New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
CORNELL TEAM BEATEN
Harvard'S Fierce, Versatile At
tack Proves Irresistible.
TOUCHDOWN FOR ITHACANS
Crimson Plays a Brilliant Often
sive Game, Rolling Up
Twenty-seven Points.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune !

f1dfNdFo ATTACK crumpied UD COrnelIS s
sturdy defence and the Crimson Piled UP
e. points in the game in the Stadium this
afternoon. hut though the lighter Ithacans
were no match for Captain Withington's 5
team. particularly on the soft. rain soaked
field, they accomplished a feat which no
other team has been able to this fall.
They scored on Harvard. wiped out the
Crinsou's clean slate with A touchdown.
There were Just two exceptions in the pre-
vailing clever handling Of the pigskin by
Harvard. and one OF these two exceptions
led Up TO the Cornell touchdown. Eyrich.
Of Cornell grabbed a fumbled pass and
took the ball near enough TO the goal line
for Nichols 10 take il over on the next
rush.
Harvard did not send her strongest team
IN at any time. Yet she mad a telling. varied
and smashing attack in which good inter
ference and accurate use Of the forward
pass played a big part The substitute
backs were exceedingly coed Wendell
Campbell. Graustein and Potter all played
Vel back of the line. and among them
made long and short gains by line boring
end runs from fake kicks and the running
back Of kicks
Cornell mad no end of trou BILE getting
through Harvards well formed interfer-
ence, but mere trouble making tackles
Glaring weakness IN tackling was costly
defect on the Cornell side. and helped swell
darvard's total The Harvard ends were
fine. but with substitutes in the rest OF the
lire the play wasn't so consistent, defen-
ssve weaknesses cropping out in the line
Harvard made four touchdowns and two
field goals. both of which were drop kicks
The game had FIVE touchdowns, but in con-
verting these into goals both sides were
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kicked from touchdown. Cornens left wing
was the side on which Harvard did most
Of her gaining. There was a good deal Of
Be- penalfzing Harvard lost eighty yards that
way. once being penalized thirty yards for
holding in TWO out of three consecutive
plays
The Cornell men came on the held with
white headgear and blue jerseys, the biue
Jerseys Distinguishing them from the Har-
ward players.
Butler, Of Cornell. kicked of over the
goal line and Harvard put the ball IN play
from scrfmnage on the 25-vard line. Minot
punted 10 Cornells 45-yard line Bates
circIed Harvard's right flank for seven
yards. but. falling 10 gain on the next play
Cornell made a poor forward pass and
Harvard got the bah on her own 55-yard
line
Harvard al once turned on the steam
and SWEPT through Cornell yards al a time
a forward pass helped in the 57-yard jour
ney 70 Cornelis goal lire. and though Cor
nell rallied inside the 5-yard line Wendell
plcughed through left tackle for touch
down. from which Fisher kicked the goal
The next Harvard score was a goal from
the field by Lewis from the 35-yard line,
the bah going straight as an arrow.
Harvard made FIVE more points before tho
first quarter ended. Wilmington intercepted
q forward PASS and was tackled on Cor
neITs 37-yard line. The Crimson then tried
z forward pass. and II was q beauty Pot !
Ter hurled 10 L Smith. who never stopped /
gong until he had crossed the goal line /
There was nobody near him when he made I
The catch and nobody could lay hands on
him
Bates of Cornell. varied proceedings with 4
Z twenty-fve-yard run for Cornell in the /
second quarter, running back punt, but
when Butler tried & place kick from scrirn-
mage Harvard blocked the kick, and L.
Smith gathered Up the leather and dashed
forty yards. Potter then coolly drop kicked
e goal from the thirty-yard line. The
score was i 10 AT the end Of the first
half
Campbell running from d fake kick.
scurried for-v-fIve yards ii the third
period taking the ball well into Cornell
territory. Il was puated hack and forth
until FELTON, on the second Of TWO splen-
didly executed forward passes romped over
th- goal line for Harvard's third touch
down. The forward pass also played a
prominent part in Ha-v2rd's fourth and
LAST touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Long intercepted one and recovered the ball
on CorneIs ren-yaTd line Graustein then
caught one on CorneI's three-yard line. and
on a wing shift Wendell went over the line
Soon after the next kickoff Harvard had
the oval on her own 2e-yard line Pierce
iCnbled the bau and Eyrich grabbed II in
Z hurry There was nobody between him
and the goal line but ne was forced out
@ bounds ar the one-yard line The ball
vas brought II and put in play Nichols
Slammed through Bush on a cross buck
ae hole for him was wide as the mouth
O. tunnel, Harvard falling down com
tietely for once a. q crucial moment. From
thE point 70 the finish the Comedians held
: elr own with the Crimson. the latter
being unable 10 DO any more gaining.
TIE lineup.