The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-11-15
Eastern EnnthnIl GnssIn.

New York spt ciAl 10 the Capital Journal
The University Of Pennsylvania foot
ball team was treated TO a complete sur
prise by the Harvard eleven today.
Coach Woodruff of the Pennsylvania
team relied on the famous "guards back
formation play TO win the day. IL met
with exactly the same fate as IL did in
1898 and 1899. Harvard coach, William
II. Lewis, invented the style Of play
which made Woodruff's team look like
a novice. Time and again the Crimson's
star halfbacks, Sawin and Kendall,
made repeated gains by quick dashes
around the ends. They proved to be
two Of the best backs I'm the country.
Their line bucking was of the highest
order and their fieetness Of foot surprised
the Pennsylvania and Harvard coaches.
Ellis, the Harvard ull.back, was also
very much in evidence. His we'll known
line.hitting ability won much applause
for him. The work Of Haryard's rush
line was revelation. They proved
stronger in the defense and offence than
many people gave them credit for. IL
was against the centre, left and right
guards that the guards back" play was
directed. Harvard's centre trio stood
like veritable stone wall against the
Pennsy ylvanians' attacks, and on seyeal
occasions WoOdrull's men were thrown
back for losses. Hare and McCrackern,
the two star players Of the Pennsylvania
team, played good game. They sus-
tained their regulations as excellent line
buckers and tacklers. II all the men on
their team could have handled them
selves as creditably as they did il can be
safely said that Harvard would not have,
won by score Of n 10 5.
The game just proved that the
"guards back formation" is not a sue
cessful play when il is directed at first
class team. Teams like Chicago and
Penn State may not be able TO solve the
play, but, as was expected, Harvard
broke up the formation with little
difficulty. Today Cornell gave Prince
ton a severe setback on the latter's own
grounds. ''rhe Tigers" we're ig'
ANONYMOUSLY defeated by the score OF IL
to 0. II was the first time that Prince
ton has been beaten on her home
grounds. The Princeton undergradn.
ates gave their iayorites as much en-
couragement as any team could wlsh'
but the Jersey team played the same
listless game throughout The me n
did not posses their established abilities
as 'interieEeuee players" II was for
this reason that Cornell scored and won.
PrincetOn's rush line could not with
stand the plunges Of the Cornelius, and
even when they had the ball the runner
was not followed up the way he should
have been. The "riger" coaches assert
that the mire field had much TO do with
Princeton's ends when the occasion
arose for them 10 get down the field on
the punts Of MATHS, their fullbaek
Captain starbuck, Of the Cornell team,
played a star game. IL @as he who
made the two touchdOWns for his team.
He also kicked the two goals. In punt
ing he outelassed Mattis and his lins
plunging was stronger that that Of any
Of Princeton's backs. He scored both
touchdowus with apparently little
effort.
| Cross and Tausig, Of Cornell, nailed
the Princeton runner in admirable style
and the way they got down the fold on
star-buek's punta made the Princeton
coaches proclaim them as superior 70
any pair Of ends on the gridiFon.
I Captain Pell, Of Princeton, pat up his
usual star game. and the Cornell rnnners
knew better than 10 hit tho left side Of
the .'Tiger's' wiAg which was inVuineF'
able. ,
Il Yalo's showing against the football
warriers Of West Point was only lar
she eouli have rolled up larger sooF'
than rs 10 0 bot did not szers hsrseii .,
.nv considerable extent on account q
her championship game being % ns-f 81