Lafayette at Princeton

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  The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., October 12, 1899, page 3

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  TIGERS SCORE TWICE. Lafayette Puts Up a Strong Game Against Princeton. Princeton, N j., Oct. 1.-THE Tigers defeated Lafayette today in an exciting game by the score of II to 0. In the first half Wheeler kicked off for Princeton. Funbles were frequent, and the ball changed sides very often. On Lafayette s 4O-yard line Levick circled the left end for IS yards and Kafer made a touchdown after nine and a half minutes play. Wheeler kicked the goal. Lafayette kept the ball in Princeton s territory during the early part of the sec ond half Reiter relieved Kafer at left half, and by his magnificent runs around the end Princeton succeeded in scoring her second touchdown in nine minutes Wheeler again kicked the goal Prince ton had the ball on Lafayettes 15-yard line when the game ended. There were 1900 people present. The lineup: PRINCETON. LAFAYETTE. Beardsley Palmer, e..........r e, Brown Mills, | g.,......................,. 9, Butler Edwards, r g,.........,.......:.,l &, Prout Poe. r e....,..: ............. e. Ely Duncan, Hutchinson, q b..q b, Eisenberger Kafer, Reiter, b...,..-....r h b, Knight Levick, h b......................l b, Platt Wheeler, b.-.........,....-....,.. b, Bray Score, Princeton 12 Lafayette O.; touch downs, Kafer, Reiter; goals from touch downs, Wheeler 2. Referee, Newton; UNI pire, Janeway; linesmen, Hodgman and Sternberg; timer, Watkins. Time, is and 12-minute periods.

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Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.