Lehigh at Princeton

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  The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 4, 1897, page 1

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  FOOT BALL GAMES ON MANY FIELDS Exhibition Season Opened 10 Real Ear nest on Saturday. EACH OF THE BIG ELEyENs WON Pennsylvania, Cornell, Harvard, Yale and Princeton Won Their Games and by n Big Majority IN Nearly Every Game--BuckneII, Lafayette, Wesleyan, Williams and Lehigh Among the Losers. The college season of foot ball opened with concerted rush on Saturday Nearly every college eleven in the east had game scheduled and the winners were almost without exception those teams which have been for some time in training. Some of the games follow: Detroit. Mich, Oct 3.-Yesterday’s National Circuit cycling races wound up with five Of the fastest Of the rae ing stars badly spilled along the track. Just after the last eighth mile of the final event of the day in the two mile open professional was reached Cooper’s wheel struck that of Butler Both were thrown. and Bald, Mertens and kiser tumbled over them in a bad mix up. Mertens’ right side was pain fully injured. Bald received a bad blow in the side, and all had a severe shaking up. This gave Loughead the race, which he was already in fair way of winning. Wood and Carlson, amateurs, went a mile on tandem in 1.54 beating the worlds amateur record and equallng the professional tandem record. Summaries: One Mile, 2.05 Glass, Professional Final Heat-Dr. A. f. Brown. of Glove land, first; Nat Butler, Boston, second; Watson Coleman, Boston, third. Time, 2.OS 1–⁠5. Two Mile Open, Professionalism Heat-F j. Loughead Sarnia Ont, Irst; owen Kimble. Louisville. second, j. +. Esperon, Detroit, third. Time, III.

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 3, 1897, page 14

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  TRIUMPH For TIGERS. Poor Showing Made by Lehigh at Princeton. PRINCETON, N. j., Oct 2.-The football season at Princeton was opened today in a one-sided but exciting game between the Tigers and Lehigh, in which the Iusty sons OF Old Nassau sp1othered the Pennsylvanians by a score Of 43 to 0. Lehigh showed unexpected weakness and 81 compare lively light team, and the Tigers work doomed up in contrast” Lehigh’s line melted away before the rushes and Wheeler and Baird We’re sent over the line. Score at end of first half. 200. The second half was marked by brilliant rlshes by Holt, Kelly, Ban nard, Suter and Reiter. The feature OF the game occurred in the middle OF this half, when Wheeler kicked a beau tiful goal from the forty-yard line. Touch-downs were made by Ayers and Suter and by fast work the varsity scored % points. The final score was $50.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1897, page 9 (results column)

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  wEFERs, NEW RECORD. Ahtoy pC ulSNOteTeu. wEFERs’ NEW RECORD. He Wins the 15O-Yard Dash In Worlds Time. The New York Athletic Clubs annual field and track athletic games were held On the Travers Island grounds Saturday. Bernard J. Wefers won three straight events, in one Of which, the 15O-yard run, he smashed a worlds record. The record for this distance was IA As. but wefers clip ped one-fifth of second of this. Wefers won the fifty-yard dash from klunder and Rush, both of Chicago, in 4-o seconds, and won the last quarter of Inc one-mile relay race by ten yards from townsend of Chicago, gaining all that dis lance and a little more from the time that ne had picked up Lyons at the finish IF tne thcee-quarters. A. G. Kraenzlein, q Cticago hurdler. won the high and low hurdles splendidly, and in the discus throw ing contest he was third, while his club mate c. II Hennaman, won the last event with throw Of lib feet inches. kraenzlem 8 performances over the hurdles were faultless, and although no extraordinary tlme was made, the western jumper was generously applauded. John Flanagan, the worlds champion won the hammer throw, and Sheldon the snot putting event. Schwaner captured the standing nigh and broad jumps for New derA while Cregan gained first honors in the half-mile race Orion. who came very 1ast at the finish. nipped Barrett of Chi cago for second place. In the three handicap events S. K Thomas of the Knickerbocker A. C. won the 1OO-yards run. and Eaton of the NJ J. A. C. secured the mile run. George w. Orion won the two-mile sfeeplechase for the national Championship by nearly lap. his nearest opponent at Ine nnlsh being his club mate r G. Nc dirr OF Georgetown University. NJ. A. c. Cadets Getting Ready, The candidates for tn. foot ball team that will represent the Maryland Agricultural College this year are working in the gymnasium and on the college campus. The members of last years team booked 1or this season are: Lillibridge, captain, VINO Will play right end: Ridgely right tackle; Bell. left tackle: Gibbons, left end: keniey, quarter back; Gorsuch, right half oaes; Inc promising new men are: Cook, candidate for full back: Delaurer, late Of the Rockville team. and Hillibrand guards The first game of the season will be PLAYED october 16 at the college, Western Mary iaDd college, OF Westminster being the opponents Schnde Keeps ON Winning. In the second days race meet at Roam oke, Va, Saturday, run under the auspices Of the Virginia Wheel Club, Fred Schade of this city was again the bright particular star of the meet, and won all the open events on the program. In the half-mile handicap, although defeated by a limit man, he. nevertheless, broke the state record and finished close up Following are the events he won: One-quarter mile. open: time. 80 Is sec oEds. One mile, open: time 2 minutes % 4–⁠5 seconds. One-half mile, invitation: Time 1 minute seconds Estate record). New Century Record. Charles W. Miller, the Flying Dutch man. established an American record for one hundred miles, unpaced, Saturday at Chicago. riding the distance in 4:59:27 4–⁠5. Miller holds the American one-hundred- mile paced record of 4:0701. The century Saturday was ridden on the Garfield Park half-mile bicycle track. HOnOrs for the New Champions. Mayor Josiah Quincy will preside at the reception to the champion Boston team at the fremont Theater tonight, and will present banner. The Baltimore players will attend. A Iublic reception to the Bostons in Faneuil Hall is in preparation. Saturdays Foot Ball Scores. Following are the Saturdays foot ball scores: At Annapolis-St. Johns College, O; Bal timore City College, o. At Annapolis-Naval Cadets, 2; Hustiers, 0. At Charlottesville, Va.-University of Vir- gnia, 3S: Franklin and Marshall 6. At New Haven, Conn.-Yale, 80; Wes-. leyan, o. At Cambridge, Mass-Harvard, 20; Will liams, 0. At Princetcn-Princeton, 43; Lehigh, 0. At Camden, N J.-Princeton scrub team, 0; Athletic Association of Camden, o. At Ithaca, N. Y.-Cornell, IS: Syracuse, 0. At West Point-West Point, 3S; Trinity, 6. At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SO; Buck nell, o. At Carlisle. Pa-The Carlisle Indians, SO; Dickinson, o. At Easton, Pa.-The Lafayette College. At Har over, N. H.-Dartmouth, “a; Phillips-Exeter, o. At Madison, Wis.-Wisconsin University, 20; Lake Forest, 0. Starbuck Beats Michael. j. Frank Starbuck accomplished feat Saturday afternoon on the one-third-mile track at Willow Grove Philadelphia, that was hitherto thought impossible, at least by an American. He lowered the colors Of greatest twenty-five-mile race ever run in this country. That the time was not the fastest Is accounted for by the high wind that prevailed. blowing straight down the back stretch though this helped on the way home, for it was right on the riders backs. Allowing for this great drawback the time made. 1902 1–⁠5, is very near record time, which is 1853 40. held by Michael.

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  The Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., October 3, 1897, page 1 (results column)

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  | work Of Dible, who caught the ball at | the kickoff for a 35-foot drive through | the tacklers, and repea ted the perform ance once for forty yards and once or twice for short distances. The first touchdown was scored inside OF four | minutes by Haughton. Cochran kick ed the goal. The second touchdown was made by DSble. Cochran missed the goal. Bouve, Harvard’s left guard. | made the third touchdown just before time was called in the first half. Houghton failed TO kick the goal In the sec ond half there was great deal of fun bling and loose play. CozZins made the fourth touchdown. This ended thes cor ing, as no goal was kicked. PENNSYLVANIA 80; BUCKNELL o. Philadelphia, Oct 2.-The University of Pennsylvania football team defeated the Bucknell university team today by the score of 80 70 0. Although Bucknell played good hard game they were Ia mentally weak in stopping Pennsylva- MAS backs and guards. Guards Hare and McCracken made a number of plunges through Bucknelrs line, and Jackson Pennsylvania half-back, SEEM ed to go through at will. In the first half Morice and McCracken scored touchdoWns, on both Of which minds kicked goals In the second half Hare and Minds scored touchdowns and the latter kicked goals in both. Jackson ran 80 yards and secured q touchdown, but Minds failed On the goal. With two minutes to play, Moriee made the sensa- Il, - - l,,- 10 toll al q, nQ from the 35-yard line. PRINCETON 43: LEHIGH 0. Princeton, Y. J. Oct 2.-The football season at Princeton opened this after noon in a one-sided but exciting contest between the Tigers and Lehlsh. in which the Iusty sons Of old Nassau smothered the Pennsylvanians by score of 43 to o. Lehigh showed unexpected weakness, and their line melted befor the Tigers rushes. In the first half Wheeler and Baird were sent over the line. Score al end OF first half, 300. The second half was marked by brilliant runs by Holt, Kelly, Barnard, Suffer and Reiter. The feature of the game occurred in the middle Of this half, when Wheeler kicked a beautiful goal from the 40-yard line. Touchdowns were made by Ayers and Suter. and by fast work the Varsity scohed % points. The final score was 43–⁠0. MICHIGAN 81; YIPSILANTI 0. Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 2.-The Uni versity OF Michigan football team play ed and won its first game Of the season today with Ypsilanti normal college team. The score was “A to 0, and considering the fact that the university team is practically new one. the vic tory is greeted with satisfaction. Henry Teetsel and Lockwood. three new men, showed up wonderfully well, Teetsei making two brilliant 25-yard dashes, the feature of the game. CORNELL 1S: SYRACUSE 0. ithaca, “. Y, Oct. 2.-Syracuse put up a snappy game against Cornell today. During the first half. Cornell had things we’ll in hand, her heavy backs coming always with telling effect against the light line of Syracuse. In the second half, Cornell lost control of things in the last four minutes OF play. and the game ended with the ball on Cornelrs 5-yard line. The score: Cornell 16; Syracuse 0. WEST POINT So; TRINITY S. West Point, n. Y. Oct. I’m the game today with Trinity, West Point went through their line with impunity for long distances. West Point scored twice in the first seven minutes play OF the first half. Bellamy made the only touchdown that Trinity got. Arundel kicked the goal. There was great funbIine of the ball by both teams Score: West Point, SO; Trinity s. CARLISLE sc; DICKINSON o. Carlisle, Pa, Oect. 2-The football team of the Carlisle Indian school won from Dickerson today by the score of Sc TO 0. The game was the most fierce ly contested of any ever played on the Dickinson field The Indians were in perfect condition as a result Of their hard training, and had a decided advantage in the weight of their nne-up. OTHER FOOTBALL SCORES. At Berea. O., Case School OF Applied Science (Cleveland) 4; Baldwin university 0. At Madison, Wis, University Of Wis consin 80: Lake Forest University, 0. At Lafayette. Ind, Purdue University %; Illinois State Normal 0. Al Galesburg, H., Iowa Wesleyan University Is; Knox college 1. Az Easton. Pa, Lafayette college “a; State college 0. At Campaign. Ill, University Of I’LL nois 70: Eureka college 0. At Hanover, n. H, Dartmouth “a; Pniilips-Exeter O.

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Princeton leads 40–⁠10–⁠2 in 52 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.