New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
CORNELL IN HOT BATTLE
Wrests Victory from Williams in
Oing-Dong Game.
MARGIN IS A SINGLE POINT
CAPTAINS of Both Teams Hurt
Work of Ithacans Encourag-
ing to the Coaches.
tRv Telegraph 70 The rrIbun. !

Ithaca. y. Y, Nov. 4.-The game WhlCh
Cornell won from Williams here to-day by
the score Of 10 points TO Il surpassed In eN-
citement, perhaps, any other contest ever
| seen on Percy Field. Throughout the en-
tire four periods the game held the Keen
est interest of the large crowd, and as the
contest waxed the degree OF excitement IN
| creased. reaching a climax in the last part
of the last period. when, within few MIN
utes, the tally on the scoreboard changed
+yvice first giving the lead to the visitors
and q few minutes later turning 1t over to
the Cornell team
While the species Of football was not con-
sistently good, at times the cornell team
displayed marked skill. Butler deserves
the highest credit. His punting averaged
high and his generalship was particularly
good. Cornelps line was strong, ana VIII
Jams had no success in directing It's play
against the forwards. being forced to punt
with a regularity which spoke well lot INC
DEVELOPMENT Of Reeds lnemen
I-nfortunate occurrences which materially
weakened both teams happened IN the tr.iN
nericd. when the services Of both captains
were lost 10 their respective teams zap
tain Under was the first TO be rene'eo'
peceivinr Buffers kickoff, he twisted MS
onkla badly and fell when he caught tne
hail The Cornell captain also injured ms
i,ag IN q scrimmage. When ne Hmpeo Oh
+be. gridiron IT appeared that his INJURY
was IN ,ncapacitate him permanently Lave
- .ha evening. however. II was salo Iiia'
10 would not be out Of the game lot rio'e
than a few days
IT, ,,,,nrovernent in the general character
- ,ho rIaving of the Cornell team IN lue
-. ,-r, weeks is marked, as was maniles'
dov The backs were much quicker !"
star,,re action and interference py 'he i'i
- ,,.as much better All the men seem
- 80 developed speed, particularly WIN
,e-,,sor who competed with Eyrlch anu
Nt,,n,, ;,, many of the long runs Inc re-
-. - tho garne is not here considered ue
! .-aa.i,,e, fo,. the coaches are agreeaply us
,nro,,,tad with the work, and the ciose"e's
- ~ core will undoubtedly prove 10 DC
stimulus TO the team. 49, s-,ard
Butler kicked off TO FISH Oh 'ne "a
line. and Fish ran back fifteen yaruS' a',o
Naglo punted forty yards. bu'iel ''.o
FIVE wards and punted to the So-Saiu ~.
I Naglr returning almost 10 liiuu'0
Lueder went through centre LOT hNe g.
and Lewis added a small gain ana but-
lar
,ord line. but as he was thrown out Vi
t~,,ras Vinal recovered the ball. putting
u,e Williams team in position for goal
from field. which Nagle put over from
the 25-yard line. ~ D.,.,.u ,ou
Early in the second period buuer IL"
over for a touchdown. He kicked t'e
goal. The half ended with the Dan We"
in the purple territory.
Early in the third period Corheh nldue
srbstan+ia] gains on straight football But
In- kicked off. Captain Linder catchins 'le
hall IN the 6-yard line. AS ne started 10
I'm ne turned his ankle and fell lie was
carried off the field.
Tsgle nunted TO the 45-yard line But
ier returning fifteen yards with the Dali
/ O,Connor went around right END Tor hVe
,.ordc and on the next play went through
~ light tackle for like gain. K. b..
yI,h,,+a aggregated ten yards In two rushes
.nro,,eb left tackle OConnor made nrst
do,,,,, through the right tackle In the next
80 n1avs and r. B. Whyte followed
( .Lro,,gb the other side of the line for
! ta,,ohdopn on which Butler kicked goal
A npntinr duel between Butler and Nagie
occupied the rest Of the period
The final period OF the game proved 70
bo most exciting. Nagle and Lewis workeo
a forward pass and by splendid lodging
- after carried the ball over the line
. Ainslee failed 10 kick goal The score AZ
tbis point was II to in favor OF the RED
and white team.
Rutler kicked of to Ainslee on his own
,,ord line and in a run which displayed
Tho most splendid kind OF interference, ana
dodging the substitute left halfback for the
rurnle team, made a one hundred ana
e. ,ard run for touchdown on the
l,cL-or This feat was accomplished only
| -. ha,ore I'm the annals Of Percy Field.
go that was by Gray. OF the Oberlin team,
- ioo7 Williams. by this stroke, topped
! Co-neus p points by a single point, and
eI,ataers goal on the touchdown increased
! the handicap.