The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-26

| PHILADELPHIA, Ia, NOV. Zo.-1Ile
University Of Pennsylvania football
team defeated Cornell this afternoon on
Franklin field by the score of 4 to O..
1t was by far the fastest game that
has been played here this season, and
| shows Cornell to have remarkably
strong team. There was less enthu-
siasm manifested by the 10000 persons
| present than on last Saturday, be-
cause during the first half Cornell did
| all the playing, but In the second half
| Pennsylvania used the guards back
| formation with terrible effect on the
| Cornell line. After nearly every scr1m-
| mage in which the formation was used
| there would be Cornell man stretched
on the grass. These tiresome Interrupt
tions were the only drawbacks to an
otherwise brilliant game. OF course
there was considerable fumbling, due
primarily to the slippery ball, and
| Weeks also made a bad mess Of two
quarterback kicks, but the latter was
also partially due to the muddy ball.
Princeton had beaten Cornell 10 to
| 0. and Harvard scored "a against for
the cornelian and white, and 1t was the
Quakers' ambition to top both Of these
scores. If possible, and thereby make
| today's game q fitting final effort for
the greatest football season in the his
tory of the red and blue. 1t was Capt.
Minds ambition to make a good big
score against the Ithaca lads, as thls
would make his captaincy shine out
with even more brilliancy than ever.
But in both calculations hope was
! dashed to the earth, mainly through
the brilliant playing of the entire Cor
nell team.
LINE HELD FAST.
Tn the first half Pennsylvania tried
the "guards back" but this formation
was tust as easily stopped as was at
tenpted end skirting, and no matter
where the Quakers tried to get through
there always seemed to be a Cornell
man living in wait to tackle. Ihelr
line in this half held like a stone wall,
and the ends were down the field un-
der Young's kicks before the FeHtsyi-
vania men reached the ball. The 1ndl-
vidual stars on the Cornell eieVen were
Wilson. Windsor, Whiting and Young.
The two former were sent asalils .
Pnnnsvlvania's line for good gains, and
also around the ends, While the tach-
ling of Whiting and Young on the ends
|
| ball.
Tn the second half the pace began to
tell on the Ithaca lads, and they were
driven down the field by the guards
back" at a desperate pace. For the
first fifteen minutes of play 1t looked
as though the carneItan and Whlte
! would surely score, but after tnls, anu
notwithstanding the ball was In Penn.
sylvania's territory a greater part OF
the time, their goal was not menaced;
The PENNSYLVANIA players lost one, and
nossibIv two. opportunities Of scoring
when within CornelPs twelve-yard
line by fumbles. Aside from this their
fumbles were not disastrous.
For PENNSYLVANIA the individual
n1aving of Hare, Goodman and Out
land was remarkable. They broke up
the Cornell interference, and made
good gains nearly every time they were
entrusted with the ball Hare alsQ
tackled in fine shape, getting out
to the end of the line and mailing his
man before the half backs could reach
the runner. Pennsylvania's touch
down was not made until after twenty
one minutes of actual play in the
second half. For any team to hold
Pennsylvanias guards back" forma-
tion in check for f1ftysix minutes is
great feat, and only demonstrates how
|
CORNELL WON THE TOSS.
The teams came on the ground at 2
o'clock Cornell won the toss and took
the east goal, with the wind in her ia
vor. For the first few minutes there
was a duel of the fullbacks, during
which Cornells splendid interference
showed to great advantage. Then Cor
nell got the ball on her f1fty-yard line
and commenced to pound her way
down the field, sending her backs one
after another against the line and
around the ends till she brought up
against a stone wall on Pennsylvania S
eight-yard line and lost the ball.
Wilson and Whiting did star work in
bucking the line. Pennsylvania fought
her Way back to the center of the field
by hard line bucking work, when there
was another kicking duel, ending on
Cornelrs twenty -five-yard line, where
Morice tried for field goal, but missed
his chance owing to a bad play by
Overfield. Young caught 1t on Cor
nell's eight-yard line and punted out
of danger to the hfty-hVe-yard marx,
hit Minds returned 1t with interest,
and the ball was Cornelfs On her three
ward line. Young was there, however,
| and sent the ball hurtling back whence
II had come, but Morice made beau
tiful twenty -five-yard run into Cor
nell's territory before being thrown.
The Ithacans had outplayed Pennsyl-
vania at every point up tc this stage
of the game. working the fake pass
several times to advantage. Cornell
had stopped the deadly guards back"
formation of Pennsylvania several
times for no gains, and seemed to flank
the red and blues ends almost at Will
for gains of five and ten yards. The
half ended with no score, the ball on
Pennsylvania thirty -fiye-yard line.
SECOND HALF.
Pennsylvania started in to redeem
herself in the second half. The ball
was pounded into CornelPs territory to
the twenty-yard line, and then Young
kicked out to midfield. The ball hung
about the center for a time, and then
Weeks tried the quarterback kick and
Young caught it on Cornells fifteen
yard line. Then Pennsylvania started
in to pound the line. Men were laid out
in almost every scrimmage, but got up
to play again. Mass play followed mass