The Washington times., 1912-11-28

elevens have gone to Philadelphia Ior
their annual trouncing. Only once mas
a big Red team" defeated tho ousk.
ers and only once has . tie featured
these annual clashes. between the Quak.
ers and the lthacans. Some OF the
strongest teams ever turned out 1t
Ithaca have been beaten on Franklin
Field. This years team. beaten 'and
hammred hard by almost every oppon.
cnt, does not look for victory. A rela-
lively small score will satisfy the 1tha.
cans.
To use a baseball term. the Pennsyl-
elevens always have ''something on
Cornell" No matter how powerful
team represents Cornell. It has always.
with the two exceptions noteS; oeen a. Io.
atmosphere at Philadelphia that causes
the backbones Of the Comedians to pc.
some as Shiny oose. most moVeaoie
In the past there has frequently been
considerable class to this annual penn.
Cornell contest This year. however.
neither eleven Is in the front rank. In;
deed. It is impossible to place Corneu
eievens Of the East. Nothing but those
redoubtable finishes against Michisan
and Carlisle have entitled the Quakers
to any consideration and the pest the
team can nope IOr - 10 oo SS"AeV Wv"
second class teams.
Disastrous Season.
II has been q disastrous season Tor
Cornell. Al Sharpe. the old Yale star
kicking and running halfback. assumed
charge Of the football situation there
this year and found himself facing In
surmountable difficulties. Lacking foot
ball prestige. Cornell findS It hardest
of ali to give the players the proper
spirit, Sharpe has battled manfully IN
the face of heavy odds and has hopes
that next season may see better Things;
Right off the reel MasH al IsIs a. ah a
whsn i wss s Seie BY s b
ier's field goal, while the second game
Was a victory for Colgate. Il to T. II
was then seen that the big REQ team
had diminished In size consioeraoiis s..r
the aeo only s undefeated sssresstlon Of ths
year then struck the Cornelltanss, TN three sss
weeks after and shattered II. co CSrn ral
was defeated. q to g. ana mas noc rH
s sSy yet arS% 'es the
eleven. Bucknell was neatly oeSseh,
hut along came williams ana DAT.
mouth, and Cornell threw up the
sponge MchgSn THn tS ~ g sixth defeat
in nine games this season.
Penn as Bad.
pennsvlyania's season had been about
| "A bad as Cornell's. though the re-
deemable feature has been the two VIC
tories over Michigan and Carlisle. But
when such teams as Swarthmore
Brown, Lafayette. and Penn state car
hand beatings to the Quakers on sue
cessive Saturdays. something must bt
rotten In the state Of Denmark.
| At the start Penn seemed tatr unae'
i MoS !o eGettysburs. Franklin and Mar;
shall, Dickinson. and Urslnus Wen
down under large scores, but SwSrtn'
more upset the kettle OF tat on Octo'
Der - winning ,S e D. v,n spHw 30 " to
ana then lafayette squeezed out
7-to-3 victory. Penn States victorio%l
phalanx made two touchdowns WINE
the Quake rs were fumbling the Dali she
sc Ths skies Hes We're dark at Philadelphia
on the eve of the Michigan contest: II
that game the Quakers FOUND them
selves, and, In an exhibitor q snee
grit. forced the fighting when tne We,
Ming out when Marshall raced Mt,
Yards for a touchdown: The final scor,
was ~ to q, and stands as tribute u
gameness in football eleven.
| Carlisle IL Defeated.
No one imagined. even after the vic
tory over Michigan. that Carlisle's win
ming aggregation would be humbled b.
the Red and Blue. Therefore. It wa
with considerable OF q shock that tn
Indians were defeated. 81 to 26. TT!
as he might, Jim Thorpe could not wi
the game by himself He tore OF sew
sgsl Ions runs for touchdowns, but hi