The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-12-01
Penn DEFEATS CORNELL
Ithacans Go Down Before Quakers
By Score Of A to o.
1900 PEOPLE WERE PRESENT

Cornell Was Powerless to Stop Fierce
Attacks Of Penn, and Her Defense
Was Also Weak-other Football
Games.
Philadelphia. Nov 27.-Pensylvanit
wound up her season Of football dis
appointment by defeating Cornell by
the overwhelming score Of AZ to 0. 1t
was the best game that the Red and
Blue have played this fall. Cornell
EXCEPT for the first five minutes OF
play. was powerless TO stop the attack.
and her efforts TO gain ground were
equally futile. As the game pro-
crossed the Quaker attack grew more
fierce. while Cornells defense was
made TO appear correspondingly weak
After rolling up - points in the frs
half the Pennsylvania eleven came
back IN the second half and piled mp
30 more. Only twice during the game
we're the lthica boys able to- hold
Penn for downs and they gained their
distance only five times. and these
nearly all BY fake plays. There was
a fash OF fire in Cornclfs opening
play. but after losing the ball on a
miserable tumble when well within the
Quakers territory the spark seemed
To- suddenly disappear. Pennsylvania
won the toss and took the west goal.
with slight wind az her back. Brews
ter's punt was carried back 10 yards
from Penn's goal line Then by short
plunges into the line Penn carried tho
ball to her - yard line. Here Cornell
held firmly and Reynolds was forced
TO Kick. II was Cornells ball on her
% yard mark. on the first line-up
Rice got around Penn's left end for
a beautiful rum Of IS yards, but on the
very next play Cornell lost the ball
on a tumble. This was the only time
the ball was within striking distance
OF the Quakers' goal except when
Brewster would kick
Early in the second half Brewster
was lnft'Q 10 lfillf hh ~ N'fiAA W go
mrics and Lyman took his place. Penn
syIyania's big score i'm the second half
was due partiy to Lynah's poor work
IN the back field Ills misjudged sew
eral punt, which rolled many yards
into CornsTs territory which Brew
ter would almost surely have caught.
Then his passing from the center To
tho runner was al times wretched.
BENEFITS work at full-back and
Mrlford's rlavl1g at quarter we're par
ueYlariy brilliant. Several times the
biz mil-back carried four or FIVE Cor
nell PLAYERS ON his back FOR from : TO
IS yards before he could be thrown.
The teams lined mp as follows;
Pennsylvania. Positions. Cornell
Wesac....... Lett End ....Hackstan
Butkiew.cs. Left Tackle Costello
(Ziegler
PlokarsEl... Left Guard ......Norhis
Tay!or........ Centre Dayitt. Newman
Hoffman. Ksse Right Guard ....liun'
Moizear..... Right End .....,.Forgy
Torrey..... Risat Tackle ....Haiiiaay
milford .... Quarterback ...hr""-'' r
cor.on (Lynam
Reynolds. LEFT Half Back .......Ri'o
Drake. Right Half Back Snyder
Bennett. ..... Fullbaok .....-..Coliin
Touchdowns-Drak 2: Bennett ?;
Pipksrsli Goals-Bennett, Z. Referee
f. y. Wrighungton Harvard. I'm
pire-W. II. Edwards. Princeton
Linesman z. z. herman. Harvard
Time OF halyes-S5 minutes each.
Results Of other football games were
a. follows
Indians. 2S; Northwestern, 0.
Dartmouth. 81; Brown. 0.
Dickinson. II. Lafayette, 0.
University OF North Carolina j.:
University OF Virginia. o.
franklin and Marshall, %: Gettys'
burg 8.
Michigan 2S. Chicago. o.
Lemgh. r.. Georgetown, 8.