Brown at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 20, 1898, page 1

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  FOOTBALL. BROWN SCORES ON YALE AT NEW HAVEN 10Th TEAMS PLAY GOOD GAMES-WET WEATHER CAUSES FUMBLING. New-Havcn. Conn, oct. 10 (SpcciaD.-Yale won from Brown this afternoon by the score Of % to s. Captain Murphy OF Brown was unable TO play owing 10 disocatcd shoulder bone. but his put mp a good game. Notwithstanding. Richard son. hight halfback the Brown team most IN himself often stopping the Yale backs after they had broken through the line and had almost clear field before them. lie proved close rival OF DE Saucs I’m running kicks back. and he skirted the Vale end many times for long runs. Yale. on her part put up the best game that she il capable Of AT this time I’m the season. At times the Yale backs seemed irresistible and then they would by necessarily pounding and hammerng the Brown lin” go straight mp the field for a touch down. Townshend. Dudley. benjamin and Nc Bride were all equal in this respect and their play INK was pleasing to the anxious eyes OF the coaches De Saulles everywhere He duplicated his famous run in the Princeton game last year. and made several Othc”s which elected the applause of the spectators ‘uten. at centre, did all that was expected ~ him after his work In practice the last f”w Gays, and more, TOO. lie was I’m every Brown disqualified for smuggling. although his misdeineanor was apparent to no ono but the UNI pir”; S,iliman. who replaced him. did fairly good work The weather was disagreeable and the for the fumbling on both sides. The first half opened darky for Yale Brown yard line. Brown held the New Haven team for four downs. and then Yale did likewise. Mcbride kicked TO the middle OF the field and Richardson returned the punt Some mistake I’m signals caused confusion between De Saullcs and Mcbride. and when De SaulIes got under the kick Mcbride ran into him and knocked the ball out OF his hands Hunt fell on the ball Naie’s tcn-yard line ale. however, held Brown more for four downs, and then Mcbride lifted the pigskin out Of danger to the centre OF the field. Richardson puned. and DE Sau!!cs. catching the ball on Yae’s foriy-yard line. made a fine run Of forty yards Short and savage pluuges by BENJAMIN and Me- Bride then carried tn” bah over Browns line Mo Bride making the touchdown. after six minutes OF play. In the second half Brown scored i’m the following manner. The bail down within 1--WE yards Of Marvin started 10 20 through right tackle. hut fumhIod. and Washburn. picking the bali up. tn length OF the field. no Yale man being within FIVE yards OF him at any time Shortly aftcrward time was called with the ball in the middle OF the field. The teams lined up rs follows: Yale Position. Brown coy Thomas Right Hunt hamberlln Richards Tackle. .Sheehan tMe!ndv MARSHALL .’iHifd C’r’”r uftcn ‘Hrre heeSehnToIgh brown fSrimanl.... .!ef. guard Wheeler Allen ackic iapg11I liubbcll End. Chase tWashhIrnJ Do Sauies. Quarterback ........... Pratt BENJAMIN. Right hafbach.. Richardson T0Wnshsnd ,Dudey. MARVIN halfhack PAYNE dIomanl Mcbride Fullhack Bates score-Yae -. Brown q Referee Rockwell Mas m huscts institute ~ Tochnology Umpire Lake H1r- .ard Iinesmon Ihetteplaoe. brown. Francis Yale. Dudley. / Goal’ Richardson !; Brown /. Chamber, lin, !.

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  The times, October 20, 1898, page 5

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  BROWN BEATEN BY YALE. The Game Was SavaGeiy Contested throughout. New Haven, Oct 19-Savage football was played on the Yale field this after noon before the Brown University representatives acknowledged themselves beat en- by Yale. But the Brownonians went home happy, for they scored Before the contest a few of the Brown followers admitted they had hopes of winning, and they expected their eleven to improve up on last years score of is to II here. Todays final score was, however, only p to G against the Providence kickers, and Browns only score, made just five min utes before the second half closed, came on fiuke. Yale had the ball inside the Brown ten yard line, but Benjamin was fumbling painfully, and the leather slipped from his grasp as he dashed into the line. Washburn seized II, and, finding three Brown companions by his side, dashed into an open side for a ninety-yard run. The only man in the Yale line to grasp the situation promptly was Benjamin, who sprinted after the runner the entire length of the field and was almost even with him as he touched down behind the Yale goal. Brown deserved whitewash. Her men put up vicious. offensive game the first half, but Yale rose TO the occasion and fought her opponents to a standstill. The strongest players on both sides were taken out of the game, so rough was the play. Yale played old-fashioned, straight away football, but it was ciean-cut, except for Benjamin’s fumb.es. Her great est gains were made by slashing away at the Brown center and tackles.

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 20, 1898, page 7

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  YALE’S HALF.BACK FUMBLES Brown University Eleven Scores Near The End Of the Game. SUCCEEDS IN GETTING SINGLE TOUCHDOWN Lighter Yale Line, After PreIiminnr, skirnish, Holds the Heavy Rush Line OF Browns Team Repeatedly. NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct l9.---Yale this afternoon defeated Brown university in a hard-fought game OF foot ball, 26 TO 6. Browns single touchdown was made on a tumble by Benjamin, the Yale halfback. about two minutes before the end of the game, when Yale had her opponents all tired out and was moving them down in awful rushes The ball was picked up by Washburn, end rush OF the Brown team. and, unaided, was carried over Yale’s goal line The game was a revelation to all OF the spectators, in that all the lighter Yale line, after the first three minutes OF play, held the heavy rush line of Brown repeatedly and when on the defensive tore great holes through which the backs went for big gains. Rcd and Blue Defeats Wesleyan. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10. - Wesleyan gave the Pennsylvania foot ball team the hardest game of the season today. the red and blue winning by the score Of II to in twenty five minute halves. The ball was slippery on account OF wet field and both teams made some rank fumbles. In the first half Wesleyan was unable to advance the ball TO any extent, but in the second half the Middetown boys went through Pennsylvania line repeat edly for gains OF from two to six yards. This was In a measure due to the absence OF Hedges and McCracken, who retired at the end Of the first half.

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Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 98 since this game.