The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-25
PLAYED IN SNOW and Mud
Pennsy Defeated Cornell Yesterday
II to 6.
THE DAY MOST UNFAVORABLE
FOR FOOT BALL.

Long Runs We're Impo ssibIe and the
! Useless-Cornel1 Scored In First Half
and Pennsy Twice in Second.
Philadelphia, November "a. On field
knee deep with mud the University OF
Pennsylvania football team this afternoon
defeated the Cornell football eleven by
the score of ~ to 6.
| 1t is doubtful IL ever a game has been
played under more upfavorable condi-
lions, both as to the field and the weather.
The wind which had been flowing strong
from the northeast nearly all day sudden
| ~ shifted to the west few minutes be-
fore play started and instead OF the per-
| sistent dri zzling rain, snow storm OF
almost blizzard proportions set in and
continued without a 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 Carnslian and White last year,
was in his football togsEand was down On
the card as one of the half-backs for the
Ithica boys. This.was big surprise to
the red and blue followers and also to the
players, as no intimation had been given
that this star player would participant in
| the proceedings 1t may be add ed that
while Young continued in the game he
WAS tower OF strength 10 Cornell. he
broke up the interference and tackle ike
| a fiend
| From a spectacular point Of view the
game was weary one to look at. The
wretched condition of the field made it
almost an impossibiity to execute long
runs and Coach Woodruff's famous
guards back formation was rendered
nearly useless simply because the men
lcould not get enough solid foot hold to
get under way and would fall with their
own efforts. Then, too, 1t was absolutely
impossible to prevent fumbling and do
accurate kicking. Cornell's only touch
down was due to bad kicking, questioned
by the slippery ball, and the same can be
| said Of Pennsylvania's second touchdown.
| Here's two dismal attempts at kicking
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 G. Young's kick, which went almost
parallel with the yard lines right into
Hedges hands. was responsible for Penn
sylvanias second touchdown. Hedges
had clear field and the touchdown was
easy.
The first half closed with the score 8 to
in favor of Cornell During the last
fiftesn minutes of the first half the ball
had been kept in Pennsylvania territory
because of Hars's failure to punt more
than is or 20 yards. G. Young, who did
the punting for the visitors, gained from
ten to twenty yards in this half on each
exchange of punts. Then, too, the Penn
sylyania's backs would tumble nearly one
half Of Young's kicks, while the Cornell
players were always at hand to drop on
the ball.
In the second half things were different.
When the Pennsylvania players Went
| into their quarters, they exchanged the
wet suits they had been wearing for new
| dry ones. and when they reappeared on
the gridiron with their dry clothes and
pe3ted that they would redeem them
selves for the wretohed play in he first
half. This they did in measure, carry
| ing the ball down the field by steady
| plunges, varied with an occasional end
run to Cornell's rs yard line, from where
| Outland carried the ball over for touch
| down in a delayed pass.
| The play during the second half was
| almost entirely in Cornell's territory, the
| Carnelian and White being forced to play
on the defensive nearly the entire half.
Both teams relied almost wholly on
| straight football. Cornell tried funny
quarter back trick but lost yard, and
again tried run around Pennsylvania
| left end by giving the ball to her own
left end, thus trying to draw Pennsylva-
| mia S left in, ut the trick did not work.
| Pennsylvania worked the delayed pass
| successfully on two or three occasions,
but oEce tried the quarter back kick. but
lost five yards in the latter attempt Both
| teams seemed over anxious to get into
the plays and were penalized several
| times for their over anxiety.
For Cornell, Sweetland. Starbuck.
Lueder and @. Young did the best work,
the former in particular. Outland,
COMBS and Hare were the best ground
gamers for the Quakers, but the former
together with Carne5t and Gardner
were guilty OF some wretched fumbling.
: The rough weather had no apparent
effect on the attendance, As early as one
to'clock the enthusiastic football cranks
began to arrive and by two O'clock there
were about 10000 persons in the huge
| amphitheatre Neither did the severe
| Storm dampan their ardor, for there was
an incessant yelling kept up from the
time the ball was kicked of at s.09 until
| time was called for the end of the game.
The teams lined up as follows: