Camp Hancock at Vanderbilt

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1918, page 1

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  SOLDIERS DOWN VANDERBILT Howard Berry’s Sensational Runs Help Camp Hancock to Victory. NASHVILLE, Tenn. October es- Captain-Lieut. Howard Berry’s sem sational end runs on a water-soaked field featured the defeat of Wander bilt here this afternoon by the SOL der aggregation from Camp Han cock. 10 to 6. Only an imprcguable defense put up by the Commodores when their goal was in danger held the score down to the small margin, for with the large gains by Capt. Berry and Kilgore the ball was kept in Vandys territory most of the time. The Camp Hancock clever, however. showed a decided weakness in fumbling the slippery ball “a; crit 1cal times and several times lost the ball when within easy reach %, tire goal. A punting duel we; staged in the last half by Berry and Goar. in which the latter slightly eXcelled. Vanderbilt’s only touchdown resuited from A blocked kick. which was recovered behind the goal line.

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 27, 1918, page 15

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  SOLDIERS BEAT VANDERBILT. Lieut.. Berry’s Runs Feature of Camp Hancock Game. NASHVILLE. Tenn. Oct. 26.--Lleut Howard Berry’s sensational end runs on a water soaked field resulted in the defeat OF Vanderbilt here to-day by the soldier eleven from Camp Hancock by score OF 10 to 8. A punting duel was staged In the last half by Berry and Goar in which the latter slightly excelled. vanderbilt’s only touchdown resulted from a blocked kick which was recovcred behind the goal line.

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Camp Hancock leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.