Rutgers at Lehigh

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  Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, October 28, 1918, page 1

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  IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS g RUTGERS TRIMS LEH|GH TEAM N. Brunswick College Swamps Lehigh on Gridiron by 80 to o Score With the Rutgers eleven going great guns, the Lehigh football team proved easy for Foster Sanfords strong pigskin hooters who rolled up O 80 to 0 score on them. The Jehigh aggregation came to New Brunswick Saturday with the expectet’cns of CIV ing the scarlet jerseyed team the bat tie of their life, but after just exactly three minutes of playing and Kelly, the doughty halfback of the Rutgers giants, had~gone through the line for the first touchdown, the Lehigh root ers knew that their gridiron players were in for a trimming. In the second quarter Robson, the star colored tackle pulled a forward pass out of the atmosphere and raced forty yards to a touchdown. A few minutes previous to this play the Lehigh team had pulled a forward that netted them about twenty yards, but when the Rutgers plungers success fully pulled their forward 1t showed that they were as good at open playing as they excelled at the mass formaton. In the second half Rutgers carried the ball fully eighty yards by straight line. plunge with Kelly and Gardner featuring at this phase of the game. From the ten yard line Gardner car ried the ball over for the third touch down of the game. Baker kicked the III bOoAs ~ 1GW lAAdiC Aatot q to retire from the game with a sprained ankle. French replaced him. French made good on the first play, getting Lehigh kick and carrying 1t so yards to Lehigh’s one yard line. Here Rutgers was penalized. but Kelly made up the 15 yards and scored again. In the last frame Roby inter cepted a forward BASS and a forty yards to a touchdown. Kelly and Robson shone for Rutgers. while Gardner also contrib uted his share in the many fine runs he made. BODY as usual had a hand in every tackle made, while Kelly, “the human tank” ripped up the tehigh line for gains through center and around the ends. Baker played his usual pretty game – when French was called to relieve him in the third quarter. French played a very brilliant game tearing off four long runs. In the last few seconds of play French made a seventy yard run only to be downed on Lehigh’s three yard line when the final whistle blew. Summary: Touchdown, Kelly 2, Robson 2. Gardner 2. Goals: Baker 2. Gardner 2. Score by quarters: Rutgers 6, 6, 81, 6, total 80; Lehigh O, 0, 0, o., total 0.

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  Pine Bluff daily graphic, October 27, 1918, page 2

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  Badgers Lose. Badgers Lose. Madison, Wls., Oct. 26.-Camp Grant defeated the University if Wis consin at football today to O. Mansefield right end for Camp Grant, made the lone touchdown, when he intercepted poorly shot pass and dashed forty yards without interference across the line in the 4th quarter. Annapolis, Md, Oct. 26.-Navy AZ; Newport Training School, 2. Urbana, H.. Oct. 26.-Illinois 0; Naval Reserves z. New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 26.- Final score, Rutgers 39; Lehigh 0. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 26.-Drake University 35; Des Moines college ‘ Cedar Rapids, la, Oct. 26.-Coe College 0; Cornell College 0. pberlin, Ohio, Oct. 26.-Final; Wes tern Reserve 6; Oberlin 3. At Atlanta,-Georgia Tech 2Si Camp Gordon 0.

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

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  OaDhe NQput and Lehigh SnOwed Under by Rutgers Football Team Kelly, Robson and Gardner Star in Defeat of Penn sylvanians by 80 to 0-Scarlet Uses Air Game With Effect and Shows Great Improvement. ter, after Rutgers had marched down the field. Lehigh had only one chance to score. Dowd tried a goal from field. which missed. The New Brunswick infantry showed great Improvement in form. The passing mostly from Kelley to Robson on Baker gained much ground. Rutgers lost much on penalties for offside play. Six hundred soldiers from Camp Raritan, led by their brass band, filled part OF the stands The lineup:

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Lehigh leads 27–⁠24 in 51 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.