STATE. POSITION. ANNAPOUS. Moscript right tackle Doherty Yeckley right end (Soule) Baggaley. Elder quarter back Sharp (Whiting, Needham). Mcllveen left half back Decker (Root). Whitworth right half back. .Dowell (Strassburger). Forkum full back Keene (Halsey). Touchdowns—Whitworth, Forkum. Goals from touchdowns— Forkum, 2. Goals from field—Whitworth. Referee—Mr. Sharpe, of Yale. Umpire—Mr. Bergen, of Princeton. Time of halves —22 and 20 minutes. The unexpected often happens, and it surely did happen at Williamsport on Saturday, November 14th. After the parade over the main streets students were heard declaring that a “walk over” was at hand, and hoping that Dickinson would at least put up a game fight. They were not disappointed in their wishes. Dickinson students were as dejected as we were hopeful. How soon the conditions were reversed. Every sign indicated a nainy day for the game, but at noon the sun shone and lighted up the numerous banners of white and blue. Only occasionally was the red to be seen. Long before time for the game the crowd poured into the Seminary Field, until fully three thousand spectators were assembled. The Dickinson stu dents to the unmber of about one hundred were all on one little set of bleachers to the right of the grand stand, in which sat the Seminary girls, largely wearing the red and white. Surrounding the field on three sides were the State “rooters,” five hundred strong. White and blue was so predominant that even Nature decked out in white clouds and blue sky. A mighty cheer went up when the teams came on the field. After a short practice the teams lined up for the struggle. Dickiit- State, o—Dickinson, 6.
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