Columbia at Cornell

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  Evening star, October 30, 1949, page 45

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  Cornell Routs Columbia, $40, With 81 Points in Last Quarter flor unsportsmanlike conduct on the kickoff. When Little came out to protest. another Is was tackled on. Tom Gargan then passed 18 yards to Sampson for the last score. Another .15-yard penalty for Columbia clipping on the follow ing kickon left Cornell running plays inside the 10 as the game ended. Each team had Is first downs that didn’t mean a thing. Cornell rushed the ball 1852 yards and passed for 159 with Dorset COM pleting seven of IL. Columbia gained 1875 on the ground and 119 in the air. Tracy did much of his pitching to Cornell backs. The sophomore completed 10 of “a but five were intercepted. FleiSchmann, who suffered a brain conclusion in early fall practice and then Temporarily withdrew” from Cornell, carried IL times and gained 81 yards in his three-touchdown spree. After the game Little, in explanning his walk of protest, said, You’re losing 47–⁠0 with only 2 minutes to go and they have to call a penalty” Referee Leroy Kelley Of Dart mouth and Umpire Joe Schwartz zer Of Syracuse merely said the penalty against Little was auto matte. Columbia O a. cornell ------------- z 13 o 34–⁠54 Scoring: Touchdowns-Fleischm (3). Seidenberg, Babula, Kirk, Haley, Sampson. 1t

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Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.