Williams at Cornell

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  The sun, New York, October 15, 1916, page 1

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  CORNELL STRENGTH CRUSHES WILLIAMS Ithacaps Batter New Eng landers Into Submission by ~ to 0 Score. SHIVERICK STAR OF GAME IrnAcA. y, Y, Oct. Cornell crushed Williams this afternoon by 4” to o. providing convincing evidence that another powerful football team is being developed at Ithaca this fall. The New EnElanders never threatened. They made only four hrst downs, three on for ward passes. O’Brien ran back a num- Der OF punts for ~ to % yards because Cornell ends were slow In getting down, but for the most part the Ithacans practical,y toyed with their opponents. The mighty Cornell rush line smeared Williams and paved the way for their own backs. Shiverick. Cornell’s clever quarterback. starred. making Il number OF brilliant runs. one of them for fifty yards. He was ably assisted in advance ing the bali by Benedict. while Mueller scored three ~touchdowns. Sensational runs by speed and Bretz. second string backs. sent In with a large number Of other sub in the last period. won great applause. Cornell displayed n punch by two straight drives down the field for touch downs. That the lthacans also follow the ball closely was demonstrated when Mueller picked out or tie air a jugsled ball and ran fifteen yards for a touch down. Again when Jewett blocked O’Brien’s punt ~ the goal line Fisher fei, IN 4. for n touchdown. The lineup /:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 15, 1916, page 1

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  CORNELL ROMPS TO A VICTORY OVER WILLIAMS Red and White Eleven Shows Great Offensive Power Shiverick Stars Ithaca, n. Y, Oct. 14.-The Cornell football machine worked in all perfecton here this afternoon, moving down the Williams defence in easy fashion and winning by score of ~ to 0. There was evidence of great power j. the offensive play, though poor wo by the ends married the showing of Il Red and White. Captain Mueller contributed three the six touchdowns before the scru was sent into the fray in the third period by the coaches. Fritz Shiverick was star for the winners in ground gaining. Benedict made some fine end runs. but did not get in the scoring. Straight football was used for the first three scores. Then Jewett broke through the Williams line and blocked kick which Fisher, a sub guard, carried over the goal line for a touch. down. In The last quarter Speed and Bretz got off some spectacular runs which converted long marches down the field into tallies. The line-uD follows:

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Cornell leads 13–⁠5–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the six since this game.