Amherst at Yale

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  The daily morning journal and courier, October 6, 1898, page 8

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  YALE DEFEATED AMHERST GAME 1T THE FIELD YESTERDA AFTERNOON. Score 34-O-Pluoky Playing of Anderson for Amherst-PoOr Exhibition by. the Visitors-Brown Kicked Four Out of Six GoHIs-Line Up and Changes. Yale defeated Amherst at Yale field yesterday afternoon before small crowd. The score was S4 to 0. The Amherst team is very light and very weak this year. They played a very poor game and did not give Yale as much practice as the college team would have done. On defensive play the ends played just outside the tackles and it was a very easy matter to box them in for long end runs. One of the Yale backs said: Ut is the easiest game l ever hope to see. It is disgrace not to secure touchdown on every run” Amherst was able to gain the necessary five yards but once while they held the ball, and not once did they hold Yale for downs. They kicked but once, and SiAAy y ter back Anderson, played the best game, making almost every tackle and being on the bottom of every pile. He was hurt in the shoulder and back early in the game, but pluckily played on until near the end of the game, when he was taken out. He was heart fly applauded by the crowds Yale kicked off and then held Amherst for downs. The halves, Corwin and Mar win, fumbled on the first two plays, but still made their distance. By quick playing Marvin secured a touchdown in short order. Brown kicked an easy goal Amherst kicked off again and Coy behind good interference and by quick lodging ran the ball back to Amherst’s forty yard line. Two more touchdowns were obtained during the | first half, mainly through the long | runs around the end. Brown kicked l two of the three goals. CorWin was evidently in poor condition for the long runs exhausted him and he was re- placed by Benjamin. Yale lost the ball | several times through holding by Mar shall, who liked to use his arms too much. In the second half a new team, excepting Walton and Brown, was put | in, which managed also to score three times. Yale played different style of | they secured the ball and then holding Amherst near the goal line from where it was easy to push across for touch down. A blocked kick brought the men | along the side lines to their feet. An | Amherst man secured the ball with a clear field ahead of him. Dupee caught | him before he reached the line The | ball was called back for Amherst’s off, | side play. l Burdon, Amherst’s full back, had his | shoulder dislocated. It was set by Dr. l Hull Dr. Weeks of U. of P. is coach | ing the Amherst team this year. l The lineup was: l AMHERST. POSITIONS. YALE. | Left End Cook .................... Sharpe, Hubbell Left Tackle Winslow McGee, COOK | Left Guard. King ...................... Brown Center. Right Guard Houghton .............. Marshall, Andrews Right Tackle. Baiientlne CnamDerlln, hlcnaruS | Left End. NatSOu CoS, Huuy | Quarter. Anderson, Pratt. ....... .deSaulles, Winter l Halves. Whitney, Kendall (Capt). .Corwin, Marvin, | Benjamin, Townshend | Fullbacks. l Burdon, Harris .....:.... .McBride, Dupee Referees-W. T. Bull and M. “ Ely. Um- pire-Mr Lake of Harvard Linesmen-Dr. Hull and Mir. Blanchard of Amherst. Touch downs-Marvln (3), Townshend @, Ben1a- min d). Goals-Brown 4. Time of game Two fifteen minute halves.

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  The age-herald, October 6, 1898, page 8

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  Grand Picture Show at East Lake tonight. Yale Defeats Amherst. Yale Defeats Amherst. New Haven, Conn.,, October 5.-Yale today defeated Amherst at football, 34 to 0. The game was lively from start to finish

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Yale leads 23–⁠0 in 23 meetings, counting the six since this game.