Maine at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 17, 1909, page 1

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  HARVARD DRUBS MAINE PENN DEFEATS BROWN BLOCKED KICKS FATAL. Tumble Leads Up to Touchdo70n By the Providence Eleven. Philadelphia. Oct. 16-The University OF Penn sylvanla football team a hard fought game here this afternoon In defeating Brown University by a score of 10 TO 3. Pennsylvana’s first touchdown the result of a blocked kick on the second play Of the game while in the second half a blocked kick gave the home team two points more a safety. Browns single touch down indirectly the result of fumbled punt by Hutchinson. the Pennsylvania fuIlback. There a good deal of the spectacular in the making of the first touchdown. Hutchinson dropped the ball punt at midfelfd. where a Brown man recovered il. In effort to follow up this advantage Mckay punted again. but the ball was blocked. BraddOck. catching II the run. sprinted fOrty-five yards for a touchdown. Pennsylvania’s second touchdown came before ball Mckay kicked off for Brown. and went dashng down the field for brilliant run Of fifty yards. An onside kick gave the ball to Brown but MeKay’s punt against the wind went out OF bounds his 57-yRrd line. From that point Penn sylvania started assault Browns line, and in six plays Hutchinson plunged for a touch down. The goal was not kicked. Browns turn came about ten minutes later. Hutchinson fumbed a punt and the Brown cap tain fell the ball Pennsylvania 27-yard line Using Mckay and High in short line pIunges, Brown slowly but surely fought Its way to Penn sylvania’s goal line and in twelve plays the ball carried for a score. Mckay missed the goal The safety touchdown which was the only score in the second half, after ten minutes of play Forced to kick from his 5-yard lire. McKay’s punt was blocked by Cozens, and sprackling, who recovbehind the goal line. he nd foIIo

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  Norwich bulletin, Norwich, Conn., October 18, 1909, page 3

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  ROCKINGHAM CRIMSON STAR. Harvard Defeats Maine, II to o-sensstionaI End Runs by Left HsIfbaek Of Cambridge Eleven. Harvard defeated the University of Maine. II too, on the stadium gridiron Saturday. All of the scoring was done in the first half chiefly through the work of Rockingham, the left half back, whose sensational end runs were features of the game. Although the Crimson used the substitute backs they were able to gain almost at will during the first 25 minutes of play, the Maine line during this period showing especial weakness. The second half developed mediocre playing on the part of Harvard, while the men from Orono braced in wonder full fashion and repeatedly held Harward for downs, twice on their one yard line. In this half Pierce replaced F’rothingham and Stowe went in at left guard in place Of West Summary Score, Harvard IT, Uni versity of Maine o. touchdowns Long 3 goals from touchdowns. P. Withington umpire, Harry L. Dadmun, Wor eester Polytechnic referee, ]. B. Pen dIeton. Bowdoin; field judge. Mr.. Whit ing. Cornell; time, 20 minute halves

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1909, page 1

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  EASY FOR HARVARD. University of Maine Buried Under One-Sided Score. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, October 16.-Harward defeated the University of Maine, II to D. on the Stadium gridiron today. All of the scoring was done in the first half. chiefly through the work of F’rothingham. the left halfback, whose sensationa1 end runs were one of the features of the game. Although the Crimson used their substitute backs. they were able to gain almost at will during the first twenty-five minutes of play. The second half developed mediocre playing on the part of Harvard. while the men from Orono braced in wonderful fashion. In this half PIERCE replaced rockingham, and Stowe went in at left guard in place of West whose shoulder was thrown out. and who may be out of the game for the rest of the season. The backs of the Maine eleven came up strong and tore through the weak spots developed in the Harvard line. The line-lIp:

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 17, 1909, page 37

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  CRIMSON DEFEATS MAINE. Harvard Scores Three TouchdOwns Against Strong Eleven. Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 16.-In game that was by no means as one-sded as the score might indicate. Harvard defeated Maine to-day by Il to 0. Maine. coached by Schildmiller. Dart mouths all-American end Of last season. proved TO be more than enough at times for Harvard’s line IN it’s weakened condition- On account OF slight illness Capt. Fish was. unable 70 enter the lineup. West, left guard, was removed early in the game with a dislocated shoulder. and as result. Names attack consisted OF line plays, that penetrated through Harwards line at times for 10 and y yard gains. Had she been able 70 gain consistently in the last half, Maine might have recorded the second score against the Crimson FOR this season -Inn IrA-lrn o M u l-...

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Harvard leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.