Lafayette at Princeton

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

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  PENNSYLVANIA LOSES TO CRIMSON ELEVEN PRINCETON DEFEATS LAFAYETTE ELEVEN Tigers Show Up Slow and Fail to Gain Against the Pennsylvania Squad. PRINCETON, n. J.. Nov. The Tigers had a hard rub today and only managed to defeat the Lafayette eleven by the small score Of IL TO O. Six Of these points were made in the first five minutes of play IN the first half on a touchdown by Dewitt and its goal by Vetterlein. and the other five were on a drop kick goal by Dewitt from the 40-yard line in the last three minutes Of the second half. The remainder OF the time the two teams swept back and forth past the middle Of The field. neither being able to do much at advancing the ball. The only chance Lafayette had of scoring was early in the second half when Mont han punted and Vetterlein dropped the ball on his 2O-yard line, Lafayette get ting 1t. From here Van Alta tried a place kick goal. but failed on a poor pass from center. The playing of the Princeton team lacked the snap and push that characterized its work against Cornell last Saturday. The men played as il in Z daze and the looked-for slump has evil IDENTIFY come at last. Lafayette made the most Of this and gained through every part of the Tiger line. Cooney and Short were the weakest points and Van Alta and Monihar Lafayette’s best ground gamers. The second half was purely an OK change OF punts, and Dewitt, against q strong wind. outcIassed MOnihan- Such a poor exhibition of receiving and run ming back punts as was given by tbs Princeton backs has seldom been see. here. and the playing of the entire Princeton team was not encouraging Princeton’s last game is with Yale next Saturday, at New Haven, ana still she is the only large college that Ia. not been scored upon. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Goal from touch down-Ve tterlein. Goal from feid-De Witt. Referee-SnOw, OF Michigan I’m pire-John Minds. of Pennsylvania Linesmen-Smith, Lafayette; Delaney Princeton. Time OF halves-25 minutes.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 8, 1903, page 1

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  TIGERS PLAY WEAK GAME Lafayette, Beaten II to 0, Holds Princeton for Dozens. Princeton. N J.. Nov (speciaD.-Princeton defeated Lafayette this afternoon by the of to O. but the game one of the poorest exhibit tons of football here recently. After the first

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Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.