Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-25

|gaairions were smashed in STARTLING
|ashion in the games Saturday. For sew
|ra seasons the gridiron supremacy of
En- so-called Big Five colleges have been
trta tened. The final shattering of the
Barriers, however. came about yesterday
whsr Tale. Harvard and Pennsylvania
went DOWN to defeat, leaving Princeton
ard Cornell victorious survivors of the
eIniere
canbridoe's Surprise
The detea; of Harvard by Cornell was
perhaps the most important gridiron
even; IL !he day, indicating that after
YEAR, o. striving the Ithaca university
ER about le take as prominent a place
IL football as in rowing and track ath
| letics
Th~ tl-tory, the lIrst scored against
Il HArva rt team in iour years and the
| hry VOL hv Cornell over the Crimson
En- the ..cyen game series between the
tive un,yarsiiies, can hardly he ter.ne
a football term reversal Cornell went
ltc Cam ridge with the best team lias
| has represented the Red and VII te in
/ many wears Harvard, far less fornid-
/ AhiS Ii4tit III lOl iIlci StlASpiie7. w.
raveG out -witted and out-lucked. The
Ithaca puyers we've trained to fhs min
ute OF edge 10 take advantage Of ev-
err export unity. and possessed an OF
tensive aud defensive superior 20 that
Of Harvard The lightning-lihe. manner
II which cornell struck when the -cnance
farose III The opening minutes OF the
game and the powerful defense used 10
protect this lead therea ter. de-. onstrat-
| ed that Cornell possesses a team Of I'M
usual streugta guided by strategy OF
! high order.
Crimson Inferiority
| From the very outset the Crimson ap-
psared unable to cope with Cornell. The
visiting liuesmen jumped the Harvard
srmmaeers IN almost every play, carry
mr them INTO their own back field when
he latter mad the ball and throwing
them out Of the way when the pig skan
was in -he possession of the lthacans.
Il make matters worse from Harvard
mndport the home team played with
little collective or individual brlt:ancy-
Fambhne poor tackling and poorer ger
sralghip were very noticeable IN the
Crimson PLAY Unless there rs re-
narkable Improvement at Cambridge
sHhsn the next two weeks, Harvard VIII
10 to Princeton for the annual con-
iat with but a small amour; OF Inc
Eal confidence behind II.
princeton's Achievement
Certainly Princeton's soverwheiming
ssteat of Dartmouth on Saturday Clio
as,nns TO cheer the Crimson IT was
tssr cut, convincing and in keeplns
slth the record of the Orange anu
BACK this season. The Hanover eleven
sa not prove quite as formidaple DIS
nd been expected, but was not one
shich could be trified with and Prince
len mao 10 battle for every point sQe
mace.
Princeton was strong in every de-
Rrcment of the game. The line cnarG-
fast and low, held well against Tue
IVA forwards. made holes Tor To
lacks and followed the ball closely at
u times The backfeld played almost
one man, both in interfering ano
sfyscg the ball. briggs puntmg nao
"sn length and direction, and I'D
WIS field goal kicking equalled any
1ag Of the kind seen on an Eastern
aafon this season. The latter was
Individual star of the day. II
'aeeton continues to uncover q nc"
ssh each game the Tigers VIII mus
most unusual combination wnen
ny lace Yale on Nov. Is.
Yale BewiIdered
sss showing against Washington
'eHerson was the poorest OF the
..so Tar as the big five teams were
anea. The Blue was defeated Ior
N. second time in two years by q team
~ saFs remarkable exhibitaon
ny overhead attack and pusscaseq
NV s'le wall defense againSt the old
'led runSing game. The EMS
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