Lehigh at Lafayette

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 21, 1920, page 43

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  LAFAYETTE DRUBS LEHIGH, 27 TO 7 Repeated Smashes Through Line Surprises $4,000 Spectators. Specol Despatch 10 THE New YORK HERALD. EAsToN. Pa, Nov. 2O.-The Lafayette College football team gave the Lehigh University eleven a great surprise here to-day. handing the team from South Bethlehem a drubbng by score of 81 TO T. The easy manner in which the Lafayette line and backs tore through the Lehigh team was shock TO the 49, 900 spectators. Only last Saturday the Lehigh team held the unbeaten Penn state eleven to a TO score at South Bethlehem. The victory to-day the second consecutive over Lehigh, is the first home triumph since 1910. and only the second since 1906. On the Lehigh field how ever. Lafayette has been more success full Lafayette was first TO score. Near the end of the first period, Mike Ga zela broke loose on a run around his left end. sprinting seventy yards for u touchdown. Neither team scored in the second period. The second touchdown was a result Of a steady march down the field on plunges by Brennan, Seasholtz and Ga zela. and triple pass behind the line of scrimmage, which resulted In a dash OF tackle by Gazella, carried the boil over. Lehigh obtained her lone touchdown or a long and daring forward from Rote to Larkin. The play began on Lehigh’s 2S-yard line The ball travelled forty yards. with LarlIin having a clear field the remainder of the distance for a score. But Lehighs hopes were short lived. The heavy Lafayette backfleld hit tbs line. dashed off tackle ans threw pass that carried the ball to the four YARD line. On the fourth smash SeasholtH went over Coach Sutherland sent in many sunstit,toe after this. The final score resulted from a forward from Smith 10 O’ConnolI near the end OF the game. The

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  The West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., November 22, 1920, page 1

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  Upscts Saturday The biggest upset Of the season came in Pittsburgh Saturday when Carnegie Tech %outfOught and out thought the Red and Black team from Little Washington, and scored a 60 victory on a field that was a sea of mud. After falling before Bethany, 14–⁠0 the Saturday before, S%teffen’s lads were any thing but favorites in the game, but they staged a comeback and entered the football hall of fame with Il well-earned victory over Wash-Jeff, the first ever secured by a Tech team in about eight at tempts with the Red and Black. Lafayette pulled another surprise party when they ran wild in the game with Lehigh and won 27–⁠7. Lehigh, after holding State TT one week before was picked to win, but Coach Sutherland had his Lafayettc boys all tuned up to play a victory march. Harvard found the going against the Yale team hard, and had to be satisfied with n vic tory without a touchdown. Three goals from field brought a 90 vic tory. The game was the most Bit terly fought OF any Big Three contest in the history of the game and one Harvard man and one Yale man were ordered off the field by Referee Tufts for getting into a ifs tic battle.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1920, page 28

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  LAFAYETTE BY q TO ! Beats Lehigh for First Victory Scored on Old Rivals Field ~ Since 1910. EAsTON, Pa. November 2o.-Lafayette’s foot ball team gave the Lehigh eleven big surprise here today. handing the team from South Bethlehem a drubbing. % to Z. The easy manner in which the Lafayette backs tore through the Lehigh defensive was shock to the $1,000 spectators. The victory today-the second consecutive over Lehigh-is the first home triumph since 1910 and only the second since 1906. Lafayette was first to score. Near the end of the first period Gazella broke loose on a run around the left end. sprinting 20 yards for a touch down. The second touchdown was a result Of steady march down the field on plunges by Brennan. Seasholz and Ga celia. On triple pass Gazella car ried the ball over. Lehigh obtained her touchdown on a long forward pass from Rote to Lar kin. The play began on Lehigh’s 2syard line. The ball Travelled 40 yards, with Larkin having a clear field the remainder of the distance. Then the Lafayette backfield hit the line. dashed off tackle and threw a pass to get two observation-disclosures.

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  Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial, Delaware, November 22, 1920, page 11 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES. Dickinson. S., Delaware, 7. Bucknel 2s, Susauehanna z. Holy Cross 80; New Hampshire State o.. Johns Hopkins 40; Western Maryland o.. Springfield, Z; Detroit University 3. Villa Nova 10; Catholic University @. p. Nj. G.. rs: Washington Colleae z. Fordham I3; Muhlenbere 0. Stevens 81; n. Y. u. ID. Yale o; Harvard Q. Pennsylvania 27; Columbia 7. Dartmouth Ii; Brown q. Lafayette 27; Lehigh 7. Syracuse ID. Colgate O. Carnegie Tech @; w and J. 0. Amherst IA; Williams z. Boston College I3; Marietta 3. W. and l.. IL; Georgetown !. Union, Z; Hamilton 3. Swarthmore %: Haverford O. Wisconsin 3; Chicago 0. Illinois 0; Ohio 7. Minnesota O; Michigan 3. Rpion 2l; Beliot o. Butler o: Chicago Y. NJ. G. A. 0. Indiana 10; Purdue 7. Iowa Ia; Ames 10. Depauw 3; Wabash O. Notre Dame 80; Northwestern ia Marquette 10. North Dakota o. Grinnell IL; Cornell @ Haskell 81; Oklahoma AgRies Z. Oklahoma Z, Kansas AEgies z. Colorado University I; Colorado ARgies z. Nebraska 81: Michigan Aggies Z. University of Oregon o; Oregon AggiesO o California IS; Stanford O.. University Of Arizona Is; University Of New Mexico Z. Georgia 81 Alabama IA Furnan “a: Clemson O. University Of South Carolina 4s; New perry o. Guilford :. Elon 3 Virginia Freshmen IA; University of Y. G. Freshmen O North Carolina State 90; Wofford O. Birmingham Southern ID; Howard Col ege Z Centre 2S; V. =. ] o.

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Officially, Lafayette leads 82–⁠74–⁠5; as played, 46–⁠38–⁠4 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 161 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.