Cornell at Syracuse

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  Evening star, October 20, 1948, page 46

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  Game Saturday Big Attraction On Eastern Grid Bottle to Touch Off Series of Contests Leading to Title NEW YORK, Oct. 20-Army and Cornell, bidding for top recognition among Eastern elevens, will risk their unbeaten and united records Saturday when they clash at ithaca, N. Y, in one of the Nations most eagerly awaited football games. Army has roared past four foes, brushing aside Villanova, 2s-0; Lafayette, SAT-; Illinois, 1921, and Harvard, 20–⁠7. Cornell also has disposed of its first four opponents, beating N. Y. u, 47–⁠6; Navy, 1871: Harvard, 40–⁠6, and Syracuse, 34–⁠7. The game will be the first of a series of battles which may find the East without a major unneaten and united team. The other two ali-conquering squads are Penn and Penn State. Clear Supremacy Is Likely. 1t won’t all happen this week. But give the boys time and it could hapepn. The schedule this year pits Penn against all of the other three. Penn State plays only Penn. Army takes on Cornell and Penn. Cornell faces Army and Penn. In boxing they would call it top fight matchmaking. In college football it’s different. The schedules usually are drawn up couple of years in advance. When the schools contract each other they don’t know whether they’ll draw a powerhouse or a patsy a few years hence. 1t all adds up to capacity crowds this year with the possibility Of q clear-cut decision On who gets the Lambert Trophy, symbolic of East ern grid supremacy. Penn-Cornell Fitting Finale. After the Ithaca clash of Army and Cornell, Penn State and Penn will have 60 at each other in Philadelphia November 6. On No vember 13 Army journeys to Penn,s Franklin Field for the annual JAM the-jernt joust. The finale also takes place at Franklin Field, with Cornell visit ing Penn on Thanksgiving Day, November Is. Just in case the boys don’t knock each other off, there are a few out side schools who would be delighted to help out. Cornell has two other problems in Columbia and Dartmouth. Army can worry about Stanford and Navy. Penn State runs smack into a toughie this Saturday when Michigan State, nobody’s push over, invades State College. Penn has enough work ahead handling the other three.

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Cornell leads 23–⁠11 in 34 meetings, counting the eight since this game.