Lehigh at Navy

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 18, 1908, page 1

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  NAVY DEFEATS LEHIGH Northcr0ft Kicks Great Goal from Field from 49-Yard Line. Annapolis Oct 17.-LehISh put up an excellent game against the midshipmen this afternoon though defeated by the score OF 16 10 o The game was the longest vet played here this season-two a-mnute halves being payed-and the contest was by far the best Of the year. The Navy backs had much trouble in making impression on the Isehigh line, most Of their gains being accomplished on end runs or through a broken field An incident Of the game which will pass into athletic tradition at the academy was Captain NorthCroft’s field goal from placement from the +s-yard line made toward the close OF the game. While field goal from q spot -ifty-two yards from the goal line is recorded, II held after free catch, when there was little annoyance from the opposing players. Northcroft kicked the goal today from the regular lineup, il being received by Mason from the centre. Next in point Of brilliancy was Lange7s run OF sixty yards early in the first half which earned the Nays first score LANCE received the ball past midheld after 1t had been punted by Martin and eluded all of the Lehigh tacklers, putting the ball directly behind the goal The second touchdown was made toward the close Of the half b. Richardson. after a forward pass from LANCE to Reifsnider and runs by Jones and Dalton had put the ball within striking dis lance. Lehigh was better both attack and defence in the second half and it looked as If the half would end with blanks wheH Northcroft lifted his 1nagnifcent field goal The summary follows:

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  Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, October 19, 1908, page 8 (results column)

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  THE SPORTS in BRIEF FOOT BALL RESULTS SATURDAY. College. At Columbus, Mo.-Mssouri IA, Iowa 10: vue 5. AT Cedar Rapids-DralSe IS, Coe 0. AT Minneapolis, Minn-Minnesota 0, Nebraska 0. AT Omaha Neb-Grinnell 7, Creighton college s. At ambridge-Harvard “A, SPRING field Training school 0. At Philadelphia, Pa.-Pennsylvania 90, Brown 0. At Annapolis-Naval academy 16. Lehigh 0. AT West Point-Yale s, Army 0. At Sioux Falls-Morningside 6, Toland Business college 0. At Chicago-Chicago university il, Illinois university 6. At Cedar F’alls-Iowa State normal %, Lenox 0. At Mt. Vernon--Cornell 6, Ames o. High School. At Des Moines-West High Is, Lin coin II. AL l)eS MOllltS-ELtSl IllSlI 20 kaloosa 0. At Grinnell-Grinnell 1s. North High 0. At Burlington-Fort Madison H., Burlington 0. At Ottumwa-ottumw 81, Keokuk O. At Mason Experimentation 80, Mason City o. At Iowa City – Rock Island -, Iowa City 6. At Sioux City-Sioux City 10, Cor rectionville 0. At Adel-Adel o. Panora %. At Leon-Leon 81. Osceola 0. At Knoxville-knoxville 60, Ottumwa 0. At Bagley-Bagley II, Bayard 0. At Charles City-Charles City 80, Nora Springs o. At Observation-Disclosures AZ, Clinton 0. AT Guthrie Center-Guthrie Center

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  The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., October 19, 1908, page 6 (results column)

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  Football Results. West. Chicago. If: Illinois. 6. Wisconsin. IS; Indiana, 0. Minnesota. o: Nebraska, o. Perdue. 80: Monmouth, o. Missouri. 10: Iowa, 5. Michigan, ~; NotTe Dame. s. Washington, u, IL; Knox, 8. Kansas. II; Oklahoma, o. st. Louis u, “a; Arkansas. o. Drake, IS; Coe, 0. Creighton College. s; Grinnell. I. EarTham, 16; Franklin, 6. Western Reserve, IS; Ohio state, o Marquette u, So; st. viateurs, O.. Ripon, 81; Belolt. 8. Tennessee, I; Kentucky State. .. Vanderbilt, Al: Clemson, o. East. Yale, 6: West Point. 0. Harvard, Az Springfield T s., 0. Princeton, 10; Virginia Poly, T. Penn ~: Brown, o. Cornell. 3; Colgate, o. Dartmouth, o: Williams, 0. Annapolis, 16; Lehigh, 0. Holy Cross, IL; Bowdoln, ). Maine, 8; New Hampshire S C., 4. Trinity, is; New York L., 4. South. University School, 6. X. NJ. l., 2. Mail High school 6; Georgetown, 3 Tennessee, Z; Kentucky State. o. 81. Mays, 10: Pennsylvania, o. Mississippi, II; Missouri State 0. West Virginia, re; Carnegie Tech 0. Chattanooga, IL; Athens. o. Texas. 81; Bayler University, ). Few kisses are stolen from the glrl with an onion-flavored breath.

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Navy leads 15–⁠6–⁠1 in 22 meetings, counting the eight since this game.