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...trouble started a year ago when a Maroon try for an extra point went wide and the Crimson edged Colgate, 21 to 20, in the Stadium. If you were down in the Stadium a week ago you saw that things up in New York State haven't improved very much--once again the Red Raiders lost by the fraction of a toe. By this time Lahar had become very unhappy, and because there is the possibility that Colgate may someday play Harvard again, he practiced extra points last Saturday. That Dartmouth happened to be the Colgate opponent didn't help...
Speaking of Maroon, Colgate has been doing some social climbing this year. The schedule includes five Ivy League teams--Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Brown...
Colgate Coach Lahar thinks Anderson's recovery of a Maroon fumble midway through the second period proved the turning point of the game. With the Crimson leading 14 to 13, Anderson recovered a fumble on the Red Raiders' 23-yard line. It required only six plays to score, with Clasby's pass to Hardy in the flat capping the drive. Joe Ross's conversion made it 21 to 13, and although the final score was tight, the outcome of the game was pretty well assured...
Despite periodically-despondent editorials in the college weekly. The Maroon, this spirit is quite evident to visitors. The stranger to Colgate is dazed by the steady stream of "hellos" he receives from men who, as freshmen, greeted everyone under threat of a padding by Konosioni, the senior honor society. What started as a forced mutter from bewildered freshmen grows to a ready habit and finally becomes a matter of pride, until much genuine warmth is in every salutation...
...despite a host of injures to regulars, injures to replacement, and even injuries to replacements' replacements, perhaps all is not black on the maroon front. Perhaps the Red Raiders won't lose their first three games this season. At least they'll he hustling in their...