Bucknell at Pennsylvania

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  The sun, New York, September 28, 1919, page 1

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  PENN SCORES OVER BUCKNELL ELEVEN Folwell’s Z Veterans Have a Harder Time Than Expected, Winning by 16 to 0. PHrLADELPHIA, Sept 27.-With vet eran team Pennsylvania opened its foot ball season this afternoon by beating Bucl1nell on Franklin Field, 16 to o. Two touchdowns and goal in the hrst period and goal from field by Capt. Bert Bell In the third period tell the story of the entire scoring In the thirty two minutes OF play. A near riot In which Capt Johnny Hendren of the Bucknell team and Lud Wray, the Penn centre, were the princlpals came late In the second period AMI just few minutes before the unsxpected arrival OF Cardinal Mercier, the Belgian prelate. Seated in big touring car with Provost Smith of the University of Pennsylvania, Mayor Smith and Il. 7. Stotesbury. Cardinal Mercier was driven around the running track and then saw part of the third period. in which Bots Bruner, the new Red and Blue full back. made one of the longest runsfof the game, twenty-five yards. The prclate’s face was wreater in smiles s he followed the progress of the ball When asked his opinion OF the great American college game he replied In French: “Great” iV’OOU see tue uhuhes Then thousand persons the majority cf whom were students, greeted Bob olwelFs machine and looked over faces hat were famous on PENIS field in prewar times. 1t was the biggest opening day crowd that has seen a football game in Philadelphia in a score of years. Penn, favored with an early break when Kostos of Bucknell got off a poor punt that virtually went straight up in the air on the 5 yard line, soon hacked away at the goal line, and before the game was three minutes old the Red and Blue had pushed over a touchdown. the poor kick came on the fourth down after Bucknell had failed to do anything with PENIS line. Bells team took ‘he ball on downs five yards from the final chalk mark. In two plays the first touchdown of the season was made. Ben Derr hit right tackle for four yards. \ md HOBBY Light. swinging wide at RICH: end, SOU rmed his way over the goal line Heinie Miller failed at goal. Things looked bad for Penn a few minutes later when Bell fumbed a pass from Lud Wray on his own 10 yard lire and a Bucknel lineman covered the pig. skin. This was the test that the Red and Blue needed. In two downs the best he Lewisburg collegians could get was three yards, but Tiny Maxwell baught IN Orange and Blue lineman holding and set them back fifteen yards. A long forward pass was attempted, but Bruner picked II out of the air on his own 20 yard line and dashed five yards befor. being spilled. Penn Ends It’s March. Then came grand march to the goal, Penn travelling exactly seventy-five ri ~ ~, -, he III went over on a forward pass started by Bruner. Heinie Miller kicked the goal. Early in the second period Penn got into Bucl1nelrs territory when Johnny Titzel fell on tumble punt by Dayhoff. The ball was only thirty-seyen yards away from the goal. A pass. Light to Bell gained FIVE yards, and Danny Nc Nicholl, In Derr’s place, ripped off Ave yards through the line. The Bucknell line braced and Bell fell back for try at field goal from the Al ward mark. The ball went wide by ward but had the necessary distance. On The offence Bucknell could no nothing. From its own twenty-five yard line in the third period the Red and Blue took the ball down the field on straight line plunges and serial heaves within fifteen yards of the goal line. Dropping back ten yards, Bell booted the ball between the posts for three points. A penalty was called against Bucknell at the same time that the ball was In the air, but Bell refused to accept II, taking the score instead. Second string men in droves were rushed into the Penn lineup during the final period, the reserve backfleld being made up of Rex Wray, Sam Ellis. Joe Straus and Danny McNichol. 1t was nN haRn he 1–⁠1 being yanked out and understudies sent to their places. Danny McNichol heaved a pretty pass to Ray Miller, who had succeeded Bud Hopper at left end. for a ten yard gain and before the period was far advanced Rex Wray, the former Cleveland Naval Reserve lad ripped OFF thirty-five yards around left end for touchdown, only to have Referee Maxwell call him back and penalize Penn fifteen yards for holding. Bucknel then forced the Penn second stringers back until the latter We’re In the shadow OF the up-Staters goal. Play ended in that part OF the field. Fenn’s best ground gamer was the forward pass Nine times the Red and Blue tried theNair and seven went through perfectly for a total gain OF 10S yards. Two passes grounded. Bucknell tried but two passes and both failed. Each team was penallzed thirty yards. The lineup: Penn (10. Bucknell (0). Hofter. ...,.... Left end .McDermott TitZel. ........ Left tackle ........ Peale Neylon. ....,.. Left guard. Rosenbloom L. Wray,........ Centre Morret ~ Thomas..,.... Right guard johnson Idttle,......,. Right tackle 49,. Holman H. Miller. Right end ............ Bill Bell. .......... Quarterback ...... ,Dayhoff Light. ....... Left halfbac elk -. Hendren Derr. ........ Right halfback .....,. Kostos | Bruner, Fullback 1919. .Baidauf Touchdowns-Light, Bell Goal from touchdown--H Miller. Goal from field Bell. Substitutions--Penn; MeNichol for | Derr Frank for Thomas, Thomas for Tit

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, September 28, 1919, page 18 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS At Birmingham: Birmingham Southern 66. Hamilton o. At Atlanta: Furman college 0, Georgia Tech “A. At Burlington. Vt: Vermont fl, Clarkson 2. At Raleigh: North Caroline State college 80, Guilford college 0. At Lexington, Va: Virginia Military institute ,, Hampden Syd- ney 0. At West Point: Army 14. Mid dlebury O. At Cambridge: Harvard 5s. Bates 0. At New Brunswick: Rutgers s4 Ursinus O. At Georgetown: Georgetown 5S, Norfolk Navy Yards 6. At University of Virginia: Uni- versity of Virginia 12. Randolph Macon college 2. At Hanover. N. H.: Dartmouth 40, Springfield 0. At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania 16. Bucknell 0. At Troy. N. Y: Rensaeller 0, Williams 20. At Providence: Brown 27, Rhode Island State 0. At Amherst Mass: Amherst :, Bowdoin o. At Morgantown. w. Va: West Virginia 61. Marietta 0. At Cleveland: Case 40, Baldwin Wallace o. At Ada. O.; Ohio Northern 1s. Toledo university g. At South Bethlehem. Pa.: Lehigh 47. Villa Nova 0. At Columbia: Universi ot South Carolina o. Presbyterian college 6. At Chattanooga University Of Chattanooga 0, Bryson college 0. At Knoxville: Tennessee 29, Tus- culum 6. At Bloomington. Ind: Indiana 27, Wabash z. At Akron. O.: Akron university 2S. Hiram o. At Oberlin. O.: oberlin 20. Hel- delberg 0.

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Pennsylvania leads 27–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 17 since this game.