The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
CLOSE CALL FOR HARVARD.
TIE SPLENDID PLAYING OF CORNELL
sUEPRTSED TIE CRIMSON TEAM

Only tho Brilliant Playing OF Brewer. The
u,if Bae., Saved the CambriAgs Mes
from Detes,-A Capital Contest Through.
-Osgnod's Great Work for Cornell.
srRtSar1E1p. Nov. Sat HAmpden Park this
afternoon Harvard barely succeeded In defeat.
Ing Cornell In football game. which for OK.
element will hardly be excelled BY even the
coming Harvard.Yale contest. Tho score Of
the game was 20 to IA In favor Of Harvard
Ono more goal for Cornell would have tied the
score. As 1t was. the Ithaca boys wcse ahead
fully half the time and kept the ball In
larvard's territory SO much that nothing but
brilliant PLAYING by yong Brewer. the Harvard
half back. saved the Crimson men from dis.
astrous defeat 1t is true that Harvard put In
q team composed largely Of substitutes and
crippes. but even this fact cannot bellttle the
magnificent running Of Osgood and witherbee,
or the splendid rush line work Of the Cornell
eleven.
Twice during the game Cornell had the ball
almost to the Harvard goal line. and by unfor.
tunate fumbles lost possession OF 1t when an
other touch down was almost In sight Then
q long punt by Corbett and a brilliant play by
Brewer put tho ball near the centre OF the
field again. and Cornell had to begin over
again.
Both teams we're much weaker in defensive
than in offensive work. but Cornell compared
favorably with Harvard In both respects
Time and time again the Cambridge eleven
lost the bail on four downs, but Wltherbee
md 0sgoud we're sure to make their distance
when they got the the ball and not more tnan
three times during the afternoon could Har-
yard prevent Cornell from making h'e 5afus
IN four tries.
The most conspicuoas nan n on nth the field vas
Ossood. who. either, AIDED oy gHoa in.eaier
number Of phenomenal gains around tho Har-
ward right end. which seemed particularly
w wors very ordinary things for 0seood, to az.
compli.h aud his. splendid dashes through
nS liant, "pT"t therCoe also n showed h%s. great
rnaris frfauentIy carried tho bali along over
I For Harvard almost all the work was don.
by Brewer. who lodged and ran In excellent
ff 1, his ' running uni Lacked the force r and
persistence which marked the offensive work
Of Grd Lee and The othYr
stone wall centre OF the Cornell line. and he
rsed on ound Il. snd
The wind was blowing gale when tho two
teams lined up against each other. Harvard
advance from the centre OF the field. and Cor
some time unit! Osgood gagged the Harvard
ends and ran around them. Then Cornell
Ealnei steadily. and In twenty minutes from
the beginning OF play Osgood made . touch
down.
White missed tho goal as the ball struck the
posts. Then Harvard became aroused.
brewer made a run. covering practically half
Inc, length Of the field. and scored. Trafford
kicked the goal, making the score 8 to in
favor OF Harvard. 1t was only short time be-
fore Cornell was again slowly pushing Harvard
back. and a phenomenal run for forty yards
carried Osgood almost across. A moment
later he broke through the centre and placed
the ball behind the Harvard goal posts.
This time. too. White had hard luck and
kicked the ball against the gonl posts. Score:
Cornell. .: Harvard. & Cornell had the ball ON
liarva,d's 25-yard line. when ,Corhett took it
cna ole and ran forty yards Then shorter
PUSHES hy Lee and Brewer carried tho game
into CORNELL 8 territory. and tho latter player
made touch down. Trafford missed the goal
md at the end Of the first half tho score was
10 to : against Cornell.
In the second half tho wind had largely died
away. but Cornell had to play against what
was left. However. in less than ten minutes
! he tall was on Harvard's fve-yard line. and
Griffith was pushed across. White kicked the
goal. and again Cornell led By IA to 10.
After this Harvard seemed to put m ore life
into the game: Tho crimson goal was threat
ened two or three times. but Cornell by fum-
bling. lost The ball and was unable to score.
Brewer and Waters made touch downs for
Harvard and Trafford kicked one goal, which
made the score 70 to IA in Harvard's favor.