Bates at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 13, 1904, page 8

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  HARVARD WEAK AGAINST BATES. With Wet Ball and Slippery Field Scores Only II to o. InY rELrGRArH 20 THE TRIRUNE.l Cambridge Mass. Oct 12.-Compared with the score Of Exeter 20. and Bates o. last week. this af ternOon’s result OF Harvard II and Bates Is anything but encouraging for the Crimson team. The conditions for football at Cambridge this afternoon. however. were the worst seen since the Amherst game last autumn when Harvard was beaten 8 to O. RAIN which at times changed into hail. fell in torrents making the ball so slippery that it was almost impossible to hold it and MAX ing the footing bad that the team with the ball had no difficulty in making its distance Harvard put a substitute team in the field. with Filey and Shortleff at ends Carr at tackle Nc Fadden right guard White at centre and Reynolds and Wendell at halves Phil” Mills. at tullback. tore his way for eight ten and fifteen yard gains through Bates. and on the defence was also tower OF strength. After the kickoff Bates made four first downs for twenty-five yards before IoSIns the hall at Harvard’s 4-yard line on a tuInpe, m, Harvard Immediately fumbled in her turn. but baeS was forced to punt losing fifteen yards as penalIy Harvard got the ball on her own 3J-yard HneI ana by line bucking and forty-yard end run by FSeynolds a fake kick scored touchdown Noyes failed at goal =, In the second half Harvard advanced the ball down the field from her own 35-yard line after the kickoff for touchdown. After this Bates car Ied the ball through Harvard for steady gains, nut failed TO come anywhere near scoring. The lineup and score:

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 13, 1904, page 1

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  FOOTBALL. Maine College EIeyens Play Out Of State. Harvard Only Defeats Bates by Score of II to 0. The Bowdoin Game With Amherst. % to O. Cambridge. Mass, Oct. 12.-Harvard defeated Bates, today. IL to 0. Harward expected a larger score, but Bates put up much stronger offensive than was expected, while the slippery condition Of the ball and field interfered With the cleanness of the play to no little extent. Harvard was weak on the defensive, but the offensive showed some improvement. In the first half Harvard kicked off and Bates made four first downs. car rying the ball 20 yards. before Bates was forced TO kick. Harvard getting the ball on her 30-yard line. The ball was rushed back some 20 yards by short rushes. Reynolds dropped back TO punt, but ran instead, making 30 yards. Another series of short rushes sent Mills over the line Noycs missed the goal All the beginning of the second half after series of short rushes. Mills was again sent over and Noyes kicked the goal.

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  The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, Georgia, October 13, 1904, page 6

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  HARVARD MET STUBBORN OPPOSITION FROM BATES. Small Score Was Disappointing tS Crimson Players. Crimson Players. Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 12.-Harvard defeated Bates at football to-day, IL to 0. Harvard expected larger score, but Bates put much stronger offense than was anticipated, while the slip perry condition of the ball and field in terfered with clean play to a considcradle extent. Harvard was weak on the defense. but the offense showed some improvement.

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Harvard leads 22–⁠0 in 22 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.