Cornell at Columbia

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  Evening star, October 30, 1938, page 35

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  SPIRITED CORNELL . DOWNS COLUMBIA Beefy Team Functions Like Ballet in Running Up Score of % to 7. NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-Cornell’s’ red d-jerseyed beef trust” operating with the speed and precision Of a pony ballet, overpowered Columbia, 23–⁠7. today before record crowd Of $4,000 at Baker Field. the proper spirit and lift in some Of their previous appearances, hit hard and hit early as they rolled up the most one-sided score this ivy-clad series has seen since 1923 and gained their first triumph since 1924 on the Lions home grounds ‘ag They rolled for 10 yards and their first touchdown in eight plays In the first quarter, went 81 IN five plays and then threw their one completed pass for “a yards and the second tally, and in the final period picked up nine points on a safety and another steady march, this One for So yards The major share of Cornell’s ball. carrying was done by 205-pound Vince Eichler and his replacement at full back. f1ashy Ken Brown. Cornell didn’t score again until early in the last quarter. when Holland dropped Stanczyk for q safety just after Columbia had recovered a Cornell tumble that apparently had stopped an 1tahscan advance. From the ensuing kickoff the 1thacans tai lied again, Eichler going over Co. lumbia’s left side, weakened by the absence of Capt. Jack Wright, from the 1-yard line. With Sid Luckman, its all-around ace, who had suffered a rib injury. on the bench the Lions drove to their lone tally early in the third period 1t was on pass from Art Radvilas

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Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.