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1919's

Regular Season October 12, 1919

Grove-Eldridge 0
Buffalo Prospects 40

Attendance: n/a

It was not much of a contest as the Buffalo Prospects rolled over the Grove-Eldridge team of Tonawanda 40-0. Bob Langdon, Bill Gehring, Bill Kibler, Wesley Abbott and “Torchy” Sullivan all scored touchdowns with “Tommy” Hughitt, “Hymie” Bleich and Austen Lake kicking the points after touchdowns. Gehring intercepted a pass in the third quarter.

Scoring Summary
	1	2	3	4	F
Grove-Eldridge	0	0	0	0	0
Buffalo Prospects	0	14	13	13	40
Time Of Periods	10	10	10	10
(Not In Order Of Scoring) BUF TD, Langdon Touchdown. BUF TD, Gehring Touchdown. BUF TD, Gehring Touchdown. BUF TD, Kibler Touchdown. BUF TD, Abbott Touchdown. BUF TD, Sullivan Touchdown. BUF, Hughitt Goal From Touchdown. BUF, Bleich Goal From Touchdown. BUF, Lake Goal From Touchdown. BUF, Lake Goal From Touchdown.

Game Roster

Position

Grove-Eldridge

Buffalo Prospects

LHB

RHB

O. Luther

Woods

Krause, Dexter, Beales

Hoyer

Callahan

O'Brien

Beales, Kreiger

Scott

Diedrick

Horne, C. Luther

Kuhrt

Dempsey, Sullivan

Stephan

Rupp

Abbott

Poodry

Ames

Langdon, Mahaney

Bleich, Hughitt

Koops

Lake, Bleich

Gehring

Referee:	Art Powell
Umpire:	Howard Stesel
Head Linesman:	McDermott

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