Lafayette at Washington & Jefferson

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  The New York herald, New York, November 5, 1922, page 47

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  W.& J. wins GAME in LAST Minutes 14–⁠13 Victory Snatched From Lafayette by Spectacular All-Around Play. ERICKSON RUNS 35 YARDS Dash Starts VictOrs on Way to Triumph in Polo Grounds Game. BY as fine display OF headwork and fighting spirit as ever was seen or a football field Washington ana Jefferson came from behind yesterday at the Polo Grounds to defeat the powerful eleven from Lafayette by the margin of a single point. The final score was IA to 13. AS has happened in several hard football battles this season, It was the failure to obtain the extra point after touchdown which measured the VIC tory. When toward the end of the last period, the Presidents blocked a punt, taking the ball on Lafayette’s 45 yard OH fake forward pass carried 1t to the 10 yard mark. all the rooters pres ent from the little town of Washing ton, Pa, rose to their feet to shout improve the opportunity which had presented itself They shifted blood and their howl was the howl of the pack. Down there on the field eleven men heard those cheers but dimly. for they too scented prey and their whole minds were focused on the hunt. But the men Of Lafayette also were fighters. Two yards they grudgingiy yielded on the first rush ana then those heavy linemen crashed through to break the interference and Brunner, coming up from tho secondary defense. threw the runner for a 5yard loss. Now It was the turn of the spectators from Easton to cheer. But Washington and jefferson was not TO be denied. on prettily masked play Brenkert shot a forward pass to Spillers and the latter dashed by the extreme left of the Lafayette line for the touch down which tied the score. AS the teams took their places for the try for the point after touchdown the $4,000 spectators in the stands were tense, for every onlooker knew that the time of the game was growing and felt that the next few seconds would decide the result

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  New-York tribune, November 6, 1922, page 10

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  Over Penn Eleven Furnishes Biggest Confess Southerners Trample on Dope In Beating Napy’s Conquerors Lafayette Loses Prestige as Result of Defeat by w. and j.; Harvard Continues Its Victorious Campaign by Easily Downing Horida’s Eleven one Of the twists of football in Saturdays results and further than strayed on Penn Philadelphia and beat the stepping Quakers field In the weekly the

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Washington & Jefferson leads 8–⁠6–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.