Princeton at Columbia

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  Evening star, October 3, 1943, page 25

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  Princeton Smashes Columbia Line for 26–⁠7 Triumph bS me ANSOCldleG Press. NEW YORK. Oct. 2.-Princeton pushed aside young Columbia line today and romped to a 26-to-7 vic tory. The Tigers, drubbed by Pennsylvanla last week, unleashed a Lair OF G-men, Bernard Gallagher and Pete Click. and it didn’t take them more than a few moments to dis cover what made the Lions tick-or fail to tick Click burst through the center of the ineffective Columbia line in the first period on a 71-yard hike for a touchdown and before the second session was more than a minute old he was back. This time he had but II yards to go. The third Princeton marker was scored by Bill Miller in the third quarter at the end of a Award march and the final score. midway in the last period, was chalked up by Dave Marshall, who went Sc yards in one play. While Click took the scoring headlines there was no question about the ruggedness of Gallagher’s plav. The big 2l5-pound tackle. Sub guard for PENNSYLVANIA a wear ago but now operating for Princeton as a Navy transfer. blocked one Colunbla punt, always tackled like A destroyer, and once conveyed a, TIGER back down the field with all the fury OF a cruiser. He was in virtually every play. Columbia annexed it’s lone marker IN the first period. A punt was car rled out to the l5-yard line but a Tiger clipping penalty put the ball In play on the two and Ed Arden needed only one blast to score with AL Miller coming off the bench to convert

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Princeton leads 61–⁠12–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.