Holy Cross at Fordham

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 21, 1909, page 1

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  HOLY CROSS 0UTPLAYED. FOrdham Downs Its Rival by Score Of . TO 3 New York, Nov. 2O.-Fordham defeated the Holy Cross football team to-day az American League Park, to 8. Although outweighed and without Capt. Gargan and Halt Back White, Fordham outplayed its rival in game which was bitterly contested. Geary. IN Gargans place, played a heady game. Magrane. a second string man. was az end in place Of Nc Carthy. who filed Whites shoes at half Msgrane proved himself a brilliant player. The kicking Of C. Walsh was feature, and the way the Maroon ends got down the field after his punts contributed much to Fordham’s victory Mccarthy made many substantial advances at the needed moment, and was Fordham’s most consistent ground gamer. The Holy Cross team used straight football chiefly. When Holy Cross did Try passes, MoC1nrey generally broke them up. I’M

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1909, page 1

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  FORDHAM WINS OUT. Defeats Holy Cross in Stubborn Contest, 8 to 5. NEW YORK. November 20.-The Formham University foot ball eleven. which met it’s only setback on the grid iron this season in the loss of close game to Princeton, defeated Holy Cross

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 21, 1909, page 9 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS. At New Yorktown 81; Indians At Cambridge-Yale 8; Harvard O.. At Syracuse Illinois II; Syracuse At Annapolis Navy As; Davidson g. At Pittsburg Pittsburg II; Mount Union 8. AT New York Fordham 9; Holy Cross, 5. At South BethlehemLa lafayette 81; Lehigh o. At Portland Bowdoin 6; Tufts o. At Hoboken Stevens Institute q; Rutgers 3. At Swatnmore swathmore 80; Bucknell O. At Chicago Chicago 6; Wisconsin At Minneapolis Michigan Is; Minnesota 6. At Bloomington Indiana So; Purdue g.. At South Bend-Notre Dame 50; Wabash 0. At St. Louis Vanderbilt IL: Wash ingtop 0. At oberlin- oberlin 26; Ohio State G. At Cleveland Reserves II; Hiram 0 At Lansing Michigan Aggies 90; Olivet 0. At Meadville- Carnegie Tech. 10; Allegheny 0.

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Holy Cross leads 23–⁠14–⁠1 in 38 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.