Harvard at Pennsylvania

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 12, 1905, page 11

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  PENNSY WINS IN FIERCE BATTLE Two Men Are Put Out for Slugglng HARVARD TEAM WEAkENS Each Scores Touchdown By Luck In First Half and Pennsylvania Gets Another In Second By Superior Playing. HARVARD TEAM WEAKENS Philadelphia, November 11.-Pennsylva- I fiercest gridiron battles ever witnessed on Franklin field. The final score was 12 l to G. Both elevens scored a touchdown and kicked the goal in the first half, and 1 the Quaker eleven added second touch down in the second half. It is a peculiar coincidence that Lamson, the player over whom there has been so 1 much contention, should have scored 1 both touchdowns for the Pennsylvania eleven That there was ill-feeling between the players of the two elevens was made ;, apparent early in the first half when Parker, the Crimson center. was dsaual- filed for slugging and again in the sec- ond half when Sheble was sent to the club house for like offense. Due to Element of Luck. Both touchdowns in the first half were due to an element of luck Before the game had been in progress three minutes and with the ball within ten yards of Harvards goal, Foster was sent against Pennsylvania left tackle. As he struck 1 the line Foster dropped the ball and when 1 Referee McClung was able to get the mass of humanity off, Robinson was ly- | ing on the ball within eight yards of Har- yards goal. In three plays Lamson was pushed over for touchdown. The score was made so quickly that the great crowd scarcely realized it. It was then liar yards turn for a run of luck. Barr kick ed to Sheble, who had a splendid oppor- tunity to carry the ball out of danger, but | just as he got well started. he dropped the pgskin, but a Quaker player fell on | 1t within four yards of Pennsylvania s | goal. Sheble kicked on the first line up, | the ball going to Hurley of Harvard on Pennsylvania forty-yard line. Here the Crimson eleven began to work their famous tandem, and aided by two off-sde plays, which netted them ten yards they quickly pushed the ball over for touch down. The third touchdown was made on hard, clean football. Pennsylvania got the ball on Harvard’s forty-yard mark on an ex- change of kicks, and pushed it over for the final touchdown by straight line plung- ing. Torrey kicked the goal. Numerous Changes In Line-Up. The numerous changes in the Harvard line up attest the ferceness with which , the Pennsylvania players went into the tandem play of the Crimson. Five men | were so badly weakened that they were sent to the side lines. The Pennsylvania line up remained intact, however, with the exception of Sheble. who made too | free use of his hands. There was probably never a football game played in which there was such difference in two halves. In the first half Harvard completely out played Pennsyl- vania, and gained ground almost at will while in the second half the Crimson players made only one first down, but | their offense and defense weakened per- ceptibly as the game progressed, while Pennsylvania’s attack and defense im- proved 50 per cent. This was probably due to the superb condition of the Quaker eleven. | The day was perfect for football. Not one of the 22,0OO odd seats was vacant when play was begun, and there were i probably 20O0 persons standing around l the gridiron enclosure

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 12, 1905, page 1

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  HARVARD BEATEN BY PENNSYLVANIA Crimson Played Off Feet by the Quakers in Fiercely Con- tested Game. Philadelphia, Nov. 11.-Harvard was by Pennsylvania by a score of IL to 6. The result was the biggest surprise in the days football, as the crimson team was to l favorite until the start Of play, when sudden display OF Pennsylvania money evened the bet ting. The victory was clean-cut, and altho the Harvard giants were played off their feet by the little fellows rep resenting the Quaker team, the game was, nevertheless, the best witnessed in this city in years. For a time Harvard’s heavy line bat tered down the Pennsylvania defense when the Quakers finally dropped to beaten. 1eVne Penns syESanRsf left en 5tf IL is little fellow, but he was all over the field, and by his great tacklng repeatedly prevented Starr, Hurley and Lockwood from running back punts downing them in their tracks every time. It was Levine who broke up the tackles-back play by falling in front Of the men carrying the, ball. Captain and sheb be- easily nsy &C out-punted Bur-. Parker was disqualified in the first half for smuggling Sheble, and in the sec. ond half Sheble was punished in sim liar manner for smuggling. The latter was the only change made by Pennnssyl vania, altho it was necessary for Har ward continually to send in substitutes in the second half to bolster up thei1 line. Crimson Outplayed. Pennsylvania played remarkable football in the second half, gaining re ! peatedly on Harvard and holding the latter when they had the ball. Harvard was able to make but one first down ii the second half, and this was in the last two minutes of play, altho almost the entire play was in their territory. Pennsylvania made the first score within two minutes after the start Of ing Pennsylvania the kickoff and Lock wood fumbled Sheble’s on the 10-yart line. Starr, however, fell on the ball A warm sun made the field soft ant when Starr fumbled the ball on thu next play, Robinson fell on it. Har wards heavy line was unable to hol( their footing on the slippery field ant on four tries Lamson was sent over TO a touchdown. Sheble kicked the goal SheDle was responsible Tor harvard score when he foolishly tried to ru1 back Burr s kickoff, which dropped be hind the line. He made ten yards o. the play, but fumbled the ball on hi own 1O-yard line. Pennsylvania, how ever, held Harvard for downs on he 5-yard line, but when Harvard again re covered the ball on Pennsylvania IS &c ward line on Sheble’s punt, it put III tackles-back into working order an the steady gains made by this play together with Torrey’s persistency i getting, off side, helped the crimson t work the ball down the field until Bri was finally pushed over for toucl .. down. Burr booted the goal, and tn score was tie at six at the end q the half. Thousands See It. After fifteen minutes of play in th second half Stevenson took Burr pun on Harvard’s 45-yard line and by series of short steady gains, worke the ball down to Harvard IS 15-yard lin, when Harvard was penalized five yard for off-side. Short gains carried tn ball to the 2-yard line, while the GRIN son line offered a desperate resistanc, 1t took three tries to get Lamson owe the line for touchdown. Torrey kicke the goal. Twenty-one thousand spectators wi

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  Waterbury evening Democrat, November 13, 1905, page 9

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  HARVARD BEATEN. Qunkers Won In Rough Game on Franklin Field. Quakers Won In Rough Game on Franklin Field. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13. = Penn sylvania won notable victory over Harvard at Franklin field by the score of 12 to 6 in struggle that for bit terness and rough play has few peers in the history of these annual battles. The Quakers are happy, for not only did the ponderous crimson machine tot ter and finally crumble before the sheer pluck and indomitable spirit of the red and blue, but flair Harvard” it is said, in the person of the huge Parker at center, was first to resort to “dirty” football. ....@ AS a game it was the poorest exhibi- tion ever given by these two elevens on the same field, but the majesty of Pennsylvania victory is not lessened thereby, for splendid courage and de- termination and the heart that will not beat to the measure of defeat carried the day. In this respect few Quaker teams have loomed larger or finer on such a hard won field. Hail Pennsylvania the Quakers’ booming adaptation of the splendid Russian national anthem, fioated over Franklin field in all its triumph when the tired, dragging wearers of the crim- son Jagged to the dressing room after the final whistle, more than beaten, utterly humlliated. Oh, fame and the strength of Harvard, where were they when in the latter portion of the sec ond half the Quakers, alive with the demand of victory, flung through, over and PropVpdd, dd,, the, massive, crimson, for wards, fighting their way to a finely deserved triumph?

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  Bisbee daily review, Arizona, November 12, 1905, page 29

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  Exciting Football Play- ing With Harvard Yesterday REMARKABLE FEATURES West Point L0SeS to Carlisle IndiaDS. --Yale De- featS Brown Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. l1.--PennsyF. vania today defeated Harvard m Une of the tiercest gridiron battles ever witnessed on Franklin Field. The final score was 12 to 6. Roth eleveLs scored a touch down and kicked gtsle in the first half. The Quaker eleven added a second touchdown in the sec Cni half. Lanson, the player over whom l5eI has been so much contention. scored both touchdewns for the Pennsylvania eleven. There was probably never a foot ball game played iR which there was such difference in the two halves. Tn the first half Harvard completely our- played Pennsylvania and gained ground almost at will, while in the second half the Crimson players made only one first own. Both their of- fense and defense weakened percepd- hly as the game progressed, while Pennsylvania’s attack and defense im- proved 50 per cent. The particular star on Franklin Field today was little Levine, Pennsyt vania’s left end. It is no exaggera ton to state that he played the most remarkable game of football ever wis messed in this city.

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Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.