Georgetown at Navy

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  The Washington herald, October 4, 1914, page 32

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  Navy Triumphs Over Georgetown Humble AlhIe Navy. Forced To Limit, Beats Georgetown, $50 Mddies Smashing Attack and Cevery Executed Forward Passes IN Final Period Win Hard-fough Game at Annapolis for the MiddIes Georgetown started on nicely. a short kick was regained by Ward for first down. but line plunges resulted in no gain and Weisser was forced to punt. At this stage Navy started to rip open GeorgetoNn’s line with its split plsyr and smashes through center. Harris on a line buck through center scored a touchdown but after the ball was punted out and heeIed, Mitchell missed the goal Score: Navy, s; Georgetown, O. Play well In Third Period. The HiIItoppers did their best work in the third period. Landreaa was big I’M provement over Golden and. together with Capt. Murray. pulled OF several good gains Penalties and slow work In getting on the ball gave the Navy q chance to score from the S-yard line, but MitcheIl’s attempt at drop kicking failed. Landreau’s work was easily the feature Of this period. During the final half, q number OF changes were made in the Georgetown lineup. Navy, after three minutes OF play, gained possession Of the bali and rushed It to Georgetown’s 1-foot line but Referee Bergin called q penalty when the Navy hiked Miles over the line, and the ball was punted out OF bounds at Nays 4o-yard mark. Once again came that merciless at tack by the Middies. Fifteen yards was gained by line smashing and q long for. ward pass to Oyeresch put the ball once more within striking distance Of the goal Three plunges failed to gain, but the long fling was brought into play and when Mitchell shot back yards and slammed the ball to Overesch. the last named was all by his lonesome, catching the oval directly behind the posts for q touchdown. Mitchell kicked goal placing the final figures, Navy, 70; George town, O. Lineup and summary:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 4, 1914, page 12

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  The summary OF the evening “a follows: NAVY STARTS OFF VEL Beats Georgetown Eleven It’s Opening Contest Annapolis. Oct. 3. The Naval ga envy football eleven u beating GsoH own nv q score of o. 10 0 here 4, afternoon gave promise along “‘ line, ~ IFS frs. game. bu 1i,e.’‘ Evidences OF “eakac-,c, Nh,e’ Fl give the coachc and players io’ trouble later on. Georgetown put u3 rnc ds.t every bit as strong as that o. Navy. but b.. offence was resA cent during a portion oi the third 81 ter. Georgetown also uttered ir9r being able 20 get off IT, p1nt, T’1 formation which was 700 close P” . line. four Of them benC blocked The lineup follows:

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  Arizona republican, Arizona, October 4, 1914, page 8 (results column)

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  LOSERS DRAW BLANKS IN FIRST FOOTBALL GAMES Harvard, Vale, Brown, Navy, Prince ton Some Of Winners ir Yes terday’s College Football Fairly tight scores were found in .estcrday’s football report, wired to The Repablican by Associated Press last night. The big fellows all had tough nuts to crack for the early in the season contests, but losers d. most unanimously drew blanks. The scores Football Tevas University, 2S; Trinity Col leEe. C. Minnesota. 2S: North Dakota, 6. Carlisle, C: I.ehigh, 21. Blown. 20: Rhode Island State, 0. Dartmouth. A. Norwich, 0. Wesleyan. Q: Bowdoin, 0. Williams. 6: Vermont, 0. Purdue. 25; Wabash, 3. Michigan. G9; Case, o. Harvard. i4; Springfield Y. NJ. z. <. College, o. YHle. 2l. University Virginia, 0. Franklin and Marshall, 10; Penn sylyania. Q. Princeton, 10; Bucknell 0. Navy. 13: Georgetown. 0. Stanford. 3I: Barbarians, g. Denver University, 20; Sacred Heart. o. Chicago. 3i: Indiana, o. At Seattle: University of Wash ington. 45; Washington Park Ath . letic club. 0. Al Missoula. Mont: University of Montana, ST; Ramblers of Butte, Q. Rugby University of Nevada. r; Olympic Club of san Francisco, IA.

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Navy leads 10–⁠4–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the seven since this game.