Yale at Columbia

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  The times, Washington [D.C.], October 28, 1900, page 8

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  Position. MT. PLEASANT. YALE NEAR DEFEAT. Wins From Columbia Only After the ROushest Kind of Play. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Confident of win ming by big score, the Yale Varsity eleven came to town today and was treated to the biggest surprise Of the season at CO. lur3bia Field. Beaten impressively by both Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, nobody expected the Columbia eleven to be in the game for minute. Column bia. however. had several things up the sleeve. and for a greater part of the afternoon the Yale players and their followers in the big grandstand saw a hollow defeat again staring them In the face. 1t was only after sixteen minutes of &C tual playing time in the second half that Yale. by the most desperate ana toughest playing ever seen on a football field, man. aged to score its first touchdown against Columbia. Up to that moment the blue and white eleven held the advantage, with to score, the result OF a touchdown in the first half. 1t was weight against skill on a wet gridiron. and weight won out by sheer battering ram tactics. During the first half OF the play Columbia played superb foot ball, but weakened in the second, and the first hard-earned touchdown for the blue was followed by a second. Both goals were kicked making the final score Yale, H.; Columbia ).

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  The Seattle post-intelligencer, Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.], October 28, 1900, page 8

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  YALE DEFEATED COLUMBIA NEW HAVEN ELEVEN PLAYED A RATHER DISAPPOINTING GAMn. bia Team by = Heavy score-Harward Won From Carlisle Indians --University of Michigan Wins. NEW YORK, Oct. 2.--Yale defeated CO. lumbia at Columbia fiela by a score Of IL to g. II was a surprising game OF foot ball. as the New Haven boys were expected by everyone to beat the Columbia team by a heavy score Columbia started with an aggressive game. and until eight minutes of the sec ond half had been played II looked as II she would repeat her victory of last year over Yale. She hit Yale’s line hard, and throughout the first half kept the ball continually in Yale’s territory. Yale was noticeably slow in lining up, while Columbia was quick. Their was no attempt by either team at mass formations or combinations, the straight old-style football with runs on the end and attacks at the line, being followed. The teams we’re evenly match ed as TO weight, though Yale had the advantage In the center OF the line her trio Of Captain Brown. Olcott and Shell don at left guard, center and right guard, being hard TO beat. Columbia made up for this, however. back OF the line. fale’s team averaged ls& pounds and CO. umbla’s ts0as. Touchdowns. Yale, Q: Weeks L. Goals from touchdown Yale: 2.

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  River Falls journal, River Falls, Pierce County, Wis., November 1, 1900, page 2 (results column)

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  The Enothnu Cannes. Chicago, Oct. 29,-Following are the scores made in the leading football games on Saturday: Pennsylvania, Al, Chicago. 0. Michigan, Il; Illinois, O. Northwestern, 6; Beloit, g. Wisconsin. AS; Grinnell, 0. Harvard, II; Carlisle, 5. Princeton, II; Brown s. Yale, 12; Columbia, 5. Cornell. %; Dartmouth, 6. Purdue. 46; Rose Poly 5. De PAW, s; Earlham, 0. Knox, 90; Illinois Wesleyan, 0. Minnesota, “a; North Dakota, 0. Lafayette. 16; New ark A. c.. O. Dickinson, 81; Haverford o. Ohio State, II: Oberlin, 0.

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Yale leads 62–⁠17–⁠2 in 81 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.