Washington & Jefferson at Yale

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 24, 1915, page 1

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  YALE HUMBLED AGAIN, 1877; SHOWS NO SPEED AGAINST WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON Spirtless Playing Leads Spectators to Exclaim: Some thing Is Wrong With the Blue!’-AnotherS hakeup in the Team Appears to Be Certain. NEw HAVEN. Oct. 23.-Washington aid Jefferson repeated its performance Of last year at the Yale bowl here today when it’s team traiied the Blue In tas dust. 10 to :. II was a remarkable victory for the smaller college eleven and was won wholly on its merits. In Sact the one tiuke of the game worked 10 Yale’s advantage. 1t was n tumble oy Stobhs in the las; few minutes Of plsy, which Scoyil recovered on the W. and !. 10 yard line and carried across Tor the Blues lone score. Certainly something is the matter aith Yale” according to the opinion OF many of the 10000 who shivered in tbs ,Aree BOWL. Hut Yale cannot lay that something to tie loss of Harry Legore, for Sco,il. who tool his place ut fun Jack, stood out far and above the others VI the blue swcatcred battalion. Besides scoring the only touchdown he gained practically all the ground that was cred ted TO lale throughout the contest. Lccores absence therefore could not have mad anything more than a purely psy- Geological effect OF the poor showing o.. the team. Yale attempted to play the old FASH .oned line bucking game against Wash .ngton and JeTcrson’s modern open game, and the sum total was that II did not work. In the entire game the Blue tired only three forward passes. Two we’re incomplete. and II whioh took three men To operate, Wilson to Waite 10 Smith. was successful, IL success can te termed tn. gaining uf n scant yard. In contrast Washington and jefferson In mo second half completed twelve Of thirteen forward passes, and I’m the first period the Pennsylvanians made good sixteen OF twenty-one. winners shine In PASS. ,u,- Ill u - ,,,.. .”e “u oasDai Ioi”huia ~ i’hN’i W 20 “nS @ “Nuns.on al” ncn ‘o.M”iu pa Sano..nnat,on o Ieisn’ on 30” ~ Nv “. 10 y” su.n s.n a.’ unn,ss 80 US 80 - ~ “a “mu - ~. cN. Ina.v’ NJ. .N :” -” Wv 80 . NC -n’””te ‘‘”‘. s””‘‘ ~ ~ WY, “as y, ‘na’‘ y” s,us az We” - Wv t,o a,u Su,etS o.n ~ ‘‘‘ asNet u VII ‘”Iv,’,ous so’ - 80 “vS’ets”‘s WIN “‘s pu,.’‘ “ee”‘,. a’‘‘uth “‘a.”s v - 10y “e IA. “aS 80 @ Ss.ai.e ia.e “ ny s.o1nu f.aa.. 80 y,osers zoe chat ooo.eo .”e n’ssN’. VN..

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 29, 1915, page 13

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  COLGATE WILL FACE NEW YALE LINEUP Coach Hinkey Shifts Five Play. ers Following Last Weeks W. and J. Victory. NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct co-Yale docs not intend going down before Col gate tomorrow without Offering the hardest kind Of opposition. fale’s lineup has been entirely reorganized since last Saturdays defeat by Washington and jefferson and FIVE players have since been shifted. including both tackles. Guard Kent. and Halfhacks Waite and HigGinbotham. Jim Rodgers and Frank Butterworth Joined tho visiting coaching staff. 1t Is felt that tomorrow game will at least lift a cloud of uncertainty from tho football situation. More graduate coaches have been at tho field the last week than any since the season began. including Field. Fitzpatrick. Rodgers. and Buttcrworth as visitors and ex- Captain Talbot and Nate Wheeler OF the resident staff. Preparations for the Colgate game practically ended Yesterday. when an. other short scrimmage was ordered for the varsity eleven. They faced the in. eliRihles for a hfteen-minute playing period on the defense The ineligibles | had been drilled in tho Colgate tande m line attack and forward passes shown by Colgate this fall None Of the Col. gate PLAYS gained ground. Playing Oh the offense. the varsity In four minutes Of scrimmaSinG. made the only touchdown Of the afternoon SCoVil worked his way around tho end | for twenty yards and Captain Wilson took the ball over through center | Harry Lcgore was on the side lines In | the punting and the Improvement he / has shown under the tutelagc OF DR. Full the last week points to him az Yalc’s selection for the final games.

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  The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., October 24, 1915, page 10

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  YALE IS DEFEATED BY SMALL COLLEGE Washington and Jefferson Triumphs Over Old Ell BY Score Of 10 to Z. New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 23.-Washington and Jefferson repeated her performance of last year at the Yale Bowl here today when her team of sturdy football warriors trailed the Blue IN the dust to the tune Of IS to Z. II was a remarkable victory for the smaller college eleven, and was won wholly on it’s merits. In fact. the ore i:uke Of the game worked to Yaie’s advantage. 1t was q tumble by Sohb, in the last few minutes Of play. which Scovil recovered on the w. a J. ten-yard line and carried across ter the Blues lone score. Certainly something 10 the matter with Vale That was the opinion OF raost OF the 10000 who shivered and were swallowed up in the huge bowl. But Yale cannot lay that something to the loss Of Harry Legore, sor Gcovii. who took his place at back. stood out far and above all the other Blue sweatered battalion. Besides scoring the only touchdown he gained practically all the ground that was credited to Yale throughout the contest Yale attempted to play the Ola fashioned line bucking game against w. g. Us modern open game. and the sum total was that 1t did not work. In the entire game the Blues tried only three forward passes. Two OF them were incomplete, and one. which took three men to operate. Wilson to Waite to Smith, was successful, II success can he termed the &. ming Of scant yard. Contrast this with the second half Of the game wher Wash ington and Jefferson completed twelve of thirteen forward passes. and In the FIRST period in which the Pennsylvanian’s made 1S OF 81 good

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 24, 1915, page 14

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  SUCCESSFUL PASSES ACCOUNT FOR THE| DEFEAT 0F YALE Washington and Jefferson Finds Yale Secondary De- l fense Weak – Complete P Forward Passes New Haven, October 23.-Washisgton erd Jefferson used the forward pass with uncanny precision today and humbled Yale. IS to ‘, in a spectacular contest. Il was the second successive year that the team from the little Pennsylvania college registered defea. over the Blue. When the visitors used o1d-fashioncd line plays. they found the Tale line . stone wall but when they elected the aerial attack the Blue defense crurnbled The assault was so varied that Yale wal completely bewildered. The pass was sl- ways thrown in machine-lke manner the victors completing p out of 2x at tempted passes. Washington and Jefferson drew first Hood in the second period, when Moser scored a goal from placement. In the third period Nuss skirted left end for q yards and 0 touchdown In the final period more forward passed brought the leather to the 10-yard line where forward pass resulted in a sec ond touchdown Yale made it’s touchdown in the last few minutes of play. when Fullback Scovill who played brilliantly throughout the game, recovered a funbled ball on thl visitors 10-yard line and raced over the line.

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Yale leads 4–⁠2–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the one since this game.