Bucknell at Pittsburgh

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1913, page 20

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  BUCKNELL A WINNER Pittsburgh Fails to Score Because of FumbIing. STRENUOUS PLAY AT FINISH Neither Side Able to Gain Advantage in the Final Two Periods. STRENUOUS PLAY AT FINISH PITTSBURGH. Pa. November l. Bucknell defeated the University of Pittsburgh here today by score of 8 to o. Pittsburgh had previously defeated Carlisle and Cornell and was looked upon by local enthusiasts as having more THAI a fighting chance with Bucknell. The visitors outplayed the locals and won on merit, although Pittsburgh failed to take advantage of numerous opportunities to score through fumbling at critical periods In the first period Sturgis of BuckneD scored a touchdown, but failed to kick goal. TIE visitors scored again in the second half on Sturgis’ goal producing kick from the field. The third and fourth periods furnished an exhibit ton of strenuous foot ball, neither side being able to make material gains. Line up AMI summary:

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  The Washington times, November 2, 1913, page 18

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  BUCKNELL IS STRONG IN DEFEATING PITT BY Dickson’s Eleven Hands Joe Duff a Jolt Yesterday, Win ming by 9 to o. PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. o.-Buckneil is TO be counted among the really strong ones. The Pittsburgh eleven, which defeated the Indians and Cornell University. is forced to admit the fall ure to win out over Bucknell. which leaves today with to o score to its credit. A touchdown and dropkick did the work, for Joe Duffs men were downed by just so much, Pitt failed to take advantage of opportunity after opportunity, failing also when 1t was necessary to hold the ball to score. F’umbles We’re frequent, and the Pitt eleven can blame no accident that Bucknell won. as By Dickson 5 team went the limit and won.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 2, 1913, page 13

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  SCHOOL GAMES. HARD GAME BUCKNELL’S One Touchdown and Field Goal Bring Pittsburgh Low. Pittsburgh. Nov. 1.-Bucknell defeated the University of Pittsburgh here to-day by score of 9 to 0. Pittsburgh had pre-. viously defeated Carlisle and Cornell and was looked upon by local enthusiasts as having more than a fighting chance with Bucknel. The visitors outpayed the local team and won on their merit, al though Pittsburgh failed TO take advantage Of numerous opportunities to score through fumbling of the ball at critical periods.

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  Evening capital and Maryland gazette, Annapolis, Md., November 7, 1913, page 1 (results column)

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  NAVY BUCKNELL GAME SHOULD Be A CORKER Lewisburg Lads Coming Flush With Victory Over Pitt PRINCETON TO MEET HARVARD First Contest 10 Figure in Champion ship Title To be Staged in Jersey Town. The -Navy–Bucknell football game 10 be PLAYED on the Naval Academy grounds tomorrow afternoon is being Awaited with the keenest interest bv the MILDLY pigskin cbasers. adherents Of the team, and followers Of the game generally in Annapolis. 1t is expected Bucknell Will prove the hardest proposition the middies nave met this season. The middies are keyed for the struggle, being extremely anxious to avenge the defeat received at the hands of the BuckneHians last season, II to s. Having won from Lehigh, the only other team by which they We’re defeated last year, week ago, the middies have been printing themselves this week for the coming fray. And an additional amount of in terest is manifested through the fact that Bucknell last Saturday won from the University of Pittsburgh by 9 to 0. Pitt” played the middies to a scoreiess tie in the opening game OF the season on October a. Since then the middes have shown marked develo pment, and they will be in fine fettle for the go tomorrow. Although they smothered Lehigh under a score of 80 to 0 last Sarur. day, the Navy lads have not been resting on their laurels. This weeks practice has. in fact. been about the hardest Of the season. consisting of long signal drills. followed BY hard scrimmages Yesterdays practice was along that line, and it was in Sc cret Today only light work will be INDUCED in as final workout for Bucknell. Some little special preparation has, however, been made for the BuckHell game, particularly in d .vel. ping strong defense against the forward pass plays. Bucknell uncork ed a varied crop Of such plays last year and they contributed materially to their victory over the Navy. The LewisburS lads are playing a similar style of game as last year, il is reported, and the middies want to be on their guard to break up such tactics. Army Regulars ShOA Strength. The Army regulars were scrimmayed for nearly an hour yesterday with a strong scrub eleven. The sec ond team was armed with a lot of new inventions designed to battle the varsity. Nothing of the kind oc- Cured, however, for the regulars showed a much improved defensive game and broke through the scrubs forwards. smearing the play repeat eddy. The Army will take another hard scrimmage today in further prepare tion for Albright tomorrow and from all indications Coach DAILY will give the minor lights a chance to work against the visitors for a good part of the game. Crimson and Tigers Tomorrow. The all-important game to be play ed in the East tomorrow will be the struggle between Harvard and Prince ton st Princeton. II will be the first game for the eastern championship title. The Tigers have a fast az gregation but Harvard apparently is somewhat stronger than Princeton and the chances of victory seem to favor the crimson. Other big games book ed for tomorrow are Pennsylvania vs.. Dartmouth, at Philadelphia. Yale vs.. Brown. at New Haven. Indians VS.. Johns Hopkins. at Baltimore. Notre Dame VS. Penn State, at Belle Fonte Cornell VS.. Michigan, at Ithaca Army VS.. Albright, at West Point. st. Johns vs.. Maryland Aggies, st College Park.

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Pittsburgh leads 8–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the four since this game.