Lafayette at Lehigh

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  The sun, November 23, 1913, page 20

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  FORWARD PASS USED TO GAIN SIX INCHES Lehigh Scores Only One Goal With Aid Of Trick Play When Lafayette Holds. ONLY LUCK WINNER FINDS Many Attempts at Field Goal. Fail, Ball Going Wild or Being Blocked. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa. Nov. .. fumbled punt by Scheeren Of Lafayet,. the alertness Of Bailey Of Lehigh in ,.u. ing on the bounding ball. Chenowe,hs two short forward passes, the last ono to Ready OF Lehigh for n Touchdown. ana victory perches tonight on the Brown and Whites banner. to o. i.afa>ett. the vanquished, tonight has little to re gret. however. for had the fatal error not occurred II Is safe to say that the annual battle between these two old rivals would have resulted in a to q score. There we’re many breaks OF luck in the game, and with the exception noted ahovo in Lehigh’s favor they all went To- Lafayette. For instance. In the first rerod Lehigh had the ball on Lafayettes yard line. Ready should have scored on the next play, but some unfortunate 1ehien man held and the Brown and White was penalized fifteen yards on the next PLAY Crichton fumbled and Lehigh’s chance to score was lost. This break in Lafayette’s favor was supplemented thrice in the second period when on Lehigh’o 25 yard line Scheer’n tried for a goal from the field and failed the ball being blocked. But Boyer WAS on the spot and recovered. moment later another attempt to drop Kick bN Scheeren was blocked, Dannehower re covering. still once more from this same spot did Lafayette attempt to score by The drop kick route. Dannehower this time essayed the attempt. but while he was able to get the kick off II went wild Lehgh’s chance to score came IN ‘he middle OF the third period. Both team. found It hard to gain on straight footba’ and a punt!ng game was resortcd TO- n an exchange of punts Hoban TO Schcer’u the latter fumbled and Bailey dove ami gathered the pigskin under his PROSTATE form on the IL yard line. Three times 1.ehigh tried to pierce La fayette’s line. but 1t gave not An incb Then Chenoweth threw short forward pass to Ready. who made a first down los narrow margin. bringing the bali t. Lafayettes . yard line. Three more fierce attempts to penetrate the linz brought the ball TO within half a foot Of the line. Here Chenoweth outCenc-ulie1 Lafayette. The Maroon line was ex. pccting n final assault on its line hu Chenoweth cssayed another forward pass and shot the ball over the goal line into the ou,stretched arms OF Ready iiohar kicked the goal. Statistics Of the game show that La fayette made four first downs. gained zoo yards from scrimmage. punted tftecu times for “A total of $50 yards. the aver age distance of which was forty-fy. yards. suffered seventy yards loss H penalties. made seven forward pass. FIVE failing: gained thirty-iive yards o, forward passes and made four Tumble three being recovered. Fehr made tl. longest run of the game. forty Yards a, Kelley the longest punt, seventy yards Leh’gh made six frs downs. 230 va-1- | from scrimmage punted fourteen tines for a total of $50 Yards an averag, o. thirty Ave yards; suffered forty yards los | In penalties, tried the forward pass e.ch. times. falling five times and gain.u. n’‘v yards on the successful ones. fumhoi four times and recovered twice The | lineun.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1913, page 65

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  LEHIGH’S BEST WIN. Defeats Its Old Rival, Lafayette, by Shut-Ouf Route. z to O. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa. November 22-Lehigh University defeated her old rival Lafayette. in the annual foot ball game here today by the score of to O. The lone touchdown came In the third period Lafayette fumbled a punt anu Lehigh secured the ball on Lafayette 8 1O-yard line. The Lafayette line held, and Lehigh resorted to two forward PASSES, scoring the touchdown on the secor4 pass.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 23, 1913, page 16

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  .LEHIGH DEFEATS LAFAYETTE ELEVEN South Bethlehem, Pa. November % Lehigh university defeated her old rival, Lafayette, in the annual football game here today by to 0. The lone touch down came in the third period after La Fayette fumbled a punt

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  Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Ga., November 24, 1913, page 7 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES Auburn, 81; Georgia, 7. Harvard, IS; Yale, 5. Chicago. 1e; Wisconsin, o. Minnesota, 10; Illinois, 9. Purdue, AZ; Indiana, 7. L. S, w., 40; Tulane, 0. Carlisle, IS; Syracuse, 27. University of Mississippi, 7; Cum oerIand, O. Navy, 4s; New York University, Q Army, “a; Springfield, 7. Lehigh, 7; Lafayette, 0. Hsverford, 10: Carnegie Tech, 6. Trinity, “a; Wesleyan, o. Dickinson, IS; Delaware, 7. BucknelI, II; Muhlenbere, 6. ST. Johns, 10; Washington, 6. Carolina, 4; Medical College, 6. Ohio State. SO; Northwestern, 0. Nebraska, II; Iowa, 0. Notre Dame, 20; c. 3. CT. Lake Forest, %; Beloit, Ia. Case, 27; Kenyon 10. Missouri, 3; Kansas, 0. Ohio University, 7; Wooster, 6. Denison, AZ; Ohio Wesleyan, 0. Ames, 26; Drake, 3. 6uchteI, 7; Western Reserve, o.

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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 41 since this game.