Lafayette at Pittsburgh

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  Evening star, October 5, 1924, page 71

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  LAFAYETTE DEFEATS PITT eleven, 10 TO 0 PITTSBURGH, Pa, October 4.-In the sixth gridiron meeting between the two schools, Lafayette College emerged triumphant over the Uni versity of Pittsburgh at Forbes Field this afternoon by a score of 10 to 0. The we’ll drilled Maroon eleven COM pletely outclassed the Panthers, dis playing versatile attack that thwarted the best laid defense plans of Pittsburgh. . Lafayette scored first after a gruelling first and part of a second period, Capt. Berry dropkicking the ball over the goal from the 25-yard line. Forward passes and gains from a triple and double pass placed the ball in position to score. A, scoreless third period gave way to the second Lafayette score in the fourth quarter. After repeated gains through the line by Kirkleski and Chicknoski, the Marosp forced the ball to the 3-yard line. where Kirk leski scored on a run around left end. Lafayette showed a better drilled team. while Pittsburgh tackled poorly. Lafayette fathomed the Pittsburgh aerial attack with ease. The punting of Ernst. featured in the Lafayette defense. his boots averaging 40 yards. Johnson was the outstanding performer for Pittsburgh.

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 6, 1924, page 1 (results column)

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  Saturday Football Scores INDIANA INDIANA Butler. 10: Franklin :. Indiana, II; De PAW. 0. Ohio State. 7: Purdue. O. Notre Dame, 10: Lombard O. Indiana Central % state Deaf School, 6. Earlham, II: Cedarville. II. Valparaiso. o; Centre. o. OTHER SCORES. Army Il; ST. Louis University. 0. Boston University 8; University of Bucknan. 30: Galaudet. 6. Brown. A. Colby. o. Cincinnati. 80; Georgetown. 81 Columbia. 81: Lawrence. 0. Case. q; Kenyon. o. Carnegie Tech. - Thiel. 0. Colgate. %; Afford O. Dartmouth. 81 Neon. O. Dickinson. Il: Villa Nova O. Duuuesne. o; Davis and EllIIns. 0. Delaware. 3; ST Joseph College o DennisOn. o. Ashland. O. Dartmouth. 50; McGnl University. 0 co. Georgia Tech. 3: Virginia Military Institute. o. Haverford 13: Hamilton 0. Harvard. II; Virginia. o Hobart. 90: Clarkson. Il Hiilsdale. IS: Akron q. Holy Cross. %. St. John of Brooklyn 0 Illinois. 9: Nebraska Is. Iowa. 43: Southeastern. O. Johns Hopkins. 30: Randolnh Macon. O. Lafayette. 10; Pittsburgh. 0. Louisiana State University. 81; South western. 7. Lehish University IL: Gettysburg Uni veTsty. o. Massachusetts Aggies. 10; Bates. g. Marines. 80: Catholic University. 0. Muhlenberg. 81: Albright q. Minnesota. II; North Dakota. 0. Missouri. ,: Chicago. 0. Michigan, 80, Miami. O. Michigan Acsi”s ,. Ollvet. g. MIddlcbury L., Union. O. College of the City Of New York. Is; Stevens o. Northwestern @S. South Dakota. 0. Navy. II; William and Mary, T. Ohio Wesleyan. 3 University of De troit. O. OherIin. 80 Baldwin Wallace o Oklahoma Aggies. ,. Kansas Univer- Ohio Northern 10. Button. . University Of Pennsylvania 26. Frank lin and Marshall. O. Princeton 40. Amherst. 3 Pennsylvania State. 81; South Carolina State o. Rutgers st. Lebanon Valley. &. RersseI aer. p Springfield 3. Swarthm0re. %. SusqUehanns. o. Syracuse. 26 Mercer. 0. Trinity II. Worcester Te”h. o Pennsylvania. l3. St Xavier. :. TrsinUs DreNel o washington and Jefferson. IN Beth. any ID Wisconsin. IL Aues o Wesleyan. 90: Rochester. 10. Wayncsburg. =. Geneva. q West Virginia 35. Allegheny Witteuhere 3 Ohio University. o. Williams. 10. BoWdoIn o. Wooster IS. Ottcrbcin o. Yale. 81: North Carolina o HIGH – HOOLS. Manual 8 Bloomington. e. E!cEnell ~ Princeton. = East Chicago. 10. Michigan CITY. o. Eikhart 70 KendallvIlle o. Goshen 13 Warsaw .. Eentlaud I12- Wellington IND o Linton 1876 daud o NeVcaztle IL kuiEhtstoyy. :. Wilkinson A. Greenfield o Sheridan so: Wcstfje!d o. Portland p. Decatur 0. West lafayette a. ThorntOWn. o. Jefferson Al, Ei-kIin. o. Huntington 70 Kokomo. .. Clinton l3. Garfield OF Terre Haute q Marshall Cup %; Wiley OF Terre Hsute o Jasl1ville. -. sullivan. L. Marion 30. Lebanon o. Monticello u: Lo-ansn0rt. 3. South Side of Fort Wayne. 2G. Peru. g.

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  New Britain herald, October 7, 1924, page 8 (results column)

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  SECTIONAL GAMES SLATED THIS WEEK Brown Vs. Chicago and Yale Ys, Georgia Are Events New York. Oct. Flour intersec- tional battles will feature next Sat urday’s eastern football card. The two most important of these strug- gles will be those between Brown and Chicago at Chicago and Yale and Georgia at New Haven. The Brown eleven will go to Chi cago flushed with confidence inspir- ed by its 45 to victory over Colby and Yale will await Georgia’s inva- sion with the sef-assurance born of her easy triumph over another southern team, North Carolina, by a 27 to 0 score Saturday. The Army will meet the University of Detroit at West Point and Syracuse will face William and Mary at Syracuse in the other two interregional contests. Of the sectional battles, those in which Pittsburgh clashes with West Virginia at Pittsburgh, and Prince ton takes on Lehigh at Princeton promise to furnish the most excite ment for gridiron enthusiasts. In spite of 10 to 0 defeat at the hands of Lafayette while West ‘Vir- ginia was riding rough-shod over AL legheny by 36 to margin satur- day, Pittsburgh will engage the southern institute Saturday with more than an even chance of vic tory. The Partners were at a dis advantage in having to meet. SC strong a team as Lafayette thus ear ly in the season. Princeton will face Lehigh a strong favorite, as the Tigers buried Amherst under 40 to 6 score while Lehigh was hard pressed to defeat Gettysburg by 12 to 0. Other matches of interest on Sat urday’s slate are: Harvard and Mid dlebury at Cambridge, Columbia and Wesleyan at New York, Penn State and Gettysburg. at State College Pa, Cornell and Williams at Ithaca Carnegie Tech and Toledo at Pitts burgh. Dartmouth and Vermont al Hanover, Pennsylvania and swarth- more at Philadelphia. and Holy Cross and Boston University at Wor- cester.

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Lafayette leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the two since this game.