Colgate at Syracuse

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 21, 1920, page 1

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  LONG RUNS GIVE SYRACUSE VICTORY Defeat Colgate on Muddy Field by ID to 0 With Heavier Team Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD. SYRACUSE. Nov. 2O.-While $4,000 persons looked on, the Syracuse Uni versity football eleven downed the Col gate team in their annual game in the Archbold Stadium to-day, IA to 0, in the last game on the schedule OF both aggregations. Colgate put up it’s usual good fight, but the Maroon was outclassed by Capt Robertson’s bigger and more experienced players. The game was played on a heavy field and five minutes after the first kickoff all the players were COW cred with mud. The ball was hard to handle, but there were few fumbles In the conflict. The touchdowns were made in the second and third periods and both were made on long runs. In the second period Syracuse had advanced the ball into Col gate territory and on the second down had the ball on the Maroon’s seven yard line when Frugone found q hole IL the left side OF Colgate’s line and lodged his way through and then raced toward the Colgate goal with only Webster ahead Of him. Webster started to dive after Frugone but slipped in the mud and Frugone had a clear path for the last fifteen yards of the distance. Early in the third period, after San ford had punted, Syracuse got the ball on it’s own forty-eight yard line and then carried the ball to the twenty-third yard line. where Abbott heaved n pretty forward pass to Kellogg. who raced over twenty yards for the second Syracuse touchdown. Abbott also booted this goal In the third quarter Colgate had the ball inside Syracuse’s fifteen yard line. but Syracuse braced and took the ball on downs. For Syracuse Alexander Kellogg, Frugone. Robertson, Abbott and Anderson did the best work. while for Col gate. Webster, their crack halfback !: Mason, Wooster and Townsend played well. The lineup:

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  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 21, 1920, page 6

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  SYRACUSE WINS FIFTH IN ROW FROM COLGATE SYRACUSE, y. Y. Nov. 2O.-The Colgate-Syracuse game, the annual classic of central New York foot ball, was won by Syracuse for the fifth successive time here today. The score was: Syracuse 14s Col gate 0. Two perfect forward passes by Abbott were the main contributing factors of the victory of the Or ange. Twice when Syracuse was within striking distance of the Col gate goal and straight football tao tics had failed. Abbott relied sue ceSsfully on aerial football.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1920, page 28

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  PASSES GIVE SYRACUSE WIN OVER COLGATE, 14–⁠0 SYRACUSE. N. Y. November 20 The Colgate-Syracuse game. the an nual classic of central New York foot ball. was won by the Orange for the fifth successive time here today. IA to o. Two perfect forward passes by Alb bott were the main contributing fac Twice when Syracuse was within striking distance of the Colgate goal and straight foot ball tactics had failed Abbott relied successfully on aerial foot ball

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Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.