Seton Hall at Columbia

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 5, 1905, page 10

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  VICTORY FOR COLUMBIA. Undo Scores Three TouchdounS Against Seton Hall. Columbia won her second football victory Of the season at American League Park yesterday by defeating Seton Hall by a score of q to 0. From the spectators point of view it an interesting game, although both teams played ragged football at times. The only incidents which marred the game the injuries to Henry Post, who played left end for Columbia, and Clark, left tackle FOR Seton Hall. Toward the end of the second hall Post had one Of the small bones in his LETT arm broken and was forced to leave the game while Clark had one of his ribs broken. Columbia had the advantage both In weight ana age over the New-Jersey eleven, some OF Whom were mere boys. Although the team did not get within fifteen yards Of the Columbia goal line there were times when the Columbia rooters had occasion to hold their breath. The Seton Han boys had some trick plays which fooled the % lumbia eleven completely They were sllhPio enough-double and delayed passes-but the biue and White could not seem to master theHi’ an gains OF from ten to forty-fve yards were repeat eddy made on one Of these occasions 1t was by the merest chance that Seton Hall did not score The IigRfe c eleven had the ball ON their lVSa’T as round Donough took the ball on a oo[oie dpfenca knew right end, and before the Columbia deIehce H GoInb han team except Donovan. The Columbia quarterback tackled and missed but IN o9 9s{ he could recover himssif Donovan was up and top Of him. saving score. =, ,,a1e nv, straight line pIunges Morley did not see tit to use ms reg lar backs but with the OF Substitutes Undo proved the best ground gamer for Columbia W. he went around the end for big gains once CaliS 9 the ball twenty yards for a TOUCHDOWN. It, tho 1t may have been owing to the IaCt III – Columbia backs substitutes that th9 “oi 1-Js the Blue and White was marred by fumbIlng’ o ms fault cost the Columbia team several yards once, when the Morningside eleven had the pan VIZ five yards of their opponents goal they ~ ~ Il and the ball punted back to the mldoIe VI ‘lio field. “a 4,,o hoa, The score would have been larger had there oeeh any Columbia man who could kick goalS. Ec LV verria managed to get in four trlals one Oh 1e encouraging features about Columbia play Ma9 the way in which the line held. TINS was apsautely inpervious 10 the Seton Hall attack an every CAPTAIN Thorpe was not IN his position. He was on the field but not in football clothes. IN MS absence from the team Post acted as captain, Columbia made one touchdown IN the ntsI nan had kicked off the Blue and White fumbled Snerldan then carried the ball thirtyve yards lot SIo9 Hall on a delayed pass Columbia again OBTAINED the ball, and after several minutes line oucdhs Willard was pushed over for touchdown. . ~ Just at the beginning of the second halt NC Donough made his 45-yard-run for seton. On the next play he duplicated the trick for twenty iumbia carried it to Seton’s 5-yard line; where Hodgkins fumbled. The ball was punte.d to the 3O-yard line, from where Undo carried II over the goal line. Soon afterward lhndo macs another touchdown after Il series OF line pluhses IIndo made the last touchdown after ZO-ydFd run In the last few minutes of play So”Ier’ VINO weighs only 1876 pounds. went I’m at quarter ana past all of the Columbia team except FoWler WIN McDonough interfering. he babe fair 70 make 4 touchdown, when Fowler nailed him with a oeautifuI tackle. The lineup and summary 1oIloW:

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Columbia leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.