The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-25

Iowa, g; Nebraska, 5.
Colorado School Of Mines, 6; Colo
radO College, 2.
KANSAS, 12; Missouri, 9.
North Carolina, 6; Virginia, o.
Annapolis, 21; Virginia Military
Institute, 5.
Philadelphia, Nov. 24.-On a field
knee-deep with mud. the University Of
Pennsylvania football team, this after
| noon, defeated the Cornell eleven, by
the score of u to 6. It is doubtful if
| ever a game has been played under
more unfavorable conditions, both as
to the field and the weather. The wind,
which was blowing strong from the
northeast nearly all day, suddenly
shifted to the west a few minutes be-
fore the play started, and instead of
the persistent drizzling rain, a 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:G4 O'Clock it was seen that
Charlie Young, who played such a bril-
liant game with the earneIian and
white last year, was in his football
toys and was down on the card as one
of the half backs for the Ithaca boys.
From q. spectacular standpoint Of
view the game was a. weary one to
| look at. The Wretched condition of the
| field made it almost an impossibiIity to
| execute long runs, and Coach Wood
ruff's famous guard back formation
! was rendered almost useless, simply
because the men could not get enough
solid footheld to get under way. Then,
too, it was absolutely impossible to
prevent fumbling and to do accurate
kicking. Hare's two dismal attempts
at kicking the ball out of danger when
it was within a few feet Of the red and
blue 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 Pennsylvania
second touchdown. Hedges had a clear
field, and a touchdown was easy.
The first half closed with the score
six to nothing, in favor Of Cornell.
During the. last few minutes of the first
half the ball had been kept in Penn
sylvania's 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
I ten to twenty yards in this half on each
exchange Of punts.
CHANGED CLOTHES AND LUCK.
In the second half things were diff
( feEent. When the Pennsylvania. players
went into their dressing-room they ex-
changed the wet, heavy suits they had
been wearing for new dry ones, and
! when they reappeared on the gTidirOn
with their dry clothes and the wind in
their favor, everybody expected they
would redeem themselves. This they
n =
down the field by steady plunges,
varying with an occasional end run to
COrnells twenty -fve-yard line, from
where Outland carried it over for a
touchdown in a delayed pass.
The play during the second half was
almost entirely in CornelPs half the
| caTnelian and white being forced to
play on the defensive nearly the entire
half. Both teams relied almost wholly
on straight football.
For Cornell Sweetland, Starbuck,
Lueder and G. Young did the best
work. The former. in particular, 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,
and by 2 o'clock there were 10000 people
in the huge amphitheatre. Neither did
| the severe storm dampen their ardOr
for there was an incessant yell kept up
from the time the ball was kicked off
at 2:05 until time was called for the end
of the game.
The teams lined up as follows:
| Pennsylvania. Position. Cornell.
Mcmahon 1900. J. e. ........-. Davan
/ (WilsOn)
Reugenberg 49,. !. {. .........W Wyvell
Hare ........... l. g. ............ Reed
Overfield .......... C. ........... Dorner
! (McCloskey)
/ McCracken ...... =. 6. .-....... Lueder
CARMEL ........... T. t. ...... Sweetland
Hedges ........... r e. .......... Cross
Gardiner ......... q. b. .-......G. Young
(ShOrt)
Coonbs ........... h. ....... Whiting
Outland .....-... T. h. &C. Young
CWindsor)
Folwen ...... f. b. starbuck
(Peri-ins)
Touchdowns = outland, Hedges,
Sweetland.
Goals from ouchdown-outland, 2;
G.. Young.