Amherst at Yale

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  The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., October 4, 1900, page 1

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  YALE WON FROM AMHERST THE SCORE WAS 27-O IN THE GAME PLAYED YESTERDAY. Two Fifteen Minute Halves Sutsiced to Win the Game for the Blues-Amherse Players Badly Injured-3oth Teams Exhausted by the Fast Play. In 1fteen-minute halves Yale ran UP totai Of 81 points against Amherst at the Yale field yesterday afternoon, scoring Eve vouchdowns. Captain Brown missed three goals from touchdowns; contributing to the general loose play Of the Yale team. Wear and Cook fumbled badly, misplays by each giving. Amherst the ball, once at the iale 26-yard line, but as Amherst exhibited no drop-klcking ability the fumbes were not fatal. Sharpe made the most exciting run seen on the Yale field IN years McG5loy and Sharpe was given the ball for plunge at tackle. He sailed through the Amherst line and scooted the entire length OF the field for q touchdown, completing run OF more than 100 yards. sharpe’s rushing was the the most effective OF any Yale player. He scored three of Yale’s FIVE tOuchdowns, and kicked one of the two goals. Conch and Swift Of the Amherst team were badly injured IN tackling, the giants, both being carried from the field. No bones we’re broken in the case of either man, however. For Amherst Wiggln aid the best backheld Amherst center as II it were made CT paper, but the Yale team work was so crude that he was given poor interference for assistance. Yale scored Is points the first half, Sharpe touching behind the Am herst line twice and Miller once. In the second half both teams seemed exhausted by the heat and no effective line-forcng was done. Captain Chamberlln Of the 81 team arrived to-day to assist in the coach ing. The score: YALE. AMHERST. Left End. dould ‘.:,....:..-. shay Left Tackle. Bloomer Observation-Disclosures. Fayou Left Guard. Center. Right Guard Right Tackle. Stillman .................,. Couch, Cornell Right End. Coy Observation-Disclosures. Ballantmore Quarterback. Wear, Fincke NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Swift Left Halfback. Sharpe, Miller .................a..B auman Right Hanback,. f’ullback. scotre@Y a1 81, Amherst o. Touchdownss Sharpe 8, Hale 1, Miller 1. Goals from touchdown-Sharpe l., Hyde !. Referee | DR.. Hamlin, Yale. .Umpire-Dr.. Wurtenberg, Yale. Timer-Dr Hull, Yale. Line | men-Mr. Atkinson, Yale; D. NJ Daniels, | Amherst

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 4, 1900, page 1

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  YALE, 27; AMHERST. 0. New-Haven. Conn, Oct. 2-Yale won from Am herst this afternoon by the OF q TO o after 4 trying contest The Amherst eleven was lighter and not IN so good condition 10 stand the heat as the Yale team The Yale halfbacks did not seem TO have the speed they have shown IN practice ana were often caught before they were well started They dragged the tackiers sometimes by MAN force for the necessary gain The feature of the game was the brilliant run oy sharpe of nearly the whole length OF the field for a touchdown. In this the interference by the Yale forwards was superb. Not Gntil far past the centre of the field did Sharpe have a clear neid SHAY and Captain Ballantine for Amherst ala some clever tackling. while fulIback Mccoy ts entitled TO credit for clever punting In the SEQ

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  The Wheeling daily intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., October 4, 1900, page 3

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  Yale Defeats Amherst. NEW HAVEN. Conn, Oct. yale won the game with Amherst this after noon by the score of 81 to 0, after n trying contest. The Amherst eleven was lighter and was not In MS good condition to stand the heat rs the Yale team. The Yale half-backs did not seem to have the speed they have shown In practice and were often caught before they were well started. They dragged the tacklers sometimes by main force for the necessary gain. The feature OF the game was the brilliant run by Sharpe. of nearly the whole length OF the field for n touch down. In

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