Harvard at Pennsylvania

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  The herald, November 22, 1896, page 1

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  PRINCETON TIGERS LICK THEIR JAWS While Harvard Cripples Bandage Bruises THE RED and BLUE DATTER|NG RAN Very Promptly Pulverized the Crimson Defenses If A PLAYER ESCAPED HARM The DiIigent Reporters Failed to Chronicle His Name What Strength Was Left Was Spent at Night Ia Fighting Princeton Defeats Yale’s Eleven With out Killing Any Men-Games at Va rious Places-A Player Is Killed IF A PLAYER ESCAPED HARM The DiIigent Reporters Failed to Chronicle His Name What Strength Was Left Was Spent at Night Ia Fighting Princeton Defeats Yale’s Eleven With out Killing Any Men-Games at Va rious Places-A Player Is Killed In a Game at Chicago. INOV. 1l.-OHlVcIsity of Pennsylvania, 8; Harvard. 6. Beaten, battered, shattered, but not disgraced. This Is but the.preface to the story of one Of the grandest battles ever witness ed on the football gridiron. The teams lined UP as follows Pennsylvania. Position. Harvard. Boyle. .......... Left end .......... Cabot Uffenheimer. Left tackle ...... Wheeler Woodruff. Left guard ......... .Bouve Overf1eld.. Center. .......F. Shaw wharton..... Right guard ..J. N. Shaw Farrar. ........ Right tackle .Houghton B. w. Dickson. Right end ..... .Moulton Weeks....... Quarterback .......Beale Colbert. Left half back .Wrightington Morice.... 800. Right half back Dunlop Minds. ......... Full back ........ Brown Every man played as though his life depended upon the result Of the game. There was that unison which comes only with thorough training: each man try ing to help the other. Harvards defensive work for time was superb, but the awful battering their line received from Pennsylvania heavyweights began to tell before the first half was finished, and many delays were occasioned by the crimson warriors being stretched upon the grass For time the faithful who urged their GRIM son-legged team to greater efforts SEEM ed to falter. but the cheer was taken up by red and blue followers. Thousands of Pennsylvauians shouted Justify for their crimson rivals. not because they hoped to see them win the contest. but because Of the plucky fight they were putting up in the face Of overwhelming odds. The crimson eleven went into the bat tie with some of their bset men in a crippled condition. They stood the bat tering ram process for the first half and 1t was in this half that crimson made the only touchdown. But in the second the physical condition of the red and blue began to assert itself, and one by one Harvard cripp!es were carried from the field. First to succumb was Johnny Dun lop, who was relieved by Livermore; then Frank Shaw got mixed up in a scrimmage and Doucette was called on at center. A few minutes later Wheeler and Brown were both injured and their respective places we’re filled by Swain and Dibbles. In their weakened condition the crimson were no match for their opponents. and struggle as they would, they could not stop the mass plays directed at their line. The Pennsylvania team, as a whole, deserves universal praise and but little censure. Every player was star and there was hearty cooperation which A. toBc the crimson line so damaging and their defense so marvellous. There was very little skirting, Harvard’s ends being too quick, but Minds, Woodruff. Wharton, Farrar and Uffenheimer did some Of the prettiest line bucking ever seen on the gridiron field. The only dark spot on the bright surface was Woodruff’s disastrous tumble when Pennsylvania had the ball on Harvard’s FIVE yard line, but on the next line up Gilbert forced Wrightington to make safety. Weeks. too, must not be overlooked In the mat ter Of praise for his success in brilliant dashes into the line, due in great meas ure to his quick and accurate passing and excellent judgment. For Harvard. Cabot, Moulton, Houghton, Dunlop and Wrightington were the bright, particular stars. The two latter were the best ground gamers for the crimson, and Dunlop is directly responsible for Harvard’s only touchdown. Each team penalized twice for off-side plays, and once Pennsylvania suffered for foul interference. but outside of this the game was grand one. One disagreeable feature of the game was a long wrangle over the referees decision in calling Minds back to Harwards forty-yard line after he had skirt ed Harvard’s left end for a fifty-yard run and touchdown. Hickok claimed Jack had run out of bounds at the forty yard line and all the kicking of Captain Wharton availed nothing. 1t is estimated there were from $4,000 to $4,000 persons within the enclosure. Tonight university students marched up and down Chestnut and Broad streets shouting for all they were worth, and many lively encounters took place between the followers of the two colleges. YALE-PRINCETON. NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-The hours between and O’CLOCK this afternoon must 50 d6w6t0posest1ty a. memorable In the

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  Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 23, 1896, page 1

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  TWO GREAT FOOT BALL GAMES. Princeton Downs Yale and Pennsylvania ] Too Much for Harvard. Princeton DOWns nale ana tenn8lyv0nf0 IL Too Much for Harvard. New York, Nov. 23.-On Manhattan field Saturday the great foot. ball game between Princeton and Yale took place before $4,000 people. thousands Of them being ladies’ in spite of q drizzling rain. For the first time since 1893, and for the fourth time since 1888. a representative team Of the Tigers defeated the sons of Eli. The score was “a to 6 and when 1t has been added that Yale’s six points were scored on a fluke the story has been told. for never from the beginning Of the game till its end we’re the men from New Haven able to cope with their sturdy antagonists The Yale eleven was clearly out played on every point of foot ball; they did not kick as well. rush as WELL nor run as well as the Tigers. and in their defensive play weakness was their principal feature. Philadelphia, Nov. 23.-The game of foot ball here Saturday between Penn sylvania and Harvard was won by the former by score of 8 to 6. 1t was ever witnessed in this country, and though the Harvard team was beaten 1t left the field covered with glory-and mud. In short Harvard went down with colors flying and died game. which makes the honor to Penn sylvania all the greater. Every player IN the latter team was a star and the team nearly met its match.

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, November 22, 1896, page 1

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  HARVARD OVERWHELMED PEnNsY OvERCOMES THE GRIM SON BY a SCORE OF 8 roe, Harvard Fought Like Mad, But Went Down Under Weight and Power of Opponents. Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 81. 21.-Uniycrsity Of Pennsylvania 8; Harvard, 6. Beaten, battered, shattered, but not dis graced. This is but the preface to the story of one of the grandest battles ever witnessed en- a football gridiron. Tonight the wearers Of the red and blue are jubilant. Nhstr hopes, which were so rudely shat

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  Mexico weekly ledger, Missouri, November 26, 1896, page 1

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  Yale and Harvard Defeated On Saturday the two great foot ball games of the year were played in the East. They were Yale VS.. Princeton and Harvard VS.. the University OF Pennsylvania. Princeton defeated Yale by a score of 26 to 6 and the Uni versity of Pennsylvania defeated Harward by a score of 8 to 6. WHAT’S the matter with the NJ. O. A. playing q game with Yale now?

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Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.