The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-26
FAST GAME OF FOOT BALL.
PENNSYLVANIA BEATS CORNELL
To o.

The QuaIScrs Expected to Have n
soft Thing and Instead Had All
they Could Do to Save Themselves
From Defeat-The Cornell Boys
show Great QuicLncss in Frustrat-
ing Gains by PennsyIvanin's Fa-
nous Guards Back Formation.
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 25.-The Univer-
sitv of Pennsylvania foot ball team de-
feared Cornell this afternoon on Franklin
field by the score of 4 to 0. II was by
far the fastest game that has been played
here this season, and shows Cornell to
have a remarkably strong team. There
was less enthusiasm manifested by the
20 800 persons present than on last Satur-
day, because during the first half Cornell
iii all the playing. but in the second half
pennsylvania used her guards back for
nation with terrible effect on the Cornell
line. After nearly ever scrimmage in
which this formation was used there
would be a Cornell man stretched on the
grass These tiresome Interruptions were
the only drawbacks to an otherwise brill
liant game. OF course, there was consid-
erable fumbling due primarily to the slip
perry ball, and Weeks also made bad
mess of two quarterback kicks, but this
latter was also partially due to the muddy
hall.
Princeton had beaten Cornell 10 to and
Harvard scored "A against for the Carne-
Ian and White, and it was the Quakers'
ambition to eclipse both of these scores if
possible and thereby make to-day's game
the finale of the greatest foot ball season
in the history of the Red and Blue. 1t
was also Capt Minds ambition to make
good big score against the Ithaca lads as
this would make his captaincy shine with
even more briliancy than ever. But in
both calculations hope was dashed to the
earth mainly through the brilliant playing
of the entire Cornell team.
In the second half Pennsylvania tried
the guards back, but this formation was
just as easily stopped as was attempted
end-skirtine, and no matter where the
Quakers tried to get through, there al
ways seemed to be a Cornell man lying in
wait 20 tackle. Their line in this half
held like a stone wall, and the ends were
down before Pennsylvania reached the
ball
The individual stars on the Cornell team
were decidedly Wilson, Windsor, Whiting
and Young, the back field.
The two former were sent against Penn
svlvana's line for good gains and also
around the ends while the tackling of
Whiting and Young on the ends was
beautiful exhibition of fast foot ball.
In the second half the pace began to tell
on the Ithaca lads, and they were down
the field by guards-back at desperate
pace. For The first fifteen minutes of play
il looked as though the Comedian ana
white representatives would surely score,
but after this, and Notwithstanding the
ball was in Pennsylvania territory a
greater part of the time, their goal was
not menaced The Pennsylvania players
lost one and possibly two opportunities of
scoring when within Cornell's twelve-yard
line by fumbles.
Aside from this, their fumbles were not
disastrous. For Pennsylvania the indi-
vidual playing of Woodman and Outland
was remarkable. They broke up the
Cornell interference and made good gains
nearly every time they were trusted with
the ball Hare also tackled in fine shape,
getting out to the end of the line and
mailing his man before the 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 Pennsyl-
wanna SuaTdS-Ddch formation IN check
for fifty-siX minutes is a great feat, and
only demonstrates how strong CornelPs
team really was to-day.
The teams lined up as follows:
Penn Position. Cornell.
Boyle .............Left End. .......... Tracy
Goodman .....Left Tackle. .......... Lueder
Hare ...........Left Guard. ............ Reed
OVerfield .........Center.. Schoch
McCracken Right Guard. Favelle
Outland ....Right Tackle. 80. Mclaughlin
Hedges ....... Right End. McKeever, Capt.
Woods ........ Quarter Back nc. Young
jackson ......Left Half Back. Whiting
Morie Right Half Back -. Windsor
Minds, Capt. Full Back. ....,... Wilson
J-mpire-Paul Dashiel of Ilehigh