The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, December 01, 1901, Image 37

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    At the game the State aggregation of rooters occupied
the bleachers with their band. The few Lehigh adherents
who were there were scattered. Game was called at 2:44.
Hewitt won the toss and kicked off to State. Several
attempts at Lehigh’s line showed that it was weak. The
ball was soon on Lehigh’s twenty yard line. Here State
was penalised and lost the ball. Twice Lehigh hurled her
self against State’s line but it held like a stone wall and
Fuller kicked to Whitworth at the centre of the field. Then
State again began to march toward the goal and at 2:58
Scholl went over for the first touchdown. Smith failed at
goal. State s—Lehigh 0.
Fuller kicked off for Lehigh to Cummings, who ad
vanced it to the center of the field. Cummings then made a
good gain around Lehigh’s left end, but State was again
penalized, Lehigh getting the ball. Lehigh could not gain,
and the ball went to State. The game here turned into a
procession, State gaining at will, while Lehigh could not
The result was that at 3:11 Arbuthnot made his first
gain.
touchdown of the season for State.
State 10—Lehigh 0.
Fuller kicked off to State. Smith punted on the first
play, and Fuller did likewise. The ball becamd State’s on
her thirty yard line. On the next play, behind magnificent
interference and by skillful dodging, Cummings skirted Le
high's left end for eighty yards and a touchdown. Scholl
kicked the goal. Slate 16—Lehigh 0.
Afterffhe kick-off State tried a delayed pass for a fake
punt. It worked beautifully and Smith gained thirty yards.
Failing to gain on the next two plays Smith kicked to Fuller
who returned it to the center of the field. Time was now
called for the end of the first half.
The wind favored Lehigh in the second, but counted for
little as they had a chance but thrice to kick and State
punted not at all. Smith kicked off. Lehigh fumbled and
Scholl failed at goal.