The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-06
HARVARD VS.. COLUMBIA.

A FOOTBALL MATCH IN A RAIN sToRM-THE
NEW ENGLAND Tram WINS BY A SCORE OF
SIX GOALS AND -FOUR .'ioCCH DOWNS"
Smarsing under their defeat OF Saturday last at
the hands Of the Princeton the Harvard fifteen
came the ST. Georges Cricket Club Grounds yes
terday with The full determination to do or die HALF
past two was tho time set down for commencing hos
tilltiea No time wasted In assigning the men
their positions in tho held, which were :-Coumb,a-
Forwards rushers, Captain Gushing, Thayer, Lat
tauer, Holmes, Perry Swift andCushing Of the Medi-
cal College; tho half backs Holden, Bacon Har-
ringion, Austin and Houston the backs were shell
don. Lombard and Whithoroy Mr. Seaman, OF Har-
ward, acted their umpire. The Columbia fifteen
were dsp0ned oil as iollows:-Forwards, Pryor, Potts
Brewer tcaptainj. Rhodes, Brinkerhon, Tram and
Laurence. rle nali-backs were Hammond, Burton.
Conover, Randall ana McCosh. The backs were Do
Forest, Morgan and Ledoux MI Price, oil New YORK.
nilsd tho position Of umpire for Columbia. and Mr..
Cuts, OF Princeton. acted referee. While the
disrobing The rain came down IN torrcnts, and
soon the ground was quagmre, on which anything
like decent oothod could not DO obtained, but still
Inc Nat was 10 20 on. As soon as the waterspoat
Iuled little the teams 10 their Harvard
having won the toss, chose the northern goal, Uut
little If any difference between the POSITIONS
M there was no wini stirring al the commcncemeut
oi the game. Precisely at eight minutes past three
Brewer, tue captain OF the Columbia team, advanced
and gave the opening KICK, sending tho ball into
Harrington tho Harvard hall-back's, arms he
INSTANTLY tackled by three iour of
the Columbia forwards and was forced TO cry down.
The ball kicked than II taken
by Hammond Who getting into close quarters passed
IL captain (Brvwcr who kicked out OF bounds.
The throw ia was made by Hammond, aud some pretty
scriuimages cnsued The Harvard team All the
while working tbe sphere and Colun-
BIAS touch aown line, and, seeing danger tnat lis
party In, DC Forest seized the bail and
hind the gao touching down Tor safety. The KICK
produced some pretty play all round, which ended Ia
Columbia forward running out OF the bounds with tho
ball.
The Columbia men fought desperately to drive their
opponents back, and in er endcavors to accomplish
this object they worked the bail directly Ia front OF
the goal posts and Bacon, Harvard forward SEEING
opening, kicked tho bali through The stringpiecc.
Time, 8 minutes. Harrington showed some magni-
cent play, securing loss than touch downs.
Cushing, the capt AIN, also got touch down, and
Holmes followed with another The stuy al goan re-
suited IN failure, Cushing being unable 10 get The
leather through tho posts One OF The Columbia
then kicked tho bail out oil bonds. Harrington
got his fingers on the BAL, and was making bee
line for the goal, when his career was ABRUPTLY
checked by Hammond and free KICK tho result.
Cushing caught the Dali the lily, aud, running Ike
u deer, got behind CoIumoias goal and secured an
other touch down. This time tho captains kick was
successful. the leather whis.ing through the posts
The second goal was gained IN Ism. ms. The ball
was then taken 10 thcce OF the heid and kicked
oil again II was caught ny Train, who made good
before he was headed or and then Harvard
rusher got the ball III his clutches, aud before
DO stopped he had fallen touch line.
IL ended in another goal Tor the New England
team The last goal was gained Ia q minutes.
The game now stood Three goals and seven
touch downs Tor Harvard; Columbia nothing.
tory aud one OF the Harvard 10 wards gave ball
magnificent kick that all but earned goal Morgan
on hand and took touch down Tor safety. Har-
rington caught the ball on the kick out anu he and
Hammond came down croppcr. The ball again
worked up toward ColumUi's goal and maui In
goaI eDsucd which resulted In Harvard getting touch
down. When the ball was worked to centre OF The
field some desperate scfimmages took place, IN tho
midst VI which time was called. Five minutes rest
and ends changed.
rBn INNINGS.
The wind now began TO blow rather strongly aud
Waat Int Hlr-
ward would have an easy matter now securing
goals; but tho columbia boys played much better IN
the second inning than they dad IN tho inst Brewer
gave the RICK OIL. Tho leather CLOSE prox
Unity to CoIumba's goal, aud finally Holmes got
touch down; the try al was failure. Alter eighteen
minutes hard play fnayer IN, got touch down,
which resulted IN another goal Tor Harvard Eighteen
minutes more OF hard h2bt,ng and Harvard had Sc
curod another touch down, Houston successfully KICK
ing the ball over the strngpieco. just us II lacked
nitccn seconds To the call Of time Litta1er got nn
other touch down and Gushing kicked tho ball through
tho goal the referee sang 'ume.u THIS niado
complete whitewash Tor the home team.