Amherst at Brown

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1916, page 19

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  BROWN GETS EVEN WITH AMHERST BY SCORE OF SO TOO Providence, r. l., Oct. 14.-Amherst, which beat Brown last year, was easy for the Brown bear this afternoon, and before a big crowd went down TO defeat. 60 to o. Amherst was almost help less against the irresistible attack and the stone wall defence Of Captain Far NUNS athletes, who scored almost at will. How far the visitors were out classed can be imagined from the fac’ that they made only two first downs, while the Brown team ripped through the Amherst line as II it WAS made OF paper. Pollard, Purdy, Devitalis. Conroy and Hillhouse repeatedly tore through the light Amherst line for long gaHs. -, hama. % score, that coming in the third period’ when Pollard, OF Brown. fumbled a punt on his lO-yard line. Washburn recovered the ball, but was downed be, fore he gained five yards. Brown held for downs and then kicked out OF dan ger. In the first half the home boys resorted to straight line plunging and end plays, but in the second they USED the open style Of play. and did nne work. Three touchdowns were addea on forward passes in the second hall. Long runs were common in the game, but the banner sprint OF the day was one Of sixty yards by Conroy’ who caught a punt and scored touchdown Poliard’s playing was the particular bright spot in the work OF the Brown team. Purdy, Farnum and Devitaiis were also in the limelight. frkn I,canp fnllaWa.

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, October 16, 1916, page 3

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  Brown Swamps Amherst. Brown overwhelmed the Amherst football team Saturday, winning by a score of 69 to 0. The home team out played the visitors in every depart ment of the game and made the team that whipped it last year by to 0 score look like Q bunch of novices. Straight line plunGing and runs and daring forward passes kept the visit ing players on the hop, and they were totally unable to stop the onslaught. In the first period Brown rolled up 27 points, pushing over four touch downs in quick order on line plunging by Devitallis, Pollard and Purdy and end runs by Pollard and Purdy. Most of the plays were around tine ends, the Amherst players in these positions be- ing notably weak.

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Brown leads 6–⁠4–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the three since this game.