The Washington times., 1922-11-18
BR|CKLEY CALLS.
CORNELL AN
. IF" TEAM
Big Red Must Meet a Classy
Foe to Show it,
Worth.
NJ CHARLES e. BRICKLEY,
Former An American Star at Harvard
and the Most Famous Football
Player Of the LsAt Decade.

NJ ChAnLEo u. bnlShLch,
Former All American Star at Harvard
and the Most Famous Football
Player Of the LsSt Decade.
Copyright; s.M. i,si s.syy,sc~ y Cosmopolitan
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Any
Number Of Cornell men have
come to me with the request that
j wake up and give Gil Dobie's
team some of the credit that is
coming to it. To all of them !
make the same reply:
That consider Cornell one of
the foremost elevens of the coun-
try, but can go no further until
some first-class opponent is taken
on and beaten. AS it stands, Cor
nell is an "if" team.
II II could overcome any one Of
the leading outfits, either East or
West. preferably Michigan, Prince
ton. Iowa, California. w. and j.,
Harvard or Yale. its real class
would be established and Ithaca
graduates would not find n neces.
sary to go the rounds Of football
critics, demanding justice.
The New York Giants wouldn't
oS CudhlPiOHS vi tiiC "Si" ~ shS
only teams they defeated were
Peoria, Kalamazoo, Nashville, South
Bend and Medicine Hat For the
same reason, in beating st. Bona
venture, Niagara. New Hampshire,
Columbia and Dartmouth. the
Cornell eleven has only proved that
1t Is many points stronger than
the colleges mentioned. Colgate Is
the only team of any consequence
that Dobie's men have been sent
against, and you can't win
championship on one meritorious
victory.
Il seems too bad to me that
the Michigan-C Cornell series was
not renewed this year: AT the
end Of last season, DObie knew.
almost to q certainty, that ne
would have . fine team TINS year
and with Michigan back on its
Old footing of Western leader.
the Eame would have been one
Of the finest attractions OF the
present campaign.
Dobie has proved himself great
coach, both at the Navy and Cor
nell. and for the second season IN
succession he has turned out q
snlendid team. But his schedule
a. a weak one in comparison with
Yhose at Yale, Harvard. Princeton,
pennsylvania, w. and j., the Army.
Pittsburgh. or any OF the west
Big Ten. -
out of the woods. 1t stlh musS
meet Pennsylvania In the annuaI
Thanksgiving Day attraction ana l
hawa seen and heard of many
strange things happening on FRANK
IT, EYe,d In connection with this
do not know the exact stand
sr0 NJ the series, but 1t Is my I'M
,ression that Cornell has only won
ebo,it five games in some twenty
sir pIayed. 1t is almost an un'
~,ritten law that Cornell must be
= much better team than Penn
.v,vania to win this annual holiday
occasionaily a Cornell team will
r,.e nm and give Pennsylvania q
thorough drubbing as was the case
s.st wear when the Ithacans gave
The finest display Of offensive
ssrensth seen on any Eastern grid
iron. in spite of a soggy field. Ine
records, however, bear out the I'm.
nression that Pennsylvania is the
iiveliest fink Cornell ever had.
There rs, for example. the Game game
Of 1901, which saw Cornsn i,n'sn
a.. first half behind lead OF
n to q and Pennsylvania finish
ehs eame In front by IL to III.
HrotEer case was the scoreless
tts ~ 1905, where Pennsylvania
e~,ce held the Ithacans for downs
;mside the l.yard line In the isst
t,~c minutes OF play and a third
ss"s the contest OF 1908, which
Penn won. IL to =.
Tn the latter yea,. Cornell became
d fnown as the Big Red team Tor
the first time, the name growing
out OF the power and speed tne
team had shown In previous games
II, however, meant nothing 70 fenn'
s..,l,,unia. which proceeded to rush
~ haII over the goal line six times
5 O. the first ten minutes OF play.
nniv one Of the six counted OFF,
s,aiiv because Pennsylvania was
.S.,,aiixed for offside and holding on
the first five attempts.
Sr iaI2 Cornell outplayed Pennsyl.
.,,. Ali the way, but Harrington
..s.hed ,Ip q tumble at midfield and
~. cross, the goal for the. winning
.nchdown, and in 1920 the Red and
i s,y,,. sipposed to be the under dog.
) .ncrcd IN the first three minutes OF
the game ana kept right at 1t to the
en Only in 1918 10 1915 Al sharpe's
.,~eaf wears, and In, 1921, when Kaw
z - Wild ON q wet field. has Cornell
rrsf,y lived up tofts advance promise
I. against pennsylvania. hF
s tf,r SgcnSsx Mr.. BricItieS WIN write
49, ausiysiS of Tho Vale. Pri1fceton
Sssn,s. . y p'.s'a q. rr'nc't'n TO-
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