Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-29
BY ROBERT w. MAXWELL

walk and then see show Anybody want
TO 60 with me7"
The glooms looked at each other and de-
cided to accompany their coach 1f he
wasn't worried, why should they waste their
young lives away2 Anyway, what was the
use of worrying? II they were trimmed.
that's all there was to IT, other teams
nave lost football games before. All they
could do was TO play their best and let
the future take care of itself. They saw.
a SHOW, ate some pie and things like that.
forgot about football, returned to the hotel
where they had n good nights sleep went
TO Philadelphia the next day and beat Penn.
DOCTOR sharpe Is doing the same thing
this year. There is no regular hour for re-
tiring. The men were on the Boardwalk
last night, some walking. some in chairs
ana others took In all OF the movies, They
were told to stay out as long as they de-
sired, for 1t was best to sleep well than TO
lilo in bed and worry all night. They are in
good shape mentally, which Ia valuable
asset In football. They realize that Penn
has good team, but they also realize
their own power. They know that they are
about 10 meet n worthy foe. whose ability
Is not underestimated.
Cornells Record
Looking over the record OF Cornell for
this year, however, II looks as II the Itha-
cans might be underestimated by the en-
thuslastic Red and Blue rooters Only one
game has been lost, and that to Harvard
and close game played with Michigan.
After the Crimson triumph, however, the
Cornell team was ruled out of the running
for no apparent reason. II was the favor
lite, but why should one defeat relegate
good eleven TO the steerage class? After
that game Cornell was not taken seriously
by any one. which might prove to be
huge mistake, Penn has been defeated
twice, by Swarthmore, early in the season.
and outclassed by Pittsburgh a month ago
but these trimmings seem to have been for
gotten. 1t might be well to think this over
before making any rash bets.
Cornell had nine bad breaks" in tho
Harvard game, according to Walter Lally
manager OF the team I'VE lost and we
are making no excuses" said Lally but
the team did not play poor football It
showed lack of early practice. but the men
were In the game from starr to finish
Every time we fumbled a Harvard man
got the ball. but when they made "A muff
1t was recovered by one of their own men
| also believe the men worried about the
money the Cornell men were putting upon
the game We were the favorftes, and that
Is bad luck. There is nothing like that
before the Penn game, however, and take
1t as good sign.
Fighting Machine
But there is one thing to remember.
Cornell has a fighting team. a team which
Will not admit defeat. Take the Michigan
game, for example. We seemed TO be de-
cisively beaten at the end of the first half,
yet we came back in the second and won
the game Do you think team like that
has no chance to win? They have all of
the confidence In the world In themselves
and as they overcame enormous odds once
they will do II again.
Penn has a good team. but I think IL
will not be so good IL 1t doesn't get Off TO
good start We will see that II has
trouble from beginning to end. and IL fight.
aggressiveness and never.say-die spirit count
for anything, we will be very prominent at
the finish"
The players attended a blackboard lee.
ture yesterday afternoon, and all OF the
Penn plays were explained in detail. Then
the squad took a light workout at the Inlet
ball park. The same program was gone
through today. only the men were out on