Word: gogolak
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When the game was all over--and no one on our side could believe we'd lost--it was the extra points after the touch-downs that had made the difference. Cornell's kicking specialist, Hungarian refugee Pete Gogolak, had made good both times. Lacking a reliable kicker, the Crimson had had to play to its running strength and try for the two-pointers. As he watched both ground plays fail, Yovicsin must have been thinking of Dave Ward, the Crimson's kicker last year who went 19 for 19 a season...
...then there is Pete Gogolak, the well-publicized place kicker. Big Pete didn't do so well at Harvard last year and the experience seemed to bother him all season. This fall, however, Cornell assures all that his toe is well-adjusted, and the Big Red may go for some field goals if the touchdown appears too difficult a task...
...look at it, Cornell's loaded. Even on kickoffs they'll stand out. Pete Gogolak, who kicks with his instep, hit the goalpost on the opening kickoff against Colgate, and on the next two he split the uprights. Only two out of his seven kickoffs last Saturday could be returned; the others went out of the end zone...