Pennsylvania at Wesleyan (CT)

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 8, 1885, page 1

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  COLLEGIANS AT FOOTBALL. PENNSYLVANIA BEATEN BY WESLEYAN. TIE BIG EASTERN TEAM WINS by A SCORE OF 20 CAME TIE BIG EASTERN TEAM WINS by A SCORE OF 20 TO 1S-A LIVELY GAME. Rah-rah-Pennsylyan greeted the ears ola crowd at Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon d” two tay-ho coaches laden with college students roeu through the gateway. A dozen or moro mus cular young men. wearing jerseys. bearing tue coors or the University OF Pennsylvania, tumDie0 ont OF the vehicles. The OCCASION was the first of the series of great intercollegiate iootDa matches Presently another fonr-ln-hAnd sweep Io .o grounds and from tho top OF this coach WaHeu Tue scarlonnd- black banner OF the Wesleyan UntVerSy. The heavy rain during the early part oil the @ had an appreciablc effect the attendance WuIc VIZ mainly co fined to partisans Of the universities tOua interest given to the game by the ao lilI the Princeton faculty should TO bid the time-honOrSu struggle Princeton and Yale, tue winner ol tue present match w0uldplay Yale , .no,r The Wcsleyans were far ahead OF their rivals In weight, all OF them peIiE heavy muscular men. while many Of the Pennsylvana men we’re stTiplngs. Before the game was START” the Wcslcyans objected Iemak, OF Pennsy rushels, on the ground that he not reGlstereu stu lent. The Pennsylvania captain persisted IN yns him and the WcSeyans entered formal protest Inc rival teams ana their positions were as follows:

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Pennsylvania leads 9–⁠3 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.