New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
VICTORY FOR CORNELL
TIGERS GET SURPRISE.
Princeton Beaten IN Hard Fought
Struggle on GridUOn.
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The game was fairly won the Tigers proved
weak on the defence and their offence failed 10
gain As il expected 10 against CoiIIel .
stubborn resistance
Neither team could score in the first half. In
the second half Cornell started with rush ana
determination that would not be denied right
ing stubbornly. desperately, but unaValllngly,
the heavy Princeton line was forced back yard
bv ward by Walders fierce smashes and Mccall
lies brilliant rushes until the one-yard hhe was
reached. Here Captain Mccormick called on the
Orange and Black eleven to hold. and the team
replied with all the strength it possessed Nc
CaIlie was hurled into the line, but WIN lhe
strains Of Old Nassau ringing IN thelr ears rHe
Tigers met the play. There was grinding Vi
body against body and then the WaVerlhS mass
of players fell. When il was untansled II was
seen that McCallie had gained only a few inches
Then Gardner. the Cornell quaIterpack' calIeu
on Walder for the final. supreme effort
Crouching low, the mighty Walder sprahg al
The line with the whole weight of the Cornell
team behind him Again Princeton met the
charge. again the two lines strained and strus-
gled, neither apparently gaining or Eleiuiils
Again the mass FELL but this time Walder mad
rroved 100 strong. He had lunged across the
line and Cornell had scored
Pandemonium inadequately describes what
followed in the Cornell stands. The followers
of the big Red team went wild with Joy
raornent later when Walder sent the plgskin
squarely between the posts and over the parS'
making the score Cornell 6, Princeton o. the
Cornell undergraduates went wild again
Princeton was DSluB OlAIldsSu' 'AfhN' A~'-
played hut the Tiger was not yet beaten. Inc
team went back into the game with even more
determination. HARLAN and Head were iaAeH
out and replaced by Tibbot and orr. Inc
ball was kicked off again, and then followed the
fercest playing of the day. The princeton INe
went AT Cornell with unequalled fierCeness' ana
Cornell met it in the same spirit. 1t was play
ing of the hardest sort, but it was clean Work
by both teams
Princeton was again forced back. and. with
ba- ard II looked like
another touchdown for Cornell, but instead OF
refving on Walder and McCallie 10 take the pan
over the line Gardner signalled for lor"aFu
pass. An Orange and Black clad player was on
It in q fash, and Cornell 5 claIce 10 SCole 79iIi'
was forever gone.
Then the old Princeton spirit, the old Prince
ton fighting blood. showed itself. The Ilgers
would rot acknowledge defeat The playing
grew more determined than ever With the
Princeton enthusiasts wildly calling for touch
down and the Comedians yelling 10 hold them
Eddie" Dillon began driving his team as
Princeton eleven has seldom been driven II
was Greek meeting Greek. But slowly the tide
of battle ebbed into Cornell territory.
Standing on his own 20-yard line Walder at
tempted TO punt out of danger. Back went the
ball TO his outstretched arms, but like fash a
Princeton player smashed through the line, and
blocked the kick, the ball rolling toward the
Cornell goal line n tantalizing fashion. There
was q wild scramble for IT, but Booth. the big
eted pigsfin over the line at the extreme end Of
the field ana Princeton had scored.
The angle was such that II made the try for
goal difficult and Princeton supporters groaned
Phillips lailed in tho attempt. and left the
score Cornell. g. Princeton. 3.
The Tigers hadn't finished. though. Back they
went into the game with renewed determination
but t..e'- efforts were unavailing, although Cor
nell got bad scare when Tibbot heeled d kick
on Cornell's 43-yard line. NcCormark tried for
from, ,,1ac
the ball having plenty Of height and distance
but the wind detected II and 1t missed the posts
by five feet. Just at the end the Tigers were
forcing the play, but the end came too soon for
!. Princeton.
n Walder was the particular star Of the game
He played a good defensive game and his line
smashing was splendid. McCaH!e also pIaved
brilliantly Tor Cornell Gardner ran the team
well. Captain Mccormick, Tibbot, Wister and
Eddie Dillon did the best work for the Tfparq
Harlan punted well, but was not up to his 15sIIaI
form on offensive work in carving the ha1l
The work Of O'Rourke. the big Cornell guard.
was excellent He was in every play and
tackled like a fend.
The game was narred somewhat byy +bo fro
quent imposition Of penalties, Cornell suffering
most in this way. Princeton worked the for
ward pass occasionally 10 great advantage, but
on the whole the play was not successful Cor
nell also pulled off several clever forward masses
one Of them netting more than twenty wards
and being partly responsible for her touchdown.
There were at least fourteen thousand per-
sons packed IN the stands on Percy Field when
the game was called. Three thousand Of these
were Cornell undergraduates, who marched 10
the field in a body, headed by a band The
Princeton undergraduates were five hundred
strong The cheering was splendid Neither
Side let up for a moment, and enthusiasm
seemed fairly 10 radiete from the stands
DETAIL OF THE PLAY.
Cornell won the toss and decided to let Prince
Neither eyagp -
ing, and a kicking duel between Waldar and
Harlan followed. The ends We're down the field
under punts well and gave the backs little
chance 10 rush the ball back. Walder and Nc
Cormick both made several good gains on cross
bucks and Read and McCallie got in an occa-
siOnal clever run around the end. After an ex-
change Of punts Princeton got the ball on her
15-yard line. Harlan a fake kick dashed
through a broken field for twelve yards. After
another exchange OF punts Dillon caught one Of
Walder's long kicks and dashed back twenty
three yards. The Princeton plays were smashed
dp, however, by O'Rourke, who was playing a
brilliant game breaking through and tackling
the Tiger backs behind the line. Toward the
end Of the half Captain Cook was hurt and had
give way Lynch.
The half ended with Princeton in possession
Of the ball her own 1S-yard line. What ad-
vantage there rested with the Cornell
eleven. Princeton supporters were confident
however, during the intermiSson that their
team would win. and some betting was done at
even money.
Cosgrove kicked off to Read at the beginning
of the second half and after an Intellectual line
smash Mccormick punted. Earle woke up the
Cornell stands by lodging past Wister for seven
yards. The yelling deafening when Walder
smashed through for a first down on the Tigers
30-yard lire. After Booth threw McCalie for
loss forward pass to Earle was successful,
and il was CornelTs ball on the Tigers l2-vard
line. Walder hit right tackle like cyclone and
stopped on Princeton's S-vard line TIara