West Virginia at Pennsylvania

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  The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., September 28, 1908, page 3

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  SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT. Pitcher Ed ReuRlbach twice shut out the Brooklyn team. 80 and 80 Other National league scores: New York. 6–⁠3. Cincinnati, 2–⁠1; st. Louis 80 (frst game fourteen innings, sec ond game five innings). White Sox shut out New York II to 0. Other American league scores: Detroit. 8; Philadelphia ?. ST. Louis, 0; Boston, ?. Cleveland. 5; Washington Jimmy Galatians Logan Squares defaeted the Minneapolis team, to . Football. Pennsylvania opens the season by defaeting West Virginia, 6 to 0. Englewood high defeats the Thornton township team. II to 0. Coach Stage kept driving the Maroon squad hard in preparation for Purdue. Lexington’s race meeting came to a close after a heavy financial loss Clifton Star defeated Title SaaI in the special harness feature at Wheaton. New York horsemen have hopes of racing next year if oral betting is up held.

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  New-York tribune, New York, September 27, 1908, page 12

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  CLOSE SH4VE FOR PENN. Quokers Score Once against West Virginia at End of Game. Philadelphia, Sept 2--The University Of Penn sylvania football team opened its season here day with a victory over the University of Nest Virginia by q score Of TO O. The visitors took advantage OF Pennsylvania’s slowness and prevented score until the last five minutes Of the second half. Only the execution OF TWO forward passes enabled the home team TO carry the ball the sixty yards needed for the score. Manier making the touchdown Immediately afterward Pennsylvania carried the ball the whole length of the field from the kick of second score being prevented by the cali of time, with the hall foot from the goal line. The weather was oppressively warm for football. The summary follows:

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Pennsylvania leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.