Williams at Cornell

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1924, page 83

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  CORNELL Is JOLTED BY WILLIAMS TEAM ITHACA, \. Y, October 1I.-Cornelfs string of 26 consecutive grid iron victories was broken today when Williams defeated the Big Red team. IA to T. Misplays and fumbles by the comedians and dazzling aerial at tack by Williams were the principal factors in the Ithacans’ downfall. The first period was scoreless. In the second period a forward pass, Hoeckelman to Isaly. brought the ball to within scoring distance for Cornell. Milestone took the ball across the goal line and kicked a placement. Hoeckelman a few min utes later dropped a Williams punt lde, the New Englanders’ left end. recovered the tumble and raced 10 yards for Williams first touchdown, Fisher kicked the goal and the score was tied, III. There was no more scoring for the remainder of the half. In the third period there began mighty battle for the breaks. Hoeckelman’s retrieving try for a place ment missed by inches. 1t was his fourth unsuccessful attempt. Cornell later carried the ball to the 1-yard line, but could not put it over, losing on downs. In the fourth period williams unhooked powerful aerial offensive. ~ loss from clement 10 Bourne brought the ball to CornelTs 25-yard line. Then Clement hurled the ball to lde and the end scored a touch down. Williams clearly outplayed Cornell in the second half. The old-tfme in terference of the Red players was woefully missing And the Comedians fumbled lamentably at critical stages of the game. The game opened the new Cornell crescent and 1900 saw the home team bow in defeat for the first time in four years

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Cornell leads 13–⁠5–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the two since this game.