Dickinson at Washington & Jefferson

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  Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, October 5, 1914, page 16

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  Big Score for Washington and jefferson Bob Folwelrs Washington and JEFF ferson warriors registered the most tallies of any eleven Saturday. Against Dickinson, Folwells men We’re successful by 105 to 0 score To average four touchdowns quarter for thirteen-m minute periods, shows that the w. and j. squad must have strong and powerful scoring machine. They are a team of veterans and in the real test with Harward Saturday should give an excellent account of themselves.

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  Evening star, October 4, 1914, page 64 (results column)

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  THREE BIG TEAMS MEET WATERl00S Cornell, Carlisle and Penn Lose Games to Much Smaller EIevens. W. AND J. RUNS UP A HUGE SCORE ON DICKINSON TEAM Powerful Pennsylvanians Make 1O5 Points and Are Not Scored On. BY II. c. BYRD. Three of the big elevens went down before the onslaughts of teams representing secondary institutions yesterday. Cornell. Carlisle and Pennsylvania lost to Colgate. Lehigh and Franklin and Marshall, respectively. In each game the aggregation wearing the col played decisively. The victories of Lehigh and Franklin and Marshall came as q great surprise. While it was thought that Carlisle was weak this season, at least less strong | than usual, it was not expected that it would dropt the contest to Lehigh The Indians have failed to do as well of | fensive1y or defensively as they have | in the past. and the failure to score many points against smaller elevens and the loss of the contest with Lehigh just about makes sure the surmise that Warner lacks as effective COM bination as usual Pennsylvania has been said to have some of the best material of any school in the country, and that it should drop game to Franklin and Marshall seems to indicate that some not to lose to a small school under fair conditions, and 1t will be interesting to learn just the methods by which the Lancaster team got the victory. 1t may have shown varied kind of for ward pass play that completely baffled the Philadelphia eleven, but the chances are that Penn would have been able to score also, because Franklin and Marshall could not have kept the ball in its possession all the time, only scoring one touchdown and goal from the field. Penn probably was greatly off form. or else Franklin and Mar shall has the greatest team in it’s his tory. 1t was felt that Colgate would give Cornell all it was looking for, and the result of the contest shows that the Ithacans got little more than they could successfully take care Of Col Wesleyan eleven a week ago indicated that the Cornell aggregation would not have an easy time of 1T by any means. And the game itself proved that to be true. The University of Chicago started the conference schedule with such vic tory as would tend to indicate that the other elevens in that body had better watch out or the Maroon will come through with another championship. Stagg won the title year ago. and the performance of yesterday. when Indiana was defeated by “a to Q. was great strength on the part of Chicago are concerned. Yale and Harvard won their games without great deal of trouble The Crimson got away with the Springfield Y. M. c. A. Training School by Al to 0, and the Dark Blue took the long end of the score from Virginia by three touch downs. Virginia’s play against Yale was surprisingly strong at times. | though it could never get the ball into | a position from which 1t could really hope to score. Harvard presented the same powerful aggregation that was | it’s reliance in 1913, and there Is lit | tie room to doubt that the team Is going to figure in the race for the in | tercollegiate championship prominently enough again to be considered a favor | ite over Princeton and Yale when the time for those big contests arrives. or | course, conditions may change con- siderably before November. but there is not the least doubt about the Crimson | being apparently the most powerful eleven in the east right now, and II 1t can win from Michigan. which Is not going to be as easy matter as one | might think, Haughton’s team will get the title for the whole country. barring accidents. Bucknell. The Tigers barely scored ten points on the Pennsylvanians. Though they themselves were not counted against | What probably is a record score for a game between two colleges that ought to be in pretty nearly the same class was that made by Washington and JEFF ferson against Dickinson. The former eleven won by 105 to 0. which will cause more than a little apprehension In the minds of those in charge at Yale and Harvard. both these being scheduled for games with the Pennsylvania aggregation. That Washington and JEFF ferson should run up score of that magnitude against Dickinson. team which defeated another college last week by 40 to 0, is evidence of remark able strength, to say the least. | There is not the least doubt that Washington and Jefferson Is going to put a team against Harvard and Yale every whit as powerful, and probably more 80. than the near-championship aggregation Of a year ago. Provided injuries do not detract from its EN- cheney, the eleven will come near win ming from those institutions. and that

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Washington & Jefferson leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings.