Holy Cross at Cornell

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 11, 1906, page 17

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  HOLY CROSS SCARE CORNELL ELEVEN But Ithacans Come Back Strong and Overwhelm Opponents, 10 to 8. ITHACA, n. Y. Nov. 10.-Cornel and Holy Cross scrapped Ike Kilkenny eats on Percy Field today and the result was ~ 70 in favor OF Cornell The ball WAS changing hands every other minute and the officials had their hands fun inhleting penalties for hold ing and Violations of the rules concern ing the forward pass. The Holy CrcEs players shredded the Cornell line ia tiIe first half and hurled back the Cornell Interference for losses very frequently. The Red and White got its worst shock Ia the opening minutes Of the first half Everything was going well. the Cornell backs mad been making steady gains, and Sailor had just won salvo OF applause by his twenty-yard gain On an on-side kick Lynch Makes Sensational Run. All al once Lynch butted into a Cor nell player, grabbed the kali on a Cor nell tumble and gallOped seventy yards for a touchdown. while the Cornell team rubbed its eyes 10 see whether II wasn’t a dream. Geary kicked the goal and made the score 10 s In favor Of Holy Cross. And then Cornell woke up with a vengeance. The stands cheered contlnuously in alterations. WaldeTs dashed into the lineup and Cornell welded It’s eleven into a superb grOund-gaining engine. Smash Smash! Walders and Damn potnded the HOl. Cross line and big gains GOT SO common that they were no longer noteworthy. Twice Cornell scored and in the last few minutes OF play rushed the ball 20 the l-yard line, where only the whistle OF time saved Holy Cross from being scored on again.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 11, 1906, page 1

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  HOLY CROSS DEFEATED. Cornell Won After a Struggle b, 16 to g. ITHACA. N. Y. November IO-Cornell foot ball team defeated Holy Cross today In hard struggle by the score of 16 to g. The game was so fiercely fought that the ball continually changed hands The off, Gals penalzed both sides frequently and heavily. Cornell was obliged to fight most of the first half in her own territory until Gibson’s forty-yard run took the ball with In striking distance of the Holy Cross goal. Substantial gains by c. E. Sailor. Gibson and Earle brought the ball to the three yard-line and Damn made the touchdown. Lynch of Holy Cross seized the ball on a tumble in the first minutes of the next half and raced seventy yards for touchdown Geary kicked the goal. and the score stood to in the visitors favor. The score spurred Cornell to desperate efforts. Wal ders was sent in to replace G. R. Sailor. and Cornell became a tremendous fighting unit. scoring two more touchdowns. and was prevented from gaining another by the call of time on the vineyard line.

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 11, 1906, page 1

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  CORNELL AhL OUT, TO WIN. Ithacans wind Up In style. hut They Had to Beat Holy Cross. ITHACA. Nov. iO.-Cornell was surprised by Holy Cross to-day and only Q tremendous brace in the second period saved the Itha cans, They finally won. by the SCORE Of istoS’ After Dana had carried the ball over early In the game the Ithacans went TO pieces and played miserably. Frequent fumbles and weak in reference brought the Ithacans to a stand still, To make matters worse, Jameson fImbled early in ,the-second half and Lynch picked up the ball and carried IL seventy yards for a touchdown. Walder was, summoned from the side lines and the whole. team braced up, In three plunges the fullback carried the ball tw enty eight yards. A penalty lost the ball for and blocked a kick which o’Rourke picked upand carried over for 9 touchdown. Valdez. Gibson and Earle brought the ball once more The Ithacans had the ball on their opponents’ / yard line when time was called. The

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  New-York tribune, November 11, 1906, page 8

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  NO SNIP FOR CORNELL. HoIg Cross Scores Touchdorrn, and Makes IthacGns Hustle. Ithaca n. Y. Nov. 1O.-CorneIl defeated Holy Cross to-day at football in a hard struggle by the score Of 16 to 6. The game was 80 fercely fought that the bah continually changed hands. The officials penalized both sides frequently and heavily.

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Cornell leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.