. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association lacrosse guide. uccessful for the second time, defeating Penn State, 6 to Nittany Lions had been coached only a month, and whenin the second half they held the visitors to a single goal andalmost scored, enthusiasm ran high. The third game took place on Franklin Field in Phila-delphia, April 7, against the University of Pennsylvania,and Oxford-Cambridge won, 8 to 0. Pennsylvania talliedin the second half, but it was not allowed by the officials ofthe game. Neylan and Pearson, for Oxford, played par-ticularly well. Morley of the Engl
. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association lacrosse guide. uccessful for the second time, defeating Penn State, 6 to Nittany Lions had been coached only a month, and whenin the second half they held the visitors to a single goal andalmost scored, enthusiasm ran high. The third game took place on Franklin Field in Phila-delphia, April 7, against the University of Pennsylvania,and Oxford-Cambridge won, 8 to 0. Pennsylvania talliedin the second half, but it was not allowed by the officials ofthe game. Neylan and Pearson, for Oxford, played par-ticularly well. Morley of the English players twisted hisknee in the game and had to be assisted from the field. Hisloss was a great blow to the team on the rest of their trip. Leaving Pennsylvania for Maryland the English playersfound a surprise in wait for them. They played on April8 with Johns Hopkins at Baltimore and were defeated, 11to 2. It was evident that the English players were not intheir accustomed form, due to the high temperature, while theabsence of Morley left their defense very Spaldings Athletic Library 27 A second contest had been arranged for Oxford-Cam-bridge in Baltimore, Mount Washington being played April11, and for the second time the visitors were defeated onAmerican soil. The score was 7 to 2. Traveling back to Pennsylvania from Maryland the visi-tors played against Swarthmore, April 13, and were defeatedby the score of 9 to 8, and rather unexpectedly. The impres-sion had gained ground before the contest started that thevisitors would be too fast for the Quakers. Captain Hop-kins and Neylan, for the visitors, did some splendid playing,but Johnnie Smith with his brilliant run and a point madeby Baxter, who got the ball in the net with only two minutesto go, carried Swarthmore to victory. The next game was scheduled at Geneva, N. Y., againstHobart College, and again the visitors were defeated, 8 to game was less close than that at Swarthmore. Thefirst half ended with the sc
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