Brown and White Vol. 2 no. 23

              lehigh 6 cornell 4 after lehigh fairly wins the game the referee awards it to cornell the last game of the season has been played and fairly won too in spite of the peculiar assertions of referee young to the contrary on percy field at ithaca in v thursday afternoon cornell was fairly out-played at every point at the last moment they regretted to say " that it had been an utter impossibility to obtain neutral offi cials and captain trafton was obliged to consent to the appoint ment of young of cornell's last year's team as referee and griffith of the 92 team as umpire by an especial courtesy thurston was appointed to the important post of linesman how the first two gen tlemen performed their duties may be judged from the report of the game at 2.55 the ball was put into play lehigh winning the toss and choosing the west goal on ohl's kick-off the ball rolled over our line and was brought out and put into play by a kick-off from the 25-yard line on the line-up beacham made 5 yards through the line but on the following downs mason and dwyer found our line a stone wall and it was our ball on downs barnard then made 15 yards and followed it up by 25 on the old " double pass he made one more yardon the next.but on the following play fitzgerald kicked for 25 yards the ball going out of bounds on the line-up ohl tried to kick but keys broke through as soon as the ball was passed blocked the kick knocking the ball over their line and followed it over making the first touchdown for lehigh after just five minutes of play fitzgerald kicked the goal lehigh 6 ; cornell 0 ohl kicked off and best caught and made about 15 yards here the ball was fumbled to cornell mason started off ferociously only to land firmly in okeson's arms without gaining an inch then dyer made 4 yards through the line then 2 mason made 5 around the end and 2 through the line — cornell's line holding openly on every play as messrs young and griffith were not looking that way not advancing any further on sub sequent downs ohl kicked over the line it was brought out and fitzgerald kicked well up the field ohl caught it and returned the kick barnard got it and made 10 yards but fumbled on the tackle and the ball went to cor nell mason made 2 yards then 2 more ; dyer made 1 warner 3 ; four more downs could not ad vance it enough and ohl kicked keys again blocking it for some unknown reason cornell was again a cornell club is soon to be formed in new york city given the ball then mason made 7 yards and dyer followed with 10 more here the bleachers went wild as it began to look as though the red and white might score a mass play made 2 yards mason 4 and dyer carried it to within 5 yards of our line hall there deliberately held budd allowing ohl to get between tackle and guard for a touch-down umpire griffeth ac knowledged that he saw the hold ing but said that he had seen our men doing the same thing and allowed the touch-down to stand ohl missed a goal and the score stood 6-4 in our favor ; time 20 minutes from beginning of game the remainder of the half was very spirited the features being the kicking of both sides and the brilliant tackling of our men near the end of the half cornell worked it within 18 yards of our goal and ohl fell back for a field goal which he missed by a wide margin fitzgerald then kicked off from the 25 yard line ; ohl returned it to harrison and time was called with the ball on our 40-yard line the score standing 6-4 in our favor and cor nell fully realizing that they were out-played from the start in the second half fitzgerald kicked off to ohl who caught the ball and punted it back to the centre of the field fitzgerald catching it lehigh's ends then dropped back and okeson took the ball 5 yards around cornell's right end harrison followed this by a gain of 8 yards through the centre after short gains by lehigh harrison fumbled and cornell got the ball ohl kicked to centre of field and on the second down fitzgerald kicked to ohl on cornell's 15-yard line where he was immediately downed ohl kicked to the middle of the field harrison catching here barnard with beautiful interference made one of the best runs of the day he took the ball around cornell's left end and covered 25 yards be fore he was downed in the play dyer was injured slightly and star buck was substituted lehigh gained but little and fitzgerald dropped back for a try for a goal from the field his kick was blocked by beacham and taussig fell on the ball lehigh soon got the ball again on the fourth down barnard gained 5 yards and traf ton 2 on a bluff kick harrison failed to gain and fitzgerald's kick being blocked cornell got the ball on our 30-yard line this was the first time in the half that cornell had the ball in our territory and they failed to keep it there long cornell on the third down tried a trick by making a high kick but barnard got the ball before cornell could get on side fitzgerald im mediately sent the ball down to the centre of the field ohl punted poorly the ball going out of bounds lehigh made short gains and fitzgerald kicked high and south bethlehem pa december 3 1894 lehigh university vol 11 no 23 the brown and white calendar monday dec 3 — engineering so ciety physical laboratory 7.30 p m tuesday dec 4 students court 7 p m sigma nu house electrical engineering so ciety physical laboratory 7.30 p m thursday dec 6 — classical club dr hyde's eoom 2 p m friday dec 7 — agora meeting christmas hall 7 p m saturday dec 3 — he-examination in entrance algebra sunday dec 9 l u c a christmas hall 6.80 p m brotherhood of st andrew in vestry room after chapel notice attention is called to the fact that subscriptions must he paid this term they may he paid to any editor at the supply bureau or addressed to the business manager meeting of the students court for purpose of organization at sigma jstu house 717 cherokee street at 7 p m tomorrow tuesday a f bannon 95 97 class meeting the sophomore class meeting was called to order by president white at 12.30 o'clock last mon day in ; the freehand drawing room beading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with the president stated that the object of the meeting was to nominate candidates for the supply bureau auditing committee and the honor court nominations were as follows : for supplj bureau hood and elliot ; for au diting committee t c thomas johnson van duyne and shep pard for the honor court siegel waring hale janney lee and brady it was then moved and carried that the election take place in christmas hall tuesday from 11.45 to 12..45 o'clock adjourn ment followed soon after immediately got on side keys caught the ball and this trick ad vanced the ball 20 yards for lehigh cornell got the ball on a fumble and on the first play lost 6 yards ohl kicked out of bounds and it was lehigh's ball in the centre of the field barnard lost 5 yards mason getting through and break ing up the play fitzgerald then kicked to cornell's 30-yard line then beacham made a pretty run of 15 yards around our left end failing to gain in two rushes ohl punted but his kick was blocked and gass got the ball then with little interference he carried it fully 45 yards down the field being finally tackled by ohl on cornell's 13-yard line on the next play harrison was tackled without gain and the referee blew his whistle here starbuck got the ball and carried it the entire length of the field ' okeson and budd could have stopped him with ease at the start but did not try knowing that the ball was dead when the referee blew his whistle the referee admitted that he blew his whistle but claimed he should not have done so and on the strength of this absurdity al lowed the touchdown to stand steinacher who had been substi tuted for ohl shortly before kicked the goal making the score 10-6 according to the referee's decision this culmination of the unfair pol icy which had been pursued throughout by the referee and um pire ended the game captain trafton up to this time had only objected to the unfair decisions and deplorable lack of decisions but he resolutely refused to allow the game to be thus outrageously taken from the true victors a long discussion followed and as the referee obstinately adhered to his partisan policy the lehigh team left the field carrying with them the sympathy of all fair minded spectators the teams lined up as follows : lehigb positions cornell best left end beacham huston left tackle hall trafton left guard warner keys centre pennell becerra right guard colnon budd right tackle freeborn okeson right end taussig gass quarter wyckoff barnard left half mason harrison ri g ht half { starbuck fitzgerald ful1 back - • • • [ steinacher touchdowns — keys ohl goals from touchdowns — fitzgerald 1 ; beecham 1 injured — ohl dyer referee e young cornell 92 umpire c griffith cornell ' 92 linesman tburston lehigh «. the members of last year's cor nell crew have been presented with medals in commemoration of their victory over pennsylvania last spring the receipts of the harvard pennsylvania game amounted to 55,000 the expenses were 20 000 the balance will be divided equally between the two colleges engineering society the meeting tonight at 7.3d o'clock is the last of the engineer ing society for this term and it is desired that all members make an effort to attend two important questions are to be settled if the society desires to institute an asso ciate membership for the benefit of future sophomore classes forty eight men must be present the other is the election of the board of editors for the journal of the engineering society other mat ters of vital interest to the new journal will have to be settled in addition to this there are to be reports on engineering subjects football