Lafayette at Lehigh

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 21, 1915, page 1

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  LAFAYETTE SMOTHERS VETERAN LEHIGH TEAM Struggle Between Old Rivals Results in 35 to 6 Vic tory for Visitors. SouTH BETHLEHEM. Pa. Nov. 90 Lafayette, 80 I.ehigh. 6. That score speaks for itself. Lafayette had the punch and deserved to win. Lehigh’s veteran team showed reversed form and Cahall. on whom the Brown and White banked so much, was eclipsed. The death knell of I.ehigh. so II proved after ward. was sounded the Capt. L.uhr OF Lafayette called the toss of the coin, and decided To defend the west goal with a sweeping wind at his teams back. cahall’s punts against this stiH breeze were valueless. The air currents tossed the ball straight up in the air and IL seldom wen more than fifteen or twenty yards. With the wind at his back Cahall did better. but by that time the rout had begun. Weldon was IN brilliant form. The lit he Lafayette halfback was the star OF the game, although Lowe and Scott were big factors in the victory. His special forte was throwing the forward pass. lie threw tw~enty-cight and ten were successful. Three Of them were directly responsible for touchdowns in the fourth period, The Lafayette scoring was done in the first and fourth periods. l6 in the first and 10 in the fourth. Lehigh’s lone tally came in the fourth period. After two long forward passes, Hazeltine. a sub | stitute halfback. was pushed over the Lafayette goal line. Cahall’s attempts at field goals all went wrong. The line

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  Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., November 22, 1915, page 12

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  Lafayette Defeats Lehigh; Another Saturday Surprise South Bethlehem, Pa, Nov. %. - Lafayette returned to Easton last night with Lehighs football scalp The score of n wonderful game played in the presence of 5000 persons was Lafayette 35, Lehigh, 6. It was the first time in four years that the Maroon and White has been able &c taste the sweet results of victory and Easton is wild with joy. In the Beth lehem’s camp that marked mourning crepe is exhausted. To Lafayette must be given al kinds of credit for the victory ENcept for a few instances her men out played Lehigh. However, coupled with Lafayettes good playing and generalship. the Maroon and White were alert and every time a Lehigh man fumbled at a critical moment q LAFAYETTE player was there to gobblc up the ball. Four of Lafayette’s five touchdownS were the direct result of forward passes while the other was accounted for through Gulick’s recovery of = blocked kick. The Lafayette team has a great variety of new plays and yes terday was the first time that they showed their hand.

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Officially, Lafayette leads 82–⁠74–⁠5; as played, 46–⁠38–⁠4 in the 88 games on file; the official count covers all 161 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.