Yale at Columbia

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 27, 1889, page 3

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  YALE DEFEATS COLUMBIA. PILING UP A FOOTBALL SCORE. pLUcKY GAME At THE BERKELEY OVAL Yale won victory over Columbia yesterday on Berkeley oval. The football teams not wen matched and the local college team failed 10 make single point, while the from Connecticut roil’d up a score Of 81. Yet It Is argued by all VINO know that Columbia did good work, and those VINO witnessed the game unite in the opinion that iale won every point on merit. and that Columbia ola the best work possible in defending its territory III Is true that the battle always ragged Coluinbas ground, but the relative weight of the teams, and inc contrast Of the forces in the field allow critics to DO lenient toward the New-York men. Yale’s heavy rushing supported ‘y splendid tactics, and the New Haven men were always where they were expected to be. Yale almost always got the advantage OF the scrimmage, and the brute force displayed by the ruShers Of the team had in consequence an OPP portunty to display itself The superior training OF the visiting team revealed itself at those times when Yale with the ball. A dozen times at least the New-Haven men ran with the ball for distances ranging from fifteen 10 forty yards without being troubled at all 10y their pursuers. The result was, before the game haa fairly progressed, that Columbia seemed afraid 10 tackle and several who could have been run of bounds were enabled swerve along the chalkline ard make touchdown. There was not a safety touchdown h the game, and the referee call left a Of sixty.two points to zero at haf past o’clock Columbia was represented by about GOO under graduates and alumni, and a so OF men from NewHaven yelled “Rahl Hah!r dor Yale. ms grounds less slippery than expected, but me delicate ecru” of the players Jerseys suffered from the mud wherever a lblown tackle marked tho play The teams follows;

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Yale leads 62–⁠17–⁠2 in 81 meetings, counting the 70 since this game.