Columbia at Stevens

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 15, 1889, page 1

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  COLUMBIA WINS A GAME. A CLOSE FOOTBALL MATCH IN HOBoKEN. THE STEVENS INSTITUTE ELEVEN DEFEATED IN AN EXCITING CoNTEsT-IMPRovED THE STEVENS INSTITUTE ELEVEN DEFEATED IN AN EXCITING CoNTEsT-IMPRovED PORN OF THE NEw.YoRK MEN The marked Improvement in the playing of the Columbia College football practically demon strated yesterday when the of the blue and white defeated e stevens Institute eleven at IIoboken. by score of IL 70 6. Not long ago tho Stevens Institute defeated Trinity, to o. and Trinity defeated Columbia pa TO 4. The game yesterday was interesting, and closely contested. In the opening of the game Stevens had the ball Columbia faced the north goal Stevens gained ten yards In t5e starr. and p Mckenzie made a run for , ten yards. In the rough and tumble fight that followed, Hewlett got the ball for Columbia and ran with It fifteen yards. When ball was I’m play again, Trppe kicked 1t twenty yards. but Colnmbias tumble lost the advantage. Again Trppe kicked, but McCord returned the kick, and Columbia lost ground. In the fight that followed Wrecks was hurt, and schaefcr took his place. Columbia then forced the ball. but in an unguarled moment p. Mckenzie seized II, and with fine along the line made a touchdown on the edge of the fed time, Il minutes. The try for goal failed score, to 0 in favor OF Stevens. When time called TO start the second half Columbia began wUfH villa shoref and determination. Good team-pay and diDeK whfk enabled Hewlett TO make touchdown In 1 IL minutes. Trippe then kicked goal making the score Columbia g. Stevens d. Little by little Columbia gained ground, until Dilworth and Hewlett forced the ball over the line and made another touchdown in sixteen minutes Trippe again kicked goal, making the score Columbia 10, Stevens L. The stevens men then made another rally, and for a few minutes did well, but tho ball went back be fore Columbias rIsh-line. Then Stevens got In a free kick and 10y working the wodgc-trick got th6 bah so near Columbias goal that Dworth was forced to make safety thereby saving two points and 10, slbIy four Tines minutes; scOre-Columbia II, Stevens 6. The players

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  The Jersey City news, Jersey City [N.J.], November 15, 1889, page 1

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  COLUMBIA DEFEATS STEVENS. Two of the Hoboken Team Injured in the Game, Two of the Hoboken Team Injured In the Game. The cricket grounds at Hoboken was the scene of a lively football contest yes terday. The Stevens Institute team and the Columbia College team met. The Hoboken boys were in poor luck. When they had the victory almost won two of their plungers were injured. This weakened the team and demOralized the players and victory went to the New Workers. Columbus won the toss nj selected the field with the wind in their favor. Despite this advantage as a stiff breeze prevailed the Stevens boys kept the ball in the territory of their rivals. 1t was a desperate struggle and Stevens four times lost the ball, but quickly recovered it. Mckenzie finally secured it and by o splendid sprint secured a touch down. McCord missed the goal in the kick. Wreaks, of Stevens, was injured in n of the scrambles and retired. Schafer took his place. When the second half began the wind had abated and Stevens was deprived of an advantage that Columbia had at the start. AS soon as the game was resumed Hulett, of Columbia, got the ball and Sc cured a touchdown. Trip kicked goal. McCord, of Stevens, received a kick in lost the services of a valuable player, and changes had to be made. Dilworth, of Columbia, secured another touchdown and Trip kicked goal. The Stevens boys made a grand rally and compelled the Columbus to make a touch down for safety. No more points were made and Columbia won with a

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Columbia leads 9–⁠4–⁠2 in 15 meetings, counting the three since this game.