Cornell at Harvard

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  The Wichita daily eagle, Kansas, October 27, 1895, page 1

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  CORNELL Is BEATEN HARVARD ELEVEN MAKES 1T twenty-five TO NOTHING. Ithaca Men Fight GameIy to the Last but the Harvards have the Weight to Bear All Before Them-CIean Game Under the New RnIes, with No Sluggipg or BrutaIity--YaIe Meets the Boston Ath- Ietic Club but Neither Eleven is Able to score-scores of Numerous Games Played Elsewhere. Cambridg, Mass Oct 26-Overwhelm ed, broken and shattered, but fighting ! desperately 10 the last, Cornell went down before the heavier and stronger Harvard eleven this afternoon by score of % to 0. Cornell was badly defeated, but they made a game fight and played plackily from start TO finish. 1t was a clean game without slugging or brutality ard the new rules, on their first real trial OF the year, worked like a charm. Cornell played Harvard TO a dead lock in the first half, but the pace was too hot for her to maintain, and in the second half Harvard played with twice the dash and yigor, while Cornells weakening showed that Harvard’s constant hammering at the line was too the second half the ithaca boys could not withstand the repeated onslaught of the CrimSonbacks, and Brewer, Fair child, Cabot and Gonterman went ploug hing through the tackle and center with telling effect. Harvard scored all her points in the second half, four touch downs, from which only two goals were kicked, and a splendid goal from the field. The first half ended with the ball in the center of the field. The second half opened with the ball in CoTnelTs hand. Brewer returned Young’s kick and Cabot got the ball in center on Cor nell’s tumble. Harvard got the ball, and by short TuSheS worked il to Cor nel’s line. Fairchild was punched over for touchdown. He kicked goal. Goterman made a sensational run of fifty yards from fake making a touch down. Fairchild failed a goal Brew er scored Harvard’s fourth touchdown. Then he kicked a goal C. Brewer kicked goal from the thirty-five yard line just before time was called. They lined up as follows: Harvard Position Cornell Cabot. end. Lyle Stevenson. tackle. Hall (Fftch) Holt. olt.---......-......left guard. .Freeborn, G. Doucette-. ...........-Scoch Jaffray. guard. Rogers, Nc. Donald. d.............right tackle. .Sweetland NeWeif. end. .Taussig Borden. back. Wickoff Brewer. half back. Cool Gonterman........l i half back. .Beachman, F’airchild. ...........full back...........Young Six thousand people witnessed the con test. NEITHER ABLE TO SCORE. New Haven, Conn, Oct. 26.-Neither Yale nor the Boston Atlnlatic clubs were able to score this afternoon. Yale was outclasSed by an average of twenty pounds in the line, but stopped the fly ing interference well. Her interference on the offensive however, was bad ly broken up. For Yale, Chadwick, Jerrems and benjamin put up a star game, and An Nhony, Curtis and Burt Waters did the best work for Boston. Yale gained more ground than Boston and should have scored. tihe game ending with the ball on BostOn’s one-yard line. GAMES ELSEWHERE. St Louis, Oct. 26-At Pastime grounds this afternoon the Missouri State Uni virsfty Tigers defeated am eleven from the Depeuw Qnd) university by a score of 40 10 0. The Indiana team was out played, the tigers having everything their own way from the beginning. LeayenwCTtih, Oct. 26.-T’he football game to have been played here this aftteInoon between THE Sedalia, Mo-, and the Kansas University teams was call ed off on account of disabled members Of the Sedalia team. Orange. n. ]. Oct 26.-Neither Prince ton nor the Orangea Athletic club were able to- score in the game today. Prince ton didn’t have their best team, but ! players struggled against the strong Orange team. St. Joseph. Mo-, Oct 26.-The football / season opened here today with the Md ! lands of Atchison pitted against the | Crescent Athletics. The result was a | tie. to 6. Philadelphia. Oct 26.-The University | of Pennsylvania football team defeated ! che Lafayeute eleven by the score of 80 | % in two halves of 80 and % minutes. | Annapolis. Md, Oct 2e.-The naval ca diets played a good game of football ! here today, defeating the Indian braves 1 of Carlisle school by a score of 81 to 0. Newton Center, Mass, Oct. 26.-The / Chicago Athletic club eleven defeated 1 the Newton Athletic association by 4 score of to o today. Brooklyn, n. Y. Oct. 26.-Crescent / Athletic club, 4S; Williams college. 0. New Brunswick, n. J., Oct. 26.-Rut- | gers Is; University of New York o. Granville, o., Oct. 26.-Ohio State I University, 4; Dspison University, 4. Middletown, Conn, Oct 26---WeSley- | an, IS; New Jersey Athletic club. 0. Indianapolis, Ind. Oct. 26.-Wabash / college 10; Butler college s. Cincinnati. O.. Oct. 2s.-UniverSty OF ! Cincinnati, 20; Earlham, 0. West Point, y. y, Oct. 26.-WeSt . Point 8; Dartmouth, 0. Williamsport, Pa, Oct. 26.-State col / lege 10; BickneIl, o. SAYS HER GRANDSON DID IT.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 27, 1895, page 3

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  CORNELL DID NOT SCORE. HARVARD EASILY 81 PERIoR TO THE It’ll AGA TEAM NEITHER SIDE MADE A POINT IN The fIt’Si HALE BIT IL THE SECOND HALF CORNELL WAS TOO TIRED TO BATTLE SUCCESS FULLY WITH HER OPPONENTS THE RESULT % TO o Boston Oct 2-The first football game between Harvard and Cornell under their new t”o-year agreement was played on Soldiers Field. cam bridge. this afternoon. before crowd Of over hve thousand persons. 1t resulted in victory for Harward by a OF D to 0. Ir the first half neither SIDE scored Oh-s.de play and holding in the ne were frequent. and the bal changed hands continually. Harvard was the worst offender and all the advantage she gained by SUI perlor team work offset by penalties Cornell played a fine defensive game. and her style OF play resembel Harvard’s remarkably In offensive work she gained little nothing Harwards interference on end plays was wretched, ana 1t almosi always resulted In the runners loss Accordingly except for the large amount OF kicking the play was directed at the tackles and guards OF Cornells line. who utterly worn out at the end OF the game The second half showed grea, Improvement on Harvards part. Long punts by Brewer and fire. quent fumoles by the Cornell backs gained much ground for Harvard. Cornell had worn herself out in the frs; half and the Harvard men made great holes through their line. Lyle. Wyckoff and Schoch played remarkably we’ll for Cornell. For Harvard. Cabot. who used back gained ground well. did Fairchd and Gonterrnan. who made the best run Of the game. Newell. who played cap tain Brewers end, everywhere, and Donald Holt and Doucette he’d we’ll in the line The first touchdown made after six minutes play IN the second half After several interchanges OF punts. Brewer got Cornells forty-yard line on Young’s punt by short rushes through the centre by Gentleman and Fa.rchlld The after made a touchdown. after a desperate rally ny Cornell on Their Vineyard line. Fdirchild kicked the goal The second touchdown came In two minutes CabO. made twenty-five yards on COrneTs poor kickoff. An Interchange Of punts followed and then Gontcrman. on fake Kick by Brewer. went through the right tackle and ran fifty yards for a touchdown. Fairchld missed the goal \ third touchdown followed. Harvard got the bal on Corne.ls ten-yard line. but lost it ior SIDE play. she regained Il from Cornelfs punt. and by short PUSHES Cabot was pushed over the line. Fairchi.d again missed the goal The last touchdown was easily made by gains through Cornells line. which by this time thor oughy tired out Brewer made the touchdown and kicked goal. There four minutes 10 play and Harvard. with the bal on Corners TWEEN iy-fve yard line tried for a goal from the field 1t was G place kick from the thirty-ive yard line. and Brewer succeeded Drettly. Time called with the ball in the centre. Free born. Hall and Beacham were injured during the game and were Obliged 70 retire The teams lined up follows:

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  The Seattle post-intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], October 27, 1895, page 3

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  FOOTBALL SEASON ON. Tacoma Team Beaten at Port land. Six 10 Four. HACKER FAilEDTO KICK A GOAL. Harvard Defeats Cornell IN q Game Devoid of Brutality, Under the New Rules. Portland. Oct .s-The-Footbaii game today between the Tacoma Athletic Club and the Portland Athletic Club was won BY Portland. the score being 70 4. The game was played. on the Portland field. and the players were obscured by the dust a large portion OF the time. The teams were very evenly matched. and had Hacker been able 20 kick goal the score would have been q tie g. r. Mcdonnell, OF the Multi nornah Amateur Athletic Club,was referee. Allan 81. Ellsworth and W. A. Holt. OF the same club, were umpire and Nneman respectively. The teams lined up at o’clock sharp. Tacoma won the toss, and Capt Clemans chose 10 defend the north goal. with a strong wind AZ his back. Hall. OF Port land. kicked of, Hacker returning with a punt to ceEter. Portland secured the ball. bat lost il shortly after. on four downs. Clemans and McCurdy made good gains on end and tackle plays. tumble gave the bali TO Portland who were given twenty-five yards on foul tackle shortly after. Tacoma then got the ball on downs. A pretty run by McCurdy around left end. aided by Hackers mastery interference. advanced the ball twenty-five yards. Gle mans and Moore then took hand, and carried the ball around the other end 70 Portland’s ten-yard line. McCurdy then galloped around left end and scored touchdown. Hacker failed Of a goal The play then surged back and forth, Pearson. Rusk and waddy, OF the Portlands. max Ing several brilliant plays. Half time was called. The score at the end OF the half was 40 In Tacoma’s favor. with the ball in the middle OF the field. Tacoma kicked off at the opening Of the second half. and Davy returned Hacker attempted TO punt again, but the Kick was blocked by Rusk. who secured the ball Portland then, by means Of Pearson, G. Hall. waddy and Rusk, brought the ball TO Tacomas ffteen-yard line. and there lost II on downs. Tacoma tried inefectually to advance the ball FIVE yards. and the ball went 70 Portland Pearson tore holes first on the right, then on the left, and finally went over the line for touch down between the posts. Hall kicked the goal. and the score stood Ga In favor or Portland The play for the balance OF the half was about even, Hacker and Pear son each punting well, and the halves end tackles on both sides making good gains, but neither could score again.

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  Great Falls weekly tribune, November 1, 1895, page 2

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  WORKED LIKE a CUARv college Football Teams Play “a Mn,ch Under the New Rules. CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 2G.-Over broken and shattered, but fighting des perately to the last. Cornell went down before the stronger Harvard eleven this afternoon, by score of 25 to 0. Corpel, was badly defeated, but they nude a game fight and played pluckily from start to finish 1t was a clean game without slugging or brutality and the new rules, on their first real trial Of the year, worked like a charm.

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Harvard leads 47–⁠21–⁠1 in 69 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.