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On Atlantic U-boat menace and Allied convoys; repts Brit warships en route to Pacific; notes Brit submarine activity in Far East
COLUMBUS, Oct. 21 -- Ohio State made its bid for this year's national college football championship today. In a wild last-quarter, played before a record war-time crowd of 73,477, the Buckeyes pushed over 20 points in the last fifteen minutes to beat the Great Lakes team, 26 -- 6, and spoil the homecoming of their former coach, Lieut. Paul E. Brown.
ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 21 -- In a dramatic finish that had the deciding touchdown pass in the air when time ran out, Cornell's injury-ridden Big Red team snatched a 13-to-6 victory over Sampson's powerful blue jackets on rainswept Schoellkopf Field before 3,000 sturdy fans today.
HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 21 -- With only two minutes to go and a scoreless tie seeming almost a certainty in the miserable weather conditions that prevailed today, an 18-year-old freshman from Lansford (Pa.) High School, within seven seconds, gave the Nittany Lions from Penn State a 6-0 triumph over the Red Raiders of Colgate.
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