The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-25
PENNSY THE WINNER
DEFEATED CORNELL IN A WELL
PLAYED GAME BY A SCORE
OF II TO
PLAYED IN A BLIZZARD
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Hare's Dismal Attempts at Kick
ing the Ball Out OF Danger Gave
Cornell It's Score-Youne's Bad
Kick Lost the Game,

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24-On a.
fed knee deep in mud the University
Of Pennsylvania football team this aft
ernoon defeated the Cornell eleven by
the score of IL to 6.
1t is doubtful if ever a game had been
played under more unfavorable condi-
tionS, both as to the field and the
weather. The wind which had been
blowing strong from the northeast
nearly all day, suddenly shifted to the
west, few minutes before play start
ed, and instead Of the persistent driz-
zling rain, a snow storm of almost biz
zard proportions set in and continued
without q let up until the game had
been concluded.
When the Cornell team trotted on the
field, at 2:04, it was seen that Charlie
Young, who played such a brilliant
game with the carneIian and white
last year, was in his football togs and
was down on the card as one of the
half backs for the ithaca boys. From
a spectacular point of view the game
was weary one to look SIT. The
Wretched condition Of the field made it
almost an imposSi bility to execute long
runs, and Coach Woodruff's famous
guards back" formation was rendered
almost useless, simply because the men
could not get enough solid foothold to
get underway. Then, too, it was alb
soluteiy impossible to prevent fumbling
and do accurate kicking.
HaTe's two dismal attempts at kick
ing the ball out Of danger when it was
within few feet of the red and blues
goal line in the first half caused the
first score, and c. Young's kick which
went almost parallel with the yard
lines right into Hedges hands, was re-
sponsible for Pennsylvania second
touchdown. Hedges had a clear field
and the touchdown was easy.
The first half closed with the score
to 0, in favor Of Cornell. During the
last fifteen minutes of the first half the
ball had been kept in Pennsylvania
territory because of Hare's failure to
punt more than fifteen or twenty yards.
G. Young, who did the punting for the
visitors, gained from ten to twenty
yards in this half on each exchange of
punts
SECOND HALF.
In the second half things were differ
ent. When the Pennsylvania players
W ent into their dressing rooms they
exchanged the wet, heavy suits they
had been wearing for new, dry ones,
ard when they reappeared on the grid
iron with their dry clothes and the
wind in their favor. everybody expect
ed they would redeem themselves. This
they did, in a measure, carrying the
ball down the field by steady plunges,
varied with an occasional end run to
Cornells twenty-five yard line, from
where Outland carried 1T over for a
touchdown on a delayed pass.
The play during the second half was
almost entirely in Cornel's half, the
carrelian and white being forced to
play on the defensive nearly the entire
half
Both teams relied almost wholly on
straight football. For Cornell Sweet
and StaIbuck, Leuder and c. Young
did the best work The former, in par
ticular, put up a remarkable game.
Outland, Coombs and Hare were the
best ground gamers for the Quakers.
The rough weather had no apparent
effect on the attendance at the game.
BY 2 O'Clock there were about 10000
people in the huge amphitheater. Neith-
eI did the severe storm daTnpen their
ardCr, for there was an incessant yell
ing kept up from the time the ball was
kicked off, at 2:09, until time was called
for the end of the game