Cornell at Princeton

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1939, page 32

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  Cornell Romps Over Princeton For First Hall, Then Coasts In With 2O-7 Triumph 49,. tossing his high, hard one, Prince ton clicked for its touchdown. Cornell Starts Early. All in all Princeton completed a dozen of “a pass attempts for 154 yards, but when they really counted Cornell’s glue-fingered lads were there to call a halt. Cornell, al though clicking for only 2 first downs to II for the Tiger, gained 178 yards rushing to 70 for Prince ton. The game was only a minute and half old when Baker went to work. Princeton had received the kickoff and punted poorly to its own Is. Baker, on reverse from Ken Brown, cut loose through the left side and galloped over. Less than three minutes later he was at 1t again. Princeton punted to the Cornell 13. Baker went wide around his own left end and aided and abetted by beautiful blocking went all the way down the left side (see CORNELL, page B-l0J

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1939, page 5

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  PRINCETON LOSES TO CORNELL, 20–⁠7 PRINCETON, Oct. 16.-Cornell’s big Red footballers enjoyed a Tiger steak with trimmings for one-half of game last Saturday afternoon. then relaxed and coasted in with 20 to T victory over Princeton.

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Princeton leads 54–⁠30–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.