Show pennsylvania AND FAIL TO SCORE exciting contest closed with penn sylvania syl vanla fighting desperately to ward off defeat nov 29 with the ball within one yard of the home teams goal line the annual game between pennsylvania and comell football on Fr sankin field today came to an end without either side being able to score the of the I 1 contest with pennsylvania desperately to ward on defeat was as sensational a piece of football play as has been seen on the red and blue gridiron in a long time cornell twice had the ball in those last few within one yard of pennsylvanian Pennsyl line and victory appeared to be certain but Pennsylvania men held her each time by a defense that was as imberg as it was sensational there were but a few minutes of time left when hollenback for pennsylvania kicked against the wind to the home teams 46 yard line where a bomell man got the ball two line plays and a quarterback kick put the ball on pennsylvanian Pennsyl 15 yard line in corneals Cor nells possession here the ith secured a forward pass hollen back intercepted the pass but was unable to hold the ball and van orman for cornell tell on its even yards from pennsylvanian Pennsyl goal two plays against tackle and comell wa was s on the 1 yard line it seemed as if nothing could stop her but on the boxt plunge into the allne pennsylvania men held and cornell dropped in her tracks it was then pennsylvanian Pennsyl ball on downs with great relief the pennsylvania sympathizers lot out a great loar at the stand made by the home players which was quickly changed to a cry of when pennsylvania decided not to take a chance to carry the ball with it on her goal line and Hollen iback was sent far back of the goal posts to kick out he was directly behind the crossbar and in ordial to avoid it he kicked to one side the punt was bad and aled by the stiff win which was blowing diagonally across the field in the face of the pennsylvania players the ball went out of bounds about two yards from the goal line with the ball in her possession two yards from pennsylvanian Pennsyl goal line victory looked certain this etnie for cornell the Itha cans in the first play and the second plunge into the pennsylvania llna failed to gain abo dball was then on the quakers 1 yard alno cornell had one more try remaining and only a few seconds left in which to do it garddner here was sent in to take place at quarterback for pennsylvania was in the last ditch and desperate As the bornell men got into position the Pennsylvanian si crouched low and there was a deathlike death like silence in the stands the signal was given the teams crushed against one another and halt of corneals Cor nells players on top of the struggling mass of men spilled over the pennsylvania goal line As the yearns played into each other the whistle announced the end of the game everyone ibell eved cornell had won but when referee corbin and umpire edwards had finally separated the struggling players and got to the bottom of the pile they found a cornell man hugging the ball a foot short of the alno of victory spirit fell and the enthusiasm of the pennsylvania spectators knew no bounds outside of the desperate finish the game did not either side much opportunity for cheering in the halt pennsylvania got the ball to comelis Co mells 10 yard line where she lost it on a tumble aint the Itha cans once had it twenty yards from pennsylvanian Pennsyl goal but also lost the ball on a similar misplay mt splay in the first half pennsylvania gained almost twice as much ground as her opponents but in tho second half the playing was entirely in pennsylvanian Pennsyl territory this was due principally to waiders good kicking who took every advantage of the stiff wind at his back corneals Cor nells ability to ruah increased wonderfully in the second half and her rush invariably gained her substantial ground until the exciting finish corneals Cor nells halfbacks barle and gibson played a grand game as did also walder levene and scarlett penn sylvanies syl ends were all over the field and greene and put up their usual star game in carrying the ball pennsylvania went through tho contest without changing a man while cornell made only two substitutions the lineup pennsylvania cornell levene 1 e babcock watson 1 e draper 1 t cook 1 t gallagher 1 g thompson 1 g dwyer center newman center Zel gler r g ORo urge r g gaston r t branton r t scarlett r e van norman r e lawrence q garddner ab folwell 1 b b earle 1 h b greene r h b gabson r h b hollenback i b walder f b score pennsylvania 0 cornell 0 referee W E corban yale umpire W H princeton lanne aman A H sharpe yale |