Syracuse at Princeton

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 26, 1908, page 1

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  NO NO SCORE AT PRINCETON Fierce Battle Between Tigers and Team from Syracuse. PRINCETON. N. j., oct. “a scoreiess game was the outcome Of a desperate battle on the gridiron Saturday between Princeton and Syracuse University. Sur prised at the outset by an eleven superior In weight and attack, Princeton was lucky to escape defeat. Syracuse threatened rep~eatcdly to cross the Princeton goal line while the only opportunity for a Princeton score came in the first few minutes OF play. when Cunningham. fun back dropped back for a try at goal from the field at the &-yard line. The pass was high and he was delayed in the kick, so that It fell snort OF the posts. With Captain Horr OF Syracuse carrying the ball Princeton’s detense wavered and twice the visitors were on their opponents l5-yard line. In the iirst instance a tumble enabled the home team to sprint out OF danger and a second Time Princeton held for downs. Captain Dlllon’ who went into the contest near the end of the second half and Tibbott, who reneVed Read at halfbsck were beginning to reverse conditions when the call Of time interrupted their efforts.

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  The Brattleboro reformer, Brattleboro, Vt., October 30, 1908, page 5 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Results. | Tie scores were the rule in the more i’m portant football contests of Saturday. Harvard and Annapolis played to game, the former being fortunate to score against the unusually strong navy eleven. The Carlisle Indians made six points to Pennsylvania six, while Princeton and Syracuse played an to game. Yale had snap with Washington and Jeffer. son, winning 80 to 0. Thus far Yale is the only one of the so-called big teams that has not been scored upon. Dartmouth defeated Holy Cross Is to 5, showing which was not wholly satisfactory to the Hanover boys, but Williams scored 40 points against the Amherst “Aggies” and was consequently pleased. Colgate held West Point to six points, Lafayette beat Brown to 8, Amherst and Trinity played a to tie and Cornell defeated Univer sity of Vermont 0 to 0. The Nermonters rightfully feel pleased over this low score, especially in view of their ability to hold the lthacans on the two-yard line, The Dartmouth freshmen defeated Vermont academy to 0. Dartmouth will meet Amherst on the formers field tomorrow and number of Brattleboro people will probably attend the game. A week later Dartmouth goes up against Princeton in New York. Williams will play in SYRIA cuse tomorrow. Capt. Gilbert Morse of Williams, whose collar-bone was injured in Saturdays game, is well known in Brattleboro, having spent summers here Is the guest of Chalmers Holbrook. This s Morse’s third season as center Of the Williams eleven.

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  The Fairmont West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., October 26, 1908, page 6 (results column)

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  Princeton, 0; Syracuse, 0. Army, 6; Colgate, 0. Lafayette, s; Brown, c. Tech, II; Allegheny, 0. Michigan, 10; Ohio State, 6. Tech, IL; Holy Cross. 0. Northwestern, az; Beloit, 4. Nebraska, 10; Haskell Indians, 0. MoReANrowN WON AGAIN. MoRGANTowN, Oct, -clarks, burg High School was defeated in a good game Of football by the Morgan, town High school at this place satur. day. The teams were about evenly matched so far as weight counts and the game was very well played from the start. Morgantown scored two goals from field and kicked goal each time. she also carried the ball across her opponents line for the third time Just as the whistles for the end Of the game was blown. This score was not allowed.

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Princeton leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.