Boston College at Yale

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1919, page 1

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  YALE LOSES, 5 T03, TOBOSTON COLLEGE Each Team Scores on Long Field Goal, Safety De- Gliding Contest. NEW HAVEN, Conn. October IS The Yale foot ball team today went down to defeat. 5 to 3. to Boston College. which two weeks ago was defeated. II to o. by Harvard The game was marked by numerous PEN alties and frequent Interruptions due to injuries to players. The margin of victory for Frank Cavanaugh’s eleven was by a safety made in the second period. The Ellis took the lead in the third period by scoring field goal. but like score for Boston in the final quarter was enough to win. as neither team had been able to push over a touchdown. Fitzpatrick played a brilliant punt ing game for Boston, booting the ball several times for 60 yards. Cor rigan starred as a ground gamer for the Hub eleven, while Heaphy at center played a spectacular defensiye game. Thorne Murphy, substituting for La Roche, kicked Yale’s field goal. a drop kick from the 40-yard line. Fitzpatrick booted dropkick for IS yards in the iinal period, putting Boston in the lead. Dicens, Yale’s left tackle. was removed from the game for smuggling. Yale being penaiized 80 yards. Yale II ade only three first downs. while Cav anaugh’S men had the same number to their credit.

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  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 19, 1919, page 8

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  BOSTON COLLEGE BEATS YALE IN CLOSE GAME NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. IS Tire Yale football team Saturday went down 10 defeat to 10 Boston college which two weeks ago was defeated Il TO by Harvard The game was marked by numerOus penalties and frequent inter ruptionS due 10 injuries TO players The margin OF victory for Frank Cavanaugh’s eleven was by a safe ~ made in the second period.

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  Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, October 19, 1919, page 19 (results column)

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  YALE TEAM IS DEFEATED BOSTON COLLEGE ELEVEN WINS HARD FIGHT, 5 TO 3 tiaIf Rack Eitxpntrick Mnkes SensatlOunl IiIck In Inst Quarter Other IcssterB Games. NEW YORK. o1. lS.--Some sur priScs occurred In college football games today when Yale went down to defeat at the hands. or. rather the feet Of the Boston College eleven. and Cornell was smothercd by Colgate. Boston College defeated Yale. 6 to 3, in tho game at New Haven. in a contest marked by strenuous effort on both sides. Jim Fitzpatrick. the Boston right half back. proved tho hero OF the day. kicking field goal from faie’s forty nve-yard limo that settled tho game Against Yale lIarvarda former wonder man. Charley Brickley. who coached tho Boston team two years ago and predicted great things for Fitzpatrick. wore a broad grin Az he watched The play. Tho half backs great kick came two minutes before the end OF the last quarter and was as unexpected by the great thronE OF tacular. marking one OF the most dramatte uDscta in Yale’s football history. Tho end Of tn” third quarter saw two. AS tn. teams struggled through Inc fourth quarter almost TO the end. y looked To the 1900 persons in the Yale Down seats as IL Yale must win Fitzparick’s great kick brought sorrow 70 thousands of Yale rooters. rounds 4, ea9briare .” took H’ Br oS;ns “. ginger In the third period when. by short PUSHES and two forward passes. TIVE S. %a in. carried ot to narxards from the field from his twenty seven ya Ha Line. but tho bali hit the upriEhts;; touchdown in tho second period. but ,i’ns was called with the bali two accomplished some fne forward pass work. ZOO Ryan. the criinson’s right VII VII haridlinE three for Twenty-Five bright. Browns right wing, for twenty sards IN two acrials. princeton defeated Rochester, “a to w. IN today’s game at Princeton, out rhssins tho visiting eleven through . put tn” mrs, half OF the game The ,,sT’S rolled W score of l3 points inc nrst 1uartcr and 81 in tie sec. ohh i”-iod. giving total of a. Then. WIN grim determination. the Rochesyer team Fought successfully through from p.lng up more points. But the Visitors could not score. Make Long Hun 20 Goal. In the irst quarter. Metcalf. Rochester i”ft half back. punted. and Gar. lily the Tigers fun back, got tie first ,m on The fo:ty,three-yard line. In end for touchdown. - 70 a, the atter’s home Held at I,hac1 Was an earned victory. Col c”-”! temple OF learning at every ‘nc!r Of tho game. Incidentally, Col cato uncovered one OF the greatest ali h’”und back helds that las been seen an Cornell feld fonNyears. In An dorson and Watkins. Colgate has two y”ry clever running backs. who lodged and fought their way through Cornell line AFTER time, while Gine smashed through the 1thacans’ forwards like a bullet. Forward Pass Works. The undoing OF the Cornell eleven gag achieved largely through skilltul use Of the forward pass. In which Co : cate worked eight times for good gains The first and third touchdowns were scored by passes from Anderson 10 watkins. The spectacular feature IL tho game was Anderson’s run through the whole Cornell team for a touchdown. \, West Point today the Army eleven caught Tartar in the University OF Maine. the Down casters holding the soldiers 10 close-marSin victory Of i 10 .. |, Is true that several of the Armys best players were not in todays struggle because OF injuries. but nevertheless the plucky collesians stood tho Amy of twice when tho cadets had made their way far down tho hc q with the ball and compelled tic West Pointers to work hard for their only touchdown.

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  The Alaska daily empire, October 20, 1919, page 1 (results column)

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  FIRST COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAY HAS SURPRISES Columbia, Cornell and Yale . Lose First Games of Conference Year; U. of w. Wins SEATTLE, Oct. 20.-The first day playing of conference football Satur day resulted in several surprises Notably the defeats of Cornell by Colgate, Columbia by Williams and Yale by Boston. The University of Washington had no conference game scheduled, bat her eleven easily defeated team from the Dreadnought New York oi the United States navy by score oi 35 to o. Another surprise of the day was the defeat of Leland Stanford, Jr. University by the Olympic Club of San Francisco by a score of 13 tp 0, Saturdays football scoFes In whieh conference universities and colleges participated were as follows: University of Washington, 35; Dreadnought New York, o. Washington State College, 49; Mutt nomah Club, 0. Olympic Club of San Francisco, 13; Leland Stanford, Jr, University, O. University of California, 61. Occi dental College, o. University of Oregon, 27; Univers ity of Idaho, 6. Utah Aggies, 47; University ol Montana, 0. University of Michigan. 26; Michi gan Aggies, o. Carnegie Tech, 16; Case, 9. Kansas Aggies. 9; Washington (St Louis), IA. University of Illinois, 9; University of Iowa, ‘. Colgate, 21; Cornell. 0. Dartmouth. 19; Penn. State. 13. Dubuque. 30; Grinnell, 4. ~s Ohio State, AZ; Kentucky State, O. Army, lWest Point) 6; Maine Uni. vefsity, 70. V s fr6 Harvard, ‘; Brown, o. Colby, z; Bates. 2. .Gaorgetown, 33; Virginia Tech. 2. ,Uniprsity off, Utah, 21; Colorado Aggfes. 34 University of Colorado, 26; Denver University. T. 1g4e n University of Wyoming. 16; Colo rado School of Mines, 6, University of North Dakota, 13; University of South Dakota. 0. University of Missouri, 10; Ames, O. Williams, 25; Columbia, 0. Amherst, 48; Trinity, 7 ,> University of Minnesota. 20; Uni versity of Indiana, 6. University of Pennsylvania. 55 Swarthmore, z. Princetown, 34; Rochester. 0. Boston College, 5; Yale, 3. University of Wisconsin. 10; North western. 6. Notre Dame, IA; University of Ne braska, g. Syracuse 24; Pittsburgh. 3. Drake. 12; Simpson, 10. f Oberlin, 34: Mount Union, IS. Chicago. 16; Perdue. 0. Oregon Aggies, 47; Pacific Uni versity, 6.

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Boston College leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.