Carlisle at Princeton

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  The Saint Paul globe, October 17, 1897, page 14

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  IN a HoTLY Contested GAME. CARLISLE COULD NOT SCORE. CHEERING THOUSANDS FILLED THE STANDS AND WITNESSED THE STRUGGLE. THE YALE ELEVEN IN POOR FORM Only Technical Rule Saved Them the Disgrace of Safety Touchdown. PRINCETON, n. j., Oct. 16.-The In dian and the Anglo-Saxon met in bat lie on the gridiron today, and the noble red men were trampled in the sod, once their own, by the giants who wear the moleskins and colors of old Nassau. The contest was one of the most fur1- Gus in the history of gridiron sport. The score of 18 to 0 would indicate a comparatively easy victory for the Ii gers, but never was a victory for the

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Princeton leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.