Chicago at Cornell

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  New-York tribune, November 13, 1910, page 11

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  CORNELL ROUTS CHICAGO IthaCans Play Sterling Game Against Maroon Eleven. SEAGRAVE A STAR AT END Windy City Team Makes Hard Fight Against Fast Work Of Big Red Team. ithaca, “. Y. Nov. 12-Corneu treated the six thousand spectators assembled to witness the game with Chicago on Percy Field this afternoon to an exhibition of real football and defeated the Maroon eleven by the score Of IS TO Q. At no time during the contest was the Red and White goal line in danger. although on a couple of attempts Chicago came close 10 scoring goals from the field Cornell executed plays with more accuracy than in any previous game this season. and the individual tackles were on the whole successful. The regulars played up TO expectations, and the backfeld was strong on offence and defence The his torical weak point in Cornell football, in reference, was not a target for criticism this afternoon. 1t was apparent that Reed workouts of the past week had accomplished their result As the end of the contest approached substitutes were sent into many of the positions on the Red and White team Gass relieved Butler in the last period and made his debut into varsity football In the first play he caught punt by Crawley on the Cornell 5G-yard line, and with the aid of well directed interference by Sea grave and Champaign he ran sixty yards for touchdown. which he topped off by kicking goal Early in the second half Butler bedecked himself with laurel by making the first score of the game. He made a short kick off TO Wilson. who punted forty-five yards to Bates. Line bucks brought the ball 10 midfield. where the first trick play netted a small gain for SiNson- Rogers received a punt on Chicago’s 25-yard line and returned it to Butler on CorneI’s 4n-yard mark Aided BY splendid Interference by Sea grave and Weekes, Butler ran seventy yards for a touchdown, from which Simson kicked goal On the resumption OF play Cornell made several gains around Chicago’s left end. 4 successful double pass-O’Connor TO Bates 10 Seagrave-took the ball TO Chicago’s 10 ward line. The Maroons rescued the oval on downs and punted TO midfeld- \ series of rushes through Chicago’s left side took the ball to the 6-yard line as the quarter ended With the ball in the shadow of the posts Cornell opened the last period with goal from placement by Butler Punts were exchanged. and when the ball reached the 10-yard mark Butler again sent It between the posts. The final score was made by Gass. who made a clever race for a touchdown.

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  Arizona republican, Phoenix, Ariz., November 13, 1910, page 1

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  BIGGEST DAY IN FOOTBALL Annual Games Played Al Many Points CORNELL ENDS CHICAGO TIE Yale Puts It Over the Hitherto Invincible Tigers = Stanford Crushed by the Berkeleyites Dartmouth No Match for Harvard. CORNELL ENDS CHICAGO TIE Ithaca, n. Y, Nov. 12-Cornell today decisively broke the twO-year tie of to with the University of Chi cago. The final score was: Cornell, IS; Chicago, 0. The inter sectional game was the most exciting of the season. A series of triple passes, double forward passes and fake punts were pulled off with the accuracy Of clockwork and the Cornell players clearly showed their superiority as the game progressed. Quarterback Butler of Cornell, who went in during a third of the period, made a great showing and soon scored a touchdown, lodging through from the 35-yard line. Later Gass replaced Butler and received a punt on Cornelrs 45-yard line and ran through the field behind splendid interference for the last touchdown. He kicked his own goal.

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 13, 1910, page 1

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  CORNELL BLANKS CHICAGO |Two-Year Tie Broken by Eighteen to Nothing Score. HOME TEAM Is SUPERIOR ALWAYS series Of Triple PhHsen, Double For werk with Regularity of ClOckwork. CORNELL CHICAGO HOME TEAM IS SUPERIOR ALWAYS ITHACA, ~ Y, Nav 12-Cornen today |decisively broke its two-year tie Of s 10 with Chicago university. The final score was Cornell, IS, Chicago, o. The lnter-sectional game was the most excit- ‘ing OF the season. A season Of triple passes, double forward passes and fake |of clock work, and the Cornell players clearly showed their superiority as the game progressed. Quarterback Butler Of Corrlell. who went ‘in during the third period, made a great Showing and son made a touchdown, lodging through from the thirty-five-yard line. Later Gass replaced Butler and re |ceiving q punt on Cornells forty five-yard lime ran through the field behind splendid for the last touchdown. He kicked his own goal. I The Lineup

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  Los Angeles herald, November 13, 1910, page 16

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  CORNELL BREAKS TIE AND DEFEATS CHICAGO Game Proves Exciting, and Many Fancy Plays and Passes Are introduced ITHACA, N. Y, Nov. 12.-Cornell today decisively broke it’s two-year tie of 6 to with, the University of Chi cago. The final score was Cornell Is, Chicago 0. The intersectional game was the most exciting of the season. A series of triple passes, double forward passes and fake punts were pulled off with the accuracy of clockwork and the Cor nell players clearly showed their SUI periority as the game progressed. Quarterback Butler of Cornell, who went in during the third period, made great showing and soon scored a touchdown, lodging through from the 35-yard line. Later Gass replaced But Ter and received punt on Cornells 45-yard line, ran through the field behind splendid interference for the last touchdown. He kicked his own goal. The lineup at the start was:

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Chicago leads 2–⁠1–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.