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  New-York tribune, New York, October 20, 1901, page 10

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  FOOTBALL. HARVARD. 6; WEST POINT. o. KERNAN’s GREAT RUN WINS A CLOSE GAME FOR THE CRIMSON. IgY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l ] IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l West Point. n. Y. Oct. BIN the greatest foot ball game ever played on the West Point gr4d!ron Harvard defeated the soldiers by q rcore Of 6 to 0 to-day. II was well toward the end Of the second half when Herman got the ball and like frightened deer down the Heto’ HIS interference fine, and every soldier VINO barred his progress bit dust. F1ve-yard white lines were passed rapidly Near the last of West Points defence stood Daily. Anxiously he watcheo his men drop by before the crimson giants When Casad fell Daily rushed at Harvards nylils halfback Herman lodged. and West POINTS nope went down under three Crimson heavyWe1ghts. Nothing now tmpeded Kernan’s marvellous run. and he planted the oval square between west Points goal posts making the only touchoo”n OF the game. It was a great fight but fortune seemed against the cadets. At 2:30 o’clock Harvard came on ‘he field and West Point followed after. 1t was noticed that Matthews Harvards colored quarter back, was with his team. This settled the coiof line question, and for the first time IN vest foh’ . history a colored man took part In the canets snorts Whether or not objection made TO him by the soldiers could not be determined ne received hearty reception as his COMPANIONS West Point the choice of position, ana chose the east goal A strong wind blew across the held. but In such way to favor neither slde. tioOertss rolling kick was returned promptly by DAY. whose punting through the whole game leit nothing to be desired. Graydon advanced nVe yaros aI’er a pretty catch before going to earth HarNdru discovered unylelQlnS d AtS AA@A~ less attempts smash 1t, punted. JensVold missed the catch but DAILY secured the rolling oval on West Points fve-yard line and kicked 1t h1ty yards. Again Harvard organized q battering ram 10 demosh the soldiers line Eager 10 make heac, way a Crimson player became in!udlclouS ana West Point got the ball foul. Then the sol ders tried an assault but after TWO tutlIe attempts TO make an opening Daily punted to harvard 5 liVeward line Things began to look blue for the Grim son players. and Harvard was forced 70 puht az once. DAILY made pretty eaten he oouseu f among Harvard’s players and made fifteen yarqs. Had his interference been better the gam lor me cadets would have been greater BlaSdcn Went through the soldier centre and Harvard Got INC ball Graydon punted almost to the so.dlers Goal line after Harvard’S failure TO make suiclent gam on downs. DAILY returned the punt twefty,IVe wards and soon West Point again had the bail on not a success but minute later West Point nag the bail again downs. The first half ended WIN the ball far from either goal. and no score. -, Greene took Riggss place IN the second AdlL and Graydon gave way to Miftn. From the oeslhming Of this half Harvards line hitting was herGe. Frequently the cadets gave way, but HaIV%ara % 5 gains were small. and punting duel resulted The soldiers catching was faulty at times, but the Crimson team could make no headway AS the wind had now turned little in favor or HARVARD Rstines kick carried the ball across West Polilt line for a touchback. The soldiers gained the pail punt added fifty more. On fake kick DAILY passed lost the ball on downs In the scrimmaee That followed Herman secured the leather, and, by a brilliant run planted II between the soldiers goal posts Cults kicked the goal. This was the only scoring IN exciting thirty minute game as ever was played at West Point The lineup:

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  Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, October 21, 1901, page 7

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  halves. New Haven. Oct 21.-Yalc’s blg eleven had hard struggle Saturday to prevent the Pennsylvania State college from scoring. They were saved from this disaster only by the fumbling of Dean. left halfback, at critical points. The score was 9 to 0, but the game was far better than this indicates. Tue game began with a touchdown, Hart scoring by a long run, behind clever interference, in 3S seconds aftc. play began Overconfdence gained by thar easy score was almost fatal. It took a long time for Yale’s rush line to real ize the hard work the backs were hav- ing and to learn that the visitors were playing a better game, so far as tack ling was concerned, than any other yis- iting team this year. The Pensylvania’s mass plays made b;s gains through GoSs several times, and Yale was on the defensive at one time during the second half. The line up: Yale. Position. Penn State. Swan ..... left end .... Bejsicker OIcott ..... left tackle -. Arbuthnot Goss ....... left guard ...... Dodge Holt ...... right guard. Junk -Hawiey Hogan ..... right tackle ..... Scholl Rafferty ..... right end ....... Miles Da Saulles quarterback .... Hewitt Hart ...... left halfback ...... Dean Chadwick right halfback. Whitworth Wilhelmi ..... {. fullback ....... Smith Score. Yale 9. Pennsylvania State 0; touchdowns, Hart, Wilhelmi. Chad halves, 20 minutes; referee, Dr Wur- V01n iro Ire olo West Point, Oct 21-At least 4.000 persons witnessed a hard fought battle Saturday afternoon between the foot ball teams of Harvard and West Point. It was the most hotly contest ed and evenly matched game ever played on West Point oval. Barring q light wind from the north the weather was all that could be desired. It was by. mere scratch that Harvard scored against West Point, their only touch- down being made forty seconds before time was called. The score was to o in Harvard’s favor. The lineup: Harvard. Position. West Point. Campbell ..s. left end :. Earns worth Bldgden .... left tackle ...... Boyers Greene-Riggs. left guard ..... Riley Roberts ...... center ..... Munro Barnard .-.. right guard :. Goodspeed Cutts ...... right tackle .... Bunker Clark ....... right end ..... Bartlett Matthews .. quarterback ...... Daiy Herman -. left halfback ..... Casad R1Stine =. right halfback :. Jensvoid Gr1ydon-M Miffiin. .fuiIback .... Graves Score. Harvard 6. West Point 0; touchdown. Kernan: goal from toucl- down, Cutts; umpire. Mir Stauffer. PeEsylvania; referee. Lorin r. Deland llresmen, Mir Knowles. Harvard. and Mir Murphy. West Point: timer. MT Mitchell. West Point; time, two 15- minute halves. Princeton. Oct 21. The Tigers played excellent football of the old time style against Brown at Princeton. Saturday. scoring 23 points in the first naIf and making a final score of 35 to.0. With good interference and suddenness of well directed attacks that was over- wiielmlng, the Tigers had no difficulty Tn breaking through the opposing line. Tie lineup: Pflnceton. R Position. Brown. Ddvis-R. McClave Le. Raifston- -El1nke Fell .-...... left tackle .... Webb Dana ....... left guard Hall Fisher. center Cotter Butklewlcz Tight guard .... Savage Dewitt .;.. right tackle .... =. Hatch deIry-Roper-Poe. re. Abbott Mever-tfeeman ..quarter =. Scudder Foulke ...... left half .Cann-Ingals McClave-Pierson I. h. ...... Depnico McCord- Underhill If b. Bates Metcalf Touchdowns, Foulke 4, S. McCIave 2; goals. Dewitt ,; umpire. Afr VII Hams. Pennsklvania: referee. Charles Young of Cornell; timekeeper. MT Mnr- ray of Princeton; time of halves. p and 20 minutes.

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 20, 1901, page 1

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  SCORED BUT ONCE HARVARD ELEVEN HAS ITS HANDS FULL TO BEAT THE WEST POINT TEAM THE GAME HoTLY CONTESTED Pennsylvania Also Eound Hot Proposition in the Husky Lads Representing BuckneH College. WEST POINT. N. Y, Oct I9.-At least 4,O09 persons witnessed a hard-fought bat tie this afternoon between the football teams of Harvard and West Point. 1t was the most holly contested and even matched game ever played on West Points oval. 1t was by mere scratch that Harvard scored against West Point, their only touchdown being made forty seconds before time was called. After down and a sc.immage Herman broke through the West Point line and ran forty five yards for a touchdown. aided by the first good interference Harvard had shown. cults then kicked the goal. Score, 6 to 0. The lineup was as follows:

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  Wheeling Sunday register, Wheeling, W. Va., October 20, 1901, page 8

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  A HARD BATTLE. WEST POINT, N. Y, October 49, At least 1000 persons witnessed hard fought battle. this afternoon between the foot ball teams of Harvard and West Point. 1t was the most holly contested and evenly matched game ever played on West Points oval. 1t was by a mere scratch that, Harvard scored against West Point, their only touchdown being made forty seconds bel 3re time was called After down and scrimmage, Herman broke through the West Point line and ran fortyfive yards for touchdown, aided by the first good interference Harvard had shown. Cults then kicked the goal. Score. 6 to 0.

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Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.