Colgate at Army

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  The Bridgeport evening farmer, Connecticut, October 31, 1912, page 7

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  YORK, BIG YALE GUARD, IS DEAD SOPHOMORE WHO WON PLACE IN WEST POINT GAME SUC- CUdBS TO DOUBLE PNEU- NEONIA-PARENTS AT DEATH BED. GAME WITH COLGATE FOR SAT- TTCE INDEFINITELY STOPPED. Theodore Woodbury York, Yafe varsity football guard and a promf- nent member of the academic soph- omore class. who has been confined Eo the Infirmary for the past two weeks suffering, presumably from an injured shoulder, died there last eve- nlng at 9:8O o’clock. His death was due to double pneumonia, according to official statern ent Of the attending physicians, Drs. Verdi, Arnold and B1umer. York WAS unconscious the the desperate efforts of the doctors to stay the inevitable hour by the use of oxygen and anti-toxins he sue of his death MT. and Mrs. Edward II. York, his parents, were at his bed side, having been summoned from of the precarious condition of their Yorkis eazth is g hard blow to Yale Sear yazre1Sa was Considered by far the best that has been displayed by any of the candidates for guard, and before his illness the football experts were complications he would be chosen as an AII-American sel9etion Tor tne es guard position. At the Hotel Tais football coaches there was a notice able silence and hush. The death of York touched the feelings of every one of the men who have come back to assist Yale to success and who have met the dead student in the closest of relationship. The news of his coaches coach by Elmer McDevitt. of last friend of York. 1GeDevitt had been but a short time and he visited the Infirmary last evening, being present when York passed away. Coaches Much Affected. He at once went to the Yale room and trainers had assembled to hear of the players condition. When McDe- witt entered the chatting coaches read in the pallor of McDevitt’s face the fact that York had lost the great nFhf and several burst into tears dead Particularly affected was Johnnie Mack, for years the trainer of Yale athletes. Tears welled up in the news of the death of the boy with whom he had been so closely connect ed during the present college year. Head Coach Arthur Howe. Manager HaroId A. ScraEg and Captain Jesse spaldfng. after brief conference to- gether postroned the practice of the team indefinitely and grew VII up 2 e nign. e,,. footbaIl auth critics at Colgate uniyer- sfty which is scheduled to play Yale H1fs nSXC SaLuEQAJss HI tAAo lSILSE@ gram they announced the death of the player and requested the Colgate to cancel the game on this account. Career At Anaover. York was 20 years old, having been born in Portland, Me, May IT, 1892. He entered Andovef academy in 1909 having graduated from a minor school in Maine. While in Andover he was one of the most popular stu dents there and was a member of many committees. He was the star guard of the Andover team in 1909 and shifted to tackle in 1910 where he also played a stellar game. He gained distinction by being the chairman of the committee which se- cured the large swimming pool for Andover the year he graduated. He was also a member of the Kappa Omega Kappa fraternity at AndoVer, captain of the class hockey team, a member of the student council, senior reception committee and the class day committee He entered Yale last year and was q member of the freshman football team, alternating between guard and tackle

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 27, 1912, page 11

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  CADETS PUT ON METTLE Forced to Fight Hard to Down Colgate Eleven. West Point, n. Y, Oct. 26.-The cadets defeated Colgate after a hard fight here to-day by a score OF IS TO T. The up staters took the Army by surprise early in the first period and scored touch down and goal within the first three min utes OF play. Riley took pass from Huntington on the visitors 4o-yard line and ran 10 the Army’s l2-yard marx. From here Connors and Swartout crashed through the cadets defence until the lat ter was hurled across the goal line. The Army then woke up, and by eHcaIIent offensive work. in which Reyes and BENEDICT starred, soon carried the Dali 20 the visitors 1O-yard line, and from there. in two plays, Hobbs scored the touchdown. In the second quarter the cadets started their attack going again and. after a pretty forward pass, Pritchard 10 Markoe, in which they gained thirty wards, and a repetition of the fine work of Keyes, Hobbs and Benedict marched steadily down the field until the ball was within the shadow OF Colgate goal posts. Tho visitors defence braced magnih- Gently. and all the cadets offensive work went for naught, for they surrendered tho hall on downs. The cadets lost an ether chance to score in this period after carving the ball half the length OF the field 10 the l-yard line, only TO lose nj teen wards for holding in the line when time ended the half.

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 27, 1912, page 38

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  COLGATE BEATEN BY ARMY ELEVEN West Point Cadets Win Hard fought Gridiron Battle by 10 to Score. West Point, Oct. S.-rhe Army team defeated Colgate to-day by score of IS to T. The Cadets scored three touch downs, but failed to kick any Of the goals The game was hard fought throughout. The Colgate boys threw Q scare into the Army supporters by scoring a touchdown and kicking a goal in the first four minutes of play. After that the 20-yard line was as near as the visitors could get. Colgate’s touchdown came after Q beautiful forward pass. Huntington to Riley. the latter running 10 yards to the Army 15-yard line. Before the Soldiers could get over their surprise Swartour was over in two plays with the touchdown. Brooks kickeA Tie gual

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Army leads 24–⁠5–⁠2 in 31 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.