Holy Cross at Colgate

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  Evening star, November 2, 1941, page 42

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  Holy Gross Earns 6–⁠6 Tie in Colgate Fray By 34-Yard Pass Subs Make Touchdowns In Second Period of Ruin-Drenched Tilt HAMILTON. N. Y. Nov. Holy Cross and Colgate came up with a pair Of substitutes to furnish their touchdowns today, but the rivals proved too evenly matched to produce a decision and struggled to a 6 to 6 deadlock before a drenched and disappointed homecoming Gay gathering of 1000 spectators. Both touchdowns came in the Sec ond quarter, Colgate counting first on drive that gained momentum in the closing minutes of the OPEN ing period. Colgate gained posses sion of the ball on the Crusader 40 yard stripe and with Mike Micka and Jojo McCoUrt sparkling the drive, advanced to the visitors II as the quarter ended. The raiders needed only two plays OF the second StanZa to engineer a touchdown from that point. After Micka picked UP yard, a double reverse, Micka to Bill Geyer to Nc Court, produced the tally with Nc Court, who had gone in for Jules Yakopovich, racing around right end to cross standing up. Bob Endres’ attempted conversion was wide The Crusaders, handicapped by backfield injuries. came back in the waning minutes of the half to even the count With its running attack clicking, Holy Cross marched from its Al to Colgate’s “a from which point Frank Saba spiraled an amazingly accurate pass to Kelvin Null cahy in the end zone. The pass travelled As yards in all, “a from scrimmage. Mulcahy, a standout all day, had replaced Dick Gibson two plays earlier. Johnny Bezemes missed an opportunity to put the Crusaders in front when his kick for the point went

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Colgate leads 32–⁠30–⁠5 in 67 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.