Union (NY) at Columbia

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 1, 1905, page 1

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  COLUMBIA BEATS UNION. Blue and White EIeUen Score Easy Yictory IN First Game. A large crowd, composed mostly Of baseball fans. saw the Columbia football eleven defeat Union at American League Park yesterday by a score of % to 0. 1t Sc happened that TWO baseball games ana a football game had been scheduled, and long before the end of the second half a crowd Of fans filled the bleachers’ ana bv cries Of play ball!” showed that it is hard n interest a devotee of baseball in the gridiron game Followers Of Columbia were surprised that when the team lined up neither captain Ailolp ~ right tackle. nor Duncan Carter fuiloach’ wa” in the nIav. Poth failed to qualify under the eligibility rule, and the graduate commute o-athletics ruled that neither could play Ihey will still have an opportunity to qualify out those in close touch with Columbia athletics say that it is strongly probable that Thorp VIII not represent Columbia this year Perhaps the weather accounted for tne Aao’ that It was sluggish game Even from ‘”o point Of view of the spectators II was un’o Portable The players left tran OF PeISp’‘” ton behind them and came from the close u the short second half almost exhausted. Some Oh them lost seven or eight pounds during the game. After it was over the mildese epi’h0’ used to characterize it was Awful! Coach Morley tried out nearly all OF the men during the course of the game. Even with the weakest no progress Only once did Union get nrst down. and that was near the end of the second half. when the Columbia team was composed almost entirely Of substitutes. Not only was Union outweighed in every position. but clearly outplayed The Union backs were slow IN gel ting started. while they showed a constant ten dency to tumble. Columbia also fumbled, especially on the punts Both of the teams preferred puntlng 10 bucking the line, and so the ball was kicked back and forth across the field continually Neither team was strong at punting. Columbia tried four different men as kicHers, while all or Unions punting was done by Moore The features of the game were two long runs by Columbia men for touchdowns. In the nrSI half Union punted to her 50-yard line. where Heinrich caught the ball Following his inter ference closely, he through the whoIe Union team. and made Columbias second touchdown after about twelve minutes OF play Armstrong did even better in the second nan nan With the ball in the centre of the field, he TOOK IT for a run around right end, and Wnen ne stopped it was behind Unions goal posts Besides these plays, all of Columbia’s gains were made by straight line plunges. In the first half Fisher continually went through the hne for good gains. In the second half ArInstrohg and Mckee duplicated the trick Armstrong particularly played a strong game, and made good gains every time he took the bail. Donovan tried the quarterback run several times but both teams showed a tendency to offsde play. Columbia suffered more severely because Of this Especially when Columbia’s new men were put in did they wax overanxious and get into the game before the ball was passed. The halves played were fifteen minutes each. Fisher for Columbia kicked off to Wright, who ran it back about five yards. Union punted and the ball was recovered by Donovan after starbuck had fumbIed Columbia punted and Union fumbled. but recovered the ball. On punt Starbuck fumbled again. More punts followed until Columbia got the ball on Unions Coward line, when by line plunges by Heinrich and Fisher Columbia showed the ball ahead until Fisher was pushed over for a touch down after eight minutes play. Fisher missed the goal. After the kickoff the ball was punted back and forth until Heinrich obtained it and made his long run Fisher again missed the goal. A little later in the same half, when the ball was on Unions 2O-yard line the latter tried to punt The centre tossed il over Moore’s head behind the goal. Moore dashed for it and at tempted to run it back, but was downed behind the goal posts giving Columbia safety This made the score 12–⁠0 when the half closed In the second half Moore kicked off for Union to the Coward line. where Donovan caught the ball and ran it back twenty yards. Columbia hunted Union fumbled, and Fisherman fell on the ball for Columbia. Fisher was soon sent through for another touchdown The rest of the half was little more than series of punts. except when Armstrong made his long run. After this touchdown Escheverria, kicked the only goal The game ended with the ball Unions 30-yard line. The line up follows:

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  Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, October 2, 1905, page 9

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  PRINCETON DID WELL. Princeton played strong defensive game defeating Washington and lief ferson, 23 to O. Most of the Tigers gains were made by end runs. The feature of the game was a 45 yard run for touchdown by Simons of Princeton. Columbia also beat Union by the score of -23 to 0. The sum-

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Columbia leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.