Princeton at Cornell

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 30, 1904, page 10

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  TIGERS BEAT CORNELL. Princeton Wins Hard Fought Game at Ithaca, Is to s. Ithaca. n. Y. Oct. 2s.-Before crowd OF eight thousand cheering spectators Princeton defeated orne here to-day Is TO g. In Of the best played and most stubbornly contested games ever wit messed on Percy Field. Both teams fought every moment OF the 35-minute halves. and the Tigers won the laurels on their merits. For the first ten minutes Of the contest Cornell played a magnificent game of football. rushed the Princeton players down the field despite three penalties OF fifteen yards EACH and crossed the Tigers goal line. As their team was pushed faster and faster toward their goal the Princeton supporters arose from their seats and sang “Old Nassau” but It was useless for Halliday went the line on terrific line plunge Birmingham kicked the goal The Tigers then lined up determined TO resist Cornells attack. Tenney kicked off TO Lynah on the 10-yard line. He ran up ten yards. and then Cornell failed twice gain. The punt went to Tenney IN rnidheld. Rulon-Aliller at gained four yards through the line. and the next play Foulke went to Cornelrs S5-yard line By circling Eackstaffs end. The Cornell line held once but on the following signal Ritter found a hole just out side of Cook and scored with the aid Of excellent interference Cooney tied the score by kicking the goal Birmingham kicked of for Cornell. RuIon-Niler catching the ball the goal line and advancing twenty-five yards before he was downed. Foulke / added five through Costello, and It began TO look dubious for the Red and White. Ritter made three on a hurdle. Ruon-Miller was thrown back and the Tigers penalized. forcing Tenney TO kick The ball was brought back by the officials, and Cornell lost twenty yards The Cornell line held. Tenney punted TO his opponents 2-yard line. from which Cornell advanced twelve yards. Princeton got possession Of the ball a tumble. and at onc= direeted her attack on the Cornell line OderAirk was the weak spot which the Tigers hammered constantly reaching Cornelrs L-yard line Downs WAS substituted for Oderkirk. and Furman then became the object OF attack. Stanard made the second touchdown for Princeton. tearing through Costello and Furmar. Cooney kicked the goal. The second half showed the superior strength Of the Princeton team. Time and again Cooney and Stanard were brought back OF the line to rip up Cornell’s defence. The Tigers seemed to have bet ter staying qualities than the Ithacans The ball frequently changed hands, but Princeton could not be stopped The Tigers went as far as CoT1eits o b-yard line, where Cornell made desperate enorts TO hold them. After gaining little more than a vard at a plunge. Short was called back. and with ma ctically the entire Princeton team behind him, made the third touchdown. Again Cooney kicked the goal making the score IS TO in Princeton’s favor :, Halliday was the mainstay OF the Cornell defence all through the game. Birmingham ana 9 Hce were the most effective on offensive playing. Cooney Stanard and Ritter did the best work for Princeton. The lineup and score:

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  The Saint Paul globe, October 30, 1904, page 19

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  PRINCETON TIGERS WIN FROM CORNELL Orange and Black Forced to Work Hard to Defeat ithacanS ITHACA. N Y. Oct 29.-Princeton won today’s football game from Cornell by a score Of Is to 6. but the victors were forced to work their hardest to make gains being outclassed by Cornell in many stages of the game. especially in the first part of the contest. The Cornell men showed their ability to advance the ball consistently and Birmingham did well In the punting, nearly always sending the ball more than 40 yards and losing nothing in exchange with Tooker. But the failure Of the Cornell ends to get down under these kicks proved dis astrous and gave the Princeton eleven nearly as much ground as they made in Scrimma ges and greatly Influenced the outcome of the contest The Cornell back field. composed of Halliday at fUllback and Rice and Bfrmingham at halves, played as one man and gained every time they struck Prince toms defense line. The Princeton ends, Crawford and Tooker. were weak on the defensive and many runs were made around each of them, but they got down under punts well and with hardly an eXception were on the man with the ball as soon as he caught it. This made Took er’s punts more effective than Birminghams Ritter and Capt. Foulke, at halves, and Rulon Miller at fullback did good work in advancing the ball for Princeton. The fNll

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Princeton leads 54–⁠30–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.