Lafayette at Rutgers

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 7, 1894, page 1

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  YALE BEATS CRESCENT. THE FIRST IMPORTANT GAME HERE ABOUT. SOME RATHER LOOSE PLAYING. NATURAL AT THIS EARLY sEAsoN-THE SCORE 10 TO o. Princeton I.ehigh University OF w s0’”‘”‘ - VIZ Ia Crcscent 4 G. o. Chicago a. c. Rutgers L. Lafayette TO- Cornell 81 mo-, n”no,io ca ttarsard ia Ardover University Of Pennsylvania TO- Trinity 10 Amherst Agri- swarthnore u cultural College Tho first came in the vicinity OF New York among the important football teams was played yesterday al Eastern Park, Brooklyn. So early IN the season 70 one could expect to any very complete 1905 ball playing but the spectators did expect 10 see better work than the Yale eleven exhibited IN lis game with the Crescent Athletic club team Ihere were. of course, reasons for this lax pay U” ‘”e part OF Yale the principal one being that every man on the team substitute except oti’‘i’‘n ‘‘ centre and Hckok at guard. Another REASON WIS that the umpire and lineman did not use their authority 10 the extent they should have ana some Of the time lost in rough play might otherwise nave been put into snappy. quick work Among the spectators who by-the-way, always turn out for the first Brooklyn game OF the season IN good numbers there were several wel-known faces ON the side lines were BILLY bulL the ora Yale fillback: Butterworth Yales mlback last year and probably the man who will I’ll that positon this year too Willis Terry. one Of fales standbys: Morse the stocky player OF last year and this years Princeton eleven. and LEWIS las’ years Harvard centre-rush. Captain HinKey’ NC Crea Ircenway Thorn and several otner men VINO will be members Of the Yale team this year were on the side lines too In their football clothes. but none ~ them played Hnkey lay on the ground coSe 10 the chalk line watching his men closely put ne seemed 10 be as little inclined to say anything as usual. At a little after $50 the two teams came out on the field and moment later the Cresceh’s won tho toss and took the north end OF the field mat gave the ball to Yale. 1t was kicked OF by DC VIII and went out OF bounds. This was repeated WIN the evident purpose on Yalcs part TO give up the hall according to the rules after two misses. ana this seems the whole the wisest Plan Inc s’uc Kicking of is obliged to send the ball at least ten Yards and under such a rule. II you give the ban to the other side and let them Kick OH, you VIII receive 1t down the field have plenty OF time 10 return IT, and have your men under H. also 1t scans To be a disadvantage. therefore, 10 nave the kickoff: a; least. 30 the Yale men thought PRESENTS kicked of. and it was returned by Lit ton. The Crcscents then pushed ‘nS F }o,ySrvsTd lin” I’m fact within ten minutes. The ball then Vent to Yale % on an on SnTla more ode play After Jew unsuccessful attempts to gain GROUND 1foei,, The Crcscents’ ifteen-yard line, and few mo rncnts later he scored a touchdown from “ni ii rmshing M the field. but the ball stayed In their territory Tor the OF the half Time was calitd crrscents had Kicked more they would have gained ~ IT, because the two times they dld hCA ~ arst half the ball was muNcd ana they saih’i In the second haIf. which was also twenty five ,oInutes Redngton took Littons place on the Vale team and Hutchinson took Goodwins place yoakcr play Evidently the men are not yet In training for Wardner was hurt and Wing;a,te nj Ia take his place. while time had TO be called a dozen times for general bruises. This Is unneces sary. and only goes TO show that men az” Ill “a danger Of being hurt only %heh Ihey ICON” h gr Two twenty -hyc-mnute halves were TOO inuch ioI this time of tn” CrcSt cntS kicked Oh am safr soon after the start pressed Yale down pretty ri,s. 10 her goal when on The thirteen ‘yarI me ,h. CrcscciitS lost the ball and Yale moved SLOW: I’M the field and finally Keington scored 4 touch .Iv.r from which goal was made. lluril x inc rest Of the game ~” Cresc”nts kept the pdl’ III Yal.’s territory most of the time” . Df the piny IN general It cen only be saii thal 10 y,as oak and uncertain and that both teams dfl a good deal % fumbling. SANFORD playec q good game FOR the Cresccnts, ana j” VIII Hoc.e’ Ard Murray for the Yale Bul was referee, perry lincman and Butterworth. umpire Inc teams were as follows. the final score being w. r.t...- t’resceuts

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Rutgers leads 35–⁠16–⁠1 in 52 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.