Bates at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 8, 1908, page 5

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  / H f. Crosby Ackerman HARVARD BEATS BATES. C0rbett Rams Length of the Field for a TOuChdOzCn. Cambridge Mass. Oct. 7.-Harvard defeated Bates at football this afternoon by the OF IS to o. The game was fast during the first half and was featured by the running Of Corbett, Har wards right halfback. The first score came after the Crimson had taken the pigskin to Batess 20 yard line by line plugging and clever use Of the forward pass. Harvard lost the ball downs at this point, but Bates could not gain through the line and tried to punt. The Crimson guards broke through and blocked the kick. and Fish fell or the ball for Harvard Bucksby. Corbett and White then took the ball TO Bates’s 4-yard line, where Smith went over for touchdown. Burr kicked the goal Kearney kicked of for Bates to Corbett. on Har- Yards 5-yard mark, and. following good interference Corbett the whole length Of the field for & touchdown. Burr again kicked the goal. The last score came toward the end OF the second half. after Harvard had put in team OF substitutes. The ball taken from Harvard 3 4O-yard line to Batess s-yard line by hard line bucking and clever use Of the onside kick TO Crowley Smith then went through left guard for a touchdown Burr kicked his third goal. This ended the scoring White played brilliant game for Harvard fuback Bates was within striking distance Of the Crimson goal line once during the game, but tried drop kick and the ball went wide.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1908, page 16

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  M|DWEEK GAMES IN FOOT BALL WORLD Harvard Scores Three Times Against Bates and Tigers Make Fl Points. Again yesterday there was no great amount of scoring against opponents by the stronger foot ball elevens. The Penn sylvania men found Villanova a hardy foe and won by only eleven points. The Carlisle Indians were able to beat Villa nova only 10 to the other day. Harward met Bates and made total of is points. This doesn’t compare very we’ll with Browns total against Bates last week Brown disposed of the latter team by score of “a to 4. Harvard beat Bates 80 to last year. but no doubt is better satisfied to make fewer points and yet retain an intact goal line. Princeton’s opponent yesterday was Stevens, and the Tigers made less than half as many points as they did against he same team a year ago. when they won ~ to o. An napolis’ total against St. John was four points short of last years total. The scores follow: Pennsylvania, IL; Villanova. o. Harvard. Is; Bates, @. Princeton, n: Stevens, o. Annapolis, ID: ST. Johns, o. Williston, e; Exeter, 4.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 8, 1908, page 4

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  HARVARD wins FROM BATES BY IS TO 0 SCORE. Bates Keeps Ball in Harvard’s Territory, But Cannot Score=--PrinCet0n Il; Stevens 0==-Pennsy ll;Villa NovaO. Cambridge. Mass. oct. 7.-Harvard defeated Bates today. IS to u. with lit tic difficulty. Bates was unable to make consisten- gains. although she kept the ball in Harvards territory much OF the time. especially in the second half. Harvard made the first score on for ward pass ana line hucking. The most spectacular feature Of the game vas the run down the field from Harvards 5-yard line made by Corbett, who scored the second touchdown. This end ed the scoring for the first half. in the second half the only tally came on line hucking ana an onside kick. Tbs lineup: HARVARD Rates. Harding. le .......... le. Bishop Nc \ay wilmington. II .......-............. .........--.. ......... It. w. Andrews Cnle) Burr tW”stN, Ia ............. II. Mckinney Nourse. { NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. {. Cochrane

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Harvard leads 22–⁠0 in 22 meetings, counting the 12 since this game.