Lafayette at Pennsylvania

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  The Bridgeport evening farmer, November 6, 1916, page 14

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  The justly famous sieve or the toothsome Swiss cheese have nothing on the Yale line when it comes to holes. Just at present the Yale line has more holes than a golf course. AL ter seeing the Colgate backs plunge through for big gains fast Saturday the Yale coaches must have coined some new cuss words between the halves. There is no denying the fact that in Spencer and Hubbell of Colgate, Yale encountered two of the best backs in the east Both entered the con- test in poor condition, however, and Spencer had to leave the game before the first half ended. When he quit most of the punch was substracteo from the Colgate attack. But the Yale forwards will be ex- pected to stop backs of this calibre in the Princeton and Harvard games Unless there is big improvement in the next two weeks they won’t be able to hold the enemy in check. The Yale linemen failed utterly in the first half to stop the fast charging Colgate backfield men and the gaps opened by the Colgate forwards were big enough for torchlight parade to pass through. Tn this half Colgate gained 15O yards and made first downs frequent ly. Yale got only one first down when LeGore sprang a 35 yard run. In the second half Colgate was worn down by the fast pace and gained only 70 yards to ITO for Yale. It was a peculiar fact that the break in the game which gave Yale a chance for victory should have been a missed drop kick by Harry LeGore. The kick went short and Colgate had to put the ball in play on the four yard line. The Colgate punter boot ed the ball out of bounds on his own 20 yard line and this proved the turn ing point of the battle. Yale was en- abled to rush the ball for short gains until the Colgate line stiffened on the five yard mark and the forward pass was used for the much needed touch down. Colgate’s play in every department except kicking was fully as good as Yale’s. It was the poor kicking that made possible the downfall of Coach Bankhart’s pupils. The forward pass ing, although not used so frequently as by Washington S Jefferson, was excellent The feature that pleased Yale men most was the fine spirit displayed by Tad Jones’ eleven. After being out played in the first half the boys came back with plenty of dash in the last session and proceeded to convince spectators that gameness is still a prized possession at Yale. Harvard and Princeton had easy matches so no true line on their pro- sress could be obtained Penn did only fairly we’ll in beating Lafayette 19 to 0. The inter-sectional clash be- tween the Army and Notre Dame proved that the balance of power is stlll’ln the east for the military young sters won a thrilling victory. The Eastern league magnates met today in Springfield to consider their clrcuiH for next season. The problem Of the Lawrence club is the principal topic of discussion. Former Owner Sullivan owes the league considerable money and if he doesn’t pay up today the league is expected to declare the franchise forfeiteS If

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], November 8, 1916, page 13

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  IKE KICK WAS POPULAR IN 1896 WHEN PENN W. LAFAYETTE BEAT PENN, TIED PRINCETON AND MADE GREAT RECORD IN SEASON OF 1896 ri Knew Him When” Club Meeting After Saturdays Disaster Gives Maroon and White . Championship in Olden Days Championship in Olden Days LoorBAA 49,. s” D ~s % = 70 AGO S~ @ % % nay % special each $ 5 rG’I as 70 make that they &c, the proper food coaches to teach the Of hshas chorus girls in 100000 production In the purchased themselves ot out practice and follow the instructions the paasI and wened they do Sometimes player would % the erOn dream bed of nowadays but twenty years had with Davis B. skmS one Of the executives lafayette ooSSe % yG M w % % b @ she was nineteen points worse than Penn when came to playing football Mr. his card the Knew Him when club and unoaded bunch Of ancient disguise of Twas No, Like rh. in the olden Days WE GATHERED Mr. skmnS that LAFAYETTE not in the mention of the made the other treb call born at 1afay the eleven “a s % ever represented before won every .aS ] % D ] 20 % $ @ Princeton and % Ss S @ % r s s how S S P, ] % @ n @ @ @ % the % same ] , @ defeated e Yale ON n following Saturday of 81 70 the s @ so oh % the s % wIrs they % % Ts’ns of % Shn’n ] the the S To @ towns Transformer had nothing on that football eleven and the trip was did notanec their playing Penn Not Anxious Play the Game DY of country – rolled battle skman partisan Lafayette penn % n 1 this G and % Just “ when p Ts, @ to be called nothing Franklin formation and Jack Minds played haack and did the punns touchdown counted only more Lafayette played great defensive the first half holding Tor s downs three times when the gain was only nve Yards the second a The egoalwa missed Rowland BocksP Penn Kick uIT the gain Jack Minds fell % snap the ball He blocked the Kick and recovered the ball for lafayette the trick that Ouwed Penn and the the Maroon to try for field goal This goal under the Barclay toward the side line Jones the center made the snap to Barclay and he was kicked the goal The game ended almost directly with e4 team defeated Harvard a severe pain in his side On the train % Pba waibrdss were fighting so hard for victory Is HliamsA Afraidto Meet louisiana WHETHER locaim hason williams match with louisiana and for the champions Dave wartnik phia fans anxiousy see the champion do 1T Indian Saturday morning the Quaker defeat Cornell Moakley pistol n the ‘‘‘‘‘‘ “‘” ‘”‘ “‘‘‘ :” “‘ ‘A’ iron” splendid ann went for seventy sad which rseoTG s cka And Anderson ~ AHY

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 5, 1916, page 19

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  LIGHT A HEAVY SCORER AS PENN BEATS LAFAYETTE Quakers Played 10 StandStill in First Half-Rally in Second Philadelphia, Nov. 4.-The University Of Penn sylvania football team, after hang played 10 g standstill by Lafaya.e in the frs. half, found itself in the second half and won out by 2 score of istoO The first half was an exhibition Of loose football. n which each side resorted 70 weird forward passes, hardly any Of which gained. It was only in the second half. when he team played straigh. football. that Lafayette was Mastered Il was o.d-fashioned football through which Penn scored its first touchdown. An exchange Of kicks gave the Quakers the ball AZ midheld. Williams and Light In two smastes made a iirst down. Bryant and Light then made seven yards in TWO plays. Light next eleetrined the crowd by sprinting through a big hole in the Lafayette line and night ing his way ahead for thirty yards TO the visitors S-yard line. In four plunccs Light took the ball over for a touchdown. The Quakers scored again early in the third period. Starting from their own 25-yard line, Penn went straight down the field, four and five yards at a clip, Light finally made the touchdown on line plunge. after the team had marched seventy-fve yards without los ing the ball. The final touchdown was made by Miller, who took forward pass from Bel and sprinted thirty yards for the touchdown. The ine-ur fo11ou-e.

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Pennsylvania leads 55–⁠21–⁠4 in 80 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.