Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-14
MICHIGAN IS
OUTKICKED
PUNTING SPELLS VICTORY FOR
CORNELL: HARVARD WINS;
YALE IS DEFEATED.

by score of % to 90. Not until the
final period did the Red and White
forge ahead of the westerners and it
was Shiverick. a Chicago boy, who did
1t.
In the second period Michigan's long
forward passes baffled Cornell COM
plefely. Michigan's poor punting gave
Cornell the ball in the fourth period
on Michigan's twenty-five yard line
and series of rushes carried Mueller
over. Shiverick kicked difficult goal
and the score was tied at 20 points for
each team. Shiverick won the game
when he dropped a goal from the Mich
igan thirty-fve yard line.
Drop Kick Beata Tigers.
Cambridge. Mass. Nov. 13.-With a
solitary field goal Harvard defeated
Princeton Saturday afternoon in the
annual football game between the uni
versities. The struggle was witnessed
by close TO 10000 spectators who filled
the great horseshoe stadium and over
flowed into the temporary stands AT
the open end of the structure.
: The two >teams battled back and
forth within the twenty-five yard line,
through the entire first two periods of
the play with little advantage one way
or the other Harvard's opportunity
came in the third period. A punting
duel between briggs and Horween
reached a stage where the Princeton
fullback kicked almost from his own
goal line into the wind and the ball
went out of bounds on Princeton's
forty-two yard line.
Quarterback Murray turned loose
Harvard's hardest drive on Prince
toms line and with Horween smashing
and Sassy skirting. the advance was
rapid to the Tigers twenty yard line.
Here Coach Rush sent in VIM TO re-
place Moore at right half back for
Princeton. VIM carried message
for Captain Hbgg and in his eagerness
to deliver his instructions forgot to re-
port to Referee Langford. with the re-
suit that the Tigers were penalized
fifteen yards. II was Harvard's ball on
the first down on Princeton's five yard
line and the Orange and Black players
set themselves for last defensive
stand. Horween and Murray battered
out three yards in two plunges. Then
! Harvard was penalized fifteen yards
for holding multiplying the advantage
gained through Winn's violation of the
rules. Nothing remained but NO try
for field goal and Horween standing
on Princeton's twenty-siy yard line
and directly in front of the goal post
lifted an end over end drop kick across
the bar for the only score Of the con-
test.
Missouri Defeated.
q 1nrs
of Captain Lansing of the University
of Missouri foot ball team to kick goal
after pittam. the Tiger right halfback
had plunged over the line for touch
down early in the first period. lost
Missouri the game Saturday to the
Kansas State Agricultural college. I
/ to g. 1t was Missouri's first defeat Of
the season.
Yale swamped.
New Haven. Conn. Nov. 13.-Yale
football stock took tumble Saturday
! when Brown romped away with the
annual game 81 to g. The contest was
peculiar in that the Blue had every
, thing its own way during the first two
proceedings with vengeance in the
last two
Brown made three touchdowns and
kicked the goals. Yale while rushing
the ball we'll at times. lacked spirit so
Braden's drop kicking ability was re-
sorted to with good success. He made
good in two out of three attempts for
all Of Yale's points The game was
filed with thrills. most of which were
contributed by Pollard. Browns feet
negro halfback He was as slippery as
an eel and reeled of sensational runs
at intervals.
| In the last period with Brown lead
ing by point he made victory GER
tain by ducking, lodging and sauirm
ling through the whole Yale team
! hfty.five yards for touchdown.
Dartmouth Tied.
| Philadelphia. Nov. lS.-Pennsylvania
and Dartmouth played an seven to
seven tie football game on Franklin
Field Saturday The Pennsylvanians
outplayed the Hanover team in every
period and in nearly every department
Of the game and were deprived of a
probable victory through tumble
which Dartmouth turned to advantage
| 1t was in the third period that Dart
mouth made her seven points. Penn
sylvania was hammering the Dart
mouth line when the ball was passed
to Hobby Light. He fumbled as he hit
I the line and Captain Gerrish picked UP
the ball on Pennsylvania thirty-hve
yard line and was away for thirty
f, yards before he was thrown and in
two plays Dartmouth took the bal
over for the score. Thieslcher clicked
the goal
| Middies Win.
! Annapolis. Nov. 13.-The Annapolis
midshipmen Saturday more than re
,,trieved the defeat at the hands Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical college Of
North Carolina last season - to ~. by
rolling up total Of so points against
the "Tarwheels."
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