Amherst at Bowdoin

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  The Portland daily press, Maine, October 8, 1896, page 1

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  NEITHER SIDE SCORED. Bowdoin Foot Ball Team Makes Ex- cellent Showing Against Amherst, Neither Side Came Wltnln Ten Yarda nj the Iine-Interference of Visitors was Almost Invincible-Good Work of Ken dali, stearns and Clark. Amherst, Mass, October 7.-Amherst clearly showed lack of practice aud uncertainty In the organization of its foot ball team this afternoon by playing a nothing to nothing game with Bowdoin. a much lighter team. At no time did either team come within ten yaids Of scoring. Fumbling, lack of speed and interference characterized Amherst’s WORK. The brilliant Individual work by Callahan, Boyden and Captain Tyler, alone kept Bowdoin from scoring. Tyler tackled fleresly in every part Of the line, and nad even TO do the kicking for Am herst. The Bowdoins, considering their weight, played fine game, their inter ference being almost invincible. The work Of Kendall, Stearns and Clark was most noticeable for Bowdoin. The limo up was:

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Amherst leads 10–⁠2–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.