Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-01
Corncll Eleven is Lnmentabiy weak,
EsnnclnllH In thl Llnn-

Corncll Eleven is LumentablS Weak
EspccinIiS in the Line.
! PHILADELPHIA, Nov 3O.-The Pennsyl
vania foot ball eleven defeated Cornell OF
! Franklin field today, % to o. Cornell was
! lamentably weak, especially In the line
only twice during the entire game did the
! lthacans stop the Quakcrs fierce rushes
/ ana then only when the Pennsy ylNaninnS
had almost made the necessary five yards
I When Cornell had possession OF the bal
| she showed up Just as weak in advancing
/ II as she did In trying to prevent Penn
! syINana from scoring Cornell did not earn
a hrst down, her few attempts at end
skrting being promptly nipped by the
| Quaker ends. Her attack on Pennsylvania S
line was also very weak. seldom gaining
! on the other hand the red and blue
played "a superb game, The plays were got
| off rapidly and smoothly, and Penn
! lSN!Vania was seldom dOwned without a
! gam The men worked as a unit and on
| the defense the team was n veritabe stone
wall. The Quakers gave good exhibition
has been seen here this season. Wherever
, they attacked the Cornell line they made
! big holes in it and broke through, for five,
| ten and fifteen yards at time. with
the exception at the end of the second half,
| Pennsylvania never tried to send a run
ner around CornelIs ends.
| The Quakers' terrific rushcs told on the
Cornell men and the game was consider
ably delayed by players being injured.
Three of Cornell's men were forced to leave
the game, while Pennsylvania was intact
throughout the contest. Captain Hare,
Cracken, Coombs and Teas were fire.
quently used by Pennsylvania In its rushes,
and all acquitted themselves well Alex
ander was impregnable in Cornel's line,
but his colleagues We're not equal to the
task set by Pennsylvania. In the kicking
line Pennsylvania had little the better
of It, but both teams suffered equally from
fumbles of which there We're not many.
day was a beautiful one from "a spectator >
view point, but tritie warm for the
players.
the first half The first score was made
six minutes after the kickoff, Potter break
ing through Cornell . line ana t1d,. ruhmhg lrhS
second touchdown was made by straight
line plunging from Pennsylvana's thirty
five yard line: Hare missed I'm, the goal o11ts IN
the second half on three touchdowns and
three goals. Two of them were made py
pegging away at Cornelrs line and the
third was made principally through Pot
ter's running back sixty yards on Star
bucks kickoff. The lineup:
Pennsylvania Positions Cornell.
Coombs ........ left end ........'.. PayaI LSa,aI
Snever ......... left tackle ........... Folger
Hare (capt) ...,,left guard .......... Warner
Overtield .......,, center ..''''''''. iiSrSo i3i
Teas ............ right guard ........ caldwell
Wallace ....... right tackle ..... Alexander
Outland ......... right end .''''..''i. lHussiS
Kennedy quarterback '' G' ,1,isi9,,s r. hS9ms
Potter ......... left halfback Walbridge
Gardiner ...... right halfback .... Morrison
McCracken ... fullback. Starbuck (capto
Substitutes: Cornell-G. Young, left tackle;
Windsor, left halfback Score: Penn
syivania, 29 Cornell O. Touch-d9wnSS:
Hare 2, McCracken 2 Potter J. Goals
from touchdowns: Outland 2, Hare
l. Potter l. Goals from touchdowns
missed: Hare l. Referee: r. D. Wrenn
of Harvard. Umpire: Paul }, DaShiel OF
Johns Hopkins Timekeepers: John Hodges
PENNSYLVANIA; H. Teller, Cornell. Time OF
halves Thirty-ive minutes.