Evening star., 1924-11-10

pain. although he was bound to have
plenty of it no matter where he was
placed. i assigned him to it.
1t seemed all wrong, putting these
cripples at the very spot where they
would have to bear the brunt OF
Cornelrs attack. Little Lubo would
play right opposite my brother, Big
Bill, while Wheelock must face the
husky Davitt. l had 1t reasoned out
this way, though: Both Wheelock and
Lubo were quick as cats and they
would make this speed count to the
limit. Also, l had in Williams, our
fullback, one of the best defensive
men that ever stepped on field
knew he would back them up to
the limit and he was instructed to
station himself right back of them
on defense.
Another thing: Cornell's famous
guards-back formation had never
been stopped, but I believed ! had Il
way to do so. You will recall that in
this play, when one guard shifted be-
hind the other, it was necessary for
the quarter to play very close to the
center, in order not only that he
might lose no time in passing the
ball to the rear guard, but also to
avoid violation of the rules by trans
tion. Explaining this fact to Lubo
and Wheelock, / told them, just be-
fore we went on the field:
Now, when Cornell uses the
guards-back formation, you two boys
forget everybody and everything ex-
cept the ball. Keep your eyes on it,
and the minute the center puts 1t In
motion both of you hit him, and hit
him hard. See what happens"
Pet Play Is stopped.
The game hardly had started when
Cornell called the guards back for
nation. Following instructions,
wheelock and Lubo hit Center Davitt
so hard they knocked him into Quar-
terback Brewster's hands before the
latter could pass the ball to Right
Guard Hunt, who had shifted behlnd
Brother Bill. Cornell lost yards,
but decided to try again, with Bill
back Of Hunt. Again the Indians
hurled themselves against DaVltt
with such fierceness that he In turn
Knocked the pigskin out of Brews-
ter's hands Luckily for Cornell, its
right halfback. Coffin, recovered the
ball, but he barely beat Wheelock to
II. This time the Ithacans were
thrown back yards.
some one appealed to the officials
that the Indians must be guilty OF
offside They had been watching
closely, however, and declared that
such was not the case. Consterna-
tion spread among cornell roo.ess:
The offensive value Of the guards
hack formation had been materially
lowered.
won't go into details of the game,
except in one instance, and that
merely for the purpose of showing
the fury with which Wheelock and
Lubo played that day. With the bal
on CorneI's 40-yard line, Burns
Ithacan fullback, dropped back for a
punt Now, because of the supposed
ly impregnable combination of Hunt
Davitt and Warner. the Cornell
punter always stood yards nearer
to his line than others did. On this
play the practice proved dangerous
Wheelock and Lubo swept through
Hunt, Davitt and Bill and almost
blocked the kick. Burns hurried sc
much that the ball went almost
straight up. Our quarterback. John
son, caught il on our 5o-yard line
while dashing forward at full speed
and ran it back to Conells 3O-yard
line. Cornell actually had lost II
yards on punt.
We carried the ball to the 3-yarc
line on two runs by Johnson. There
we lost it on downs. Cornell punted
Burns kicking high one upon whict
Johnson signaled for fair catcf
on the 35-yard line. Tydeman. the
overzealous Ithacan right end, tackled
him, and a 10-yard penalty brought
the ball 25 yards from CornelPs line
The suffering Wheelock was called
back to kick. Without BLUM ol
preliminary he booted a perfect one
squarely between the posts. The
score was to in our favor.
Tears Line to Pieces.
After the next kick off, Cornell pro
ceeded to go through our line as i
it were paper. 'Iubo and WheeIocl
are through" I told myself, and i
surely looked to be the case. Finally
with the ball in our possession oil
our 10-yard line, we were compelled
to punt. This resulted in a bad break
Hunt, Brother Bill and Smith, th'
Cornell right tackle. broke through
our line and Smith blocked with hi
chest the kick will Fullback viii
liams, who was now booting for us
attempted The ball rolled over ou
line and Luder, the Ithacans' lef
tackle, fell on it for d touchdow n
Coffin kicked goal, making tn
score to S against the Indians
The second half got under way
with Cornell rushing US off our feet
And yet, just when it seemed tha
she was about to score, an IndiaI
would appear from nowhere ant
throw the man carrying the ball 70
loss on third down. Mostly il wa.