Princeton at Holy Cross

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  The sun, October 1, 1916, page 15

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  Tigers Make Suitable Showing in First Game Punting and Plungng of briggs Help Princeton Defeat Holy Cross, 81 to 0, in Initial Contest of the Season. through the weak Holy Cross .ine for the tally. Moore kicked both goals. Holy Cross played better In tho sec ond ~, ~iod but again the punting and line plunging Of briggs was too much for the locals. The big Princeton full back simply would not be denied. kick ing and carrying the ball past all OPP position and registering third touch down. Moore again kicked the goal. Locals Play Better. Holy Cross grew stronger and played better in each succeeding period. In the third 1t made its first down and held the ball IN midfeld when the period ended In tho fourth period Holy Cross tried line plays unsuccessfully and Higgins, who substituted at quarterback for Twitchell tried a forward pass. which was Intercepted by liutt Of the Tigers. 1t was the first time a big college football team had ever played on u local field. The game was witnessed by 5000 enthusiasts. II was n valuable experience for both teams. Holy Cross showed strong and was heartily COM pl!mented by the reserve Tigers who were on the field In numbers enough to form three elcvcns The lineup

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  Norwich bulletin, October 2, 1916, page 3

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  Princeton Wins Opening Game. Princeton’s football team came down from it’s camp in New York state and opened its season with a 21 to 0 vic- tory over Holy Cross Saturday, All the scoring was done in the first and second periods and in the second half Holy Cross put up much strong

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Princeton leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings.