Amherst at Yale

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  The morning times, October 10, 1895, page 5

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  CANVAS JACKETS REIGN ii Is Ushered In with Three Struggles on the.Gridiron. YALE DEFEATED AMHERST She Put in Different Teams In Each IInIf-UnivcrSity of Pennsylvania Drove the Crescent A :. &. to the Wall I’m Tigers Easy victory Over University ~ Virginia. Baltimore, Oct. 9:-The Tigers succeeded in carrying the bal over the University OF Virginia’s goal line six times to-day, in their annual. game mt the catonsville Club grounds. The Princeton eleven cxcclled the Virginians in every particular and Kept the ball in the latter’s territory throughout the game. The game was characterized by brilliant individual PLAYS and concerted team action on the part of the Princeton team and weak defensive play ON that of the Virgiuians. The virginia backs were una bic To make hcadway against the Princeton line and rcsoricd 10 kicking tactics in the second haif with great success. The oval was carried 10 yirginia’s ten yard mark four times in the second half but was lost fumbIcs and returned to the center OF the field by Whaiey’s puuts. GAME DEVOID OF ROrGH PLAY. The teams played under the revised Yale-Princcton rules and the game was devoid OF the usual rough play. This WAS the Tigers first contest of Importance this year and forms Il basis for estimating the ultimate strength OF the team. The line withstood the attacks OF the Virginia backs admirably and the interference showed a great Improvement over that of last year Princeton chose the north goal, taking advantage of a strong wind. Whaley kicked off for Virginia and Lea returned the ball seven yards. Rosengarten fumbled the ball and Coche circled Knight s end for twelve yards. Gains by Riggs, Armstrong and Rosengarten netted twenty yards and Church was sent through the center for Il touchdown eight minutes after time was called. RosengarteD caught the kickoff and returned the ball fifteen yards and later skirted Coche’s end for the second touchdown. Rosengarten sprained his ankle in a scrinlnlage and was carried from the field, Baird replacing him. The Princeton backs plunged through Wallace for repeated gains and Armstrong carried the pigskin between the goal posts RIGGS TOUCHDOWN IN IL MINUTES. Three minutes later he duplicated this per formance, making the score “a to for the first half. Throughout the second half the Princeton backs went through vIreinia’s line for long gains, but lost the bah before the goal line had been crossed. Whalcypuntcd effectively and Kept the Tigers from sscuring on three occasions. Armstrong, caught Whaley’s punt ana carried the hallt went yy-fivc yards through the entire University OF Virginia eleven, and Riggs was sent through the center twelve minutes liter play began for the fifth touchdown. Ayrcs latcr circled right end for forty yards and swellcd the score To 36 points. Four minutes later Lea made the run of the game, covering seventy yards before he was downed by’Poindexter, The game was called on Virginia’s thirty yard mark. The teams lined UP as follows:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 10, 1895, page 1

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  YALE EASILY OUTPLAYS AMHERST. New-Haven. oct. a.The football game between Yale and Amherst at Yale Field this afternoon suited in an easy victory for Yale by score Of 80 to o. 1t was the best exhibition OF football given by Yale this fall all the scoring being done in the first half In the second half Yale put substitu team in the field. Amherst never threatened the Yale goal Thorne caught Amherst kick IN the centre OF the field and scored the third touchdown

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Yale leads 23–⁠0 in 23 meetings, counting the nine since this game.