Catholic at West Virginia Wesleyan

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 17, 1915, page 15

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  WESLEYAN Wins FROM CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY Brooklanders Are Beaten by West Virginia Team in Bitterly Fought Game by 10 to 0. Buckhannon. w. Va. Oct. lS-West Virginia Wesleyan College today defeated Catholic University. of Wash lngton. by score of 10 to o. Wesleyan scored in the first six minutes of play by forcing Catholic University to kick after making first down twice Blake carried the pigskin back % yards on the ends for good gains. With the ball on the 23-yard line Singleton carried the ball over for a touchdown in three downs. Kellison kicked goal There was no more scoring until the last few minutes of play when Capt. kellison dropped back to ne 33-yard line and kicked a goal from placement The line plunginG of Singleton was the feature of the game. Time after imc h” tore through the Catholic line for long gains. The defensive work Of Capt. Kellisor. Blair. Beck ana Vance was back in the game at right guard and proved to he Il stone wall for the Catholic back field men. Aliens poor passing caused Wesle yam several losses for Catholic Uni ver-ity The offensive work OF RoS ers was very spectacular. but he was a bear on the offense: in fact. he was tn” only man to make first down cainSt the Weslcyans line. Murphy and Walters time after time broke through to the Wesleyan backs and threw them for losses. The game fierce battle throughout. and the victory WAS a very Creditable one for Wesleyan. The last half was shortened TO seven minute quarters in order to let the visitors catch the train The at tendance was between 700 and Soc and the yelling of the students was superior to any yelling Wesleyan has ever had. Buckhannon High and Broaddus played preliminary game to the Catholic UniversityW game. the locals winning, $50. Ross. Hymes. Shroyer. and MartZ featured for Buck hanppp oh School Tinp-uu

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1915, page 57

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  West Virginia Wesleyan Too Strong for Local Eleven. SINGLETON IN LIMELIGHT His Line Plunging a Feature Of Game-Rogers Plays Well. Special Dispatch to The Star. BUCHANNQN. W. Va, October 10 West Virginia Wesleyan College today defeated Catholic University of Wash ington, D. c.. by a score of 10 to 0. Wesleyan scored in the first six min utes of play by forcing Catholic to kick after making first down twice. Blake carried the pigskin back Is yards on the punt and Beck and Shumaker ran the ends for good gains. With the ball on the 23-yard line Sin gleton carried it over for touch down in three downs and Kellison kicked goal. There was no more scoring until the last few minutes of play, when Capt. Kellison dropped back to the 33-yard line and kicked a goal from placement. Makes Long Gains. The line plunging of Singleton was the feature of the game. Time after time he tore through the Catholic line for long gains. The defensive work of Capt Kellison, Blair. Beck and Shumaker also was very noticeable. Vance was back in the game at right guard and proved to be a stone wall for the Catholic back field men. Aliens poor passing caused Wesleyan several losses. For Catholic the defensive work of Rogers was very spectacular. but he was a bear on the offensive-in fact, the only man to make first down against the Wes1eyan’s strong line. Murphy and Walters time after time broke through to the Wesleyan backs and threw them for losses. The game was fierce battle throughout and the victory was a very creditable one for Wesleyan. The last half was shortened to seven-minute quarters in order to let the visitors catch a train. Lineup:

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West Virginia Wesleyan leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.