Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-30

| crowd that ever attended Thanksgiv-
ing day football game in this city,
the University of Pennsylvania football
team to-day defeated the Cornell eleven
| by the one-sided score of u to 0. Only
once during the entire contest was the
Quaker goal line in danger of being
| crossed by an Ithacan player, and dur
| ing most of the time the ball was in
| Cornell's territory.
| Pennsylvania won the battle by
straight, hard football. The white and
| carnellian men played fercely at times,
but no matter how hard they tried, old
Penn could not be halted on her marhc
to victory. The Quakers' main play
was their famous guards back forma-
ton, which they worked like a ma
| chine. Soon after the game began, it
became apparent that the players of
| both teams were all not in that prime
| condition which is generally expected
in big games. Captain Starbuck, who
had just recovered from injuries, was
| forced to leave the field soon after play
was started. Captain Hare also show
ed signs of lack of condition. and al
though he did not leave his team, he
frequently was laid out. True, he put
up his usual hard, aggressive game, but
! he failed to shine as brilliantly as he
has heretofore. 1t was his last game
as Pennsylvania player and it was
expected he would put up the greatest
football of his brilliant carer. Nc
| Cracker, who has shined both as
star guard and fullback for the past
four years, and who lined up for the
last time to-day on the Quaker team,
also had to quit the game because of
! injuries he sustained to his lame shout
der. Nearly all the spectators in the
four crowded stands rose and eheered
! him as he was dragged from the grid
iron. With one or two other exceptions
the players of the two teams came out
OF the game not much the worse for
wear
The contest during most of the time
was rather slow and lacked spirit.
Here and there either team would make
| a dashing play only to fall back into
the same languid style ofadvaueing the
ball or defending the goal. Of the
few brillint plays that marked the
game, Potter's run of SO yards for a
| touchdown outshone all the Others
] The fleet halfback was given the ball
exactly in the center of the field for
a piungs through the middle of Cor
relrs line. PENIS big forwards opened
a hole big enough for the proverbial
horse and cart to drive through the
Ithaca line. Potter almost fell as he
was pushed into the hole, but he kept
| his feet and made a wild dash for Cor
nelPs goal line. After the Cornell men
had recovered from their surprise, four
OF them started stern chase after the
little man with the ball. Just, as Pot-l
ter reached the five-yard mark, one of
Corneips big line men grasped him
around the waist, but Potter managed
to stumble over the goal line for what
proved to be PENIS last touchdown.
The great run was all over in almost a
fash.
Next to Potter's run was Morrison's
sprint for thirty yards around PENIS
left end. The Cornell men had lined
up for a kick, but 1T proved to be
fake" move and the Quaker men were
completely taken in by the manouevre.
This dash of Morrison's aroused much
enthusiasm among the Cornell spectat-
ors and for the next FIVE minutes the
Carnellian and white pushed the red
and blue down the field for short but
steady gains for a distance of forty
yards, when the New York State team
lost the bail on an attempt to kick
field goal from the Quaker's thirty
yard line.
Outside of the above mentioned in
stances, there was little brilliant indi-
vidual playing. Purcell and Morrison
played strong, consistent foot ball in
face of adversely The other men on
/ SiO SOiAVii SlcfEn Qiu uOJ get mucl
chance as the Ithacans seldom had the
leather long enough to give others
other than the backs an opportunity
to advance the pigskin. For the
Quakers, Hare and McCracken did the
best work until they were hurt. Teas
and Wallace were not far behind them.
while the performance of the two
Gardeners and the half backs were
worthy of mentioning. In the kicking
line ]. Gardiner had little the better
of it and Starbuck hit and neither
side had anything on the other when
1t came to fumbling. There was very
"butter finger" playing and what was
there was of it was not costly. TIL
| Quaker team had tendency to charge
before the ball was passed and it was
frequently penlized for this offense.
PENIS first touch down was made on
pure line bucking and plunging. She
secured the ball in. nlidfeld and forced
] it down to Cornells Is yard line where
| it was lost on a tumble. The Quakers
| soon regained possession of it on the
Cornell so yard line and this time with
out losing the leather, carried 1t by
| the aid of the guards back to and over
the Ithaca goal line.
| The score was raised to 10 points by
the Quakers on goal by Hare. Penn