Cornell at Chicago

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 23, 1911, page 1

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  ON COLLEGE GRID|RONS Cornell Team, or Better, Some OF the Players, HarShIy Scored. WHAT AN ALUMNUS SAYS Overconfidence Blamed for the Defeat at Hands of the Chicago Eleven. OF the players on the eleven in the game with Chicago last Saturday, when the team from Ithaca was beaten by a score OF s to o. An aumuus. who lives in this city, unburdens his mind in letter TO the Sporting Editor as follows: 1t was not pleasing to those Cornell men who travelled 10 Chicago to see their eleven beaten when everything pointed TO VIC tory, but il was numliaung TO watch tne attitude of some Of the players. ChlcaBo Is 10 be congratulated for so nicely admlhistering defeat TO opponents whose very pose on the grdron was an insult Cornell had every requisite win WhlcH 10 beat Chicago by large score but the most essential one-determination. Determinaton was 9bsOg ty IaG S5 IN T mshg game was thought TO be sailed away 1or the Ithacans. and after that. when defeat had come, IL was case OF what ala IL matter Graudstand playing feature that has always been so uoticably absent from Cor nell teams I’m the past was the most salient feature last Saturday. series of cOntinu- Gus smiles 10 the grandstand when the plays should have brought forth tears and disgraCcful levity and carelessness marked the attitude Of some of the players. Seldom has Cornell coach surveyed better football material than did Dan Reed az the beginning OF the present season and in the opening game with Allegheny the results justified the confidence Three successive Victories did not beittle the prospect Of the encounter with Penn state. bat that defeat spurred the men on until Williams almost conquered the enornous amount Of cVerconfdence which Cor nell carried on the held that day. Inc team however. recovered in time to shut out Michigan. but during the week folloving this accomplishment some of the players became so ridCulOuSlN overconiident so unfoUndedly cOncetted and headY. that Chicago’s winning was the natural result. MANY of Cornel’s men should be protectcd. however. from the criticism which few attract to 1.-THE team. Eyrlch, whose second play of the game Had it been possible for him TO remain, II Is possible that his efforts might have reversed the result, but when IL becomes necessary LOT tiTee-quarters Of the men TO do the Work Of football team. injuries naturally resuit Jess Whytc is now out of the game FOR the year. and Eyrich will not be on the field for several DAYS Captain Munk O’ROurke and Mum were always alive 10 the situation. and O’COnncT and X. B. Whyte did their best to play all four posilions on the backheld, a hopeless task when command was vested i’m another. Varying degrees of seif-coniidence and con .cit pbscSscl the rest of the regulars and even after leaving Chicagos training quarters no thought Of the enormlty OF their offences or disgrace of defeat seemed 20 impress the worst Offenders Wmie the rest Of the team appeared 10 be on the verge Of collapse. Dan Reed. who has struggled over the men for more than two months, deserves nor can one question his ability lie has a huge task before him 10 weed out the team and 70 train the men who replace those who may be disposed Of. This he can do. however. and the alumni who piued him last Saturday will rejoice with him on Thanksgiving Day. It seems unfortunate that Cornell should be suffering from overconfdence with the Pennsylvania game at hand and that any Of the players should i’ve open 10 such a bitter indictment. further Indication Of the feeling is cleaned from an editorial In The Cornell Daily Sun” which says under the caption desperate Measures Cure Desperate Cases: If confidence is half the battle, what is CverContdence? In Cornells case il was the loss Of a game which by all natural bases Of comparison should have been decisive victory From the time Michigan came to Ithaca TO be defeated, the uni Norsity and the team had been so permeated with “A belief in CCTnclIS inVulnerahllity that interest i’m the Chicago game had become a question of total score The coaches scented trouble and reminded the players that n might he as well to meet Chicago before chalking up the final hepreS lut 10 no avail An oyorcop .fdent team. encouraged 10 believe itself all-pOwerful by overConhdent undergraduates, became demoralized when opposed by uneX- TeCttd strength Despite the lesson Of saturday. II IS Just possible that some benghted patriot will 49,, c,l b 0,r’r’ lo” “ i”I p ~ and Cornell scores against Michigan. As cure for such diseases that Chicago wat wi ,hd m ‘Sn1,a ~ US IhCG ne had 10 fan eventually should lose it’s CON Sei{ eeIoIe tse MAJ game. Tor II CoTneI the team would have deemed the season finished. II will take $1,000 20 repair tho damage done 10 Tale Field by last Saturdays foot han game AS the eridirop win lavo 70 no -esodded To avoid trouble in the future q corps OF men will boein work ON a now university ,ridiron on the land roccntiv r.Yrosaeed oprosite vale t,ield This viii Ie roeodd,d and usod for future rractice 10 ,to ,,,,i,..,.si,,. s,,,ad so that tho roc,Iar -, -..,. ~ d., Co... oo,,o,, ..,a o. -. g.. ~. 81 - ~. - “a 20 INC ., -No we” -, - 40 $50 ‘o’ ‘--0 anu US 80 49, - -. thIee l’,o1S’i.u ‘‘Ny’s ‘,’u drop.kickers Tor the season with eight

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 19, 1911, page 47

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  TWO PLACE KICKS WIN FROM CHICAGO Maroons Play Remarkable Game, Defeating Cornell by Score Of to o. special TO The Ilmes-piSpatCh Chicago. November is.-Playing the most remarkable game in rhe long rivalry OF the two institutions, the University of Chicago football team defeated the Cornell warriors by the score OF 20 to-day. a place kick b. Horace Scruby. from the twenty ward line in the second quarter, and aaother from hfteen-yard line In the third period tell the tale. Chicago sprang one OF the greatest surprises % the season BY outplaying the Big Red team practically the entire time. Cornclls attack was more powerful tran Chtcagos only in the first quarter. The Maroons gained speed every minute. and played in Cornell terri tory most of the time, in the latter stages. Scruby. Kennedy and Sauer were the individual stars for Chicago while Paine. Pierce. Kassuiker. Car penter and Rademachcr gained laurels The game was largely field goals. and field goal attempts composed the majority OF the scoring efforts. Butler attempted to score by the air route SIX times. but his booting went wide. Cornelis weakness was a big jolt for even 1thacas fans. O’Connor, r. Whyte. Underhiil and Butler tore off short gains and sometimes showed brilliant form. a fluky play In the third quarter placed Cornell on Chicag o’s one-yard line. but the Maroons held. and held ear their own goal on two other &C. cas!ons. Stages defense approached the “stonewall” brand. The lineup: Chicago. Position. Cornell. Eassulker ....left end. -. Lawrence Eademacher left tackle...... Hunk Goddard ....lett guard. 80. ORourke whiting .centre...... J. Whyte Scruby $3.50. right guard. -. NUNS Carpenter fright tackle. Champaign Coettler ....right end. ....... Fritz Paine $500. quarter back. Butler Sauer ....left half back. O’Conncr Kennedy right half back. Fl. Whyte Pierce ...... .fullback. $50. Undcrhill Referee. Hackett. West Point. I’m pire. Wrenn. Harvard. Field Judge, F’lager. Northwestern. Head Linesman, F:sterline. Purdue.

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  The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., November 20, 1911, page 1

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  CHICAGO D0WNED Y0ST’S GIANTS Cornell Lost to Maroons- Result of the Game Was a Surprise Chicago. Nov. 1S.-Cornell, the con. ! queror Of Michigan’s scoring machine, went down to defeat today before Chi. cago 6 to 0. Cornell put up a plucky fight. how. ever. never for an instant failing in q Kennedy. Sauer and Paine. with a stiff line of defense, augmented by Scruby’e unfailing boot, that won the game fol- Chicago. Cornell had only one chance to score. The ball was on Chicago’s one yard line then. but the Maroons held like a stone wall. A cold raw wind blew in from the west. but failed to subdue h spirit of the crowd. Kennedy. a substitute for the Ma rooms, was the undoing of the red aggregation in the second period Of one Of the most fiercely contested football games seen here. With the ball on cornell’s 4o-yard line Kennedy scudded through a broken field for 20 yards. The effort brought five thousand individual playing has not been seer In Chicago since days Of Eckersall and Steffen. The game started off with the ball in the center Of the gridiron. a confusion Of men. tense and alert, r” -”~” 90” h snap back. After Q series Of punts and attempts at for .,.--ss, Chicago Exaggerated an end-around play. 1t budded. but did bloom. Cornell nipped 1t. Munns, O’Rourke and Fritz smashing through Chicago’s interference and breaking up all possibility Of advancement. There ensued an interchange Of punts, a chance at the W swing Of the forward pass. end runs galore and then straight football. After Ken nedy came in he was given ample OPP portunity to prove his prowess, and he did. Chicago won all the way. Its line was impregnable: its offense rcmarka- BILE. The Maroons constituted a great fighting unit.

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Chicago leads 2–⁠1–⁠2 in five meetings.