58 YALE ea Ng a OS fo 6s is 6 a, = a Dee Zs “Ee Rei a yards. Yale’s left end was _ badly weakened by the absence of Schweppe, who is suffering from a bruised knee, and when Thomas through a blow on the eye, which closed it completely, was obliged to leave the game near the begin- ning of the second half the play at these two important points was considerably below par. But Yale did not lose the game be- cause of any poor playing the ends might © ‘be accused of doing. All through the line the men were carried off their feet by Columbia’s low-running masses and the tackles seemed to be unable to stop the advance of the man with the ball -until the play had rolled two or three or four yards upon them. SOME OF THE DETAILS. The scene at the game was the old Manhattan Field at 155th Street, which has been renamed “Columbia Field’ since the lease of it by the athletic management of Columbia, and when the ball was put in play at 2.30, a good crowd was present in the grand stand and on the bleachers, while the viaduct and “deadhead hill” were as usual, crowded to the last inch. Columbia, who had lost the toss and kicked off, showed at once the kind of game she wanted to play for she purposely sent the ball out of bounds twice, which necessitated a kick-off from Yale. Weeks took the ball cleanly on his Io- yard line and the rushing game began at once, but Yale was able to stop most. of the gains, and punts were frequently exchanged, McBride’s long drives being evened up to Wilson’s size by the clever way they were brought back. Shortly before the half ended Adams got a run of 20 yards around right-end, bringing the ball to Columbia’s 30-yard line, where Fincke lost it on a fumble in the next play. The half ended with no score and the ball had been most of the time in Columbia’s territory chiefly through McBride’s superior punting. One minute after the second half opened, Yale got the ball on Columbia’s 35-yard line for holding. Sharpe and McBride took five yards apiece, but Adams on the next try was thrown for a loss by Morley and as there was three yards to gain Fincke signalled Sharpe for a field goal. The line did not hold and three of Columbia’s backs came ripping through getting in front of the ball, which was a low one anyway and would not have cleared the heads of the men in the line. Columbia recovered the ball and began a fierce assault. Morley, Larendon and Weeks were used successively and successfully, Yale be- ing helpless before the compact mass . points. driven against her line at all By gains of from three to ten yards Columbia carried the ball more than forty yards without losing it until by a fumble of Morley’s on Yale’s 35- yard line the ball bounded into Sharpe’s arms and. he ran it back fifteen yards before being downed. McBride imme- diately punted, but the ends were slow, and Weeks, behind an_ interference, which was like a wall, brought the ball to the center of the field. After two rushes Wilson punted to Sharpe on Yale’s 10-yard line, who misjudged the ball and on attempting to take it on the bound fumbled it and Neidlinger fell on it on Yale’s 2-yard line. Yale was unable to hold back Morley, who to all appearance put it across the line. The umpire, however, had blown the whistle before the ball had passed over, and after considerable argument the next line-up was with one foot to go. Morley went into left tackle like a wild man, but he fumbled the ball and Winter fell on it across the line. The umpire ruled a touch-back for Yale which, gave her a free kick from the 25-yard line. Columbia sympathizers called “robbery,” but the rulings in both plays were the just and only ones. Columbia, however, could not be held back and after Yale’s territory had been eaten into ten yards by Weeks and Larendon, the former was signalled for a dash at left tackle, which was now being played by Francis, who had sup- planted Hale a few minutes before. Shoulder to shoulder Weeks and Mor- ley went through the line like a shot without encountering any opposition— for the backs were bunched close behind the center trio and no one was playing back. Once through, there was a free field for the runner and he was never touched or even in danger of being headed. Morley missed the goal. In the few minutes still left Yale played desperately, McBride hurling plays himself repeatedly through the Colum- . bia line for good gains, but the time was too short and the whistle blew for the end of the game with the ball in Yale’s possession on Columbia’s 45-yard line. The line-up follows: YALE. PosITION. COLUMBIA. WV inter ooo . ...left-end-right .......- Slocovitch as ee t oa left-tackle-right ...0.5 022: Knapp Brown i3to7 left-guard-rig ht_.........-. Miller Conn an. Seas conier so Soe Wright NCO soto right-guard-left.___...- Longacre Stillman.