Colgate at Columbia

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  New-York tribune, November 25, 1921, page 13

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  Webster Stars as Columbia Cohorts Bo,p to Colgate, 21-l4 Captain of Upstate Team Scores 3 Touchdowns i’m Contest at South Field Vending zig-zag, puzzling course holding his feet remarkable we’ll on the rain-soaked gridiron of South Field, Captain Bob Webster Of Col gate twice made dashcs for more than fifty yards across the Blue and White goal line and single handed brought victory to the Maroon. The final score was Il to Ia. Webster, who comes from White Plains, played his last game for Col gate in the Thanksgiving Day struggle against the Morningsde Heights team and gave an exhibition Of broken field running that has not been bet tered on the Columbia field this season. Webster needed little interference. He reversed his field, changed his pace puzzlingly warded off tacklers with well-delivercd straight arm thrusts and once clear, sped madly across the chalk marks until he had scored The Maroon captain caught a pass from Sanford directly after the start Of the second quarter and ran thirty-five yards for touchdown; so, unassisted, he accounted for eighteen Of his teams twenty-one points. His scoring runs covered a distance of 140 yards. Without its irresistible captain, the upstate eleven might have had diff ficulty in outscoring Buck O’Neill’s outfit. The Blue and White offensive brought forth eleven first downs TO Colgate’s five and on straight football the Hamilton team did not come within Columbia’s thirty-yard line Only twice did O’Connor, the Maroon quarterback, fail to order a punt when his mates could not gain the required distance. Welch Misses Placement Kick In the third period Welch tried a placement goal from the thirty seven yard line on the fourth down, but the boot, while high enough, went trifle wide Of the cross bar. Another time forward pass was attempted ON the fourth down, but failed. Despite the extremely unfavorable conditions and the early hour at which the game was started. more than 1000 rooters assembled to watch the teams play the final game Of their season. Incidentally, today’s contest was the first time that Colgate and Columbia had met on the football field. The field was muddy and heavy and the ball was mud-coated, but there were remarkably few fumbles and the players held their feet we’ll. At tho start of the final quarter heavy rain began to fall and the men were soaked when the game ended. Columbia played a hard, fast game, put the attack was spasmodic and lacked the punch to carry the team a considerable distance down the field. koppisch, who had recovered from his injury received in the Ohio University game, starred until he was forced to retire in the third quarter. Both Of Columbia’s touchdowns followed unfortunate breaks for Coach Hunting toms team. De Stefano Makes First Down The first came soon after the start Of the game, when Burtt caught a short punt and carried back deep into Colgate territory. Koppisch went around left end for seven yards and De Stefano made it first down on the four-yard line. Offside was CALLED against Columbia and five yards were lost. On the second play after the penalty, however, koppisch went off center and left tackle for the first touchdown Of the game. Webster, who did not start he evened up the score at the begin ming of the second period when he caught forward pass and ran thirty five yards for score. After the kickoff De Stefano was forced to kick, and in the first play following the lineup Hermann fun bled and Galloway recovered for Column bia on Colgate’s thirty Vineyard line. Steady. plunging by Moszczensli, aided BY short forward pass, De stefano to koppisch, and TN otfside penalty, tance, and De Stefano plunged off tackle for the score Rurtt kirkod coaJ

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, November 25, 1921, page 8

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  COLGATE WINS Captain Webster Displays some Classy Football For Hamilton Eleven in Beating Columbia 2t to II. New York. Nov. 25.-Bob Webster youthful leader of the Colgate foot ball cIcycn yesterday inscribed his name on the tablet Of fame, alongside those of other Maroon heroes, by scoring. through his own efforts a vic tory over Columbia in the closing bat tie of the year for both teams al South Field, The former White Plains star representing the Hamilton Insti- ute for the last time, finished his ca rcer in a blaze of glory, offsctting, by his own individual brilliancy the two scores laboriously made by the eleven wearcrs of the Blue and White, and then capping the climax with another touchdown, which g2re his team the victory over Columbia. The score was T to II. When, late in the 4th quarter, with the victory practically assured, Coach Hunting replaced Webster with Nor an, the Maroon leader vas given q great ovation by the small but happy Colgate roofing section as he walked off the field, covered with mud and glory, The victory proved ray ot sun shine in the sky of a otherwise cloudy year for the Maroon, while it’s effect on the Columbians was just the re- verse, terminating a season of disaster upon disaster with still another disas- ter. In two of his journeys across the Columbia goal line Webster covered half the length of the field, displaying some of the prcttiest open-field run ming seen on any gridiron this season. His third followed a sensational dash of thirty yards past the Columbia sec ondary defense, after receiving for ward pass from his tcam-matc, Her mann, standing on the Blue and White l5-yard line.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 25, 1921, page 3

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  Colgate Gets Columbia, 21–⁠14 New York, Nov. 2S-Colgate defeat ed Columbia q to IA in a morning game at South Field today, mainly through the spectacular running Of Captain Webster who scored all the three Maroon touchdowns. Twice Webster. playing his last football game for Colgate caught punts and ran for distances OF s. to so yards respectively for touchdowns. Before crossing Columbia’s goal line for another score. the Colgate leader caught a forward pass, this time making 0-yard run

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Colgate leads 15–⁠4–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.