Penn State at Lafayette

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 1, 1914, page 12

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  LAFAYETTE HOLDS. BUT TO NO AVAIL Penn State Romps to Easy Victory After Wearing Down Opposition. Esston. Penn. oct. 3l.-Lsfayetto held the Pennsylvania team to a scoreless tie for the first half Of the game which was played on March Field to-day. Then the sterling de fences weakened, and the team, which ted Harvard last week, came out with II TO 0 victory. Il was a brilliant game Of football. The first half of play was slngulariy even. State gained on scrlmmage ana Lsfavette on punting, so that the hali ended with the bail exactly At the roint where 1t had been kicked on. State made its hrst touchdown near the middle Of the third period. \ for ward pass. James 20 Norris, placed the hall Unexpectedly on the Lafayette S-vard line. Clark hit the Lafayette lire three times without gain. Al TINS point LAFAYETTE was penslized Tor coaching from the side lines, ana State got n first down. Again the Lafayette defence was Ike a stone wall. Kraft and CLARK failed TO make the necessary two yards in three tries. but finally, or tbe fourth down, Kraft squeezed the bal over the line. From this point Lafayette’s defence was perceptibly weakened. state scored again in the final round Ewing c,rcled Lafayette’s left end. and was brought to earth on the l7-yard line. 4 srst down was made largely through tho efforts of Clsrkson, and on the third down following he carried the kali over. Lamb added the last three points by 8 coal from placement on the Z2-yard line.

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Penn State leads 10–⁠5–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the nine since this game.