Dickinson at Lafayette

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  New-York tribune, November 27, 1914, page 8

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  LAFAYETTE RUNS UP A BIG SCORE Winds Up Season with an Easy Victory Over Dickinson. Easton, Penn, Nov. 26.-The final game e. the season on March Field resulted in victory for Lafayette over Dickinson By score OF 55 10 7. 1t was disastrous season for Dickinson and successful one for La fayette, considering all the circunstances. The game to-day was more or less farccal. In the first half Of the contest there vas much commonplace football, with lots Of errors Of omission and commission. Dickinson vas guilty Of many fumbes, mostly mex cusable. and Lafayette had in the line up several men who were new 20 the positions they played. The game was a holiday affair, how ever, and the crowd was in its hap piest mood; the players, too, seemed TO enjoy q sort Of holiday. Neither scored in the first period, although each lost an excellent opportunity. In the second period Lafayette scored early and again toward the end Of the session. Dickinson Tailed early in the third quarter and showed the only real football in the game, making three first downs in a row. Then Palm made a beautiful run OF twenty-six yards through the whole Lafayette team. lie was down on his l-yard line and Wilson carried the ball over. Lafayette made 2S points in the ffteen minutes of the last period. The touchdowns we’re the result Of a blocked kick, an interrupted forward pass and two fumbies by Dickinson within the 15-yard line. The line-up follows.

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  The Wheeling intelligencer, Wheeling, W. Va., November 27, 1914, page 7

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  SWAMP DICKINSON Lafayette Team Scored on opponsnts Almost ~ win IN Game Yesterday. PATTON, Pa Nov 1G The Lafsy. cite foot ball team oNerlg helmed the dickinson College here to-day. uinninr thc annual rafuN bY “a score 81 so o. u N”Ithnr team arnrnd iu The first period but Lafayette made fWo faufb. downs in thf second Ihe Dickinson team took n brace in ~. epgulnF – he second hair and after holdina tho Lafayette franns f0f f0u.rr on ne a. yard line. rushed the hall over Tor tnuC nduwu. from which the rnaf vas Flrked Lafayette. however made two more tnuchdowna boz this period ara fuur more iu the final periodic Ooaia were Wicked after each I’ll the Maroon ana Whites fuurnduwur

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Lafayette leads 21–⁠2 in 23 meetings, counting the three since this game.