New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-30
Cornell Team Confident
Of Beating Penn Eleven
Every Player Fit for Con-
flict-Shiverick To Be
New Captain

Atlantic City, N. j., Nov. 2s.-Fritz
Shtverick, of Chicago, will be the next
football captain Of Cornell. The sturdy
field general Of the big Red eleven, who
last year beat Harvard with his toe, and
this year drop-kicked his team to vic
tory over Michigan, is to be elected
unanimously, it was learned tonight.
Shiverick is playing his second year
on the varsity. He is a Junior and a
member of the Alpha Delta Phi frater-
nifty. He was graduated from the Uni
versity High School in Chicago in 1914
and played halfback on that team for
three years. Shiverick Is twenty years
old.
Team at Top Notch
Optimism settled over the Cornell
football camp here tonight. The mem
bers of the Ithaca eleven retired with
the knowledge that the team TO open
the attack on Penn tomorrow will be
in the best form of the season. Every
player is physically fit and unscarred
The team this afternoon ran off flaw
lessly an entirely new attack perfected
alone for this all important contest
during the last three weeks. The stock
on Cornells chances has in result
scared, and there will doubtless be
plenty of even money on Franklin
Field in the morning.
DR.. AL Sharpe confidently predicted
that Cornell would beat Penn. "Cor-
nell has the stuff and will win by q
small margin Coach Sharpe said to-
night at Haddon Hall. Penn looks
better on paper, but comparisons would
be unfair inasmuch as our team has
been handicapped the earlier part OF
the season by injuries as we'll as lack
of practice.
1--WE started two weeks later than
usual because of the infantile paralysis
quarantine, and bad weather was an
other drawback. We have been build
ing for this game, however, and have
only to-day reached top form, and there
is no danger of going stale. ] have
been more concerned in former sea-
sons over the prospects of victory; the
hoodoo cry is a thing of the past"
Trainer Jack Moakley declared that
in his opinion Cornell had the better
team. penn. cannot be underrated,'
| Moakley said. "but we have the goods
Z The team has just struck its right gait
/ The men are in excellent condition
+ and Cornell sends in an unscarred line
I'D for the first time this season"
Mueller Happy
CAPTAIN Duke Mueller was in 6
/ happy mood tonight over the way the
/ team had come around. ut will be 6
I fight, bu. we expect TO win" he offered
/ as his only comment, in his usual quiet
manner.
I IL has been evident from the outse'
| that the Cornell team will resort prin
cipally TO loose. open field work. Cor
/ nell also expects to count heavily with
1 its drop kickcrs and punters.
Shiverick is the Ithacans' mainstay
and the coaches freely predict that HI
/ will outclass J. Howard Berry in this
department The clever Cornell fell
general, who is classed by many this
year with such men as Brickley. MahaI
and Barrett, kicked six out Of sever
field goals attempted this season.
The Cornell lineup will be as fol
lows:
Ryerson. left end; Gillies. left tackle
Miller, left guard; Carry. centre; An
derson, right guard; Jewett, RICH
tackle; Eckley, right end; Shiyerick
quarterback; Hoffman, left halfback
Speed. right halfback; Mueller leap
tain), fullback.