The sun., 1919-10-26
IS
VICTOR IN HARD
BATTLE, 9 TOO
Cornell Team Puts Up Stub
born Defence, but Is
Forced to Yield.
$4,000 PERSONS PRESENT
Robertson Scores Sensational
Field Goal From Fifty
Yard Line.
ny GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.


Forever enshrined in hearts of all
loyal sons of Dartmouth, to be honored,
respected and revered and spoken low
ingly of wherever and whenever Han
overians gather together, are the names
of Adolph Youngstrom and Jim Robert
son. The eternal vigilance of the one
and the cunning toe of the other
enabled the Green to faunt above the
Red in the rubber game of the gridiron
series between Dartmouth and Cornell,
which was waged before a throng OF
$4,000 on the Polo Grounds yesterday
| Dartmouth 8, Cornell 0, tells the tale.
Down from Ithaca came Cornell
team that was infinitely stronger than
the one which was crushed by Colgate
week ago. For two quarters the
Ithaca line held like a rock before the
Wanted Dartmouth attack. Just when
Indications pointed to a scoreless tie In
the third quarter. Youngstown, with
Cornell in possession Of the ball far
down in its own territory, ripped
through the Red front, blocked Shiv-
erick's kick and captured the ball for
| Dartmouth. All that remained was for
the powerful Dartmouth attack to hurl
Cornell back for short fifteen yards
| and Robertson to go over the top for
touchdown.
| Another blocked kick of Shiverick's
later in the same quarter, with Murphy
doing the blocking and Youngstown the
capturing of the ball. again put Dart
mouth within easy striking distance of
the Ithacan earthworks, but this time
the Ithacans braced and. stiffening into
a stonewall defence, held for downs on
| their yard line.
| Strong Resistance by Cornell.
Cornell offered such stubborn resist
ance that Dartmouth sought to accom-
plish by kicking what 1t could not do by
rushing. and Robertson made several
attempts at field goals. He was unsuc-
cessful in all except one, but that VIC
| torious attempt stamped him as a
| booter par excellence, for he kicked
| the goal forty-seven yards against the
| wind and up an incline. The ball struck
| the cross bar. but Fortune, ever favor
ing the brave. decreed that 1t should
bounce over the right side for a score.
Cornell was defeated but not disgraced.
| and the game the remodelled Ithacans
put up left much for their supporters to
be jubllant over. Continued improve
ment will send Cornell against Pennsyl-
vania on Thanksgiving Day with an even
chance of emerging triumphant in the
big game of the year for the 1thacans
Cornell was cutrushed and outplayed by
the powerful Dartmouth eleven, but as
far as straight football was concerned
Dartmouths margin of superiority only
was the 3 points represented by Robert
sons field goal Youngstrom's blocking
Of Shiverick's kick did the rest
Cornelps Line Outplayed.
| Cornells heavier and stronger line was
outplayed by the lighter but more ag-
gresslve and apparently better schooled
Dartmouth forwards. The Red front
showed Its future possibilities. however
when 1t braced and held firm against the
savage Green smashes there within the
shadow of the goal posts in the third
quarter.
That the Ithacans are made of the
right stuff is evinced from the fact
that their big brace was taken imme-
diately after Dartmouth had lolleld them
back for the lone touchdown. If there
had been any yellow or quit in the
eleven the Hanoverians would have
driven the Ithacans in utter rout. The
touchdown gave Dartmouth added conf
dence, but the second time they tried to
pierce the Cornell front they found Il
adamant.
The attack of both teams were sim.
pie. Dartmouth achieved its greatest
success with a modification OF the so
called Heisman shift. That the Ithacans
had been schooled to meet 1t was shown
by the way they failed to be pulled out
of position. Neither side attempted any
trick plays and few runs were made
from kick formations.
stuck 10 Straight Football.
II was not until the sunset session
! of the game that either eleven succeeded
in completing a forward pass. Dart,
: mouth tried several but all of then
were intercepted or grounded Cornell
did not uncover it's aerial attack till the
last few minutes of play, when Shiverch
r got away the only two completed for
| ward passes of the game. The two only
netted twenty yards
With both elevens depending princi.
! pally on so-called straight football the
. contest was not overeXciting. There
i were no long runs or sensational plays
a The longest run of the game was made
r by Holbrook. late in the final quarter
] when the Dartmouth halfback skinned
through between Cornell's right tackl,
and end for a twenty-five yard dasi
!. up the field. Holbrook. who is brother
!. of the old Dartmouth back of the sam,
r name, made one other gain OF twenty
yards.
l Dartmouth opened up slowly bu
8 gained power and momentum as II wen
along 1t took the whole first half be
fore the Dartmouth attack really founC
itself. There were frequent and Ions
! exchanges OF punts, with Shiverick hay
} ing the better IN range and accuracy
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