Northwestern at Chicago

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., November 10, 1901, page 1

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  : PENNSY” POUNDED HARVARD VARSITY GIVES Penn sYLVANIANS A VERY BAD BEATING FINAL SCORE IS 80 TO 0. Northwestern Keats Chicago by enc Point – Princeton Tied by West Point-sxracRse Defeats Columbia. p PHILADELPHIA, Nov s--HarvaFd this Afternoon on Franklin field admin istered to the University of Pennsylvania one of the most severe defeats the latter has experienced since she has been in the front rank in the football world. Inc final score was Harvard, S9; Pennsyl-vania, g. Harvard scored % points IN the first and II in the second half. fPennsylyana made her points in the first half. This single touchdown was gift of Marshall Harvard’s quarterback. Reynolds kicked the ball to HarvardS twenty yard line, where Marshall fumbled it. Mitchell gathered it in and ran about 20 yards for a touchdown. After this Penn sylvana’ S chances of scoring could never be considered seriously. Once they We’re near enough to Harvard’s goal to try goal from placement, Dut the ball went wide of the mark. Pennsylvania efforts to advance the bah were really distressing. No better proof of this is needed than the fact that during the first half the red and blue only gained 4 first downs, while Harvard gained q. Only once during the entire seventy minutes did the Philadelphia eleven show anything like real football, and this was in the first five minutes of play. During this period the ball was continually in Harvard’s territory, but this was due as much to Pennsylvania strength as to Harvard’s execrable fumbing. The visitors were visbly affected with rattles during the first few minutes Of play, but when they struck their gait it was only a question of the proportion of the score. Strangely enough Capt. Campbell was responsible for the majority of Harvard’s penalties in the early stages of the contest. Several times during the first few minutes of play he was off-side and one of his offenses would have cost a touch down had Harvard been playing against d first-class team. Where the greatest difference in the play of the two teams was noticeable was in tackling. Harvard’s men went low and tackled iercely while the Pennsylvania players would grab at the crimson mems @headgear or tackle them around the neck. WoOdruff’s New Play n. G. The new play which Coach Woodruff had evolved will not revolutionize foot ball as claimed by the inventor. 1t was tried only twice during the entire game and both times failed utterly The secret of the play is for the quarterback to pass the ball to the halfback who, just as he reaches the line turns and strikes the OPP posing forwards with his back At this juncture the other halfback comes along and taking the ball. dives into the line in the same manner. BY the time this. second halfback got into the line today he was pinned down beneath about 600 pounds of Drawn and muscle. There were about 10000 persons present when play began. The cheering by both Pennsylvania and Harvard enthusiasts WAS all that could be desired and lasted until the last minute of the play. Et.%..l Harvard, 80; Pennsylvania g., Touch downs, Graydon, 5, Putnam, /, Mitchell, l.. Goals from touchdowns, Cults, 8, David son, l. Referee, McClung, of Lehigh. Umpire, Dashiel, Of Annapolis Time keeper, Fred Wood, Boston; A. A. Lines men, Vail, Pennsylvania; l.. Motley, Harvard Time of halves, So minutes each.

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  The age-herald, November 10, 1901, page 20

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  Syracuse, ii; Columbia, 5. New York, November 9.-The football teams of the Syracuse University played splendid game against the Columbia University eleven at the Polo grounds this afternoon, and won hard and clean fought battle on the gridiron by a score of Il to 5. The Columbia men were out played at every point. The visitors played clean football and although they were the lighter team. turned tables on the Columbia men who, flushed with their recent successes, were the victims of over confidence. As the result shows, Co., lumbia should have put forward her strongest team and the absence of Smith and Kingden was in no small way re- sponsible for their inglorious defeat. Northwestern, 6; Chicago, 5. Chicago, November 9-With a despera- tion born of years of rivalry, Chicago

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 10, 1901, page 10

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  Close at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 9.-With desperation born of years of rivalry, Chicago and Northwestern Universities battled on the gridiron today and came out with hon ors practically even, although, the score was Northwestern, 6; Chicago, 5.

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Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.