The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-08
CORNELL'S EASY VICTORY.
CoLUMBTA's FOOTB<LL TEAM BEATEN
10 THE TUNE or go TOO.

and Wright at an early NtnEe-tn btCohu
Half tho Ithncaps Play Great Game and
the Home Team Eleven Goes to Pieces.
Fully $4,000 persons saw the Cornell Varsity
eleven administer n crushing defeat TO Column
bia Yesterday afternoon BY a score Of 20 to o.
There IL no dlsputing tile fact that the Ithaca
team stands next to Harvard in point OF play
ing strength. and II Ia ons OF the best that has
ever been turned out ut Cornell. Columbla's
defeat was not exactly unexDscted. but nobody
looked for such Il large score. There are sew
eral excuses TO be made for the poor showing
OF the blue an ! white, although no attempt IL
made to deprive Cornell OF her .laurels. In the
first ten minutes OF play Columbia lost the ser
vicss OF two other best mon. Left Guard WriRht'
who 10 one OF the strongest rushers In the line.
was disqualified for smuggling. while Capt Burt
Wilson was compelled to withdraw because OF
u wrsnched leg. This was a body blow that CO.
lumbis felt but the team played pluckily.
Although the SCORE at tho end OF the first half
was to in favor OF Cornell. II did not look
like a walkovsr The loss OF Wilson was par
ticularly unfortunate. because OF his export
ence In running the team. his knowledge OF
the signals and his puntinR ability. Coach
Sanford substituted Won. who did very well
considering his lack of experience. but he was
not In Wilson's class and made many weak
plays. Wrights place was filled by Miller.
Columbias best guard. who was suffering
from tonsilitis and had been ordered to stay
out OF tho game by his physician. When
Wright came OF the eridiron however, there
was no other alternative but to putMsr In. Will
liams. the old Leland Stanford Jniversity GEN.
tire rush. played his frst game on the Columbia
team. He was called upon at the last moment
TO jump In. and though he was not in proper
condition for q hard battle he worked like a
Trojan against Pierson. who Is considered
the best centre rush that Cornell has had In
years In the second half Columbla's backs.
who had been constantly used to batter their
way through Cornelrs powerful rush line. were
used up and when Weeks aud Morley had to
retire II was all over. The Columbia team
went to pieces and Cornell swept the field with
Ease.
Cornells best half back was walbridcs. who
played four years on the Lafayette College
team and has always been considered one OF
tho finest football players IN America. He
sasily lived up to this reputation by making
three touchdcwns. two of which were the re-
suit Of magnificent end runs from the middle
OF tho field. He was by long odds the
fastest runner on the field. and being a man
Of great strength and long experience II was
comparatively easy for him to follow the
splendid Interference which Cornell provided
for him. That Was the one point above all
Coach Haughton. who learned the intricacios
Of football at Harvard. has evidently instructed
the Cornell men as to the methods used at
Cambridge. for his eleven played = came ..
Harvard football ell the way through. The
condition Of the Cornell men also was another
big factor as they had been skill'ully trained
by Jack Moakley. Boston expert who f.
spending his first year at Ithaca. As a rule
the Comedians were larger and stronger than
tho Columbia men and they lasted better.
tits doubtful whether Column bIa would have
IN the game. for Cornsll's defence was 40 per-
feet especially At the centre and guards. thnt
even the great halt back. Morley could not gain
rush line. taken as whole was remarkably
strong. the ends. Duvall and TauSsie. were
particular made many s;ar plays in the shape
Of tackles and interference, Ilerson at centre.
stone wall. The. tackles. FoIesr and 'Aie ss
ds Sn r sas Sn BY y the line yhsh
In the back hed Cornell was poticeably
SUPERIOR TO Columbia. Walbrdge had a ane
buck helped them both and also did plenty OF
clean and accurate kicking, Young at quarter
the field with his tackles handled punts with.
out nuns. returned some OF them and also
made made np %n1 . Of dsshns run: up ,hc sd
half,which was made possible by n fragrant piece
latter Inter ier.d with fair catch on the 49, yard
line and Cornell received n l5-yard PENALTY
the bar %Re hai no,
offended II Ia doubtful whether tho kick could
hays nsen mae d n wh sn
frst half. probably because It wa. ielt thai
With Wilson out nobody else could M thu, bill
punisd with .oon.idsrnbe skin. Then there
wss no end OF fault fading by the Columbia's
EcEns had Sesu cns the Pss 'h ba s9is
would not have been so severely used up by
ineffective line plpnging There was consider
method was pointed out 10 show how t her backs
we're reserved until Columbia was tired out
little running with the ball, except when they
had 4 near enough 70 Colum bias goal lins to
times on the nrst down after the ball had been
SURRENDERED oI Colur bia on four downs. The
much hsaawsy arans %ss Soqa not maxi saos
proof that kicking game should have been
There was one point In Coumbia attack
which was overlooked by the referee. That was
Tssn Morley BY plun gi1g intolthe line made his
fore the ball was punched out OF his hands by a
Cornell man; The referee did not see this, but il
ton to detect the trick. Had he seen \. Z. he
would probably hsy. permitted Columbia togo
With the ball In her no:ssssiSn and possible
chance Columbia had to make a touchdoWpn.
and the ball was lost on Cornol's lU-yard line
II was q ma anifcsnt brace at that. considering
that the team was dsmoralized as the second
half opened and the men must have realized
that defeat was Inevitable. The game was full
OF roughing and smuggling. but the only m an
punished was Wright Columb ia played OF
side great deal but Cornell offended, too
both being penslized for offences OF this kind
Much time was taken up because OF injury TO
players. but nobody was severely hurt
There were at least $4,000 persons inside O
Columbia field and all OF the big stands were
nlled and luily 10000 more saw the game from
the viaduct and the Speedway. II was an
ENTHUSIASTIC crowd. the teams having about an
equal numbe Of supporters. The Columb ia
men decorated the various stands with the
blue and white strsamers, and they had en-
but before the second half was over. the band
had disappeared. Cornslps admirers had A
great ssiehration and were particularly well
satisfied with the result for having defeated
Princeton B to U, their one sided victory over
Columbia who had subduHd Vale places the
IthAcans on very lofty pinnacle In the football
world.
There was ono fault tn Ia found with the
management Too many side line Il L cts were
issued, and the usual mob surRed back and
Iorth while the game was In progress Men
who had no business on tho field nnd should
have been oompslled 10 sit u the grand stand
overran the substitutes OF both teams aud
Kept the Onictale busy clearing the DaynR sur-