Lafayette at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 27, 1901, page 5

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  HARD FIGHT FOR PRINCETON. LAFAYETTE HOLDS HER TO ONE TOUCH DowN-LoNG RUNS THE FEATURE. Princeton. y. J.. Oct. 26 (SpeciaD.-In a game featured by sensational runs in the second half princeton team defeated Lafayette here to-day by TO in the hardest fought ga me on old Nassau’s gridiron since the Yale match of wear ago As II was considered of the most important games that will be played this season an unusually large crowd was present. the attendance being fully six thousand The game started at sos O’Clock The representatives. Of the Maroon and White were urged by the cheers of a big contingent of Lafayette undergraduates and alumni while the Tigers played their game with the triple and locomotive cheers sounding in their ears Apart from frequent fumbles in the first half and the early part OF the second the game was strongly PLAYED by both teams. each making the other fight hard for every foot OF ground The teams we’re about evenly matched in the general work OF the game in the first half hut in the second Princeton began ind her opponents line FOR good gains. and Dewitt easily outpunted Cure At the start Cure kicked off TO Dewitt who recovered twelve yards. McClave Hit the line for three yards. and Dewitt punted Cure circled left end for fifteen yards and Trout added five more but fumbled and McCord fell on the ball. McClave through left guard for one yard. but fumbed and Pen fell the ball. Dewitt then tried FOR goal from the So-yard line. Trout and Cure rushed the ball down the field eighteen yards on the guards back formation. and Lafayette was then held for downs. In the next eight minutes the ball changed hands several times. i. @itn &c ] @ br @ niint5ng whiie Iafavette evened up by gains through the line TO hard line bucking- Princeton was penalized ten yards for offside play. The ball was kept between the a-yard lines TO the end of the half, most OF the play being in Lafayette’s territory. Dewitt tried again for a goal from field. and Cure for a place kick. After the kickoff in the SECOND half LAFAYETTE began 10 rush the ball, but was forced TO punt. Mccfave in receiving IT fumbled and lost the ball 10 Lafayette Both teams exchanged few punts, and then Princeton rushed the ball down the neld 10 the 20-yard line. where she forced 10 punt Holdeman carried back twenty yards, and Platt, on clever double pass ctrcled Princetons left end for sixty yards, and was dropped on the 4-yard line by Davis. Princeton made desperate rally and held opponents for the third down and then punted OF danger Lafayette after trying the line for no gain punt ed and Princeton rushed the ball fifteen yards. Dewitt then circled right end for sixty yards. He was downed on the l0-vard line. Foulke on an end run. fumbled and Lafayette got the ball Soon after this Princeton got the ball and Dewitt went through right tackle behind splendid inter ference for a touchdown four minutes before time ! was called. . Al This point the cheer leaders mounted the fence and called for long locomotive cheers. which were heartily rendered. Soon after the next kickoff Lafayette was fined hve yards for oflsloe piay The ball her 3o-yard line when time was called. ,,,,.. the features were brilliant tackling by Henry, Davis E Eoldeman and Bachman and the heavy line bilcking OF McCord. The lineup:

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 27, 1901, page 1

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  Harvard Much Heavier Than Carlisle and. Aided by Luck. Easily De- feated the Indians. CLOSE CALL FOR PRINCETON ONLY SIN POINTS SCORED By THE TIGERS AGAINST LAFAYETTE. CorneIl’s Line Too Strong for OberIin Three TouchdOvns for West Point-AnnapOlis Beaten. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct 26.-Yale defeated Columbia at football this afternoon by the score of 10 to 5. Two touchdowns were Yale’s portion, but neither of them was converted into goals. Columbia was

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  The San Francisco call, October 27, 1901, page 26 (results column)

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  West Pointers Victorious. WEST POINT, Oct 26-In two twenty minute halves West Point to-day defeat ed the Williams College football team by good fight, but was no match for the soldiers. Touchdowns were made by Bunker. Hackett and Phillips. Farms Prsh PRNcEToN aSsH n fiek thes ef defeated Lafayette here to-day by a score Of 6 to 0. The game was hard fought and was marred only by fumbles in the first half by both teams. Prince ton excelled in punting and on end runs illrg tnTougghout the game, while Lafayette the first half, and Princeton a few points the better in the second half ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 26-State Col Iege Of Pennsylvania defeated the Naval of II to G. The cadets defeated the Uni versity of Pennsylvania last Monday and were perfectly confident of winning this game, but were decidedly, outplayed and by a State player, while State made one touchdown by straight hard football and got into position for a try at goal by steady rushing down the field. CHICAGO, Oct .6.--Two brilliant runs one by Captain Davidson for forty five yards and one by Reynolds for thirty-five yards, together with a goal kicked by Shook, netted a score of eleven points for the University of Pennsylvania to-day, while the Chicago men were unable to kicked off and the ball having been re. turned to the center of the field, David son smashed through center, stumbled. recovered and then ran down the field without interference for the first touch down. Shook kicked an easy goal The | second half was scarcely under way when Reynolds, on a delayed pass, got the pig skin and scurried down the gridiron for a second touchdown. He slid the ‘i last asst three yards. with Sheldon cIinging to his foot. Shook missed the goal The East crners were the conspicuous superiors of their opponents in tackiing and in strong punts, and especially in their interfer1 cnce. In the latter work the maroons were lamentably weak At Denver-Denver Wheel Club, 70; Salt Lake O. At Minnea polis-Minnesota, is: Iowa. O. At Madison-Wisconsin, so; Kansas, O. At Beloit-Beloit, o; Notre Dame, s. At Champaign. Ill-Northwestern, II; Illinois, H. At Ann Arbor-M Michigan. 12S; University Of Buffalo O.

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  The Topeka state journal, October 28, 1901, page 2 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Games. AT Madison-Wisconsin, so; Kansas, o. At West Point-Williams, o; West Point, Is. At Princeton-Princeton, 6; Lafayette 0. At Annapolis-Pennsylvan State college, II; Naval Cadets, 6. At Ithaca-Cornell, %; Oberlin, O. At Cambridge-Harvard, 20; Carlisle Indians, O. At Chicago-Pennsylvan IL; Chi cago, o. At Ann Arbor-Michigan. 12S; Buffalo, At Minneap eapolis-Minnesota, 16; Iowa, At Portland-Dartmouth 35; Bowdoin, 6. At Des Moines-Drake, “a; Missouri o. KANSAS GAMES At Washington-Was Washington, IL; Cliff ton, 5. At Lawrence-Kansas City High school, AZ; Lawrence High school, 0. At Leavenworth-Leaven 5: Kansas City, Kan, 2. At hapman-Chapman, 5; Abilene, o. At Wichita-Lewis Academy, IS; Chill loccO Indians. 6,

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Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 30 since this game.