Gettysburg at Army

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 10, 1915, page 15

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  WEST POINT DOES A LITTLE BETTER Rolls Up Fair Sized Score on Gettysburg Eleven. West Point, \. Y, Oct. 9.-The Army eleven defeated Gettysburg College here to-day by score of % 10 q. The Cadets forward passes and their keen following of the ball were responsible for the victory. The work OF the backfeld was somewhat of disappointment, except when II came TO run ming back punts. at which Ford ana Mitchell both did good work. On the whole the backs lacked driving power and were stopped time and time again without gam. Once Gettysburg took the bail away on It’s own 5-yard line because the Army lacked the punch TO carry II over Collins kicking was erratic, being especially poor during the early periods Oiiphant. who played well to-day, was responsible for sixteen of the Cadets points. Neither side scored during the first quarter. but Oliphant kicked goal from placement in the second quarter that gave the Army the lead when the half ended, 3 70 0. Parker. demon at blocking punts, broke through in the third quarter and stopped one of MILL ken’s hefts. Oliphant, who was close on his heels, froze TO il and went over the Gettysburg line for the first touch down. The breezy Westerner then converted IL into goal In the same quarter Mitchell intercepted a forward pass, Hoar 10 Emanmel, AT midfeld and ran behind quickly formed interference the balance of the distance TO the Gettysburg goal. Oil phant missed the try Murrill’s work with the forward pass in the last quarter was spectacular. Two were thrown into Walkers hands which were good for 45-yard gains. Another. the Army’s “plebe” quarter. tossed 10 Oliphant from almost at midfed, and the for mer Purdue star. with Gettysburg men clinging to him. went on and over the goal line for a touchdown. Gettysburg made only one first down.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1915, page 1

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  VICTORY FOR ARMY Defeats Gettysburg College in Well Played Game, 22 to O. FORWARD PASSES FEATURE ELEPHANTS Play Exceptional, He Scoring 16 of West Points % Points. WEST POINT, N. Y. October s.-The Army won from Gettysburg today, % to 0. The visitors presented strong line that held back the Army’s attack time and again. but they failed to cope with bewildering repertoire of forward pass plays by the cadets Keenness in following the ball also counted in the Army’s favor. Oliphant once getting the oval after Parker had blocked a punt and running for a touchdown Later Mitchell intercepted a forward pass and ran half the length of the field for the score. Oliphant scored 16 of the Army’s % points. His score in the last quarter on a pass of As yards from Mnrril was la feature. McEwan’s play at center was gilt-edge and Ford’s running in the open was exceptional. The cadets lacked the punch to gain through |Gettyburg’s line. Their kicking game also was poor. Lineup:

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  Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, October 12, 1915, page 1

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  Army Defeats Gettysburg. West Point, N. Y, Oct. 1.-THE Army won from Gettysburg Saturday 20 to 0. The visitor presented a strong line that held back the Army’s attack time and again, but they failed to cope with a bewildering repertoire of forward pass plays by the cadets. Keenness in following the ball also counted in the Army’s favor, Oliphant once getting the oval after Parker had blocked punt and running for a touchdown. Later Mitchell intercepted a forward pass and ran half the length Of the field for score. Oliphant scored 16 Of the Army’s 90 points. His score in the last quarter on pass Of As yards from Murrill was a feature. McEwans play at center was gilt edged and Ford’s running in the open was exceptional.

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  Rogue River courier, Grants Pass, Or., October 10, 1915, page 1 (results column)

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  EASTERN FOOTBALL GAMES Harvard. 20; Carlisle. 7. Dartmouth, 20: Tufts, z. New Hampshire. IS; Connecticut State, 0. Yale, z; Lehigh. s. Ohio State. IA; Case, 0. Pittsburg. AZ; Navy, 12. Army. 22; Gettysburg.0. Penn. State, 13; Penna., 8.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Army leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.