North Carolina at Yale

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 8, 1923, page 1

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  Yale Swamps North Carolina New Haven. Conn, Oct. 6-Opening the football season with a brill liant attack. the Yale bulldog swamped the North Carolina eleven 03 to 0 in the Yale Bowl here today. Two new stars were uncovered by Coach Ted Jones of Yale in Richie son playing his first game at quarterback and Stevens, who replaced O’Hearn at left half back. O’Hearn made the most thrilling play of the game when he skirted the North Carolina left era in 3d. yard dash over the goal line helped by perfect interference.

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  Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 9, 1923, page 6 (results column)

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  SMALLER ELEVENS Of SOUTH WORRY THEIR BIGGER FOES Saturdays football results proved less surprising than on the week before, but again gave evidence that southern college teams are becOming closer matched. It seems no longer to be a case of a Big Three Or Big -Four. The smaller colleges are becoming more powerful. Georgia Tech, dominant for so many years, had her hands full with the Cadets from the Virginia Mill tary institute and the most ardent supporters of the Atlantians admit ted their team was lucky to win. The score was 10 to Z. Techs touchdown was made by Wycoff who intercepted forward pass and ran IS yards. The other scoring was due to a dropbick by II. Reeves, after Hunt had intercepted a Cadet pass and run so yards. V. M. rs score was due to Faulkner’s fine run with a fumbled ball. V. M. I. outgained Tech and it is likely would have won but for errors of judgment and little hard luck. A feature of the game was the punt ing duel between White of V. M. l., and Wycoff. The former had the better of it, and his kicks were SUI perbly covered by as fine a pair Of ends in Carlton and Watkins as has been seen on Grant field in many day. Barbour, the big tackle, also played splendidly for the Ca diets, while Wycoff, Station, Frye and Bob Reeves starred for Tech. Oglethorpe, which gave Tech such a scare a week before, fought game ly at Athens but was handily beaten by the University of Georgia. Score, 90 to 6. Fletcher, the great half back from Triton, was Georgia’s star, with Captain Bennett, Joe Tay- Tor and Randall playing finely. David, whose fine bucking scored theis. only points, was Oglethorpe’s bri~ntest light. With Virginia’s scalp hanging at their belt, Furman’s fine eleven came to Macon only to be beaten, 6 to 3, by Mercer, whom Georgia had great difficulty in defeating the previous Saturday. The game was very close and in doubt to the very last. Both teams fought with great courage. OF the other South Carolina teams, Clemson defeated Newberry handily. score 80 to 0. Citadel won from Erskine, &c to 0, and Presbyterrain college won from the state university, to 3. University of North Carolina was overwhelmed by Yale, 53 to 0; State college surprised the fans by hold ing Penn State to Is to 0 score; Trinity smashed Randolph-Maco 81 to o; Wake Forrest walloped Guilford, Al to 0; Davidson lost to V. P. L., to O, and Elon won from Lynchburg, to O.. Florida put up strong game against the West Point Cadets and there was no scoring in the first half; the big army team, however. wore the southerners down. in the second half and won 20 to O.. Army is regarded as the strongest team in the east and Florida’s showing was very fine. Auburn had trouble with Birmingham-Southern but. won 20 to 0; Ala bama beat Mississippi, SIS to 0. and Spring Hill won from the Camp Benning soldiers, IS too. Vanderbilt defeated Howard, q to 0; Tennessee tied Maryville, IA to IA; Sewannee ran over southwestern Presbyterian, “a to 0; Centre beat Carson Newman, IS to 0; Virginia

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 8, 1923, page 9 (results column)

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  Week-End Play On Dixie Fields Brings No Upsets ATLANTA, Oct. 7-Defeats admin istered southern teams in intersec- tional clashes, unexpected strength on the part of number of teams and general rounding into shape of most the elevens, marked the weekend developments in southern football circls. Shifting of players, tryouts for new men and a general improvement in play was noted in many instances. The powerful Gator eleven from the University of Florida, rated by many critics os one of the strong est teams ever put out by that in- stitution, went down before the Army at West Point, 20 to 0. Florida was the second southern team to taste defeat at the hands of the Army this season, Tennessee having been beaten week previous, Al to 0, Penn State ran up against a stiff defenso in the contest with North Carolina State, but managed to emerge from the battle victorious. 16 to O. At New Haven. Yale overwhelmed the University of North Carolina, 53 to 0. In the south, the flying squadron from Virginia Military institute, fresh from two victories this season, one over the fighting United States Marine Corps team invaded the grounds of the Georgia Tech team defeated 10 to ‘, drop-kick from the 25-yard line giving Tech a g. point margin for victory. The flying squadron outrushed Tech, gaining more first downs. The V. NJ l. score was made on a re- covered tumble, carried for S5 yards. Tech scored its single touchdown on an interCRDte0 forward mass Furman and Mercer, two teams developing unexpected strength this year played stubborn game, Mercer winning to 3. The Washington and Lee and Washington and Jefferson game was classified as no game” when Wash ington and Lee refused to play against Charles West, negro han back on the w, and J. team. w. and J. refused to claim forfeit syracuse, in an additional intersec- tional body, ran through William and Mary for final count of 61 to 8. George university beat Oglethorpe 20 to G. by slightly wider margin | than Georgia Tech was able to beat the oglethorpe eleven last week. Othr southern results of interest Alabama defeated Mississippi, 56 to 0; l Mississippi A. and M, won from Mill saps, 2S to 6: Auburn beat Birming- ham Southern, 20 to 0; University of Virginia won a close game from the 1 University of Richmond, to O; V. P. 1. beat Davidson by one touchdown, ‘ to 0; South Carolina lost to Pres byterlan college, to ‘; Clemson beat Newberry, 32 to O. Additional results were: Tennessee IA, MaryvilIe IA; Vanderbilt 27, Howard o; Tulane IS, Mississippi college 3; University of Arkansas 26, Drury college o; Spring. hill college IS, Fort Benning 12.

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Yale leads 7–⁠0 in seven meetings, counting the two since this game.