Brown at Columbia

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  Evening star, November 20, 1949, page 43

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  Columbia HumbIed By Brown, 16–⁠7, for 7th Straight Defeat NEW YORK, Nov. 10. - Bat tered to a standstill. for better than three quarters, Brown Uni yersity put over q 27-yard field goal and q touchdown pass in the closing minutes Of play today to hand the forsaken Columbia Lions their seventh straight defeat, 16 to Z. :. Picked to win by two touch downs. at least. the Bruins from Providence found themselves locked In q tight TT deadlock until. at S:12 Of the closing period. Joe Condor. 28-year-old senior. booted his long placement to reheve the pressure. Then, with only 20 seconds remanning and with the crowd OF 10000 rapidly emptying Baker Field, Walt Pastuszak, substitute Brown fullback, fired a 16-yard pass to halfback Loren Rodewig In Columbia’s end zone for the ciincher. Palermo Piles Over. Brown, working on a seasons record Of six wins and q single loss. scored first in the second quarter on q 47-yard excursion. with fullback George Palermo pill ing through the Light Blue line for the final eight Condor added the point. But Columbia. highly geared for the season closer by Coach Lou Little, came back III q matter Of minutes to push 50 yards and tie It up. Leon Van Bellingham. playing his final game for the Lions, sparked the determined drive and ploughed the last three yards for the touchdown. Bob Russell converted to make 1t TT. And there the score remained to the half and through the third period. with the inspired Lions showing no signs of. weakening. The Columbia rooters were hap PLY preparing to settle for face saving tie when, midway Of the closing quarter, Brown got pos session Of the Light Blue 48 and began showing. Fourth Down Placekick. With Joe Palermo, his brother George. and Rodewig taking turns at carrying. the Bruins slashed down to the 20. There they were stopped. and on fourth down Condon went trotting In to try his speciality. Five previous times during the season the veteran from North Arlington. Mass. had attempted similar placements. and i’ve times he had missed. But this time. with Fred Kozak holding. he sent the ball straight and true. and it Just managed to clear the bar. Columbia. winding UP one OF its most distressing seasons under Little. put up a stout fight and even led the much heavier visitors In first downs 10 to IL.

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Brown leads 37–⁠29–⁠2 in 68 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.