Colgate at Syracuse

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  New-York tribune, October 21, 1906, page 1

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  STAND FALLS; 100 HURT GAME GOES ON. Three of Watchers at Syracuse COLGATE Contest Mag Die. Syracuse, Oct 2o--During the football game between Syracuse and Colgate universities at New Star Park here this afternoon a part or the upper section Of the bleachers collapsed The stands were packed and four hundred persons were thrown into the inclosure under the stands. 1t is remarkable that no one was killed. OF the hundred or more injured. three are expected to die The Rev. Christopher ]. Dongan, assistant pastor Of St John the Evangelists Church, sustained an injury TO his spine which may prove fatal Professor William Lusk, principal Of the Union Free School. Hamilton, also sustained a serious injury TO his spine, and he is in a precarious condition at a hospital. John West or Rome. is injured internally and may die The accident occurred just after the resumpton Of play in the second half. The intense IL valry between the two teams brought out one OF the largest crowds that have ever attended football game in Syracuse There were eight thousand persons in the stands ana preachers and on the side lines, and the excitement all through was at fever heat Suddenly there was a crash and cries as fifty feet Of the bleachers gave way and the occupants were thrown INTO one mass in the inclosure People rushed from the stands and the other parts of the bleachers TO the scene or the accldent Amid a tumult a dozen men blocked the gate that led TO the rear Of the collapsed stands and prevented a rush OF the panic stricken people onto those buried unoer the oeplis- The game was delayed only about ten minutes bv the accident Most of the people remained in their seats, and when it became known that no one was killed. there were repeated cries OF .co on with the camel” from all Sides Then as the arnbuIances began to arrive the Changing of their bells combined with the SHOUTS OF the sneetatorS for their struggling heroes The collapsed bleachers were in the colgate mart of the stand. One complete section was carried away, and parts or TWO others went VIZ. VIZ – Anoone the injured are thirty rooters from Colgate. who were cheering wildly for their team. -. erected five or six years ago, are said to have been decayed.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1906, page 61

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  WON ON A FLUKE. Colgate Defeated Syracuse in a Fiercely-Contested Game. SYRACUSE n. Y, October 2O.-Before a crowd of 5000 persons Colgate University defeated Syracuse here today by a score of to 0 in the most bitterly contested game ever played between the Orange and Maroon. Syracuse clearly outplayed her opponents in the first half. which ended without either team scoring. The locals tried the onside kick three times in the initial period. but failed to make any gain The forward pass also resulted disastrously for Syracuse, but in line bucking and in runs around the ends the Orange was clear ly superior. Colgate won the game In the second half when the ball bounded over Capt Slim sons head on punt by Colgate and q Hamilton man seized 1t and ran twenty yards for touchdown.

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 21, 1906, page 1

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  MIsJudked Punt Enable Colgate to Beat syracuse. SYRACUSE. Oct. 2O.-By q score Of S to o Colgate this afternoon triumphed over Syracuse. Eight thousand SPECTATOR saw the game. The teams we’re evenly matched in weight. on line plays Syracuse raised havoc with Colgate but WAS unable TO get behind the goal line, while at puntinR the Orange was o tclassed. Alter ten minutes OF cuse’s goal lis for q touchdown and failed at goal. He goS he ball on q punt from Knapp which was badly Judged by, Capt, s%trnson, two thirty yard runs around right end, and CadlRan played a star game at guard. Dudley, at mllback, succeeded several times in break ing through the Colgate line. Stowell and Knapp were the stars for the visiting team

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Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.