The morning times., 1896-11-27
PENNSY g,
CORNELL ID,
lthacans Played Plucky Game
Against the Quakers.
CROSSED THEIR LINE TWICE
Vanquishers of Harvard Lacked
the Snap They Showed in
Former COnteStS-Whar-
tons Good Kicking.


succeeded in twice crossing the Quakers'
goal line. Pennsylvania scored six touch
downs for a total of 80 and compelled
Cornell to make a safety touchdown,
ma king the total score of the PennSyl.
vanians 80 TO Corneli's 10.
Cornell furnished Pennsylvania with a
surprise by the fast, hard, plucky game
| size played. Cornell's first touchdown
was due 10 Beacham's magnificent run
| hing. In two runs the Cornell captain
| carried the bah around Pennsylvania s
ends for II total of nearly fifty yards and
landed it behind the Quaker goal line.
| This was in the first half and in the
| second half Cornell got the ball on Penn.
| sylvania's twenty-five yard line and car.
| RED II directly up to and over the goal
| line of the red and blue, where Ritchie
| scored the touchdown OH plunge through
| the center. Bcacham's general all-around
| play and rnnuing with the ball was as
| fine an exhibition OF halfback work as
has been seen here this year, and TO his
| great pla yinE is mostly due the credit
OF Cornell's scoring.
While the Cornell men played fast and
| pluckily, they We're outmatched, over
| weighted by their heavier and stronger
aGversaries, and could offer only n stub
| born but unavailing resistance to Penn
|
| Of play bears heavily upon the opposing
| team, and the Cornell players suffered
| severely. Cornell frequently had men
| hurt, and before the game was over had
replaced three players by substitutes.
PENNSYLVANIA had a number of men hurt,
| but none was compelled TO leave the
| field.
QUAKERS LACKED DASH
While PENNSYLVANIA Won rather ea silly
| today as was expected, the Quakers' play
| lacked the fierce dash and energy which
| it show ed in the second half of the Harvard
| game The guards back Interference was
worked effectively against CorneIl's lire
| and Colbert frequently Went around the
| Corncll ends for good gains.
Captain ieaciiaih Won Iiir toss and took
the ball Fennel kicked off for Cornell
TO Pennsylvania 25-yard line. During
the TirsI ten minutes both teams played "A
kicking game. and neither side had much
advantage. Captain Wharton, for the first
time iii has life, did he kicking at fuilback
for PENNSYLVANIA and got his kicks off
quickly and without having one blocked
| throughout the afternoon. He also rather
outpunted Richie. a few yards on each
| kick The Cornell man did very pretty
work in catching punts and got his kicks
| off cleanly and quickly from close up be-
| hlnd the line.
| up to Cornelrs 5-yard line, where Uffen-
| nrmer broke through and blocked Il kick
| of Ritchie's Ritchic fell upon the ball
behind his goal line for safety touch
down.
Pennsylvania got the ball on the Kickoff
and bucked Cornelrs line for forty-five
yards, to the ten-yard line on fake pass
Gelbert went around the right end for n
touchdown. The kick out was a failure
and no goal resulted.
In the first scrimnage after his kick Reed
| was badly hurt in tackling a man, and was
carried from the field, Taylor taking his
place. After several interchanges of kicks
| Cornell got the ball in the center of the
| field. Aided by fine interference Beacham
went around Pennsylvania right end for
thirty yards. A couple Of plunges into the
line followed, and then Beacham went
around the left end and avoiding all the
Pennsylvania tacklers scored a touchdown
after twenty-yard run. The ball was
directly in front of the goal posts, but
Richie failed for the try at goal, the ball
striking the cross bar and bounding back.
ToUCHDowNs QUICKLY MADE.
Pennsylvania woke up after this, and
gaining possession of the ball shortly after
the kickoff, rushed it from the center of
the field by hard line bucking to Curnelrs
twC-yard line. Minds then went through
thc center Tor touchdown, and W OOdruff
kicked the goal.
After the kickoff PENNSYLVANIA, with
out losing the ball, smashed through Cor
nell's line for sixty yards and Uffenhemer
went through the center for another
touchdown. Woodruff again kicked the
goal.
The ball had been in play but a few
moments when time for the first half
was called, the score standing Penn
sylvania Is, Cornell 4.
After ten minutes intermission play was
resumed. Pennsylvania tried to work a
trick on Cornell on the Kickoff. Instead
of kicking the ball hard Woodruff booted
it along the ground, and, following closely,
tried to fall upon it after it had rolled
twenty yards, but Cornell man was
ahead of him. After one down Ritchie
punted to the center of the field. Moricc
could make no gain and on the second
down the bail was passed to him again.
Morice made gorgeous tumble, Bcacham
snatched up the ball and rushed to Penn
sylvania's goal with clear field.
Beacham had covered twenty yards with
Minds close at his heels before the Quaker
fuliback caught him andthrew him viciously
| on Pennsylvania s thirty yard line. Cornell
could not advance. and Ritchie punted to
Minds on Pennsylvania's one yard line.
Taussig was on top of Minds almost AZ
Auon as he caught the ball, and hurled
himself across the goal line. The Quaker
fullback, however, before falling had called
| down." and so saved a safety
FAILED To KICK GOALS.
Pennsylvania took the ban and bucked
| through Cornelrs line for thirty yards
from their own one-yard line. Cornell
got the ball On punt, and Beacham made
another fine run for thirty yards around
Pennsylvania's left end to Pcnnsylvania's
forty-five-yard line.
Cornell could not advance and punted to
Pennsylvania's twenty-yard line. Penn
sylvania fumbled on the first down, and
Cornell got the ball on Pennsylvania IS
twenty-five-ya yard line. Ritchie and Nc
keever bucked the left side of the line for
fiftecn yards. Reacham bucked the left
side also for nine yards and was only
dOwncd when one yard from Pennsylvania
goal. ON the next down Richie was
pushed over for touchdown. Ritchle easily
kicked tile goal, making Cornell's score TO-.
An exchange of kicks follow ed the
kick off and then Pennsylvania got the
series of hard, fierce rusiies carried it
up to Cornell's goal, where Woodruff
went over for a touchdown Woodruff
failed at his try for goal.
The next touchdown made by Pennsyl.
v8nia was from a fumbled punt by Richie
on CornelI's two-yard line Boyle falling
upon the bali for a touchdown Woodruff
kicked the goal.
AS soon as Pennsylvania regained pos
session of the ball from the kick off
they again carried 1t up thu field by hard
line blcking aud Uffenheimer made an
other touchdown and the last one scored