The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-27
CORNELL STAlWARTS
BEAT Penn ELEVEN
ITHACANs TRAMPLE OVER QUA.
KERs IN ANNUAL COMBAT.
SCORE BEING "a TO IL.
PASSES A r E FEATURE
ROTH CoRNELL's BACKFIELD MEN
AND LINE SHOW UP MUCH
eETTER THAN PENNsyL-
yANIA TEAM.
PASSES A r E FEATURE

philadelphia. Nov. 2s.-The Cor
ne1l fonthaE stalwarts defeated Penn :
svlyania on Franklin field "a to Ia
and scattered three touchdowns and
field roal along the broad. SCARED
highway which they traversed wniie
trampIing the Quakers to defeat. Inc
Comedians won as they were expected
to do--t'aey were much the better
team-hut before their victory was =
fact accomplished there was stage
which brought their hearts TO their
threats. The Quakers, fighting well
against the odds of superiority, cut In
with one effective streak OF footbaif
playing and at one time overlook Cor
nell and went into the lead. Corneii
clattered to the front and stayed there
unchaIlenged all through the nrst
half They made touchdown ana
field goal In that half and at Its close
they had ten points to Pennsylvania
none. In the first period OF the sec
ond half a torrent OF forward passes
by the disciples of Penn and the only
device they had to harm Cornell seri-
ously. sent the battle lines surging
toward Cornelfs goal
For maze OF Pennsylvania for
ward passes Cornell mad poor de-
Tense and they 30 seriously menaced
advantage, we'll being and peace or
mind that they put the Quakers In the
lead.
Cornen's lead was el,sed in no TINA
By the flashing OF the forward passes.
From ten to nothing In Cornell's favor
the count became IL to 10 in Penn
sylvania's favor. and the lads from
Cayuga water suffered a harsh dis
niusioument of an easy triumph.
Twelve TO ten in Pennsylvania favor
---some reversal of outlook that!
Penn Gets Shock.
Then It was Pennsylvania turn to
get a shock. Her lead was short lived.
The Quaker stands had not ceased TO
jubilate before Barrett. of Cornell. an
ace In the Cornell pack. filched a
punted bali from the ether. In
sweeping circle around the Pennsyi-
vania horde, allowed but one man to
get near him and shook him on.
swung to the side line. then laid his
shortening course straight for the goal
line. lie picked up chalk lines with
long strides and in all ran ffty-nve
yards for a touchdown.
That was the turning point: that
Aiay revived Cornell and beat Penn
sylvania-
The Quakers continued to menace
with forward passes. but Cornell made
another touchdown in the last period
Cornell always had a much more sub
stantial offense than Pennsylvania and
1t included forward passing. Barretts
splendid punting and excellence in
running with the ball. Pennsylvania
was weak in advancing the ball by
scrimmage attack. Her gains in that
line OF endeavor were scarce. small
and with no continuity.
CorneIFs attack had continuity.
radiated through and past pretty
much the whole extent OF the Penn
svlvanla line and Cornell had hard
running hacks TO carry on the pro-
cess The backs and the line were
better than Pennsyjvania's. The Of
Tense far better and the defense
stronger, except the frailty brought
to view when trying to stop forward
passes Poor tackling WAS weak
point of Pennsylvania's defense.
Avery Merrell, Journey. Rooms.
Hopkins and Henning in various ways
carried the burden of Pennsylvanias
game; Avery with his good puntinE
Rooms and MerreIl. Hopkins at cry
ing the passing and Joureay with
their tireless work on defense. Cor
nens ends. O.Hearn and Shelton. in
line operations and down the held:
Cool as a defensive rover and limo
supporter: Barrett. Phllippi and Col
Inns as plunging or detouring backs.
stood out prominently in the Cornell
scheme OF aggression.
Before the game Ithacans un-
imbered on the sward with all tho
confidence of a Harvard team. and
Charles Brickley was there to see
them do it. The Pennsylvania choir
leaders presented a new wrinkle In
the promotion OF vocalistics. A red
sweatered vouth--it seems choir lead
ers can't lead without sweaters, which
possibly knit the chorus together,
turned his back to the stand and d.
rected three white sweatered youths
further out on the field and facing the
stand. That Is. the director-in-chief
directed the assistant directors. who
did the semaphoring for the student
body. u