Springfield at Yale

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 11, 1906, page 1

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  YALE IN A RAGGED GAME. Beats Springfield N to O-LeVIne Ruled on m Charge OF smuggling. New HAVEN, Conn, Oct. lot was a ragged game that a patched up Yale eleven won from the Springfield Training School this afternoon by a score of II to o. Fumbling was almost constant, Yale being a big offender. The training school showed splendid interference and played a magnificent uphill contest. Yale struck her gait Immediately after the game started. Jones running back the kickoff thirty yards. After an exchange OF punts Yale again got the ball and. Forbes ran thirty yards, bringing the ball well toward the training schools goal. In a few plunges Morse went over for q touchdown. Knox kicked the goal. Then Yale seemed to lose her gait. For ward passes we’re tried often with fair success. but fumbles kept the Blue from making a score. Occasionally when the opposing side had the ball IL tore through Yale for substantiaI gains, but seemed afraid to trust much TO tricks. After nearly every kick there was a tumble somewhere and the ball was often bouncing around loose. Honhart, the visiting left halfback. put up a great game. being everywhere and breaking up many Yale plays. Yale began the second half by starting plays slowly and working uncertainty. Near the end Of the half Forbes in tackling Briggs coIlided with the latter’s knee and was knocked out for a time, Dutch Levine replaced him. A play or two later Yale started a forward pass that went well. gaining thirty yards. But Umpire Hammond blew his whistle and declared that Levine had slugGed. No claim Of stu e had been made, and the visiting PLAYERS W ere as sur prised as the Yale team. butch was sent out OF the game forthwith, however, and Vale was pcnalized one half Of the distance between the point where the ball started and the goal line. Umpire Hammond explain ed to Capt. Morse that he did not think Levine Intended 10 slug. an explanation that was not taken seriously on the side lines. Yale then started in TO play a faster game and swept the Springfield crowd on its feet, regaining all the lost ground and going over the goal line like a mile a minute automobile. Morse made the play that netted the score. Knox kicked the. goal. The Springfield team had the ball twice but could not gain any ground. The rest OF the half was all Yale. A FUN BILE just before the whistle prevented a sure score, 0s Yale was tearing the Springfield line wide open at every plunge. After the game the men opposite Levine in the line were asked IL he had hit any Of them. Levine was exon Grated completely. as no one could be found in the Sprin gfeld team who had been roughed = 49, HA tA.

• The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, October 11, 1906

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  Yale Defeats Springfield. NEW HAVEN, CONN, Oct. TO- The Yale football team defeated the Springfield training school eleven here today by score of II to 0 in game which required the Blues to play foot ball every minute Of each half.

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