Cornell at Harvard

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 6, 1892, page 1

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  CLOSE CALL FOR HARVARD. TIE SPLENDID PLAYING OF CORNELL sUEPRTSED TIE CRIMSON TEAM Only tho Brilliant Playing OF Brewer. The u,if Bae., Saved the CambriAgs Mes from Detes,-A Capital Contest Through. -Osgnod’s Great Work for Cornell. srRtSar1E1p. Nov. Sat HAmpden Park this afternoon Harvard barely succeeded In defeat. Ing Cornell In football game. which for OK. element will hardly be excelled BY even the coming Harvard.Yale contest. Tho score Of the game was 20 to IA In favor Of Harvard Ono more goal for Cornell would have tied the score. As 1t was. the Ithaca boys wcse ahead fully half the time and kept the ball In larvard’s territory SO much that nothing but brilliant PLAYING by yong Brewer. the Harvard half back. saved the Crimson men from dis. astrous defeat 1t is true that Harvard put In q team composed largely Of substitutes and crippes. but even this fact cannot bellttle the magnificent running Of Osgood and witherbee, or the splendid rush line work Of the Cornell eleven. Twice during the game Cornell had the ball almost to the Harvard goal line. and by unfor. tunate fumbles lost possession OF 1t when an other touch down was almost In sight Then q long punt by Corbett and a brilliant play by Brewer put tho ball near the centre OF the field again. and Cornell had to begin over again. Both teams we’re much weaker in defensive than in offensive work. but Cornell compared favorably with Harvard In both respects Time and time again the Cambridge eleven lost the bail on four downs, but Wltherbee md 0sgoud we’re sure to make their distance when they got the the ball and not more tnan three times during the afternoon could Haryard prevent Cornell from making h’e 5afus IN four tries. The most conspicuoas nan n on nth the field vas Ossood. who. either, AIDED oy gHoa in.eaier number Of phenomenal gains around tho Harward right end. which seemed particularly w wors very ordinary things for 0seood, to az. compli.h aud his. splendid dashes through nS liant, “pT”t therCoe also n showed h%s. great rnaris frfauentIy carried tho bali along over I For Harvard almost all the work was don. by Brewer. who lodged and ran In excellent ff 1, his ‘ running uni Lacked the force r and persistence which marked the offensive work Of Grd Lee and The othYr stone wall centre OF the Cornell line. and he rsed on ound Il. snd The wind was blowing gale when tho two teams lined up against each other. Harvard advance from the centre OF the field. and Cor some time unit! Osgood gagged the Harvard ends and ran around them. Then Cornell Ealnei steadily. and In twenty minutes from the beginning OF play Osgood made . touch down. White missed tho goal as the ball struck the posts. Then Harvard became aroused. brewer made a run. covering practically half Inc, length Of the field. and scored. Trafford kicked the goal, making the score 8 to in favor OF Harvard. 1t was only short time before Cornell was again slowly pushing Harvard back. and a phenomenal run for forty yards carried Osgood almost across. A moment later he broke through the centre and placed the ball behind the Harvard goal posts. This time. too. White had hard luck and kicked the ball against the gonl posts. Score: Cornell. .: Harvard. & Cornell had the ball ON liarva,d’s 25-yard line. when ,Corhett took it cna ole and ran forty yards Then shorter PUSHES hy Lee and Brewer carried tho game into CORNELL 8 territory. and tho latter player made touch down. Trafford missed the goal md at the end Of the first half tho score was 10 to : against Cornell. In the second half tho wind had largely died away. but Cornell had to play against what was left. However. in less than ten minutes ! he tall was on Harvard’s fve-yard line. and Griffith was pushed across. White kicked the goal. and again Cornell led By IA to 10. After this Harvard seemed to put m ore life into the game: Tho crimson goal was threat ened two or three times. but Cornell by fumbling. lost The ball and was unable to score. Brewer and Waters made touch downs for Harvard and Trafford kicked one goal, which made the score 70 to IA in Harvard’s favor.

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  Pittsburg dispatch, Pittsburg [Pa.], November 6, 1892, page 5

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  L1fdvette. HARVARD NEARLY BEATEN. The Wearers of the Crimson Only Defeat Cornell by 30 to IA. Cornell by 30 to IA. SPkINGFIELD. MASS. Nov. 6-[Speciol. lin Hampden Park this afternoon Harvard barely succeeded in defeating Cornell in a football game which for excitement will hardly be excelled by even the Harvard Yale contest, which occurs on the same grounds two weeks from to-day. The score OF the game to-day was 20 points to “A in favor Of Harvard As the tally shows one more goal for Cornell would have tied the score. As 1t was the Ithaca boys were ahead fully half the time. and kept the ball In Harvard’s territory SO much that nothing but brilliant playing by young Brewer, the Harvard half back, saved the Crimson men from a disastrous defeat To be sure Harward put on the fold q team composed largely of substitutes and cripples. but even this fact cannot belittle the magnificent rum ming of Osyood and Witherbee or the splendid rush line work of the Cornell eleven. Twice during the game Cornell had the ball almost to the Harvard goal line, and by unfortunate fun,bles lost possession of the ball when another touchdown was almost in sight. Then a long punt by Corbett and a brilliant run by Brewer put the ball ne ar the center of the field again and Cornell had to begin over again. Both teams were much weaker in defensive than in offensive work, hut Cornell ared favorably with Har ward in both respects.

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Harvard leads 47–⁠21–⁠1 in 69 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.