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Both teams had made changes when they faced each other once more. For
Wyndham, Williams was at left end, Couch at right end, Higgs at center,
Breeze at right guard and Houston at quarter. The Blue chose the north
goal and kicked off to Wolcott. The wind had decreased perceptibly and
grown flukey, and Ogden’s kick-off went out of bounds on Wolcott’s
twenty-seven yards. Three minutes later the Brown had crossed the
middle of the field and taken the pigskin into Wyndham territory.
Faking a forward-pass, she sent her left half, a fresh player who had
relieved Hoskins, on a wide run around the right end. Couch was neatly
boxed and the ball went to the thirty-four yards. Wolcott was going
now. Concentrating on the Wyndham left, she made first down on the
twenty-two, sending Cotter out of the game. Longwell took his place.
Wolcott tried Longwell and made a scant two. A short heave over tackle
on the right bounded out of the catcher’s hands, was fumbled by Ogden
and grounded. With eight to go on third down, Wolcott elected to try
a field goal. She attempted one more smash first, though, and pulled
in another two yards through Captain Lothrop. Then the ball shot back
to her right tackle, who had retreated to the twenty-nine yards, and,
although the Wyndham forwards tore through desperately, arose again
safely and sailed squarely across the bar for the first score.
The Brown’s adherents went wild with joy, the big drum boomed, and
automobile horns blared stridently. Wyndham’s cheer, though, was loud
and undismayed as the teams went back to midfield. Wolcott kicked off.
Houston caught, juggled for a heart-breaking instant, dodged the first
Wolcott end and then plunged straight ahead. A second tackler tried,
missed and went down. A hasty interference formed about the runner,
Weldon in the lead, mowing down the enemy. At the thirty-six yards,
forced away from his interference, Houston was pulled to earth after a
stirring run of thirty yards.
Wyndham kept the ball to Wolcott’s thirty-nine, Ogden and Jensen
alternating at slants that tore off four, five, once eight yards. On
the enemy’s thirty-nine an off-side penalty set the Blue back and,
after two plunges that netted little, Ogden punted to the Brown’s five.
The Wolcott quarter refused the catch and the ball bounced erratically
back in the direction it had traveled. Weldon put it down on the
fourteen yards. Wolcott tried one off-tackle play from kick formation
and gained three. Then she punted, James, her fullback, standing close
to the five yards. Lothrop broke through and hurried the kick and the
pigskin went high and was shortened by the wind. Jensen caught close to
the side-line on Wolcott’s thirty-two, made three and was thrown out.
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