Fordham at Navy

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 8, 1914, page 1

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  ‘FORDHAM THREATENS MIDDIES ONLY ONCE lttack Checked on Three Yard Line and Navy ENcels ,jdcrcaftcr. SCORE MOUNTS Up TO 81 Az, ,ruits. Nov Navy people ex- ,.-ed harder Eame from Fordham ,As afternoon than was realized though 80 s,1ro ~ 81 to o by which the mid .,’pr,.a won is not particularly large. parilm hld NO attack that bothered 80 N,.g and the latter after scoring ,t-es ..urud1wus In the first half spent 30. efn.ts iu the second half In attempting ..rg tprN ard passes which the ends could ,thuI.. Thu Navy coaches also sent A large number of substitutes. some = tter. =. tlrrs who had not been taken .-rous.v AZ all as candidates for the varsity n Ntyy opened the game with rush. ..oriur the nrst touchdown within five minute. Dunn kicked of 20 Miles and me S.ocky Navy quarterback ran N,rk % the Ntvy’s 50 yard line with B,oire.’ Miles and Failing carrying II. tho bal was brought speedily 20 twelve ysrd- from Fordham’s goal line. From mis- point Miles carried the bail over ara Eodgott kickoi the goal. These NO maIc all the points OF tho game. Miles scoring three touchdowns and VoAc,” kicking all 81 the goals as well – PR, 0g tho greatest ground gamer TIE Hrs, five minutes OF the game had made &. appear that Tordham was rattle. ~ easy proposition. but Immediately FER tho midshipmens score the Wis tors lad chance 20 even things up and nearly awaited themselves OF II. Dunn kicked Ve.ly ~ touch and on the first lineup Bodgrit made his only poor punt OF ‘le day Fordham recovered the ball on ‘ra Siyys 80 yard liuv. and Dunn and Eegan made a first down hctweon them. 4. 70 Va. witch dld not then or nfterward enable me runner 20 advance the BALL but Il ~ ‘,1ut a Navy player offsde. and for ‘h-Se pays ~ IN ned five yards each Inc fnr Fordham These with small gains IN the line carried the ball to within ‘hrce yards of the Nays goal no ono ~ tho \avy’s stone wall defences. however. secured the hul on downs and BodEctt punted past mid ss’t w’‘N’- two minutes OF the oponinr Of ho ss-o0d quarter Miles took the BAH on ne Torlh7m 40 yard line and dashed through for a touchdown, Blodgr’t again Nrk’r, goal Craig ran the KICKOFF back ’0r’y-fye yards. and then r Harrison made q bad mum ~ B’odgett’s long for va-f pass After an exchange of punts hetve,r Rl1dRett nud Dunn the Navy steam ROLLER got Into action again. and w’‘h Eloagett craig and Miles doing most OF ‘hr carrying the bail was taken % r rdhaW’s 20 ward line and Niles tra’r carried it over. Blodgett’s third g’ol made the score 2l points against Tho visitor, VIZ 1r’. went en- at quarterback ‘or the N1vy 40 the opening Of the third period, r’h Culhert AZ halfh7ck In Craig’s place. !A’er craig came back into the game and Bates substituted for H. Harrison AZ full hack Apparently the Navy team still Nai plenty OF steam. but It was wasted 10 ‘-g.’less attempts 10 make good with ne forward pass. This was @ dislppolnt- ~ert O. tn” Navy people. AS more attention han ever before had been paid N these plays and II was hoped that the team would zoe mot 70 proficient in their use by ‘f’s time Bodgott passed magnihcently hg’ thr ends could not get his long ones. 1870.

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 8, 1914, page 24

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  BROWN UNIVERSITY VERY EASY FOR YALE ELI Scores IA to g Win Over Proyidcncc Gridiron Stars on New Haven Field. FoRDHAM LOSES TO NAVY Hard-Fought Battle at Ithaca Results In Favor Of Corneil-Army Evens Up With Notre Dame Squad for Last Seasons Defeat. NEW HAVEN. conn. Novem Der e. Although without tho services of either Lcsorc or Knowles. the ELI eleven found no particular trouble in defeating Brown to-day. IA to 6. Every point resulted from straight touch downs, Brann and Scoril tallying for Yale and Murphy crossin., thc limo for the visitors. In the opening period Yale pushed the ball to Browns tcn-yard line no icss than three times. but lacked the necessary punch. On one of .hesc oc casions tuenscy’s attempt ut goal tailed. fale’s tumble cost another on portuuity. and Gordon, OF Brown i’m : tercepted “a forward pass for the third. IN The second period the visitors devcioped an offensive that east – scare. INTO the blue ranks. Tho ball was ear rieh to falc’s tiftecn-yard line before Brown was held for downs. B-ann recovered poor pass and raced for the first score. Gucrnscy Kicking goal as the half closed The third period was n deadlock. Opening the tinal. however, Clark cir cled right clgl To Yalc’s tensyard mark. and a pretty forward pass. Clark to Murphy. sent the ball over Gordon missed the goal, which would have tied the score. Captain Talbot was then sent back into tho game, and with Scovil and I;aston leading the attack. Yale had no troublc in again pushing tho ball over Summary: Tou II q y W ~ s--Brann Scovil Murphy. Goals from touch downs; urnsey, Referee. Thompson, Of Georgetown. Umpire. Marshall. OF

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 9, 1914, page 1

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  Navy Defeats Fordham Annapolis. Md. November s.-Navy de- feated Fordham in one-sided football contest Saturday. 21 to 0. The Middies’ att tempts at forward passing and open play ing were unsuccessful. the only plays on which they could depend being wido end runs and tackle plunges

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Navy leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.