Western Reserve at Navy

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 4, 1917, page 22

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  WESTERN RESERVE EASY FOR NAVY; 95 POINTS TAILED Sailors Clearly Outclass Weaker Opponents and Score Practically at Will Annapolis Md, November s.-Break- their record breaking season. the mid- shipmen took Western Reserve uni- verstty of Cleveland, O.. into camp to the tune of s5 to 0. The figures fail to show how much better the sailors were than the Ohio lads, notwithstanding the fact that at several points in the game tho Admirals played very poor football. Out-weighed about 10 pounds to the man the Ohio team at no time had any real chance. When the visitors had kicked off, the middies sent whelchel over the line for the initial tally after esven plays. The next touchdown was made on four plays and this was about the way the contest ran straight through the four periods. The line up: Navy (95)-von Hiemberg. left end; Scuff, left tackle; Newberne. left guard Goodstein. center; Perry. right guard; Barrett, right tackle: Ewen. right end; Ingram. quarterback; Whelchel. left halfback; Robert, right halfback. But Ter. fullback. western Reserve (0)-Berus. left end; Glucksman, left tackle; Breck ken- ridge, left guard; Grossman. center; Odell, right guard; Michaelsky. right tackle; Tarrena, right end; Sebasta, quarterback; Carr, left halfback; Ken. nedy. right halfback; Searl, fullback. Score by periods: Navy ................. 2s 14 28 27–⁠95 western Reserve ..... 0 0 0 O. Navy scoring: Touchdowns. Whelchel 4, Martin 6. Ingram 3, Butelr 1. Goals from touchdowns. Ingram 3. Combs ?. Referee. Thorpe (Columbia); umpire, Maxwell (Swarthmore). head lines man. Dennis (Pennsylvania). Time of periods. 12 minutes each

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 5, 1917, page 3

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  NAVY WALKS AWAY WITH WESTERN RESERVE Middies Pile Up s5 Score Against Cpponents. Outplaying their opponents at every point of the game the Middies Satur- day afternoon for the third time this season excelled the scoring record when Western Reserve was defeated 95 to 0. But a few seconds more play ing would have been necessary to have seen the century mark passed. When the great diyeTence in weight is taken into consideration the sailors should have done even better than they did. At. times Gil, Dobie’s men were guilty Of ragged football. Their greatest fall down was on. the forward passing attempts. Out of seven chanc- es they missed f1ve.~One of their two successful ones. howevsr. was good for a net gain of thirty-f1ve yards, while the other gained twenty yards. Reserve did better, with one missed and two completed. Both of the successful balloon shots of the vis- itors ‘netted first down and saved the Reserve forces from making no first down at all. The sailors started things with a rush. Receiving the initial kfc.z-on on their own five; yard line they sent Whelcnel over for the first score on just seven plas. The next tally started from about the same place, and was even more easily won. only four line-

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  Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, November 4, 1917, page 4

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  WESTERN RESERVE DEFEATED BY NAVY Annapolis, Md, Nov. 8.-Navy foot ball scoring records were shaken here this afternoon when Gilmore Dobie’s navy team smashed Western Reserve to pieces and won by score Of 95 to 0. Fourteen touchdowns were scored by the midshipmen and eleven goals were kicked. The game gives navy a record of having 3o7 points in it’s last four contests.

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Navy leads 8–⁠0–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the three since this game.