New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-29
Pennsylvania Captain Snaps
Up Ball and Runs Fifty
Yards for Touchdown.
FINAL SCORE READS 7 TO 2
Big Crowd Sees the Quakers
Slightly outplayed, but Add
Another Victory to Their
Long String
By Herbert.
Il. r.Leerann 10 - TrLOune-I

pbiIade,phia. Nov. 2s.-Cornel out
rla,ed Pennsylvania I'm all the mceties
or football I'm their yearly struggle on
Franklin Field here to-day, but d FUN
m,-a costly. damaging fumble-opened
the way for the Quakers 10 win by a
score of to ?, and to thus continue
their sequence Of sridiron victories un-
broken only TWICE in twenty years by
one defeat and one tie game.
captain Leroy Mercer snapped up the
bail in the second period when o'Sonnor
Numbered in a double pass, and, jumping
clear raced fifty yards for touchdown
AND planted the ball directly behind the
goal posts. Two OF three Cornell me"
gave chase in a hopeless sort OF way
hut they could not have caught the NY
ing Mercer even if they had not been
blocked off and tumbled about by other
PENNSYLVANIA players. Minds kicked the
goal and these seven points proved quite
enough TO win.
Cornell scored two points on safety
touchdown by Minds, after J. ) Why'e
the Cornell centre. had broken through
and blocked a punt on Pennsylvama'S
,5.yard line. The ball bounded back TO
Inc goal post. with Minds and two Cor
,cu men i'm hot pursuit. Minds reached
4 first but as he fell on II he sHd
across the line just as he was plli'"
voVn by the two opposing tacklers. ms
n,ay came i'm tie first period, ana lot
,jmc il looked as If these two points might
,nou victory for Cornell They would
have done so, too. with clean hahoIihB
nj the ball. or without MERGERS une'fl''s
accuracy in following the pisshh p'ac-
,icsuv every minute of the struggle
Errors That Proved Costly
do not want TO be misunderstood in
saving that the Cornell team ou'pla%eu
ats conoucror Errors of commission
provcd costly to Yale against Harvard.
md errors Of commission brought about
rornelps defeat, not only by furnishing
the lOOp-nO4N Nlibbbh "'''N'
of,icl,Iy Jumped. but by checWns the men
nom ithaca I'm two advances, when In q
nosltion to strike and strike hard. clean
b,rdIjus of the ball is much part OF
football. and while Cornell had the pet
tor and more finished Cieven mere TINS
afternoon. il does not follow that the
ouakers did not deserve TO win. Ihey
tool, ADVANTAGE of their opportunities
,bcy held the Ithacans off when danger
threatened and they fought with thai
spirit which stood out SO boldly against
Michigan and the Carlisle Indians.
The effect Of the victory on the Penn
syivania undergraduates was marked.
Instead Of pouring down on the field to
celebrate. they stood in their places while
the Cornell men sang their inspiring
Hail. All Hail Cornell" and cheered
Pcuusylyania, their own team, d..
Sbarpe. the head coach, and Captain But
l,r Then they made their way quietly
with tbc exception of few of the more
enthusiastic souls, to the entrance OF
fine gymnasium where they IN turn
,bcored their own team in way that
smoke volumes. 1t seemed almost as il
they fclt that the Cornell eleven deserved
equal credit with their own, and that any
show Of undue citation would he out OF
,ulacc If such was the case it was
mighty fine spirit