Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-27
CORNELL DEFEATS QUAKERS
Pennsylvania Loses, Twenty-Four to
Twelve, on Home Grounds.
GIVEN BAD SCARE IN THIRD
Visitors UO Not Play with smooth
ness that IL Expected, FumbIes
and Penalties Causing
Loss OF Ground.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 26.-CornelI de-
ieated Pennsylvania in their annual game
on Franklin Field here today - TO Il, in
an interesting but loosely played contest.
The Quakers gave the Ithacans bad
scare In the third period when. with the
score 10 to against them. they reversed
the form they had shown and before
Cornell could recover it's equilibrium
pennsylvania had forged TO the front, l:
to 10. The Quakers, however did not hold
the lead long, for Cornell again put its
scoring machine in motion and when tho
period had ended the visitors again had
the advantage, II to l2.
Cornell was looked upon as an easy
winner and the switching of the lead TO
Pennsylvania and then back again to the
Ithaca team threw lot of life into the
game and gave the supporters OF each
side good chance TO cheer.
Lack Expected smOOthneas.
Cornell did not play with the smooth
ness that was expected. Fumbes and
penalties caused II loss OF much ground.
The visitors showed the power of being
able TO score. however, and barring the
fumbles were yeldom stopped in their
progress.
Forward passes greatly aided in scoring
two touchdowhs. In fact the Quakers'
overhead playing was as fine as has been
seen hero thib season,
Barnett played a wonderful game for
Cornell. lie contributed II OF Cornelrs "a
points and stopped many OF Pennsylva-
MAS plays.
Kicks Aasy Field Goal.
In the first period Cornell worked the
ball to PennsylvAnias thirteen-yard line.
and here the horne team held. Barrett
of Cornell then dropped back and kicked
an easy field goal.
Phillips. who took Hills place for Cor
nell. fumbled at the opening Of the sec
ond period and lost the ball on Pennsyl-
vanlas eleven-yard mark. Pennsylvania
failed to make any impression against
Corhelrs line and punted TO Cornell's
forty-yard line. The Ithacans resorted TO
straight hard line plunging and carried
the ball to a touchdown by Barrett. Shu-
Ter kicked the goal.
For the remainder of the period the ball
see-sawed up and down the field.
Features OF the period were a forty-two-
yard pass. Shuler TO Shelton. for Cor
nell touchdown that was not allowed be-
cause of an illegal forward pass, and a
try at field goal by Barrett, which was
blocked. In this period also Cornell was
penalized thirty-five yards, half the dis
lance to Its goal line for Illegal substitu-
ton. Score; Cornell, 10; Pennsylvania, 0.
Scores Two TOuehdowns.
Pennsylvania showed real foot ball
ability in the third period. scoring two
touchdowns. Getting the ball on their
own .forty-one-yRrd line on a punt. the
Quakers carried 1t on line plunges and
end plays fifteen yards from the Cornell
goal. Here Avery. playing for Tucker,
shot forward pass TO Merrill. who
tunbied across the goal for a touch
down. Russell failed 10 goal. Forward
passes gave Pennsylvania !ts second
touchdown.
On the Cornell eleven mark Avery
made perfect pass 20 Rooms, who
caught the bali as he dashed over the
goal line and put Pennsylvania In this
lead Avery failed at goal 4 few min
utes later Cornell again went i'm front.
taking a punt on its own forty-fivc-yRrd
line. Barrett ran through the Pennsyl-
ranis team for flfty-five yards and
touchdown. Sccre Cornell II; Pennsyl-
vania, T..
Forward Passes HeIp.
Brilliant forward passes helped Penn
sylvania 10 carry the ball in the last per-
led from It's own thirty-yard line TO Cor
neli's twenty-eight-yard mark, when Il
was lost A thirty-five-yard run by Col
Inns helped Cornell to advance the ball 10
Pennsylvania thirty-eight-yard line. The
lthacans smashed the ball TO the ten-yard
mark. where Pennsylvania held. Cornell
then lost the ball on an unsuccessful try
at field goal by Barrett Pennsylvania
worked the ball to It's own forty-five-yard