Washington & Jefferson at Cornell

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  The times, Washington [D.C.], October 14, 1900, page 1

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  Cornell. 18; Washington and Jeffer- son. >. ITHACA. Oct. 13.-Cornell defeated Washington and Jefferson on Percy Field today by the score of 16 to 5. 1t was well fought battle. and when at the end of the first half the score stood 8 to 5. Washington and Jefferson sympathizers were willing to wager that their team would win. Washington and Jefferson’s score came as the result Of a tumble by Starbuck. Morrison was easily the great est ground gamer for Cornell and two Of the touchdowns came as result of his long end runs. In the first half he circled the end twice for twenty yards and was then gent over the line through right tackle for a touchdown.

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  The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 15, 1900, page 7 (results column)

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  Indians. st, Tlloula Games on College Gridirons. Saturdays biggest college game took | place at Cambridge, where Harvard rolled up “a points against Columbia, which was unable to score. This is the highest score the wearers of the GRIM son have run up this year and considering the fact that Columbia is the strongest team played so far, one is justified in saying that the Harvard players are beginning to come up bit and to round into the splendid form they showed during the seasons of 1898 and 1899. | Despite the comparatively high score, | however, the work done by the GRIM son players was not entirely satisfactory and the universal opinion of those that know in the foot ball world is that if either Yale or Pennsylvania | had been played Saturday the Cam | bridge team would have ANONYMOUSLY gone down to the tune Of about IL to o. However, the work showed marked | Improvement. Ristine and Campbell | at ends, showed magnificent form, and Captain DAILY played beautiful game at quarter back. Sawin showed up | we’ll at half back, and Ellis. at full | back, bucked the line with the same terrific force that last year earned him his place on the team. Ellis also punt ed very fairly, a department in which last year he was of absolutely no SER vice at all. The work of Columbia was very disappointing. The U. of P. met Brown at Phiadelphia, and in hard-fought contest defeated the boys from Providence by score of II to 0. Half Back Potter proved the Quaker hero, making sew eral long runs, while big Wallace, the blonde giant who plays tackle for the varsity, also made great forty-yard run. The Brown line proved surprisingly strong and repeatedly resisted the efforts of Wallace. McCracken and Hare to break through. Little Graves, the Pennsylvania quarter back, eXcelled Bates, the Brown full back, in punting, and in this branch of the game the Philadelphia collegians lead throughout the afternoon. Yale had no difficulty in disposing of Dartmouth, II to 0. on the latter’s grounds. The Yale line was practical ly impregnable and Dartmouth could not gain by either plunging or end rushing. Hale, the Yale full back, kicked poorly, but hit the line with terrific force, taking the ball seven sue cessive times for a net gain of twenty yards. Captain Brown and Sharp like wise did yeomanly work. At Annapolis the naval cadets prevented Princeton from scoring during the first half. and it was only towards the close of the game that the Tigers secured the lonesome tally which gave them the game, 5 to 0. Maths, the Princeton full back, was obliged to punt and the ball rolled behind the cadets posts, where Roper, the fast Princeton left end, dropped on it. At Ithaca, Cornell downed the Wash ington and Jefferson team, 16 to 5. The red and whites work showed a great Improvement. no trouble being expert cnced in scoring the three touchdowns. while the Washington and Jefferson’s score was made by goal frcm the field from the twenty-yard line. Nor rison did Cornell’s best work. Lafayette ran away with Swarthmore at Easton, winning out by score of “a to 2. Full Back Cure dropped field goal from the forty yard line by a place kick. John Horan, of this city, played we’ll throughout the game at right tackle. OTHER GAMES. West Point, 2s; Trinity, 0. Lehigh, IL; Bucknell, 6. University of Chicago, g.; University of Minnesota, 6. Carlisle Indians, 16; University of

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Cornell leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.