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  The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], November 25, 1898, page 1

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  Iowa, g; Nebraska, 5. Colorado School Of Mines, 6; Colo radO College, 2. KANSAS, 12; Missouri, 9. North Carolina, 6; Virginia, o. Annapolis, 21; Virginia Military Institute, 5. Philadelphia, Nov. 24.-On a field knee-deep with mud. the University Of Pennsylvania football team, this after | noon, defeated the Cornell eleven, by the score of u to 6. It is doubtful if | ever a game has been played under more unfavorable conditions, both as to the field and the weather. The wind, which was blowing strong from the northeast nearly all day, suddenly shifted to the west a few minutes before the play started, and instead of the persistent drizzling rain, a snow storm Of almost blizzard proportions set in and continued without a let-up until the game had been concluded. When the Cornell team trotted on the field at 2:G4 O’Clock it was seen that Charlie Young, who played such a brilliant game with the earneIian and white last year, was in his football toys and was down on the card as one of the half backs for the Ithaca boys. From q. spectacular standpoint Of view the game was a. weary one to | look at. The Wretched condition of the | field made it almost an impossibiIity to | execute long runs, and Coach Wood ruff’s famous guard back formation ! was rendered almost useless, simply because the men could not get enough solid footheld to get under way. Then, too, it was absolutely impossible to prevent fumbling and to do accurate kicking. Hare’s two dismal attempts at kicking the ball out of danger when it was within a few feet Of the red and blue goal line, in the first half, caused the first score, and G. Young’s kick, which went almost parallel with the yard lines, right into Hedges hands, was responsible for Pennsylvania second touchdown. Hedges had a clear field, and a touchdown was easy. The first half closed with the score six to nothing, in favor Of Cornell. During the. last few minutes of the first half the ball had been kept in Penn sylvania’s territory, because of Hare’s failure to punt more than fifteen or | twenty yards G. Young, who did the punting for the visitors, gained from I ten to twenty yards in this half on each exchange Of punts. CHANGED CLOTHES AND LUCK. In the second half things were diff ( feEent. When the Pennsylvania. players went into their dressing-room they exchanged the wet, heavy suits they had been wearing for new dry ones, and ! when they reappeared on the gTidirOn with their dry clothes and the wind in their favor, everybody expected they would redeem themselves. This they n = down the field by steady plunges, varying with an occasional end run to COrnells twenty -fve-yard line, from where Outland carried it over for a touchdown in a delayed pass. The play during the second half was almost entirely in CornelPs half the | caTnelian and white being forced to play on the defensive nearly the entire half. Both teams relied almost wholly on straight football. For Cornell Sweetland, Starbuck, Lueder and G. Young did the best work. The former. in particular, put up a remarkable game. Outland, / Coombs and Hare were the best ground gamers for the QuakerS. The rough weather had no apparent effect on the attendance at the game, and by 2 o’clock there were 10000 people in the huge amphitheatre. Neither did | the severe storm dampen their ardOr for there was an incessant yell kept up from the time the ball was kicked off at 2:05 until time was called for the end of the game. The teams lined up as follows: | Pennsylvania. Position. Cornell. Mcmahon 1900. J. e. ........-. Davan / (WilsOn) Reugenberg 49,. !. {. .........W Wyvell Hare ........... l. g. ............ Reed Overfield .......... C. ........... Dorner ! (McCloskey) / McCracken ...... =. 6. .-....... Lueder CARMEL ........... T. t. ...... Sweetland Hedges ........... r e. .......... Cross Gardiner ......... q. b. .-......G. Young (ShOrt) Coonbs ........... h. ....... Whiting Outland .....-... T. h. &C. Young CWindsor) Folwen ...... f. b. starbuck (Peri-ins) Touchdowns = outland, Hedges, Sweetland. Goals from ouchdown-outland, 2; G.. Young.

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Navy leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.