Colgate at Columbia

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  Evening star, October 16, 1938, page 29

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  COLGATE CHECKS LUCKMAN TO WIN With Passing Star Foi|ed, Columbia Takes First Beating, II to 0. ~ thiS AesCNiatcu 6IeSS, NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Coleate,s Red Raiders threw up an air-tight defense against Sid Luckman’s passes when 1t was necessary today and in 80 doing handed the Columbia Lions their first setback of the season, IL to 0. before $4,000 fans at Baker Field. Not only was Luckman throttled in the pinches, but one of his aerials was intercepted and run back by Howard Herman so yards for Colgate’s second touchdown in the final period. Out of the l6 passes attempted by the al-America candidate, only five were completed for total of 4S yards. The Colgate defenders gave the pub licized Lion ace, Luckman, about his worst afternoon of the past three seasons. Colgate Shows Tough Trio. Colgate, on the other hand, brought out three ball luggers, Joe Hoague, Harold Lube and Howard Herman, who took turns tearing chinks out of the Columbia line. They ripped down the field 50 yards to Columbia’s 10 yard line the first time they got hold OF the ball, and in the second period they made successive drives cf 40 and 81 yards. Hoague plunsing across from the 1-yard line to climax the second David’s two attempts to dropkick hA A~A~ S-k

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Colgate leads 15–⁠4–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.