Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-26
PENN AND CORNELL IN LAST BIG COLLEGE BATTLE.
PRACTICALLY WINDS UP THE FOOT BALL SEASON.

In its bearing on the final rating of the
teams no more important game has been
played this season than will take place
on Franklin Field today between Pennsyl-
vania and Cornell. So far results of
games played bears on the case, either OF
today's contestants has as good claim
to the eastern championship as Harvard.
So the winner today will have as good a
claim, results alone considered Like
Harvard. Pennsylvania and Cornell nave
won all their games except one. which
was tie. A coincidence of the ties In
which each was engaged is that each was
& to game. Harvard's with Annapohs'
Pennsylvania with the Indians ana
Cornell's with Chicago. When the time
comes for the final ranking of the teams
there will be another important element
to be reckoned on in addition to results of
games played 1t will be the intrinsic
strength of the elevens as compared with
each other. The biggest game today next
to the Pennsylvania-Cornell dispute will
be Fordham VS.. Villanova. Villanova
hasn't won a game this season and Ford
ham has lost only one, yet it is expected
to prove something of battle. Villa
nova's opponents have been the Indians.
Pennsylvania, Princeton, the Navy and
West Point, so that clean string OF de-
feats against such opposition does not
argue weak team. Nlllanova held
Princeton to a smaller score than Ford
ham did. The principal fixtures on TO-
days schedule are as follows:
George Washington VS.. Bucknell at
American League Park.
Georgetown VS.. Washington and Lee at
Georgetown;
Engineers VS.. Artillerymen at Union
League Park.
Pennsylvania VS. Cornell at Philadel-
phia.
Fordham VS. Villanova at New York.
Lafayette VS.. Dickinson.
Franklin and Marshall VS.. Gettysburg.
Johns Hopkins VS.. Baltimore Medical
Carlisle VS. st. Louis University at ST
Louis.
University of Missouri VS.. University or
Kansas.
University of Tennessee VS.. Alabama.
Virginia VS.. North Carolina
Pennsylvania State VS.. w. L. 2. at
Pittsburg.
PHILADELPHIA November 26-Cor-
nell and the University of Pennsylvania,
both trained to the minute, are waiting
impatiently for this afternoon, when they
will line up on Franklin field for the final
battle of the year. 1t is doubtful If any
previous game in the history OF these
two institutions ever meant so mucn 10
each team. To date neither has lost
single game and the winner is sure to dis
pute the supremacy of the eastern foot
ball world with Harvard. OF the two
teams Penn has the better record, but
the Quakers expect the fight OF their lives
nevertheless.
The Cornell team reached the city yes
terday. morning and the men were hur-
ried out to Wayne, a suburb of this city,
where they remained until this morning.
Yesterday afternoon they were brought In
for brief signal drill on Franklin field In
order to get used to the gridiron. Tine
Ithacans are a heavier lot than the Penn
sylvanians. and the way they went
through their final practice spells trouble
for the Red and Blue.
The city is fast filling up with followers
of the two teams. Fifteen hundred Cor
nell students got in late last night and
more came in this morning on special
trains. With the arrival of the Cornell
undergraduates the betting on the out
come of the game began to pick up. Penn
is still a strong favorite. the Cornell stu
dents in general refusing to wager their
money unless the Quakers give them odds
of 8 to or better. The Quaker coaches
expect TO win but only after a fierce
game. If they come out victorious by
the margin of a single touchdown they
will be satisfied.
The Quakers are all in fine shape, with
the exception of Quarterback Keinath,
whose shoulder was dis1ocated for the
second time in the Michigan game. He
Will probably start against Cornell. but
wfll not play long. Miller will be the
first substitute.
This morning it is Impossible to buy any
seats from the management. and only the
scalperS have few. The crowd will be
games. the seating capacity now being
70 ECO.
The coaches of the two teams an
nounced the lineup as follows: