Lafayette at Pennsylvania

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 24, 1897, page 8

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  PENNSYLVANIA HAS ITS REVENUE. THE LAFAYETTE PLAYERS DEFEATED BY THE SCORE OF 40 TO .. THE LAFAYETTE PLAYERS DEFEATED BY THE SCORE OF 40 TO o. Philadelphia oct. 2S-The University OF PENN sylvania football team this afternoon defeated La fayette by the overwhelming score OF Al 10 O. three touchdowns and two goals in the frs half ana five touchdowns and five goals in the second hal Pennsylvania simply toyed with the wearerS OF the crimson and white and at no time was the Red and Blue = goal in danger. with the exception OF a moment I’m the second half. on this occasion out land received the ball for run around Lafayette left end He made about ten yards when he was tackled hard by Rhinehart. Outland dropped the ball and Duffy who close behind Rhinehar’. pcked II I’D and started for Pennsylvania goal. He was caught after a run OF twenty yards. and the Lafayette men were then unable 10 gain an inch. During the entire afternoon the Lafayette team only made three first downs. and two Of these were on end-skir,ing Lafayette’s line averaged ten pounds TO the man heavier than that OF Pennsylvania but the latter simply tore II 10 pieces. Time and time again the Quakers ploughed through the centre and tackles for from three 10 ten yards before being thrown ana Sf dd nearly e sVey ysn the mighty Rhinehart was stretched out several two 10 five yards on nearly every attempt Penn sylvana. OH the other hand worked the fake KICK on the Crimson and White twce me mrs, down, and the second attempt netted a touchdown after twenty-five, yard run by the same player Rhinehart was the bright particular star Of the Lafayette team. Jones. who has been heralded IA the greatest centre now playing football. was Il mark for Overfield. The entire Pennsylvania team played beautiful football. one two fumbles alone marring their otherwise fauItless game. 1t seemed to be the aim of each man TO help the other. and there was concentrated action in the endeavor 10 pile up big score In order that the sting OF defeat administered by Lafayette last year should h” wiped out Pennsylvania was sangulne of victory. but even Its most ardent admirers only expected n victory OF “a to 0. II was glorious victory for the Red and Blue and the 5000 enthusiastic foot ball cranks who braved the raw penetrating wind were more than repaid for their outlay and disComfort. The teams lined IN follows:

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  The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 25, 1897, page 1

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  All the big college elevens had a contest Saturday. those of the first-class contesting with the second-raters. La fayette, which took Pennsylvania unawares last year and won a place in the first rank, went UP against the Quakers to make such a showing as would give the college world to under stand that her victory last year was no accident. The defeat was the great est humiliation Pennsylvania ever suffered and she was just laying” for Saturdays opportunity. The detailed reports of the contest would indicate that the drubbing which Lafayette re- Ceived was even worse than the 46 to 0 score tells Of Morice, Minds and Jackson, Penn sylvania’s back field, fairly tore La fayettes big line to pieces and Over field, McCraCken and Hare simply toyed with the Easton center. though that same center is the heaviest play ing ball and it’s left wing is personified in no less a mound Of humanity than Brownie” Rhinehart. One of the largest crowds that Franklin Field has ever contained, numbering over $4,000, witnessed the slaughter. The lineup and scoring was as follows: Doyle. left end. .Worthington, Pierce Goodman. left tackle. Duffy, Chalmers Hare.......,.....left guard. d........... Sake Overfeld. center .............JoneS McCraCkcn.,.... right guard. -. Rinchart Outland ........right tackle ..Weidemeyer Dickson, Hedges. right end. .......... Hill, Speer, Herr. Weeks ........,.quarter-bac Best Jackson........., left half. .Walbrdge, Duffy, Snyder. Minds. ful-back. Bray Walbridge Duffy Touchdowns, Minds, 6; Jackson, @ Goals from touchdowns, Minds, 5; Morice 2. Referee, w. II. Corbn, Yale. Umpire, Paul Dashiel, Lehigh. Linesmen, Lloyd, McCauley, Princeton; Roland, Portescue, Pennsylvania. Time, 35-minute halves.

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  The evening herald, Shenandoah, Pa., October 25, 1897, page 2

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  Philadelphia, oct 25.-With 1900 people looking on, the University o. Pennsylvania Football team on Satur day defeated Lafayette by the on sided score Of 46 to 0 in a game whicl was marked by terrible earnestness ol both sides. Lafayette Is the team which last season beat Pennsylvanit by a score of to 4. Scoring becam easier and easier for Pennsylvania a the contest progressed, for every feI minutes a Lafayette player was knocI ed out and a substitute put In his plao

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Pennsylvania leads 55–⁠21–⁠4 in 80 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.