Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
OUAKERS DEFEAT
CORNELL BY 12-6
Mixture of Good and Bad Playing
Alternately Disappoints
and Thrills Crowd

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24-In a hard
and fast game in which there was a mix
ture of good and bad playing, the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania football team defeated
Cornell on Franklin field this afternoon, u
to C. The Quakers' score was made on two
touchdowns and goals and CornelPs on two
goals from placement by Quarterback Butler.
Despite the fact that Pennsylvania won,
the score was a disappointment TO the fol-
lowers of the Philadelphia eleven. The red
and blue team at times lacked the dash
shown in several games this season and
some of it's plays were marred by fumbling
and the poor handling Of punts.
on the other hand Cornell played more
dashng game than was expected. Her in
terference to help the runner with the ball
at times almost perfect. On several
occasions it looked as If the Ithaca men
would succeed in carrying the ball across the
goal line for touchdowns, but the Pennsyl-
yanians rallied when things looked dangerous
and held the big red team from New York
state repeatedly. Then Cornell would resort
to a goal from placement, but 1t succeeded
only twice in the five or six times 1t was
tried.
Except a wing shift used by Cornell, the
game brought out no new football features
The forward pass failed almost often as
It gained Cornell being more successful with
this plan than Pennsylvania.
GAME IN DETAIL
Pennsylvania won the toss and took the
kickoff Penna. got the ball on Cornell s
90-yard line and by dashng play through
the line and a forward pass took the ball to
CornelPs 3-yard line, where it was fumbled
and Cornell got 1t.
Cornell Immediately punted to her own
35-yard line. After play Mercer took the
ball around Cornell's right end and ran 80
yards for a touchdown Ramsdell kicked the
goal.
Neither team was able to make much of an
impression on the opponents line for first
down. 1t was a line punting duel between
Scott and Butler and Gass, who relieved
Butler A feature of this duel was the
running back of a punt by Gass for 80 yards
and a5-yard dash by Ramsdell to Cor
nell's 37-yard line. Hough, who took Scott $
7O-yard line and then sommer, on delayed
pass, made a touchdown. Ramsden kicked
a goal
SECOND HALF
In the third period Cornell intercepted a
forward pass and on the next lineup Nichols
for Cornell took the ball around Pennsyl-
vania's 43-yard line where Butler kicked
goal from placement at a difficult angle
Score: Pennsylvania 12, CORNELL 6.
Both teams played hard and fast. Cor
nell got the ball poor forward pass
A forward pass gained 25 yards and fun
bed punt enabled Cornell to keep the ball on
Pennsylvania 20-yard line, Butler here mar
rowly missed another field goal,
Pennsylvania then got the pail ana worked
1t to Cornel's 18-yard line, where the period
ended Score, end third period: Pennsyl-
vana r. Cornell 6.
FUMBLES COSTLY
With the ball on Cornel's 1S-yard line at
the beginning of the fourth period, Pennsyl-
vania tried a forward pass and Cornell got
the ball on a tumble and punted to midheld
Getting the ball after exchange of punts.
Pennsylvania rushed it for short gains around
CornelTs ends and a forward pass netting
27 yards put the ball CornelPs 7-yard
line where Pennsylvania lost yards. RAMS
dell then failed at goal from placement
Cornell punted to midheld. The game ended
with the ball in Cornell's possession on her
own 42-yard line. Final score:
PENNSYLVANIA II, Cornell 6.
The lineup:
PENNSYLVANIA. Position. Cornell
Narks...............L J.. e.. Etrick- -Teagle
rodaers. L, t. Monk Champaign