Dartmouth at Brown

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  The Barre daily times, Barre, Vt., November 26, 1906, page 2

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  YALE DEFEATED HARVARD 6TO0. -- Before Crowd Of $4,000 at New Haven CRIMSON OUTGENERALLED Yale Won Game Full Of Spectacular Performances and Thrilling Plays Brown Defeated Dart mouth, CRIMSON OUTGENERALLED New Haven, Conn, Nov 20. Yale won, and BY beating Harvard earned one u the greatest victories collegiate football has ever recorded. One touch down and goal kick, a brilliant exam pie 81 the possibilities Of the new game, made less than two minutes before the close Of the, first half, were the only scores made The game was played on Yale field. Score Yale ., Harvard O. The Crimson eleven, one Of the most perfectly assembled football machines coaching and hardy gfidiron skill has ever mustered, lest because keen witted generalship triumphed IN the play which melted The only score of remarkable battle Standing thirty-fse yards from the Crimson goal, Needer received the ball from Tad Jones and hurled IL forward. AIcott, Yale right end, caught il three yards from the touchdown boundary. Roome, substituted few minutes before for the elusive Knox, battered his way through at the right flank Of the Harvard line for a touchdown. Veedcr kicked goal and 10000 per. sons, the biggest crowd that was ever jammed into Yale field applauded the thrilling feat. The loyal Yale men called il the most wonderful display Of skill modern foot bah has even known but they We’re preiudiced Harvard accepted II as luck. slightly assisted by individual thought fulness, and hopefully awaited les time. But the layinan saw no more, 1t Was Strategy. Neither wonderful football nor rough lilek was behind the play Yale had been repnlsed hi line attacks and at tenpts to advance BY the methods which former teams nave used successfully II vas tho third down and plain booting Of the ball OF strategy was necessary ID give tie Blue a chance TO retain the bali, With the backs lined up for a kick, the ball went TO Needer, and his accurate aim sent the leather sailing toward the goal line. Harvard men were there, but Alcott and group Of Yale players had been spread over the section, eagerly awaiting the throw Neering to the right OF the south goal, the ball went into Alcott’s arms Before he could recover his feet from the leap, Alcott was buried beneath quarter ton Of crimson Jerseys. Then Roome TOOK Il over. -Four more plays ended the half and the teams went off the field with neither stamped as a sure winner The rival bands blurted their brassy leads to songs Of hope and defiance The stands creak- Ell under the strain of moving thousands and the teams hurried off to take their mid-game rest and pointed coaching in structions. Harvard’s Strong Rush Line. Harvard led IN rushing and oId-style football up to the break in the battle. But in the second half Yale showed a better organized system Of attack and defense Its linemen, prodded and goaded to desperation by tie coaches, came out more rcsolntely and with greater liability % use IL power. The backs, spur lTed by the words of the nerveraeked Rockwell. head coach and upholder Of Yale’s neverdying spirit, whirled into activity and tooks parts in a remodelled machine. one which was fitted for q light to the last ditch. Grim and determined, Harvard took / It’s stand. hut Vale rushed and routed crushed and killed every Harvard hope When the whistle blew Yale was thirteen yards away from the crimson goal while Harvards line CAPPED with openings Everywhere for blue runners. Harvard lett the field with Yale dilviding It’s cheers between the victorious : players. Through the tumultuous army Of Yale

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 26, 1906, page 4

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  DARTMOUTH 0UTD0NE T. Brown Wins, q to 0--=Indians Beat CinCis---MiddieS Down Virginia. Springfield, Mass. Nov. 25.-Brown fulfilled all the predictions that had been made for her and fairly smothercd Dartmouth. winning the annual game by the score Of % to 0. Playing with out her captain. who was Kept on the sidelincs by injuries. the Hanover team loked pitifully weak and was able to make first down but once until Brown sent in lot of substitutes toward the end of the game. Brown presented q varied attack with brilliant end runs and delayed passes as the main ground gamers and did not wear herself out to any extent plugging the Dartmouth line, though that was vulnerable enough. Mayhem and Curtis rarely failed to gain when sent on IN end run, Mayhew’s great work stamping him as one OF the greatest halfbacks in the game. Browns first touchdown was made on exactly the same sort of play which Dartmouth used last year in taking the heart out of Brown. On a delayed pass. Schwartz sent the ball through the air Tor Il distance of 10 yards to Mayhem. who skirted down the sideline nearly so yards fog a touchdown. The goal was kicked, thus ending the Scoring for the first half. In the second half McDevitt. Dart mouths substitute quarterback, went to pieces. He dropped punt and Ell rod recovered it on Dartmouths 20 yard line. Brown going over then with out being checked. The next score came when McDevitt made poor punt attempt to punt from behind his goal line, Mcdonald getting the ball and going straight over after eluding McDevitt who attempted the tackle. Mayhem made the last touchdown after Schwartz had sent q punt against mis- own line. Mayhem grabbed the bail on the rebound and lodged McDavitt GLIDING then nearly the entire Dart mouth team. Ayler. the colored play or in the Brown team, was brilliant on the defence. Dartmouth was absolutely outclasScd, despite an unexpected display Of defensive strength in the first half. The lineup: BROWN. DARTMOUTH k KITTY il e. W Wen smih I snIaH1 Westcrvelt. McPhec. L. Observation-Disclosures. ............. lg. Pcvea”, Blake. Mcdonald Ayler. rS ........ rg. Tubin. NJ. X. Smith H ti;G@ ri It Ling Schwartz, 40 ....... qb. McDevitt, Brooks Mayhew, TinEham, lib ..................... ...........:... lib, Driver. Heneag” Curtis. Pcarsall, RIB ......... RIB. Stuart ................. flo. Greenwood. Hal hnway Score-Brown %. Dartmouth o. Touch downs-Alayhew 2. Curtis. Mcdonald. Goals from toucfdowns-McDona ,, | Hazard. Goal niiSsed-McDonald Ref | ere”. w. II. Corbin of Yale. EMPIRES. Edgar WriGhtngton Of Harvard. Fred

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  New-York tribune, New York, November 25, 1906, page 10

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  BROWN’SFIERCEATTACK DARTMOUTH NO MATCH. Providence Team Crushes HanoUer EIeven in annual Game. Springfield, Mass. Nov. 2L-Brown fulfilled all predictions to-day and fairly smothered Dartmouth, winning the annual game by the score of 2S to o. PLAYING without. its captain. who was kept on the side lines by injuries the Hanover team looked nititullv weak and was able to make first down only once until Brown sent in lot Of substitutes toward the end Of the game Brown presented a varied attack. with brilliant end runs and delayed passes as the main grouho gamers. and did not itself out to any extent plunging into the Dartmouth line, though lAie was vulnerable enough Mayhem and Curtis rarely failed to gain when sent on an end run. Mayhew work stamping him OF the greatest half backs in the game. Browns first touchdown was made on eXacuy the same sort of play which Dartmouth used last year in taking the heart Of Brown. On a delayed pass Schwartz sent the ball through the ar for a distance OF ten yards TO Mayhem, who sklrteo run of nearly fifty yards for q touchdoWh Inc goal was kicked This was the only scoring III li1e first half 49, . ...,, ,,, stitute quarterback, went to pieces. he cropped q punt and EIrod recovered IL on Dartmouths 70 yard liIe Brown then scored WITHOUT pe4hS The next score came when McDevtt made a poor attenatpt 10 punt from behind his goal line, McDonald getting the ball on Dartmouth,s 15-yard line and going straight after eluding McDevitt, who attempted to tackle Mayhem made the last touchdown after SCHWARTZ had sent punt against his own line; Maynew Dewitt, eluding then nearly the entire Dartmouth team and going thirty yards for the score. Ayler, the Negro player on the Brown team was brilliant on the defence. Dartmouth was absoiutely outclassed despite unexpected dis play Of defensive strength IN the first half. The Gne-up follows:

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 25, 1906, page 1

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  Yale. q; Harvard. o. Brown, n; Dartmouth. q. syracuse,sA; Army. o. Navy, 3; virginia p. l.. a.. RRoWN.s SWEET REVENGE. Dartmouth Trimmed In ANNUAL Game by Magic score. II to o. SPRrNGfIELD. Mass. Nov. A,-Fo the first time in six years Brown defeated Dartmouth IN the annual football contest at Hampden Park this afternoon by a score OF est Perfeet football weather prevailed and one OF the lar gest crowds that ever witnessed a game IN Springfield watched the contest. Brown won the toss, and from the first play Il was evident that Dartmouth was up against n superior aggregation and WAS to he a loser. q. The Hanover boys simply we’re unable to stop. the rushes of the excellent Brown backs. In the first half. owing to McEvitt’s good bunting, Brown was held down to one touch down. In the second period the wearers OF the green “ eakened. Dartmouth was obliged to play the game without John Glaze, captain and quarterback and Hobbs. tackle. Smith who substituted for Hobbs. played a strong game but McEvitt,F weakness in tackling In the back field wss directly responsible for three of Browns ~tOuchdowns. Kennedy at end played the best game Tor MAYHEM of Brown proved himself TO be a wonder on fast end runs, making one burst OF forty yards for a touchdown. Later on. in the second period, Mayhem outdid this perform ance. running hfty yards through the entire team for his second touchdown. Ayler at guard was “A tower of strength in the Brown line. was unable at any time to gain consistently through the stun Dartmouth vas outpIayed at every point. and the victory was n sw eet revenge Tor the many defeats Brown has sustained at the hands of Dartmouth in recent years. The lineup.

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Dartmouth leads 54–⁠24–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.