Penn State at Navy

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 15, 1908, page 1

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  M|DD|ES WIN ON A FIELD OF MUD Spirited and Well Played Contest With Penn State. Navy Tries Innova- ton. Special Dispatch to The Star. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md. November 14-With some inches of mud on the field and compound of rain. hail and snow falling steadily, the Naval Academy Won from Penn. State this afternoon by to in the last big foot ball game of the local season. Notwithstanding the diff Guilty in holding the soggy ball, the game was we’ll played, and there was remark ably little fumbling. State played, as always at Annapolis, a clean, hard ana intelligent game. and kept the Midshipmen working hard all the time. In the work of the linemen, including the ends and the running Of the backs from the lineup, State gave as good an exhibit ton as the Midshipmen, but the donors for the game were decided by Dalton’s longer punting than that of any OF the State men who did the kicking and I.ange’s splendid running back of KICKS: One of these runs in the last half was for 80 yards. while others were from Is to %. Dalton, for the Navy, ana Ballou, for the visitors, also had SUI stantial runs to their credit Navy Tries Innovation. The Navy tried a new arrangement Tor the first time in a match. Jones, whose experience has been behind the line ENtirely, went to left end, and Clay took his place in back field. The new arrange ment made a good impression, but 1uii Judgment could not be passed upon IT nv the coaches because of the adverse conditions and because Jones IetIeu with a bruised leg after the touchdown had been made. But the same arFaneement will be used in practice next Wees. and the chances are that tnere Will oe final shakedown of the team. Either there was much careless play ing today or the eyes of Umpire =, Al sharpe are unusually keen, for the In Fiction of penalties were frequent. me teams suffered about equally from the intentional foul play. The teams prayed spirited but a clean and sportsmahiihe game. state kicked off. and the ball was kept in Navy territory for some time. When the Navy punted. Baliou ran IL BACK ran it back to midfield. Here the Navy made a stand and forced punt. Dalton returned to States 40-yard line and Hirschman punted to LANCE. who ran TO the Nays 5O-yard line. Dalton punted to Ballou on States 20-yard line, but low return was intercepted by Jones on the 3O-yard. Navy Scores. Seven desperate plays. five of which were by Richardson, who hit the line like a projectile, carried the ball across States goal line. Northcroft missed the goal. During the remainder of the half the Navy had a decided advantage. though States defense was strong. par ticularly at critical times. Hirschman was not the equal of Dalton as a punter, and this, with Lange’s running-back, kept the ball in the visitors territory, though their line and ends held just as we’ll as the Nays. In the second half, except just at the end. the play was also in the visitors territory. Lange’s so-Yard Run. However their spirited defense prevent ed a score even after the brilliant S0-yard run Of Lange had landed the ball on their 1O-yard line. Both sides were pen allied frequently for holding, but there was no deliberate foul work. The Navy had four chances for field goals. three attempts being Northcroft’s and one Lange’s. One of Northcroft’s was on fair catch of Lange’s and on the 45-yard lines 1t fell short. The others were from the lineup. Lange missed his. while State was on the ball. the other times. before Northcroft had a chance. AS the game closed States ends were getting down unoer kicks better, and Clay’s punts were falling far short of those of Dalton. The ball was gradually forced toward the Nays goal line, and the game ended with it held by the Mid shipmen on their own 2O-yard line. The lineup and summary:

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  New-York tribune, New York, November 15, 1908, page 11

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  HARD GAME FOR NAVY. Single Touchdoun by Middics Only Score in Fight zcith Penn State. Annapolls Nov 1.-THE Navy caught a tartar in tho heavy Pennsylvania State eleven this afternoon and could score only single touchdown Th9 PennsyIvaaans played the hardest sort OF football against the niishpmen and the touchdown. which ,e I’m the first half was all that the Sailors could gather in with their best efforts. The Navy used its strongest team against the team that gave Cornell such a hard fight two weeks ago and tried several shifts that are expected to strengtFen the eleven for the game with the army. joucs went to end and Clay was I’m at left half back the position he playing before Dalton puntIng ability made It necessary 70 give MIN regular place I’m the backfed. FoThis, whose kick ing beat Cornell last year, made several attempts al a goal from the field but was unsuccessful In all OF them III f.lIn

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  Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 16, 1908, page 3 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Results LOCAL. -~- LOCAL. Rock Island high school, 0; Moline high school, 0. Davenport high school, G; Dubuque high school, 6. WEST. Chicago, 6; Cornell. 6. Pennsylvania, 20; Michigan, 0. Illinois, Is; Purdue, 6. Kansas, 20; Nebraska, 5. De Paul. 20; Beloit, 5. Marietta, %; Carnegie Tech 0. Missouri, 40; Washington, 0. Cornell Qowa), Sc; Coe, 0. Marquette. As; st. Thomas, 0. Ames, So; Grinnell, 0. st. Louis, G; Creighton, 0. Illinois Wesleyan, &c; Lincoln, 0. Depauw, 10; Earlham, 0. Kansas “Aggies,” 40; Oklahoma, 10 Kansas, 20; Nebraska, 5. Knox, 6; Monmouth, 0. Drake, II; Iowa, 6. Lake Forest, AZ; Milliken, 0. Northwestern (Wis.), 6; Lawrence, EAST. Harvard, 6; Dartmouth, 0. Yale, II; Princeton, G. Brown, II; Vermont, 0. Army, 6; w. and j., G. Navy, 5; Penn State. 0. Carlisle, 6; U. of Pittsburg, 0. Bowdoin, 10; Maine, 0. Springfield T. S., Massachusetts s. =, 5. Williams, “a; Wesleyan, 4. Hamilton, 0; Colgate. %. Amherst, 81; Middlebury. ).

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  The Lake County times, November 16, 1908, page 3 (results column)

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  SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT FOOTBALL Maroons and Cornell tied in 6-to- 6 game. other western games: Penn sylvania shout out Michigan, % to o; Illinois beat Purdue, Is to 6; Kansas defeated Nebraska, 20 to 5. Yale defeated Princeton, IL to 6. Other eastern scores: Harvard beat Dartmouth, G to o; Brown shut out Vermont Il to O.; the Army team tied Washington and Jefferson, to 6; Car Isle shut out Pittsburg. to o; the Navy beat Penn State. 5 to 0. Hyde Park defeated Englewood, 10 to 5, making a triple tie in the preparatoly league. Crane defeated Wendell Phillips, 16 to 0. North Division shut out Oak Park, to 0. TURF Latonia ended it’s meeting in dismal weather, but the racing is said to have been profitable. San Hildreth carried off two races al

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Penn State leads 19–⁠17–⁠1 in 37 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.