Columbia at Stevens

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  The Jersey City news, Jersey City [N.J.], November 2, 1899, page 1

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  ON THE GRIDIRON Stevens Institute Beaten Badly By Columbia Gossip Of the Teams. Gossip Of the Teams. - LOG Stevens Institute eleven were very badly beaten yesterday by the ColumDia Uni versity eleven. 1t was called the University eleven, bu the regular team was in the game for only a short time in the first half. After that almost all the sub stitutes were tried out and at that the ~collegians, who scored their first victory over Yale last Saturday. won from the Institute aggregation by a score of $50. The Hoboken boys put up a front like paper II the giants from across the Hudson tore terrible holes and made gains of any length desired. Two t~ouchdowns were made on the kickoff. Wolff in oIie instance and Morley in the other took the ball after Stevens kicked it and ran the entire length of the field right throuh the Stevens team. Wolff did his trick behind beautiful interference, while Morley was almost alone n was compelled to shake three tacklers during his journey toward the Stevens goal. His run was one of the most beautiful ever seen on the St George Cricket grounds and was enthusiastically applauded Columbia scored at pleasure and gained the necessary distance every time, while Stevens made the requisite distance only once. This was on a play by Botchford and was a. surprise in a way. He smashed into Columbia,s line and succeeded IN getting through for fifteen YARDS, MS feat was the sign for a general outparst Of enthusiasm. Norman scored the nrst touchdown eight minutes after play De gan and Bruce kicked the goal Ihree minutes later Putnam reached the goal line and went over after sinking the lett end. Bruce kicked that goai aiso. In the first scrimmage after BruceS score. Norman tore of thirty YARDS through the center, but was nalledIon ths three yard line by Meyer. stevens trleq hard to Brace, but it was useless ana owen went over. Bruce kicked the goal Then came the play on which the fourth touchdown was scored by Wotn IN SEN ng ~sational style. GaIRT{a aI re Msye[d tS he ball. The Columbia team formed excel lent interference in the quickest time pos sible and Wolff went the entire lehgtn of the field, the Stevens boys peihg brushed aside as easily as possible. BRUCE kicked his fourth goal easily. rms q ed the first half with the score ~. The second half was ten minutes, Inc rain was falling heavily and the field was too wet for accurate play. AFTER one more touchdown by Owen, Columbia,s VARSITY was substituted Tor the Scrup. on the first lineup Morley ran earoa agh Weekes followed with his characteristic end run for twenty more ana a t9uchdown. Morley kicked the goal; Long abled clarendon to make another touch down. Morley then caught the KICKOFF on a dead run and never stopped until ne had crossed the opponents line he KICK ed a goal. The line up Columbia. Stevens. Gilchrisr Gibson Left End. u.as o~sH’ Left Tackle. wright, owen .................- Clark Left Guard. Erving, Wright Right Guard. Bruce Right Tackle. McKaskel, Slocovitch .;-.-.......Rapneii Right End. Wolff, Wilson ,,arter Ract e’ok Putnam Weight RisSt Half Back. Berrien, Stuart, Larendon ....-.-..-Ailen Left Half Back. Norman Jones. Weeks. Meyers Capt. Full Back. Princeton Varsity was out on Osborn Field Yesterday in spite OF a drenching rain and showed that mud has PIT III on hand and as determined and ambl- | lions as ever. but the big fellows soon | gof in working trim and scored two | fouchdowns in the hardest and best practice that has been seen at Princeton since | a Fortnight before the Cornell defeat- Inc | Varsity eleven was cheered to the echo by the large body of undergraduates ina | gathered to see the practice. Ine | coaches kept hard at work and several | times the effect of their instruction was | apparent. The game was twenty min The TIGERS got into it quickly and work ed with great speed and eHectiveneSs. Hard. desperate work Melted them the first touchdown in forty SECONDS after NAV began. H~illebrand caught HendergsanSs kick off and the interference form ed rapidly. illebran reached the CEN tire of the field and then LETT the lnterIer- | ence and went over for the touchdown | Eilebrand made the second score later m a fifteen yard run around Kelley The coachers’ work was seen particu- | larly in the line. Here there, was a de, cided brace and the backs also showed an Improvement. Holt is responsible for The Enforcement in the line It was in feresting to see Wright and Peli at II | at tackle. The latter played III the var sity and proved success1ui against Ms rival. The Jersey city Football Club has taken a hig contract for Sunday and the out come will be looked forward TO with much interest. THE eleven has booked the Muir INV piii team Of New York and the game is to be played on the Johnston avenue Grounds. A very large crowd IS eSpecte5c As the contest is sure to be very good These teams are about equally matched in weight and a hard battle IS most IKE - -.A~1 4ha.r moot

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  The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., November 2, 1899, page 4

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  DOWN LIKE TEN PINS. Stevens institute CoHeeians Fall Be. fore Columbia Footballists. New York, Nov. 1.-The Columbia university foot ball team did well in the mud at the st. George cricket grounds in Hoboken today, where they simply toyed with the Stevens institute team. winning by a score of 46 to O. The Hoboken collegians did not even offer good practice, and We’re bowled over like ten pins. Only three of the varsity team were sent in by Coach Sanford in the first half, which was of 20 minutes duraton. During the last five minutes of the game, Sanford put in the regular team and two touchdowns We’re scored in about three minutes.

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  The daily morning journal and courier, New Haven, Conn., November 2, 1899, page 1

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  UMBJI WON EASILY. New York, Nov. 1.-The Columbia university football team did well in the mud at the st. George Cricket grounds in Hoboken to-day, where they simply toyed with the Stevens Institute team, winning by score of 46 to 0. During the last five minutes of the game San ford put in the regular team and two touchdowns were scored in about three minutes.

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Columbia leads 9–⁠4–⁠2 in 15 meetings, counting the one since this game.