The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-26
FOUR POINTS ON CORNELL.
The Pennsylvania eleven Wins by a
Very Narrow Marsin.
A FAST GAME ON SLIPrtRY GROUNDS
The Ithicans Try Several Tricks ana Eai
Each Jjme--"Ends and Tackles Over
o,. of Ihem--Pennsy Not So sue
cessfuI--1he Lineup

prt1r .DFI ,PHIA, Nov. 25.-Ihe uHlNeI-
- ,,l,,,,e,,lvanla football team de-
foated Cornell this afternoon on fralhnh
r,,,a 80, q score of 4 10 o. 1t was by lar
,ho f,rtest game that has been played
bore This season. and shows Corneh 10
,s,,o "a remarkably strong team.
,rhoro ,vas less enthusiasm manifested
nv the 10000 persons present thah on last
saturday because during the hrst NAN
Cornell did all the p aging but IN the
.econd half Pennsylvania used thef
,.,,.rds, hack formation with terrible CT
soct on tbe Cornell line. After nearly
every scrimmage in which this formation
was used there would be a Corneil man
stretched on the grass.
SLIPPERY GROUNDS
r,,oeo firesome interruptions were the
orlv drawbacks 10 an otheIWlse ni liIlait. liIlii
came OF course. there was cohslgc dDle
fumblng, due primarily % oae 10 e"o ,ness n1,i,i Of
svvo otarter-back kicks, but TINS ldlter
was also partially due 10 the muudy udii'
princeton had beaten Cornell 10 TO ~
and Harvard scored p against lor lne
Ccrreiiians. and IL was the Quakcrs' am
Litior "a ton both Of these scores. it pos
eibie and thereby make to-day game n
hitting finale for the greatest loei-1dl
season I'm the history OF lhe req anu Dl".
IL vras also Captain Mind ambition 10
make n good big score against the lthica
iods as this would make his captdlucy
shine out with even more prllhahcy lhaH
over but in both calculations hope was
dashed 10 the earth. mainly through inc
brilliant playing OF the entire CoIheH
In the first half Pennsylvania tried the
guards back. but this formation was Just
oc easily stopped as attempted ends sklft-
tried 10 get through there always seemed
10 be Cornell man lying IN wait 10
tackle Their line I'm this half held Ike
a stone wall. and the ends were down
the field under YOung's kicks before the
Pennsylvania men reached the Dall.
CORNELL'S STARS
The individual stars on the Cornell
eleven were decidedly Wilson Wlndsgr'
Whiting and Young. the back field. The
two former were sent against Pennsyl-
vanias line for good gains. and also
around the ends. while the tackline or
Whiting and Young on the ends was
In the second half the pace began to tell
on the Ithica lads, and they We're driven
down the field by the guards back M
desperate pace For the first fifteen min-
utcs OF play II looked as though the red
and white representatives would surely
score, hut after this and Ofwithsfandlng
the ball was i'm Pennsylvania territory
a greater part Of the time their goal was
not menaccd.
Young who came here with the repu-
tation Of being a brilliant kicker, showed
none Of his prowess in that line. lie sell
dom gained in an exchange with captain
Minds and was clearly outkicked by me
latter. Minds placed his kicks beautifully
while Young tries often went out OF
bounds after going 10 or 20 yards. which
was a great handicap to the Cornell
team.
The Pennsylvania players lost one and
possibly two opportunities or scoring
when within Cornelrs twelve yards line
by fumbles. Aside from this their fum-
bles were not disastrous
REMARKABLE PLAYING.
For Pennsylvania the individual playing
OF Hare. Goodman and Outland was re-
marlxable. They broke up the Cornell in
reference and made good gains nearly
every time they Were entrusted WIN
the ban. Hare also tackled IN hne shane.
getting out TO the end Of the line and
mailing his man before the halt-hacks
could reach the runner.
Cornell tried several tricks and gained
nearly every time. one Of their most
successful tricks was what is known as
lends and tackles over" only the guard
was left I'm his original position in the
line. The tackle and ends were shifted to
the opposite end Of the line and Ted the
Interference. Each man on the line NOV
ed along one position in the direction Of
the play. thus having centre face guard,
guard face tackle. and the tackle face
end. 1t was due 10 this formation that
several good end runs were made
Pennsylvania tried one or two tricks.
such as the delayed double pass and fake
pass. but in only one did they make
good gain. Pennsylvania's touchdown
was not made until after twenty minutes
of actual PLAY in the second half. For any
team to hold guards hack formation IN
check for forty-siX minutes is a great feat
and only demonstrates low strong Cor
nell team really was to-day. The lineup
was o. follows.