Bowdoin at Cornell

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  New-York tribune, October 22, 1906, page 8

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  ON COLLEGE GRIDIR0NS Ten-Ydrd Rule Neutrdlises Posses sion of the Ball. | out once on Saturday. under conditions | which furnished better test than has been pos | slole heretofore. The forward pass and the n | side kick gained new advocates these plays | We’re worked to good advantage for long IL not | consistent games by those teams which, realiz- | ing the possibilities of the open game, have been | coached to make full of1them. The 10 | yard rule. however, came in for more unfavor- | able criticism by those who have maintained | from the first that the distance was too much to be gained IN three downs, unless a constant kicking game is to be resorted to. Possession OF | the ball has always been important feature of American college football, but with two elevens fairly evenly matched 1t is difficult matter to consistently gain the necessary distance and so Keep possession. This becomes a particular | hardship inside the 25-yard line, where kicking. unless 1t be a try for goal. has rarely been resorted to, and where possession of the ball Is necessary for scoring purposes. In many games | since the season opened, when teams Of about equal strength met, the ball has changed hands so often because Of the necessity to punt on the second down that scoring absolutely impossibie except by some brilliant through a proKen held or some lucky chance made possible py a rumble On October IS six games ended in a to score. and on Saturday the scoring was ngnt when one of the opposing teams was not outcIassed. 1t begins TO look II a modffcatfon Of the 10-yard rule would improve the new code without the danger of allowing the game to fall back into the evil ways which constant line Puck1ng and mass plays brought 1t to year ago. George D. Robins an old Wesleyan player d he was graduated for coaching purposes. and Is largely instrumental in building up one of the strongest school elevens in the country at Hill School. Pottstown. Penn, says that the expert ence of four weeks has shown that possession of the ball means comparatively little and If the goal line is not threatened it is better to play defensive game and wait for chance to score on blocked kick. tumble or dashing run. In speaking Of the revised rules as q whole he says The various rules pertaining to the details Of line play have produced no change in the ap- pearance of the lineup. and even the existence Of the neutral zone between opposing lines Is not noticed except by those near the play. The rule against running linemen with the ball from behind the line has not necessarily done away with mass play, for at least of the backs is chosen for his weight and ability to break the line. while by playing both ends on the side an extra man be used in line plunges The great change has been brought about by the ten-yard rule. Formerly the possession Of the ball the matter Of chief moment as 1t was frequently possible even against a strong opponent to carry the ball fifty or sixty yards for touchdown This cannot be done under this years rules by line bucking, and the more open style for gaining|. e., forward passes and quarterback kicks-can never be relied on for sure and consistent gains. since it affords the opponents nearly equal opportunity for securing the ball. In important contests. then, good kicker and a pair of fast ends absolutely necessary to keep ones own goal line from danger. and make scoring possible from blocked kicks muffed punts and field goals. The forward pass, while affording plenty of opportunity for open play, has been so carefully guarded by giving the op ponents the ball on the spot where the ball was passed in case the ball touches the ground before the end can get It, that teams will use 1t very little when the ball is in their territory. In important games, then, we may expect to with and then end run. and punting the third down whenever there is any doubt about gaining the required distance. When in the opponents territory may quarterback kicks for the backs to get, long passes to the covered by any after the ball strikes the ground and both teams following the ball closely In the hope of chance 10 score in case Of any mistake made by the adversary. The play under the rules IS somewhat faster than formerly, and the rule about taking out time seems to work well. Heavy men for the line are as necessary as ever, for to meet possible long pass or quarterback kick the defensive half must play much wider and fur ther back than formerly, thus leaving the line to meet line plays unsupported. The rule about outside kicks presents a great opportunity for accidents for, unless some one tries for g. fair catch. there is bound to be q wild scramble for the ball. in which there Is more danger than in any mass play. The for ward pass, too, presents some dangerous ele- | as he runs. and in that position hard tackle ! IS likely to result in serious injury. On the ! whole. however the game seems freer from la | bility to injury than formerly. The games on Saturday showed clearly that | the teams we’ll coached IN the plays made pos siole by the revised rules have distinct advaptage over those which are depending to a large | extent the old formations and methods in | advancing the ball. Harvard Princeton and | Cornell made free of trick plays and COM binations which so mystifed their opponents | that big scores were run up in short playing | periods. Yale and Pennsylvania had worthy op- | ponents, and small the result the | games being interesting contests in From now the leading elevens will find more trouble in running up big totals as the so-called practice games are almost over and the real championship struggle must begin. There Will be no midweek games of any i’m portance from now on, but the contests next Sat urday will furnish the best sport provided so far this season. with the Princeton Cornell game at the Polo Grounds the leading feature. Comparative scores misleading at best but rarely. II ever. have the dope” fends of foot ball found themselves In such maze as when they began to try to figure out, after Saturdays games, the relative strength of those teams which have met on the gridiron this year. How to reconcile some Of the scores is the puzzle Yale beat the Springfield Training School eleven on October 10. II to O. Harvard defeated the same team Saturday a. to o. Bowdoin held Harvard to a 10 to score on October g. while Cornell swamped the Maine colegians on saturday by 72 to 0. On this line Harvard is stronger than Yale. and Cornell towers over Harvard.

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  The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., October 24, 1906, page 7

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  GRIDIRON GOSSIP. Yale’s goal line does not bear The foot print OF an opposing player Carlisle Indians are going 10 use two sets Of backs in each Of their big games Sheble. who has been declared a failure at quarter back for Pennsylvania. played a star game last Saturdy. Cornell has the record score for col leges-72 to 0-against Bowdoin last Sat urday. Carlisle made s. in a contest early in the season. but it is not figured as a college. Michigan. 6. Ohio State University. O.. That score looks out of place some how. Last year it was A. 10 o. Michigan is not riding rough shOd over the smaller elevens this year Coach Bin Reid expects to put up a punting game when the Harvard team meets West Point next Saturday. Two years ago only a place kick kept Harward from being shut out at West Point. Little Hudson. the old dropkicker says that the new rules were made for the Indians. and that if Carlisle played Penn State on November I they would beat them – to O. Penn State beat Car Isle { 10 o. -AHHai 0AlS VIII GfSe the services tf Capt Spencer at least two weeks through the injury 10 one Of his knees, received IN the game with Lehigh last Saturday Fullback Northcroft is still unable Il take part in the practice scrimmages. New York. the biggest city in the country. gets the football game this year wor- thy the nar1e-Princeton and Cornell Columbia has put the game on the rack and the other colleges on the big island amount to nothing in the gridiron game The construction of 200 more seats for the YaIe-Harvard game. which was begun on Monday, viii bring the seating ca paCity of the Yale field up 10 about 31.o00. Evarts Wrenn. Of Chicago. for meTly of Harvard has been chosen umpire for the Yale-P Princeton game. and former Capt. Hackett of West Point viii be the referee. Yale may never give Penn State an other game Last Saturday the Pennsyl vanians engaged in smuggling and repeat eddy violated the rules The visitors kept the Yale eleven. and the spectator wait / ing half an hour in the pouring rain be / fore they came upon the field. and ut / satisfactory excuse was given for hold / ing up the game | iale cloSe cali from rem state las saturday resulted in a shake-up Of The / New Haven eleven. Chief among The / shifts was the moving Of the veteran | tackle. Bob Forbes, out to end and plac | ing Paige at left tackle Howard Jone. was sent to the second team, where -h’ must work MS way up TO the big eleven ! Another change was the dropping of Gil / lies from center and the substitution o. / Dunbar Brides has sapplanted Hocken ! berger at left guard. and is the perma nent choice for the place. Dimes, VII, / ran the team rather ineffectiveiy a ! times against Penn State. has been shift | ed to the third eleven. and Veeder. tn, | old quarter back. is again In that import / ant position. Tad Jones has recovere, ! from his injury and Joined the squad il ! practice this week

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 21, 1906, page 1

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  The lineup was as follows: BOWDOIN SWAMPED BY CORNELL PLAYERS Journal Special Service. Journal Special Service. ithaca, Oct. 20.-The Bowdoin foot this afternoon to play Cornell for the first time. Bowdoin held Harvard to two touchdowns and played Wesleyan a tie game. With this reputation the visitors appeared formidable and Cor nell s best eleven was matched against the visitors until score Of IS had been obtained. Then a scrub tearJ was put in. The contest ended with the largest score ever made by Cornell against a football team-72 to O. The contest was one long series Of long runs made by Cornell backfeld. y, %-<,

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1906, page 60

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  Cornell, re; Bowdoin, o. ITHACA. n. Y, October 20.-Cornell defeated Bowdoin in their foot ball game today by the score of – ito 0. The features We’re the long runs of the Cornell halfback Gibson, who often carried the bail over the goal line in five plays and less from the kickoff McCutcheon kicked a place goal in the first three minutes of play from the fifteen-yard line and c. r. Sailor made drop kick goal from the forty-yard line in the second half

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Cornell leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.