Pennsylvania at Wesleyan (CT)

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  Pittsburg dispatch, Pittsburg [Pa.], November 29, 1889, page 5

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  THE WESLRYANS WIN. They Capture n Good Game From Penn. sylvanIa Students by 10 10 2 “A Great Struggle on MnddH Grnnnda ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I NEW YORK, November 2S.-A good third Of the oval was q shimmering sheet of water in the morning, and the rest was mud meanly dis guised here and there by unhappy looking grass Workmen had dug shallow trench at the north side of the quadrangle in vain effort to dispose of the largest puddle, but the ground was too level, and the trench simply aggravated things. II was altogether the worst ground for football that this chronicler ever saw, but history does not record that any CONFUSION OF nature was ever strong enough to prevent a game when once it had been scheduled. About 2500 enthusiasts therefore went into the oval at 10 o’clock confident that the Wesleyan and University of Pennsylvania elevens would play, and most of them were confident that the Pennsylvania boys would win The result was a surprise all around, for Wesleyan won by 10 to 2 The various accidents and fumbles due to the slipperyness OF the Held. were evenly distributed, and none of them had any bearing on the points made. The game was won on its merits Mr.. Walter Camp was the referee, and Mr.. Tracy Harris the umpire. The teams were made up and disposed as FOL 1Ous

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  The sun, New York, November 29, 1889, page 6

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  BATTLE or 4aE 1AILENDERx Wesleyan Surprises the PeunsyivnnIans I the MorniDE blythe Bright Light. Wesleyan Surprises the PeunpvlvnnIana In the Morning blythe Bright Light. A good third of the oval was shmmering sheet Of water In the morning. and the rest was mud meanly disguised here and there by unhappy looking Grass Workmen had dug @ shallow trench at the north side OF the quad rapgle In u vain effort to dispose OF the largest puddle, but the ground was too level. ard the trench simply aggravated things. 1t was alto gether the worst ground for football that this chronicler ever saw. but history does not record that any convulsion of nature was ever strong enough to, prevent a game when once it had been scheduled. the oval at 10 o’clock confident that the Nesleyan aud Univ erSity Of Pennsylvania elevens would play, and most Of them We’re confident that the pennsylyania boys would win, the result was surprise all around. for Wesleyan won by 10 to 2. The various accidents and fumbles due to the slipteriness Of the field were ovenly distributed, and none OF them had any beating on the points made. The game was won ON it’s merits. ., Mr. Walter Camp was the referee. and Mr.. Tracy Harris the umpire. The teams were made uD md djRDOSod as follows.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 29, 1889, page 1

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  PENNSYLVANIA Is LAST IN THE RACE. WESLEYAN ESCAPES THE TAIL END by SCORE o.. 10 TO 2-F1GHTJNG HARD Tho morning football game at the Berkeley Oval botvccn WESLEYAN and the University OF Pennsylvania, was played on the muddcst field that ever drtied ball. The men of both teams were almost drowned in puddles and wec only able to play an extremely sllp-sloppy sort OF game Clever running ana dodeing wer out of the question: and at every Tackle the contcsting pair made slides OF anywhere rom hVo ~ Gftccn feet Tho result of the game was some ,h,rc ~ = surprse II had been expected that the 1r,,osi,v would administer a drubbng to Wesleyan, but Wesleyan gained victory to the tune OF ten TO two. The honors of tho day were gained oy Hail. Bickfonl and Crane, OF Wesleyan, and Thayer Hume ord powsor of Pennsylvania. The following were

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  St. Paul daily globe, Saint Paul, Minn., November 29, 1889, page 1

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  WON BY THE WE,LEYaNS. The University OF Pennsylvania Eleven Easily Defeated Eleven Easily Defeated New YORK. Nov. 29.-Bprkely Oval was mass of mud this morning when the elevens of Wesleyan and the Uni versity of Pennsylvania faced each other for their foot ball match. There was but fair number Of spectators when the game opened. The victory went to the Wesleyans 10y score of 10 to 2. There was the usual cut faces and bruises. and the players were often blinded by the mud. Long before the end of the game the crowd outside of the gate waiting to see the Yale Prince ton game was SO large that there were fears of the fence giving way. and the police had all they could do to keep them hack. 1t was almost Impossible for anybody to get ont of the enclosure.

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.

Pennsylvania leads 9–⁠3 in 12 meetings, counting the six since this game.