Wesleyan (CT) at Yale

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  Morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 6, 1887, page 3

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  YALE VICTORIOUS. First Game of the Season-wesleyan Defeated in a Tame Game at the Yale Field. First Game Of the Seasou-weslevau Defeated in a Tame Game at the Yale Field. The Yale and Wesleyan football teams played an exhibition game at the Yale Field yesterday af- ternosn. The champions of the blue won the con test by thirty eight points to their opponents not ing. The game was interesting merely as fore cast of Yales chances in the coming intercollegiate the remarkable score of one hundred and thirty six to nothing, but Wesleyan has stronger team this year than she had last and Yale not so strong team. The game characterized by but few good plays. Wesleyan has Q good rush line and she played good blocking game. The work of the Yale team was at times brilliant and again indfrer- each half, but seemed unable to keep it up to the end Her rushers were inclined to tackle high and were as rule unable to break through the oppos- lng rush line Captain Beecher played with his old trast to that of Captain Beatty’s of the opposinp eleven Gill did the best work in the rush line his taekling being very fine. Cross, a new man, played arovs strong vo,aa61 and steady game; He Will Morrison the old half-back, played a good game Williams, the other half back and Baker the back players. Robinson and Pratt on the ends played fairly but when Wallace returns to his old position on the end the team will feel the improvement The teams played in the following order: Yale Rushers, Robinson ‘S9 left. Gill S9 Cross SS Corbn ‘S9 center, Woodruff S9 Clawson ,S9 S. Pratt ‘s8 s right; quarterback, Beecher ‘SS half backs. Mor- riSon 9o. Williams ’51; back, Baker ’91. Wesleyan center, Heath Glenn, F1oy right; quarter back Beatty; half backs, Hamlin, Manchester; back Slayback ‘ half and Smith took his place. Mir. Wallace ’6S was referee of the game

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Yale leads 46–⁠0 in 46 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.