Tufts at Harvard

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 18, 1914, page 1

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  HARVARD BARELY IS VICTOR OVER TUFTS Scores Touchdown That Breaks Tie After Intercepting Forward Pass. FINAL COUNT Is 10 TO 6 CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct I7.-Harvard defeated Tufts in the stadium this after noon. Is to 6. Tufts was unable to com plete myriad of forward passes shot FAR over the scrlmmage line and thus get going Its open game, which has over whelmed all of the Medford colleges early season opponents. only one pass by the visitors out Of more than score attempted was sue cessful and that one was for no appreciable gain In the third period Tufts tied touchdown score made by Harward in the last OF the second period by combining Its attack to a series OF split line plays Had II been content 10 avail itself OF that attack and the puntlng game II Is probable that Harvard would have left the field with the score tied. Tufts sought TO gain long distance by one OF the 40 yard passes that have dis tlnguished Capt. Angeles work during the season and the bail was taken from mid air by Coolidge and planted IN Tufts territory. From that point Harvard uncovered strong rushing attack and scored Its second touchdown. Undoubtedly the light drizzie that fell during the earlier part OF the game and which soaked the Rridiron made the going hard for Tufts’s open plays IIarward. however. presented team Grip pied in its line and backh,ld Capt Brickley. the speedy Mahan and Logan at quarter were missing back OF the line and the loss OF Hardwick and Pennock from the line was felt The first period ended with no score and the bail on the Tufts 20 yard line. TUFTS had suffered heavily in penalties inflicted for holding Illegal use of the hlnds and offside work Harvard was unable TO gain AT the beginning OF the second period and surrendered the ball 20 Tufts. After several plays in which Tufts gained two first downs Harvard took the ball over the line by rushes from the – yard line with Bradlee showing up splcndidly on several dashes through centre The half ended with the score TO 0 in Harvards favor, McKlnlock alling TO kick the goal Tufts took Harvards kickoff Mt the beginning OF the second half. Parks rum ming 1t to midheld. BY using its split line plays Tufts went the rest Of the distance for a touchdown. In It’s march Il over came two lfteen yard penalties inflicted. Westcott and Hadley were the ground gamers and Capt Angel scored from Harvard’s yard line by going around Harvard’s left end Parks failed 10 kick an easy goal Tufts started OF after the klckoff with several fine gains and worked the ball to lI1rvard’s II yard line, when the period ended Harvard’s line then stiffened and tho ball was surrendered on downs Harvard kicked 70 Tufts’s As yard line and then A1Rell tried his pass, which fell into Coolidge’s arms. Harvard’s back field then rot under way ag’in ana Bradlee went over Tor the second score for Harvard Soucy kicked the goal

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 18, 1914, page 14

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  TWENTY THOUSAND SEE HARVARD DEFEAT TUFTS Came Featured by Accurate Forward Passing Of Captain AnEell--BulI- dog Solves Formations, CAMBRIDGE, October l7.-Twenty thousand persons saw. Harvard defeat ing of the elevens representing these Institutions since 1851. The game was featured by the accurate forward pass TUFTS made fosrteen f,rst downs, ~ no less than nine of them resulting from a a fro p 70 Il y yhras hs were made by Tufts speedy backs on end runs. iIaryard’s, line was I’M Rf aflsd. ana every Duek by Tufts Harvard solved the unusual lorna their variety of passes; then the Grim son made UP for lost time BY literally Whitney starred in this ism march. u the f @mo msr taking the ball over. Soucy failed ~ goai. SIX. end runs by Westcott, oTside plays resulted in costly penal. ties to the visitors. Harvard’s fnal score came as the. result OF another intercepted pass. this time by Coolidge and again the Crimson backs pushed steadily down the field, Soucy succeed ing at his try for goal. The line-up: Coolidge. left end 80. {. Standard tGreem Wilmington left guard .Schlotterbach tUnderwood) (Tobin) Trumbull -. right tackle Turner tBigelow) w eatherhead.. right end Bennett IL. Curtis) Swigert.. quarter back Parks fWatson) JDratt) Brudlee. left half back Hadiev tHarris) whitney; right half back :. Wescott tRoilins) 49, McKiniocle fun back AnRelI (Sanborn) Touchdowns-Bradle f2). Angel Goals from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Referee -Okeson. of I.ehigh. Umpire-Fulta Observation-Disclosures Periods-12 min uteS.

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  El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., October 19, 1914, page 6

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  NOTRE DAME IS BEATEN BY YALE Harvard Wins From Tufts After Hard Game; Army Team Defeats Colgate. New York, Oct 19.-Footbau was PLAYED On a score Of college Eridirous Satura15ale defeated Norre Dame IS 10 O. though the visitors were slightly heavier well bal anced and fast Rushing the ball on the last pay Lnsleao OF punting proved fatal Eenlsyivania’s university’s team defeated the Navy az Philadelphia BY q score Of 10 10 O. Nike Avery, OF the University. inter cepted q forward pass and made so yard run Tor touchdown. thus cinchinE the victory The midshipmen fought their opponenls harQ a. every stage OF the game. Harvard Defeats Tufts The lively team from Tufts fell victim to aarFarc’s crippled eleven at Coubrid-e Mass. by score Of Is to g. The TUFTS team showed many new variations OF football one formation in which 10 men stood five yards behind the line. with the Quarterback standing over the bail and passing 10 ,lirect TO the rushers. enabled Tufts TO march SO yards down the field for a touchdown AT West Point, the Army defeated COL gate BY p TO z FuHnbles BY the visitors gave the Army two touchdowns- The Army scored again in the last quarter on a fine exhibition OF line plunging-

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  The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., October 18, 1914, page 17

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  CRIPPLED HARVARD TEAM BEATS TUFTS Cambridge. Mass, Oct. 1T.-Harvard defeated Tufts in the stadium this al ternoon, 10 to 6. Tufts was unable to complete myriad of forward passes shot far over the scrimmage line. and thus get it’s open game going when has overwhelmed all of the Medford Colleges early season opponents. Only one pass by the visitors out OF more than score attempted was successful. and that one was FOR no appreciable gain in the third period Tufts tied a touchdown score made by Harvard In the last of the sec ond period by combining Its attack to a series of split line plays. Had 1t been content TO avail itself of that attack and the pHnting game 1t Is probable that Harvard would have left the field with the score tied. Tufts sought to gain long distance by one of the forty-yard passes that have distinguished Captain Angelic work during the season, but the ball was captured by Coolidge and planted in Tufts territory. From that point Harvard uncovered a strong rushing attack and scored Its second touch down.

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Harvard leads 15–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.