The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-01
TIGERS PLAY GREAT III IL.
They Roll Up ~ Points and Shut Dat Cor
nei's Eleven Easily.

PRINCETON, Oct 3l.-If the Princeton Tigers
do not win from both Harvard and Yale on the
gridlron this year the 5000 persons who saw
the downfall of Cornell this afternoon will be
greatly surprised. Such remarkable playing as
the Princeton eleven did to-day has seldom been
seen, and the ease with which htey rolled up 81
points. at the same time preventing the Itha-
cans from scoring. fairly dumfounded the
critics, some OF whom expected to see Corn ell
make a close fight for the honors. The Prince
ton backs were simply invincible. Raird's kick
Ing was phenomenal, and the men in the rush
line played a wonderful defence.
The Cornell men were so badly outclassed
that before the game was over they had the
sympathy of the crowd. The largest single
gain they made during the game was a ten
yard run by Beacham after ne had caught q
punt There was not an instance where they
were successful in making the required five
yards when the ball was in their possession, and
whenever Baird punted the ball Invariably
went 80 far over the heads OF tho backs that
there was no chance 10 return It.
The interference OF the Princeton men was of
the finest description. On one occasion the ball
was carried by short PUSHES fully sixty yards
without changing hands. Barnard and Kelley
made some splendid runs behind a revolving
tandem play that never failed to tear Immense
holes In the Cornell line. When these men re-
tired In the second half their places we're taken
oS felter and Wheeler, and the latter distIn-
gulshed himself by making three beautiful
twenty-yard dashes around the end. Baird's
punting was the principal feature. together
with his drop kicking. In tho second half he
Kicked n superb goal from tho thirty-yard line.
and made three other attempts further back,
but in each instance the ball was blocked be-
cause 1t was passed too slowly by Poe. who had
succeeded Smith.
Princeton would undoubtedly have scored
more than forty points but for a mistake Of
the timekeeper In the first half. The Official
notified the Princeton captain that one minute
and a half had been taken out for o delay. bu the
was understood to say that there was only that
amount OF tims left to finish the first half. The
ball was In the Tigers possession on Cornell's
26-yard line and could have been carried over
the goal line. as there were eight minutes 10
play, out owing 10 the misunderstanding Baird
ttlea a place kick for u goal aud missed it by
about a yard.
II took Kelley four and a half minutes to score
the nrst touchdown, from which Baird missed
the goal by the ball striking the outside of the
post', Another touch down was made six min
utts later pN Barnard, from which Baird kicked
y goal Kelley made The tAiTd touchdown after
asvfIe, Of maShihceni rurhes by the back, when
between Corntlis. lo-t,. Bard goaled again,
ana TINS proved 10 be the last scurInE OF the half,
10 10 w. W he'll TIME expired the ball was only
nye yards from Corhelln line. where It had been
@"Eahcea from Ne middle OF the field,
gould play faster football than the spectators
Imagined: After three mInutes OF lively work
nAlro kicked q goal from the field while stand