New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-29
orAKERS THE CHAMPIONS.
.orvEI.L OVERWHELMED IN A GREAT
GAME ON FRANKLIN FIELD.

The
,p N A BLAZE OF GLoRy-UNIvERsiTY OF
PENNSYLVANIA THE WINNER By
SCORE OF 40 TO 2-BRooKE CAR
RIEs OFF THE LAuREIS
philadelphia Nov 2S.-On Franklin Field this
..srnoon. amid the cheers of 10. 900 people Penn
,.,vania closed the second season of unbroken
,ctories in football by overwhelmingly defeat
to the Cornell eleven From start TO finish
cornell was never in the game. and when time
,.s called II had two solitary points to place
,ranst forty-six for Pennsylvania. Pennsy-
vsna scored seventeen points in the first half and
,uenty-nine in the second. Cornell scored its
,co points on a safety touchdown from Brooke
mmbling the ball when II was passed to him for
. kick Throughout the entire game with the
exception of few minutes in the first half.
pennsylvania's offensive and defensive play was
as magnificent an exhibition of fast scientific
football as has ever been seen in this city Over
weighted. outplayed and swept away before the
furious onslaughts of the Quakers. the Ithacans
fought bravely. but II in vain that their
hacks hurled themselves against Pennsylvania
impregnable line or attempted to skirt the ends.
and toward the last 1t only became question Of
time for the Red and Blue TO score touchdown
after touchdown. The field was simply sheet
az slippery mud from recent rain. and before the
game and between the halves II was necessary
% cover Il almost from end to end with sawdust
10 enable the players to retain their footing. Al
though it was hard-fought game there were
no Questionable features in the way OF smuggling
o. brutality, and only two men were badly
enough hurt 70 have 10 retire The umpiring and
refereeing Of the game were Of the highest order,
and 50 fairly did both sides play that not more
than three or four times were the officials COM
peued to penalize either team. The Quakers have
defeated every team they have played this season.
and as they are the only OF the big four" to
% this they say they are Justly entitled to the
championship Of the college football world
Overhead the day a beautiful one and the
air was almost balmy. Two immense stands, &C
commodating 5000 people each. rose tier upon
tier on either side of the field. and as o'clock
approached they moving mass of people
Tpon either end of the field packed. ten
deem 900 men and boys. Pennsylvania had the
south stand and before and during the game the
enthusiastic adherents of the Red and Blue
cheered and sang their college war-songs for
the uragement Of their battling warriors or
the giidron. Cornell had a section OF the north
stand and some three or four hundred followers
az the Red and White strove TO hearten the
rhacans with their cheers The Cornell enthusi-
asts in the stand. however. were lost in the
thousands OF frantic. yelling Pennsylvanians VINO
surrounded them on all sides
PENNSYLVANIA made its appearance on the field
g, 91O o'clock and the cheers that greeted them
were still splitting the air when the Corneh poys
trotted out The Ithacans had nearly as warm
greeting as the home players. Referee Laurl
bliss. Umpire Paul J. Dashiel and Captains
Wvckof and Williams held a short consultation
IN the centre Of the field. Williams won the toss,
chose the west goal and gave Cornell the ball
The wind was barely strong enough TO rune
the hundreds of little flags that were being
waved around the field and throughout the game
neither side gained any advantage from THIS
source.
FIRST BLOOD FOR THE QUAkERS.
Ri,chie kicked off at go to Pennsylvania's
.wenty-fve-yard line Minds caught the ball ana
passed IL 10 Brooke. who punted 10 CorheH
fortv-vard-line Richie returned the KICK ana
rhen followed a succession OF plays SO rapio 'nd'
tho spectators could hardly realize them Ritchle
fumbled Brookes return kick and Colbert leii
on the ball on Cornelrs twenty-iIve-Yaiu me.
srhree hard plunges and the ball was on cornell
ssven-vard-ne Williams then executed Penn
svlvania's famous trick kick. ana Mhds' run w
Ming ahead of the ball, got IL peIilhu VI .r
gal line and scored the first touchdo"h III 'hit
,ninutes Brooke easily kicked the goai aihlu
the cheers Of the Oniookers, and the score was
1oennsvlvania g. Cornell. 0.
~ tba KICKOFF PENNSYLVANIA rapidly carried
the ball forward again. and twehy-ydIu iu ii
around the left end by Colbert lahded tne Jan
on C1rnelrs ten-yard line. TWO mass pay on
.he line followed and Minds went around me
,ight for another touchdown Brooke kicked
ne goal and the score was Y to e in favor OF
Pennsylvania. -, o,a 90
have paralyzed Cornell. but now they TOOK
brace and made the only consistent gains ~ tle
game Beacham. Cool Richie, F1tch ana 1auE-
- gr,asbed through the right side o. Pennsyl-
vania's line between tackle and guard foI yard
after yard IT was in this rally that CoriVH n,"Hv
It's really only good run OF the sdile' [>.'u 80 -,
,ha Gne interference OF Wyckoif. Beacham went
around Pennsylvania left end FOR thlrN Ea!ps
- Pennsylvania forty-yard Inc NJ T@S , ',e
nearest Cornell got TO Pennsylvania 8oai IN me
e.. half They lost the ball mere ana BROOKE
made the star run of the game Dut II Wds nTt
allowed. On kick from Wyok 1adaIn 1ae e
through the entire Cornell team ana Wds OILY
overtaken and thrown on CorheH HNerE az
line For foul Interference however tie pan nai
90 ha brnupht pack and the run went Tor naught
pennsylvania hammered the pd.i up 10 CSth is
ffteen-yard lire, and there the i'hacahs ne'u vi
four downs.
RROOKE's WONDERFUL KICK.
q, the first down Wyckof kicked TO the
fortv-vard line and Brooke got free eaten
pa and Williams held short consultation anu
,be,, decided on a trial for goal from place
kick at the forty-yard line III was iohs
lic,, and the spectators held their breath as
RrooLa swung his foot and sent the pal' iaii
and SQUARE between the goal posts The KICK
was q beautiful one and the redheaded fuii-
80, dsserved the storm Of cheers. that FOL
lowed the goal The score was now - 10 ., q
in favor Of Pennsylvania ana Ie" a nioihe'''s
c.,arn,a ri time for the first half was called
Brooke started the second half by kicking OF,
% corner's twenty-fve-yard line Cornell could
not advance and Pennsylvama r ard i,a and
D,ekson som went through the right tackle for
touchdown. Brooke kicked the goal anu sne
score was % to 0, in favor or the re"i'S'
vania - .oa ,non
Just here the Quakers were scored up ,od
through their own fault Wyckon hao pu, n
the ball well down to PenhsylVahita an SIC SIC fum