Brown at Pennsylvania

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  The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 29, 1896, page 2

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  ON THE BLEAK FOOTBALL FIELD Importan Games Played by Knights o the Plgskin Yesterday. LEADING CLUBS on THE SOD Pennsylvania Defeats Brown by q Score Of l6 to O..Elizabeth Scores Against Yale..The Brilliant Work of Colbert Among the Features of the Peunsylvania..B y Brown Game. Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-Pennsylvania defeated Brown this afternoon IL to D. The active New Englanders opened up with rush and for time 1t looked as if they would carry the ball over for a touchdown by the rapidity and spirit of their play. They carried the pigskin inside Pennsylvania’s twenty-five-yard line by sharp running and fumbling behind the Quaker’s line. Twice Penn sylvania had kicks blocked on their 20 yard line and once Morice made tluke kick. Brown got as far as the Quaker’s 15-yard line. but here stopped and the tide turned. For the first ten minutes the Quakers played a spiritless, listless game and only opposed q half-hearted defence to Browns rush. With the ball on their 15-yard line and the encouraging shouts of 1.500 Of their fellOw-students ring ing in their ears, Pennsylvania braced up, and from that moment Brown was never in the game. Nine runs by Gel bert, MOrice and Minds around the ends and line-bucking by Wharton and Farrar carried the ball up to Browns goal and Colbert went through left tackle for a touchdown. Woodruff kicked the goal and no more scoring resulted in this half. In the second half Pennsylvania had pIo”H VII tiit utlcllte tIt SiltIc Morce by a run of thirty yards around Browns right end, scored touchdown and Farrar plunged through the right side of the line for Is yards. In one of the touchdowns only was a goal kicked. For Brown, Wheeler played a fine game at guard and Yulze. Gammons, Colby and Hall did good work in the back field, barring their weakness in catching punts. While Pennsylvania’s play was far superior to their work against Lafayette, there was still a fatal tendency to tumble and slow ness in putting the ball in play. Woodruff went back to his place at guard from full back and Morice went on at full back. Fortesque one Of the members Of the scrub. played quarter and did the best work of the season for Pennsylvania in that position. The change In Pennsylvania team strengthened 1t considerably. The lineup follows:

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  New-York tribune, October 29, 1896, page 10

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  BROWN BEATEN BY THE QUAKERs. TIE NEw.ENGLANDERs COULD NOT SCORE. ALI THOUGH THEY STARTED OUT BRAvELY. Philadelphia. oct. 2.-Pcnnsylvania defeated Brown this afternoon by 16 TO 0. The active New -Engla nders opened up with rush. and for for a touchdown by the rapidty and spirit of their play. They carried the pgskn inside Pennsylvania’s twenty-flvc-yard line by sharp running and fumbng behind the quaker lire. Twice Pennsylvania had kicks blocked the twenty-yard line, and once Morice made huke kick Brown got as far as the Quakers hfteen-yard line, but here stopped, and the tide turned. For the first ten minutes the Quakers played spir!tess. listlcss game and only opposed halfhearted defence to Browns rush. With the ball their ffteen-yard line and the encouraging shouts Of 800 Of their feowstudcnts ringing in their ears, the Pennsyvanians braced up ard from that moment Brown never in the game. Fine by Colbert. Morce and Mndes around the ends and line buck Ing by Wharton and Farrar carried the ball up to Browns goal. and Colbert went through left tackle for touchdown. Woodruff kicked the goal, and no more scoring resulted in this half In the second half Pennsylvania had Brown on the defence the entire time. Moricc, by run Of thirty yards around Browns right end. scored a touchdown and Farrar plunged through the right side OF the line for fifteen yards of another On one OF the touchdowns only was a goal kicked. For Brown, Wheeler played a fine game at guard. and the back fielding: barring their weakness at catch ing punts. While Pennsylvania’s play far superior 20 the work against Lafayette there WAS still fatal tendency to tumble. and slowness in putting the ball in play. Woodruff went back to his place as guard from fulback. and Morice went on at fu,lback. Fortescue played quarter and did that position. The change in Pennsylvania’s team strengthened II considerably The lineup follows:

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  The herald, California, October 29, 1896, page 2

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  PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 2S.-The University of Pennsylvania football team gave a brilliant exhibition of football this after noon and as a result the strong Brown University eleven was beaten by score of 16 to 0.

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  The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., October 29, 1896, page 1 (results column)

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  ON COLLEGE GRlDIR0NS PENNSYLVANIA WITH DIEFICULTY WINS FROM BROWN. Amherst Defeats Wesleyan in Close Game-Harvard Subs Beat the Varsity in an Exciting Contest-Bowdoin succumbs to Dartmouth, and Trinity Wins from Tufts-Features of the Game. Philadelphia, Oct. 2S.-Pennsylvania defeated the Browns this afternoon 16 to 0. The New Englanders opened up with rush and for time it looked as If they would carry the ball over for a touchdown by the rapidity and spirit of their play. They carried the pigskin inside of Pennsylvania twenty five yard line by sharp running and fumbling behind the Quaker line. Twice the Pennsylvania had kicks blocked on their twenty-yard line, and once Morice made fiuke kick. The Browns got as far as the Quakers’ f1fteen-yard line, but here they stopped and the tide turned For the first ten minutes the Quakers played a. spiritless game, and only opposed a half-hearted defence to the Browns rush. With the ball on their fifteen-yard line and the encouraging shouts of 1900 of their fellows ringing in their ears, the Pennsylvania braced up and from that moment the Browns We’re never in the game. Fine runs by Colbert, Nor ice and Mindes around the ends and line bucking by Wharton and Farrar carried the bali up to the Browns goal and Colbert went through left tackle for touchdown. Woodruff kicked the goal and no more scoring resulted in this half In the second half the Pennsylvania had the Browns on the defence the entire time. Morice, by run of thirty yards around the Browns right end, scored touchdown and Farrar plunged through the right side of the line for fifteen yards of another. In one of the touchdowns only was a goal kicked For the Browns Wheeler played a fine game at guard, and Gultz, Cannon Collins and Hall did good work, bar ring their weakness at catching punts While the Pennsylvania play was far superior to their work against La fayette, there was still fatal tendency to tumble and slowness in putting the ball in play Woodruff went back to his place as guard from full-back and Morice went on at full-back Fortescue, one of the scrubs, played quarter and did the best work of the season for the Pennsylvania in that position. The change strengthened the team

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Pennsylvania leads 50–⁠21–⁠1 in 72 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.