Colgate at Syracuse

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  The New York herald, New York, November 13, 1921, page 55

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  COLGATE BOWS TO SYRACUSE, IA TOO Crowd of 10000 Sees Orange Make It Four Straight Against Old Rival. Special Despatch 10 TIE NEy YORK HERALD. SYRACUSE, n. y. Nov. 12.-For the fourth consecutive time Syracuse downed Colgate here this afternoon. IA to 0. in game played on a gridiron that was a sea of mud, with the ball al slippery rs an eel, with the players covered with a combination of clay. mud and snow, and with q snow falling steadily throughout the hour OF play. Conditions could scarcely have been worse than they were this afternoon when the rivals clashed In their twenty second gridiron contest. battle which resulted in the eighth victory for the Orange. In the past Colgate has been returaed victorious twelve times. while TWO games have been ties. Despite the terrible weather conditions mere than IL, 900 braved the elements to sec tho upstate game, which in this neck of the woods takes the place OF a Harvard or Army–N contest. Hercert, Syracuse quarterback, had his neck injured in the first quarter and vas taken to a hospital. 1t was feared that one Of the vertebrse in his neck was dislocated. In the third quarter Capt. Webster Of Colgate had TO be carried off the field because of An injury to his ankle. At no time was Colgate dangerously close TO the Syracuse goal line. Tho lineuD

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 13, 1921, page 1

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  SYRACUSE AGAIN DOWNS COLGATE SYRACUSE, N. Y. Nov. i2,-Colgate University. for the fourth consecutive year, lost TO Syracuse today, II to 0. The gFidlron was a sea of mud. Syracuse gained its nrst touch down in the third period. when Il double pass to Zimmerman placed the ball on the S-yard line. and An derson went through right guard for the score, and Zimmerman kicked the goal Syracuse again carried the ball down the field and had It on the 81 yard line when the third quarter ended. Zimmerman made three yards, Colgate, off-side. was penallzed half the distance to the goal and Foster drove through for the second touchdown on the next play. The Orange had the ball on the Col. gate 11-yard line when the final whistie blew.

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Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.