The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-20
INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL.
In Interesting Series of Games Laaagurated
in the East Without Dis

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Oct. 19.-The first
big game of the intercollegiate football
season was played to-day on Soldiers
field between harvard and Brown univer-
slties. The attendance was very large,
both colleges being wellrepresented. There
were 5000 people present.
Harvard played the most brilliant game
which she has shown this year, and after
being warmed up to the work had nc
trouble in disposing OF the team from
Providence Both teams played their reg
ular elevens.
The new football rules adopted by the
college teams were tried and worked to
perfection, for, although the game was
hard-fought one, it lacked any brutality.
In the first half the Brown team held
the Harvard boys well, the score at the
half Harvard had things all her own way
and won by 26 points to 6, Brown being
unable to score in this half.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 10. = The
Princeton "tigers" made their first and
only appearance of the year in Philadel-
phia this afternoon when they tackled the
football team of Lehigh University at the
Philadelphia Baseball Park Princeton
won. but the Bethlehem collegians kept
the score down TO 16, just 80 points less
than Pennsylvania scored against Lehigh
last Monday.
Princeton scored but six points in the
first half. In the first ten minutes of the
second half Lehigh went through Prince
toms center repeatedly on gains of from
two to three yards and got the ball as far
as Princeton's 25-yard line.
Then the yellow and black recovered the
ball on four downs and punted to Lenigh' s
40-yard line. The playing was thereafter in
Lehigh's territory. Score: Princeton Is,
Lehigh 0. The roughness of Princeton s
play can be classed as feature of the
game. For Princeton Barnard and Baird
did the best work. while on the other side
the strongest showing was made by Keys,
Traitor, Baldwin and Fitzgerald. The
weather was clear and pleasant. The at
tendance was 5000.
ITHACA, n, Y, Oct. 19.-Lafayette won
to-day's football game with Cornell, al
though practically outplayed by her de-
feated rivals. The final score was: La
fayette 6, Cornell 0. The winning score was
made in the first half. The halves were
but twenty minutes long, and but for their
brevity Cornell might have scored several
times. The ball never left the Lafayette
territory in the second half except on
punts, but Cornell did not get over the
line.
CHICAGO, Ill, Oct 19.-The North
western University eleven this afternoon
defeated the University of Chicago eleven
by score of % to 6. In two short halves
the Northwestern boys pushed the ball
four times over Chicago's line, and Sc
cured three goals. Chicago got a touch
down on fiuke in the first half, by which
Ewing landed the bali at the Northwest
ems ten-yard line, and Nichols went be-
tween the poles.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Oct. 19.-Fine
weather favored the elevens of the Crescent
Athletic Club and Amherst Ill their annual
match at Eastern PARK, Brooklyn, to-day.
AS consequence the attendance was quite
large.
The collegians suffered defeat by the
score of 20 to 0, and although they played
strong and plucky game they were
clearly outclassed. With the exception of
a few minutes during the first half the
| visitors were constantly on the defensive.
WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. 19.-Three
| thousand people this afternoon Witnessed
the game of football here between the
cadets and the Tufts College eleven. The
cadets showed their superiority from the
start. Stacy, West Points right halfback,
sustained a fractured rib, which will prob
| ably disable him for the season. Score
West Point 80, Tufts College 0.
ORANGE, N. j., Oct. 19.-The Orange
Athletic Club made good showing against
Yale in the game of football at Orange
| oval this afternoon. The final score was
| Orange II, Yale "a. Yale played her best
team and had snappy game, while
| Orange surprised all by sharp aggressive
work and fine tackling. Her first score
against Yale was fairly and squarely won,
while the score for the second time was
contribute to by blocked ball.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 19.-Penn-
sylvania played superb game on Franklin
| field this afternoon and defeated the Uni
versity OF Virginia by score of "a to 0.
The features of Pennsylvania play were
the fast playing of the team, the lorna
ton of magnificent interference and i'm
pregnable defenses, which Virginia failed
repeatedly throughout the game to pierce,
| and brilliant individual plays. Gilbert
and Blair's runs were splendid, while
Woodruff and Farrar advanced the ball
| well. Woodruff, Bull and Dickson did adj
| mirably in securing the ball on Mind
| long kick, while Farrar, Wagenhurst and
| Wharton tackled and broke through
| nicely. For Virginia the best individual
work was done by Penton and Poindexter