse the Green fought her way to the top once more, winning an uphill game from Wesleyan, 12 to 5, and defeating the strong Springfield eleven, 11 to 0. On November loth she gave Harvard the greatest scare of her life, outplaying the Crimson for three-fourths of the game, rushing the ball 225 yards, and leading by one point, 6 to 5, until the last five minutes of play. In the following week she rounded her great eleven into championship form, so that they decisively defeated, on November 22d, the most powerful team that ever came out of Providence in one of the grandest battles in the history of the game. One scene more and this chapter of our history will be ended. It is evening, and the New Manchester House is full of a happy, excited crowd of Dartmouth men. Through the throng in the lobby I slowly elbow my way, exchanging congratulations with all that I meet and having my finger bones mashed every minute in a tight Dartmouth grip. In the corner by the elevator I run into the arms of Myron AYitham, quiet, smiling, and too happy to say a word. A little further on I exchange excited greetings with "Jack" Frost, round whom are gathered half a dozen admirers, all trying to slap his broad back at the same time. A sharp cry from the direction of the dining-room attracts me: "Jimmy Vaughan! Jimmy Vaughan! !" and instantly there follows a noise like the breaking up of a New York primary, culminating, amid the rattling of the dishes and the clapping and stamping, in a rousing yell for the sturdy right half. I worm my way to the door of the hall and stand there, feasting my eyes. The room is full of Dartmouth men, graduates, underclassmen, players and rooters, all jumbled together. At a table on the left, in company with "Olarry" Howes, head cheermaster, John Bowler, "Bill" 136 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Randall, "Wife" Jennings, "Jack" O'Connor, "Tommy" Thompson, loyal alumni who have done so much to help him, sits the little head coach, his eyes shining with excitement and his whole face bright with a fierce joy. This is the cul- mination, the climax of his career. It is just 15 months since, refusing $3,500 from a western institution, he came back determined to rebuild the shattered glory of his alma mater in athletics. He found her playing tie games with Union and Vermont, and barely winning from Tufts; he is leaving her strong and vigorous, among the big five in the East, and able to give any team in the country the stiffest kind of a battle. Xo wonder that he is happy. A tap on the shoulder causes me to turn round, and the next instant I am shaking hands with one of the heroes of the day. He makes his way in toward his seat, but "Mac"'' has spied him. "Yea! Billy Knibbs!" he cries, and in a flash the whole dining-room is on its feet. A great roar goes up, which speedily takes form as "Clarry," mounting on his chair, calls for "a Wah-who-wah for the man who won the game." The noise has subsided again when, after convincing the attendant at the door that I have no intention of defrauding the house of a meal, I make my way to the coaches' table and exchange a quiet word or two of congratulation with "Mac." A hand- shake all around and I leave, but turn once more as I reach the entrance, charmed by the scene. Here let us leave him in the moment of his triumph, but let us do so with the feel- ing that when we think of old Dartmouth's great athletic record and the men who have helped to make it what it is, we will recall first, with pride and affection, the name of Walter Edwin McCornack. MYRON ELLIS WITHAM. THE SEASON OF '03. ACHIEVEMENT. It was with a curious mixture of hope and fear that Dart- mouth looked forward to the beginning of. her 22d season of Rugby-American football. If her wildest hopes were ful- filled, she would have an array of material which would com- pare favorably with that of any college in the country; if her worst fears were realized, she would have hardly any gen- uinely first-class men and would be obliged to aim at the games with Williams, Wesleyan and Amherst in hopes of victory, instead of those with Brown and Harvard. To begin with, "Tat" Smith, the star center and tackle, was doubtful about returning. His father had died, and "Fat" felt as though he must take charge of the business. Nothing had been heard in regard to "Bill" Clough, except that some one was sure that he was not going to return. Rumor had it that business matters were likely to interfere also with "Joe" Oilman's coming back. "Jack" Frost had been compelled to go to work in order to earn money enough to complete his course. It was reported that "Jimmy" Vaughan was about to leave for the same reason. "Mary" Dillon was almost sure not to come back. Amos Foster, out of deference to his parents' wishes, had finally decided to stop playing. "Bill" Lindsay had gone home to Wisconsin and no one knew of his whereabouts. The prevailing opinion was that Hanover would never see him again. 138 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. For two years Dartmouth had been looking forward to the coming of Hooper, Exeter's star snap-back. Of course we knew that Harvard, Yale and Princeton had all invited him to visit their respective institutions, and that he was being "chinned" four different directions at once, for Williams wanted him also. But that he wanted to come to Dartmouth we were certain, and that was enough for us. Cooney of Exeter also wanted to come, but felt that he ought to go to Harvard. What, then, was the consternation in Hanover when, on the morning of September 18th, "Fat" Smith having definitely decided not to return, and there being no news of Gilman or Lindsay, the Manchester Union came out with a picture of "Henry Judson Hooper, Star Exeter Center, Who Is Going- to Yale!" And on top of this came the news that Cooney, unable to choose between Dartmouth and Harvard, had com- promised on Princeton. Truly the outlook was dark. Then r one by one, the reports began to swing the other way: "Jimmy" Vaughan was first to arrive, and formed, with Captain Myron Witham, "Mat" Bullock, "Bill" Knibbs, Pat- teson and Leigh Turner, a little nucleus of 'varsity men. Then came Jesse Gage, hard as nails, and tipping the beam* at an even 200. Then, to the joy of team and college,. Hooper arrived in Hanover, having had, he said, no other intention from the outset. Then "Joe" Gilman came back to the fold, and next day, last of the big linemen but hardly least, "Cupid" Lindsay's huge form was seen once more in his accustomed place. The day after college opened came another joyful surprise in the return of "Mary" Dillon. The class of 1907 furnished some promising candidates in Far- rier of Brooklyn, Harris, the Exeter quarter, Foley and Smith. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 139 Fred Brown, McCabe, Tom Keady, Conley, "Elsie" Grover, Jim Donnelly, Lillard and Melvin of the class of '05 were back in the game, as were "Dave" Main, Kalph Glaze, Herr, Bankart, Pratt and Harry Coburn of 1906. Amos Foster stood it for about a week, then gave up the struggle and came out to join the squad, and "Bill" Clough, before the season was half gone, returned to college and went out for his old position, right guard. Thus in spite of the loss of "Fat" Smith, "Vic" Place, "Dubsy" Farmer and "Jack" Frost, the coach of the Dart- mouth football eleven had at his disposal three first-class quarters, five good ends, ten backs who could put to shame any other ten in Xew England, and, what "Mac" had yearned for in vain, seven men on the squad who averaged 219 pounds apiece. But before going any further, a word or two in regard to the coach will not be out of place. Fred Gorham Folsom, Dartmouth '95, needs no introduction to any man who was in college in his day. All will remember his unerring work at third base, and his swift blocking and fierce tackling on the football field. He was a member of each team for three years, putting up a steady, reliable and at times brilliant game in each sport. Dartmouth men of that day still like to recall with pride how Folsom took care of Rosa, the pride of Amherst, in the victorious game in the fall of '93. After graduation he went west to Colorado, where he coached the university of that state through successful seasons until called, in '03, to return, as head coach, to his alma mater. But he found a very different Dartmouth from the one that he had left. The talk was different, the feeling was differ- ent; instead of Williams and Wesleyan, instead of Amherst 140 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. and Brown, it was Harvard, Harvard, everywhere. The col- lege of 800 men was calculating its chances against the uni- versity of 4,800. No doubt it seemed queer to Mr. Folsom. In his day teams from Hanover which had held Yale to 28 and Harvard to 22 came back holding their heads very high in the air. What, then, had wrought this change? To be sure the college had doubled in numbers since then; but was this responsible for the new feeling of confidence, for the idea that we were "as big as any of them now and they would find it out?" No; the new epoch, the "big four" feeling in Dartmouth, dated from November 15th, 1902. If Mr. Fol- som had come back two years earlier he would have found the same old Dartmouth that he left. But from the day when her light-weight team tore and plowed almost at will through the Harvard line, and stubbornly contested the ad- vance of the boasted Harvard offense, Dartmouth was no more a small college in athletics. The 1903 schedule was one of the hardest that the college ever attempted. Three of the four opening games were with teams which had, within the last three years, held the Green to a tie score, to 0. The fourth was to be played with Holy Cross, which, coached by Frank Cavanaugh, Dartmouth's star end and ex-captain, ought to have been dangerous. Then, in quick succession, followed games with Williams at Newton Center, Princeton at Princeton, Wesleyan at Han- over, Amherst at Amherst, Harvard at Cambridge, and Brown at Manchester. At Williams and Wesleyan to win the Dartmouth game was the first of the two objects of the season, the second being to beat each other, while Amherst and Brown wanted our scalp as they wanted nothing else. There lingered in the minds of the Harvard coaches certain FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 141 memories of a Dartmouth game which would ensure no sub- stitutes and the stiffest kind of play from start to finish when the New Hampshire team came down to Cambridge. The Princeton game, in the uncertain mid-season, with its 450 mile journey each way, was the fight which was feared most of all. DARTMOUTH 12, MASSACHUSETTS STATE 0. Dartmouth won the first game of her schedule on her own grounds, "Wednesday, September 30th, defeating, with ridic- ulous ease, the team which, a year before, had given her such a scare. M. A. C. proved anything but a dangerous oppo- nent, rushing the ball but five yards in the entire game and offering little resistance to the fierce onslaughts of the Green. Dartmouth's advances averaged seven yards apiece, and she was never held for downs. The good defense of the Hanover line and the fast offense of the Hanover backs were the features of the contest. Glaze kicked off to the "Aggies," who had won the toss and were defending the south goal. Walsh caught the ball on the five yard line and recovered 16 yards. The teams lined up, and M. A. C., by three short plunges, scored her one and only first down. Dartmouth now braced, and, re- pulsing two line charges with no gain, forced the visitors to kick. Vaughan caught Quigle/s punt on his own 50 yard line, recovered eight yards, and after a short line plunge by Conley, circled the visitors' right end for 49 yards and a touchdown. Leigh Turner, showing remarkable speed for a man of 210 pounds, was conspicuous in this play for his fine interference. Vaughan made a fair catch of Witham's punt- out, and kicked a perfect goal. 142 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Glaze's kick-off was away over the line, and M. A. C. wa* obliged to punt out from the 25 yard. line. Yaughan caught the ball on the 52 yard line and dodged, twisted and banged his way through the visiting team for 36 yards. Seven plunges through the line resulted in a second touchdown, scored by Conley, and a goal from a very difficult angle, kicked by "Jimmy," made Dartmouth's total 12. Again Glaze sent the spheroid past Massachusetts' goal line (this time against the gentle south breeze), and the vis- itors punted out once more. Patteson caught the ball, and recovered 18 yards, landing it on M. A. C/s 44 yard line. Conley smashed through Turner's opponent for four yard? and "Pat" showed a burst of his old-time speed as he skirted the visitors' left end for 23 yards. But the 10-minute half was up, with the ball only 17 yards from another touchdown. Dartmouth put in eight fresh men at the beginning of the second half, retaining only Gage, Turner and Conley of the original eleven. Herr received the kick-off and recovered thirteen yards, landing the ball on the 32 yard line. Two good gains, and a fumble gave the ball to the "Aggies." But, although no longer outweighed by her opponents, Mas- sachusetts could not gain an inch, and a punt, very badly gotten off, sent the leather outside at the Green's 38 yard line. Coburn smashed through for 17 yards in two charges, but Dartmouth was penalized for off-side play. Harris tried the quarter-back kick with excellent result, for Dartmouth secured the ball with a gain of 25 yards. Two more gains by Coburn, and then, being set back 10 yards for off-side play, Dartmouth tried unsuccessfully for a goal from place- ment. The kick was partially blocked, and Taft, picking up the ball, advanced it 10 yards. Twice more did Massachu- setts attack the Dartmouth line, but did not gain a foot. Again the time-keeper's whistle blew, announcing that time was up. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 143 Summary: Dartmouth. Massachusetts State. Bullock 1. end r Whittaker Lillard Lindsay 1. tackle r Craighead Brown Oilman 1. guard r ; Holcomb .Smith Hooper center Patch Pratt Gage r. guard 1 Cutter Turner .r. tackle 1 Gardiner Glaze r. end 1 Martin Herr - Ahearn Witham quarter Quigley Harris Patteson 1. half-back r Walsh Main Taft Vaughan r. half-back 1 Lewis Coburn Conley full-back Philbrick Score, Dartmouth 12, Massachusetts State 0. Touch- downs, Yaughan, Conley. Goals, Vaughan (2). Time, 10 minute periods. DARTMOUTH 18, HOLY CEOSS 0. On Saturday, October 3d, Dartmouth met, at Hanover, the team from Holy Cross College, Worcester. It was the second game of the season for each team, both having de- feated, by small scores, the Massachusetts State eleven. As 144 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. has been told before, Holy Cross was in the hands of Frank Cavanaugh, Dartmouth's old end rush, and, with the possible exception of McCornack, the greatest coach that the New Hampshire college ever sent out. His team had a most nota- ble season, suffering defeat at the hands of Dartmouth and Yale alone, scoring twice upon the Blue, defeating U. of M., champions of Maine, beating Tufts decisively and swamping Amherst, the conquerors of Harvard, 36 to 0. Holy Cross is always noted for its brilliant ball nines, but this was her first season of proportionate success upon the gridiron. She gave the Green a good fight, especially when in pos- session of the ball, rushing the spheroid almost as far as did Princeton and Harvard, later on, together. On the defense she was not so strong, but was "up against the real thing/' as the slang phrase goes; for the old "First Triumvirate" were back in harness, and men have not yet been found who can stop their fierce rushes. "Mat" Bullock's work, at left end, was grand. Mixed up in every play, he tackled fiercely and followed the ball with unerring precision. This quality, so valuable in football, of being right with the ball every second has never been devel- oped in another Dartmouth man to the degree to which Bul- lock possesses it. Dartmouth's heavy line did not play as well as in the first contest, and allowed the fast Worcester boys to get the start on them. Dartmouth lost the toss, and Glaze kicked off to Stankard, who ran the ball in to the 22 yard line. Skelley was thrown for a six yard loss, by Bullock's brilliant tackle, and after a short plunge by Stankard, Holy Cross punted. The ball went hardly any distance at all, and three plunges by the Dartmouth backs took the leather to the four yard line, whence Knibbs shot over the line for a touchdown. Yaughan kicked the goal, and the score stood, Dartmouth 6. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 145 Skelley ran in the Green's kick-off to the 25 yard line, and on the next play, finding a big hole in Dartmouth's line, ran 50 yards before "Pat" brought him down. Still playing first-rate football, Holy Cross rushed the leather to Dart- mouth's 15 yard line, where the Hanover forwards woke up and held the visitors for downs. The Green's fast offense now went to work and rushed the ball rapidly down the field, "Pat" scoring a 28 yard run. Eighteen yards from the vis- itors' goal, as Holy Cross was holding well, Witham tried an on-side kick. It took the Worcester boys by surprise, and Patteson, who went down the field like the wind, dived for the ball on the three yard line, and rolled across for a touch- down. Jimmy heeled Myron's punt-out and kicked his usual perfect goal. Score, Dartmouth 12. M Holy Cross again chose to receive the kick-off, and Stankard ran the ball in to the 26 yard line. Bullock was through on the next play, throwing Skelley for a loss. In spite of this, two charges by Stankard brought first down, and Holy Cross had just made her distance again when time for the first half was called, with the ball on the visitors' 37 yard line. At the opening of the second half Dartmouth carried the ball 103 yards by straight football and scored her third touchdown. Jimmy Vaughan caught the kick-off seven yards from the goal, and dodged and battered his way through the visitors for 33 yards. Fierce charges by Knibbs and the halves sent the oval rapidly down the field, the linesmen moving with almost every play. Patteson finally shot between Gilman and Lindsay for a touchdown, and Vaughan's perfect kick made Dartmouth's total 18. 10 146 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. The star trio, with Turner and Hooper, now retired, and their places were taken by Main, Conley, Coburn, Bankart and Pratt. Holy Cross again elected to receive the kick-off, and rushed the ball by short gains to her own 46 yard line. There, being held twice, she was forced to punt, but got off so poor a kick that Dartmouth received it on her own 50 yard line. The Green was immediately penalized for off-side play, and failing to make up the distance, surrendered the ball on downs to the visitors. Holy Cross carried the pigskin to Dartmouth's 32 yard line, where the Xew Hampshire men once more recovered it. The Worcester boys now gave way very fast before Dartmouth's fierce charges, and Coburn and Conley carried the ball down the field at the rate of eight or 10 yards a rush. Time was finally called with the ball in Dartmouth's hands, only 31 yards from another touchdown. Summary: Dartmouth. Holy Cross. Lindsay 1. tackle r Crowther Gilman . .1. guard r O'Boyle Hooper center King Bullock 1. end r Campbell Pratt Gage r. guard 1 Tobin Turner r. tackle 1 O'Donnell Bankart Glaze . . r. end 1 McDonald Connor Witham quarter Larkin . Patteson 1. half-back r Reid Main McCarthy FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 147 Vaughan r. half-back 1 Skelley Coburn McDonald Knibbs full-back Stankard Conley Score, Dartmouth 18, Holy Cross 0. Touchdowns, Knibbs, Patteson (2). Goals, Vaughan (3). Time, 15 minute halves. DARTMOUTH 36, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 0. For two years following the tie game in the fall of '00, Vermont had entertained the fallacy that she was very nearly in a class with Dartmouth, and, without saying much, had been secretly hoping to one day surprise her neighbor. To be sure, even the to game, as the class of '01 will re- member, was more or less of a farce. It had simply been the old story of loose play on the part of the superior team: "Dartmouth rushed the ball to Vermont's 13 yard line and fumbled. Vermont, unable to gain, punted. Dartmouth advanced to Vermont's seven yard line where she fumbled. Vermont tried the line ineffectually, then punted. Dart- mouth rushed the ball," etc., ad nauseam. Still those fig- ures: Vermont 0, Dartmouth 0, looked big; and marked a red letter day in Burlington's athletic history. This year, however, marked the death blow of Vermont's hopes. The frog, after all, was not an ox, but a frog. In 30 minutes of play Dartmouth romped through, around and over the Burlington team on the latter's own grounds, rolling up her score at the rate of over a point a minute. The Hanover boys would have gotten better practice by staying at home and lining up against the 1907 team. 148 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. During the first half Vermont did not once lay hands upon the ball, except to kick off four times. Dartmouth romped down the field with ridiculous ease, generally running the kick-off to the middle of the field, and then sending Patteson, Vaughan and Conley around the ends or through the line, eight yards at a clip, for the re- maining 50 yards. Eight new men went in to continue the slaughter in the second half, and they did as well as their predecessors, scor- ing thrice. Vermont received the kick-off, gained three feet in two rushes, and punted. Dartmouth soon scored. Main received U. V. M.'s fifth kick-off and tore through the home team for 35 yards. Melvin, on a direct pass, went around Vermont's end for 40 yards, and the fourth play sent Coburn across the line. The Green's sixth touchdown, and Main's goal, ended the scoring. But for good tackling on the part of Xewton and Patteson, Dartmouth's score would have been much larger. Summary: Dartmouth. Vermont. Bullock 1. end r Campbell Lillard Lindsay 1. tackle r Page Oilman 1. guard r Chamberlin Smith Pratt center Gale Gage r. guard 1 Bates Turner r. tackle 1 Eanney Bankart Herr r. end 1 Patteson Glaze FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 149 Witham quarter Bassett Melvin Patteson 1. half-back r Woodward Main Vaughan r. half-back 1 Xewton Coburn Conley full-back Kendall Grover Score, Dartmouth 36, Vermont 0. Touchdowns, Conley, Patteson, Vaughan, Coburn (2), Grover. Goals, Vaughan (3), Turner, Main (2). Eeferee, Mr. Pendleton of Bowdoin. Umpire, Lieutenant Brett, II. S. M. A. Time, 15 minute periods. DARTMOUTH 34, UXIOX 0. With six substitutes in her first line-up, Dartmouth romped to an easy victory over the Union team in one of the most uninteresting contests ever played on Alumni Oval. In 25 minutes of play the Green piled up 34 points, gaining al- most at will. The visitors were very light and wholly un- able to stop the fierce charges of the Dartmouth backs. Had it not been for good defensive work by Tredick the score would have been much larger. A pleasing feature of the game, from a Dartmouth point of view, was the appearance, for the first time this season in a regular game, of Amos Foster and "Mary" Dillon. Union kicked off at the beginning of the first half, send- ing the ball 38 yards to Coburn, who ran it in to the 34 yard line. The Green's offensive machine now went to work and 150 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. in ten plays Main was sent across the line for a touchdown, scored within two minutes of the kick-off. Turner barely missed the goal. Conley ran in the kick-off to the 38 yard line and another procession resulted in a second touchdown. Turner was suc- cessful this time, and the score stood Dartmouth 11. Herr took Glaze's place. A third time the Dartmouth backs made their march the length of the field, and Main scored his second touchdown. Turner's goal made it Dart- mouth 17. The next score took but three plays: Witham ran in the kick-off to the 52 yard line, Main skirted right end for 30 yards, and Coburn, aided by the remarkable interference of Bullock, smashed his way through the whole Union team for the remaining distance to the goal. Turner's kick made the score Dartmouth .23. Union's kick-off was over the goal line and Witham punted out to the visitors' 45 yard line. Union tried to rush the ball but was unsuccessful, gaining only on a short run by Tredick, who picked up the fumbled ball. Dartmouth put in several new men at the beginning of the second half, among them Amos Foster, and Harris, Exeter's former quarter-back. It was the Green's turn to kick off, and Turner sent the ball 50 yards to Holmes, who gained 10 before being downed. Union made no gain, then fumbled the ball and lost it. Dartmouth was set back for off-side play, and being unable to recover the distance, tried an on- side kick, Harris sending the ball to the goal line, where McCabe fell on it for a touchdown. Turner kicked the goal. Dartmouth 29. Melvin, Grover and Dillon replaced Harris, Foster and Coburn in the course of Dartmouth's next march, which car- COACH FOLSOM. CAPT. WITHAM. ASST. COACH GRIFFIN. TRAINER BOWLER. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 151 ried the ball the length of the field for the Green's sixth touchdown. Turner's trial was a failure and the score stood, Dartmouth 34. The rest of the game was devoid of interest. Dartmouth put in several new men and held her visitors to no gain. The home team was twice penalized for off-side play, but managed to make up the distance each time, and the game ended with the ball in our possession. The senior class remembered a Dartmouth-Union game which had ended very differently. It was just three years before, that Alumni Oval had been the scene of a disgrace- ful tie game, to 0, with the Schenectady boys. But "nous avons change tout cela," and a new day was come to Han- over. Summary: Dartmouth. Union. Bullock 1. end r Olmstead Lillard Davis Jennings Bankart 1. tackle r Hayes Brown Kobinson Smith 1. guard r Lent Pratt center Nutt Gage r. guard 1 Gilmore Turner r. tackle 1 Dann Glaze r. end 1 Cooke Herr Hagburg Witham quarter Raymond Harris Melvin Savage 152 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Main 1. half-back r Tredick McCabe Coburn . r. half-back 1 Patten Dillon Conley full-back Holmes Foster Grover Score, Dartmouth 34, Union 0. Touchdown?, Main (2), Conley, Coburn, McCabe, Grover. Goals, Turner (-i). Um- pire, Carleton of Bowdoin. Referee, Smith of Columbia. Time, 15 and 10 minute periods. DARTMOUTH 17, WILLIAMS 0. Back again on familiar ground. For the Cedar Street gridiron in Newton Center has been the scene of many a Dartmouth battle: in the old days it was Yale, and of late years Williams, and to-day we are here to see the third Williams game in the new series. It is more or less of a crucial year at Williams, for the graduate system of coaching has been introduced, and ex- Captain O'Neill, of the championship '02 team, has been called back as head coach. He has had fair success so far, as his team has beaten Massachusetts State worse than Dart- mouth beat them, and has held the strong Columbia eleven to five points. But to-day's contest is to decide, once for all, whether Williams can consider herself in Dartmouth's class, or whether the Berkshire men must in future give up all hope of beating their Hanover neighbors and content them- selves with rivalry with Wesleyan. Williams has a strong team; her line is fast and fairly heavy, and she has the same FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 153 star back field which has been playing together for three years. Jayne, Watson, Gutterson, Durfee and Peabody are too well known to Dartmouth men to need introduction. They are the best backs that Williams has had since the days of Street, Garfield and the Drapers. But Dartmouth has some backs, too. Williams has vivid memories of Witham and Vaughan, of Conley, and, above all, of Dillon. And this year, for the first time, the backs have a line in front of them which is of a calibre equal to their own. The average weight of the New Hampshire eleven is 187 pounds, while the Berkshire men are 12 pounds lighter. As we look them over now the big limbs of Hooper and Gage, and the tall forms of Lindsay, Gilman and Turner present a huge ap- pearance when contrasted with Willams' linemen. Outside of these five forwards the teams seem to be evenly matched in size. It is a miserable day for a game. From the low gray clouds comes a steady downpour of rain, drenching players and spectators alike, and making the field one great bog, re- lieved here and there by large sized puddles. Yet glancing about, we see six thousand people gathered on all sides of the enclosure. As usual, Hanover is deserted, and half of Williams College is down here, too. Great crowds of alumni from Boston are present, and the usual Dartmouth reunion is taking place. Familiar faces and familiar voices on all sides of us recall the days when we, too, piled high the bon- fire on the campus, and, clad in white, danced around it till the clock struck 12. . But it is after 3 o'clock, and the rain, instead of abating, is coming down still harder. And so, amid the loyal cheers of the rooters, the teams are spread out, Dartmouth to kick off, Williams to defend the south goal. Turners kick-off is 154 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. caught by Gutterson, on the Purple's 14 yard mark and is run in 16 yards. Watson punts immediately to "Pat/' who runs the ball in to the very center of the field. Dartmouth's offense now gets to work, and by the long gains of Yaughan and Conley, the pigskin is worked rapidly down to the Pur- ple's 22 yard line. Already the rooters are crying "touch- down," but somebody has fumbled, and a Williams man is on the ball. Watson goes back for a punt, but the ball is passed too low. Still he tries to kick, but a long body dives through the air, and he is down. Another attempt at a punt follows Mat's beautiful tackle, and this time Watson gets it away. A gasp goes up from the Dartmouth stand, for "Pat," with the rain driving into his eyes, muffs the ball, and a Williams man is on it. Hoping for a second accident, Wil- liams punts again, but Pat clings to the slippery ball on the Green's 30 yard line. Here they come, smashing down the field again, five yards at a clip. Again it looks like a march to the goal, but on Williams' 40 yard line the umpire inter- feres. Myron has just run with the ball, and evidently cut in too near the center. Hello! it is Williams' ball, and Wat- son is gone back for another punt. There it goes, high into the air. Pat has nabbed it, and again Dartmouth begins her march. Again the umpire steps in, setting the Green back ten yards for off-side play. Myron tries an on-side kick, but Williams is awake and secures the ball at the very center of the field. Still clinging to the kicking game, Williams sends a high punt to "Pat," who a second time fails to hold the slippery oval, and a Williams man is on it, just 32 yards from the Green's goal. N"ow for the first time does the Purple rush the ball. Smash! a yard gained; smash! half a yard gained. It is a hopeless attempt, and Lewis goes back to try a goal from the field. The Dartmouth linemen come FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 155 through fast, and the best he can do is to get off a short punt, which Patteson gathers in at the five yard line. Dartmouth now smashes her way down the field five yards at a play, and has gained 78 yards when a fumble gives the ball once more to Williams. One rush, however, and a Berkshire man drops the leather, and Lindsay is on it like a shot. Two smashing gains, and Dartmouth is set back 20 yards for holding. Witham. calls Glaze to the rear and kneels as he gives the signal for the ball to come back. A beautiful pass by Hooper, straight into the captain's hands, and the latter, rising quickly, passes the ball to Glaze and they are off like a shot. Man after man is bowled over by Myron, and when the runner is finally brought down, he has gained some 24 yards. In the mean time, Pat has been hurt, and his place is taken by "Mary" Dillon. Three fierce charges eat up the remaining 13 yards and the Green's first touchdown, delayed by four fumbles and three penalties, has come at last. A roar of applause from the rooters, followed by another as Jimmy, in spite of wind and rain, kicks a diffi- cult goal. The teams change goals, and Watson sends a swift kick-off to Gilman. It is more than Joe can hold, and a Williams man dives for it, at the 43 yard line. A rush, and Williams gains two yards. On the next play Bullock downs Peabody, throwing him back to the 49 yard line. Watson sends a punt to Dillon and "Mary" recovers 12 yards, slipping finally in the mud. Several line plunges drive the ball to the Green's 37 yard line, where time is called. Witham receives Williams' kick-off, at the beginning of the second half, and runs it in to the 37 yard line. Fast play carries the ball to the Purple's 42 yard line, where Dartmouth's fifth fumble gives the ball to Williams. After 156 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. two rushes the Berkshire men find themselves five yards be- hind where they started, owing to a beautiful tackle by Gage. Watson sends a 50 yard punt over Dillon's head, but "Mary" gathers it in on the 20 yard line and recovers 16. Using a fast wing shift, Dartmouth now sweeps Williams back rap- idly, gaining from five to eight yards every play. At Wil- liams' 22 yard line, the umpire takes a hand in the game once more, setting the Green back 20 yards for holding, and 10 more for off-side play. Two ripping plays, Dillon through tackle, make up the greater part of the lost ground, but on third down with eight yards to go, an on-side kick gives the ball to Williams on her own 23 yard line. Watson's punt sends the ball to Dillon in mid-field, and Dartmouth jumps down the field faster than ever. On the Purple's 27 yard line Witham's agility saves the ball from going to Williams on another fumble. Again Dartmouth is set back 20 yards for holding, but two smashing plays through the line, with Dillon carrying the ball, make up the lost distance. Over at last, and a great yell goes up, but once more the umpire steps in, putting Dartmouth back to the 12 yard line, with the goal to make for first down. Dillon makes a great effort, but is stopped four yards from the line and the ball goes to Williams on downs. And now, with her backs behind their own goal, Williams once more sends Watson back to punt. But the Hanover boys are through from all directions; Witham blocks, and, picking up the ball, throws himself over for a touchdown. A high wind and a difficult angle cause Vaughan to miss his only goal in the whole season. Score, Dartmouth 11. Williams eidently has chosen to receive the kick-off, for Turner is setting up the ball. It sails down the field to Gut- terson, who carries it back to the 25 yard line. Watson punts FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 157 immediately, and it is Dartmouth's ball on her own 45 yard line. And now, with no more interruptions from fumbles and penalties, Dartmouth smashes her way down the field once more. A short halt occurs, till Conley can get the water out of his lungs. He has landed in the middle of a young lake, and has been nearly drowned, with men of both teams piled on him. Dave Main goes in for "Mary" Dillon, and Dartmouth's advance continues. It takes just 15 plays to cover the 65 yards, and Conley shoots across the line. Jim- my's goal makes our total 17. With 15 seconds to play the teams line up again, and Jimmy Vaughan sets the crowd wild by a beautiful broken field run. From his own five yard line he carries the leather 55 yards through the whole Williams team. But the referee's whistle ends the unequal contest. Summary: Dartmouth. Williams. Bullock 1. end r Stocking Jaeckel Lindsay 1. tackle r Bixby Boy son Gilman 1. guard r Dennett Hooper center Campbell Pease Gage r. guard 1 Jones Turner r. tackle 1 Murray Glaze r. end 1 Lewis Curtiss Witham quarter Jayne W T ilbur 158 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Patteson 1. half-back r Watson Dillon Durfee Main Vaughan r. half-back 1 Gutterson Conley full-back Peabody Score, Dartmouth 17, Williams 0. Touchdowns, Vaughan, Witham, Conley. Goals, Vaughan (2). Umpire, Mr. Dad- mun of W. P. I. Keferee, Mr. Pendleton of Bowdoin. Time, 25 and 20 minute periods. NOTE AND COMMENT. Hooper at center was as steady and unmovable as a rock. His handling of the wet ball was remarkable; all the fumbles were made by the backs. Joe Gilman tore great holes in the purple's line, and a good many of Dartmouth's gains were made through him. Turner and Lindsay were impregnable on the defense, and were much in evidence when Dartmouth had the ball. Bullock was the same wonderful end as ever. Had he been able to go through the season without injury Dartmouth would have had another man on the All-America team. How much Dartmouth outclassed her rivals can best be seen from the following figures: Dartmouth rushed the ball 217 yards in the first half, 218 in the second, a total of 435 for the whole game, and this ought to be enough, under ordi- nary conditions, to score six or seven touchdowns. Williams gained a total of 10 yards in six rushes and lost so much ground on her other attempts that her average per rush for the entire game was about minus one and a half yards. Usually it is the heavier team which is benefitted by wet weather, but on this occasion the wet ground and slippery FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 159 ball robbed Dartmouth of score after score. It was unsafe, even for the Green's fast backs, to try end running, and the account of the game will show the reader how often sure touchdowns were lost through inability to cling to the ball. On a dry day the score would have been 36 to 0, at least, in Dartmouth's favor. PRINCETON 17, DARTMOUTH 0. On Saturday, October 24th, Dartmouth met her only de- feat of the season and lost, to Princeton, the right to claim the football championship of the year. The most unsportsmanlike thing that can be done by a beaten team or its partisans is to attribute their defeat to the grounds, the weather, the officials, to bad luck in general, to anything and everything but the superior playing of their opponents. Such is far from our intention in the case of this game. Be it acknowledged here and now, that the team which represented Princeton on the New Jersey university's field on October 24th, 1903, was better than the team which went down from New Hampshire to meet them. There is something, however, which must be explained. On November 14th this Princeton team, although victorious, was outclassed by Yale in every essential of the game except that of clinging to the ball. But for three disastrous fumbles, the score would have been 24 to in favor of the Blue. On November 21st the same Yale team, with this error corrected, went to Cambridge and won exactly the same kind of a victory that Princeton had achieved on the Satur- day preceding. Three passes by Harvard's center over the head of the giant Le Moyne gave Yale three touchdowns, yet three times the Crimson attack carried the ball almost to 160 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Yale's goal, where miserable fumbling threw the game away. Harvard out-rushed Yale, just as Yale had out-rushed Princeton, by two yards to one. The Crimson defense could stop the Blue's advance and the Crimson offense played havoc with the rush line from New Haven. Yet this same Harvard team, while still unbeaten and hopeful, had been helpless as children before the strength of Dartmouth. Sixty-seven consecutive yards they were pushed back in the first half, and 83 in the second, and their boasted attack, which ripped up Penn. and ploughed through Yale, was powerless against the rush line of the Green. But how could this all be? Was this the same Dartmouth team which was defeated by Princeton? No, it was not. Of the eleven men who began the Harvard game, four, Lindsay, Patteson, Clough and Foster, were in such poor shape that they were not taken on the Princeton trip at all, and two others, Vaughan and Turner, were so sick that they would never have been allowed to play had there been anybody to put into their places. Turner's right arm was absolutely use- less, hanging limp from the shoulder, and it was on this, his right side, that Princeton scored two of her touchdowns. The game was by far the roughest that Dartmouth has played since the Yale game of 1900. In the third play of the game Mat Bullock was knocked flat by one of the Princeton ends, and before he could rise the other landed heavily on him, disabling him for the rest of the season. Glaze was blocked off, as he attempted to tackle De Witt, with so much force that he was stunned and had to be taken out of the game. Dillon banged his eye against the fist of a Princeton player, and was blinded in consequence and had to retire. Bill Knibbs was taken out from under a pile so badly used up that he did not get into the line-up again until the last half of the Harvard game. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 161 The following quotations from "The Princetonian," with comments upon them, may be interesting: "Xotwithstanding the superior weight of the Dartmouth line, the Princeton line was easily its match, the advantage of weight being offset by Princeton's quickness in starting." Dartmouth's line averaged 192 1-7 pounds per man, Princeton's 189 2-7, an advantage of three pounds for the New Hampshire college. Princeton's backs, however, were so heavy that they brought the team average up to 184 pounds, two pounds and a fraction greater than that of the Hanover eleven. "In the first half," says "The Princetonian," "Princeton seemed unable to gain ground, making but four first downs in the 30 minutes of play. Dartmouth's fumbles were fre- quent and costly, and one of them, on the eight yard line, re- sulted in a touchdown for Princeton." The Princeton ends, the fastest and deadliest pair of the year, had an arrangement by which they avoided colliding as they tackled a man catching a punt, whereby Henry struck him at the knees and Davis a little above the waist. A member of the Dartmouth eleven, in a letter to the writer, says: "It was one fellow's duty not only to tackle near the ball but to wrench it away. Our man was tackled almost every time before catching the punt. Davis was penalized once for it." To continue with "The Princetonian": "Dartmouth's heavy line proved very effective on the offense and was at times impregnable to the aggressive attacks of the Prince- ton backs. Princeton still showed a tendency to start before the ball was passed, and had the Dartmouth quarter-back taken advantage of this off-side play, the University team would have been penalized frequently. The most effective 162 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. play of the Dartmouth team was the wing shift, which gained almost at will through tackle. Knibbs at full-back was a steady ground gainer, advancing the ball almost entire- ly by straight plunges through the center. The only ap- parent weakness in the Dartmouth line was at right tackle, through which most of Princeton's gains were made." Fancy Leigh Turner, who, in every other game that he played, was the strongest man in the Dartmouth team, picked out for the one weak spot in our line. Yet, crippled as he was, this was the truth that day. Hooper, pitted against Short, more than held his own, while Joe Gilman handled the great John De Witt as though the latter were but a child. To tell the truth, although De Witt's great kicking and the .speed and agility with which he could carry his 210 pounds would make him a most valuable man to any eleven, he was not an A No. 1 guard. This is not said, however, to detract from Joe Oilman's playing, for he put up a grand game that day, as he always has done and always will do, in a contest where Dartmouth is losing. Fred Brown gave Beed all he wanted, and Gage was more than a match for Dillon. Witham was not up to his usual form, by any means, and showed poor headwork at one or two important points in the game. Dillon, and especially Knibbs, did great work behind the line, while Yaughan, although sick and run down seven pounds in weight, played to his limit. The substitute backs, Main, Coburn and Conley, who went into the game in the latter part of the second period, made great gains through the Princeton line. What would we have not given to have had "Ame" Foster and "Pat," "Bill" Lindsay and Clough in the game, with Turner and Yaughan in good health and strength! Bullock lasted but three plays, and Glaze was put out in the first play of the second half, having been injured FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 16-i previously. Lillard and Herr played good ball, but they were "up against the real thing" in Davis and Henry. McCornack ha0 Marshall, 3 L, 236 Parkinson, '06, 185 Le Moyne, '07, 210 Meier, '04, 153 Clothier, '04, 170 Marshall, '04, 163 Hurley, '05, 163 Nichols, '06, 159 Schoelkopf, 2 L, 24 176 Shea, '04, 23 169 ; Dodge, '05, 22 163 1 Harrison, '05, 21 Average weight of line, 197?. Average weight of backs, 163j. Average weight of eleven, ISSjV Average age of eleven, 2l. Average height of eleven, 5ft. lOJin. Weight of eleven which ended game, iShV Average weight of line, 194. Average weight of backs, 170J. Average weight of eleven, 185A. Average age of eleven, 21?. Average height of eleven, 5ft. Weight of eleven which ended game, 185i 9 T . It will be observed that the two elevens as they began the game totaled the same, to a pound. The substitution of Brown for Lindsay in the second half cost Dartmouth 54 pounds and reduced the team average over four pounds. The average of the five Harvard substitutes, Kidder, Mills, Shea, Dodge and Harrison, was a little above that of the regular players. There is nothing which gives the reader quite so clear an idea of the movements of the ball and the course of the game as a chart. The weakness of the Crimson, both on offense and de- fense, and Dartmouth's irresistible strength, together with the plan of game carried out by each captain, can be plainly seen in the following diagrams: FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. F/RSTHALF 215 SECOND SUfiTMOuTH bA/ITJWOKTl. The reader will notice that in the whole game Dartmouth advanced the ball just 245 yards, Harvard exactly 45. Har- vard's five punts averaged Sl 1 /^ yards; Dartmouth's one punt was good for 47 yards. In short, the lordly Crimson was not only beaten, she was outclassed. 216 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. DARTMOUTH 62, BROWX 0. Thanksgiving Day, 1903, dawned bleak and cold in Man- chester. With the thermometer at 18 degrees, a chilling wind blowing from the north, and the ground frozen to an adamantine hardness, it was anything but an ideal day for a football contest. While there were, no doubt, just as many enthusiastic rooters from out of town as came to see last year's grand battle, they were not so noticeable on the streets; the weather kept them indoors. Again, there was not the same incentive to enthusiasm as then. A year before, both sides had come to the fight determined to win, each, however, realizing that it was an even thing, and that only after a desperate battle would the enemy be beaten. What a change had taken place since then! This year Dartmouth had swamped Amherst, Willams, "\Vesleyan and Holy Cross, had outrushed Princeton, and roundly trounced the lordly Crimson. Brown, on the other hand, deprived of her captain, had made a disastrous beginning and had been beaten, 29 to 0, by Princeton and Harvard, and 30 to by Penn., although this last score should have been 12 to but for three disastrous fumbles close to the Brunonian goal. The reappearance of Captain Webb and the addition of "Tom" Barry to the group of coaches had brought about a great change. In quick succession Brown defeated Williams (22 to 0), Vermont (24 to 0) and Syracuse (12 to 5), Gutnish- ing the latter team almost as completely as Yale had done. This game showed conclusively that Brown had a wonder- fully strong line (Syracuse made her distance but once in the whole game and scored only by a fluke), and two sets of swift, heavy backs. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 217 But for two fumbles and an off-side play, all within Syra- cuse's ten yard line, the score would have been increased by 18 points, and the call of time found Brown in possession of the ball only 14 yards from another touchdown. Had it not been for another game which had been played upon the same day (Xov. 14th), the Providence men would have thought that there was still a good chance for them against Dartmouth. Under the able coaching of Hunt and Murphy, "Dave" Fultz and Barry, the Providence team had rounded into a good, strong, representative Brown eleven. Their line averaged 193 pounds from tackle to tackle, and 180 as a whole. Their freshman quarter-back was so much of a star that he was preferred to Scudder, who had played that po- sition for three years. Hascall, Schwinn, Colter and Webb were veterans of three seasons, and Higgins had beaten out, for the position of tackle, the veteran Savage, who had gone behind the line as half-back. Russ, who was placed last season on the second All-America team, was putting up a great game at full-back, and with Corp and Keen, Curtis, Pearsall, Walsh and Heckman, the back field positions were pretty well provided for. Yes, under ordinary circum- stances, with such a team as this, Brown might have been confident of success against any eleven in the country, with the exception of Yale, Princeton and Harvard. But here was a team which outweighed them, even with their heaviest backs, ten and a half pounds to the man, a team which had outclassed Harvard Harvard, who had beaten them 29 to 0. Xo wonder that there was not a large attendance of un- dergraduates from Providence, and no wonder that Brown's supporters were grim rather than enthusiastic. 218 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Dartmouth's backers, too, were very quiet; a feeling of subdued confidence was noticeable everywhere. Captain Witham's statement to the Boston Journal covered the case exactly: "We expect to win. If Brown should happen to beat us there would be no excuse to offer." And thus the morning of November 26th found two thou- sand Dartmouth men holding the usual Dartmouth reunion, both at the hotels and at the field, in a genuine holiday mood, looking for another exhibition of wonderful foot- ball from the team that beat Harvard. "Eke" Hall, "Bob" Lakeman, "Squash" Little, old players by the score, were recognized among the throng. Old graduates exchanged congratulations with a bright eye and a quiet smile, and were glad that they were Dartmouth men. At Varick Park ten thousand people sat and shivered in the frosty morning air, waiting for the game to begin. Brown was host this year, and the Providence sympathizers, three thousand strong, occupied the main grand stand and the adjacent bleachers, where last year the Dartmouth root- ers had held forth. Across the field, on the great wooden stand, which had been built to accommodate them, sat stu- dents, friends and alumni of Dartmouth to the number of five thousand. The ends of the field were thronged with spectators, gathered principally at the north. The teams came on the field and were hailed with the usual yells of greeting. There was a little anxiety among the rooters in regard to Patteson, Glaze and Hooper, for the practice on Novem- ber 18th had resulted in injury to all three, but, to the great relief of the crowd, all were seen in their usual places. By the line-up in practice it was seen that the same combination of backs, which began the Harvard game, would start this FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 219 one also. With the substitutes along the side lines, were seen the familiar forms of Jack O'Connor, who had been at Hanover ever since the successful ending of Bowdoin's season, "Dubsy" Farmer,, who was to act as our linesman,, and "Fat" Smith. "Fat" now really merited his nickname, for he was of aldermanic girth, and tipped the scales at 240. He and Jack had done great work at Hanover during the week preceding the game, and not a little of the finished perfection of the play was due to their efforts. Jack Griffin and "Wife" Jennings were also in attendance, and before the game was over "Vic" Place and Fred Crolius joined the group of coaches. After the usual conference with the officials, the teams separated and it was seen that Dartmouth had won the toss. Brown was preparing to kick off and Dartmouth, spread out toward the north, was getting ready to receive the ball. Last of all the eleven, Captain Witham pulled over his head a grayish-green sweater, bearing a D which had once been white, and handed it to a substitute, who bore it reverently to the side lines. That old green sweater! What mem- ories it recalled! I remembered as plainly as though it were but yesterday the day when I had first seen him wear it. That day we overcame, well, not the Nervii, but at least the strong Amherst eleven, flushed with unexpected success over Williams, and confident of the championship. Again I could see old "Put," raging like the bull that he was, dis- posing in grand style of Amherst's All-America tackle, Ty- ler. Once more Joe Edwards, with his right ear pounded to a pulp, seemed to smash through the opposing line for long gains. There still rang in my ears the hoarse, piercing voice of the little man that drove them, as, disdaining to use signals, he cried to Tyler that the play was coming 220 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. through him, to stop it if he could! Many times has the old sweater come back to us since then, and if, in latter years, its owner, wasted by sickness, no longer stretched it tight, still all the old fire, all the old spirit, all the old loy- alty was there, and the sight of this old friend seems to say that he is with us in spirit to-day. Hark to that yell: " Wah-who-wah ! Wah-who-wah! Da-da-Dartmouth ! Wah-who-wah ! T-I-G-E-R. Mac's old sweater! Mac's old sweater! Mac's old sweater!" But Euss was standing ready, awaiting the referee's whistle, and Myron was giving a last word of instruction to the backs behind him. How different from last year! Then it had been anxiety, nervousness, a mixture of hope and fear, in players and spectators alike. Now there \va> calm assurance. Joe Gilman and Henry Hooper, chums and comrades all their lives, had been laughing and joking together a few moments before, and the whole team wore a holiday look. The whistle blew and Russ sent the ball along the ground to Gilman, who fell on it just 15 yards from the midde of the field. With just 70 yards to go for a touchdown Dart- mouth lined up for her attack and sent Foster crashing into the line. It was seen at once that Brown had a most deter- mined defense, for her linesmen charged as swiftly as their opponents and her big backs were under the play like a flash. Foster's charge was as swift as the spring of a wild FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 221 beast, yet it was good for only three yards. Patteson and Yaughan took their turn, gaining but little over their own length. The two lines struck each other with a terrible rasp of canvas on canvas. The ball snapped, and, as the report of a gun follows the flash, came this loud "Hrrrrck," sounding over all the field. With two lines of the same speed and the same strength, it was only the superior weight of the Hanover forwards and the quicker start of the Dart- mouth backs that sent them ahead for two and three yards at a jump. Twice Foster got through for five yards, twice for six, and once for seven, but the rest of the \vay it was the most dogged kind of fighting. Patteson and Vaughan would shoot into holes and fall with a two yard gain, and then Foster would fight his way through for four more. I have seen many line-bucking backs, but I have never seen anything to equal the playing of Amos Foster during those first ten minutes of the game at Manchester. Of one thing I am certain: There was not another back playing football in 1903 who could have torn the Brown defense to shreds as he did. The ball was on the four yard line with third down and two to go. Again Foster was called upon, and in a last fierce charge he carried it over, while joyful yells rang out from the Dartmouth cheering section. Jimmy's trusty right foot sent the oval squarely between the posts, and the great crowd counted six. With the games of the past in mind I added up: Dartmouth 68, Brown 86. Brown demanded that Dartmouth kick off, so the teams changed goals, and Turner sent one of his mighty kicks to Curtis almost on the goal line itself. The Providence half- back came up the field fast, dodging or warding off man after man. Twenty-eight yards he covered, but Witham 222 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. brought him down. A line-up, and Euss sent the Provi- dence rooters wild with joy by skirting Turner for eight yards. But Dartmouth's line would give no more, and two desperate charges made no impression on its stone-wall de- fense. And to add the last straw to Brown's burden of misfortune, Gilman-and Lindsay blocked HascalFs punt. It was Dartmouth's ball just 45 yards from a touchdown. Patteson's lame ankle, injured again in the second rush of the game, now gave out for good, and Dave Main went in. Two charges by the halves gained but a yard apiece, and Witham punted outside at Brown's 26 yard line. Again on the first rush Brown made her distance, and again Dart- mouth stopped her opponents twice at the line. The sec- ond play was a well executed trick, but Glaze's sinewy grasp clutched one ankle of the runner and held him firmly. Has- call punted to Main, and the latter by beautiful dodging ran the ball in 16 yards. Hrrrrck! Foster charged through for four yards. Hrrrrck! Turner added a like amount. It was positively cruel to see it. Brown would not budge an inch and Dartmouth was literally train])! ing them under foot. At the 25 yard line she was almost stopped, and again at the 15. Finally it was on the seven yard line, and Brown held twice. Her defense was really magnificent in its doggedness and determination. With the instinct of a born leader Myron did exactly what his opponents did not expect. From the left side line he sent a quick on-side kick across the field. The ball struck the right hand goal post and bounded off across, with 22 men in pursuit. Schwinn just got his fingers on it in the air, but Vaughan and Foster were too quick. It was Dart- mouth's ball, three yards from the line. Still Brown was game and it took two plays to send Jimmy across. _ w 3 3 at FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 223 Again the yells, culminating as the great, little right half kicked a perfect goal from an extreme angle. Dartmouth 12 (and I mentally added Dartmouth 74, Brown 86). Once more the Providence eleven chose to receive the kick-off, and Turner sent the ball to the very goal line. Curtis was not so fortunate this time, recovering but 17 yards. Smash! Webb struck the line but failed. Crash! Euss had. no better luck. Third down, four and a half to go. Hascall went back to punt and barely suc- ceeded in getting the ball away. It was the same with him as it was with LeMoyne: he had no time to punt properly. The ball went to the 48 yard line and Dartmouth started for the goal line a third time. So far Myron had been pounding, pounding at his oppo- nents' line. The Brown ends were both veterans, and in the Harvard-Brown game had thrown the Crimson backs for a loss at almost every attempt. Dartmouth's weight and strength were bound to win the line bucking game, and every exchange of punts meant ten yards' gain for the Green. Xow, however, with the game well in hand, Myron changed his tactics, and, after one five yard smash by Fos- ter, shot Dave Main around his opponents' left. Vaughan put Schwinn out of the play, and Dave went clear. Nine- teen yards he covered, amidst the wild yells of the Han- over contingent, but Euss pulled him down. Smash! Smash! Two ripping plays through the line, then Turner was brought back. Three times he ploughed through, covering 14 yards. It was first down on the three yard line, but Brown was game to the last. Twice Turner plunged into the line, and twice ,they stopped him short. A third time the big tackle was given the ball, and the weary Brunonians fell back before his strength. It was 224 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. a touchdown, in the extreme corner of the field. AVit ham's punt-out failed, and the score stood, Dartmouth 17. (D. 79, B. 86.) Still Brown had an idea that once in possession of the ball she could rush it down the field, and once more Cap- tain Webb requested that Dartmouth kick off. Accord- ingly Turner sent the ball to the 19 yard line, whence Keen ran it in 16 yar.ds. Brown tried right end, but Glaze threw his man for a two yard loss. Again Brown tried the end, and in their desperation they tackled two Hanover men who were about to down the runner. The play cost them 20 yards for holding, and from the eight yard line Hascall sent a punt to Vaughan, who, catching it on the bounce near the right side line, ran it in 16 yards, dodging and fighting all the way. Keen was injured and gave way to Corp. Two smashes by Foster brought first down inside the 25 yard line. Turner banged through for three, then Vaughan, clinging to Witham's shoulder, tore around right end and ran 21 yards for a touch- down. Foster gave great interference, and Witham warded off man after man. The Hanover rooters rose as one man to cheer the play, and the enthusiasm did not abate when Myron's punt-out was not caught. Dartmouth, 22. This equaled the high score thus far in Brown-Dartmouth con- tests and made the total, Dartmouth 84, Brown 86. This experience disgusted Brown with receiving the kick- off and Russ sent the ball to Main on Dartmouth's five yard line. The left half back ran the kick in splendidly to the 28 yard line, and Dartmouth's attack began again. Foster got his usual five yards, and Vaughan cleared Hascall for 15. Here the umpire took a hand in the game and set Dartmouth back ten yards. On the very first play Glaze FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 225 got loose and tore down the field for thirty-six yards. Once more Brown put up a most stubborn defense and repulsed two plays with little gain. Witham punted to Brown's 12 yard line, Brown ran it in five yards and punted back, giving Dartmouth the ball and four yards advance. Fos- ter made his distance, and Glaze a second time cleared Has- call, for 12 yards on this occasion. On a direct pass the captain cleared Schwinn for 15 yards, falling finally near the western side line. A brown-clad player landed heavily on Witham's neck as he lay there, and it was feared that he would have to be taken out. He took the limit of time, then resumed the game. The boasted Brown ends were powerless to stem the tide, overwhelmed by the power and speed of the Dartmouth offense. Vaughan skirted Has- call for seven yards, Turner ploughed through for four, and Main crossed the line for Dartmouth's fifth touchdown. As Vaughan's kick gave us our 28th point, the east stand sang: "Fill up the glass to the ruddy brim, Drink to the glory that naught can dim, Dear old Dartmouth's splendid name, Dear old Dartmouth's deathless fame, For hers is the strength of the Granite hills, Strong to resist when the tempest thrills, Hers of old the victory; Hers the triumph yet to be." I counted 90 to 86 as the teams changed goals, and for the first time in ten years the Xew Hampshire college led in total points. Says "The Dartmouth:" "Lindsay received the next kick- off on his 20 yard line and pushed the whole Brown team back 12 yards." While this statement may be a slight 15 226 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. exaggeration of the truth as one reads it, it certainly seemed so at the time. He looked for all the world like a great bear dragging after him eight or nine hounds who had fastened themselves to him. Witham went around the end for a bare yard and a half, Vaughan made it first down, and Foster smashed through for six yards more. Time was nearly up and Myron sent Dave Main around on a double pass. Schwinn was awake, however, and threw the runner for a seven yard loss. A fake kick let Main recover six yards of this, and Witham punted to Brown's 30 yard line, where Schwinn's fumble gave the ball to the Green once more just at the call of time. Between the halves the Dartmouth Band made itself heard and song and cheer followed each other in quick succession. Most of us w r ere busy speculating on the final score, the prevailing opinion placing it at 45 to 0. Before the game, John Bowler, in his optimistic way, had prophesied 30 to 0, but we were within two points of that already. As the teams came out for the second period Billy Knibbs and "Mary" Dillon were seen among the number, and were duly greeted by the crowd. It was Dartmouth's kick-off and Leigh Turner sent one of his great twisters to Schwartz, who gathered it in on Brown's seven yard line, and started up the field. He traveled 12 yards before Turner picked him off his feet and slammed him to the ground. In the first play Lindsay broke through Webb and stretched Pearsall on the sod just four yards back of the line. With the Hanover linemen charging down on him, Hascall got off a hurried punt, which was captured by Dillon on the 53 yard line. Shaking off Schwinn and dodging Corp, the swift half-back recovered 13 yards. Brown was too eager, and it cost them five yards of dis- tance. The next play showed what marvellous team work FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 227 could do, even against determined opposition. Billy Knibbs smashed into the center, Joe Oilman and Hooper grabbed him, and the three of them pushed back the whole Brown eleven for 14 yards before they could get the runner off his feet. Four more smashes by Dillon and Knibbs took the ball to the ten yard line. Dave Main cleared Schwinn for five more, and another touchdown was im- minent. Still Brown was game, and two plunges into the line left the ball on the two yard line, with only one more trial allowed. Turner was brought back, and shot his great body through "Webb for the required distance. For the only time in the game the trial for goal was unsuccessful, and the score stood, Dartmouth 33. Main caught Brown's short kick-off on the 25 yard line and carried it back 15 j r ards. One smash into the line and the left half-back circled Schwinn for an even ten yards. Knibbs ploughed through Colter for a long gain, keeping his feet beautifully, and covering 16 yards before he was brought down. Again Brown's defense stiff- ened and they contested every foot of the distance from here on. Once Dartmouth rushed for no gain, but the next play sent Main through Webb for six yards. Lind- say was playing a magnificent game, both on offense and defense. He had the hardest man in the Brown line to handle, and he was handling him without gloves. Dillon made it first down just four and a half yards from the goal. Turner was stopped with a foot gained, Main smashed through to the two yard line, and it was third down. Dil- lon shot through and was just falling across the goal line when two Brown men seized him, and quickly twisted him around to the right. "Mary" fought hard, but to no avail; it was Brown's ball on downs just one foot from the line. 228 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. The east side generously applauded this gallant stand and the west cheered wildly. Brown's punter went back for a kick, but Dartmouth's linemen, furious at having been robbed of their touchdown, shot through from all directions and poor Hascall had barely time to hit the ball a feeble tap with his shin, which scarcely sent it over the heads of the players. The crowd ran back, and big Bill Lindsay reached up over the heads of the others and, still running back- wards, caught the ball some nine feet from the ground, heeling it at the same moment. A great yell greeted this bit of clever work and a louder one hailed Turner's beau- tiful goal from the field. Dartmouth 38. Dartmouth spread out to the south, and Hascall sent a poor kick to Witham on Dartmouth's 21 yard line. The captain started like a shot, cutting off toward the right. The whole team contributed to his interference, but Glaze and Dillon were especially prominent. At the very center of the field a Brown man stood squarely in his way, but Glaze hurled himself at the tackier and Myron ran on. On Brown's 40 yard line he hurdled a player, but did not land squarely on his feet; he stumbled and, before he could get up speed, was tackled from the side and fell. He had cov- ered 54 yards, the longest run of the game so far. Smash! Knibbs tore through center for six yards. Main threw himself at Hascall, and Dillon ran around the right end for 16 yards. Four short charges took the ball to the seven yard line, and Knibbs tore through, aided by Hooper and Witham, for the rest of the distance to the goal. Turner's goal added our 44th point. A touchdown in seven plays was too much for Brown, and they decided that they would do better to receive the kick-off. Accordingly Turner lifted the oval into the air, FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 229 and Pearsall, catching it on the very goal line, ran it in 2-i yards,, dodging three Dartmouth men as he went. Corp tried the line, but Lillard threw him for a loss, and Has- call went back to punt. Witham had several times suc- ceeded in almost blocking Brown's kicks, and now was suc- cessful, meeting the ball squarely in the air. Turner picked it up and, with beautiful interference 1 by the captain, he banged and dodged his way through the whole Brown team for a touchdown, scored in exactly three plays. The big tackle then kicked the goal, and the score stood, Dartmouth 50. This experience disgusted Brown with receiving the kick- off and Captain Webb demanded the ball. A poor kick was caught by Clough on the Green's 40 yard line, Knibbs tore through the line for 11 yards, and Dillon made one of the prettiest runs of the game, falling at last on Brown's 36 yard line. Three short plunges by the halves netted seven yards, Knibbs smashed through for six more, and Turner was brought back. With tremendous power he forged ahead for 12 yards, ploughing, as one man said, "like a rotary snow-plough through a Dakota blizzard." Still Brown did not "quit," and it took three plays for the next first down. The ball was on the six yard line and Turner was called back once more. With a crash and a plunge he shot through and fell across the line. Myron carried the ball out and Turner kicked a perfect goal. Dartmouth 56. Brown's kick-off went only 25 yards to Lillard, who brought it back more than half that distance. Knibbs smashed through Webb for 11 yards, and the ball was in the very center of the field. A fake by Glaze carried the leather close to the eastern side line, but advanced it a 280 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. bare yard. The next play resulted in the longest run of of the game. On the same end play that let Glaze loose in the Princeton game, Lillard skirted Brown's line and ran 54 yards for a touchdown. Turner kicked the goal, mak- ing Dartmouth's total, 62. And now a remarkable thing happened. Brown put in five fresh men: Elrod, Leland, Walsh, Savage, and the old M. I. T. full-back, Heckraan, and demanded the kick-off. Turner sent the ball for the fourth time whirling to the goal line, and little Schwartz ran it in 16 yards. Turner was injured and took the full limit of time. And now to the consternation of the Dartmouth supporters, the joy of their own, and the surprise of every one, Brown be- gan to hustle their heavy opponents back up the field in quick order. The plays were aimed at Glaze, Turner and Clough for the most part. Four smashes through and around the injured tackle netted 19 yards. Heckman cleared Glaze for eight yards, but the second trial, aimed at Clough and Hooper, resulted in a loss. Schwinn skirted left end for six yards,' and it was first down. The two crowds, which had settled back to behold the avalanche early in the game and had yelled in a per- functory manner all through the contest, now woke up and fairly made things hum. Bullock took Lillard's place and was given a great ovation as, wearing his heavy shoulder protector, he trotted out upon the field. Brown was caught for no gain on the next play and made only two yards on the next, but managed to squeeze out a first down in spite of this on the third play. Schwinn gained an- other first down and Savage another, carrying the ball for an even ten yards. But here, on their own 35 yard line, the Dartmouth line repulsed two plays for a loss, and Le- land went back to punt. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 231 A bad fumble occurred, and the kick was blocked, but Savage chased the ball back and saved it for Brown. As the play had resulted in a 20 yard loss, it was first down again. Gage took dough's place. Again Dartmouth came out of her trance, and repulsed the next two plays with a loss. Leland, punting, sent up a high one, which, carried by the wind, bounced and rolled down the field and over the goal line. Main made the touch-back and Captain Witham kicked out from the 25 yard line. Schwartz was downed on Brown's 45 yard line, and the Providence eleven lined up once more for their attack. Two plunges brought first down, and then began a curious contest. Dartmouth held Brown for two downs three times in succession, only to relax and allow them their distance on the last trial. Farrier was given a chance, and Joe Oilman, who had been playing like a fiend, was called to the side lines, with the skin half torn off his hands, lame and sore in body, and panting with weariness, but fighting mad at the idea of being taken out. Brown barely got her distance twice more, but with the ball on the 30 yard line Dartmouth made a last determined stand. Bullock threw Heckman for a loss, and Gage stopped Savage at the line. With the ball on the 30 yard line, third down and five to go, the time-keeper's whistle ended the game. The summary: Dartmouth. Brown. Lillard 1. end r Hascall Bullock Elrod Lindsay 1. tackle r Webb Gilman 1. guard r Fletcher Farrier Leland 232 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Hooper center Colter Clough r. guard 1 McGregor Gage Turner r. tackle 1 Higgins Glaze r. end 1 Schwinn Witham quarter Schwartz Patteson 1. half-back r Curtis Main Pearsall Savage Vaughan r. half-back 1 Keen Dillon Corp Walsh Foster full-back Russ Knibbs Heckman Score, Dartmouth 62, Brown 0. Touchdowns, Foster, Vaughan (2), Turner (4), Main, Knibbs, Lillard. Goals from touchdowns, Vaughan (3), Turner (4). Goal from the field, Turner. Umpire, Mr. Whiting of Cornell. Beferee, Mr. Pendleton of Bowdoin. Head linesman, Mr. Saul of Newton A. A. Linesmen, Farmer of Dartmouth and Hunt of Brown. Time, two 35 minute halves. NOTE AND COMMENT. "Vic" Place was very much struck by the playing of Dave Main. "Just look at Dave Main!" he exclaimed on one occa- sion. "How he has improved! He is as good as any of them now." The apparent weakening of Dartmouth's defense at the end of the game was due, no doubt, to the fact that very few of the men had slept the night before. The hotel was FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 233 crowded with guests, and five or six of these had persisted in racing up and down stairs and yelling in the halls all through the night. The field was in terrible shape before the game was ten minutes old. The sun had brought enough of a thaw to leave, in certain places, a thin film of mud, which was just enough to make footing uncertain without softening the former hardness of the ground. In the course of Dart- mouth's second march to the goal line in the latter half of the game, Dillon, making a remarkable hurdle over two men, tripped and struck the ground head first. He was picked up perfectly black in the face from mud, but when this was washed off two great red patches were evident, from which the skin had been scraped clean. Sixty-two to nothing! Never since the coming of Hop- kins and Millard in '93, had Brown received such a trouncing as this. Sixty-two to nothing! ! We had read of the Uni- versity of Michigan's beating Michigan Agricultural Insti- tute 88 to 0, but no such score as this was ever heard of in the East, between colleges of any standing. This to Brown! Brown who had tied Yale and tied and beaten Pennsylvania, and scored upon Harvard time and again. Sixty-two to nothing! I fear that in spite of my attempt to be charitable there is a touch of malice in my gloating. I think now how, after Brown had held Harvard 11 to 6, in the fall of 1900, her team came to Hanover and won a desperate battle, which they would have lost had not Halliday slipped in the snow as he punted out fom behind the goal line. Then came the Liber Brunensis, wearily complaining that Brown could not find anybody to play with who was just in her class. She could almost win from the big three, but not quite, and there was no one else who could make a fight interesting for her. 234 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Interesting, forsooth! Since the publication of the afore- said wail Dartmouth has scored 96 points on Brown in three- games, an average of 32 per game; Brown has scored six- points in the same period, an average of two. I wonder if our Providence friends will admit that their games with us have increased in interest! One of the features of the game was the kicking of Turner. Time and again, with or against the wind, he sent his kick-offs whirling to the goal line. In spite of one poor one of 41 yards, his six attempts averaged just 51 yards. Brown's seven kick-offs averaged but 2S 1 /4 yards. In the punting, too, Dartmouth's superiority was very manifest. Witham's first kick was carried outside by the wind, and counted for only 19 yards, but in his other trials he made 38,. 36 and 45 yards, an average of 39 yards. Brown's punts traveled 30, 30, 35, 28, 33, 14 and 55 yards, an average of :!> yards. In addition, three of Brown's punts were blocked. "After the game the Dartmouth men bunched up and started to count the score, but when they reached 43 and were out of breath some one yelled: 'Cut it out, you'll lose the train/ and the attempt ended in a laugh." Boston Post. "The interference on end runs by Dartmouth swept all be- fore it. In her kicking, too, Dartmouth was far superior. The whole Dartmouth team played good ball, but AVitham and Turner stood out above the rest. Hooper, the star cen- ter, was always covered by three men, but in spite of this he was frequently conspicuous in the plays. Oilman and Lind- say opened the best holes in the line. The ends were always in the game, and they were successfully used in rushing the ball. Of the two sets of backs that Dartmouth used it would be hard to choose the best man. Every one of the six men was a sure ground gainer, and they all worked together. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 235 Dartmouth's playing throughout the game was such that she justified herself in being classed up in the big four this fall. After the game Coach Murphy of Brown said that the Dart- mouth eleven was the best that he had ever seen play foot- ball." Boston Globe. "Dartmouth simply outclassed Brown in every single de- partment of the game. In rushing the ball it had some 590 yards to its credit, to Brown's scant 100. In running back kicks its advantage was not so great, it having 130 odd yards to something over 90. In the kicking department there was little comparison, Dartmouth was so overwhelmingly to the fore in this respect. Brown was really surprisingly weak in booting the ball, and even on the kick-offs failed, ex- cept in few cases, to get anything like distance. Weight, as well as full knowledge of the game, and the power contained in the team, counted in Dartmouth's triumph. Its magnifi- cent lines of giants and its sets of swiftly moving and heavy backs made a force which was nothing else but irresistible. Its attack was not so rapid as that which was shown in the game with Harvard, but it was much more varied, and the plays more complicated. Line bucking was alternated with end forays, and all were ground gainers. The line opened up all kinds of holes, no place in particular on the Brown side being exempt from puncture. The end plays were splendidly executed, and the same fine interference that was shown in the Harvard game was again in evidence. There was a push and haul spirit from the start, and player off his feet was no sign that the movement forward was ended, for almost every time the man was hauled ahead for further gain. The whole team was utilized, and once it swept across nine men in an oblique movement for the protection of the two going around." Boston Herald. 236 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. "Brown was by no means a weak combination, and against an ordinary team would have proved a difficult opponent. In every department of the game the boys from Providence were outgeneraled, outclassed and in fact outplayed. On both the offense and defense Dartmouth was well nigh per- fection, and in this line nothing better could have been de- sired. Dartmouth's kicking department was hands down over Brown, and every time Captain Witham planted his foot against the ball it was sure to land not less than 40 or 50 yards away, and not a single attempt was blocked." Boston Journal. "The vaunted quickness of the lighter men on the Brown team was not much in evidence either, and if there was any choice between the two teams in this respect, the heavier Dartmouth men were the more agile of the two. The Brown offense in the first half was absolutely ineffective and the ball was carried for a first down only once during the first 35 minutes. After one or two futile attempts to find a hole to slide through, Hascall would be sent back to punt and not once in the half did he get away with a really good punt. If the kick were not blocked, it never exceeded 25 yards in distance, and more often than otherwise the ball would be run back half of the distance." Manchester Union. "Captain Witham of Dartmouth not only showed remark- able judgment in directing his men, but did splendid work himself, gaining every time he made an exchange of punts with Hascall and also making many long runs." Boston Evening Record. "Brown's fight was one of the sandiest and most desperate in the great record between these two colleges. They died game, as ever was the case with the loser in these annual bat- tles, and have nothing to apologize for. In the Dartmouth FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 237 team they were up against the nearest thing to perfection that 1903 has produced in the shape of a football eleven. The players on both sides played magnificent football. Witham at quarter was a perfect wizard. Hooper could not be budged. Oilman was all over the field, tackling like a fiend, opening up wagon roads and playing a game at all times that would have done credit to any two players. What can be said of these three can be said of practically the whole Dartmouth team, substitutes and all. A most pleasing fea- ture of the game was the five minutes' play of Bullock, Dartmouth's old war horse end, right at the close of the game. He played in a way that made Brown mighty thank- ful he had not started the game." Boston Traveller. "Irving 0. Hunt, coach of the Brown eleven, said after the game: 'I saw the Harvard-Dartmouth game a week ago last Saturday, and my idea is that Dartmouth has got the strongest football team I ever saw. Captain Witham, quar- ter-back of Dartmouth, is the best man in the position I know of. I never saw any team play sandier ball than Brown did. Our defense was good, while Dartmouth's offense was superb. The brace that our team took in the last twelve minutes of play was the most remarkable piece of business I ever witnessed.' " Manchester Union. CAPTAIN WEBB "Dartmouth has a wonderful team and they play grand football. They deserved to win." HEAD COACH FRED MURPHY, BROWX "That Dartmouth team is the best football eleven I have ever seen, and I don't think there are many teams who can beat them. Brown played a plucky game." COACH HUNT, BROWX "Dartmouth outweighed us, but this had nothing to do with the result. The best team won." 238 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. "SLUGGER" MASON "The best football team in the country showed its true form to-day. My only regret is that Dartmouth can not have a chance to meet Yale, and to re- play the game between Princeton and Dartmouth which came early in the season." CAPTAIN" W1THAM "Brown made a good fight, but she had many weak places. Her right end and right guard positions were not strong. Dartmouth has had a good sea- son, and the only regret is that we did not win from Prince- ton." REFEREE PEXDLETOX "There could be little im- provement in the present Dartmouth team. The eleven has been well coached and trained and to this as much as any- thing else is due its success." COACH FOLSOM, DARTMOUTH "Brown played a plucky game and stayed to the limit, bracing well in the last five minutes.'' Boston Journal. "Never before in the history of Brown university has a football eleven of that institution received such a stinging and overwhelming defeat as was administered by the Green and White aggregation of Hanover. The Dartmouth team clearly and forcibly demonstrated its superiority over its opponents, and in accomplishing the feat rolled up the largest score that has been made in any game of prominence in the East this season.'" Boston Journal. "Among the most interested spectators at the game were the Revs. Edgar Blake, E. J. Palisoul and C. C. Mitchell. All three of the gentlemen were much impressed with the showing made by Dartmouth, and Mr. Pallisoul, who was formerly a student at Springfield several years when the Yale-Harvard games were played in that city, and saw most of the games at that time, says that he never saw a Yale FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 239 or Harvard team which, in his opinion, was the equal of the Dartmouth team as it played yesterday. Mr. Blake said: 'It was a wonderful team. It seems scarcely creditable that such large men could handle themselves as lightly and quickly as those big forwards did. As a spectacle, the game was not so interesting as the Andover-Exeter game of this year, but the playing of Dartmouth beat anything I ever saw.' Mr. Mitchell agreed with his brother clergymen as to the greatness of the Dartmouth team, and was of the opinion that it would be a wonderful team that could defeat them as they played yesterday. He said he believed that Brown was not a weak team but was opposed to a set of men of such forceful possibilities that its weakness was more apparent than real/' Manchester Union. "Turner, the giant right tackle, was, if any one, the bright, particular luminary of the game for Dartmouth. He was used for everything, as a hole opener, to carry the ball, and to kick the goals, the latter after Vaughan had with- drawn. In everything he was superb. Four of the touch- downs were made by him. He kicked four goals after touch- downs, missing one, and got one goal from placement. Xext, if not level with him, was Captain Witham, the quar- ter-back of the year. This player's part in the game was nothing short of extraordinary. He was in every play, inter- fering or pulling and hauling, and his interference for the runners was of a most telling sort. He ran the team splen- didly, varying the attack in a refreshing manner, and his work in carrying the ball was great. With Lillard, Witham shared the honors for long runs, he reeling off one of 54 yards in the second half. Gilman and Lindsay between them opened some tremendous holes in the line, and the brunt of the attack went through where they made the space. The ends, Glaze and Lillard, were all to the good, and each did his 240 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. full share in the work. Each got in a long run, and Lillard's 54 yards for a touchdown was one of the features out of the ordinary. Hooper was the good center that he has always been. It would be hard to choose between the backs, every man of whom did his full share. With such a line in front of them it would have been hard for them to do otherwise." Boston Herald. "Every man on the Dartmouth team played football of a high class order, and praise should be given all. But of those who stood boldly, the most prominent was Captain Witham. He led his team in a manner which was above criticism. His punting was far better than that of either Hascall or Leland and his work on the offense proved a tower of strength. Turner at right tackle did mighty service and was in every play. Every time he took the ball there was sure to be a gain and when a first down was needed Turner was the man called on to carry the ball. Hooper at center showed his usual strong game, but he had no mean opponent in Colter, who kept the Hanoverian on the jump from the beginning of the game to the finish. Lillard and Glaze are a clever pair of ends and missed few tackles. Patteson, Vaughan and Foster started in the back field for Dartmouth and later in the game Main, Dillon and Knibbs were sub- stituted for the first trio. Both sets did not find much trou- ble in gaining ground, but the bright particular stars were 'Jimmy' Vaughan and Foster, both of whom are reliable men and can be depended upon for sure gains. For Brown, Schwinn did the best work of the day, when he started the grand attempt to score. He did good Avork at left end, though a number of gains were made around him. At car- rying the ball he is sure and certain to make his distance. Captain Webb and Lindsay had a battle royal, with the odds slightly in favor of the latter." Boston Journal. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 241 There was a great sameness to the details attendant upon each piece of scoring, and the relieving incidents were far apart. It may have been in MacCornack's old sweater, which Witham wore, but at all events, everything was Dartmouth, even to the winning of the toss. Brown lacked in weight and its pluck could not offset the handicap. It met the at- tacks with a grim, despairing effort which was commenda- ble though ineffective, and stuck to what must have been a disagreeable and disheartening task. It was best inside its own ten yard line in defense, and it was here they put up their greatest fight, and offered the most successful opposi- tion to Dartmouth's onward movement. This was noticeable in the second half, when on one occasion it held the mighty Hanoverian line buckers for downs, and got the ball when it was within six inches of the goal line. The line was pretty thoroughly punctured from end to end, and no one place was weaker than another. Both tackles were heavily ham- mered, and got all that was coming to them. Most of the plays were aimed at Webb, and it was here that Lindsay and Gilman were always busy." Boston Herald. "Dartmouth defeated Brown yesterday in their annual game, which, as ever, winds up their football season. Some 10,000 people crowded into Varick Park, a goodly two-thirds of whom wore the green of Dartmouth. Two bands were with the Hanover boys, and rooters galore. In fact it seemed as though all Hanover had journeyed to Manchester for the game. This is one feature of Dartmouth, the college stands behind its athletic teams as a unit. Thrice this year has Hanover been deserted in order that the team could have loyal support, in its gridiron battles. Inciden- tally, yesterday's game clinches Dartmouth's position for 16 242 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. second honors in the big four, and shows how lucky Prince- ton was that she faced Dartmouth at a time when her team was two weeks nearer top form than the New Hampshire hoys. Hanover, with its marvelous quarter, center and back field, should come pretty near furnishing the majority of the All- America team." Boston Traveller. In the nine games which had now been played between the colleges, Dartmouth had scored 124 points, Brown 86, distributed as follows: 1894, Brown 20, Dartmouth 4; 1895, Brown 10, Dartmouth 4; 1896, Brown 10, Dartmouth 10; 1898, Brown 12, Dartmouth 0; 1899, Brown 16, Dartmouth 5; 1900, Brown 12, Dartmouth 5; 1901, Brown 0, Dartmouth 22; 1902, Brown 6, Dartmouth 12; 1903, Brown 0, Dart- mouth 62. The following table gives the statistics of the men who played in the game: DAJ RTBU >UTH ^ -2 1 5KO\ \ . 2 NAME. "3 .f NAME. S - bo "S w be 33 3) BJ ? B ^ Lillard, '05, 22 5ft. 10 n. 150 Hascall. '04. 22 5ft. 9 n 153 Lindsay. '06, 22 6ft. 4 n. 230 Webb, '05. 22 5ft. 11 n 193 Gilman, '06, 21 6ft. 1 n. 220 Fletcher, '07, 20 6ft. 1 n 201 Hooper, '07, 20 5ft. 7 n. 236 Colter, '05, 23 6ft 191 Clough, '06, 23 6 ft. 1 n. is.-, McGregor, '06, 23 6ft 1 n 185 Turner, '04, 22 6ft. 210 ! fiiggins, '07, 22 5 ft. 11 n 196 Glaze, '06, 21 5ft. 8 n. 153 ! Schwinn, '05, 22 5ft. 4 i) 140 Witham, '04, 23 5ft. 10 n. 170 Schwartz. '07, 17 5ft. 8 n 149 Patteson, '05, 20 5ft. 9/ n. 163 Curtis, '07, 18 5ft 8 n 160 Vaughan, '05, 21 5ft. 7 n. 163 Keen. '06, 20 5ft 9 n 166 Foster, '04, 23 5ft. 9% n. 160 Russ, '06, 25 6ft 176 Main, '06, 21 5ft. 9 n. 164 PearsalK'06, 21 5 ft. 9 n 168 Dillon, '06, 22 5ft. 11 n. 169 Savage, '04, 23 5ft. 10 n 178 Knibbs, '05, 23 5 ft. 10 n. 163 Walsh. '06, 20 oft. 9 n 165 Bullock, '04, 22 6ft. 160 Elrod, '06, 21 5 ft. 8 n 160 Gage, '06, 21 5ft. 8 1 n. 200 Heckman, '04, 23 5 ft. 10 in 175 Farrier, '07, 20 5ft. 10 n. 208 Leland, '04. 24 6ft. 2 ill 192 Average weight of eleven who be- Average weight of eleven who be- gan the game, 185 r 5 i. gan the game, 173i 7 T . Average weight of line. 197?. Average weight of line, 180. Average weight of backs, 164. Average weight of backs, 162|. Average age of eleven, 21j. Average age of eleven, 2li. Average height of eleven, 5ft. 10 in. Average height of eleven, 5ft. 10 in. FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 243 FIRST HM-F r +*#+- <>< **# ** 244 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. SUMMARY OF SEASON. Thus closed the remarkable season of 1903, the most successful in the history of the college. Dartmouth had swamped her old-time rivals, Amherst, Wesleyan, Williams and Brown, had outclassed Harvard, and with a crippled and half-formed team had outrushed the champions of the year three yards to one. The close of the season found only Princeton and Yale in her class, and so high a sporting authority as Trainer McMasters, of Harvard, considered Dartmouth by far the best team of the year. "I have seen football for a good many years/' said Mr. McMasters to a Boston Globe reporter, "but I never saw a heavier, faster, or better team than Dartmouth had. I am perfectly satisfied with the result of the game. We were simply licked by a better team. If Dartmouth were to play either Princeton or Yale with the team she had Saturday, I would back her with my last dollar." Other opinions of the same sort will be given later on, showing that critics who had closely followed the play in the eastern colleges, realized that Dartmouth, in the latter part of November, was the strongest team in the country. If any- one doubts this let him consider the following facts: 1. That Dartmouth, with Vaughan and Turner sick, and Clough, Patteson, Foster, Lindsay and Bullock out of the game, outrushed, 225 yards to 69, the best eleven that Princeton could put in the field. 2. That on November 14th, Princeton's offense was not nearly as strong as Yale's, and that in the first half the Princeton defense could not begin to stop the Blue's ad- vance. 3. That Yale's offense and defense, which had been so strong against the Tigers, were not nearly so effective FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 245 against Harvard, for the Blue was outrushed, 240 yards to 120. 4. That Harvard's attack, which tore up Yale and gained at will through Pennsylvania, was powerless against Dartmouth's line, while the Hanover eleven in less than two-thirds as much playing time, gained exactly twice as much ground through Harvard as Yale did. Says Mr. Caspar Whitney, editor of "Outing," in his re- view of the season: "Dartmouth played the fastest game of the year, and handled the ball the cleanest, from first to last, notwith- standing some loose work early in the season, notably at Princeton. The line was an unusually heavy and an ex- ceptionally quick one, which got the jump on every oppos- ing line it met; and the back field and forwards worked to- gether as though tied. The backs got off like lightning. It was a well-captained, efficiently equipped combination, in my judgment not only outranking Yale, but entitled to follow Princeton so closely that the outcome of a game, as both teams finished their season, would be no foregone con- clusion." Mr. Whitney's ranking of the ten best teams in the country follows: 1. Princeton. 2. Dartmouth. 3. Yale. 4. Minnesota. 5. Michigan. 6. Harvard. 7. Carlisle. 8. West Point. 9. Columbia. 10. Pennsvlvania. 246 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Mr. Charles E. Patterson, in his review of the play in the East, after discussing the Yale-Princeton game, says of Dartmouth: "Third in rank are the lusty men of Dartmouth, men not only of individual brilliancy, hut of almost irresistible power as a team. They were the only eleven, outside of Yale's, to make any impression on Princeton's defense; they rushed the ball twice as far as any team they played; they buried the colleges formerly in their class; they completely outplayed Harvard, by 11 to 0, one week before the latter played Yale, and when all the Crimson regulars, save Bow- ditch, were in line. Their season was far more consistent than that of Harvard or Columbia, and their only serious setback was their Princeton defeat of to 17. It must be said, in fairness," (Mr. Patterson is a graduate of Prince- ton,) "that they were at least as much below their subse- quent game as, of course, was Princeton. Dartmouth's ad- vance in football prominence seems to be proportionate to her general growth as an institution. She certainly is well out of the 'small college' class." Mr. Patterson ranks the ten best teams in the East in the following order 1. Princeton. 2. Yale. 3. Dartmouth. 4. Harvard. 5 West Point. 6. Columbia. 7. Amherst. 8. Pennsylvania. 9. Lehigh. 10. Cornell. FOOTBALL AT "DARTMOUTH. ' 247 Mr. Walter Camp, the old Yale player, in his comments on the season, makes no attempt to rank the teams, but dis- cusses them in the following order: Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, Carlisle, West Point, Harvard, Penn- sylvania, Cornell and Annapolis. Concerning Dartmouth he says: "Dartmouth, which came so near to defeating Harvard last year, reaped rich satisfaction this year by winning a de- cisive victory over the lordly Crimson. Better than that, Dartmouth played a remarkably powerful game throughout the season, and, although defeated by Princeton, felt more cheerful a week later, when she knew she had been whipped by the champions of them all." In discussing Harvard's misfortunes later on, he says, "In the Dartmouth game the next week they came up against a very powerful team, a team far better than the general public supposed, and it is not so surprising that they lost the game as it is that they were unable to, gain ground." Had Mr. Camp ever bumped up against Henry Hooper, Bill Clough or Joe Gilman, or tried to gain ground through Bill Lindsay or Leigh Turner, he would have no further questions on this score. A wonderful line; averaging over 215 pounds stripped, this quintet moved with the speed of much smaller men, getting the jump on every line they met. Dartmouth has always had star backs, but such forwards as these she had never seen before. Henry Hooper was the center of the year. Even Short of Princeton, who so completely outplayed his Yale op- ponent, could make no impression on him. The heaviest lineman of the season, he yet was quick and agile, wonderful at keeping his feet, a great help to the runner, absolutely 248 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. impregnable on defense, and the most accurate and steadiest handler of the ball that the college world has seen for some time. Joe Gilman was the best guard of 1903. The only two men who were in his class were John DeAYitt and "Zeus" Marshall, both of whom Joe was called upon to face, and both of whom he completely outplayed. DeAYitt was a great runner and dodger, a wonderful place kicker and punter, but when it came to playing guard, he was forced to give ground before the N"ew Hampshire man, as was also Andrew Marshall. Bill Clough was light for a guard on a championship team, weighing but 185 pounds, but his speed, knowledge of the game and fierce aggressiveness made him a worthy running mate for Gilman. In the Harvard game it was al- ways through Clough that "YVitham aimed the play when three yards were needed for first down. In the comments on the 1902 eleven I have said that "Vic" Place did not meet his match throughout the whole season until he struck Webb of Brown. I must correct this statement at once, for it is not true. He did meet his match, in fact, more than his match, every day that he faced Leigh Turner in practice. The veteran tackle was a hard man to handle, but the younger man handled him well, overcoming the other's knowledge and experience by his su- perior speed and strength. John Eckstorm had said of him that he would make the greatest tackle that ever played football for Dartmouth, and he fulfilled that prophecy to the letter. Think of Folsom and Segur, of Jones and "Squash" Little, of "Auntie" Lewis, of Putnam and Jack Griffin, and realize how much this means. One of the two star players of Dartmouth's greatest team: such he showed FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 249 himself. He sent his great, high kick-offs to the goal line and beyond time after time, he kicked goals from the field; he was almost as impregnable as Hooper himself on the de- fense, and on the offense he smashed the opposing line with the speed of a half-back and the strength of a mad bull. Hogan was the only tackle of the year who was his equal on the offense, but the Dartmouth man was faster and better on the defense. Had Meier of Harvard recovered from the effects of his tussle with Turner in time to get into the Yale game, this would have been plainly evident. "With his splendid abilities in so many lines Turner was, with DeWitt and Witham, one of the great all-around players of the year. There were many men in college who firmly believed that Bill Lindsay would never "make good" as a first-class tackle. His great height, his slowness in starting, his ap- parent clumsiness, all tended to confirm this impression. The early games were poor ones to judge by, and although he played well against Williams, the injury which he re- ceived kept him out of the line-up until the last half of the Amherst game. Meanwhile "Wife" Jennings and Fred Crolius had taught him a thing or two, as he showed when they let him into the game. By his individual work in the first two plays he prevented all chance of Amherst's scoring, and opened up a hole for Patteson's hundred yard dash for the goal. In the Harvard game he completely outplayed the veteran Knowlton, who was picked by both Camp and Whitney as an All-America man. It was in the Brown game, however, that he reached his climax and surprised his most ardent admirers. Higgins and Schwinn were fight- ing hard on the right, and it was through Captain Webb, Lindsay's opponent, that Witham was sending his plays. 250 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. There are no two ways about it, Bill Lindsay showed him- self, that clay, in a class with the best of them, Turner and Hogan not excepted. Read the account of the Williams game and you will understand what Dartmouth lost when Matt. Bullock went out of the Princeton game with a dislocated shoulder. It w r as a year of great ends, yet, had this magnificent player gone through without injury, Davis and Henry, Eafferty, Bowditch and Shevlin would have had to look to their lau- rels. The lightest man on Dartmouth's team was Walter Lil- lard, who tipped the scales at 150 pounds. Taking Bul- lock's place at left end, the Chicago boy put up a game which increased in excellence steadily as the season wore on. He reached his climax in the Harvard game, where he repulsed, for a loss, every attempt to circle his end, and furnished great interference for the runner. He was fast and sure, at times brilliant, and always reliable. Lillard and Glaze were the "finds" of the year. Outside of these two the personnel of the final team was known from the beginning. Glaze's baseball record outshone his other abilities, but from the start he exhibited the same cool nerve and strength which were so evident the day that he held Yale down for nine innings while his team mates ham- mered out twelve runs. His wiry, muscular arms and shoul- ders stood him in good stead, and he could box an opposing tackle as well as any man who ever wore a "D." His place kicking was of high order, and in running with -the ball he distinguished himself on many occasions. The work and abilities of the Dartmouth backs were so thoroughly discussed at the close of last season that it is useless to repeat it here. Suffice it to say that they all had FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 251 improved, especially Foster. Amos had not been quite up to Knibbs in '02, but in '03 he surpassed him slightly on offense, and was almost his equal in defensive work. Jim- my Vaughan was called by many the best half-back of the year, but although steadier, less liable to injury and more versatile than Dillon or Patteson he was not as brilliant as these veteran players. In any other company he would have been a conspicious star, but at Dartmouth he was marked above his comrades only by his stamina, his relia- bility and his unerring goal kicking. One goal missed throughout the season and that at a bad angle, in the teeth of a strong wind and a driving rain! The surprise of the season, at Hanover, was to see Dave Main develop into a player who, save for lack of experience, was right in a class with the other five. Indeed, with the possible exception of Foster, he did better work in the Brown game than any of the other backs. The Boston Becord hits the nail on the head when it calls the sextette "the most remarkable aggregation of high-class backs ever gathered together at any college." Charles E. Patterson, in Leslie's Weekly, says: "Dartmouth had a re- markable back field, consisting of two sets of the best backs in the country, between whom there was little choice." We have spoken of them all except the captain, the life, the soul, the brains of the team. I cannot do better than to quote, at this time, the words of a well known young alum- nus, on the occasion of his return from seeing the Harvard game. Said he, "Myron Witham aroused in me an admira- tion higher than I have ever felt for another Dartmouth athlete. He didn't fly around like a chicken with its head chopped off, as 'Mac' used to, sometimes, but he was so cool and masterful, so business-like and yet so inspiring, that 252 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. it did one's heart good to watch him." Yes, so it did. His voice rang out all through that stadium as no voice lias ever sounded over a Harvard field before. He was there to win the game win it he must. Foster and Knibbs, Turner and Dillon, Vaughan and Patteson were but his pawns and pieces. He was the master, the general in charge. They were the weapons by which the enemy were struck down, his the skilful hand that hurled them. No one who saw the game could doubt the wisdom of Caspar Whitney and Charles E. Patterson, who chose the Dartmouth man as cap- tain of the All- America team. Mr. Whitney, who was the first man to make out an All- America team, and who is the most experienced and impar- tial of the critics, picks two Dartmouth men, Hooper and Witham, for his all-star eleven, as against three each from Yale and Princeton, and one each from Michigan, Minne- sota and Harvard. Taking his first and second elevens, how- ever, we find five Dartmouth men (the two mentioned above, and Oilman, Turner and Vaughan) as against four each from Princeton and Yale, two each from Michigan and West Point, three from Harvard, and one apiece from Carlisle and Minnesota. Mr. Patterson confines his all-star eleven to men from Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale, choosing five men from among the ranks of his alma mater, three from Dartmouth and three from Yale. The Hanover men are Oilman, Turner and Witham, on whom he comments as follows: "Oilman of Dartmouth, weighing 220 pounds, of ideal build, stout in defense, and working beautifully with his center in attack." "Turner, of Dartmouth, a bull in strength, 210 pounds in weight, and a line-bucker of fierce powers, is an easy sec- ond" (to Hogan). FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 253 "William has thoroughly earned the honor of the best quarter-back in the East. His chief advantages over Bock- well are, his greater weight, 171 pounds to 148; his immu- nity from injury; his ground-gaining abilities, Witham having been the only quarter-back to have systematically taken ad- vantage of the new rules; and his splendidly placed long- distance punting. Both are excellent leaders, having fine judgment and getting all possible work out of their teams." On his first two elevens Mr. Patterson places six Dart- mouth men (Hooper, Vaughan and Foster on the second), six from Princeton, six from Yale, two from Harvard and one each from West Point and Penns}*lvania. Thirteen Dartmouth men are accorded honorable men- tion, as are twelve Princetonians, nine from Yale and six from Harvard. Bullock and Glaze are named among the eight best ends of the year; "Lindsay, of Dartmouth," says Mr. Patterson, "is another giant, who, especially in defensive work, could not be omitted from any All-American eleven except for such a wealth of material." Gage is named among the ten best guards of the year. Hooper is placed second to Short because of the latter's greater versatility, although the critic admits that in many ways the Dartmouth man is the better of the two. "Hooper is one of the strongest centers ever seen on a college field," says Mr. Patterson, "and has a bril- liant future before him." In speaking of the back field can- didates he says, "Dartmouth had a remarkable back field, consisting of two sets of the best backs in the country, be- tween whom there was little choice. Vaughan, Patteson and Dillon were three backs of such exceptional abilities, strength and carrying powers that it is hard to select Vaughan to the exclusion of the other two." After picking 254 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. Farmer (Dubsy's brother) as the best full-back of the year, Mr. Patterson adds, "Yet there is little choice as between him and Foster and Knibbs of Dartmouth." Mr. Walter Camp includes four Dartmouth men (Hooper, Witham, Gilman and Turner) in his All-America elevens. as against four each from Princeton and Yale, and three from Harvard. Hooper, however, is the only Dartmouthite to be chosen for the first eleven, although "Zeus" Marshall is given left-guard. Dartmouth men figured prominently in All-America teams chosen by the sporting editors of leading- Xew York and Boston papers. The majority of them gave us three men, all agreeing on Hooper and Witham, but variously choosing Turner, Gilman or Foster for the third (or fourth). The following comments upon Dartmouth's play may prove of interest: "Without doubt one of the biggest surprises of the season was the development of Dartmouth into a team little short of the first magnitude. As Daniel Webster remarked on a celebrated occasion, Dartmouth is a small college; its re- sources for playing material are comparatively limited. Yet it built up an eleven which, for all-around finish, is worthy of comparison with any of the season. Its attack was smooth, perfectly organized, and executed Math a dash and unity difficult to excel or to stop. Its defense was strong and well drilled and cool. There were better players on other teams,- and other elevens had a higher average of in- dividual ability, but none turned out a better organized ma- chine. Dartmouth scored a total of 242 points, against 23 for her opponents. Only two elevens scored against her, Princeton being her only successful rival, and Princeton's triumph was won early in the season, when Princeton had FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 255 already reached a high state of development and was proba- bly a better team than when she beat Yale. The pith of it is, 'the Big Four' is reduced to the 'Big Three/ the com- ponents of which are Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth. "- Xew York Tribune. "Jack McMasters, the Harvard trainer, has expressed the opinion that Dartmouth had the greatest football team of the year in the East. In fact, he believes that the Dart- mouth eleven was the greatest ever turned out by any col- lege in the history of the game. 'The Dartmouth play- ers were in their real form,' says McMasters, 'when they beat us 11 to and Brown 62 to 0. They were at their highest point of development when they met Brown, and they simply bowled the Providence men over like men of straw. I never saw such strapping fellows in my life, and in addition they knew the game thoroughly. The moment I clapped eyes on them I knew it was all up with us.' '' Xew York Journal. "A team that could walk that Harvard team from one end of the gridiron to the other and only permit them with- in their own territory once or twice in the game comes pretty close to leading the big four or any other four. Hats off to Coach Folsom and his Dartmouth boys, the greatest team that has represented the Green and mighty close to the greatest team of 1903." Boston Traveler. "The Dartmouth eleven sustained its great reputation, and proved conclusively that it is the equal of any of the Eastern teams. If the mighty Princeton aggregation had faced Dartmouth Thanksgiving Day it is an open question whether Dartmouth would not have come out victorious. Such a magnificent exhibition of team play as the Xew Hampshire eleven gave has seldom been seen on a college gridiron." Brown Herald. 256 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. "It is the concensus of opinion at Cambridge that the Dartmouth team is a much better one than that of Yale." Xew York Evening Post. "If Dartmouth had played Yale with the same team that she had against Harvard, I should have staked my last dollar on their team. I consider them the best team in the country. What scores they made before they played Har- vard don't' count. I mean the Princeton game, of course. They were not in their real shape then. In fact, they were n't in their best shape when they played us. We were not their climax. Brown is their climax, just as Yale is Harvard's, and they were as much better a team two weeks after the game with us as we were one week after our game with them. People say, 'Oh, yes, Dartmouth had a heavy team, but then, weight don't count.' I tell you weight does count when it is like Dartmouth's weight. I nevei saw such men, great, big, strapping fellows, and not an ounce of fat on them. They're the fellows that play foot- ball. Yes, sir, in my mind Dartmouth was easily the best of 'em this year. And I'll tell you another thing, you'll have to look a long way to find a team that could ever have shown its heels to them." Trainer McMasters, Harvard, in Boston Globe. "Aside from its own brilliant season, Phillips-Exeter takes much satisfaction in the showing made by her old players in the big football games this season. At Yale, Hogan and Rockwell are Exeter men, as are Cooney and Moore at Princeton, while on the Dartmouth eleven are Witham, Gilman, Knibbs, Dillon and Hooper." Boston Herald. Now, having printed what Harvard men, and Princeton men, and Yale men have to say about the relative strength FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 257 of the various elevens, and how they should be ranked, may I be permitted to give the humble opinion of a Dartmouth man? You won't find in the length and breadth of this land a Dartmouth man who does not believe that our team, in its final perfection, could have cleaned up any eleven in the country, East or West. And if we all believe it, and Head- Coach Williams of Penn., and Head-Coach Murphy of Brown, and Trainer McMasters of Harvard dare to come out in print and say it openly, why should we not be as frank, and say honestly, that we give our own team first rank among the elevens of 1903? Amherst beat Harvard, in mid-season, yet no critic was foolish enough to rank her above the Crimson at the end of the season. Why then, if Harvard could become a better team than Amherst, could not Dartmouth, in a like space of time, become a better team than Princeton? They could; and what is more, they did! The strength at the end of the season, that is what counts; and on this basis, is not this a fair ranking of the teams? 1. Dartmouth. 2. Yale. 3. Princeton. 4. Harvard. 5. Carlisle. 6. West Point. 7. Pennsylvania. 8. Holy Cross. 9. Lehigh. 10. Columbia. 11. Cornell. 17 258 FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. When Yale scored her touchdown on Princeton, the Blue's superior strength was so evident that bets were freely of- fered that her total score would reach 24, and had it not been for fumbling of the most inexcusable variety, such must have been the result. The following week saw this error corrected, and had Yale met the Tigers on the day of their final contest, it must have been a decided victory for the Blue. Columbia beat Pennsylvania in mid-season, yet was not in her class on Thanksgiving Day. The New Yorkers es- caped defeat at the hands of Cornell only by the Ithacans' fumble on the 10 yard line, while Pennsylvania, ten days later, swamped the Red and White, 42 to 0. Holy Cross had a notable season. Defeated only by Yale and Dartmouth, they scored 10 points on the Blue, beat U. of M., champions of Maine, trounced Tufts, and smoth- ered Amherst, conquerors of Harvard, 36 to 0. Poor old Harvard! It was bad enough to be beaten, even through a fluke, by Amherst; but to be pushed back the length of the gridiron twice by a team representing a college one-sixth the size of their own it was too much. They expected to be beaten by Yale, and had rushed the stadium to completion in order that it might not be christened by a defeat, only to see their team outclassed by a rival which they had affected to despise. Truly, as one Cambridge student said on Xovember 21st, "Xever did the sky appear so blue nor the earth so green!" To hastily sum up, for the last time, this season: Dart- mouth beat M. A. C., 12 to 0, Holy Cross 18 to 0, Vermont 36 to 0, Union 34 to 0, and Williams IT to 0. She was beaten by Princeton 17 to 0, but showed greater strength on both offense and defense, than did the Tigers. A member FOOTBALL AT DARTMOUTH. 259 of the Dartmouth eleven, in a letter to the writer, says of this game: "Personally, I played the worst game, mentally and physically, that I have played all season, and I can say as much for almost every man on the team, captain included. About the decisions of the officials you have probably heard." Dartmouth beat Wesleyan 34 to 6 and Amherst 18 to 0, the high wind assisting the latter team to keep the score down. On November 14th, the Hanover eleven made its name famous for all time, outclassing Harvard 11 to 0, be- fore 20,000 spectators, in the first game in the new stadium, then set a new mark for championship games in the East by smothering her old-time rival, Brown, 62 to 0. 16234 University of California SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY 305 De Neve Drive - Parking Lot 17 Box 95138* LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90095-1388 Return this material to the library from which it was borrowed.