Amherst at Yale

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1906, page 1

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  YALE’S GREAT DEFENSE. It Saved the Blue From Being Scored on BY Amherst. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Octber 27-Yale’s great defense In the last few moments of the game with Amherst today saved her from being scored on, the Blue making one OF the best stands in defense of her goal seen here for some time. The final score was IL to in favor of Yale. Amherst’s spry left end gathered the ball in after a tumble by Yale back near the close of the game and carried 1t to within two yards of the Blue goal 1t looked like a score for the visitors but Yale not only held, but twice drove Amherst back. and as a last resort a field goal was tried, but the kick fell short. moment later the game ended. Amherst followed the ball better than any team seen here this year and compelled Yale to play her hardest to win. The WIS., 1tors worked the forward pass to good adj vantage, and Yale used it a few times with fa1r success. Amherst was unable to gain ground by bucking the line and was forced to kick whenever they got the ball. Yale on the other hand. by sticking to old fashioned foot ball made ground when with In striking distance of the Amherst goal line, both touchdowns being made by line plunges. After eight minutes of play Yale got the ball on Amherst’s 35-yard line and straight line plunges by Knox. Roome and Forbes advanced to the three-yard line, from which point Forbes carried it over Knox kicked goal. The second touchdown was made in much the same manner in the second half. Roome being pushed through the center. Knox again kicked the goal Comfy and Fox each missed goals from the placement Capt. Hubbard’s great kicking and all-around play and the running of Jones and Knox In the open field We’re the features

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  The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., October 28, 1906, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL. GAMESPLAYED YESTERDAY West Point and the Naval Academy Both Among the Losers Atlanta, Oct. 27.-FOllOwtng are the scores in football games played to-day in various parts of the country: At Atlanta-Tech 4, Davidson Col lege, N. C. o. At Philadelphia Carlisle Indians “a, University of Pennsylvania, s. AT Ann Arbor. Mich.-University %, Illinois University 8. At West Point-Harvard 5, West Point 0. AT New York-Princeton ii, Cor nell 5. At New Haven-Yale.12. Amherst 0. At Springfield, Mass.-Darmouth 0, Williams 0. At Extraordinarily 3S, Indiana University 8, At Charlottesville-U University of Virginia II, Richmond College 6. s At washington = Georgetown 9, Washington and Lee 5. At Andover, Mass.-Harvard Fresh men 6. Phillips Academy 0. At Richmond, Va,-Polytechnic , University of N c. 0. At Annapolis-Naval Academy 0, Bucknell 0. At Nashville-vanderbi As, Uni versity Of Texas 0.

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Yale leads 23–⁠0 in 23 meetings, counting the one since this game.