The times., 1898-10-23
Cornell Conquered in a Close
ly Contested Game.
ONE TOUCHDOWN SCORED
The Outcome of the Struggle Rather
Dist ppointing to Princeton Root
ers and Encouraging to Cornell
Partisans - Six Thousand Specta-
Ex-President Cleveland.

gers smut out the COrneli VARSITY eieNeH
here this afternoon, but only made one
touchdown themselves. To Princeton men
the outcome was rather disappointing, as
the knowing ones had predicted as high
as twenty points for Old Nassau. To Cor
nell men the game was a source of en-
couragement, even though victory did
not come to them. The Princeton kickers,
with one or two exceptions. outweighed
the Cornell men, and in addition to the
weight handicap the Cornell players had
to contend with a large partisan crowd
facts. and Princeton's long established
knowledge of football as 1t should be
played, the showing of the Comedians
was an agreeable surprise to their follow
who hope to see the Tigers whip Yale.
Princeton's Personnel.
Princeton's men are larger, heavier. and
more matured than has usually been the
case here. HiIlebrand, Edwards, Booth,
Crowds, Reiter, and Ayres are well
known in the football class and all are
first-class men. Black the new half back.
is one of the best line buckers that has
ever worked for the Tigers.
Palmer. at left end. and Newcomer ap-
pear to be in the class with Cochran. Geer.
at left tackle, is surprisingly powerful and
plays fierce. aggressive football.
Mills, the big freshman guard. has every
qualification needed TO be successful ex-
cept cool-headedness. He is hot-tempered
and in an interchange of fist accompani-
ments in today's encounter he was. with
Lueder, of Cornell, ruled of by Umpire
Dashiel Rosengarten. who was tried at
quarterback, is light, does not handle the
snap-backs quickly, and funbles kicks.
HiiIebrand the star.
The veterans played well up to the usual
standard Hillebrand, the captain, being
the star. He was partially responsible
for Princeton's only touchdown. for by
the quickest kind of line breaking he got
through on Quarterback Young and block
ed a punt, at the same time falling on
the bail. This was near enough to Cor
nelrs goal 10 make IT an easy task for
Princeton's backs to beat their way
through the Ithacans for the only touch
down of the game.
The Tigers played straight football the
greater part of the game. but resorted to
the time-honored tandem play on several
occasions for good gains. Their best work
close formations and interference.
CornelIs line. though light in compari-
son to that of the Jerseymen. played de-
fensive game that won the admiration OF
the spectators.
Cornell Poorly Handled.
In the handling of Cornell's team some
fault must be found with a bIunder In the
first half The Ithacans were making fair
gains through the heavy bucking, but
when Princeton's thirty-five-yard line was
reached Cross tried an unsuccessful place
kick for goal.
Not more than 5000 persons, including
ex-President Cleveland turned out TO see
the game.
II was 3:16 o'clock when the whistles
were blown by the officials and the battle
began, and Cross kicked off for Cornell to
Hillebrand, who came back fifteen yards.
Ayress kick landed the ball on Cornells
thirty-five-yard line. Some hard line
bucking and Rosengarten's clumsy muff
put the leather exactly forty-five yards
from Prirceton's line.
ROsengartsn's Poor Work.
Cornell tried the closest kind of forma-
tions, with the result that the backs were
downed almost in their tracks. They were
too near the line to get properly under
way. On the third down Starbuck punted
to Rosengarten, who made such a mess of
the catch that he was downed by Alexan-
der on the ten-yard line. Ayres punted
poorly, and the ball was forced back to
Princeton's thirty-five-yard line. Then fol-
lowed Cross's ineffective try at place
kick for goal.
Cornell soon after tried the much-talked-
of trick of letting the end rush, opposite
Princeton's center, snap the ball back, to
be thrown to Whiting, who was protected
by a wall of interferers. Geer, however,
got through like a bulldog and nothing
was gained. Young once more tried the
quarterback kick, and this time it proved
fatal, for Hillebrand broke through and
fell on the oval.
Tigers BOne-BrenlSinE Assault.
The Tigers backs now began a bone
breaking assault on Cornelrs right line.
Steady line-bucking by Black and off-side
play by Cornell put the ball on the lat
ter's four-yard>line, and Reiter, literally
fitted by his comrades, got over the line
for a touchdown, from which Mills kicked
a rather difficult goal. 1t had taken Is
minutes "A As seconds to score. For the
rest of the half the play was chiefly in
Cornells territory, but her goal was
never seriously in danger.
1t was at this period that Mills and
Lueder had a mix-up that resulted in
the disqualification of both.
Ayres kicked off at the opening of the
second half and after a series of punts
Cornell began an attack which threatened
for a time to be successful. Whiting made
twenty yards on a second trial of the
lend snap back trick, and Starbuck got
ten on the guards back interference"
made a pretty twenty-yard run, but the
ball was lost for holding.
CorneIPs Attack reflective.
Cornells attack, however, was ineffect-
i've, and Black, Ayres, and Reiter began
another attack, which proved the best of
the day.
Steady play against guards. tackles and
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