New-York tribune., 1910-11-25
Pennsylvania Strikes Hard Wnen
Chances Arise in Football
Struggle.
MERCER A POWER WITH BALL
o;akers Score Two Toucnaowns,
While Butler Kicks Two
Goals from Placement
for Cornell.
rBv Telegraph to The Tribune. 7


time more than held her Own. but Penn
e,.lvayia struck twice. and struck so hard
-hat the men from Ithaca were swept OF
rhei- feet IN spaces of time short in
themselves. but ions enough 70 turn the
ride TWENTY-FIVE thousand men and
women watched the stirring. even seElsa-
-for7z.. battle from The bul EinE stands ana
went home when the last whistle blew
with appetites wheJted for turkey AT least
50 i was with those who followed the
fortunes Of Pennsylvania. Cornell for the
sixteenth tine in eighteen years had little
+o- which 70 offer thanks. n q football
wav-
Pennsylvania scored Two rouchd0"-ns
and their resultant goals for total Of =
-oints Cornell scored Two goals from
placeme-t fer q total Of points Penn
e--i,-ania missed one 1ry al a goal from
placement. Cornell missed three Penn
sz-lvaria won because OF slightly
stronger and more compact defence and
sfighrl, stronger and more varied attack,
h,,- -fe measure Cf difference was less. L
--,--+7i-r Than -ae score shows. and the
Cornell nan who came al The way from
--f.a~a 10 cheer had reason 70 be proud
Of thelr pluCly team
Mercer dashed around Co-nelIs night
e-,6 for -si-ry--zvo Yards and a rouchdoWh
before -he game vas FIVE minutes Old ana
Rz-sdeu kicked The goal The QUICK
--,-z- -be sudden strike. might have STAN
-,eda5 some teams but -he Correi men
z-a-a made Of s-erner stuff. and they came
s-aoz SO hard -hat the C.uahers were soon
-7zh-tnr desperately on r-e defensive WTllle
72-,-sa- 4at-l,- bo-12aa-ied the goal posts
with TVS from placement The clever
,7-.-~-a-l7acl missed -7vo-one from me
E-~,-~ 49, e
--a-l,-r1,- finally he sent the ball spinning
&C. -be fa-. while standing on the .
yard line. for three points ana toFlle-l
hopes rose
Pennsvlvaria's second touchdown came
le-e n The first half and was made pos
gibIe by q damaging tumble Corrlei- was
r-irl to-c5u- the fight. when Scott pu-llec
from his own territory. and Nlcno-s' one
OF the Cornell backs, lodged his way along
@o- z pretty r71n of rhirty-three yards. oe-
fore he was tackled SO hard on PeT-nsZl-
z-ar:a's 5o-ya-d line that the ball slipped
from his grasp and vas pounced on oy q
keen eyed. quick acting Quaker If1eh
came = sudden transition, and Pennsyl-
va-ia struck another vicious blow
u less tine than L takes 70 tel Il
Nfe--e- flashed around Cornells right enc
<n- -weurv-eiefac Yards Hough- who had
<ore r.pped OF sixteen yards and then
added nine more thus placing the bail on
Co-aeus T-yard line. a clean gain OF 11ty-
three Yards in three plays Eyrich stopped
Mercer On the next lineup for no gain.
hut Sor-le-, OF q double pass from Housh
and Mercer. jumped through gapinS mole
II The Cornell line and planted the ball
behind the goal posts for TOUCHDOWN
Rgrrsdeu kicked the goal before the wild
shout that went Up from the Pennsylvania
men N the stands had died away. The
naIf ended a moment later: the sharp
thrust had been made none TOO soon
Corneus second goal from placement
came early n the third period and il was
cleverly conceived and wonderfully exc
cured With The ball in Cornell territory,
Hicaols broke away for a sensational dash
q fo--y ya-ds- Ee sliced his way be
-1-ee~ END and tackle on the left side Of
Pennsvlva-iafs line. and by clever lodging
and strong running eluded all racklers until
crIv one man stood between him and
touchdown F5ough turned him of. SO that
Cozens and Two o. three others bore him
down on Pennsylvania : 3s-vard line The
sa-re runner tried again. but the defence
this tine was TOO strong and only three
YARDS resulted Butler then dropped back
= tae 43-vard line On what looked like z
fake kick formation. but the kick was
made. and the ball rising r-7Ie 70 the mark.
zho- over The bar and between the posts
Cornell men had reason 70 roar. Three
points had been added. and the score read
= 10 8
once again Cornell had q chance 70
<--3ke. and one more opportunity came 70
1e-revlva-ta Of which advantage was
not taken bur on the whole y vas give
and take % the and. with no quarter asked
a-d none gwen
Sig Crowd Turns Out.
= eev seats were vacant On one END Of
the field. but the crowd was big enough
and enthusiastic enough 70 make plenty Of
noise and lend plenty Of color There was
singing and cheering just as there was al
New Haven last Saturday. and just as
there always Is when Cornell and Pennsyl-
varia meet. The Cornell rooters We're out
numbered Two 10 oue. and for that reason
rle cheers O. PENNSYLVANIA were of greater
volume. but the Cornell team was vel sup
ported every minute Of the time, even Il
there was less 70 cheer about The DAY
was perfect 1or The oalookers. but almost
zoo warm Tor the players. \ light breeze
from -he northwest kept the flags f1urrer-
.-s. bu- was not strong enough 20 have
any marked effect on the pLrting- FUrs
E-I 0TErCOaLS We're almost 2 burden
The game 1-self was lively and full OF
action from end 70 end. and 50 puncrUaued
with quick changes and startling situations
that the crowd was or its feet more than
half the time Sharp dashes II the open.
sudden pduIEes through the line. daring
forward passes and towering pyIrIs followed
each other IN quick succession. and few II
as7y games rfis year have been fought
which aroused so much keen interest and
excitement, even Il the football was hot
always OF ne best ans lacked the finish /
ot the yale Princeton and Yale-Farvard /
battles.
Pennsylvania gained 2G0 yards by straight /
rushing, 10 125 for Cornell. but the latter |
figures dc not include q 30-vard run by 1
Aunk after recovering the bali on q punt /
Fennsylvania's offence was better sustained /
however. che Qualzers making nine rrst
downs 10 I've for Cornell. In punting there 4
was lrfte 10 choose, both Scott and Butler /
doing good work. but Cornell gained many
yards on various exchanges by running
back the ball 10 Yards 10 only - for Penn
sylYarla- This advantage was due 70 The
facI that the Cornell ends particularly,
Eyr1ch- were faster in getting down The
field and sUrer IL their tacIlIiaz than 7ba
FennsylVa.lia ends. who were easily boxed /
and turned OF from time to time
Pennsylvania suffered more than Cor