Colgate at Cornell

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., October 24, 1920, page 81

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  Cornell Beats Colgate by Score of ~ to o Ithacans by Smashing Play Generally Even Up Defeat They Suffered at Hands of the Maroon MAM Year Ago Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HxnALD. ITHACA. Oct 23.--CorneIl crushed Col gate by az to 6 score this afternoon. before a crowd Of 10000 football enthusiasts who yelled themselves hoarse at the spectacular runs of Eddie Kaw and Clyde Mayer. the Cornell halfbacks. and the generally savage attack of the Ithaca back field. The victory was very sweet because only n year ago on the same field the Maroon humbled Cornell by a 81 to 0 score. To have the Ithacans double the points made by Colgate last year and to run up total as large as any Cornell team ever made against the Hamilton outfit sent the Cornell stands into ecstasies and started big student parade and snake dance down the hill. There never was any doubt as to the outcome. Colgate was powerless to stop the hard running attack of the Cornell backs. Her line was outweished and most OF the time outplayed. and her ends wero outclassed by the Ithacans, Munns In particular playing fine game for Cornell The Maroons made three first downs by rushing and executed three for ward passes for a total gain OF perhaps 80 yards. but only once did they throw n scare into the Ithacsns. That was In the first period. after Kaw had scored tho first touchdown for Cornell. Little Webster. Colgate.s slip perry left half. caught Dodge’s punt on his 10 yard line and ran through the Cornell team 80 yards for touchdown. The Ithacans cafno back sharply, how ever. scoring two moro touchdcwns In the first period. They were held even IN the second but rushed over the

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  New-York tribune, October 24, 1920, page 18

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  Colgate SmOtllered BY Cornell; ‘.Reds” Win by AZ to E ITHACA, n. Y, Oct 23-Colgate was outclassed by the Cornell team today IN what was expected to be the first real test for the Ithacans, the powerful, hard hitting Red eleven roll ing up a score of AZ to g. Outweighed about twelve pounds to the man and outplayed in line ends and secondary defense, the Maroon was helpless, except in the second period, when they held Cornell scoreless. The Ithacans scored a touchdown in five minutes and made two more before the whistle blew. They picked up three more in the second half. Ed die Kaw, the sophomore halfback, as slippery and as clever runne. as Cornell has had since Charley Bar rett, played q spectacular game, scoring four touchdowns, reeling off sew ecal twenty five to thirty yard runs and running back Colgate kicks for good gains. Colgate had Cornell anxious once when, on kickoff in the first period, Webster ran through the Ithacans’ ninety yards for touchdown, but chat proved to be merely a flash in the pan. The Maroon made four first downs and gained forty yards on three passes. With memories of last years 81 to 0 victory by Colgate in mind, Cornell celebrated to-day with a snake dance aNd parade. Tho

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  Arizona republican, Arizona, October 24, 1920, page 18 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS At Omaha: Creighton. O: Kansas Aggies 3. At Seattle: Oregon Aggies. 8; Uni verslty of Washington. O. At Eugene: oregon. 1s: Idaho. :. At Des Moines: Drake. ‘; Mis- souri, 10. At Missoula: Montana. 2s; Montana Wesleyan, o. At New Haven: Yale. 24: West vir- ginia, O. At New Brunswick: Virginia. ‘; Rutgers, o. At Cambridge Harvard. s1; Centre, A. At Philadelphia: Virginia Military Institute, 27: Pennsylvansa. T. At Princeton: Princeton, l4: Navy, 0. At Ithaca: Cornell. 42; Colgate. 6. At Chicago: Chicago University, 10; Iowa, o. At Hanover: Syracuse. 10; Dart Al Lincoln: Nebraska. 20; South At West Point: Army. 2s: Tufts. S.. At Pittsburg: Carnegie Tech. p; University of Cincinnati, 15. At Ann Arbor: Illinois. z; Michi- gan. 6. At Indianapolis: Butler. 1a; Earl ham. ‘. At south Bend: Notre Dame. 2s; Valparaiso. 3. At Gettsburg. Pa: Gettsburg, 2O; Albright. To- At Washington. Pa. Washington and Jefferson. IA: Lehigh, 0. At Carlisle: Dickinson, 6; Ursin- ius. :. Fordham. IT. At Rochester. N. Y: Franklin and Marshall. IA. Rochester. 0. At Fort Collins: Colorado Agricul- tural College. 27; Colorado School of Mines. O. At Laramie: Colorado University. :. University of Wyoming. O. At Clinton. N. Y: Hamilton. IA; New York University. 13. At Amherst, Mass: Amherst. 35; Union. O. At Providence. R. l.: Brown. IA; l Springfield. O. At New York: Wesleyan. 10: Colum- bia. O. At wnIiamstown. Mass: Williams 62: Trinity. 0. At State. College. Pa: Penn State 109: Lebanon Valley. [. At Allentown, Pa: Muslenburg, O Bucknell. 43 At Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, O. Swarthmore. 41. At Lawrence. Kans.: Kansas. q Ames o. At St. Louis: st. Louis University 27; Missouri School of Mines. O. ‘ At St. Louis: Oklahoma. 24: Wash.

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Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.