Bates at Harvard

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 6, 1902, page 1

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  ON THE GRIDIRoN. Colby Holds U. of Me. Score Down to 6 to O.. Harvard Has a Picnic With Bates, Easily Winning, % to 0. Cony High Falls Before Lewiston High, So to o. | There was a football game on the col lege field this afternoon. If you doubt this statement ask any member of the F, University Of Maine team or any mem. Der Of the Colby team and they Will settle your doubts. The. Maine men viii probably say that it was rotten game if they did win, all because they did not pile up those – points or more | That they We’re SO sure OF before the | game, but Colby will probably tai; you | that it WAS one of the best ean,es ever | seen On the field even if they did lose | The score was Just to and it took III the beef ana science at Names | command ana nearly all Of the 81 min | utes allowed for the game for her to make that one touchdown. 1t vas the ficrceSt kind of fierce foot bail, especially through the first half but the nearest Maine could get 10 Coiby’s goal line was within Is yards She did this twice. but it was no use, she couldn’t get another inch nearer And this. too, with the luck going against Colby. Thus, once Abbott got clear for Il aO-yard run. 1t was Il beauty and a fine piece of work. but when tackled ANA duWned he lost The ball. This was the best chance Colby had to score and was lost through “A piece OF tough luck. If the team could have kept the bali Maine would have been very likely to have seen stars in her vicinity about that time. Abbott WAS not to blame for the tumble, but deserves praise for one of the best plays of the game. His work all through the gama MRS uniformly good. He once more demonstrated his great slipperiness 10 the great satisfacton of Colby. He broke through into plays. making fine tackles. several times. 1t was his first college game and his faults can well be excused. Eecnc was the same old standby, making the distance almost every tire he had the ball. When he smashed iut5 the line. pushed by CoWing and Abbott. something usually had to give. Dorti- COS can tell you something about these snashes for he got his share OF them Levine was in the game for the first time for colby ard did some tiu1 work. He WAS out OF condition, as h has not yet been working regularly. this season. ana the terrific pace told on hin. ,’ut he did his share of the work AL right in spite of his poor condition and iSr0rancp Of the plays and signals, and when he is iolted into place there’l b. Il big difference. Pugsley did some fine WORK and saved lots If ground by breaking through and making hard. timely tackles. Craig, n freshman. played his first college game Il hack handled hic ton well. He did better work than in practice and allowed no fumbles Tilson, the big tackle. was out Of the game before it had fairly started and this was big loss for Colby His an,4l.. suffered and he had to be almost car Iicd Of the field. Staples went in ana Jid coed work. hut Tilson was the one picked for the place and he was missed. Allen made some beautiful plays. breaking through once and mailing his man. In short all the men played the game and took all the work that came their way and tossed it over their shoulders in fine style. Dorticos. the big fullback ana cap tain of Maine, upheld his reputation for being one of the best football men in Maine. today. He handled his team well and bucked the lire like lion. He had the privilege of carrying the ball for Names one hard-earncd touch down. But the man who gave Colby about as much trouble as any was Bearce. He made some beautiful runs and sew eral times it looked as if nothing could stop him. He got some fierce old tackles. but turned up smiling every time and it seemed impossible to tire him out. He gave the colby men all they wanted to do when he once got away with the BAH and was their ter ror through most of the game. The game was mostly straight, clean football. few trick plays being tried. Colby did work the pretty double pass play once for good gain, Pugsley carving the ball. But it was chiefly steady hammering ut the line. And the game was fast and hard from start to finish. Colby standing the pace remarkably well after so little practice. 1t was the lack of practice that lost her the game, good judges being OF the opinion that with weeks more work Colby could have made it much more interesting. Allen kicked off for Colby to Names 5-yard line and the ball went back for is. Then Bearce got away for a pretty edward run tha; brought every Colby heart to throat. for it looked danger onsly like touchdown. Maine made some small gains and then got Bearce away again for 10 yards. Tilson went out after this play Then Maine was guilty of forward pass and the ball went 10 Colby on her i9-yard line. 1t was pretty fast football up to this | point and it looked az II those 20 points might come easy after all. But with the ball in her possession J Colby settled down to hard work and made Names eyes stick out like wart / on a mans nose Keene, cowing and ! Abbott hammered the line steadily for small gains and then they got Abbott away for 20 yards. This was on the baseball diamond and he ducked and lodged Though in great shape. but when downed on the hard clay the ball : was knocked out of his grasp and Went CONTINUED on page 3D.

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 5, 1902, page 6

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  YALE DUPLICATES THE SCORE DEFEATS AMHERST BY THE AGGRE- GATE Of 23 TO o. Harvard Beats Bates in the Same Ratio-Other Results in Yesterdays Football Contests. Princeton ..23-Lehigh Yale 5000. .23-Amherst -. Harvard ....23-Bntes ....... PRINCETON, n. J.. Oct 4.-After raining to score against Lehigh in the hrst half Princeton defeated the visitors at football here to-day % to 0, three touchdowns and goal from the field being made In the Sec ond half before time was called. Lehigh started in aggressively immediately after the first kick off, but failed repeatedly to gain through Princeton’s line or around the ends Neither could Prince ton find Lehigh’s line or get by her ends until the first half was well on and then the ball was carried straight down the field to the three-yard line. Lehigh made desperate stand. and with the ball on her one yard line Princeton got her signals mixed and lost two yards. which gave the ball to Lehigh. Butler kicked out to the forty five-yard line and two minutes later the half was finished. The features of the second-half were Princetons heavy line pounding, sensational ninety-yard run by Burke and a goal from the field by Vetterlein. Lehigh kicked OFF. and after exchanging couple of punts Princeton settled down TO hard line DUCK ing. Butler fumb,sd on Frabaugh’s high pass and Henry fell on the ball on the eighty-yard line Hart carried 1t by right end for a touchdown. Soon after the next kick of Burke caught Buffers punt and behind good interference ninety yards for a touchdown. Several changes Were then made in Princetons team. Attacks on Lehigh were resumed and four minutes later Kafer smashed through right tackle for another touchdown. Near the end of the half, with the score IS to o. Vetterlein dropped a goal from the twenty-five-yard line. Lehigh Sc cured her first down but once during the

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  The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 5, 1902, page 8

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  PRINCETON PLAYS AN cratic PLAY Failing to Score In First Half 0Verwhelms lshigh in Second. HARVARD DEFEATS BATES YALE EASILY BEATS AMHERST BY SCORE OF % TO o. PRINCETON. n. j.. Oct. 4.-After failing 10 score against Lehish in the first half, Princeton defeated the visitors at football here today by the score of % 20 0. three touchdowns and a goal from the field being made in the second half before time was called. Lehigh started In asgressively immediately after the first kickoff, but failed repeatedly TO gain through Princetons line or around the ends until the first half was well on, and then the ball was carried straight down the field TO the three-yard line. Lehigh made a desperate stand and with the ball on her vineyard line, Princeton got her sig nails mixed and lost two yards, which gave the ball to Lehigh. Butler kicked out TO the -five-yard line and two minutes later the half was finished. The feature OF the second half was Princeton’s heavy line pounding, d sensational ninetyyard run by Burke, and a goal from the field by Vetterlein. Isehigh kicked off and after exchanging a couple OF punts Princeton settled down 10 hard line bucking. Butler fumbled on Farmbaugh’s high pass and Henry fell on the ball in the eightyard line and Hart carried II by right end for a touchdown. Shortly after the next kick OFF Burke caught Buffers punt and behind good interference ran ninety yards for a touchdown. Several changes were then made in Princeton’s team. Attacks on Lehigh were resumed and four minutes later Kafer smashed through right tackle for another touchdown. Near the end OF the half. with the score IS to 0. Vet terlein dropped a goal from the twenty Vineyard line. Lehigh secured her first down but once during the game.

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  The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Mo., October 5, 1902, page 1

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  HARvARD,s EASY PICKING. No Trouble to Beat Bates n 10 o. CrImson show Improvement. Cambridge. Mass. Oct. Harvard defeated Bates to-day 2 10 0 in a game which showed considerable Improvement IN the work OF TIE Crimson eleven. -Four touchdowns were made In two fifteen minute halves. and from three OF them goals were kicked. Harvard played twenty-three men On the game. and not a single Crimson man played through the entire game. As for Bates. only three new men were substituted, and two Of the three who retired did 50 on account OF Injuries. As usual. the worst feature OF HarvardS game was the fumbling. but the Bate players were not spry enough To profit by such errors The lineup:

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Harvard leads 22–⁠0 in 22 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.