Syracuse at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 8, 1905, page 1

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  YALE MEETS A TARTAR. Syracuse Plays We’ll Enough to Try out the Blue Team. New Haven, Conn. Oct. Yale had to use every ounce OF power to defeat Syracuse to-day by score of 16 to 0. but played game that for snap and hustle started the first “bulr’ talk of the season on Yale’s hopes Syracuse had heavy and fighting eleven and put up of the stiffest defenees seen here in years. But Yale was stronger at every point and won by sheer strength and football tactics. With her fast back field Yale off a whirIwind succession of short line plupges, in ter spersed with tackleback and quarterback runs and only twice was forced 20 kick. Syracuse held for downs only twice and got her dis tance three times. The Syracuse left wing was strong and stimson at halfback put up clever defensive game Jones at quarterback played all around Hutch tnson and got In a long 40-yard run. Forbes and Flanders were the life of the line and Shev lin was used in catching the kickoff with sue cess. Syracuse held so stifiy in the first half that Yale had hard work TO score, and only made touchdown In that half because tumble of yeeder’s kick Forbes got the ball for Yale on the Syracuse 10-yard line, from where Morse went over in two plays. In the second half Yale rushed Syracuse stead tly but slowly for two touchdowns, the second of which was scored by brilliant right end dash by Jones after Yale had been penalized fifteen yards for holding. There were many penalties on both sides for holding and oTslde NAV Last year Syracuse scored nine points IN the last four minutes Of play, but to-day was powerless against Yales strong defence.

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Yale leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.