The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-28
Wonder is That Quakers Did
Not Win After Staging Ira
ditional Rally
SONS OF PENN ALWAYS
HAVE JINX ON CORNELL
Have Frequently Won When the
Dope Showed Them Completely
Outclassed BY Foe
BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX.

oI hAhOLD v. WILCV4,
II Is no occasion for surprise that
be University OF Pennsylvania. doped
lose to Cornell. Thursday. by an
Overwhelming score, rallied wonder.
|lly and at one time overcome the
hacans 10-point lead by a pair OF
buchdowns. IL Is more to be won
cred at that having staged the usual
billy against Cornell, the Quakers,
oefully weak though they are, did
ot hang on TO the two-point margin
throughout the remainder OF the
anne, and actually wind up the sea-
pm with a victory. For Pennsy has
cen the big Red teams" ink since
B93. when the two schools first met
the gridiron.
In all these years, Cornell has sue
eeded in defeating the Quakers but
vice, and many autumns have found
hacans just as strong favorites be-
pre- the game as they were In 9l4
ornelrs pair OF victories came In
pol and 1913. The 1901 game was
pe last under the regime OF George
roodruff, when the gridiron sport ut
rankin field was at its lowest ebb.
asst year was the first under Coach
rookie, and evidently the New York
Is have taken a fancy TO that men,
RS offerings, for then they captured
e.r second victory. winning 81 to G.
But we were telling about that
ink" that camps in the Cornell tents
hen the Quakers are encountered.
nth the two exceptions noted, the
en- OF Father Pe0n have always cap
red all OF the breaks. but the no
BILE occasions when the Philadel-
hans were hopelessly outclasesd,
bt STAYED OF defeat by remarkable
bmebacks, happened in the years OF
02, 1906 and 1907.
The 1902 game came the year af-
r Pennsy had suffered its first de-
at by Cornell. The Ithacans re-
ined nearly all OF the old team. The
bnnsylvanians had a green squad
ID a new coach. The dope was all
brnell and at the end OF the frst
liz. the score did stand. IL TO O. in
vor OF the Red eleven. The Quake;
fense was crumbling. just as Michi
n crumbled before Cornell and Yale
hs shattered by Harvard this year.
Between halves. a message purport-
z to come from the Cornell dress
z room. stating that II Pennsy de-
red the length OF the last half
build be shortened. wasereceived by
e Quakers. Carl Williams, the new
ach at Franklin field. gave the note
the players without comment. Wal
Baird, a tackle, saw II, and then
W red. Flushed with indignation at
g seeming offer OF mercy. he leaped
table. and, although he was not
ptain, delivered a harangue that
mixed with anything that Mike Muir
Y, the famous between-halves ora.
r. ever had TO offer.
Oratory proved to be Just what the
lakers needed and as soon as they
ached the grid. they started a for
Ard march that netted a pair OF
nchdowns in short order. The goal
Is crossed the second time at far
rner OF the field, but with the score
to IL, Capt. Gardiner, scorning a
tkout, puzzled over the difficult angle
a moment, and then thumped the
II squarely between the uprights.
bere was no more scoring that az
moon. This game has always been
nsidered the particularly bright
OF of Philadelphia's gridiron his
~.
in 1906, Cornell again had team
Rt completely outclassed the Quak
In both form and records, but a
bnderful last ditch stand in the
adow OF the Red and Blue goal
SITS STAYED of defeat and the game
now recorded as the sole tie contest
tween the two schools. The next
ar Cornell defeated host of classy
rails, including Princeton, but the
nx" was still working, and a bet
team than that OF 1906 went down
IL to defeat. before the Pennsy
slaught Even in 1911 and 1912,
b first two Of the quartet OF disas-
bus years that Penn has just com
bted, Cornell could not even scare
Quakers.
Thus when the sons OF Father Penn
lied in the third quarter Thursday,
stole the Ithacans' lead, Il looked
e the same old story OF the fates
ain at work, and the real surprise
the encounter Is that the Red and
ue cracked after its traditional
meback and let victory fit away
even the great Cornell eleven OF
IA.
Bob Bescber Is not playing Sunday
btball any more. McGraw heard OF
IBIS PLAYING and told him TO quit
hat McGraw wrote Bescher might
AXE interesting reading.