Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
CORNELL MAY Be
THE FAVOR|TE
Some Reasons Why the Itha.
cans Are Likely to Defeat
Pennsylvania.
By e. r. Bushnell.

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intercollegiate world is looking with more
gridiron struggle Of the year between
Cornell and Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
on Thanksgiving day. Indeed. from the
foot ball point of view only one game
has been played this year which out
ranks this one in Importance, this being
the Yale-Princeton game a week ago.
Both Cornell and Pennsylvania have
proven unusually strong this year, and
victory for one or the other will mean
much in the rating of the two teams for
the year. Were 1t not for the fact that
both teams have a defeat chalked up
against them this game would settle be-
yond doubt the intercollegiate cham.
pionshp.
The Pennsylvania record is married by
the Indian defeat, while Pennsylvania
State College caught Cornell at an un-
guarded moment and by means Of two
clever field goals scored an SIS victory.
pennsylvania men have ueen trying to
forget that they ever played the Indians,
but had this game to be p.ayed over
again there is no doubt that the Quakers,
with the great Improvement they have
made, could trounce the Indians without
much difficulty. Since that game r'enn-
sylvania has been coming along with big
strides, and has won all her succeeding
games without being scored against.
Cornell. likewise took great brace
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| ing as consistent game as any Of the
other. teams since.
| 1t need occasion no surprise II Cornell
| is made the favorite over Pennsylvania
that the Ithacans defeated Princeton,
| West Point and Swarthmore on success
| sive Saturdays. Against two of these
| teams. Princeton and West Point, the
| Cornell eleven did better than Yale. 1t
will be remembered that Yale could do
no better against West Point than 90,
| while the Ellis margin over Princeton
| was only 1910. Cornell beat West Point
14-1O and won from Princeton 6-5. But
an analysis of the Cornell scores shows
that Cornelrs superiority was much more
| marked than these figures would Indicate.
Princeton scored against Cornell only by
blocked kick, while in view Of the fact
that the ball was nearly always in the
Tigers territory the Ithacans should have
| won by about 1910. West Point scored
its 10 points against Cornell by a touc.l-
down from a blocked kick and a field
| goal. These facts and the unanimous
statement Of the cadets that Cornell was
more powerful than Yale will justify
Cornell in making bid for premier hon.
ors in case her team defeats Pennsyl-
vania.
Cornell. however, will do well not to
| underrate this Pennsylvania team The
Quakers had an off day when they met
| the Indians. and they have retrieved them
selves since that game in brilliant fash
ready been proven absolutely untrust-
worthy one would be justified in picking
Pennsylvania to beat the Ithacans be-
| cause of the scores the two teams made
against Pennsylvania State. This is the
team that beat Cornell SO, but three
weeks later the same eleven was slaugh-
tered by Pennsylvania, $50.
Cornell Heavier.
The Cornell eleven has the advantage
over PENNSYLVANIA in the matter Of weight
but with the new foot ball this does not
begin to count as it did few years ago.
The Quakers found themselves badly out
weighed by Swarthmore and Michigan,
yet they won handily enough. In straight
loot ball Pennsylvania is undoubtedly
much superior to Cornell. for the Red and
Blue back field is one Of the best in the
country. and can undoubtedly do more eff
fsctive work than that OF Cornell The
lthacans seem to have the better line, but
II the lighter Pennsylvanians by quick
and effective charging can hold their own
with Cornelrs forwards the tide of battle
will be turned in favor of the team which
makes the best use of the forward pass
and does the best end running. The Cor
nell team has been notably effective in
the use of the forward pass all season,
and as Pennsylvania has been bothered in
forming defense for the play the Itha-
cans will probably make good use of II,
There Is no lack OF confidence on the
part of the Pennsylvania team. The
Quakers think that they can beat Cornell
with almost any kind of a team. and the
record Of previous games indicates as
much. This is the crucial game Of the
year for Cornell. and many Of the Itha-
cans best teams have unexpectedly gone
to pieces on Franklin Field. 1t will be re-
membered that a year ago Cornell should
have beaten Penn instead of being held to
90 score. Six times Cornell had the
ball inside PENIS 5-yard line in that great
fight, yet was unable to get the ball over,
80 remarkable was the Pennsylvania de-
tense Whenever the Pennsylvania play
ers show a weake ming in the defense all
the coaches have to do is to refer to this
great stand and the effect is magical.
Pennsylvania and Cornell have played
fourteen games to date. OF this number
Pennsylvania has won twelve, lost one
and been tied in one. The only time that
Cornell ever defeated Pennsylvania was
in 1900. when the poorest team the Quak-
ers ever had since they became factors in
foot ball lost 24-6. The only tie game
was that of last year. and this ended with
the score 90. The following table gives
| the scores of previous games: