Cornell at Yale

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1949, page 1

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  Cornell rounces Yale 1914 for Blues Worst Defeat Since 94C Big Red sPrecision And Power Never Give Eli a Chance NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. IS CLASSY Cornell, led by Hillary Chollet and Pete Dorset, gave plucky Yale its worst football FASTING since 1910. walloping the Blue, 48–⁠14, today. Yale never gave up, but seldom seriously interfered with the winners power and preciSion assaults. A crowd of more than $4,000 watched the Ivy League champs turn the contest into a rout as they scored at least once in every period. Yale’s worst beating was a 50–⁠7 shellacking by Pennsylvamia in 1910. Penn was dropped from the schedule shortly after ward. jeff Fleischmann led the scorers with two touchdowns, but nearly everybody on the Cornell squad contributed to these and the others that came in striking fashion. John Setear and brilliant Bob Raines accounted for Yale’s tai lies. The Dorset-Chollet battery dom mated in most of Cornell’s pulverizing power and passing plays. They set the pattern in the first touchdown. A 56-yard return of the kickoff by Chollet, and a few aerials by Dorset and finally a. Dorset sharp pass to Walt Bruska, who scored. The scores usually were set up by Dorset and Chollet, except near the end, when Cornell mercifully bombarded the field with subs. Raines featured Yale’s efforts to stay in the ball game. He made several long runs. paved the way for the losers first score and personally tailed his teams final score. Bill Kirk converted six times for Cornell, Joe Palmer both times for Yale. The victory was unbeaten Cor nell’s fourth of the season and third over Yale in 12-game series that began back in 1889.

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Yale leads 45–⁠20–⁠2 in 67 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.