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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. <i 556555. right-tackle-left...........Smyth
saat gs Rene Sa right-end-left -.._.-- Niedlinger
Vincke . ion cose. 4: iqitarterback: c=. is<.-. Wilson
DAT PG. ot ce left alieright oc. Morley
ee eee t oS right-half-left ....2..---- Weeks
MeBride 2222.03; fullback 3¢ ceux: Larendon
Summary: Score, Columbia 5, Yale
0; Touchdown, Weeks; Referee, Dr.
Boviard, Princeton; Umpire, Howard
Brokaw, Princeton; Time of halves, 20
minutes. Attendance about 10,000.
Cutten Back at Center.
The practice on Monday was of the
sharpest kind. George B. Cutten, center
of the Ninety-Nine team replaced Cunha
at center, having consented to go back
to his old place under pressure of the
coaches. In the beginning of the season
Mr.Cutten found it impossible to go out
as his duties as pastor of a New Haven
church and his studies in the Divinity
School, left him no time. The coaches
on the field were: J. O. Rodgers, W. T.
Bull, L. Hinkey, S. B. Thorne and F.
"T. Murphy.
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HARVARD VS. INDIANS.
Game Full of Sensational Plays —
Indians Outgeneraled.
[Special Correspondence YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.|
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selection and variation in her plays won
the game for Harvard on Saturday. On
the straight line bucking she did not
gain as many yards as the Indians.
In fact, probably, no team now play-
ing is the superior of the Carlisle men
in savage plunges, but they seem unable
to meet any change from the usual
historic plays. Harvard used no ponder-
ous formations, but at the right time the
unexpected came, and the Indian’s
mood changed from one of exultation
at the early score to a state of stolid sul-
lenness from which they did not emerge
until well into the second half, simply
because a series of plays had been used
against them which were different from
the attack they had met in their previous
games. |
These plays did not gain every time,
but they shook the confldence in a de-
fense which had stood against Pennsyl-
vania so that the rush line no longer
poured through on the backs before they
could get under way. es
From the start to the finish it was a
game of sensations. On the second kick
after the kick-off Gierasch fumbled and
Redwater carried the ball from the cen-
ter for a touchdown. Five points in two
minutes of play is a good deal to any
team, and added to the confidence
brought by the recent defeat of Penn-
sylvania, it started the Indians off in the
best possible form.
With the ball down in the center of
the field Harvard could do nothing on
the regular plays, and at first the change
was not really effective, but the Indian
defense lost its dash as the line no
longer sized up the attack, and on the
third attempt the runner was carried free
of the end for a substantial gain. Then
came a little more line playing, and
Daly was sent around the left end on a
double pass for the touchdown.
ELLIS BLOCKED A KICK.
The next scoring was due to a blocked
kick by Ellis. In some way he came
through the line clean, and caught the
ball so fairly on the chest that it bounded
straight back into the Indians’ territory,
where it fell on about the twenty
yard line. Harvard followed the ad-
vantage by snappy play and had no dif-
ficulty in scoring. —
Poor judgment in kicking from inside
the five yard line gave Burnett two
chances for a place kick in the second
half. The first attempts went wide, but
Miller repeated the performance and the
ball was again down in the middle of
the field within easy kicking distance,
and this time was sent higher and
straight over the bar.
After Harvard had pushed Kendall
over, making her total 22, the Indians
began a terrific offense. The Harvard
tackles were bowled over again and again
for long gains, but the advance was
checked at the center and Hudson tried
for a goal fromt the field. His kick fell
short, but the direction was perfect.
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On an exchange of punts the Indians
got the ball on their own thirty yard
line and again began the march. This
time they carried it for about thirty-five
yards, and Hudson rewarded the effort
by a goal from the field.
DALY THE STAR OF THE GAME.
Daly was the particular star of the
afternoon. His running of the team was
faultless, and his handling of punts per-
fect. Not only was he sure of the catch,
but without exception he advanced the
ball from ten to thirty yards on brilliant,
heady running.
Burnett played the game of the line
men, and Hallowell by his all-around
work in kicking and breaking into mass
plays did more to determine the outcome
than anyone save the quarter-back. His
high punts of forty yards or more gen-
erally netted in the exchange a gain of
not less than ten. :
Any criticism of the Indians for the
past four years would apply to the pres-
ent team. Their game depended solely
on dash and strength, and was not
marked by the improvement which
might be expected from men playing
together for so many years.
Yet Harvard is probably the only team
which on Saturday could have scored
twenty-two points against such fierce
attacks. It showed that the Cambridge
eleven could play a fierce, straight game,
but as soon as that game became ineffec-
tive it was so modified that the oppo-
nents were put on guard. It also em-
phasized the fact that to be effective a
back field must be used without regard
and with absolute recklessness of the
individual.
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Other Saturday Games.
Cornell defeated Princeton at Ithaca,
Saturday, Oct. 28, 5 to o—a goal from
the field by George Young on Saturday.
Princeton was outplayed in most points
of the game and Starbuck outpunted
Wheeler. Cornell’s interference was im-
pregnable on the offensive and _ she
worked the ball down close to Prince-
ton’s goal line twice, but lost it on fum-
bles. Princeton made five chances in
her team, but could find no combination
to stop Cornell’s rushes.
The University of Pennsylvania played
a tie game with the University of Chi-
cago at Chicago, on Saturday, the score
being 5 to 5. Both touchdowns were
made by line-bucking of the hardest
character. The outcome of the game is
a satisfactory one considering the re-
verses it has met this season at the hands
of the minor teams.
At Providence—Brown 35; Newtown
oO.
At Boston—Boston College 18; Am-
herst o.
At Syracuse—Williams 6; Syracuse 0.
KNOX Hats are “Fit’ all the Season.
