Amherst at Yale

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  The New York herald, New York, November 17, 1878, page 7

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  AMHERST AND YALE-THE SECOND MATCH BE- TWEEN THESE PLAYERS A DRAW. GBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD AMHERST. Mass, Nov. 16 1878. The second football match between Amherst and Yale played Blakefeld to-day and resulted in draw, neither scoring goal nor touchdown The teams were composed of the following men:- ai,s peyo Terry Russell. Gordon, Gillctt, Goodrich. Backs--Goodnow, Undcrhill, Milliken. YALE.-Forwards-M -Moorhead, King. Harding Far well, Lamb Hull. Rodman Half-backs-Crouch, Brown. Fuller, Watson. Backs-Nixon, Wakeman, Badger. Judges-Tor Amherst. Mr.. Thurston. 81; for Yale. Referee-Mr Hubbard, Amherst, 70. About thirty Yale men went up to Amherst with the team to witness the return game Of the football series. The team laboring under the disadvantagc of having four of its best players, including the captain. away. At ten minutes be- The game opened very auspiciously for Yale. as in less than Ave minutes of play through the efforts of Rodman. Watson and Lamb. the ball was rushed very their opponents goal. The Amherst rallied however, and transferred the struggle to the middle of the ground. Soon Moorhead captured Amherst men seemed to be scarce and had good prospect of winning touchdown, but he lost his footing on the smooth and soft ground and fell headlong. His disaster countcrbalanced by several good kicks the last of which narrowly missed making goal for Yale. Chase now came down the field. but again the tide turned and Amherst saw the ball held by Yale only thirty feet IN frOnt ner goal claimed by Amherst tcchnicaty of the game was decided by the referee in her favor. Brown made the next good Of the game. crossing nearly the whole field with the ball. but finally met the fate of all his predecessors. YALE by renewed efforts. finally forced the ball over her opponents line and men of both sides went aftsr it in hot pursuit. Both parties claimed its capture but the referee decided i’ll favor Of Amherst. The first inning now finished and both sides even, in that neither had gained any thing. After the customary resting spell play was resumed and the kick OFF given by Harding. Deyo. by skilful play, caused Amherst stock to take sudden rise, but it quickly returned to its old quotation through the efforts of Wakcman. who had the happy faculty OF being hand whenever lao was wanted: but in this he had the misfortune to slip, by which mishap his opponents made great a gain that Badger forced TO touch down for safety. The next hero of the hour was Wheeler. who did hard work for Amherst AL through the game, but in tho height of his he received a hard thump in the stomach. and was for minute quite usod up He was. however, able to continue play Amherst was pressing Yale very closely and playing for all she was worth. The ball went back and forth for some twenty minutes. during which neither side gained any material advantage The remainder of the inning very exciting. but resulted in for either side, leaving the game banked for both teams. The Yale men left for New Haven Immediately after the game In the last inning Brown, of Yale, in jurcd by sprain, but not seriously. The Amherst freely express the opinion that Yale cannot beat Harvard.

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Yale leads 23–⁠0 in 23 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.