The sun., 1915-11-14
CORNELL BATTLES
UPHILL TO VICTORY
Washington and Lee in Lead,
81 to z, but Is Beaten
by 40 to 81.
TWO BARRETTS SHINE

ITHACA, Nov. iS.--The Cornell foot
hail team faced a real crisis to-day
and In tho crucibie OF stern necessity
proved It's real worth. Tho 1thacans
beat the strong Washington and Lee
team, which had not lost a game for
two years. by score OF 40 TO u. ana
the all important fact Is that Cornell
came back with the score OF Fl to
against her In the middle OF the second
period.
The Cornell team at the start was
bit SLOW. and n bit inclined to take
the game too easily, and this, combined
with two bad fumblea by the crack
left halfback Collins in handling punts.
gave the visitors big lead. During
the time Cornell was UP In the air
J. Barrett ran ninety yards for touch
down after a kickoff through the whole
Cornell team.
But there was another Barrett In
this game-hls name is Charles--and
he happens to lead the Ithaca eleven
And Charles didn't lose his head for a
minute. He made Ave OF Cornelrs
touchdowns himself. always being tho
man on the spot to do the trick and
always making the gains when others
happened to be faltering And II Chuck
Barrett ever played a great game In his
life he played II this afternoon.
But TO be fair TO the whole team II
should he said that after the middle OF
the second period every Cornell man
played good football and showed that
this years team was no fash In tho pan,
but that II has the stun to come back.
IL was tho first time this year Cornell
has been behind In any game and the
ithacans therefore met their first real
test. The score Of the game is the
answer.
Washington and Lee scored first on a
tumble by Collins a penalty and two
| forward passes Cornell came back by
rushing the ball from midfeld. Then J.
Barrett made his sensational run for a
! touchdown and II few minutes later Col
/ Inns fumbled on his own Is yard line and
penalty and another forward pass
gave the visitors another score.
Cornell then showed its mettle. Two
! toucthowns were scored before the frst
half ended Il to 20 in the visitors favor.
Three more touchdowns were made by
some splendid runs Shiverick and Muel-
Ter helping Barrett. The Cornell leader.
however. was always good for big gains,
one of them twenty yard run for a
] touchdown In the last period. Cornell
was going strong just before the whistle
| blew, having the ball on the visitors 15
yard line The lineup:
| Cornell. Positions. W and l..
shelton. .Lcfi end. i.......... lizard
| jameson. lscIt ldNhI. ., nu' .
Mt!ler...... Left guard. ........ Bryan
| Cool. l...........,. Centre .Piorotl
! Anderson. Right guard. ........ .Rethsl
| Gillies. ...... hight tackle. ........ .lgnico
, Ec>ley Right end ....... Harrison
! e. Barrett. Quarterback ....... Bag ey
| collins ....... LETT halthack. j. Barrett
| Shiverick. Hight halfhsck. -Swe eta nd
! Score--t'orncli. <o Washington and Lee
81. Touchdowns-C. Barrett. ); collins
Swee:iani Goals from touchdowr~-C
, Barrett. &; Bagl.y. 3. Suhstitutlons-,o or
NELL Zander for shelton. Ryerson for Zan
der. Zandcr for Eckley. Well"s for Jane
son, snyder for Miller. Brown for Cool
Garry for Brown, Tilley for Anderson
.fcwctt for CiiI'ies. Schichter for collins
! Holman for Schlich'er. Kieinert for Muel
! ler Washington and Lee. Graham foi
! schultz, schultz for Graham, Moore foi
| Rrysn. Dingwsll for Moore, Remey fo'
| Harrison. Referee-Murphy. Brown. Cm
plre-Okeson. Jehigh. Ffeld Judce-iil
lender. PennSylvania Linesman--MCCsrthy
| Germantown Academy.