Trinity (CT) at Yale

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  New-York tribune, November 12, 1878, page 2

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  FOOTBALL AT YALE. THE YALE TEAM DEFEATS TRINITY BY TWO GOALS An SIX InuCH-DoMNs TO NOTHING. THE YALE TEAM DEFEATS TRINITY BY TWO GOALS AND SIX ToUCH-DoWNS TO NOTHING. rFRoMAy OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l NEW-H AyEN, Nov. 9.-The second football game OF the season NewHaven was won by Yale over TRINITY this afternoon The day was unfo rtunate, strong cold wind blowing across the grounds during the greater part OF the game The Trinity team being COM posed OF only eleven men, and the Yale desiring 20 pay with their fifteen, the four Yale substitutes played on the Trinity side At about ten minutes before the game opened by kickoff by Trinity who had the nosth goal which was q little less favorable than the souh goal In five minutes MOorhead made good play for Yale and secured touchdown. The ball vas kicked iu and Lamb ran it the line, making an other touchdown minute later. Peters tried 10 kek the goal hut missed II, Lamb securing the ball and touching IL down. Peters again tried the goal and sue ceeded. Time of first goal, IL minutes. After very little delay the bail again kicked on by Trinity and some lively work followed. HUI made q fac throw for Yale. and Perkins beautiful dodge and run for Trinity. Then followed in quiek succession Drill liant runs for Yale by TnohpsOn, Brown and Watson and time called account OF tie injury OF one OF the Yale men PLAYING on Trintys side, Bacon retired from the field with cut over his rgnt eve, and Trinity took lis place. Hard lug, OF the Yale team. was also hurt, hut Il did not prevent HIM from going into the field AGAIN sud finishing the game. The BAH was started and went toward les goal but the tide turned by fine touchdown for safety and Crouch, Yale man on tho Trinity tenn, made noticeable The ball soon came back to Trnitys goal MOOrhead ran IL over the ne touching it down. The Trinity judge claimed foai back In the field and the referee allowed the claim THOMPSON made q for Yale, and gave the ball 10 Eaton who ran Il the lme, but wilcox, OF Arihy By astonishing play got the ban away from MN ana f0uched IL down for safety. Again the Dali was started and Wilcox and Potwn for Trinity Pan it well up the field, passing It 20 h Ia Gale men on 1rnity’s teaml who carried II some distance on. Brown sOou gOt 1t, and made another touchdown for Yale; goal Kicked by Peters thirty minutes No more goals were obtained bnI Yale got several more touchdowns. When time was called the score stood: Yale, goals and q touch -dowrs Trinity, goals tOuch-downs Ia addition 20 the two which goals were made Yale made three touchdOwns. which were ruled out y previous tOuls aud Trinity was compelled to make ten tOurlt-UOwus tor safety. Yale missed her captain, Camp who was At Cam: bridge. arranging the prelimnarles OF the Harvard game which Is to come OF the 23d, and who USUALLY kicks the goals. In his absence Thompson aeted ss captain most satisfactory manner. Tue referee was Mr. A. C. Bushnell, OF Yale, “a; Triniiys judge. Mr.. Russell Yale’s, Dir. Clark, 80. Tie Trinity team much heavier than the Amherst team Yale played against last week, and there more good piayeTs In short. makes remarkably ine showing for sucha small college.

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Yale leads 17–⁠0 in 17 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.