Maine at Yale

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  New-York tribune, September 27, 1914, page 13

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  Beats Maine Eleven in Way to Lend Encourage ment for the Future. LIE GORE SHINES IN BLUE BACKFIELD Forward Passes Serve to Advance the Ball Many Yards and Open Way, to Scores. New Haven, Sept. 2G.--7With a fast running .backfsld and q line which exceeded expectations, Yale opened It’s football season here. this afternoon, with 20 TO 0 victory over Maine Uni yersity. Last fall the orOno players held the Blue to q seorelesS tie, but the visitors were up against q far different proposition to-day, and Yale never was in danger of being scored on. Yale lost no time in getting into the Maine forwards and the. irst touch down came on the eighth play. Wilson caught the kickoff and passed the ball to Church, who ran 70 midheld. lie tumble, and got TO Names 50-yRrd line. Smashing attacks by Ainsworth and Knowles finally resulted in the lat ! ter jamming his way over for touch ! down. lie Gore kicked an easy goal. Shortly after this Wilson passed to Lc Gore on the run, the latter shoot ing the ball on a forward pass to Higginbotham, who went over for another L tally. lie Gore failed ut the goal. Near the end of the first period an other series Of forward passes took the bali down the field rapidly to the Maine goal, and the first play of the second period landed Talbot across the line with the final touchdown. LIE Gore kicked the goal During the second half the play vas nearer the centre of the field, with Yale giving all its play a thorough try-out and sacrificing scoring opportunities to experimenting. The work Of the Yale backs was the feature of the game, the play of the suFGhanded and Aeet-footed veterans, Wilson, Ainsworth and Knowles, demonstrating the fact that the Blue will not lack for capable men, The line played low, charged briskly and showed up well on the at tack. II stopped the Maine offence short, but this was partly on account of the fact that the visitors had little concerted attack in critical moments. Yale uncovered series of delayed pass plays and short forward passes that had the Maine men completely at sea and the men handled the ball in mid-season form. Only a couple of fumbles occurred. Neither side did much kicking. Maine made first down q couple of times. Injuries were few, Kirke being the only man forced to retire-with a bad shoulder. Yale suffered severely by penalties losing some fifty yards for offside play Near the close Of the game Maine tried three forward passes, two of which were successful in netting short gains : lie Gore, the sensational player on ( the freshman team last fall, stood out / for Yale, his all around work in plung’ ing. running and kicking making him certain of being one Of the stars thi! In the Blue line Wiley, Talbot, Hig ginbotham and sheldon showed up well and II is probable Hinksy will make no radical changes in the near future. Near the end Of the second period IL Gore tried a goal from the tield, tht ball striking q player on the back ant shooting squarely between the posts Il did not count. The line-up and summary follow:

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, September 27, 1914, page 6

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  EASTERN ELEvENS IN STRONG FORM ope ming Games Of Season FAN to show up-sets That Marked the start Last Year. YALE BACKS STRONG RrickIey Again Stars for Harvard Princeton Works Forward Passes With Much Success. IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.l NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-The open ing OF the foot ball season today found the coaches Of the big eastern elevens ready and waiting for the secondary teams-and there were not the upsets such as marked the open ing last year. Harvard had 70 trouble with Bates, and rolled up a score OF “A to O.. Yale’s back field showed the improve ment the hackers Of the Blue had declared would be evident and beat Maine 20 to 0. Last year Maine held Yale to scoreless tie. Princeton took the air route for part of her IL to 0 score against Rutgers Pittsburgh retained the mastery over Cornell and followed up the defeat of the Ithacans last year with 3 to victory today. erickIey stars for Harvard. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept 20 ring, overwhelmed Bates this after noon, winning by score of A to o.. A stir east wind hampered Brickley’s booting ability but he carried the ball repeatedly for good gains, scoring four of the Crimsons touch downs. Hardwick and Mahan also played havoc with the Bates ends. McKtnlocks drop kick for field goal from the As yard line was one OF the featires. Princeton Stron, on Passes. PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 26.-Forward passes from Full Back Mike Boland to Right End Brown proved the downfall Of the exceptionally strong Rutgers eleven this afternoon. Princeton winning IL to 0. One of Boland’s successful passes in the third period netted the Tigers 45 yards and the only touchdown of the game, Brown going over the line. Tibbott’s goal from the field and safety gave Princeton her other scores. Yale Backs Show Strength. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 90 Playing in whirlwind style, Yale swept the University of Maine eleven of it’s feet in the curtain raiser OF the season here this afternoon, winning 20 to 0. Maine made only four first downs during the game. Yale’s attack was bewildering succession Of forward passes in the first period Thereafter the visitors blocked them and the Blues resorted to swings around the end. Pittsburgh Springs Surprise. ITHACA, N. Y, Sept 26.--For the second time in two years Pittsburgh surprised eastern football sharps today by winning the opening game of the season with Cornell, 9 to 8. Will hanson, crack quarter of the Pitts burgh team, won the game for the Wis itors by catching a punt on his forty yard line in the first period and run ming through half the Cornell eleven for a touchdown. His handling of punts was marvellous and kept the ball in Cornell territory most of the way. Barret’s field goal gave Cornell

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  Evening star, September 27, 1914, page 60

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  YALE IN FAST PLAY With Wide-0pen Offensive Beats Maine, 20 to O. MANY FORWARD PASSES Dark Blue Engineers Eight, Six Of Them Being Successful-Touch- down Invalidated. NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, September 90 Yale’s foot ball team, playing a wide open offensive game, and using many sensational forward passes behind deceptive formations, had no trouble in defeating the University of Maine, 20 to 0. in the opening game of the season today. All the scoring was done in the first two periods. Yale scored another touchdown that was invalidated because Of a penalty, and LIE Gore kicked a field goal that did not count, because the ball struck a Maine players back and bounded over the bar. Maine made only two first downs. The visitors presented strong de- Tense and held the Blue eleven for downs on the 1-yard line just as the the game ended. Yale engineered eight forward passes, six being successful, in addition to a dozen bewildering delayed and triple passes Lineup:

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  Omaha daily bee, September 27, 1914, page 36

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  Yale Has an Easy Time Banking Maine NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept, &.-Yale’I foot ball team playing wide open Of fensive game and, using many sensational forward passes behind deceptive formations had no trouble I’m defeating the University OF Maine, 20 to 0. in the opening game OF the season today. All the scoring was done in the first two periods. Yale scored another touch down that was inyalldated because OF penalty and lie Gore kicked a field goal that did not count, because the ball struck a Maine players back and bounded over the bar. Maine made only two first downs. The visitors presented strong defenae and held the Blue eleven for downs on the one-yard line just as the game ended Yale engineered eight forward passes. six being successful in addition to a dozen bewildering delayed and triple passes.

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Yale leads 9–⁠0–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the eight since this game.