West Virginia at Princeton

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], November 2, 1920, page 16

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  HEAVY SCORING LlKELYN PRLNCETON-HARVARD GAME Both Tigers and Crimson Have Developed Good attacks Il Roper’s Backs viii Be Outpeighed, but Are Faster Il NWO great offensive football machines ~ will meet next Saturday afternoon In the Stadium at Cambridge when the horn toots opening the annual struggle between Harvard and Princeton. Not that either one is weak defensivcly. but both have this season developed several strings of fine backs. This should be a game in which there is more than the usual number of toucndowns. A. Last fall at Palmer Stadium the Or -ange and Black had the better OF the argument, 10 to 3. until the last few minutes of play, when Eddie Casey began running wild. The game ended In a 1910. The fine performances Of both the Crimson’s and Tigers backfeld men thus far means that both teams are likely to make two or more touchdowns. Harvard has a slight edge in the weight of her backfeld men. but Princeton is the speedier. Will Forget Past On comparative scores Harvard has the advantage, but when the time for the game next Saturday comes, previous scor& will be forgotten and doubtless will have given no real idea of what is going to happen. Last Saturday Prince ton had fierce struggle to lick West virginia, 10 to 3. Timely forward pass. ing put Princeton in a position to score the only touchdown Of the game and also made it possible for Frank Murrey to slip field goal through. While Princeton was having her hands full with the West Virginians, Harvard was smashing through the University of Virginia for a 24-O victory. Harvard’s great work in defeating Centre Col lege 81 to II has boosted the Crimson stock to a lofty point, in New England, but in this section Princeton is just as strong a fa---‘te as ever. Heavy Th entire game which resalt al of 40 points being scr TO be just such battle AZ Ion and the Cambridge boys re. Princeton doesn’t seem to hA any great line -smasher equal TO Horween, but the Tiger backs are very swift, versatile and are far from weak ON line plays. The Tigers have a great field general and fine running in Don Lourie. lie is cool headed and has enough experience to make him one of the great quarterbacks of the year. IL will be recalled that at this time last season Princeton had been severely

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 31, 1920, page 1

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  OUTPLAYED AT START, TIGERS RALLY AND WIN Garrity’s So Yard Run Defeats West Virginia in Last Period. EPIDEMIC OF FUMBLING Princeton Resorts to Forward Pass Successfully in Lat ter Stages. EPIDEMIC OF FUMBLING Special Despatch 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRINCETON, n. j.. Oct. 30.-Princeton defeated West Virginia in the Palmer Stadium this afternoon by a 10 TO 3 score. The Tigers won by a much smaller margin than was generally expected. the visitors outplaying them distinctly throughout the first half. At straight football the mountaineers had the better of it, and it looked as II the locals We’re going to suffer their first defeat of the season until In the Sec ond half they reverted 70 the forward passing game and overcame the early lead established by the invaders. Hank Clarity won the contest with a fifty eight yard dash for touchdown in the last period. A crowd OF 1900 saw the game, which was married in spots by an epidemic of fumbling. Murrey. and Clarity were the star performers for the winners, while Beck and Martin shone for the losing team As the first half progressed il was APP parent that Coach Roper OF Princeton intended to win II possible without divulging any of his strategic secrets to the Harvard and Yale scouts in the Stadium. But straight football was not enough to defeat the Virginians. and the wide open game had to be resorted to- Clarity scored the only touchdown Of the contest. while Murrey and Johnson each succeeded IN dropkicking a goal from the field.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 31, 1920, page 18

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  TIGERS LUCK WIN OVER w. VIRGINIA Princeton. N. J., October 30.-Haak Garrity tucked a West Virginia for ward pass out of the air in the fourth period today and by 56-yard run for a touchdown enabled Princeton to win, 10 to 3. Had it not been for this in- dividual feat Princetons chance to get revenge for last years 25 to 0 de- feat probably would have ended in a to tie. Most of the play was in West vir- glnia territory but the visitors de- fcnse was good, and Princeton dis played little scoring punch despite ire quent chances

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Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings.