Washington and Lee at Rutgers

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  Evening star, October 15, 1916, page 46

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  BATTLE TO A TIE. Rutgers and Washington and Lee Play Exciting 13-to-13 Contest. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j.. October 14.--Homer HaZers toe, Foster San ford’s new multiple kick and the pres ence OF the Rutgers team that played the first intercollegiate game In this country against Yale in 1870 were all that stood between Washington and Lee and victory today. AS 1t was. the score was 13 to 10. Tho crippled Rutgers team was out classed in tho first half by its heavier opponents. After Rutgers had gotten off to a fast start and gone to within 25 yards of the goal, long penalty stopped them and the southerners sprung a big surprise by rushing the field for a touchdown. Then Hazers toe and the multiple kick got busy with the ball on the 40-yard line, he dropped back and sent it over the bar Then the Rutgers defense went to pieces. however, and Washington and Lee resorted to forward passing ana scored again. Capt Young and seypsls

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

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  Battled To a Tie, Homer HazeTs toe. Foster Sanford s new multiple bick and the presence ot the Rutgers team that played the first intercollegiate game in this coun- try, against Yale, in 1870, stood be- tween Washington and Lee and victory Saturday at New Brunswick, N. J. The score was 13–⁠13. The crippled Rutgers team was out classed in the first half by it’s heavier opponents. After Rutgers had got off to a fast start and gone to within twenty y-five yards of the goal, a long penalty stopped them, ana the South . erners sprung a big surprise by rush. ing for . touchdown.

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  The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, Iowa, October 16, 1916, page 6 (results column)

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  Saturday Football Results Yale, IL; Lehigh. 0. Swathmore, 6; University Of Penn sylvania, O. Princeton, 5: Tufts, 0. Pittsburgh. 20; Navy, 10. Harvard, 81; North Carolina, 0. Lebanon Valley Il; Villa Nova, 3 Dartmouth, e.; Massachusetts, Ag gies, 0. Cornell. AZ; Williams. 0. Wesleyan university, 10; Bowdoin college, 10. Muhlenberg. “a; Pennsylvania Mill tary college. 0. Johns Hookins university, “a: Washington college, 6. Colby, 20; Fl. Mckinley, 0. Carnegie Tech, 68; Grove City. O West Virginia university, 20; vir ginia Polytech nc institute, 0. Stevens Institute of Technology. Z: Middlebury college, 13. Washington and Jefferson univsr sity, Al; Marietta college. s. Army, II; Holy Cross, 0. Bates, z; New Ham pshire State, o. Rochester, 80: Garrison, 10. Bucknell, 9; Susquehanna, 10. Franklin and Marshall. o: Syracuse 81. Lafayette, 0: I’rsinus, s. Brown, SO; Amherst. 0. !. Rensselaer,, IA: st Lawrence, o. Rhode Island State, 10; Maine, 0. Union, 8 Worcester, 0. Georgetown, 16; University OF Gin cinnati, 0. Dennison. 20; Wittenberg, O. Purdue, 2S; Wabash. Z. Centre college, O; University OF Louisville, 0. ST. Louis university, Z: Southern Illinois Normal, 0. Ames, 10; Kansas, 0. Colorado Aggies Freshman, 81 /; Sacred Heart, IL. Vanderbilt, As; Kentucky, 0. Fit. Madison hign, 10; heokuk high. Illinois college. 2e; Lombard, Z. Galesburg high school, 25; Moline, ST. Adams, I. Galesburg Seconds, o. Iowa, II; Grinnell, Z. Nebraska, Ia; Kansas Aggies, 0. Earlham, q; Butler, O.. Notre Dame, %; Haskell, 0. Wisconsin. %; South Dakota, 3. Ohio State, 1928; Oberlin, 0. Western Reserve. IA; Akron, 8. | Michigan Agricultural College, 80; ; Alma, 0. ! Michigan, Is; Mount Union, 0. Case, As: Kenyon, O. Colorado School Of Mines, %; Uni versity of New Mexico, 0. | Lawrence college, IA: Marquette university, 6. University of Nebraska, IA; Kan sas Aggies, 0. North Dakota Aggies, 10: st. ! Thomas, Z. Coe, Is; Monmouth, 8. | Missouri, 10; Washington, o. | Minnesota, 81; North Dakota, Z. | Washington and Lee, 13; Rutgers, 13 Hobart, 10; Hamilton, 7. Springfield, rs; Trinity, 0. Randolph Macon, O; Catholic uni versity, AZ. Philips 4ndover academy, 10; Harvard Freshmen, z. | Denver university, SO; Wyoming, 10. / Creighton, II; Nebraska Wesleyan, Beloit collage. I; Northwestern OF Naperville, T. Oregon Aggies, 10; Washington State college, 10

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Rutgers leads 1–⁠0–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.