Williams at Columbia

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 11, 1900, page 5

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  NO SCORE FOR COLUMBIA. A DRAWN BATTLE WAGED AT COLUAI- BIA FIELD WITH WILLIAMS The conditions at Columbia Field yesterday were IDEAL for football and the spectators who went to Harlem to the battle between the Columbia and Williams teams expected treat After the rain there was Just enough moisture in the ground to lessen the dangers of scrimmage the turf A chilly wind swept Coogan’s Bluff. making wraps comfortable for the onlookers. but furnish Ing just the chill needed by the robust athletes to prevent the heat exhaustion prevalent on Saturday. 1t was a lively battle long as It lasted and while the result, draw, distinct disappointment to Columbia, the contest of the sort to please the impartial spectators immensely Two halves of fifteen minutes each were played, and, while Columbia had slightly the better Of the argument, neither side scored Columba’s supremacy, never too conspicuous, did not show to much advantage until the second half. In the first half the local men, who were heavier and stronger, found their agile opponents a difficult proposition to handle. Williams held Columbia’s beef

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Columbia leads 13–⁠3–⁠1 in 17 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.