Colby at Brown

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 3, 1912, page 11

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  CLOSE CALL FOR BROWN Ashbaugh’s Goal from Place ment Barely Beats Colby. Providence. r. l.. Oct 2.-Crippled by tho illness OF several players and handicapped by the operation Of the eligibility rule in the case Of others, Brown barely nosed out victory over Colby In the first game OF the season OF the homo team here to-day. A goal from place ment by Captain Ashbaugh from the 80 yard line In the final period. enabled the Brunonians to win by score OF to o.. Old-fsshioned football was the rule. the Brown coaches not daring to take any chances with an open game against the seasoned Maine veterans. Henry, the tall recruit from Tufts, who started behind the bat In the Brown varsity base ball team last spring. was by long odds the most brilliant performer for Brown. He hit the Colby line like a battering ram. opening up holes for consistent gains through tackles and guards. Brown tried the forward pass five times. but II failed in all but one attempt, when eighty yards were made. The second OF CoIby’s two tries at the play gave the visitors thirty yards. Royal had what looked like almost u clear teid for lo.cl,down, but Niowtner down.d HIM on browns 20-yard line TINS was the nearest Colby came 10 scoring, an Two attempts at goals from the neld missed by narrow margins. The Hne-uD rOlIOWs.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 3, 1912, page 4

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  By a Field Goal Brown 3; Colby 0. Providence, r. l.. Oct “A field goal, kicked by Capt Ashbaugh of Brown in the last period of play, was the only bit of scoring. today. in the football game with Colby on Andrews field. The kick was made on the visitors 37-yard line Both teams We’re frequently penalized’ Brown losing 40 or 90 yards for offside plays. while Colby was punished for holding Ashbaugh when he tried to catch forward passes The forward pass was frequently attempted, but in only one or two instances was it successfully exc cuted. Spectacular end runs by Lewney and Taylor the Colby backs. frightened an otherwise dull game. The lineup and

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  Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 2, 1912, page 1

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  }BUT FOUR WEDNESDAY, FOOTBALL GAMES ARE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY Rutgers in Scrimmage with Princeton; Penn Meets Franklin and Marshall; Brown Against Norwich and Dartmouth VIII Oppose Colby. Harvard’s Varsity scores Heavily. son games as a tryout before the big games, IN which he will be needed.

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Brown leads 16–⁠1 in 17 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.