Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

threats sparked and then died out under strengthening Cornell defenses and likewise did the Raiders toss back the Hhacan assaults when the goal line became threatened. But it was a heartened band of Maroon fans who left Schoellkopf crescent after the game. Col– gate had sho"'m possibilities and potentialities and was due to develop into a fme football team. Great was the extravaganz.:"t the BufTalo Junior Chamber of Commerce had prepared for the much heralded meeting of the Red Raiders and the invading Duke Blue Devils, the following week in the Bison City. Once more the Maroon was the underdog, this time to the team thai was destined to post one of the greatest records of the season. A last quarter drive forcing the Blue Devils back to their own goal line had the Dur– ham eleven frantic. Her the first half had gone by without a score from either Colgate or Duke but in which Joe Hoague v.as booming punts to all corners to outclass the brilliant kicking Eeic Tipton the outherners sneaked off on an off-tackle thrust with Bob O'Mara carrying, that put the ball in scoring position for a third quarter tally. Three plays later the Devils had a touchdown display from Tipton and a point after the kick from Tony Rufia. But back came the roaring Raiders ready to tie up the game that had 2 ,000 fans in a state of collapse from excitement. Hal Lube coming into the game as the final stanza got under way, uncorked his pitching arm and soon the Dukes were chasing football- receiving Maroons all over the stadium. Three in a row put Colgate on the Duke 25 yard stripe after a stab at the line. Another short aerial fell into Howie Herman's arms and he sped to the one yard line' here he \vas run out of bounds. H re were the Raidees on the one yard line, first down and a touchdown to go. Eddie Wilson in for Hoague, got half of that distance on a buck but then Lube fumbled on the three and Duke was safe. Came the kick and then another Lube toss to Eddie Donnelly into the clear. Madly rushing toward "pay dirt" Donnelly broke his stride long enough to permit being caught from behind and Dame Misfortune once more had nipped the Raiders. On the eight yard marker this time, Duke was caught offside, and it was Colgate's ball on the three yard stripe and another touchdown to go but here an interception over the goal that wa run out eleven yards frustrated the pressing Kerrmen and seconds later the game ' as over Duke 7-Colgate 0. For the third time in a row it was the unfavored Raiders against an impressiYe foe, thi one the mighty olumbia Lion fresh from successive upsets of Yale and Army. Hal Lube, the Kerrmen's newly discovered aerial artist, was billed as the dualist of the great Sid Luck– man in an overhead battle that packed Baker Field to the brims. Dame Misfortune took the afternoon off, for Gothamites saw a Colgate eleven that could not be stopped. Lube knifed the tackles, Joe Hogue rammed the line and Wallie Davids, Pappie Herman and Johnny Long "carried the mail" that finally was delivered. While Luckman and Co. were being shackled by the hard charging Don Wemple and Art Zimmerman who impressed with some fine end play, the Maroon marched down the field to a second quarter score. Mid, ay in the final stanza, after Colgate had been on the attack almost continually, during the last half, Herman snatched one of Luckman's frantic passes ut of the air on his own -!0 yard marker and the first Luckman interception of the campaign turned into another Colgate tally as the rabbit-like right halfback scampered 60 yards to a touchdown to 194