Evening star., 1915-11-26
BY II. C. BYRD.

Cornell finishes the foot ball season
with perhaps the most remarkable rec
ord in it's history. The Ithacans have
gone through their season without the
loss of a single game and undoubtedly
have won the right to be placed at the
top in the intercollegiate gridlron
world.
Cornell started by defeating Gettys-
burg, 13 to O. Its next game was with
Oberlin, which was won by "a to o. In
the next contest the Ithacans We're
scored on, but they beat Williams, 46
to 6. Buckneil was on the short end
of the next score. not counting itself
and having Al points made against it.
Then the New Workers went into their
first big game and for the first time in
three years the Harvard eleven was
compelled to suffer defeat, the score be
ing 10 to o.
That accomplishment hailed the
Ithacans a really great eleven and
proved their showing in the prelimi-
uary games not to have been anything
other than the work of a Potentially
powerful eleven. Cornell, the Saturday
after beating Harvard, trounced the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute by As to
.. and week later handed the Uni
u L
November 13, ten days before the final
game with Pennsylvania, Washington
and Lee went to Ithaca and threw a
scare into the camp of the lattef by
scoring three touchdowns in the first
half The real prowess of the big
red was brought to the test then,
though. and a victory was won by 40 to
Il, Washington and Lee being com
pletely outclassed in the second half
of the struggle.
final Or Penn
sylvania. Cornell was generally Hailed
as the champion, though it was evident
that it would have to defeat the Quak-
ers decisively to accomplish its desire.
The Quakers, though they put up d
splendid fight, were compelled to sue
cumb to the better developed and more
powerful ithaca eleven, and the game,
which was lost by 8 to "a, gave Cor
nell its right to the undisputed cham
pionship Of the foot ball world.
Possibly the championship will not
be undisputed, either Pittsburgh is
likely to put in partisan claim, but
nearly all neutral writers are sure to
give Cornell the honors. Were Cornell
and Pittsburgh to meet, II is more
than possible that the game would be
pretty even affair, with the odds
favoring neither eleven. Moreover on
the showing of the two teams, on the
asis Of scores and the teams played,
Cornell must be favored Pittsburgh
defeat, too. and has made a record of
which Its alumni and students may
well feel proud And to cap the sea
son. Warmers men yesterday trounced
the fine Penn State eleven by 20 to o.
Any team that can hand a defeat to
Penn State by 20 to need not worry
about its status. because the foot ball
world must recognize such com btna-
ton as one of exceptional power
1t Is much to be regretted that Pitts
burgh did not have more representa-
tive schedule. one which would have
given II a chance to compete In games
with at least two Of the big eastern and
western universities. Pitt won both Its
big games. those with Penn State and
Washington and Jefferson. by decisive
scores.
The Georgetown eleven finished yes-
terday what has been the best season
II has had on the gridiron since the
fall of 1910, and it is questionable even
If the eleven which represented the
Blue and Gray that year was as strong
as the combination turned out this fall
1t was thought that the St Louis Uni
Versity would prove no match for the
Hlltoppers, and such proved to be the
case but that the local eleven was able
to run up a score of 80 points without
being counted against shows remarka BILE
power and versatility in offense George
town lost two games during the past
season, dropping its contest with Prince
ton by to l3 and to the Army by
to 10.
| Its other games were won, and there
were notable victories among them. The
| Navy was defeated by to 0, the North
| Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
| College was beaten by % to 0, Ford
I ham was trounced 33 to 7, South Caro-
| lima got the short end Of a IS to 0
count and the North Carolina Univer-
! sity by 38 to o.
| There was very little to yesterdays
| game with St. Louis. Wall and Gilroy
made it a procession up and down the
| field from the start of the game to the
end. Both haIfbacks played remark
| able foot ball and there was never a
| period when they did not gain easily
| st. Louis was outweighed and out.
played from beginning to end. and the
| game showed little other than that
Georgetown could get away with al
| most any play 1t desired at almost
any time.
| Catholic University did just what it
| expected yesterday. ana took the meas
| ure of the Gallaudet eleven after a
hard played game. The Brooklanders
! scored early in the game. but after