Yale at Columbia

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 29, 1899, page 10

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  COLUMBIA VICTORIOUS. yty,S ‘TdRSITK IMPRESSTTELT urtTEN ~ 4 EATTLING GAME. amAsnincSnt run OF seventy yards. Harali Weeks a freshman. earned for Colum bias 1.,iy,r,ty football eleven Yesterday the proud ti.,irctiou Of an impressive victory over Yale. ,h, first ever scored by any college outside OF harvard and Princeton 1t was not nuke that .r,hIei this young man to perform such ,npder’u, feat. but 1t was the straightest kind y, football which followed superb exhibition \, IN. vhols Colum bla team in the second half. tho 0na, score being 5 to 0. Nine thousand ,srt.nn. who sat around the Gridlron on Co. rmLf. rleld and IL, 900 more who looked down rom the lofty vladuct and the Speedway were ,iuuy amazed at the splendid showing OF the bps and white eleven. Sanfords men never ,Is,,l better football. although they have only b..r ON the field six weeks. They completely ontpl,yei Yale’s Varsity. both in defence and ,,,ooL and incidentally their captain. Wilson, nuDtch with even more effect than the celesra,.i Mcbride Physical condition was big ,eto-. and while the Yale mon were In good ,r,m due to the care bestowed upon them by Trainer Jim Robinson, the Columbi kickers were even more ut because OF the expert hahuling Of Coach Sanford C,lumblasvictory was = tribute not only the e,mep.,,snd skill OF the players who INDUCED I, tina hattie but also to the former Yale man ,ho has coached them untiringly and has over ,,or,e 50 many obstacles. Sanford 10 entitled to avery bit Of praise that he will probably receive for his communicate skill in turning out phe- ,onersl team in SO short time The triumph MAO means that Columpia has leaned into the ,,r.most rank OF football universities and in ,utur. will be entitled to the consideration OF her rival, both in the East and in the West The victory means everything to the local university II will serve to boom Columbia as ,,5otball college in the estimation OF thou sands OF young players who are In the various nrenaratory schools throughout the United States Ya.’s defeat came so Unexpectedly that the coaches and tho immediate followers OF the team were simply dumfoundsd as they saw their rushline torn into bits. 1t was not due so much to poor playing on the part OF the New Haven kickers as it was to the superior work II Columbia in every department. Yale was outgeneralled in more ways than one. Her team was also outplayed and was beaten on condition There was doubt about it. for % both halves Columbia had no trouble In gaining ground by line plunging and end runs and might have scored in the 1rs. half. but for some unfortunate iumbIing. Yale’s backs were weak. but that was due to thelnvincib!e tacking aud defence OF Column bias line. The nearest the Yale eleven came 20 Coumbia’s goal line with the ball was The 30-yard line. and at that point a blunder was made. Instead OF continuing to hammer the line with the backs. Yale’s hall back. Sharpe. tried to kick goal from the field. Before sharpe could drop the bal to the turf for kick the Columbia men were through upon him like pack Of bulldogs and Full Back clarendon blocked the kick so that the ball did not travel four yards in all. Columbia on the other hand made no b!undsrs in point OF head work and executed a number OF sharp tricks that were npplauded by the aide line experts. Taking the whole game as a criterion 1t ia not unfair to say that every man in the Yale rush line. barring Left Guard Brown met his SUPERIOR Brown had terrific struggle with Miller. but there was little to choose between hem. Most OF Columbias gains through the line were mads between Cunha and Oicott an h’so through Hale. Wright paved horse with runha the big 22U-pound Hawaiian. The HoIumbias centre. though not nearly SO big as mis- Yale adversary. put the latter out of most 81 the plays in the most approved style Wright was very fast in getting down the fielt ‘oraman Of his weight. did some fierce tack ing and provided splendid interference Cunha was slow and lacked aggressiveness. Longacre. who played with his hand in plaster cast. which was covered with a leather protector had an easy time with Olcott smyti and Knapp. Columbia’s tackles. were all owe he ned and made Stillman and Hale. respect, lNey, ineffective. Neidlingsr and Socovitcl were SSwi’,rr and more deadly IN their tack m latter was compelled to lsave the game in thu second half because his eyes were so badl! Dunged up that he coull not see ,C”IumtiRs line was quick in break rh}y.ssy stronger than hose II The Yale lin -red themselves with glory Morley who hal n.en regarded as one of the greatest half backs tower OF strength in hitting tho line. anC some 0, his tackles in broken field were sen: hall when as McBrids Surprisingly M missed a magnificent punt by Wilson. Morley. who go down the field Ikea uhirlwind. threw the Yale captaln and fell on the ball three yards from Weeks, however. was the, real hero of the field forthe only score. 1t was not The on y fnt rs ST:asf to ths st sterling hall back for he n-ad, q h. qpponent. He hsnd. %H p U1s’ wSs .roar SS9 st.a sGd G bs \. ,HssIsrs hat h. had 70 face Wils9n 5sr mcnt aud his punting came in the nature OF q Ne surprise. It was FULLY, as effective a. “a pPnt u Placing tho ball. His only fault wa; as .s.5 SaG aw F In 3D. ns l at1 out OF meny PAYS whore h. might hsy’ vSe ‘Ns sa TeaTs did topPbng Conm ba; Hd ,ONta C9umhia’s defence more OF the stone VA Glhltv han he eNpec ed. While Columbia won by one clean touch VnNn; another was made which was not al OWED y Referee Bovaird. 1t occurred In tn a’clhd hall. and the ruling was pronounced most uninlr hy non pprtSans who stood az .gs- 10 the side lines that they were in posinon 10 see Tor themselves. After Morley haC m asa ~. great rlay by securing the bal oa laies thr”o-yard line, he was caet I”h. when tn” teams lined up again AIRY the tai over for touch Gown Tho wal was snapped back ceanl ~ Niron handed It fairy into Aorley’s arm !hr Srea, hail back hit the line at Iales LEI axe Ike runaway freight and h. .nuhleI over tho goal line with several feet T. pare from an impartial standpoint no rul L,u n””l lrokrn. 80 II SeOmed. and Morle was entitled 10 ono Of the sluarest touchdown ever seen Gpon football field, But for Som rH.oh when IN the excitement Of the mome on t’eir” Eovhird could not give. that oficia view MS whistle as the play was under way Atc.laIng 70 The rules the ball 10 dead the in s.hbt A. “ilrlai’s whistle ts blown. and for tina reason the referea said that no tou ‘hdoWn ha zen mace. Int that the ball was down on ‘ont nom the line. lnumnla mon were Indignant over this de r’‘pG: They said that Boviard was trying I ave Al” from defeat, ana they called atton You 70 tie Z ct that in 1894 at Springfield dur Val I’d

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 29, 1899, page 1

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  SCORE AT FINISH WAS A TIE PENNSYLVANIA MEN WE’RE THE HEAVIER, BUT THEIR WEIGHT AVAILED NAUGHT YALE AND PRINCETON LOST Day of Surprises on the GridirOn- Columbia Defeated Yale by Play Ing Better Football, and the Ellis Failed to Score-Corneu Took the Measure of the Princeton Tigers Handfly-Harvard Won. CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The football eleven Of the University Of Pennsylvania barely escaped defeat at the hands Of tie University of Chicago eleven, today, in q game that for desperate playing has sell dom been equaled In the West. The final score was tie, both sides scoring a touchdown In the second half, and neither kicking goal, leaving the total score to 5. Better football, SO far as clean, snappy playing Is concerned, has been seen in two OF three games here this season, but for such gameness for rallies, when to yield the least bit would result in a touchdown, and for situations ten : ing TO produce heart disease, the game was certainly remarkable. Five times the Chicago eleven had opportunities to score, two by place kicks with the ball in a favorable position, and three times get ting the pigskin In side of Pennsylvania’s five-yald line. But only once. were the Maroons able to get the ball over. the. goal line, and that when defeat seemed almost a certainty. Poor generalship on the part Of Capt Kennedy, of Chicago, in attempting to send Shaker through Pennsylvania s lnft guard, Hare, lost the ball for Chicago. on downs. when 1t was within two yards of the goal line in the second half, and when finally, a few moments later, We’ll lington was pushed over for the tieing touchdown. the Chicago captain miss an easy goal. 1t was his attempt st fake kick, too, that ultimately resulted in Pennsylvania scoring, Kennedy drop ping the ball when tackled and Pennsylvania securing 1t on Chicagos forty-eightyard line. AT Chicagos goal line. in sight, Pennsylvania’s big guards tore the Maroon line to pieces, and Davidson was finally pushed over. But Chicago’s goal line was not again In danger Early in the first half Chicago dtscovcred that Pennsylvania left end w4s weak, and time and time again Hanill and Wellington got around for subs an tfai gains. But with the bali within yard of the goal line, Pennsylvania made Three times the line held, and when the mass of payers untangled after the last down, the ball was still foot from the line. CooInbs, an instant later punted out of danger and when time was called tile bali was on Chicagos forty -fve-yard line. CHICAGO’S PLAY SUPERIOR. Chicago’s all-around playing was superior to that Of the Quakers. The lat ter were utterly unable to get, around the Maroon’s ends, and in the first half were frequently held for downs even when using the dreaded guards back play, which has brought victory to the red and blue in many games. In the second half, however, the awful hammering told Sc Verely in the Chicago forwards, and during the series of plays which resulted in Pennsylvania touch down, they were played off their feet. The play was also used to good effect toward the close of the game, and shortly before time was called the big Pennsylvania guards were dragging their backs through for five to ten-yard gains. But most of the time during the second half the bail was well within Pennsylvania territory, and only the fefcest kind Of playing by the we’ll nigh exhausted Quakers saved them from defeat. Notwithstanding the fact that rain had been falling steadily since Thursday morning the gridiron at Marshall Field was in fair condition careful draining and frequent applications of sawdust prevented the field from getting soft, and when the players lined up for the kick off, the field was in much better shape than had been hoped for. A crowd of fully 5000 enthusiasts witnessed the struggle, including several hundred root ers for the red and blue Of Pennsylvamia, and the latter team did not lack en-

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  The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], October 29, 1899, page 4

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  BIG SURPRISES IN THE EAST CHICAGO TIES PENN, CORNELL BEATS PRINCETON. Yale Beaten By Columbia-Indians Score Twice On Harvard-other Games. Chicago. Oct. 2S.-The football eleven of the University of Pennsylvania barely escaped defeat at the hands of the University of Chicago in a game which for desperate playing has seldom been equaled. The final score was a tie, both sides scoring a touchdown in the second half and neither kicking goal. Total, 8 to 5. Better football, so far as clean, snap Ply playing is concerned. has never been seen in two or three games here this season, but for sheer gameness, for rallies when to yield the least bit would result in a touchdown, and for situations tending to produce heart dis ease, the game was certainly remark able. Five times Chicago had opportunitieS to score, twice by place kicks with the ball in a favorable position, and three times getting the pigskin inside of Pennsylvania five-yard line. But only once We’re the Maroons able to get the ball over the goal line, and that was done when it seemed almost a certainty. Through poo generalship on the part of Captain Kennedy of Chicago in at TEMPTING to send Shaker through Penn sylvania’s left guard, he lost the ball for Chicago on downs when it was within two yards of the goal line in the second half, and when, finally, a few moments later, Wellington was pushed over for the tieing touchdown, the Chicago captain missed an easy goal. 1t was his attempt at a fake kick, too, that ultimately resulted in Pennsylvania score, Kennedy drop ping the ball when tackled and Penn sylvania securing it on Chicago’s four yard line. With Chica go’s goal line in sight, Pennsylvania big guards tore the Maroon line to pieces and David son was finally pushed over. But Chi cago’s goal line was not again in dan ger. Early in the first half Chicago discoS cred that Pennsylvania left end was weak, and time and again Hamil and Wellington got around fer substantial gains. But with the ball within a yard of the goal line, Pennsylvania made the most desperate stand of the game. Three times the line held, and when the mass of players untangled after the last down. the ball was still foot from the line. Cocmbs an instant later punted out of danger, and when time was called the ball was on Chicago forts -five-yard line. Chicago’s ail-around playing was superior to that of the Quakers. The lat ter We’re utterly unable TO get around the Maroons’ end, and IN the first half We’re frequently held for down, even when using the dreaded guards back play, which has brought victory to the red and blue in many games. In the second half. however, the awful ham, mering told severely in the Chicago forwards. and during the series of ,JIays. which resulted in Pennsylvania s touchdown, they were played off Their feet Most of the time during the sec ond half the ball was web within Penn sylvania’s territory. and only the fiercest kind of playing by the we’ll nigh exhausted Quakers saved them from defeat Notwithstanding the fact that rain had been falling steadily since morn ing, the gridiron at Marshall field was in fair condition. Frequent applicalions of sawdust kept the field from becoming soft. A crowd of fully 5000 enthusiasts witnessed the struggle, in Guiding several hundred rooters for the red and blue IF PENNSYLVANIA. and the latter team did not lack encourage ment so far as cheering was concerned. Total score: Pennsylvania, s. Chi cago, 5. rr1.e – I;,,a5 ~,

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  The Anaconda standard, Anaconda, Mont., October 29, 1899, page 1

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  COLU N BlA WON. Did as They Pleased With the Men From Yale. New York, Oct 2s-At Manhattan Field to-day in a game that was fierce ly contested throughout the football eleven Of Columbia defeated that Of Yale by the score of to o. In addition to this. Columbia carried the ball across Yale’s line two more times III the same half, neither of which was allowed as score because of some technicality. The referee classed the latter play as a touchback and gave Yale full kick from her 25-yard line. This was of no avail, however, as Weeks carried the ball over again for q touchdown on the first lineup after this kick. 1t was a lift run of about 45 yards, in which Weeks lodged several OF the Yale players, including Cap tain Mcbride, and carried the ball squarely between the goal posts, Will son made poor try at an easy goal and the score was Columbia 5. Yale 0. Thus ended the game with the ball in the middle of the field. The weather certainly favored the spectators much more than the play ers, and that the men were able to last through rapid game on such sllltry day speaks we’ll for the physical condition Of all. There were probably 5000 persons in attendance. Columbia’s colors predominated, but the dark blue Of Yale was sparsely distributed -. r.-.f.a L

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Yale leads 62–⁠17–⁠2 in 81 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.