Carlisle at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 18, 1903, page 7

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  Vest Point TIGERS BEAT INDT4NS. Princeton Makes Many FumbLes- Carlisle Strong on attack. r-s--e-o- - oct Is fSpecisD.-In a hard rain s-5 handling q sf5uperv bail. the Tigers defeated the Carlisle Indians this afternoon by score OF = -r Twelve OF the fumbles were counted scs.-s- Princeton but the bah was IN her posses sim 0=- n The time The Indians held the Tigers fo- downs only once. but five times gained ‘helr srsr down TWO being in succession. T~t. The FIRST score the Indians played asgress1ze-v and ken. Frinceton’s supporters trem ping f-r fear thar the Tigers would be scored against On t-c hickof Hart rushed back fifteen yards bu- Tic rext play lost the ball on funoie. me iDdiars were thrown for a loss ana hcheo’ ne W-U returned il. punting sixty YARDS but ‘ne indians could not keep 1t. Right tackle was then struck for easy gains but when the Tigers ran up against Dillon al Ieft guard they found il another proposition. De Win kicked and the Indians gained Two successive first downs. but lost on a tumble The Tigers tnen went at the line with a rush and by a series Of plays. ia which snort figured % line plunges and Hart on long end runs gained the l-,-ard line Hart fumbed the slippery BAL when over the line but Vetterlein fell on II for the fre- eoo~e De Witt failed kick the goal Or the next kickoff the ball was advanced twenty seven wards on four plays. when Vetterlen gained Gry wards on q quarterback run and was ooWheo by johnson on the s-yard line. FOulke scored the touchdown or 2 run around left, and Netterlein sicked The goal The first half ended, IL To O. IH the second half the bah continually chaheeo sides on flmbles The Indians were caught on trick play and lost the ban on their R-yard Inc Princeton advanced 10 the 6-yard line and tIleo A s-ef q. lack KICK on the thlrd coz H. gs,oe the BAL was kert near the centre OF The neio. anu Johnson and Charles. % Carlisle olc M 1roT1 Have-ford Grammar school. had his nose broken r tle came to-day. The lineup and score

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 18, 1903, page 8

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  PRINCETON DEFEATS CARLISLE INDIANS Tigers Victorious by the Score of II to 0. VETTERLEIN’S GOOD PLAYING Makes Sensational Run of Fifty Yards and Kicks a Goal-Field a Verit- able Sea of Mud. PRINCETON, N. j., Oct. lin the first game in four years, the Tigers defeated the Carlisle Indians today, by q score of II to 0. The driving rain fell during the entire game, making the field sea of heavy mud, and the ball so slippery that both sides fumbled continually. 1t was well toward the end of the first half when Princeton first scored Vetterlein secured the ball in midfield on kick from Williams. and Foulke. Cooney, Hart, and Short carried 1T down by big gains around ends and through the line, Vetterlein making the touchdown. Dewitt missed the goal Vetterlein’s Long Run. The second touchdown was made soon afterward. Princeton had rushed the ball after the kickoff to her 45-yard line. On the next play. Vetterlein made the sensational feature of the day by a zigzag fifty-yard run around Matthews. and on the next play Fouike was pushed over. Vetterlein kicked goal. In the second half the Tigers repeated ly rushed the ball toward the Indians line. but were unable to score on account of fumbling. At no time were the Indians within fifty yards Of Prince toms goal

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Princeton leads 6–⁠0 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.