Lafayette at Lehigh

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 25, 1917, page 19

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  Lehigh Smothers Lafayette Eleven BETHLEHEM. Penn, Nov. Ale high smothcred Lafayette to-day by a score OF 70 to 0. In running Up this big score Lehigh broke all her previous high score records. Lafayette’s line was like sieve, through which Lehigh ploughed for big gains. Wysccki and Harrington cir cled the ends for runs as high as twenty-iive yards. Lehigh also, gave her opponents dose Of perfect forward passing. Several touchdowns were made in this manner. To make one Of the Lehigfi touch downs it took but two plays. w. Ma gines ran Scots kickoff back ffty-five yards, and Wysoeki then shot for ward pass to Harrington, who skipped the remaining distance. Lafayette made but three first downs during the game and never came nearer than tnitty-hve wards 20 Lehigh’s goal line. The Imam.

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Officially, Lafayette leads 82–⁠74–⁠5; as played, 46–⁠38–⁠4 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 161 meetings, counting the 37 since this game.