Cornell at Navy

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 3, 1948, page 1 (results column)

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  indians Hold One-Gume Lead, Red Sox Kill Yankee Chances would end the season in a tie for second place. The ultimate pennant winner will meet the Boston Braves. National League champions, in the World Series, which begins Wednesday in Boston. In football, Northwestern University stepped into the national pic ture by knocking off Purdue, 81 to 0. Notre Dame, romped over Pitt, 40 to 0. One upset was Harvards SO to “a victory over Columbia. Brown defeated Princeton, % to 20. and Yale dowhed Connecticut, 7 tot Indiana took the Big Nine lead by lead by defeating Iowa, 7 to 0. Army defeated Lafayette. 54 to 7, but Navy bowed to Cornell. 13 to 7. Two area teams won and two lost in gridiron games. Maryland defeated Delaware, 81 to 0, at Wilmington. and Catholic U. defeated the Pstuxent Navy team here, “A to 0. George Washington lost, 26 to 6, to Virginia Military Institute at Griffith Stadium and West Virginia State downed Howard u, 81 to 6, in a game here. “Details in sports section)

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Navy leads 9–⁠1 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.