Washington & Jefferson at Pittsburgh

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 8, 1914, page 16

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  W. AND J. NIPS PITT AFTER LATTER LEADS. Winning Touchdown Is Made on Play Following tumble Of Kickoff. FINAL SCORE Is IL TO 10 rrrTsprRG. Nov. THE largest crowd IN the history Of the University Of Pittsburg Witnessed its defeat to-day at the hands Of Washington Jefferson College. tho score being 10 to 10. The Pitt line was crossed twice as direct result Of costly fumbling. and the “. aud i. line also was crossed after q mIscur on in” part OF ono Of it’s players. Tn” game WIS evenly contested throughout although “. and j. cNc”lled In forward passing while the line smashing Of Young. especially in the last half Of the game, was the best against Pitt this season. Spicgel did not live up to expectations nor to his record Of last year. lie was in poor condition to play. Tho visitors lost splendid chance to score in the first quarter. They worked the hall TO Pitts ; yard line and the for ward pass was attempted. but BOWL FUN hlod g. ball and Pitt got out Of danger The local university waS the first to ore on a goal from placement kicked hy Hast ings from the 80 yard line IN the second quarter W. and j. then began to smash PITTS line, and on a succession Of short end runs by Splcgcl and line bucking by Young the bail was worked down to rltts goal line. The university line held and Goodwin punted out Of danger. Hastings fumbicd, and on a splendid pass from McCr”ight to Bowl the latter made a long run and went over for a touchdown, making the score to 2 In tn” same period of play Spicgel fumbled the hall on W. and rs 20 yard line. Harrington falling on the ball for HItt. Dillon here got into the gan” and he and Hastings were sent through Ia” line for gains. until Collins was pushed over for the only touchdown that the uni yrrsity got. Tho SECOND half began with “. and J. behind. hut disaster came suddenly To- l’itt. and 50 quick that half the spectators didn’t SEQ u. Patterson kicked off to Collins. who fumblcd. ard Monroe made il worse 10y also fumhling ON the same play. ana Wesh”rk”r fell on the bail ON pitts yard Fine II required two downs to get Nh” ban over Young scoring the touch down The punt out failed and the score remained n to IL for The rest Of the game. l’ttt rushed fresh mon into the fray iu ‘he last quarter. but the college boys were an the defensive tho work OF Bowl. Young ana Patterson being we’ll nigh unbeatable Stobb- and Moser relieved Fleming and 50 “gcl In the last period and made gain, “r”ry time they were entrusted with tho ball. Washington and jefferson played slightly the better game and deserved 10 win. The Lineup:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 8, 1914, page 13

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  Pittsburgh Loses Game Fight Against W. and j. player was guilty of a tumble, and Speigel recovered the ball. Then came succession of forward passing that worked the sphere 20 Pittsburgh’s Toyard line, when McCreight threw true to Bowl over the line for touchdown. Patterson kicked goal. Pittsburgh then got busy and took advantage of Spe’gels miscue on WASHINGTON ard Jeferson’s 2O-yard line. Harrington falling on the ball. After Dillon had made material gains, Collins was sent over for the only touchdown tha’ Pi’‘shurgh scored. The beginning of the second half settled tn, c. ct IN favor OF Wash ington and Jefferson, through bad plav by Collins. who had taken Fry’‘s place. Patterson kicked oft,and Col Inns fumbled badly. Morrow made things worse for Pittsburgh by also fumblng, and WeSbecker quickly got the ball. Two scrimmages we’re enough TO send Young over for the second touchdown. The kick-out was failure, and the score was 10 to 10, where II remained. During the last quarter Washington and Jefferson played on the defensive and kept the ball in Pittsburgh’s terri tory until the call of the whistle. The lineup follows:

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 8, 1914, page 63

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  HAVE REAL TUSSLE Washington and Jefferson De- feats Pittsburgh, 13 to 10. MANY FORWARD PASSES Halfback Fleming and Capt. Smith Leave Game on Account of Injuries. PITTSBURGH. November In game featured by forward passes ana long kicks Washington and JEFFERSON College defeated the University OF Pittsburgh’s eleven on Forbes Field today by 13 to 10. Washington and Jefferson could not gain through Pittsburghs line and resorted to long forward passes, which were successful Penalties, however, cut down such gains. Pittsburgh held w. and J. for downs three times within the 5-yard line. A pretty goal from field by Hastings gave Pittsburgh the hrst score in the second period after the elevens had played to a standstili in the first quarter. Bovill, for W. and j., then scored touchdown on long forward pass. series of line plunges brought Collins across for the local touchdown. At the opening of the third period w. and ]. recovered q fumbled punt and scored the winning points with a forward pass for touch down. Fleming. w. and Us right halfback. and Capt. Smith of Pittsburgh left the contest on account of injuries.

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  Norwich bulletin, November 9, 1914, page 3 (results column)

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  be appCrtioned between the crimson.s strong attack and the Orange and | Blacks weak defence. it is hard to say The trite baseball axiom that any team looks strong wben 1t Isl hitting hard and the opponents are not” fits the case neatly Almost ev- cry play made by Harvard moved smoothly and proved successful against Princeton. but the New Jersey com bination proved such a negligible uuan ury that the result did not warrant the belief of an easy vtctoKy over Yale in the final big game of the season Princeton, although it presented d splendid collection of players, from d physical standpoint was sadly lacking in the individual and collective fun damentals and generalship which 20 Tar toward making the finished foot ball team. With one or two excep- tions, the Harvard players were su- perior to their opposite position op- ponents and In general team work offensively and defensfvesly as well as In generalship and tactics, the IT, gers were oJtclassed. The analytical figures in am deparf- ments of the play as well as careful comparison of the work of the rivaa lines and backf1elds. demo [ rate this, Haryar dfairiy smothered t4le Prince ton attack in it’s conception moments and completely outwitted and bewfid- cred the defense when in possession of the ball. In fact, so emphatic was this feature that the Crimson was not forced to show any of the special at- tack nanoeuvers which 1t has been practicing in secret since the openfna or the esason. When the ancient cross puck or wing run with the opposite and carrying the ball can be used for good gains, there Is no need for real football strategy or trick plays Brown Showed Unexpected Strength Several of YaIe’s strongest players were present in the Harvard Stadium in company with the coaches. endeav- bring to spy out the weakness in the Crimson offensive play, and meanwhile Brown made it exceedingly uncomfort- able for the team on Yale field AL though defeated 14 to 6, the Providence team showed unexpected strength and It required the personal appearance of Captain Talbott in the line late in the game to arouse enough fighting spirit to hold the visitors in check. With a second string backfield play ing, it was hardly to be expected tha. Yale’s attack would be up to the regu- lar standard but the disconcerting feature was the lack of a high class nine defense. Brow nfound it possi- bic to gain ground both through and around the forward formation, and worked the forward pass over the first and secondary defense-once for a touchdown. Since 1t was not the en- tire varsity combination that the Brunonians faced, these weaknesseI cannot be charged heavily against the Yale eleven. Both Cornell and the Army followed the pace set by Harvard and crushed Franklin and Marshall and Notre Dame, respectively. Somewhat simi- lar tactics were used to bring about victory in such of these games. Cor nall vUnFlrnA fhn 41o attack, varied now and then by end runs snd Franklin and Marshall was unable to stand up under the batter ing. Not equal to advancing the ball in the same manner, the visitors fell back upon open game using forward which the Ithaca team successfully blocked. n the same way the West Point cadets conquered the Notre Dame eleven, just failing by one point to equal the score made by Yale against the same western aggregation on October IT, Two games that were played strictly according to advance form were the Syracuse Rutgers and Pittsburg- Washington and Jefferson contests These four teams, among the most powerful in Sthe east, battled strenu . ously for 60 minutes each and when the final whistle ended the game Rut- @gers and Syracuse were tied at 14–⁠14, while Washington and Jefferson had defeated Pittsburg by the narrow margin of three points, the score being 13 to 10. All four teams showed a ter rife attack, using both the mass and open attack, and each had a splendid defense. It seems doubtful if any one day this SC; weill develop better football games than the ones played l by these well-matched elevens. Dartmouth did the unexpected in 7iT1er rrTa f1n T-v-u of the day in defeating Tufts, 6s to O. The losing combination held Har- yard to a>13 to victory on October II and was thought capable of making the Hanoverians play thier best to win by a moderate score. Instead showing little offensive strength and even less defensive force. The navy too. found Fordham easier than ex- pected. and although the middies did not run up a heavy score they always held their opponents safe. In the other games of importance Colgate defeated Rochester rather easily; Springfield did likewise to Am herst; Trinity just managed to win from Haverford; Lehigh upset form by defeating Penn State, and Lafayette crushed Muhlenberg. Michigan bal rtddltng Pennsylvania at Ann ArboI and winning, 34 to 8. The Wolver- ines victory gave the west its first wiE of the season over the east, and apparently Coach Yost’s machine fully deserved the credit accorded it by the Quaker players and coaches after the contest. Vale Players Scouting New Haven, Conn, Nov. S.-The del egation of Yale players and coaches who saw the Harvard Princeton game Saturday returned to New Haven to- day with 8 healthy respect for the proyess of the Crimson eleven. There is no doubt in the minds of the Yale football fatu1cy that the Blue will have to make great improvement in its play even before the hard game with the Tigers in their lair at Princeton this Saturday. Accordingly, a hard weeks practice is in prospect Special at. tention will be given to strengthenins the line, which so far has played he.

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Pittsburgh leads 18–⁠8–⁠2 in 28 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.