Lafayette at Princeton

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  The Jersey City news, Jersey City [N.J.], October 23, 1905, page 1

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  TIGERS WON Princeton Scored a Complete Victory Over Lafayette in Saturdays Game. tspecial to ‘The Jersey cits News’o PRINCETON, Oct 90, 1905.-Princeton won over Lafayette here Saturday afternoon in a game that in ferceness compared with championship battle, taking the Easton men into camp by a score of % to f. Princeton outclassed Lafayette in the first half. but in the second period the Pennsylvanians more than held their own. The ferocity of Princeton’s attack in the early part of the contest was sur prise even to the most enthusiastic of the orange and black rooters. The Tt gers seemed to realize that their task was hard one and started the game with such a mad rush that the Eastonians were taken off their feet, and liter ally frightened into defeat during the first fifteen minutes of play. Princeton scored three touchdowns in the first half and the game looked like it would be a walk over. but the Fennsyiyania players had a lecture from DR.. Bull during the INTERN .esion and sprung ~, - .,.a .,.a. : ~ p’‘sS = - 8 S0’‘‘‘ -. - seemed 70 nave recovered the commence to show their natural strngth TheTir defense was wonderful and repeatedly tba pr;ncoton hacks wbo had n,o,ohea 80, 49, shro’sh oeiore lounu ‘nat ‘nes “efe run ming into solid wall and could not gain

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1905, page 57

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  PRINCETON DEFEATS LAFAYETTE In the Second Half the Visitors Showed Great Improvement. PRINCETON y. J.. October 21.-Princeton defeated Lafayette this afternoon in hard-fousht game by the score of – TO 4 During the first half Princeton played ag Ercssively and pounded the opposing line numerically making three touchdowns due chiefly to the success of Bard and Daub in carrying the ball. In the second half, however. Lafayette developed a Won derful defense and outplayed Princeton in all departments. The star performance of the contest was made by Shuster, the La fayette quarterback. who made the visit ors’ only score with phenomenal drop kick from the 4S-yard line. the ball passing directly over the center of the bar with several feet to spare He made two other attempts to drop-kick but both failed. Princeton scored 16 points In the first half, but It was not until one minute before time was called in the second half that they M gn In ecOrpd. The l.ne-up.

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 22, 1905, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOT BALL SCORES. Bellevue, 2Si Creighton, o. Michigan, 81; Nebraska, D. Omaha, Al south Omaha, u. BOyIes, 81 Ashland, o. Pennsylva MIA, 81 Brown, @. Naval Cadets, asa North Carolina. o.. Harvard, o, West Point. o. Cornell, 3Ot Western Penna., o. Columbia, 10, Amherst, 10. Chicago, ~ wisconsin, o.. Kansas, 34I oklahoma, o. Princeton, 22j Lafayette, 4. Purdue, 20j Illinois. q. pRrtmOHtb. 24g WilltappE, o. .,s.,4-ss. Andover, 81 Harvard Freshmen, &, Minnesota, 30j Iowa, o. Northwestern, o. Kentucky, q. Ohio, 32J DepRuw, @. Council BLUFFS, III Sioux City, o. Lincoln, 20I Chicago No. Division, o. Hastings, 35i Dorchester, o. PlattsmOuth, 81 Nebraska City, D. wabash, 81 NOtre Dame, o. Ames, 63; simpson, q. Carlisle Indians, 80; Dickinson, o. Illinois College, 81 State Normal o. Beatrice, 55i WymOre, o. Omaha Commercials. II; HaVeIOck, o. OnawR, lit MnpIetOn, u. Harlan, 42j WOOdbine Normal. o. Aurora, 15i Grand Island. o. Missouri, q; Haskell. o, Grinnell, 3; Drake, 4. Iowa Normal, o. Cornell. q. Indiana, 30j Washington, q.

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Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.