Cornell at Pennsylvania

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 27, 1914, page 3

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  CORNELL VICTORIOUS CORNELL VICTORIOUS OVER PENN. a&nne Loosely Played-5oth Teams Made Costly FumbIes-seore 24 to 12. Philadelphia, Nov. 26.-Cornen de- feated the University of Pennsylvania in their annual game on Franklin field here today by the score of 24 to 12 in an interesting but loosely played contest. The Quakers gave the Itha- cans a bad scare in the third period when, with score 10 to 0 against them, the form they had shown and before the New Workers could recover their quilibrium the home eleven had forg- ed to the front, 12 to 10. Pennsylvania, however did not hold this lead long for Cornell again put it’s scoring ma- chine in motion and when the period had ended the visitors had the ad- vantage, r to 12. On the form the two teams have shown recently Cornell was looked up- ing the lead from Cornell to Penn sylvania and then back to the Ithaca team again threw lot of life into the game and gave the supporters of each side a good chance to cheer. Cornell did not play with the smooth penalties costing her the loss of much ground The visitors showed the pow CT of being able to score, however, and barring the fuInbles, was seldom stop ped in their progress. Forward passes greatly aided the Pennsylvania team in scoring it’s two touchdowns, in fact the Quakers over head playing in this respect was as l fine as has been seen here this sea- son. | Barrett played a wonderful game for Cornell. He contributed r of Cor ne1Ps A points and stopped many ot Pennsylvania’s plays. Cornell Scored Field Goal. Cornell scored a field goal in the 1 first period. The Ithacans secured the ball in midffeld m an exchange of kicks and worked it to Pennsylvania s 13 yard line where the home team held. Barrett then dropped back and kicked l an easy field goal. After the kick off Cornell worked the ball to near mid passes and a line play put the ball down on Pennsylvania’s twelve yard | line when the perior ended. Score: Cornell 3, Pennsylvania 0. Philippi, who took HilPs place. fum- 1 bled at the opening of the second pe- vania’s Il yard mark. Pennsylvania l failed to make any depression against CornelPs line and punted to Cornell s 40 yard line. Then Cornell resorted to straight hard line plunging and car cied the ball to a touchdown by Bar rett. Shuler. kicked the goal. For the remainder of the period the ball see sawed up and down the field. Fea- lures of the period were a A y9rd pass Shuler to Shelton; a Cornell touch down that was not allowed because of an illegal forward pass and a try at field goal by Barrett. which was block ed. IT. this period also Cornell was penalized 35 yards, half the distance to her goal line for illegal substitutions. Score: Cornell 10, Pennsylvania o. Penn Strong in Third Period. Pennsylvania showed real football ability in the third period and had the power to score two touchdowns. Get l ting the ball on her own fl yard line on punt, Pennsylvania carried it steadily down the field on line plunges and end plays until it was 15 yards from the Cornell goal. Here Avery, playing for Tucker, shot a forward pass to Merrill, who tumbIed across the goal for touchdown Russell failed to kick the goal. Forward passes gave Pennsylvania 1 her second touchdown. Getting the ball l on Cornell’s 45 yard line, Pennsylva- | mia by forward pass and line plunging 1 worked the ball to Cornelrs Il yard llI1S- I1SI0 avery uldOe d perfect TOT l ward pass to Rooms, who caught the l ball as he dashed over the goal line and put Pennsylvania in the lead | Avery failed at goal. A few minutes later Cornell again 1 went in front. Taking a punt on his own 45 yard line, Barrett ran through the Pennsylvania team for 55 yards and a touchdown, making the score Cornell IT, Pennsylvania 12. Brilliant forward passes helped Penn sylvania to carry the ball in the last period from her own 30 yard line to Cornel1’s 28 yard mark, when it was lost. A S5 yard run by Collins helped Cornell to advance the ball to Penn sylvania’s 38 yard line. The Ithacans smashed the ball to the 15 yard mark where Pennsylvania held. Cornell then lost the ball on an unsuccessful try at field goal by Barrett. Penn sylvania worked the ball to her own 45 yard line where she lost it on downs. Then Cornell plugged Penn eylvania’s line again for another touchdown. Philippi carried it over and Barrett kicked the goal. Lineup and summary: Cornell 24 Pennsylvania 12 Left end

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 27, 1914, page 7

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  Cornell Defeats Pennsy In Annual Game 24–⁠12 Quakers Come Back Strong in Second Period, Scoring Two Touchdowns- -khacans Line Outplays Rivals. Barrett Kicks Well make the man pass the ball As 1t was. Avery could take all the time he wanted and pick his man to pass to. Penn certainly came back strong IN the second period. and by series OF forward passes scored two touchdowns in the thISd quarter which gave them the lead to 10. Poor generslship by Cornell was partly responsible for one Of these touchdowns. as Cornell tried a forward pass in its own territory which was intercepted by Penn who later scored. Soon after the two scoreb. Barrett caught a Penn punt and ran II back for a touchdown. Penn showed up badly on this play. poor tackI.ag down the field letting Barrett get his start. although Cornell had good interference play. Penn Gets Desperate. The fourth period was a toss between the two teams. Penn tried desperately to score by the forward pass route and almost succeeded. n the last few min utes the tide turned in favor of Cornell and the Ithacans scored against straight football before final whistle. Cornell was wocfully weak in the passing in the second half and Penn seemed to be able to gain at will I’m this way. The Cornell back field could not seem to figure out the Penn passes and generally did the wrong thing. 1t was an exciting game to watch and full Of thrills for the spectators Lineup and SUMMARY

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 27, 1914, page 7

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  PENN DEFEATED BY CORNELL ELEVEN Philadelphia, November 26.-CorneIl defeated Pennsylvania 24 to 12 today In their anual game, which was an in- teresting but loosely played contest. The Quakers gave the Ithacans a bad scare In the third period when. with the score 10 to O against them, the Pennsylvanians suddenly reversed form. Before Cornell could recover the home eleven had forged to the front, 12 to 10. Cornell then put It’s scoring machine in motion again and at the end of the period had tho advantage 1T to 12. Cornell had been looked upon as an easy winner but did not play with the | smoothness that was expected, fumbles and penalties costing her much ground The visitors showed scoring power however. and barring the fumbles sell dom were stopped in their progress. Forward passes greatly aided Penn sylvania in scoring it’s two touchdowns Barrett contributed IT of Cornelrs 2f points and stopped many of Pennsyl- vania’s plays.

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Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.