The Washington times., 1911-12-09
Wants Another Big Game
on Its Football
Schedule.
ARE DISCOURAGED BY
REVERSES AT PENN
Think Princeton Will Shake
Hoodoo From Cornell
Team.

NEW YORK. Dec. s.-Cornell is look
ing toward Princeton. Up at Ithaca
they want to meet another big Eastern
football team besides Pennsylvania.
They know that Yale is out Of the ques-
ton: that Harvard would only play in
the stadium. So students and alumni
realize that Of all Princeton is best.
Also indications art that Cornell would
rather have football relations with the
Tigers than with New Haven or Cam.
bridge.
The reason for this wanting another
big game is Pennsylvania. The uuak-
ers have won for the last ten years,
have won eighteen Of the nineteen
games since the teams first met. Cor.
nell Is beginning to fear that It's inn
possible to beat Pennsyl vania on Frank
lin Field. They've become superstitious
about it. That's why they want to
meet Princeton-to show that Cornell
isn't out IL down In football.
The Pennsylvania game was hard
rs per cent better than the team Of last
year and hsd won from nearly all of
the best Of the minor college teams,
including Michigan. which won from
to win this years game has caused Il
lot nf discussion among Comedians here.
and the result may mean a !. decided
change in the schedule and other foot
paii pOhCicS mere.
Have Been Rumors.
There have been rumors about that
Pennsylvania may decide to give up the
contest. which is growing tame on ac-
count Of Cornell's failure to win a game
in ten years. Cornell depends upon this
game for the expenses of many of its
other sports. including that of the
crews. and the loss of the game would
be sad one. ....
1t is practically impossible, 30 it
seems, to win on Franklin Field. The
team this year was without doubt the
better team. But the conditions OF
leaving home and playing on a strange
ground. with SO many visitors in the
grandstands. seem to be a hoodoo to
Cornell from which 1t cannot shake it.
self.
If Princeton was taken on the hoodoo
might vanish. There Is no reason way
good football teams cannot be developed
at Ithaca as well as at Princeton or
Pennsylvania. Some othe game must
be taken on in the place of the Chicago
game. If Princeton cannot be induced
is looked to as a possibility, but the
game would have to be played in Cam
bridge each year, as Cornell Is not yet
in position to dictate to the other
large colleges In football.
Brown wants Game.
Brown Is also looking for a place on
the Cornell schedule and may get the
place II the other big teams cannot be
induced to place Cornell on their sched-
ule. Princeton dropped out in 1907 when
Cornell administered a defeat at Ithaca
and has since refused to grant a home
and-home series of games. OF course,
IL Cornell cannot win over Pennsylvania
or some other good team once in a
while nothing can be expected but that
they will have to submit to the condi-
tons named by the other big colleges.
The hoodoo at Philadelphia seems to
be one that has followed team after
team. It is no idle claim of the Cornell
alumni coaches who come back to
Ithaca to assist Coach Dan Reed in
building up an eleven that Cornell must
be at least quarter better than Penn
sylvania to get an even break there.
Team after team has tried to throw of
the Jonah, but to no avail. 1t would
probably be as well, many Comedians
here are now saying, IL Pennsylvania
should take the stand that some other
team than Cornell should play the
Thanksgiving Day game.
1t is hoped that the athletic council
can arrange a schedule during the COM
ing winter that will be as good as the
one this year, with the addition of the
Princeton or Harvard game in the place
of Chicago. Michigan will hereafter
give Cornell the international game OF
the year. ...