The San Francisco call., 1896-11-27
But the P,ucky Boys From
Ithaca Did Not Go Down
Tamely.
Fierce and at Times Ma icious Tactic
Characterize tn Game on the
Quakers' Grounds.


SIX touchdowns for total OF 80 and COM
pelled Cornell to make safety touch
down, making the total score Pennsyl-
vania 80. Cornell TO-
Cornell furnished a surprise by the first
hard, plucky game she played. Cornells
first touchdown was due to Beacham's
magni ficent running. In two runs the
Cornell captain carried the ball around
Pennsylvania's END for a total of nearly
nifty 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 Pennsylyanias twenty-yard
line and carried it directly up to and over
the goal-line of the red and blue, where
Ritchie scored the touchdown on a plunge
through the center. Beacham's general,
all around play and running with the ball
was as fine an exhibition of halfback work
as has been seen here this year, and TO his
great playing is mostly due the credit of
CorneIPs scoring.
While Cornell played fast, it was un-
luckily overmatched, overweig ted by Its
heavier and stronger adversaries, and
could offer only stubborn but unavail-
ing resistance to Pennsylvania advances.
Pennsylvania style OF play bears heavily
upon the opposing team, and The Cornell
players suffered severely. Cornell fre-
quently had men hurt. and before the
game was over had replaced three players
by substitutes.
While Pennsylvania had q number of
men hurt, none were compelled to leave
the field.
While Pennsylvania won rather easily
tn-da 4aI
lacked the fierce dash and energy which it
showed in the second half of the Harvard
game. The guards back interference was
worked effectively against Cornells line.
and Gilbert frequently went around the
Cornell ends for good gains.
After close. foggy morning the weather
cleared and by noon the sun was shining
brightly. The air was soft and the heat of
the sun made heavy wraps for the spec
tators too weighty and the players sut-
fered considerably from the warmth. A
crowd of Is, 000 people was present when
the two teams came upon the field. The
followers of Pennsylvania lost no time in
testing the capacity of their lungs but a
small and valiant band of Ithacans On
the stand replied to the Quakers' cheers,
and throughout the afternoon this little
contingent of Comedians made their pres
ence known by their constant cries. A
light breeze, that was of but little ad-
vantage TO either side, blew across the
field.
Captain Beacham won the toss and took
the ball. Fennell kicked off for Cornell
to Pennsylvania twenty-yard line. Dur
ing the first ten minutes of play both
teams played a kicking game and neither
side had much advantage. Captain
Wharton, for the first time in his life. did
the kicking at fullbaek for Pennsylvania
He also outpunted Richie 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 behind the line.
Pennsylvania gradually worked the ball
up to Corneli's five-yard line. where VI
fenheimer broke through and blocked a
kick of Ritchie's. Ritchie fell upon the
ball behind his goal line for a safety
touchdown. Pennsylvania got the bali on
the kickoff and bucked CornelPs line for
forty-fve yards to the ten-yard line. On
fake pass Gil oert went around the right
end for touchdown. The kickout was a
failure and no goal resulted. In the first
hurt in tackIing man and was carried
from the field, Taylor taking his place.
After several interchanges of kicks Cor
nell got the ball in the center Of the field.
Aided by fine interference Beacham went
around Pennsyivania's lett end, and
avoiding all the Pennsylvania tackIers.
scored touchdown after a twenty-yard
run. The ball was directly in front of the
goal post but Ritchie failed for the try
at goal, the ball striking the crossbar and
bounding back.
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 Cornell's
two-yard line. Minds then went through
the center for touchdown and Woodruff
kicked the goal. After the kickoff Penn
syivania without losing the ball smashed
through Cornell's line for sixty yarIs and
Uffenheimer went through center for
another touchdown. Woodruff again
kicked goal. The ball had been in play
but few moments when time for the first
hall was called, the score standing: Penn.
sylvania 18 Cornell 4.
After ten minutes intermission nJav
was resumed. Pennsylvania tried to work
a trick on Cornell on the kickoff. Instead
o: 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 a Cornell man was
ahead of him. After one down Ritchie
punted to the center of the field. Morice
could make no gain, and on the second
down the ball was passed 10 him again.
Morice made a gorgeous fun bIe and
Beacham snaiched up the ball and rushed
to Pennsylvania goal with clear field.
Beacham had covered twenty yards with
Minds close at his heels before the Quaker
fullback caught him and threw him vi
ciously on Pennsylvania's thirty-yard line.
Cornell could not advance and Richie
punted to Minds ON Pennsylvania one
yard line. Taussig was on top of Minds
almost as soon as he caught the ball and
hurled himself across the goal line
The Quaker fullback, however, before
falling had called ''down" and SO saved
safety. Pennsylvania took the ball and
bucked through CornelPs line for thirty