Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-25
CORNELL'S WIN
OVER HARVARD
WAS NO FLUKE
Ithacans Clearly Out
played Crimson and Vic
tory Was Well Deserved
SHIvERICK is REAL STAR
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL


It's long lane that has no turning. and
Harvard found this out last Saturday.
For is long years the Crimson travelled
ON the road to victory. walloping Cornell
with shameful ease until II became more
or less Of habit. But the 1thaCans
hagged them at a crossing. and sent them
down the rocky road Of defeat and hope
to Keep them there for some time TO
come. IL was one Of the big surprises of
the day. and II put Harvard out OF the
running for the first time In four years.
Cornell had the goods. and clearly out
played Haughton's men in all stages OF
the game. There was no fiuke to the vic
tory. The game was won because the
men from Cayuga Lake followed the ball
closely and took advantage OF Harvard's
mistakes and turned them into something
worth while for their side. The Crimson
fumbled lot, and every time they did so
a Cornell man fell on the ball. Eddie
NIahan had one Of his OF days, and
dropped the pigskin on four different oc-
caslons when within the shadow of his
own goal posts. Once this resulted in a
touchdown for the visitors and another
time goal from the field was scored.
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Some one has to be the goat" in every
game and for the first time in his career
Mahan is the unanimous choice. lie could
not handle the ball and his punting was
way below his usual form. He allowed
Connell to get the jump in the first
quarter by a mistake. Harvard got
touchback when Barrett punted 65 yards
across the goal line The ball was taken
out to the 20-yard line. Instead Of punt
ing the ball out of danger, which was
the play, the Crimson tried to rush the
leather, Two attempts at the line failed
and then Mahan fumbled. Shelton
pounced upon the bounding ball on the
ward line placed the ball on the s-yard
line. The Crimson forwards wavered, and
Barrett dashed across the line on the
next play with the only touchdown of
the game.
Barrett played a wonderful game while
he lasted, but was forced to retire near
the end OF the first period after stopping
Mahan with a vicious tackle. 1t was
thought that the loss of their leader
might seriously ieopardize the chances of
the Ithacans, but Shiverick took his place
and developed into the star of the game.
His punting saved Cornell time and
again when the team was in a bad posi-
tion and his kicks were long and accurate.
Shiverick also played a good game on the
| defense.
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| Harvard used a powerful attack from a
| KICK formation, and the run around end
| was her only consistent ground gamer
| Between the two 25-yard lines this play
| was difficult to stop, but when the de-
| fensive backs played close to the line OF
scrimmage 1t was smeared with little
! difficulty. Cornelps best ground gamer
| was the shift scissors play off the two
tackles. This worked very well until II
was used so much that Harvard played
| for 1t each time.
The Cornell team as 1t played SATURDAY.
| looked like one of the best aggregations
that has stepped on a gridiron in years
| Harvard, by no means a weak eleven
was completely outclassed, and can finC
| no excuse for the defeat. The play of the
ends for Cornell was the best seen fol-
many year, and Cool. the lightest mar
on the line, made a wonderful showing
| at centre.
Yale attempted to play the old style line
| smashing game against Washington anC
Jefferson's modern open game and Il
failed to work. Bob Folwell's team again
| tralled the Blue In the dust. and wor
| easily by the score of is to Z.
The forward pass attack took Yal,
| completely by surprise, and the Pennsyl'
| vanians almost gained at will. Just A
| times Folwells men heaved short pass
| over the line of scrimmage, ana 26 times
! IL was successful. This short pass was
Washington and Jefferson's chief ground
gamer last year, and as yet no defense
| has been found to Stop 1t. Yale tried
| three passes, but two were incomplete
| The third was handled by three men
and resulted in a gain for one yard.
! 1t is evident that something is the
matter at Yale this fall Two defeats
early in the season is out Of the ordi-
nary run OF affairs, especially when the
smaller colleges win wholly on their
| merits. 1t also Is strange that the Blue
| should fall victim to the forward pass
| ing attack after making such a splurge
| with the open game last year. Twice
Yale reached Washington and Jefferson's
| 5-yard line only to be compelled TO give
up the ball on downs each time. The
| Ellis lacked the punch to put the ball
| over and showed glaring weaknesses on
| the defense. As one writer puts IL, the
| Westerners were several pounds lighter
| than Yale, but one man on the Wash
| ington and Jefferson eleven knew more
| football than the whole Blue team put
| together.