The New York herald., 1921-11-24
Cornell and Penn State
ELevens Strong FavoriteS
Ithacans Should Stop PENIS Series of Victories Over
Them-Nittany Lions May Be Surprised by
Pittsburgh Comeback
BY DANIEL.

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This day means lot to quite few
football teams in the East. West and
South--particularly o..three undefeated
elevens in this section OF the country.
Attention Will be centred on Franklin
Field In Philadelphia. where power
ful vengeance seeking Cornell co,nbina-
Ntion will engage the hitherto lustreless
though scrappy representatives of Penn
syivania--and on Forbes Field In Pitts
burgh. where Penn State, claimant OF
sectional leadership, will attemp. to
drive homo its clinching argument
against Pittsburgh. Washington and
Jefferson is down for its annual game
with West Virginia at Morgantown.
In this city there will be only one
intercollegiate contest--that between
Columbia and Colgate on South Field In
the morning. Columbia has failed to
live up to its preseason promise and
Colgate has fallen from the high estate
which 1t held several years ago. But
1T ought to be very interesting battle
and 1t means a lot to Columbia and its
future IN the game. particularly in SO
Tar as It's coaching system is concerned
In the West the outstanding contest
will bring together Notre Dame. beaten
only by Iowa. the new Conference cham
pion, and the Michigan Aggies, who are
not the Aggies OF other years. The
South Field presents a few features
the Georgia Tech-Auburn affair at At
lanta, the Centre-Georgetown College
Of Kentucky game at Georgetown, the
Georgia Clemson fixture at Athens, the
V. M. I.-V. p. l. scrap at Roanoke and
the Vanderbilt-Sewanee meeting at
Nashville. In the far West Washington
Z and Washington State contest heads
the card. while In the Southwest Rice
Taken all in all 1t promises to be high
old day.
CornclI-PennsyIvnn
Cornell's eleven, once more entitled to
be called the Big Red team, will face
Pennsylvania in their twenty-eighth
game bent on avenging many an indig-
nifty and many severe trouncing of
recent years. Not since the November
day in 1916. when great eleven led
by Mueller. with Shiverick assisting
trenchantly, won over the Red and Blue
by 23 to 3 has Cornell triumphed over
Penn. In 1915 the renowned Chuck
Barrett led a Cornell team to I'd to 8
victory on Franklin Field. From 1918
through 1916 was the Golden Age OF
Cornell football under the coaching Of
DR.. Al Sharpe.
Since 1917, Cornell has made three
trips to Philadelphia--there was no
game In 191S-and In these trips It has
reaped a harvest Of beatings and disap-
pointments unmatched In Cornelrs foot
ball history. Not since 1915 has Cornell
team scored touchdown. field goal. a
safety. or anything else which counts.
against Pennsylvania. The Quakers won
by 2S to last year, "a to the year
before. and 81 to 0 in 1917. Penn has
scored SO points in three games; Cornell
has scored nothing. so the Big Red
team has triple mission down there
to-day. and 1t bids fair to gain some
measure Of vengeance.
Change in Football Fortunes.
This season has seen a marked change
in football fortunes at ithaca and Phila-
delphia. Under GIL Dobie, the Cornell
eleven made fine start toward better
things last season, and this year it
continued the good work. AS result
Cornell to-day stands unbeaten I; victory
over Dartmouth by the astounding score
OF 50 to Z. victor over Colgate by Al TO
z. and over Columbia by similar score.
one OF the leaders OF the East, and q
StTOllH ldNOtiSS oNSi ShAs
AS for Penn, 1t has fallen on dreary
days. Handicapped by any number of
nntoward factors. Il has been ;rounced
py Pittsburgh, 2S to D; by Lafayette.
Ss to o; been tied by Dartmouth and
Gettysburg and scared by Swarthmore.
Gone are the glorles Of the Folwell
regime, and to-day Penn eleven ap-
pears TO be threatened with the worst
beating Penn team has suffered in the
Houever, let not too much be tckef,
for granted "a, this game. Penn. u
is true, looks too t1edI to stop tne
poscerJ,u Corneilidn. Bat lot there be
no fired idea that Cornell really Is
going to enjoy q Yosnp. We hdve a
notion that Penn acili mako Cornell
hustle Oh attack aud dc5esce. dnd
that st s1iH be game all the ~ay.
Cornell ncn are offering 5 to but
let them beirdre and pat the orolscs
OF, their enthusiasm. witness qchdt
happened to a to fdUo''tfe at Cont
bridge last Saturday.
Penn is sure to fight like the devil
ali ..,e way. No matter what the Red
and Blue may fail TO do against other
rocnieu. Il always shoots plenty of ag-
gressivencss into the Cornell tussle.
Cornell has splendid line, Is strong
with the inside game, and adept in the
U<G or the forward pass, Wci' rouioeu
outfr.
Penn hasn't much of line. But Il
has some fast and versatile backs.
Whitehill IS ready. and he ought to
mako trouble. Wray Is sure TO put up
his best game. And then there is
Hamer. Penn s quite certain TO throw
and throw that ball. It has shown
fair forward pass, and II may bother
Cornell all the way with THAT weapon.
Cornell ought 10 win, but We look for
Penn 20 scose
Penn Statc-Pit tsburgh.
Here we find another case in which
eys. ain.idence may prove ruinous--Peni
Stat& unbeatcn. against Pittsburgh,
thrice defeated. Penn State shows O
victory over the Navy. 10 10 z. SUR
prislng runaway against Georgia Tech,
2S TO z; a. 81 to FL tic with Harvard,
end a 2S TO I success against Lehigh.
Pittsburgh rose TO its greatest height
with a 35 TO victory over Syracuse
and Il scored four toucbdowns against
Penn, but In It's most recent games II
has been downed by Washington and
Jefferson. to 0, and Nebraska. 10 TO 0.
Apparently Penn state is headed for
sweeping victory over It's old rival.
But appearances in football often arc
deceitful. For example. look what hap
pened last year when Penn state was q
strong favorite. The Panthers out
played the Lions and held them to a
acoreiess tie. SO much for favorites