Rutgers at Army

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  Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., October 13, 1913, page 1

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  GEORGETOWN GOULD NOT STOP M|DDIES Put Up Plucky Fight But Lost by Score Of e to 0. RUTGERS EASY FOR ARMY. St. Johns Cadets Had Success With Forward Pass But Bow To Wash ington and Lee, l9 To Employing old-fsshioned football tactics for the most part, the Midshipmen rolled up % points on the George town University eleven Saturday aft ernoon and at the same time held the foe witout any real semblance of a count. rhe middies were much heav- Ter than the varsity lads and to the latter goes much credit for the plucky manner in which they fought from the opening to the closing whistle. The Georgetown backfeld combination, with the feet and nimble little fellow. Costello, driving the team, displayed all the speed that had been heralded for it, They got off most of the plays with vim, but the charging of the heavy Navy forwards was too much for them and time and again plays were smeared and tLeir runner downed before he got well under way. Not once was the swift-footed Cos tello able to get clear in his attempts to circle the Navy ends, and while he handled punts in almost fluitless style two and three MILDLY tacklers were always on hand ready to down him as soon al. he received the ball. Despite the dc cisive score the deiensive work of Georgetown out shone the much touted offensive strength. The varsity boys held the middies without score in the open ing period, but in the second quarter the sailor lads crossed the opposing goal line twice in rather quick success sion. Then it was that the visitors realized that they must direct their efforts to holding the score down to as low figure as possible. The game was marked by frequent pe lalties, and each team suffered about alike in the loss of yards. The offenses included slugging, tripping, holding and offside. Leonard, of Navy, and Moriarty, of Georgetown, were disqualified for unnecessary rough ness in the early stages of the battle, and these offenses cost each team q penalty of half the distance from the point of play to the goal line. Georgetown got away to a good start, and for the first few minutes of play it seemed as though the middies would have a tough proposition to hande. Frequent pUnting marked the opening of hcstiities, and the visitors finally got possession of the ball eight yards from Navy’s goal line, when McReavy fumbed one of Cos telo’s kicks. On the first lineup, how ever, the visitors fumbled, Gilchrist falling on the leather for Navy, and Alexander punted out of danger. 1t was apparent that the visitors could not make much headway by rushing, so strong was the Navy defense, and il was thought that Cos telIo would attempt display of his ability at field goal kicking. Instead, on the fourth down, with several yards to go, forward pass was at tempted and 1t was intercepted by NcReavy for Navy. Navy’s first score came after it got the ball on Georgetown’s 30-yard mark on an IL legal kick. Harrison went through tackle for IL yards. A penalty for offside brought the leather five yards nearer, and la four more lines smash ing plays Harrison went over for a touchdown, Bown kicking goal. The second touchdown came in quick order, and followed the most spectacular play of the game. TAX ing the ball on the kickoff, Alexander sprinted through all of the opposing players for run of IS yards. He was tripped by a George town player on Georgetown 20-yard line. The penalty for this carried the ball nearer, though the middies lost five yards for off, side. However, in two plays, Harrison and Vail carry. ing the ball, made it first down, and McReavy went through tackle for the score, BrowG kicking goal Neither team got within striking distance in the third quarter, but in the final session Brown added three points to the score by a placement goal from the 30-yard line. A 90 yard ran by McReavy was largely responsible for the last touchdown. He plowed through Georgetown s left tackle and shook off sever al tacklers before being thrown on the visitors 15-ysrd line. Miles scored II -

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 12, 1913, page 5

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  ARMY ELEVEN WINS BY 29 TO 0 COUNT Defeats Rutgers Outfit in Good Game on the West Point Gridiron. West Point. n. Y, Oct. 1.-THE often sive plays that Foster Sanford taught the Rutgers eleven failed to make any impression on the Army line today and the cadets rolled up score OF . TO 0 against the visitors. Fast work by the Army ends broke up Rutgers trick plays before they could be gotten OF Hobbs, MCGEE, and Jouvett scored touchdowns, Benedict and Woodruff kicking the goals. For Rutgers, Tall man and Nash played the best ball but their team was never in striking distance Of the Army goal

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 12, 1913, page 11

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  Enny Work for Army. West Point, y Y, October 1.-THE offensive plays that Foster Sanford taught the Rutgers eleven failed to make any impression on the Army line to-day and the Cadets rolled up a score OF 29 TO 0 against tho, visitors. Fact work BY the Army ends broke UP Rutgerss trick plays before they could be gotten OF. Hobbs. MCGEE and Jouett scored touchdowns. Benedict and Woodruff kicking the goals. For Rutgers, Tall man and Lush played the best bali. but their team was never In striking dis lance or the Army goal

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  Norwich bulletin, October 13, 1913, page 3

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  West Point Trims Rutgers. West Point N. Y. Oct. 12-The Army made short work of Rutgers Saturday defeating the Jerseymen by a score Of 29 to 0. Three touchdowns and three field goals were the sum of the Arny’s offensive work against the New RrunsWock team.

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Rutgers leads 22–⁠18 in 40 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.