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Wyndham reached midfield on six plays, only to lose the ball when
Sproule fumbled. Wolcott was then first down on her own forty-eight
yards. On the first play a penalty for holding set her back to her
thirty-three. A long pass over the right end went astray and a second
attempt on the other side was no more successful. James punted short
and the ball went out at Wyndham’s forty-seven. Breeze was taken off
and Clem Henning succeeded him at right guard. Sproule got free outside
tackle and took the ball to the opponent’s forty-one. Hanbury made
three and then four over right tackle. Kemble was thrown for a loss on
an attempt at the Wolcott left end and Hanbury punted. The ball went
over and was brought back to the twenty.
Wolcott was playing for time now, satisfied, it seemed, with her
one-point lead. She made it first down on her thirty-two with a short
and unexpected forward toss and then, faking a second throw, tore
through Henning for six. Hanbury, who made the tackle, was hurt and
time was called. Presently he went off, assisted, and Johnny Thayer
raced on. Wolcott struck a snag on the next play and lost two yards. A
forward-pass over left guard grounded, after being juggled by half the
players, and James kicked. Again the punt fell short and the ball was
Wyndham’s on her forty-four yards. Raiford gave way to “Wink” Coles and
Couch to Clif Bingham.
The Blue crossed the half-way mark on two plays with Johnny Thayer
carrying, each play a fake cross-buck in which the halfbacks went
outside tackle and the fullback drove straight through guard. Wyndham
had used few split interference plays so far and Wolcott was easy
prey; Johnny got four yards through right guard and seven through left.
Kemble crashed at left tackle for three more and then went outside
the same player for four. Thayer added two through center, and, with
less than one to go on fourth down, Houston cut through left guard for
the distance. Sproule again got loose around his left and reached the
enemy’s twenty-six before he was forced over the line. Thayer made two
and Kemble two and Houston went back to kicking position. The play was
a short pass, however, and Clif, on the catching end, failed to get his
fingers on it. Time was called for Captain Dave and, after Dan Farrell
had worked over him, Wyndham took a two-yard penalty, Captain Dave
staying in. Houston took a good pass from Carlson and got the ball away
cleanly, but it fell short of the bar.
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