Cornell at Pennsylvania

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 26, 1920, page 13

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  CORNELL NO MATCH { FOR PENN ELEVEN Ithacans Are Outplayed in Pronounced Fashion by Score of % to O. $4,000 SEE GAME IN RAIN Quakers Race and France and Have Bigger Rivals FIOun- derin0 in Their Wake. Special Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 25.--For a few moments after the opening kickoff this afternoon Cornell was going fast and punching through the Penn line with a vigor promising of victory Fifteen yards were made in three running at taclls then Penn steadied got its bear ings. piled up the Cornell plays at the scrmmage line and forced a forward pass from the Ithacans. The pass was intercepted by Joe Straus of the Quaker backield. From that moment and all through the many moments that followed Penn outplayed the Comedians and outplayed them in pronounced and comprehensive fashion. The Quakers made vivid finish to a checkered foot ball season by topping the big Red team by score of 2S to 0. Penn won with four touchdowns, one In the first, one in the second and two in the fourth period. They finished strong, these Quakers, even when they had a cluster of lightweight backs TAX ing the place of regulars, and they were so thoroughly the masters of the Cor nellians that the latter, who provided q poor game indeed, never were close enough to a point to make any Penn adherent feel the least bit uncomfortable. The Pennsylvanians did everything better than Cornell, including outfighting them and made their abundance OF points in spectacular ways. A combined forward pass and run, the two Tor net gain of forty-seven yards, gave the 1irst touchdown. A forward pass over the last strip of whitewash when Cornell 5ofo line gave the second. A romp of forty-six yards by splitting through the Cornell line gave the third The fourth came from good line SCATTERING work from the Cornell seventeen yard mark. Effective Playing by Penn. The Quakers played effective, spirited and pretty slSilful football and with football slippery and Shiny with mud. They raced and pranced through the mlsts and drizZle OF gray and sodden afternoon and had the bigger Comedians fioundering In their wake. 1t must have been sad disappointment to Cornell folk and to Gilmour Dobie, the veteran coach finishing his first year as football tutor at Ithaca. Cornell was expected to win this game and had made a good record. But sell dom IL ever has Cornell sent team to Franklin Field to do so poorly. The Ithacans playing was full of errors. Three of their kicks were blocked, and they fumbed bountifully. They handled he ball poorly. played kicks in the back cid with wabbly decision. and poorest Il all was their tackling. They couldn’t hold the ball and they couldn’t hold a Gunner Rather. they couldn’t get hold of the runner At the start Cornell with the backs and line working in nice unison went well. but once stopped never got going again. The Cornell line was outplayed and the Cornell attack became weak, and stayed so. 1t became cramped and had little variety Only one or two runs were tried from kick formation and those not until late in the game. Partly because of the wet pigskin the kicking on both sides was erratic. and by Cornell generally too low for the ends to cover Carey’s lifts. The result was that Penn ran kicks back a multi tude of yards and Rex Wray. who did the running distinguished himself in that and other ways by his excellent Saying. He left the field a roly-poly, muddy hero The Cornell band. brave and tuneful outfit. played “Cozy and Warm” be- weather was not. 1t was chilly and raw. Rain dripped off the finery of $4,000 spectators, or those OF that num- Der who had finery. The hats of the men glistened with the wetness thereof. and the hats of the women. together with the Cornell band. in white and carnellian. splashed with color the sombre settings OF weeping nature. II was n fine day for college spirits--or would have been before the Volstead days--and n test of college spirit which never faltered on either side. Poor Kfckofrs the Order. Poor kickoffs were the order OF the DAY, and the one with which Penn opened was nabbed on Cornells 80 ward line by Dodge. Kaw had made first down on Penn’s III yard line before the cornell attack began to slow up. When Vt did begin 1t slowed ~ fast and when Cornell sought to make needed distance by forward pass Joe straus intercepted. great man on defence for. Penn was Straus, playing his valeiictory. Wray. fast and elusive and runntnc. always with definite and positive mr. \ pose had come back with a punt to Gov ! 1elTs 10 yard line when Penn bapan 70 get ready for a touchdown Before !, /, anne. however Whitehill had punted N touchback and Cornell plnted out from the 20 yard line. They were at Cornelrs a. ward line when Whitpbill n,t,,e

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 26, 1920, page 3

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  BATTLING IN SEA OF MUD PENN. DECIsIVELY DEFEATED CORNELL Philadelphia, Nov. 25-Battling in a sea of mud, the University of Pennsyl- Vania decisively defeated Cornell on F Franklin Field today by the score of 2S to o. 4 arehching rain prevailed through put the Eams rhnt failed to drive the Even Me~n margin of the score does not ihdiczte the superiority of the Red and Blue steam Totally outclassed, Cor nell vast Able to advance the ball past rnidfefa efnto the Phnadelphansi terri tory but Aonce during the entire game. The Red and Blue line was impregna5le, and repulsed the Cornell. attacks with apparent 4 ease and recorded tho unusual feat of blocking three Cornell kicks. The line tackling was fierce and sure. Rex Wary, the midget quarterback, and the big tackle, were the outstanding lights of the Pennsylvania eleven. The work of Carey and Kaw stood out for the Ithaca eleven but neither could gain i consistently, This score came early in | the first period when, Wray took 8 pass from Joe Straus and scampered for forty yards fors touchdown. Wray | kicked the goal Cornell braoed and held until late in the second period, l when several long gains brought the ball to the five. yard liney where after two unsuccessful tries at the line, White | hill tossed a. pass over the goal line tc wray for the second touchdown; wray kicked the goal. Miller, taking the ball on a fake kicl formation in the last period brok’ through tackle and dashed six yards for the third touchdown. Wray agai1 kicked the goal Fritz Straus made tn, final touchdown when he plunged acros. after the ball had been taken to tn, five yard line, Harvey kicked the las goal. Pennsylvania ts) Cornell O.

• Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 26, 1920

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  PENNSYLVANIA SPRINGS SURPRISE ON CORNELL Defeats Ithaca Eleven, 2S to o, in Philadelphia Before 10000 Fans-I’lay During Rain. iIlll.A DEI.plilA. IN. Nov. Co. The University OF Pennsylvania foot he Cornell University cicven here today by IS 10 u. No little credit for ;hc Red and n.u, victory must be given TO Quarter Back Wray. whose hushing attack was an outstanding feature OF the game. forward passes, with half Of them success :ul for u total of SiAty-siN yardE. Cornell only tried the aerial attack on three occasions. on. was grounded and St-aus intercepted the other Two. Whit”hll outkicked Mayer. and thr-c BLOCKED Kicks were charged against The Cornc.! kicker. Two Of which Pennsylvania recovered. Pennsylvania WAS p.naiiIcd six times for orsidc for a loss Of thirty yards. while Cornell Mas not pcnaiizcd AT all. The gam” Was played in a drench. INK rain. but II failed to drive the crowd Of approximately $1,000 rom n” stands. cornell Was abe TO advance ms hall past iniilinid !n;p the rhiiadeiphians’ territory. bur once during the entire game and presented ragged defense. The first score came early in the ars; period. VIXEN. after Il series Of hatt”rinS line piunges, Wiay took a pass from Joe StrnuS and scumpc.rd forty yards for Il touchdown. While 70 WrIy Tor III. second touchdown. Miller. taking the ball on a fake Kick formation IN tn” last period. dashed twan;y-eiSht yards for the after each Of the first three touch downs. Fritz Strauss mad. the fourth on plunge from the !ivc-yard line. Harvey kicked goal.

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Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.