New-York tribune., 1907-11-29
DISMAL DEFEAT FOR
CORNELL ELEVEN.
PENNSYLV4NIA WINS n
BRILLIANT VICTORY.
Monster CrO5Cd Watches the Spec
tacular Football Battle
Score Vas II to 4.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Philadelphia, Nov. 2S.-The Quaker gray of
this staid city is rapidly assuming a red tinge
this evening, but for every red stripe there is
alternate one of blue, and the whole color
scheme spells Pennsylvania victory over Cor
nell in the annual Thanksgiving Day struggle
between these two old football rivals. The score
of Il to 4 does not begin 10 tell the story of
PENIS superiority over the big red team" on
Franklin Field this afternoon. Outplayed. out
generated and all but outclassed, the Ithacans
went down to a dismal defeat. their only con-
ISOLATION being four small points earned by a
drop kick from the field made by Caldwell. the
substitute quarterback, in the last few minutes
of play Victory fairly and deservedly
earned by the Quakers, and their host Of sup
porters rightfuy and mightfully own Phadel-
phia tonight
It was an unexpected and therefore a crush
tng defeat for Cornell. conqueror of Princeton,
West Point and Swarthmore. and a logical fa-
vorite for to-day's test of Drawn. muscle and
brain Before the game Cornell looked TO be the
rynner-up to Yale: after the fight thousands
wondered how they had passed over Pennsyl-
vania's record without paying more attention.
Either Cornell away off form or Penn was
100 per NJ better The game to-day was like
q two horse race the favorite trailing the out
slider ali the way now and then drawing up
within a.riking distance and buoying up the
confidence Of his supporters, but inYarlaniY
falling back when the outsider was let down.
When The thousands Of loyal Red and White
sn,l,,,r = rose to their feet and, with heads
barred sang the old Cornell hymn, the big red
team" limped off the field with blasted hopes
snd broken hearts, suffering more mental than
r1vsicsl pain for victory meant 50 much to
Them Even the thought that they had died
sting of defeat was doubly hard this year, com
ing as il did after the most successful season IN
the history Of the college. But there were many
at the game who believed Pennsylvania was
~l-r- R,v,laz~ fn-C4E
fighting to the last was not consoling- The
Franklin Field the scene of many football
struggle resembed the mouth Of a volcano tins
afternoon The sides of the crater We're bright
red with Just enough blue TO offset the daZzllhg
scarlet Every Cornell rooter had red mega
phone. and there were probably 5000 Cornell
college men at the game. There was the roar
and crackIe incident TO a volcanic eruption tur-
,,ished bv 30 600 leather -lunged football en-
fhusiasts And the smoke was there, too, for the
fires in the foundries and factories nearby
were going full blast. as usual. The wind be"
from the southwest and lacked the sharp biting
cut generally experienced at the tail-end of the
football season. The field itself was damp ana
sppery in spots But taken altogether the con-
6itions were ideal
SPECTACULAR PLAYS IN GAME
From a spectacular point of view there have
been few games this season which have equalled
LIN
struggle All the features which go to make up
the revised" game were 10 be seen There WAS
the forward pass with its innumerable varia-
tions the ouside kick. the quarterback Kick
long a favorite of Pennsylvania, and in addition
there was plenty OF punting,
-Four times was Pennsylvania denied before
Towell finally crossed the Cornell goal lire for
the first touchdown long after the middle Of the
first half Twice before the ball had been over,
but each time there holding in the Penn
sylvauia line and the team was penaliZed. With
only a ward 70 go twice the Quaker backs were
unable 10 knif. the Cornell line, and the New
Workers managed to stave off the impending
touchdown: but nothing daunted. the Penn
sylvania team kept up its terrible attack, and
the fifth attempt proved successful The pen
slfes, come as they did, were enough TO dis
hearten any team, but there were plucky men
On The Quaker eleven, and never for an in
slant did they show the least sign of losing
nerve and sand" On the other hand II was
brave stand made by the Comedians. and
they deserved great credit They noFer
showed the white feather. At this stage
brute force was matched against brute force.
and Pennsylvania scored because il had the
gre2tcr power The touchdown was made
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