Colgate at Army

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  New-York tribune, November 3, 1907, page 10

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  ARMY SCORES ONLY ONCE. Rain Causes Loose Handling of Ball against Colgate Team. West Point N. Y. Nov. 2.-The Army defeated the Colgate team here to-day by a score of to o. 1t rained in torrents all during the game and the handling of the ball was almost impossible There were many fumbles by both sides and the puntins was very uncertain In the second half a poor punt by Surles gave the visitors a chance TO try a place kick from the 25-yard mark but Whalen fumbled the slippery ball. Another poor Army punt placed Colgate In positon to try goal from placement. but Waites’s effort fell short Colgate unable to penetrate the Army line, and what gains IL made came from end runs and well executed forward passes The Army depended almost entirely upon line plunges for ground gaining. In the first half. with Weeks heading a tandem formation, the Army backs tore through the Wis itors for five yards at time from the SO-yard mark To a touchdown The position of fulback was a for Weeks, the veteran tackle but his work to-day showed the change to be- a wise one. The lineup and summary follow:

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1907, page 53

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  West Point Defeats Colgate. WEST POINT, N. Y, November . With rain pouring and the field sea OF mud, making handling the ball next to impossible the cadets beat Colgate by a score OF TO . today. The visitors could do nothing against the Army line, but made several long gains around the ends. In the first half, getting the ball on Col gates 30-yard mark, the Army marched straight TO touchdown.

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  The daily morning journal and courier, November 7, 1907, page 9 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL ELEVENS What the Big Ones Have Done on the Gridiron This Season. Yale and West Point are the only big college football elevens that have not been scored on this season. Harvard is the only one to win all its games. Princeton leads in points won. Trinity has run up the biggest score thus far, getting 94 in its game Saturday Here is the standing: x Princeton. Princeton-Oc 5, Princeton, 47; Stev4, ems, O; Oct. g, Princeton, 53; Wesleyang O.; Oct. 12, Princeton. 52; Bushnell, { October 16 Princeton, 45; Villa NovaSs 5; October 19, Princeton, 40; Wash nntF Jeff Q; october 26, Princeton <; Cornell, Nov. 2, Princeton, 16; Indians Q. Totals Princeton, 25S; other teams II. Carlisle Sept Fl, Carlisle, 40; Leban- on Valley, O, Sept. 2S, Carlisle ID; Villa Nova, 0; Oct 2. Carlisle, 91; susquehan na, O; Oct 5, Carlisle, IS; Penn State, 0; Oct. 12, Carlisle, IA; Syracuse, 6; Oct. 1s, Carlisle, IS, Bucknell, O; Oct %, Carlisle 26; Penn, s; Nov, g. Carlisle, 0; Princeton, 16. Totals Carlisle, 214; oth- CT teams 33. Pennsylvania-sept 2S, Pennsylvania ST; North Carolina, 0; Oct 2 Pennsyl- vania, IS: Villa Nova, O; Oct. 5, Penn- sylvania 16 Villa Nova, O; Oct 5, Penn sylvania, 29; Buoknell, 3; Oct g. Penn-ye sylvania, 57; Frederick end Marshal 0; Oct 12, Pennsylvania, 16; SwartL more, 8; Oct IS, Pennsylvania, 25; Get tysburg, Q; October 19 Pennsylvania, il; Brown, 0; Oct. 2e, Pennsylvania. 6t Carlisle, 2e; Nov 3. Pennsylvania, 15, Lafayette, 0. Totals, Pennsylvania, 210S other teams. 36. Yale--Oct. 2, Yale, 25; Wesleyan, 0: Oct. 5. Yale, Ii; Syracuse, O; Got. 9, Yale. IS; Spring, ); Oct 12, Yale, B2; Hcly Cross, O. Oct. I9, Yale 0; West Point, Q; Oct 26, Yale, 4b Villa Nova, oi Nov 9, Yale, Ii; Wash. and Jeff, Q. Totals, Yale, 162: other teams. O. Oct. 3, Cornell, 47 Niagara, Oi oct, l2, Cornell, tSi Colgate, 0; Dot 19, Cornell, 6; Penn State, B; Oct 2e. Cornell 6i etn Penn, 5. Totals, Cornell, 146; other i Harvard--oct. 3, Harvard. 5; Bowdoin. 0 Oct 5, Harvard, 30; Maine O. Oct 9st Harvard, I sSi Bates, !; ,9ot F Harvard. Navy Ss Wti66fs 6 6of sS Aspsvard Ss s Fhs spTasaslS $; Nov. 2 Harvard, 6; Brown, 5, TO- tals, Harvard, 107 other teams, IA Annapolis-Oct. 2, Annapolis, 26;. St. John’s, 0; Oct. s, Annapolis, IS; Dioker- son, o; Oct. g, Annapolis, i2; Maryland Aggies, o; Oct F. Annapolis, 6; Vap~ derbilt, 6; Oct 16, Annapolis, 1B; St. Johns, O; Oct. 1s. Annapolis, O; Har- yard 6; Oct, 26, Annapolis, 1T; Lafay- cite, O.; oct 30, Annapolis, 52; Maryland, 0; Nov ?, Annapolis, 8: Western Vir- ginia, 0. Totals, Annapolis, 146; other teams, 12. Frederick and Marshall. 9; Oct. 12, west Point 12; Trinity, O; Oct. 19, West Point, Q: Yale, Q; Oct. 26, West Point, 30; Rochester, O; Nov. 3, West Point, 6: Colgate, 0. Totals, West Point, II; eth- CT teams. O.

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  The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., November 4, 1907, page 4 (results column)

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  SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT Maroons defeated Minnesota by the score of 18 to IL other leading west ern scores were. Wisconsin, 6; Iowa, 5. Michigan. 8; Vanderbilt. 0. Illinois, p; Purdue, 4. Indiana, 0; Notre Dame. 10. Princeton defeated Carlisle by the score of 16 to O. other eastern scores were: Yale. II: Washington and JEFF ferson. o. Harvard 6; Brown, 8. Penn sylvania. IS; Lafayette 0. West Point 6; Colgate, 0. Hyde Park High defeated University High by the score of 10 to 0. Other preparatory scores were: Evanston, l13; Deerfeld, 0. Wendell Phillips II; Englewood, 0. oak Park. IS; East Aurora, O. Northwestern, 40; Racine. 6. St Vincents %; Lake Forest, 6. Nor gan Park. 10; Culver, 5. Turf. Racing comes to a close at Latonia, winding up the year for Kentucky. Brookdale Nymph won the handicap at Aqueduct’s opening in easy fashion. Association Football. | Shamrock Reds and the Pullmans tied for honors of the Saturday soccer ! league AutOmObiIing. | Opening of the annual show in New York draws large attendance. Bowling. Officials of the Chicago league prepare for opening of the city tournament. Billiards. Much interest is displayed in the contest between Jacob Schaefer and George Sutton for Tuesday night | boxing. Jack Johnson knocked out Jim Flynn in the eleventh round of their oout al San Francisco.

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Army leads 24–⁠5–⁠2 in 31 meetings, counting the 27 since this game.