Swarthmore at Navy

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  Evening capital, Maryland, October 31, 1904, page 1

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  MIDDIES GO DOWN IN DEFEAT NAVY Is OUTPLAYED BY SWARTHMORE. The Pennsylvanians Have Very Worthy Team This Year PrepS Play Ball. The midshipmen went down in defeat on Saturday afternoon and the Navy lowered its colors TO the Swarthmore eleven by “a score of to o. Swarthmore has generally been considered far out of the class of the Navy at football, but the game Sat urday afternoon demonstrated that the Pennsylvanians this year have a very worthy eleven. Swarthmore had possession of the ball during the major portion of the first half The Midshipmen received the first kickoff and by steady gains which they made at the start it SEEM ed as though they would have no trouble in defeating their opponents. The visitors were a trifie excited at first, but they soon solved the problem and the middies we’re forced TO kick after rushing the ball for a total of % yards. Then the visitors began their work. Their assault was strong one and took the middies completely by surprise. Twice they carried the ball inside of the locals 20 yard line. but there the middies presented a strong front, and Crowell was forced to kick, and on both occasions he fail ed at goals from the field. Shortly after this. however, the visitors got the ball ON the 20-yard line and alter a few rushes Maxwell, the 230- pound guard, was showed over the line for a touchdown. Crowell failed TO kick goal The middies were completely outplayed during the first half. In the second half honOrs were about even, but the playing was much slower than in the first. The middies failed to avail themselves of their best chances to score, which occurred shortly after the half began. They had worked the ball down the field for a total of 40 yaIds until it finally rest ed on the visitors l0-yard line, and touchdown seemed only a matter of time Grady, who was given the ball for the next play, fumbled. Swarth more recovered the ball and after a couple of rushes punted out of danger. The Inidshipmen’s hope was then gone. About four minutes before the close of the gam Swarthmore advanced as far as Ma. US 25-yard mark, but could go no farther, and Crowell succeeded on his third attempt at goal from the field. This ended the scoring. Score, 3 to 0. st. Johns Preparatory Department football eleven played one of the best games of the season on Saturday after noon with the Country School of Bal timore on the latter’s grounds. They fought for 30 minutes without either side scoring. The “Preps’‘ were about 10 pounds heavier to the man. The Country School won the toss and kicked off to the 15-yard line. TNI,V – hxy0 20 10 rlu pushed the ball to the 45-yard line, by trick play, made a good run of 25 yards around sright end, but fumbled, and st. Johns got the ball on their l5-yard line. The ball was then pushed back and forth, neither side being able to gain. In the second half the Country School received the bali on the 20-yard line, and by tackle and end plays they pushed it to st. Johns 7-yard line, where it was lost on downs. ST. Johns then forced the ball to the Country Schools 5-yard line. They were penalized for holding and then tried for a goal from the field, but the Country School blocked the kick. Small, Levely and Hutchinson played we’ll for st. Johns, while Reid, Howard and Ridgely played best for the Country School. The Country School Will meet the George town “Preps’‘ on Wednesday after noon at the Country School grounds. at Lexington, Va, on Saturday the st. Johns football team, now ON their Southern tour, won the game with the Virginia Military Institute by a score of 12 to in a % and 20 min ute halves. Virginia tried the expert ment of using substitute backs with bad result st. Johns made two touchdowns in the first half. The Virginians put in their regular team in the second half and hammered the visitors line for touchdown. Mas sic, Stude and James, for Virginia, Military Institute, and Duval and Smith, for st. Johns, did good work. Umpire, Mr.. Halbert, of st. Johns. Referee. Mr.. Ballet, of Washington

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 30, 1904, page 10

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  SWARTHMORE RAPS NAVY HARD BLOW Annapolis GridirOn War riOrs Bow in ID feat. Crowel Drops a Pretty Kick From the Thirty-Five Yard Marx. ANNAPOLIS, 1Id.. oct. 2s-The foot BAH team of Annapolis sustained their drst defeat of the season here this az ternon at the hands OF Swarthmore College. The score was 8 10 o. The defeat IS stunning blow 10 An uapolis. as SwarLhmore has generally been considered as a third-raue team. The Navy was almost completely out played from start 10 finish This was especially true iu the first half OF the game when after the visitors had fail cd on two attempts at goals from field they finally succeeded Ia pushing Max well the big guard over the line for a touchdown. The attempt al goal was failure. In the second half, after the pigskin had been carried back and forth over the field, CTaWeu who had failed on two previous attempts, dropped a pref ty goal from the 55-yaTJ maEk.

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 30, 1904, page 10

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  swARTHMoRE WINS FROM NAVY. Annapolis Md, Oct. 29-The football eleven from Swarthmore defeated the midshipmen here this afternoon, 10 O. Only once were the midshipmen able to get within striking distance of their opponents goal. and then they lost the pigskin through fumblng. Good line bucldng by Maxwell and Whiteman for the visitors got Swarthmore within kicking distance Of the Navy’s goal four times in the half. but CrowelI failed on each at tempt from the field. With two minutes to play Swarthnore got the ball in the centre Of the field and, again using Maxwell and Whiteman drove the Navy back without stop until Nppncott was pushed over for touchdown. Crowen failed TO kick the goal. A few seconds before the half end ed Crowel finally made up for his former failures by kicking clean field goal The lineup and

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Swarthmore leads 4–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.