Princeton at Cornell

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  New-York tribune, New York, October 27, 1907, page 10

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  VICTORY FOR CORNELL TIGERS GET SURPRISE. Princeton Beaten IN Hard Fought Struggle on GridUOn. The game was fairly won the Tigers proved weak on the defence and their offence failed 10 gain As il expected 10 against CoiIIel . stubborn resistance Neither team could score in the first half. In the second half Cornell started with rush ana determination that would not be denied right ing stubbornly. desperately, but unaValllngly, the heavy Princeton line was forced back yard bv ward by Walders fierce smashes and Mccall lies brilliant rushes until the one-yard hhe was reached. Here Captain Mccormick called on the Orange and Black eleven to hold. and the team replied with all the strength it possessed Nc CaIlie was hurled into the line, but WIN lhe strains Of Old Nassau ringing IN thelr ears rHe Tigers met the play. There was grinding Vi body against body and then the WaVerlhS mass of players fell. When il was untansled II was seen that McCallie had gained only a few inches Then Gardner. the Cornell quaIterpack’ calIeu on Walder for the final. supreme effort Crouching low, the mighty Walder sprahg al The line with the whole weight of the Cornell team behind him Again Princeton met the charge. again the two lines strained and strusgled, neither apparently gaining or Eleiuiils Again the mass FELL but this time Walder mad rroved 100 strong. He had lunged across the line and Cornell had scored Pandemonium inadequately describes what followed in the Cornell stands. The followers of the big Red team went wild with Joy raornent later when Walder sent the plgskin squarely between the posts and over the parS’ making the score Cornell 6, Princeton o. the Cornell undergraduates went wild again Princeton was DSluB OlAIldsSu’ ‘AfhN’ A~‘played hut the Tiger was not yet beaten. Inc team went back into the game with even more determination. HARLAN and Head were iaAeH out and replaced by Tibbot and orr. Inc ball was kicked off again, and then followed the fercest playing of the day. The princeton INe went AT Cornell with unequalled fierCeness’ ana Cornell met it in the same spirit. 1t was play ing of the hardest sort, but it was clean Work by both teams Princeton was again forced back. and. with ba- ard II looked like another touchdown for Cornell, but instead OF refving on Walder and McCallie 10 take the pan over the line Gardner signalled for lor”aFu pass. An Orange and Black clad player was on It in q fash, and Cornell 5 claIce 10 SCole 79iIi’ was forever gone. Then the old Princeton spirit, the old Prince ton fighting blood. showed itself. The Ilgers would rot acknowledge defeat The playing grew more determined than ever With the Princeton enthusiasts wildly calling for touch down and the Comedians yelling 10 hold them Eddie” Dillon began driving his team as Princeton eleven has seldom been driven II was Greek meeting Greek. But slowly the tide of battle ebbed into Cornell territory. Standing on his own 20-yard line Walder at tempted TO punt out of danger. Back went the ball TO his outstretched arms, but like fash a Princeton player smashed through the line, and blocked the kick, the ball rolling toward the Cornell goal line n tantalizing fashion. There was q wild scramble for IT, but Booth. the big eted pigsfin over the line at the extreme end Of the field ana Princeton had scored. The angle was such that II made the try for goal difficult and Princeton supporters groaned Phillips lailed in tho attempt. and left the score Cornell. g. Princeton. 3. The Tigers hadn’t finished. though. Back they went into the game with renewed determination but t..e’- efforts were unavailing, although Cor nell got bad scare when Tibbot heeled d kick on Cornell’s 43-yard line. NcCormark tried for from, ,,1ac the ball having plenty Of height and distance but the wind detected II and 1t missed the posts by five feet. Just at the end the Tigers were forcing the play, but the end came too soon for !. Princeton. n Walder was the particular star Of the game He played a good defensive game and his line smashing was splendid. McCaH!e also pIaved brilliantly Tor Cornell Gardner ran the team well. Captain Mccormick, Tibbot, Wister and Eddie Dillon did the best work for the Tfparq Harlan punted well, but was not up to his 15sIIaI form on offensive work in carving the ha1l The work Of O’Rourke. the big Cornell guard. was excellent He was in every play and tackled like a fend. The game was narred somewhat byy +bo fro quent imposition Of penalties, Cornell suffering most in this way. Princeton worked the for ward pass occasionally 10 great advantage, but on the whole the play was not successful Cor nell also pulled off several clever forward masses one Of them netting more than twenty wards and being partly responsible for her touchdown. There were at least fourteen thousand persons packed IN the stands on Percy Field when the game was called. Three thousand Of these were Cornell undergraduates, who marched 10 the field in a body, headed by a band The Princeton undergraduates were five hundred strong The cheering was splendid Neither Side let up for a moment, and enthusiasm seemed fairly 10 radiete from the stands DETAIL OF THE PLAY. Cornell won the toss and decided to let Prince Neither eyagp ing, and a kicking duel between Waldar and Harlan followed. The ends We’re down the field under punts well and gave the backs little chance 10 rush the ball back. Walder and Nc Cormick both made several good gains on cross bucks and Read and McCallie got in an occasiOnal clever run around the end. After an exchange Of punts Princeton got the ball on her 15-yard line. Harlan a fake kick dashed through a broken field for twelve yards. After another exchange OF punts Dillon caught one Of Walder’s long kicks and dashed back twenty three yards. The Princeton plays were smashed dp, however, by O’Rourke, who was playing a brilliant game breaking through and tackling the Tiger backs behind the line. Toward the end Of the half Captain Cook was hurt and had give way Lynch. The half ended with Princeton in possession Of the ball her own 1S-yard line. What advantage there rested with the Cornell eleven. Princeton supporters were confident however, during the intermiSson that their team would win. and some betting was done at even money. Cosgrove kicked off to Read at the beginning of the second half and after an Intellectual line smash Mccormick punted. Earle woke up the Cornell stands by lodging past Wister for seven yards. The yelling deafening when Walder smashed through for a first down on the Tigers 30-yard lire. After Booth threw McCalie for loss forward pass to Earle was successful, and il was CornelTs ball on the Tigers l2-vard line. Walder hit right tackle like cyclone and stopped on Princeton’s S-vard line TIara

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  The evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 28, 1907, page 1

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  Princeton Bows to Cornell and Penn Is Overwhelmed by Indians. W y ALE alone Of the big colleges was consistent in Saturdays football. N The Ellis walloped Villanova sound ly. For three of the leaders the day brought startling revulsions of feeling. Princeton, dreaming only of the size of her victory, sustained a singing defeat, and Cornell. saddened by the outcome of the State game. proved its nerve by rally ing from the defeat, and downing one of the best elevens In the country. Penn, banking on great names to mean a great team, suffered a crushing humiliation at the hands of Carlisle. Harvard won a vic tory that was only a step removed from defeat-a 80 score over Springfield Train ing School being a lame showing for a team that must meet the Ellis. What, then, will be the result Of the Princeton Carlisle game TO be played at the Polo Grounds: New York, next Saturday? Cornells fine victory over the Tigers came to the football world in general as even a greater shock than the humiliation of Pennsylvania at the hands of the In dams. The reason for this is In the marked difference In the athletic relationships exlisting between Cornell and Princeton and that between Pennsylvania and Carlisle. The Indians were never part OF a following made up of lovers of good football and or. the sporting public generally-that public that rejoices in a spectacular victory or a courageously played game by any instltuition which, bound by no historic rivalrles, finds its opponents where 1t may and deals with them according to the needs of the hour. But CornelPs position in the athletic world is naturally far different from that of the plucky redskins, and the success or failure of the Ithacans affects all other colleges of equal rank in matters other CLANS point Of view. Thereupon it easily follows that Cornell’s football future is a matter of great interest to the college football world. The manner Of the Ithacans’s triumph over the orange and black demonstrated moro forcibly than ever before that there is a school of football up York state, a system” III Il word, always to be reckoned with. This system Is quite lacking In in durable faults. and that is what makes il a factor to be reclSoned with. 1t remains to be seen II Cornell will go on aud eradicato the few remaining faults in Its sys- TEN. or will fall back again and continue In the path of numerous defeats and semi occasional victories. oddly enough, Saturdays game was more prolific in lessons for the victor than for the Yanquished. Princeton’s faults were largely individual, the Tigers excel lences almost solely those of a well-drilled eleven showed that 1t had been finely coached. but that certain of her men upon whom 50 much work had been lavlshed, were far from being apt pupils. 1t is not intended by this to detract from the work of their opponents, by whom they were outplayed. These opponents, however, showed faults tlHL ktDI Inpm from 1DinR even more damage to Nassau. Cornelfs theory Of offcnse and defense is excellent. The plays are well devised. the defensive system capably planned. There is at present no more formidable formation for tackle smashes. cross bucks and cross bucks with the so-called snlit off. to be found among the colleges. The formation OF the interference, far end runs and far dashes by the quarterback. e%yentuates In o solid wall of interferers that would puzzle any defensive end or back. But. while the men find their places quickly and the players fast, the opposing end too often nails the runner, for the simple reason that the interferers are lack ing In certain elementary knowledge Of the permitting the opposing end to hold them off at arms length until he selects an onening through which to make his tackle. The individuals forming the interference do not go into their opponents hard enough and low enough. Nor is one Of the men willing to put himself out of the in reference in order to put the opposing end out. Even if two men had TO be sac fficed TO put the end out of the play. there would be enough left to maintain n very dangerous interference for the man with the ball. Brown and Wister. Of Princeton. nailed their men again and again, when. lind the interferera used better head work indi- ViduallY, the scheme of the play was good enough to yield a good adyauce II is Just IN this fine individual coaching that Cornell is lacking at present. ZAEdIu- thtklltE III AiHdfb – u leki art The men tackle high when they tackle al all. But In preference they knock their man off his feet through the sheer force Of IMPACT and fail on him later. This method shook MP the none too heavy Princeton half backs so that II was Sue c~essful. but against more rugged ground gamers It is hardly as good az the old fashioned, hard. diving tackle. Old foot hall men were astonished when they learned that the tackling dummy was brought into use for the first time last week. They were more astonished when Cornell undergraduates told them that the team had done ever so much poorer tack ling against Pennsylvania State than against Princeton. Such are the fundamental faults in Cor nelrs play which absolutely must be %eradicated If the Cornell coaching system is to line up to Its very great possibilities. Cornell’s may be forgiven some Of their poor marks in the light Of the fact that they are not varsity calibre naturally. The same applies to Gardner, the Cornell quarterback. who IS naturally a poor field general and whose mark Is mediocre at best.

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 30, 1907, page 7

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  FOOTBALL UPSETS AND COMING GAMES The Carlisle Indians One Of Greatest Teams on Gridiron This Year. SURPRISE FOR PRINCETON Defeat by Cornell is Beneficial for Indian Gane-Other Coming Games. SURPRISE FOR PRINCETON The football world is still rnarveling at the upscts In last Saturdays games. several Of which came as tremendous surprise to those who follow the game closely. The decisive defeat OF the University OF Pennsylvania by the lighter eleven from the Carlisle Indian School. and the triumph of Cornell over Princeton excite most wonder. In the Judgment of critics, the defeats Will do both Princeton and Pennsylvaria much good in Informing them OF their weaknesses In advance OF their great games next month. The Indians were known to have a wonderfully fast and gritty team, and one composed OF veterans, who have had scientific and strategic football ground into them for years by Glen Warner. one of the most original reaoutceful and successful coaches that ever handled a team. The Triumph OF the indians was victory for Warner, who really ranks ahead OF the much touted “Hurry-up” Yost. of Michigan. and tho equally advertised a. “a Stagg, Of the University OF Chicago. 1t is true that many OF the Indian team have been playing for years, and have learned the game in hard battles with the strongest clevens OF til East, the -A’u’1S w anu Vic TdT w sSt. Exendine,’ Luho, Bowen, Hendricks. Schouchuk, Hendricks and others are gridiron veterans. there being no eli. gibility rules at tho Indian school. Houser. the fullback. who made q brill liant reputation in this game has played for several years on the Has kell Indian team. Triumph for COaci, Warner. The endurance, the neetness and the brilliant coaching OF the Carlisle team place them in class by themselves. Then. too, their season began earlier, and the eleven has attained nearer til c maturity of its powers than. perhaps, any other on the gridiron. But above nll this. the genius and the patient work of Warner shone in every play. Their defense was swift. compact and we’ll nigh perfect. their offense was a merging of strategy and speed and splendid organization. The victory OF the team is the most striking exempiiilcation OF the effect of the new rules in elimlmating mere avoirdupois and Drawn as the de, isive factor in the game. and in putting a premium upon alertness. celebrity OF movement and real strategy. Tie big four” or the big SIX” has become thing OF the past. The fast i’ve” is likely to be the designation OF the best teams at the close of the season. Pennsylvania had not been coached In the fine points of the game. nor Sc perfected In its play and the Indians aasily got away with the forward pass IS. delayed passes and oIl-side Kicks and all the other clever movements for advancing the bail. The slow, bulky Penns;sivanians could not cope with the last combination. They were bewilaered by the variety and brilliancy OF the Indian play. With the sam. for. nation for forward pass. end runs delayed passes and other plays ths Indians kept Pennsylvania guessing and before they could solve the play the runner had gotten the ball and was away with II. Tho score was “a to 6 in CarlIsle’s favor, or two points better than the 1906 score. PrincctOn’s Fa;,ltn shown. In the Corneli-Princeton game tbs 1thacans had ascertained their weak ness in their defeat by Pennsylvania State College. To 6. Hard work hat been had to strengthen the weak points played no really formidable team unit she met Cornell. and was asleep to he, weaknesses. Now the Tigers arr aroused, and when they meet Carlisle next Saturday they are going to make a far better showing than they did q week ago. The Indians may defeat Princeton and probably will. but the Orange ant Black will present a vastly stronger team when they meet the Indians. ant may be able to wipe out che Cornel stigma by winning from Carlisle. II any event. this game is going to be /. hard test of Princeton’s defense. and will be valuable to them IN the com ing game with Yale. the climax OF thu Nassau season. The experts declare that Princeton, ends and the entire back-field are fas and fully up to the best standards O any team, but that the line is weak Last Saturday the big guard. McFay den, was not in the line. and the gains were chiefly made through the MAJ who displaced him. When McFaydel went in the gains through the lin, stopped. The game clearly demon strated that the Princeton line wa slow, defensively. and far from fas or strong in offense. There will b. hard work at Princeton all this wee!; and the spies who saw the Cornell game will work hard to teach tn

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  Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., October 27, 1907, page 1

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  PRINCETON NO MATCH FOR CORNELL ITHACANS WIN AFTER SPECTACULAR STRUGGLE Pennsylvania, After Weak and NerveIess Exhibition, Goes Down to Defeat Before Car Isle Indians; Other Games. TBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire ! Ithaca. N. Y. Oct. 26.-Cornells victory over Princeton today by a score of 6 to 5. will go dow in Cor nells football annals as the most remarkable gridiron struggle in the his tory of Percy field, The first half. in which neither scored, was a continual punting duel between Walder for Cor nell and Harlem for Princeton, in which the Cornell man had the deeided advantage. At no time during the spectacular struggle in the half did the ball APP proach near enough to either goal than the five-yard line. Walder was responsible for the only Cornell touchdown and clinched the victory for the Ithacans by kicking the goal. The Princeton score was a fluke. Walder was blocked on a punt on the twenty-yard line. and the ball rolled to the very corner of the gridiron, where Booth pounced IN it. To many of the spectators 1t appeared as though The ball had gone out OF bounds. Phillips failed to kick the goal.

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Princeton leads 54–⁠30–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.