Northwestern at Notre Dame

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  The Evening statesman, Walla Walla, Wash., November 14, 1903, page 1 (results column)

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  BATTLES Yale and Princeton Have a Hot Time SONS OF ELI GAIN A VICTORY Tho Details Of the MudroIling, Slug sing, Kicking Contest-Other SONS OF ELI GAIN A WCTURY NEW HAVEN, Nov. 1.-THE day for the big football game between Princeton and Yale dawned gloomy but as the day advanced the skies augmented by last nights arrivals with the usual following of fakirs Betting was light, the Princeton men giving two to one. No great amounts were staked. When the teams faced each other this afternoon the field was soggy, but the sun was shining The crowds gathered early, $4,000 peOpie being in their seats by o’clock There We’re two bands and continual shouting of college cries and songs Both teams were in magnificent form PrincetOn’s backfield was the heaviest but Yale’s seven giants We’re in line Yale won the toss and Dewitt kick ed off to Princeton at 2:17. Metcalt of Yale caught the ball and returned to the IS yard line before being down ed. Yale after three downs tried punting, but the ball went out OF bounds on Princetons II yard line Dewitt of Princeton punted 1t tC Yale’s so yard line. Metcalf of Yale seized the ball and on a fake carried | it through a hole in PrincetOn’s yard large enough TO drive a wagon for | three yards. HagOn plunged for five more and Metcalf gained another. Al | hi int ri oh chn11- der but staid in the game. Princeton’s | line went down before Hogan’s ter rifle crash like paper Touchdown | Mitchell kicked goal. Score Yale 6; Princeton 0. There was no change in the line ur | for the second half. The game was | fast and furious. Dewitt at one time | tried a goal from the field 40 yard line | but the result was a miserable failure | Litel drop kicked 20 yards. The riv- | airy between the opposing star kick | ers-Mitchell for Yale and Dewitt for | Princeton-was immense. Continual plays bringing these men forward PandemOnium broke loose when / S’c’ from field 80 yard line. Dewitt seized | the ball and made a so yard run fol | a touchdown. | Princeton fellows went wild. They | hugged each other. hurled hats in the air when Vetterlein kicked the goal The final score stood Yale 6: Prince | ton II. NEW HAVEN, Nov. 14.-First halt Yale 6; Princeton 0. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 14.-Firt half Harvard Freshmen, Il; Yale Fresh men, 6. ANN ARBOR, Nov. 14.-First half Michigan 0; Wisconsin 0. CHICAGO, Nov. 14.-First half Notre Dame 0; Northwestern 0. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 14.-First half Dartmouth 6; Harvard 0. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14.-First half-Carlisle II; Pennsylvania 0. Final-Carlisle 16; Pennsylvania 6. ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. 14.-Final Michigan 16; Wisconsin 0. WEST POINT, Nov. 14.-Final- U,act POINT 10. ChjcapO g.

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Notre Dame leads 37–⁠9–⁠2 in 48 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.