The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25
COLLEGE BOYS SPORT.


COLLEGE OF NEW YORK PLAYING FOOTBALL
DESPERATE CONTEST SIDE SCORE.
The freshmen teams OF Columbia. College and tn 9
College OF tho City OF New York played their long
talked OF football match yesterday ON the grounds OF
tho New York Athletic Club. Mt Mott Haven.
There eleven men only on side,
and those that journeyed TO the scene Of
tho contest expecting to witness q sided affair
never disappointed. The boys from the
College Of the City OF New York had been unlucky
during the season they went into the battle with
scarcely hope OF winning, YET they fully determined
TO do their best and leave the rest 10 luck OF an
average only OF feet incnes and weight OF 120
pounds, the odds much IN favor OF their larger
aud heavier opponents. Ordinarily weigh. and
strength II other circumstances are equal will carry
the day Of this kind For once, however the
smaer Try" equal To tho bigger 1sh, during
the one hour hall, with the usual intermisson
the expiration Of five minutes, there des
peratc playing 'tme" being called with no points TO
tho credit oi either team. That neither goal nor
s.touch DOWN. should DO made such mar
row and short field as that oil tho Athletic
grounds is marvellous No more determined boys ever
went into contest than the Ctys, and the result Of
their afternoons work should givo them courage.
The spectators made up OF college students
Amos. exclusively. Cloudy weather ana frosh wind
from the eastward made It rather unpleasant to the
lockers on, but SO exciting and tho play
all remained to the end
ROUGH BEGINNING.
The uniforms were not uniform. Some OF tho CO.
lumbias white shirts, while others spored blue
some appeared In long pants, with still others
wearing tho comfortable knec-orecches Tho ctys
were Just as bad few had tho club dress OF light
blue, with cardinal trimmings. others being
attred in white, and hero aud there a man
could be seen with no club coiors what
evcr. Columbia sent INTO the Held as
"rushers." Crano (Captain) Foster, Parker, Sayre,
Roberts and pa,tcn 'ha!f backs" Tieman, Wilson
aud Combs; as blacks, (" Ladd and Taylor rhe Col
Silney Ormsby Captan) q. Ormsby, Bunzei Calister,
Webster and fcdman IN the front rank, or as
and Langbein, Rayner and Piidian as "Dacks," or
goal defenders. Mr. Clark was judge Tor Columbia, Mr.
William Watson tor tho Cty's, and Mr. Brewer cap
tain OF the Columbia University football team, was
agreed upon Tor referee. Tho College OF New York
won the toss and selected the north end OF the neId
having the wind Mt their backs Captain Crane, OF
the Columbus kicked or and tho leather falling into
the hands OF Webster ot tho y. O. IS, he sent it wniz
ENG back into the Columba's territory, when
Crane Obtained possession ana started toward the
Guys fortress with smilc on his lace. That smile
quickly disappeared and gave way to an oppression OF
extreme disgust Callster OF the opposition, charg
ing HIM ut full speed laid him hat on his
back the ground. Crane was the first to
had to deal out, and It nerved them accordingly.
With foul or Two, owing TO the extreme narrowness
ball and went booming away into the enemy's strong
hold, cheer alter cheer urging him IN his effort
Lsngbcin "went for" him, and both BIT the dust with
u thud That suggestive oil broken bones. "Coum-
bias got no soft tLinR today" sagcly exclaimed u
CITY Sophomore, and this fact had already been FULLY
realized by tho former players. Once moro In
motion there was r0ugher ami roughcr work. Crane,
Sayre and Foster endeavorcd To run down tho
"nlites," but Crane was twisted nearly out of his
shoes Sayre was spun around dozen times by an old
fashioned neck lock ana Foster had his outer shirt
torn from his back. All this happened the
ba Hal1 and nolth thA nj
either side OF .rushers" could tor several minutes
move the bali more than ten yards.
TOUGH CITY BOYS.
At last CaIstcr, of the College OF the City of New
York. got the ball and made the run of twothrds the
ned before ne was stopped, but Foster was 100
over in the DIRT. Cailister was obstinate Foster de-
tcrmined three or four moro OF either side joined
them, and there was mass Of wrthing youngsters
that were squeezing each others life nearly
out Callister held the leather, and the cry OF
..downs being heard, tue la1s unwound themselves
and being sure no bones were broken, the fun recon-
menced Up and down went the ball and up and down
went the players Once only was the City's fortress
fear Of beng successfully stormed, when Pddian
anu Laugben repused the Invaders magnidcently.
Rougher play was never seen. 1t outwcighcd the
Harvard Princeton match at Hoboken There no
lag CARDS, no skukera Each did his work maniuly.
All kinds OF wrestling was gone through with. Fedman,
OF the Citys IN one instance jumped clean top OF
Patten while he swinging field with the
ball. and they thumped the ground together with
such force AS TO knock them one sided. II wasn't Of
any account, seemingly, as they were up and at 1t
again. jolly ever. And thus II went to the end Of
mali tmo" when there rest, and shirts were |
mended aud lame legs looked alter by the youthful
contestants.
TRYING 1T AGAIN.
The ball In due time was sent up again. and Column
ba was earnest than So were their oppo.
nents sides had boon changed, and the Co. um
had the wind with them. Callistcr, OF tho citys, |
shape Then ''rusher" Bunzel obtained H. aud being
tackled, passed the ball to Callster, who in turn
scriln mage resulted 10 Wilson, OF the Columbus OBJ
tanning II, who with drop kick came very near wln-
ming goal for his team. The light to prevent this
result desperate, but the determination Of the
CITY boys finally won, and again tue battle
ferred TO the centre OF INC Held. Here Roberts
was deprived Of both shirts, Raynor tearing
no difference, however. with Roberts, who played
away his bare bacx Tor several minutes, many oil
on" Finally another shirt was procured ana tho
game Columbia boy was again In working order.
linus inc play ~eIs on Inc mos' charsos
all over tho field. Teman lost his SHIRT
In prolonged scrInmage. and Tor a while the Column
bias looked indeed ragged team, which, in truth,
Ihoy fast becoming IN more than one sense. |
The close observer could SEQ that the big
getting weak, and II lucky for them that at this
Again aud again the ball vol kicked, ana again
and again good runners with their minds made up
'do or die" in the attempt TO gam point were |
checked Then came the word that only
minutes remained IN which to play. Faster and more
furious flew the ball Thicker and thicker were |
tho men sent at lul length on the ground.
Many were disabled and were better out of the light
han in It, but stu the play" went on until ''Timel"
was shouted with the ball in possession Of Nh. Cal
ster OF the College OF the City Of New York. Not
single point had been gained by either side. though
i quite impracticablo TO estimate the damages OF
he coniest EVERY man and brother'' who tvoK part
In tho game will realize the fact this morning without
being told.
.'Tne Ntdgets have done WE'LL shouted an excited
city man.
"on, wouldn't just like to get hold Of Columbia
man now, cried another, making desperate kick
imaginary ball other like expressions told of tho
rivalry between tho colleges