Trinity (CT) at Army

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  The sun, New York, October 22, 1916, page 1

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  OLIPHANT STARS IN ARMY’S TRIUMPH Scores Four TOuchdOwns and Kicks as Many Goals in . Game with Trinity. CADETS WIN, 3 TO q WEST rotSr. y. v, Oct. 2l.-The Cadets smothered Trinity under a % 10 q count to-day. The collcgians were weak In every department ~ the game and only once did they threaten to score. This chance came in tho third quarter WHEN tho fast Army mon were down the field and inteffercd with n fair catch which drew u penalty and permitted IN” visiting tackle. Nordstrom. to try FOR a placement goal. The kick, however, went wide OF the post. Oliphant. the former Purdue star, shone brightly. The Hoosier lad from Digger indian scored four touchdowns and kicked four goals. He ran three times for t~ouchdowns on spectacular dashcs of sixty-fivc, fifty and ninety-six yards respectively. netting him a taliN each time. In these long runs he was aided by splendid interference which formed quickly and showed him the way each time at least half way TO the goal line. His own strength shook of Trinity tacklers. who Ncrc strewn the length Of the field. lie raced smilingly behind the goal posts and then turned about and kicked tho goals. The Cadets flashed u team ~ suhs’itutcs. who played raggcdly throughout the first half and neccsSitatcd tho calling IN Of III” varsity men Al the beginning Of the second half. The Army’s forward passing Yves greatly improved to-day. Muriill TO Mullins and Oliphant To Shiader being – very effective c’inhinaton in the overhead plays. Coles kick Ing was poor aud the second string mon handled the ball very loosely. The

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 22, 1916, page 18

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  Army SmOtherS Trinity by a Score of So to also kicked the goal. Trinity ~ quarter tried a kick from plaes’‘ but the attempt was ! failure; :. The last quarter was niieo thrills, Oliphant furnishing the sl . ment when he made two NOR 81 downs and kicked the goals. Nv h exchange Of punts Gerhardt SCI. plant through the line Just on 80 and once loose the speedy “es. shook off half a dozen Trinity ~ and sped the remaining fifty var” ‘ touchdown. ~ When the teams lined up ana strom kicked of for Trinity onf1 caught the ball on his own 4-y’,, ~, and ran ninety-six yards 70 : ~ down, after which he promptly goal and retired 70 the SIDE hns s d McEwan, the Army centre; ‘en I’D Meacham, guards, and Butter. ~ were prominent in taking on. oIs.c| in these spectacular rurs OF o-s( while the doughty Hoosier r.. shook OFF from three TO s1 ~ =, PLAYERS in each OF his dasnes al last dash for the length OF me n’ reversed his field twice snc “” self loose time and again. “a, a Cole, who is being groonsa IA varsity backfield, did the esas. a ing today, but his periorms,rs IA only mediocre. His kicks W. “a and badly timed, and, VIA .r VI charging line. Trinity wouie blocked most Of them. III H. ,,n fo1loWs. 4.

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  Norwich bulletin, October 23, 1916, page 3

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  ARMY SNlAMPs TRINITY Three Norwich Boys Played-Score 5s to Q. Trinity was badly beaten by the army at Y est Point Saturday the cadets rolling Up a score of 53 to 0 against the Hartford collegians The West Point team played an entire sub- G-itUte team at the outset but the last two periods were played with most of the varsity men in the lineup. Oliphant starred for the cadets, scoring four tOuchdowns and kicking four goals. Three of his touchdowns came after he had dashed sixty five, fifty and ninetT-siS yards respectively. He cauSht the kickoff in the last quar- ter and raced ninety-six yards to a score.

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  Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., October 22, 1916, page 1

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  TRINITY COLLEGE BADLY BEATEN ny WEST POINT West Point ~ y, oct Trinity was badly beaten by the Army today, the cadets rolling up a score Of 90 10 o against the Hartford colleRians The West Pointers used an entire uhstitute team at the outset, but the last two periods were played with most Of the varsity men in tho lineup OLE plant starred for the cadets, scoring four touchdowns and Kicking four goals

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Army leads 13–⁠0 in 13 meetings.