The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
FOOTBALL RESULTS

Princeton. September 25.-Princeton's S eleven took advantage of George towns weakness in Fundamentals to- day and defeated the visitors 13 to 0 in the first football game of the sea- son here. Disastrous fumbles enabled Princeton to score the first tally, while flashing runs by Ames and Moore, coupled with forward passes gave the home eleven the second. The weather was warm for football
 Philadelphia, September 25.-A touchdown following forward pass gave the University of Pennsylvania victory over West Virginia univer- sity today in the first football game of the season on Franklin field, to O. The only score of the contest came early in the first period on a forward pass from Fullback Berry to Left Halfback Ross.
 Cambridge, Mass. September 25 After the first and second Harvard elevens had beaten Colby decisively in the initial game of the season in the stadium today. the Maine players marched 5S yards through the third Crimson string for a touchdown in the fourth period. The final score was Harvard 39. Colby 6. The Colby sweep down the field was accomplished in 10 rushes. Harvard endorsements ar- rived too late to stop the score The Crimson offense was lacking In the spectacular No forward passes were even threatened.
 New Haven, Septemebr 25-Ya1e cas- fly defeated University of Maine 37 to in the opening football game of the season here today. Under Thomp- son, second string man at quarter. the Blue played consistently in the first two periods, rolling up 30 points by old fashioned line plunging and triple and forward passes. With Bentley and Watt at quarter in the last two pe- riods Ya1e's play became ragged.
 
 At Knoxville: University of Tennes- see 101, Carson and Newman college o. |
 At Akron, O.: Akron 6, Case 26.
 Washington and Lee was held to two | touchdowns In the opening game with | Davidson college. Touchdowns by Young and Sorrells afforded a 14-0 victory. The Generals failure to pro- duce a drive held the score down. Davidson did not threaten to score. Pierotti, Young and Barrett starred.
 sewanee, September 25.-(speciaI) The Sewanee football team opened the season by defeating Brandon Training school by the score of 40 to O.
 Brandon offered stiff resistance to the attack of the mountain team and once held the Purple backs for downs within two yards of touchdown.
 The work of Dobbins, Ellerbe and Wortham was brilliant for Sewanee, the latter two making repeated gains around Brandon's ends The game end- ed with Sewanee in possession of the ball on Brandons three-yard line first down At Athens, Ga: University of Geor- 1 gia 76, Newberry O. II At Macon. Ga.: Mercer G. Gordon o. At Amherst, Mass: Amherst 14 Mid { dlebury T. At State College, Pa. Pennsylvania State 26. Westminster o. At Easton; Muhlenburg r LaFay- 'tte IA. Z At Pittsburg Carnegie Institute 25, t rhiel O. t At Washington, Penn: Washington ( md Jefferson 6. Geneva 0. At Sanford, Conn: Trinity 27. Nor vich o. 2 At Brunswick. Me; Bowdoin 19, New t State 0. At Carlisle, Penn; Carlisle 0, Leban- lon Valley o.
 At South Bethelem: Lehigh 21, Ursi- rus 0. At Schenectady, N Y: Union 6, St. f Lawrence 0. 1 At Hanover, N. H.. Dartmouth 1S, Agricultural College o. / At Syracuse, N. r.: Syracuse 43, East I Syracuse 0. (East Syracuse sustituted or Hobart)