Colgate at Yale
Saturday, October 24, 1959 Share
No. 19 Yale beat Colgate 21–0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 11–4–2.
FinalHigh 67°F, low 61°F, 3.24 in. of rainAttendance 11,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 25, 1959, page 44
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> YALE -------2l COLGATE - 0 WIN, LOSE OR OkAW By FRANCIS s1ANN Of This and That the impression given that Leo qutting) is running of preferred managerial jobs to which to lend his name, that Chuck Dresser has been appointed at Milwaukee, Bill Rgney has been signed again at San Francisco and Walter Aston the hero Los Angeles Speaking of Dresser, somehow the notion fingers that Jolly Choly good signed by the Braves far back as the L. A.-Milwaukee pennant playof. Charles Goren, the bridge expert, out with amusing sidegh the late Bert Bell in the current Sports Illustrated 81 first Bell in action at the Polo Grounds in 1913” Goren reces ASK the color of his hair and c>nnot At the Racquet Club and the Penn AC where frequently played there ladies present. that some Of the social amenities were not always observed Bert did not impress me as man OF many superstitions, but point he adamant. He refused to play bridge with his head uncovered” The Al-star Rookie Team Committee, which will fete the new diamond heroes next Thursday in New York, claims that 100000 ballots cast in the voting by representatives of youth organizations Shane Mccarthy executive director of the Presidents Council Youth Fitness will be the featured speaker Yes Bob Allison of the oufeders elected along with Willie Tasby of the Orioles and Ron Fairly of the Dodgers. JOSEPH G. CoNNoR, Phi. D. of Georgetown University writes: I’m the discussions I’ve about the difficulties facing the projected Continental League haven’t noticed consideration of aspect which quite pertinent The steady increase of the population in this country “In 1880 there 123,18800O residents, and that group supplied pretty fair country bapayers for major 900 available for each league In 1865 low estimate puts the population at 1911 $1,000 This represents gain of $4,000 1890 gain which should be enough to supply the players for the third major league with enough left for team in the fourth! Supporting such line of thought are, of course, pretty broad assumptions Among others is the which would have the incidence of major league bapayers per million of population remain constant That there other factors operating against this local obser walton subStantates that this is potentially correct confident 1t remains only for the club to realize this potential confident too, that they do, the rest of the SO million will pay to watch” NO MATTER HOW WEAK the opposition Halfback Billy Bird of Corbn KY must have college scouts cycling him after his performance against Williamsburg High Friday Bird scored 10 touchdowns and six extra points for 66 of Corbin total in $50 victory His brother Roger got the other touchdown 1t must be quite family at that because Billy the State scoring record of 40 points amassed in 1856 by older brother, Gavin, Unver sity of Kentucky halfback The Giants giving Bill Rigney contract to manage again in 1860 popular move with just about every body, especially those of the press corps who in Chicago in the waning days of the MI The Giants, who had blown what looked like formidable lead few days earlier fighting for their lives II started the with broken jaw” Rigney said the San Fran cisco bench referring to his preseason automobile acct dent. 81 hope don’t end it with broken heart” Pimico’s new grandstand, painted in such hues lilac bitterswee golden rod and bali green, won’t be the only splash of color when the 28-day meeting opens November 13 Charlie Johnson The leading appren tce jockey country Frank Norhcutt with 200 winners will finish the 1859 at the Baltimore track Northcutts final total will be the greatest since Willie Hartack first blazed across the horizon in 1858. THAT WAS A CAUSTIC comment on recruiting by Wilbur Evans assistant athletic director at the University OF Texas, before the Longhorns’ game with Oklahoma I’VE ought to be favored by two points, Evans needed since Texas is starting with II and Oklahoma has only nine Texas won, 1912 Bill France, president of NASCAR and boss of the huge fabulous Daytona Interna tonal Speedway once played with Burt Cog gins good Central High basketball in the late 1905 Sherman Mitchell, 18-year-od Police Boys Club 1856 pound nast IN last years Golden Gloves senior compet ton, has been awarded scholarship to Idaho State Odd that Southpaw has either the light-heavy heavyweight boxing titles . Joe Williams classic snapper Baseball fans in Washington would have less for despair if they didn’t have Mamie Ceer for friend When young Vada Pinson first came up to the Cincinnati Redegs training camp it agreed he could he hit? All PnSon in SO was to lead his club in games played at bats runs, hits doubles triples home and average.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Yale 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Yale gameYale leads 25–10–3 in 38 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.
| 2016 | Colgate 55, Yale 13 | |
| 2015 | Yale 29, Colgate 28 | |
| 2014 | Yale 45, Colgate 31 | |
| 2013 | Yale 39, Colgate 22 | |
| 2012 | Colgate 47, Yale 24 | |
| 2004 | Yale 31, Colgate 28 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat Holy CrossOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonColgate in 1959
- ProgramColgate history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. DartmouthOct. 31, 1959
- SeasonYale in 1959
- ProgramYale history and records

