Colgate at Cornell

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1944, page 18

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  StAtiaticx. Colgate Blocks Kicks To Defeat Cornell oy tAe ASboCl&teQ fIeoS. ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. 14.-Blocked kicks paid OF for Colgate today as the Maroon eleven defeated favored Cornell, lat, on wet and slippery Schoelkopf Field. A bit Of typical Colgate razzledazzle-a 46-yard forward lateral broke a TT deadlock early in the final quarter and scored the winning touchdown. Arthur Pollock, Maroon end who handled the punting assignment al afternoon, slapped down a punt by Allen Dekdebrun as the third period ended and recovered on Colgate’s ~. A fourth-period pass by Ed Grygiel to Pollock, who lateraled te Warren Randolph on the IS, with Randolph going over, proved the winning score. / Alex Drogin, starting at left half back for Cornell in place of Dekdebrun, uncorked an 87-yard return on the opening kickoff and two plays later circled left end for touch down. Drogin place-kicked the point. Cornell yielded q tie In short order when Dekdebrun attempted quick kick on Cornell’s 10. James Groh blocked the ball and John Sellon recovered on Cornell’s 9-yard line Three plays put the ball across Richard Kreber kicked the point.

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Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.