Lehigh at Lafayette

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 24, 1912, page 12

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  GLOOM At LAFAYETTE Beaten by Lehigh Eleven on Home Grounds. LOSERS PLAY STRONG GAME Visitors Owe Victory Largely to Generalship Of Captain Pazzetti. EGstOn, Penn. Nov. 23.-Lehigh doWnea her old rival. Lafayette. on March Field to-day, 10 to o. It was the hrst time in four years and the fourth time IN ihe last dozen years that the upriver COZ Iegians have won, and tonight Bethlehem town is wild with excitement. 10 Captain PaEzetu Lehigh owes muoh lo’ the victory. He generated his team III wonderful fashion. Hoban, Lehish Iu’,back, shares the honors with Fazze’‘” for il was his wonderful 3o-yard I”” shortly after the second half began ‘‘”‘ brought the ball near enough FOR captain Pazzetti to send over placement lTuih the 2O-yard line. 1t was a beauutul so”L from difficult angle what made IL more wonderful was the fact that Ie” minutes before the ulucky Lehigh cap tain’s kicking ankle was hurt in scriinmage and “ had to be heavily s”atheu in bendsges. Sawteue. McCaffrsy and Hoban were DIG factors In the making Of the TOUCHDOWN in the fourth period. whom, after Lara! cite man had made a miserable fumoie of q beautiful pass, McCaffrey dropped on the ball in the middle OF the heIu’ Pazzetti SHOT pretty forward pass W MoCSffrsy, which went for thirty Ssrds, bringing the ball to Lafsystte’s U-yaru line Prom here Hoban was worked OH almost every play ana his line smashing brought the ball up to the l-yard me With one yard TO so 70 make q hrst down Lafayette held like stone wall resist ing three rushes for no gain. Then the crafty Lehigh captain cropped back and shot q pretty pass over inc goal line to Sewtslle. In It’s passage through the air II was barely touehso pS a Lafayette man, but not enough 10 change It’s course. OutDlaying Lshish in every department of the game IN the first half, 1t was hard game for Lafayette to lose. Twice the Maroon and White had chances to score on line plunges, but lacked the punch. One other time Lafayette hsd chance for a placement goal from the 40-yard line, but II fell short Lafayette simply wore herself out the first half Her aggressiveness Kept Lee high on the defensive continually, and II was only the Dunting o. Pa2rstu that saved the day Notwithstanding this La favette. by straight football, was able to work the ball down the field almost al Will. Lafayettss first opportunity 10 score came when Pa5setu, standing In the shadow Of HIS own goal, following hfteen-yard penalty, punted out OF bounds on his a-yard line. Scheeren ripped of seven yards and Hennessy made hrst down. on three rushes Lafayette made nine and a half yards, but on the final try could take the ball only within half foot Of a first down. Lehigh was in danger Of having her Roal line crossed again shortly after, but made another spectacular stand and took the ball on downs, Two feet away from the line With the first nearly over La fayette made an attempt for placement goal. but il fell short. Statistics best tell the story. In the fret half Lafayette made six first downs, to none by Lehigh. Lehigh held Lafayette for downs twice Lehigh punted seven times to Lafayettes two. Lafayette tried the forward pass three times, oil falling. Lebigh suffered twenty-five yards loss in penalties, to Lafayette’s dttsen. In the second half I.ehlgh made Ave first downs to La fayette’s three. Each team puntsd three times. Lshigh tried the forward pass three times, two working. Lafayette FUN hIed four times during the game recovering twice. Lehish fumbled three times, recovering once.

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  The Washington times, November 24, 1912, page 16

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  PAZZETTI PROVES LAFAYETTE “JuNX” Lehigh Was Much Outplayed During First Half, But Gets Goal From Placement in the Third Period LYON. Pa, Nov. M.-Lafayette 10 ~ defeat at the hands OF Le- y he annual fotball classic to the – Of its quarterback to properly S1 - team and the fact that II had reckon with Passetti. the Le. eoptain, whose work gained . 10 V4ory for his team. = u ,starred from start to finish. = was Q revelation to those who llowed his football career. His ~. 1hip. never faulty and always s.tanoNe him In stead, brought victory IRON almost certain defeat, - Lehigh ~ cvMe:u. r.Uiy Uutpiayed both In OF. Xcnse and defense lafayette, during the frst half. push e. showed, and pInted Lehigh ali over tno held. The teams with the advan. NGSe greatly In favor Of Lafayette which. however. failed to have the nec- Sseeary punch to take the ball over the nne although numerous opportunities presented themselves. Had Two Chances. Twice the Lafayette eleven was in . position to score by field goal, but on neither occasion was the try deemed necessary and the Eastonians were forced to end the half with scoreless

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  Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., November 29, 1912, page 1

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  Army Navy Contest, One Big Gene Remaining on Schedule been due to the mushy field which handicapped both teams The Comedians gained their two points when Whyte blocked a kick on PENIS thirty-four-yard line. The ball rolled back to the f~ive-yard line, where Minds picked it up after a desperate race with three Cornell linesmen. After recovering the ball Bennett tackled the Pennsylvania and showed him over the line for a touchback. PENIS score came in the second period, when Harrington recovered a tumble and raced fifty yards for a touchdown. Lehigh hung up a 2s-to-0 score on Franklin and Marshall at Lancaster yesterday. Pennsylvania State defeated the University of Pittsburgh team, which had such an excellent record last year, by a score OF 3S to 0. Muhlenburg defeated Urs,nus by a score of 10 to 0 yesterday. Pauxtis starred for Dickinson yes terday with two spectacular runs, but Lafayette won the game by a score of 10 to 10. The Indians took Browns measure in handy fashion, winning by a score of 80 to O.,

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 24, 1912, page 1

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  LEHIGH TROUNCES LAFAYETTE, 10 TO 0 Old Rivals Play Rafting Good Game Before Biggest Eastern Crowd in History of Sport. Easton, Pa. Nov. ,2s.-Before the largest crowd ever assembled on March field. Lehigh defeated Its ancient rivals. Lafayette, this afternoon, by score Of 10 to o. /. A touchdown from a beautiful forward pass, Pazzetti to Sawtelie and a field goal by Pazzetti were the scorers. In the first two periods, Lafayette showed wonderful offensive form. gain ing 16s yards to their opponents g. and making six feet first downs to none for Lehigh. The line plunging OF Hennessey and Brown twice carried the ball to Lehighs 5-ysrd line. but the Maroon and White team lacked the punch and were held for downs. only few feet from the goal line. In the third quarter, Lehigh came back with rush. and for the remainder OF the game baffied the Ma room and White players with their for ward passes and varied attacks.

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Officially, Lafayette leads 82–⁠74–⁠5; as played, 46–⁠38–⁠4 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 161 meetings, counting the 42 since this game.