Williams at Columbia

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  The New York herald, October 30, 1921, page 46

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  Columbia Surprised and Beaten by Williams, 200 Blue and White Is Outgeneraed by Lighter but Faster Team-Fumbling Proves Costly Wilson Stars for Winners. Fargo won the toss when the rival leaders met in midfield and elected to kickoff. defending the east goal. He booted the leather to Scovil, who ran the ball back to his 80 yard line An exchange of punts followed. giving the Blue and White possession of the ball In midfield. But here a fatal misplay was madc and Williams recovered tumble After one failure against the line Johnny Wilson hurled direct twenty yard pass to Pease. who was absolutely uncovered, and 1t was a simple matter for the Purpie left end to jaunt across Columbia’s line. Fargo kicked goal and the visitors led, to 0. After MalIon had messed up his at tempted drop kick from the As yard mark, Anderson punted high. but short. and Mallon called for fair kick. Dis regarding the signal Columbia end tackled him and the locals were penal lied. Columbia fell back, but Capt. Fargo kept the ball where II was and from here made the placement kick al ready mentioned. That put Williams 10 points to the good and ended the scoring for tho first period AS a result Of several first downs Co lumbia opened the second quarter with the ball on the Puppies yard mark. Frantically the Massachusetts, stands implored their team to hold and as Historically the Blue and White rooters urged their favorites to score. but the minority had its way. and O’Neill’s ma chine lost the ball on downs. Monjo punted safely to midfield and after an other ten yard advance had been made, the Williamstown collegians again took the leather on downs. Here Wendell sent Richmond, his nearest approach to Ben NY Boynton. into the backfield, and on the first play Richmond dashed around left end for thirty yards. Mallon Inn mediately dropped back to the 80 yard mark and successfully drop kicked his team to three moro points as the half ended. Williams Wide Awake. There was no scoring in the third period Columbia showing her usual tenn porary rally In the face of adversely, but when the game was almost at an end Williams counted once moro. Freeman had allowed himself to be caught nap ping when Monjo kicked. on the first down and the pigskin rolled idly to the Blue and Whites 5 yard mark. Instead Of playing the game safely, the Columbia quarter threw discretion to the winds and attempted a long for ward pass. Johnny Wilson dashed in front Of the flying ball, gathered it in his eager arms and sped twenty yards to the visitors second touchdown. Fargo again kicked goal and Williams had won. 20 to o.

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  Indiana daily times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 31, 1921, page 8 (results column)

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  Saturday Football INDIANA TEAMS. ANDAANA LEAhos Notre Dame, IS; Indiana, 7. Iowa. 13; Purdue, g. De PAW, 81; Georgetown, 0. Earlham- Western State Normal, post poned until today. OTHER GAMES. Army, 50; SusQuehanna, 0. Alabama 4 L93q,is5ianai I amherst, 20; Hamilton, 0. Arizona. “A: Texas Urnies, 0. Amherst, 20; Hamilton, Q. sAIbion. II; HiusdaIe. 0. AugusUana, IS; Monmouth, I. Baylor, 10; southwestern, 0. Beloit. IS; Knox, Z Boston College, 0; FOrdham. 0. Bucknell, Il Catholic I. O. Boston, “a Rhode Island State. 9. Carnegie Tech, 90; Allegheny, O. Centre, 6; Harvard, 0. Cornell, SO, Dartmouth, Z. Colgate, : +; New York, Z. Case, IS; Heidelberg, 0. Chicago, 80; Colorado, 0. Creighton, Il; Xavier, Z. Colby, 8 Maine. 0. Colorado Aggies, - Colorado College. 0. California, u Washington. 0. Detroit. Il; Tulane, O. Denver. . Wyoming, 9. L Of \. Carolina, 10 L. Of Maryland, 7. Florida, 81 Howard 0. Georgia. Z; Auburn, 0. Georgetown, 2S; George Washington, 0. Gettysburg, u; Dickinson, 0. Gonzaga Z; Montana, . Hobart. q; MON, 7. Johns Hopkins, A West Nd, 0. James MuIIkin, I; Rolla School Of Mines, 0. Kansas, q; Kansas Aggies, I. Kenyon. Z; Otterbeln, I. Lehigh, p West Va, u Lafayette 35; Rutgers, Q. Missouri 6; Drake. 0. Miami, q; Dennison, 0. Michigan, 8: Illinois, 0. Nariette. 20: “. Va, Wesleyan. 0. Marquette, 7; Michigan AggIes. o. Muhlenberg, !: swarthmore, s. Nuskingum 50; Dayton, 0. Navy, q; Bethany, 0. Nortith Dakota !, rs AAggies. 5. Nebraska. n: Oklahoma, o. New Hampshire, II Bates, O. IS North Carolina, Z Y. “. l.. :. 0berlin, p Ohio Wsesleyan.. 0. Ohio Northern, 50. Hiram. 0. Ohio L, 80; Baldwin Wallace, 0. Penn State, Is. Georgia Tech, 7. Princeton, “a virginia. 0. pittsburgh, e, Pennsylvania 0. Stanford, j Oregon Aggtes, Z Tufts. Il: Wesleyan, X Trinity, e. Stevens, 0. Utah. II: Idaho, 7. Vanderbilt. II: Tennessee, 0. Vermont. II; Massachusetts, Aggies, Z. Washington and Lee. “a; Va, Poly, o. Wisconsin, 81 Minnesota. O. Wooster, Z; Western Reserves, O. Wlttenherg, 7; Cincinnati, 2. Washington and Jefferson, II; SYRIA cuse, 10 Washington, .: Ames 0. Williams, 20: Columbia, 0. Yale, ~; Brown, 7. HIGH SCHOOLS. Manual O.; Sheridan, 0. Evansville Central. q; Princeton, 10. Linton, 80; Petersburg. 0. Noblesville S. Westfeld, 0. Jefferson (Lafayette), 6 Monticello O. Boonville, IS; Huntingburg, 6. Richmond. Is; Elkhart, 0. Greenfield. u: EIwood, 6.

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, October 31, 1921, page 3 (results column)

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  VOCATIONAL HUMBLES ACADEMY men in series of plays that completely bafied the Crimson. While Centre was making football his tory, another southern eleven, Georgia Tech, the golden tornado” from Atlan- ta, was being. reduced to mere dust cloud by Penn State. Fully rested after it’s splendid tie game against Harvard of the week before, Penn State disp.ay- ed great strength in both attack and defense. which tells the 28–⁠7 story of vic- tory. Yale, with Maryland University on it’s schedule for next Saturday, has come through the season without defeat. Brown was the victim of the Eli eleven Saturday, furnishing little opposition for the Bull Dog, which won 457. Glenn Warmers Pittsburgh eleven, threw a dashing offensive against Penn’s 5 lines and won 2S-0. Cornell crushed Dartrouth 5s-7. Dart mouths lone touchdown came on a se- ries of rushes after Cornell tumble. The Navy added Bethany to it’s vic tins, 21 to 0, while the Military Acad- emy reserves toyed with Susquehanna to win 53o. Syracuse, though battling hard, lost to Washington and Jefferson IT to 10. Fordham and Boston College battled to a scoreless tie, while Columbia was humb,ed by Williams 20 to 0. Trinity outplayed Stevens and won to 0.

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  Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial, Delaware, October 31, 1921, page 11 (results column)

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  College Football. Delaware University, AZ; Washing ton College, o. Delaware University, All Washing ton College, o. Centre, s; Harvard, 0. Princeton. “a; Virginia, 0. Yale, 3S; Brown, Z, Georgia Tech, Z; Penn state, 2s. Williams, 20; Columbia, 0. Lafayette, 35; Rutgers, 0. Navy, 21; Bethany, 0. Georgetown, 2s; Washington, 0. Hobart, 81; unions 7. Northwestern, “a; Depauw, 0. Washington and Jefferson, II; Syracuse, 10. Notre Dame, 2s; Indiana, Z. Missouri, O.; Drake, 0. Army. So; Susquehanna, 0. Lehigh, 81; West Virginia, IA. Georgetown, Z; Auburn, 0. 4 Chicago. 35; Colorado, 0. Michigan, 3: Illinois, 0. Wisconsin. 35; Minnesota, 0, University of Detroit, IA; Tulane, 10 Colorado, 10; Grinnell, Q. Iowa, l3; Perdue, s. Case, Ia Heidelberg, 0. Oberlin, 81; Ohio Wesleyan, 0. y

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Columbia leads 13–⁠3–⁠1 in 17 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.