Wesleyan (CT) at Harvard

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 15, 1903, page 8

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  TWO GOALS FROM FIELD REED SCORED TWO PLACE KICKS AGAINST YALE TEAM. wesleyan scored Against Harvard Columbia Played Poorly but Won -PennsyIvania’s Score. NEW HAVEN. Conn. oct. 1.-THE Holy Cross football eleven furnished a sensaton on Yale Field to-day by playing the most spectacular game Of the season and scoring ten points against Yale. Yale had scored five toucildowns and had forced Holy Cross TO add safety TO her credit IN the first half The second half opened with a number of substitutes on the Yale team A costly tumble by Preston lost not only the ball. but ground. Holy Cross failed to gain by rushing and carried the ball toward the middle of the thirty-yard line where Reed dropped back TO the thirty-tive-yard line. and with Larkin to catch and place the ball for him, sent it between the posts clean and true. Yale renewed her rush ing game and bore Holy Cross down the field to sixth touchdown. Five minutes later Yale again fumbled and from almost the same location Reed again succeeded in placing a goal. Every Yale student cheered the play. During the remainder OF the half Holy Cross rushed the ball far bet ter than Yale and once Mccarthy nearly got a clear field to the goal after bucklng his way through for twenty yards. The final score was: Yale. 80; Holy Cross, ~.

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 15, 1903, page 8

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  SCORE ON HARVARD Wesleyan Men Make Touchdown Against Crimson, on tumble. Against Crimson \on tumble. Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 15.Harward was again scored on in the foot ball game on Soldiers field yesterday afternoon. Wesleyan was the fortunate college. In the last five minutes of play little Goodman, right end Of the visiting team, gathered in the ball on Harvard’s twenty-yard line, after Nesmith had fumbled Rogers kick. Eyster kicked the goal, making six points for Wesleyan, while Harvard scored IL. Nesmith, who made the tumble, was sent to the side lines at once for his offense. Captain Marsh all was playing in the back field with Nesmith, and he told the left halfback to go back for the punt. Nesmith was slow in starting back, and he just touched the ball with the tips of his fingers. Harvard’s playing was much better than it has been for. two weeks. Wes-. leyan’s score resulted from the same weakness that lost the Amherst game. The fact is that Harvard has not a set OF competent substitutes to replace the

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Harvard leads 17–⁠1 in 18 meetings.