Virginia at Harvard

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 6, 1916, page 3

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  A JOKE FOR HARvARps Crimson Machine Rips Southerners for Big Gains-score 51 to 0. Harvard’s football team had the ef- feet of a British tank in action against the University of Virginia Saturday at Cambridge. It’s offense tore away or beat down all opposition for a total of 51 points, the Crimson’s high score of the season, while an impervious de- fense held the eoutherners at midheld s the entire game except for a few mo- ments. -:--.,.. z5s9T The contest was a remarkable ezhi- bition of Harvard’s secondary strength as six of the eleven men who started the game against Cornell were not called in to play at any time, and the Crimson still presented three almost complete teams. Ao a result it is evil dent that Harvard will go into the Princeton game well equipped in play CTS. By long end running, in which WILL cox and Minot made considerable gains; by forward passes of a simple nature, and by line bucking with Bond and Horne carrying the ball, the Har-i yard attack swept down the field were made, with goals from six of them, and Bond also kicked a field goal standing g yards away. In principle the Harvard plays were rudimentary- In execution they seemed almost inn possible of solution by Virginias team. The southerners had little offensive variety to confuse the Cambridge col- legians. Only once in the game did they encroach on Harvard territory, a second period series of forward passes carrying the ball from Virginia’s 30 to Harvards A yard line, where another attempt to advance through the air failed, and Harvard gained the ball. In 25 rushes Virginia advanced only B yards. The toe of Thurman, who gave up T, %1a@ 9,, France to return to school, proved the, most prominent factor in the game. Averaging nearly 50 yards to a kick, from the rushline, he booted Virginia out of danger many times. His tackle was deadly, but Crimson players had him boxed much of the time. The lineup and summary: Harvard 51 Virginia o Phlnney ............... Wnte Wheeler .....:gs.:.. % a sMckay Left Tackle. Clarke Coiemanl Left Guard. Harris .........:.-..- Cnurcnmani Center. snow thurman; Right Guard. SWeetser Ward Right Tackle. Harte Darwin Right End. Murray Carr1ngton Quarterback. Minot Kinsolvingi Left Halfback. | Hitchcock RuSSell Right Halfback. Bond ................ Spar | F’ul1back. Score by periods: l Harvard ........ tlsl3e1 e14-oaa | Vlrglna ...... t..- -. .u- v -. | Officials: Referee, w. S. Iangford, | Trinity; umpire, David Fu1tz, Brown; mouth; field judge, Groverland, An napolis; time of periods, 15 minutes | each. Scoring: Harvard – Touchdowns, Bond 2, Minot ?, Burnham, Horne, H. Coolidge; goals from touchdowns, l Bond 5, Gardner; field goal, Bond. 1 Substitutions: Harvard–Brewer for Phinney, Gaston for Brewer, Ryan for Gaston, Hartley for Wheeler, Lancaster for Hartley, Duncan for Clarke, Dean for Duncan, Wiggin for Harris, Flynn for Wiggin, Thorndyke for Flynn, Day for Snow, Lowell for Sweetser, Batch elder for Harte, H. Coolidge for Batch elder Likens for H. Coolidge Wilcox for Minot, Burnham for Hitchcock, Horne for Bond, Bond for Horne, Thatcher for Bond. Virginia-Stewart for Mckay, Thurman for Stewart. Montague for Churchman, Stewart for Thurman, Calvert for Stewart, Biakey for Ward Hager for Darwin. Goodwin for Hager, c. White for Darlington, Gooch for Russell.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1916, page 1

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  VIRGINIA IS BURIED Harvard 0verwheIms South erners by a 81 to o Score. CR.MSON’S PLAYS A PUZZLE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. November r. Harvard’s foot ball team beat down the defense OF the University of Virginia today for q total Of 81 points, the Crimson’s high score of the season, while an impervious defense held the southerners at midf1eld the entire game, except for a few moments. The contest was a remarkable exhibition of Harvard’s secondary strength, as six of the eleven men who started the game against Cornell were not called into play at any time. and the Crimson still presented three almost complete teams. AS result, it is evident that Harvard viii go into the Princeton game we’ll equipped in players. BY long end running. in which Will cox and Mlnot made considerable gains by forward passes of a simple nature and by line bucking, with Bond and Horne carrying the ball. the Harvard attack swept down the field again and again. Seven touchdowns were made. with goals from six of them, and Bond also kicked field goal standing thirty two yards away. In principle the Harward plays were elementary. In exc cution they seemed impossible of so luton by Virginias team. The southerners had little offensive variety to confuse the Cambridge col legians. Only once in the game did they encroach on Harvard territory. second period series of forward passes carrying the ball from Virginia’s to Harwards 45-yard line. where another at tempt to advance through the air failed, and Harvard gained the ball. In twenty-five rushes Virginia advanced only 80 yards. The toe of Thurman, who gave up ambulance driving at the front i’ll France to return to school. proyed the most prominent of the game. Ayera cling nearly so yards to the kick from the rush line. he booted Virginia out of danger many times. His tack ling was deadly. but Crimson players had him boxed much OF the time

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Harvard leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the seven since this game.