New-York tribune., 1912-11-17
CORNELL MEETS DEFEAT
Michigan Runs Up Decisive
Score in Final Minutes.
HARD BATTLE ENDS TAMELY
With Game a Tie Successful
Forward Passes Bring Dis
aster to Red and White.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribune. J

tBy Telegraph 10 The Trfbune.1
Ann Arbor. Mich, Nov. 1s.-Michigan
ended it's season VIGOROUSLY this after .
noon on Ferry Field, defeating the Cor
nell football team by a score of % to I.
Both teams played hard, consistent foot
ball, and each showed marked improve
ment over their respective contests OF
week ago. Cornell had not lost any Of
it's strong defence, but there was a slight
edge" in favor Of Michigan. The game I!
actually lay in the balance until the last
few minutes Of play, when forward e
passes worked havoc with the Red and
Cornell played wonderful game OF de-
fensive football and repeatedly forced
Michigan TO punt on the fourth down
Time and again the Wolverines bucked ,
the Cornell line. to find it unyieIdlng, and
until the fourth period Of the game were :
unable to make any consistent attack.
In all departments of the game the .
Ithacans were strong, and even their, of7 p
fenslve playing was a marked improve
ment over anything that DR.. Sharpe has
been able to develop this year. The team
was able twice, In the third period, 10 :
advance the ball to within fifteen yards 4
Of the Michigan goal line, from where !
Captain Butler made unsuccessful at
tempts to score from placement ButleG :
remained in play throughout the entire
game, but before the second period had
ended Cornell lost the services of It's most
valuable ground gamer, O'Connor,
Three minutes after the start Of the
game Pontius was able TO cross CornelPs
goal line on a sensational forward pass. ,
Craig received Buffers punt at midheld, :
and a series OF dashes followed until ,
Cornell held Michigan for three downs =
on the S5-yard line. Huebei called for a
pass formation and shot the ball into the ,
hands OF Pontius. who made successful
dash for a touchdown. Paterson kicked ,
goal. The playing Of the balance OF the .
period was well within the two &-yard 7
lines.
In the last thirty seconds Of the second I
period Cornell made its only score. Taking
the ball from Michigan on downs at the !
/, Sj-yard line, O'Connor and Bennett broke !
through for small gains until the l5-yard
line was reached, and successful for
ward pass from Butler to O'Hearn took .
the ball to the 3-yard line. from where in I
two attempts Taber carried IL over for a
score.
The third period brought no tally. Early T
in the session Cornell was weakened by ,
the loss OF Champaign. who was carried .
Of the field. Its defence, however, did
not seem to be seriously affected, for
from the time the ball was run back OH
the kick-off it did not again reach Cor !
nell territory. In fact, during this quar-
ter Michigan did not get the ball In
scrimmage nearer Cornells goal line than
her own 2S-yard mark. AT this point IT.
seemed that Cornell was bound TO emerge. }
victorious, as direct onslaughts twice car
| rled the ball within striking distance.
With the score tied at points the
fourth period started, Michigan punting
from the 2-yard line. Exchanges OF punts
gave Cornell the ball near the middle OF,
the field. but from this neutral territory
the Red and White was unable to gain.
! Cornell was still the stone walk that IL
had been at all other times during the
| game and Michigan was forced 10 punt
Taber's faulty handling of the pigskin
at centrefed gave Michigan the ball, and
! at once the Wolverines tried their first
intricate play, which, by the way, was the
Y
duplicate of one that had been successful
| for Cornell earlier In the game. This triple
pass carried Michigan to Cornells 25-ysrd
line. Again the Wolverines We're favored
J by success, and the forward pass by Cap
/ tain Thomson to Pontius took the ball
| over for tally. ..4l
Exchanges OF punts. with an occasionat
attempt to buck the line. was the proceed
ure followed by both elevens during the
next few minutes, after which Cornell
| tried repeatedly to gain by forward pass.
es, few OF which were successful. Hrbe
Ithaeans finally punted from their own
2S-yard line into the hands Of Huebel al.
midfed This gave the ball TO him fer
the last score of the game, as he lodged
cleverly and beat out all Cornell runners.
in his race for the goal line.
Michigan Co). Pos iEoh' Cornell o..
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