Wesleyan (CT) at Harvard

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  Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 17, 1901, page 7

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  At Cambridge Cambridge Oct 17.-Harvard defeat ed Wesleyan yesterday afternoon hy q score of 16 to 0. This score, though smaller than Yale’s score against Wes- leyan last Saturday, is not considered discouraging, as several of Harvard’s best players were not in the game The Crimson’s play was slow and ragged. Sargent at center was poor in passing the ball and the backs had little team work. Cutts did we’ll at tackle, but Grayson was slow and awk- ward at fullback. The lineup: Harvard. Position. Wesley yan. Blagden .... left tackle .Day-Newton Hovey ...... left guard ...... Pike Sargent ...... center ....... Esiy Bernard -... right guard ... Silliman Cutts ...... right tackle ..... G,,ode Clarke .... right end .Garrison-Ackert Matthews .. quarterback .... Nixon Mackay-Knowles r.h.b. Tmson-Parker Grayden-Miffiin. .fullback .. Calder Umpire. Mir Lane, Harvard; referee, Dr Hammond; linemen, Mir Morse, Harvard. and MT Newton, Wesleyan; touchdowns. Graydon 2, Knowles 1; goal. Herman; score, Harvard 16, Wes- leyan O; time, 15-minute halves 1llldcd, OcI li.-OOfuoIlS ‘VdfSfCY was put through stiff work yesterday. and despite the fact that the second eleven put up a determined resistance, Captain Warner’s team scored four touchdowns. Some of the regular players were laid off because of poor condition. These included Coffin, right halfback, and Brewster and Schoelkopf. fulback. Shepperd was the star substitute yesterday. Tho team will wind up practice today and leave on Friday for Buffalo to meet the Carlisle Indians. Princeton, Oct 17.-The faculty eoIn- mittee on outdoor sports at Princeton has declared positively that HalfbacS Reiter will not be allowed 10 play against Yale this season. The question of his eligibility was considered last year and at first the faculty author. ties vetoed his playing in any oe the contests under the general rule winch reads as follows: .sNo student sha,i be eligible to membership on any uni .versity team who has already played four years as member of untyersi- ty team, whether at Princeton or else where” However, upon the represen- tation by the graduate advisory. com mittee that Yale and Princeton had lueIT OWL Specldl agreement WuGfpDV the four-year rule is construed to mean that only the years were to be cognted in which a student of either college had engaged in championship games, the faculty committee withdrew it’s ob- jections Lately some have arssued that Reiter is eligible to play against Yale again this fall because he bas lined up only three times against the New Haven men, but the faculty com mittee has ruled that his presence n the Harvard game in 1896 sha1 be counted in his record and fiat .here- fore he is no longer eligible for the Princeton eleven. OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES At Easton-Lafayette I6, Manhattan At Wililamstown-Williams IT, Am hert Aggies 0. At Philadelphia-U. of F. 20, Vir- ginia 5 At Exeter-Phillips IT, Boston col lege o. At Carlisle-Carlisle Indians 29, Ha- verford college 0. At Amherst-Amherst O, Union 0. At Bethlehem-Swartmore college G, Lehigh university 5. At Briar Cliff-Dr Halbrook’s school Il, Yonkers High school 0. At Gettysburg. Pa-Gettysburg 50. Dental. team of Baltimore college o. At Fort Lee-Hamilton institute B, Columbia institute o. At Morristown- Aforristown school 64, Cutler school of New York o. ON THE SIDE LINES. Arthur Poe. Princeton. and W9ealeys

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  The Montgomery advertiser, October 17, 1901, page 10

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  FOOTBALL GAMES. Harvard. 16: Wesleyan. 0. Cambridge, Mass, Oct 16.-Hervard de- feated Wesleyan this afternoon by score of 16 to 0. This score. though smaller than Yale’s score against Wesiyan last Saturday, Is not considered discouraging as a number of Harvards best players were not in the game. The play was slow and ragged. Wesleyan held Harvard on downs In the second half and also block ed one of kernan’s puntg.

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Harvard leads 17–⁠1 in 18 meetings, counting the two since this game.