Princeton at Cornell

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 3, 1901, page 1

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  PRINCETON DEFEATS CORNELL EIGHT TO SIX WAS THE sCoRE-BIG CROWD SEES THE GAME. half Cornell made her touchdown by blocking d Princeton punt Priaceron’s 2o-yard me- I’M getting the bali and taking II over the line - ,,,;,,,ae later when the bali in Princeton $ possession. on Cornells e6-yard Ene LAWS “ Princeton broke through the line on delayed pass and scored. In each case a goal was kIcheu’ 60 the score therefore stood TO O. Il stayed ‘‘i”7 until the last two minutes Of play. when frlncoh cot the TWO points on a safety that won her INC game Punts Were being exchanged Wheii De”I’t from the g5-varE line tried field goal It fel short brewster. the Cornell quarterback so’ ‘iie hall ard was pushed back over his goal line Tho game until the last part Of the second man. was magnificent from the spectators point o. view” The two teams were about evenly na1cheo- 1Nes were both especially strong in defence and though there were 10 very long runs. the constant chahe- IT, o4 hill between the two teams kept up the interest steadily. The end Of the game, however owing to the length Of the halves-thirsy-nFe MIN utes-and the frequent waits, was played almost III the dark II was the most largely attended game ever held in Ithaca many of the Corneil aluhlIh 7,esnr presen- The cheering and singing by the Cornell contingent was far and away the pest thef had done at any game Cornefs hymn the AiliA Mater was sung by two thousand undergraduates while some three hundred Princeton men, occupy ,ne one Of the stands sang in almost perfect unison ..Od Nassau and When We Are Marching Through the Contest p19I- regan at o’clock. Cornell the west goal with the wind. Brewster kicked off to NC C1a1e who carried the ball back fifteen YARDS Dewitt punted out Of bounds Cornell then started what looked like touchdown play comm ana Purcell COZ the ball TO Prl1cetcns @-yard line NOT once did the Tigers hold Cornell for the distance Two more plays took the bah ten yards further to 1,-,,,oe.o--s ra-xard line Purcell made two yards. ,,,- al the next Try five, and after the next r,lav the ball went Princeton What was pronably Cornelrs best chance to win the game was lost. Underhin kicked 10 mdfeld. Brewster being downed in MS tracks. Coffin and Warner failed to get Eve wards in three downs, and the Tigers took the bali They failed 10 gain around Taussig send’ and then lost the ball for the first OF the oHsIoe bays that marred the work OF both teams. ooInell took the ball the Tigers S5-yard lire, ana .he, lost il again on downs. Underhin punted- Brewster caught the leather near his goal line ana took Il out fifteen yards. Then CORN kicked out OF bounds near nidfeld. Dewitt made two gains through centre. Meier’s try TO do the same through left guard failed, and Underhiu punteo- Purcell caught at Cornell’s 3o-yard lire Cor nell failed TO get and funbled- Then Underhin made a beautiful attempt at play goal. The play faultlessly executed and no Cornell man allowed to get anywhere near the ball. but It fell little short Brewster got 1t behind his goal posts and punted from his 25-yaro line. The Tigers had the ball at midheld Ten wards they got for Cornels offside play and eleven yards on a delayed pass splendidly worked An other small gain brought the ball TO Cornelrs 30 ward line and from here another attempt was made at a placement goal. 1t was a poor one but Purcell who caught the ball, was tackled so cleF- lost courage at once. They began cheering again. however, when Pop Warner. running up on Brewster’s punt, tackled the Princeton player where he caught the ball. In the centre Of the field Here Mills. Prtncetons right guard who had played against Warner, was taken out, and Butkiewicz went in in his place. UnderhiI, too, came OUT, and McCord went IN the game. Here Purcell got ten yards around Davis linen Coffin took the bah, and. going through tackle and end. he get thirty yards He was tack LED hard, however. and fumbled the ball McCord SoLt . I,i55-Id fSor,eIJ 90. The bsII for holding, and immediately after she got ten yards for o1tsi.ie play. Purcell got four yards through The FIRST half was ever with the score to 0. During the intermission Cornell was all confident one on the Red and White team had Yet been forced out. Brewster had not been much out punted and, anyway, his backs hac supported MIN better than Princeton’s backs had supported their At 40 Dewitt kicked of. The kick returned and Cornell got he ball for hS Nd IN I’ll the me iin after he had come near to saving free Held a delayed pass and q centre plunge by Pell then brought the bau the Ithacans’ 3o-yard line, blocked it. Warner made a splendid tackle Cor nell got the bah for holding in the line Then there was some punting. and Of those punts at the Tigers 2o-yard line Corners score was Al the Red and White team jumped in the air TO get hold Of the leather, and Coffin. the right half vas doubtful succeeded. He put the bail under his arm and without interference ran through the ten mad and the jubilation increased when Coffin fT on the oG neR s k of eof sad ths a Sp and tackled his 20-yard line. Pearson had sue brewster punted. The ball changed hands a few ball on Cornelrs 2O-yard line Davis, the Tigers left end, broke through the line. and. passing So eager was he TO make no mistake that as he reached the line; though 10 one was near him he dust Ihen mats waNSd aIlc voices rose Wildly In the Princeton stand The goal was kicked-an easy one-and the score was lied. Excitement at Henry was replaced by Roper De Witt punted. her 4o-yard line Conn lost three yards and then he tried PLACEMENT kick It was a good Try. but sig missed him. but Tydeman got him round the waist Cornell got the ball on downs. Pop” come back for holding; Here r. McClave took the man was replaced by Ransom. and Purcell. cry ing and protesting, was carried off by Jack Moakey. the Cornell trainer Shepard went in in The Tigers got yards for orside play Cor ing. Brewster, by clever lodging covered forty yards. Shepard got in excellent interference for start for another touchdown. Cornell nevertheless. failed and lost the ball for holding in the line, and spectators rester and Dewitt ‘ excl ansed vances for Princeton Captain Pell doing especially our bur this time It was drop kick Every one watched ball best he could First a great great moan from the Red and White. it seemed that Dewitt had PIT The ball over Then the truth had touched Brewster. and as he starting with ii r M ba s men rs, struck nd him and went. and the referee decided il was safety. counting 2 points for Princeton and making the That was all there was Of the game The players lined 10 for the kickoff. but Immediately after the ball had started the time was up and Princeton The decision Of the referee in regard to the safe ~ IS thought here TO have been close Mem

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  The Montgomery advertiser, November 5, 1901, page 10

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  PRINCETON VS. CORNELL GRAPHIC STORY OF THE RE- CENT GREAT CONTEST. Princeton Won an Unsatisfactory Victory Over Cornell, Says the Record-Herald Correspondent Who Describes the Fluke. The following special in The Chicago Record Herald about the Cornell Prince ton game Saturday will be interesting to local friends of those teams: Princeton won an unsatisfactory vic- tory over Cornell this afternoon. The contest was decided on a fluke five min utes before the game ended and a score of to was announced. Referee Wright ington gave the tigers a safety on tech nicality which Cornell coaches claim should not stand. The game was evenly waged from the start and late in the second half, when 1t was growing dark. Princeton was held for downs on Cornells forty-yard line. Dewitt dropped back for a goal from the field and his kick fell short by few feet. The ball struck behind the Cor nell line and bounded back. Brewster, Cornelrs quarter back, strongly contends that 1t hit Princeton player and as it was rebounding over the line he grabbed It and was downed behind his goal line. The referee declared the play a safety. Cornell men who were on hand say that when the ball hit the Princeton player he was off-side and the score should not be allowed No Scores in First Field. It was one of the greatest games ever seen on Percy field. Cornells lighter line played the Princeton forwards to a stand still and time and again hurled her run ners back for losses. In the first half | Cornell fairly outplayed the visitors and the half ended without either side having scored. The game was on fifteen minutes in the second half before the first sensation of the day occurred. There has been several | exchanges of punts, in which Cornell had gained. and Brewster had sent the ball | fn Princeton tried the ends and the center without avail, and then Dewitt tried a punt, which was blocked. The ball fell | near Coffin, Cornell’s right half back, who made a brilliant dash of eighteen yards and scored a touchdown from which he kicked a goal | With the score six points against her, Princeton started in with relentless rush. les. The ball went to her on Cornell’s ffty-yard line after Brewster returned the kick-off. Short but continuous gains took took 1t to Cornelrs thirty-yard mark ball was near the side lines. Princeton had but one more down and on a de- layed pass in which her interference made for the end the ball was passed to Davis, who dashed through the Cor nell center, broke free from tacklers evaded Brewster in the back field and scored. A goal by Dewitt made the score to 6. Strenuous Battle in Second. For the remainder of the half the ball passed from one side to the other fre- quently. Neither team was able to make consistent gains. and frequent bunting resulted. The ball finally went to the l tigers in mdfeld. They played with great dash and gradually forced Cornell back twenty yards when the advance tempt ps at goa % which % by the the decision hls a of the referee gave Princeton the game. Percy Held never before witnessed such a. crowd. It was the first time in the | Princeton that the tigers felt it neces- | sary to come to Ithaca to cheer on their eleven. They were on hand 200 or 300 rooters until it seemed that the hills overlooking the field would split from | the echoes and re-echoes. The attend ance was 10000. Odds of to and to were offered all morning, without many Cornell takers. l Just about noon the Cornell coaches gave out Stsr hope to the teams supporters. and had an even chance. After half dozen plays they were confident they could | hold the tigers. Cornell Kicks Of. Cornell kicked off in the first half. her favor and Underhill punted at once The ball went to Princeton’s f1fty-yard | line. Cornell secured 1t and made a strong showing on offense. She sent Purcell around Princeton’s left wing for good gains and Coffin and Schoellkopf | hammered the tackles. The ball was carried to Princeton’s five-yard line, but here the weight of the tigers told and they hurled Schoellkopf back on his last trial for the necessary distance. The ball was punted out of danger and then the playing was transferred to Cornelps territory. Princeton got no nearer to Cornells goal than the twenty-yard mark, and Dewitt’s three trials for placement goals failed. The half ended with Cornell in possession of the ball on Princeton’s forty-five-yard line. The second half was marked by the work of the punters. Brewster on the whole outdid his adversaries, Underhill work, Cornell was placed in a position to make her first score. Cornell Better Physically. Even after the tigers had crossed Cor nelPs line, 1t looked like tie game for more than twenty minutes of play. Cor dition than Princeton, five of whose players retired during the contest Cor | nell stood the brunt unexpectedly well, and two of her men were all that had to give up. Princeton insisted on thirty five minute halves, believing her men could better stand the strain. Cornell gave faint signs of weakening just before Princeton scored her last | two points. The tigers centered all their | force on her tackles and made a total of thirty yards before she was stopped. | The Ithacans had enough left in them, | however, to bring the advance to a halt, and if the safety had not been allowed | the contests would have ended to 6. | Coaches Starbuck and Reed refused to express an opinion on the decision, but their assistants, Coaches Wyckoff, Dyer and Fennell, were indignant, while some of the players talked of protesting the result. The lineup follows: Lineup and Scores. Cornell-Taussig, l. e.; Lueder, l. t.; Warner (Captain). l. g.; Lent C.; Hunt, r. g.. Smith, r. t.; Tydeman, Ransom. r. e.. Brewster, q. b.; Purcell, Shep- perd, l. h. b.; Coffin, r. h. b.; Schoell- ‘rinceton-Henry. Roper. r. e.; Dewitt r. t.; Mills, Biskiewick, r. g.; Fisher. C.; Dana, Short, l. g.. Pell (Captain), l. t.: Davis. R. McClave. l. e.; Freeman, Meier, q. b.; McClave, r. h. b.; FoulkeA l. h. b.; Underhill. McCord, f. b. Touchdowns-Cown. Davis. Safety-R. McClave. Goals from touchdowns-Cof- fin Dewitt. Referee-Wrightingto liar ward Umpire-WRte Harvard. Time keeper-C. Young, Cornell. Time of halves-35 minutes. Pettigrew and Butler Now octopi. AIhany N “ Nov, 1.-The ConSoli-

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 3, 1901, page 1

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  HARD-WON VICTORY. Princeton Won from Cornell on q Safety, Which Was Protested. ITHACA, n. Y, Nov. 2-Princeton scored a hard-fought-for victory over Cornell this afternoon by the narrow margin of two points, the final score being to 6. Prince ton won on a safety allowed by Referee Wrightington, which was vigorously protested by Cornell. 1t resulted from a trial for a goal from the field by Right Tackle Dewitt. The ball missed the goal-posts by several feet. but it was picked up by Brew ster, Cornelrs quarter back, who was showed back over the line by a Princeton player. Cornell took the position that the Princeton man was off side before Brew ster took possession OF the ball, but the official decision was TO the contrary. The game was the longest played on Percy Field in several years. 1t was too dark to distinguish the teams before time was called, and because of this the deciding play was made more uncertain. The score had stood to throughout the greater part of the second half, and tie game was looked for. Lineup: Cornell. Positions. Princeton. Taussig. .......... Left end ......Davis and McClave Lueder... Left tackle .....Pel (capt) Warner capt.. Left guard. Dana and Short Kent................ Center ..........::.. Fisher Hunt............ Right guard Mills and Smith Right tackle ..........Dewitt Tydeman and Ransom...... Right end Henry and Roper Brewster. Quarter back. Freeman and Meier Purcell and Sheperd..... Left half back .........Foulke Coffin. Right half back .....McClave Schoelkopf.... Full back .Underhill and McCord Touchdowns-COffin, Henry. Goals from touchdowns-Coffin Dewitt. Safety-Mc- Clave. Observation-Disclosures, Harvard. Umpire-Waters, Harvard. Timekeeper- Young, Cornell. Time of halves-S5 min

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  The Lewiston teller, Lewiston, Idaho, November 7, 1901, page 1

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  Football Ganes. West Point, N. Y, Nov. An the most closely contested football game ever played on West Point field the cadets tied Yales strong team by score Of s to 8. New York, Nov. 3.-Between 5000 and SoOO people saw the Columbia football team shut out the representatives of the University Of Pennsylvania. Score: Co lumbia, IL; Pennsylvania, 0. Ithaca, N. Y, Nov. 3.-Princeton scored hard fought victory over Cornell by the narrow margin Of 2 points, the final score being 8 to 6. Cambridge, Mass, Nov. S.-Harvard easily defeated Brown 40 to 0.

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Princeton leads 54–⁠30–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 76 since this game.