Wesleyan (CT) at Yale

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  The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., October 8, 1903, page 1

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  PLAYING GREAT FOOTBALL YALE DEFEATS WESLEYAN BIZ SCORE OF as TO o. Developing Into Splendid shape-CIean Work ON slippery Field and with Wet BaII-The Methodists Easily observation-disclosures YaIs’s Attack as strong as That OF Last season Yale put up an article Of football yes terday afternoon at the Yale field against Wesleyan which might well be included in the “all spice” variety. For ginger and pepper no team in many years has shown such rapid improve ment as the present one. Wesleyan was completely overwhelmed. being defeated by the score of SO to 0. During the first half it drizzled and the ground and ball were both as slip perry as a creased pig. but Yale held the ball well and in the arst half by clean straight football scored three touch downs. In the second half good force of SUBJ stitutes went into the Yale line. Wesleyan seemed somewhat weary after the effort to hold the giant Yale line in the first half, and dissolved time and again before the Yale substitutes. The coach ers were decidedly pleased at the show ing of the team and Wesleyan declared that Yale’s attack was as strong as that of last year. The lineup and score follows: Yale. WESLEYAN. Lest end. Rafferty,, Hare, Neal ....-...... .Eyster Left tackle. Kinney ........................ North Left guard Morton .....s................... Taylor Center. fsorapacK .........,.-n.s....s.. Sneider Right guard. Bloomer ....................... ngraham Rightstack Hogan, Turner r..........E Eorhess Right end. Shevlt1, Morehead, Spaulding. Packard Quarter back. Rockwell. TWitchell Omphrou | Left half back Mitchell, Mccoy ............ Van Surdan Right half back. Metcalf, Preston, Flynn . Gildersleeve Fu1lback Bowman, Farmer, Hoyt ....... Rogers | Officials: Umpire, DIR. Hammond: ref cree, z. B. Hull; measurers, Phipps for Yale, Harlan for Wesleyan; touchdowns, Mitchell. Metcalf, Hagan, Mccoy, Pres ton. and Flynn; goal from touchdowns. Bowman 2 wtchell /; final 80 IS, 8 s; s s, SS. Wesleyan 0. Fifteen minlte halves

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minnesota, October 8, 1903, page 9

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  cept that Yale smashed to pieces the, only trick which the visitors had a chance to show the two or three times they got the ball on punts. The Yale offense was SO quick in forming and in execution that it ripped to pieces the semblance Of defense which the Wesleyan forwards tried to offer. Captain Rafferty, thou ht 1T wise after the first half, with i. points scored, ito fill in many substitutes and to keep adding them in place Of regulars, as the score rolled higher and there was no danger that the visitors would score Oh Yale. Umpire, DR.. Samuel B. Scott: linesmen, Mr.. Phippe, Yale; !; Mr.. Hanlon, Wesleyan; touchdowns, Mitchell, Metcalf, Hogan, Mccoy, Preston, Flynn; goals, Bowman q, Twichell /. Final score, Yale, 33; Wesleyan, 0. Time, Is minute halves.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1903, page 1

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  Yale Beat Wesleyan. Yale ploushed UP the Wesleyan eleven for six touchdowns at New Haven yesterday afternoon. winning by 30 to 0. The Methodists had light line. but strong backs. They made only three yards through Yale i’ll the game. In the first half the regular Yale varsity made $40 yar.1s on line rushes. The only time the visitors tried to gain they lost eight yards on two trick plays that Bloomer broke through and killed. Yale played straight foot BAH, kicking only three times. and using Hogan and Kinney inside the twenty-five-yard lines. There was much offside play and IN reference penalized Bowman made ten yards on the first

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  Deseret evening news, Great Salt Lake City [Utah], October 8, 1903, page 7

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  FOOTBALL IN THE EAST. Yale Eleven Defeats Wesleyan Team by Score OF SO 20 Nothing. New Haven, Conn. Oct 7.-Yale ran UP big score In defeating Wesleyan at football today making 80 points TO the visitors nothing. The game was marked by no sensational plays, except that Yale smashed 10 pieces the only trick which the visitors had n chance to show the two or three times they got the ball on punts The Yale offensc was so quick In forming the semblance of defense which the Wesleyan forwards tried

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Yale leads 46–⁠0 in 46 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.