Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-26

securing referee and an umpire. Mr.. c. Fl.
Boynton WAS the unanimous choice of both
teams for the latter position. Unfortunately,
however, he was TODAY numbered in the ranks
OF the scrlbes, whore fingers froze as they wrote
their accounts of the great contest
c. g. Hodge of Swarthmore and the l. NJ C..
A. IVES finally fixed upon for umpire.
Lee Hardin. c. a. c., officiated as referee
and the game was started a little after u 80
O'clock
The ground was frozen. 1t was hard. II
any one has a doubt OF this let him
went to earth today. Falling was by
no means an attractive part of the
play, but as soon as the PLAYERS got well warm d
up by the excitement of the game this fact wa,
forgotten. and the BOYS played in the mot
ga 'lsfactory way. 1t was hard, snappy and
well-fought game.
THE coLUMBIAs BAD THE BEST OF IT.
From the start it looked as though the Co.
lumbia boys had the best of it. and were deter
mined to reverse the result Of the Thanksgiv-
ing day game. when they suffered defeat at the
hands CT the muscular Chris ians"
The Columbia team to,lay was strongly REIN
forced by the addition of the hardened col
lege players and averaged up considerably
heavier than their opponents. At times they
were able to force back the Y. NJ c. A.
boys BY sheer strength andSReight Their in
reference was Of the finest and had it not been
Tor the excellent lacking Of Townsend and Leet
they would have accomplished even more by
this creditable feature of their play.
THE FIRST TOUCH DOWN.
The first touch down was made by Phil King
of the Columbia's team within ten minutes of
the time the ball was put in play. The ball
was passed to him by Ordway who had
made a good run from center to the ten-vard
line King carried it over and the crowd
cneered and asked in unison IL there
was anything the matter with King
Then they answered their own question by
the unanimous statement that there was nothing
the matter with young King. Kings brother
Sam. who was one Of the crack hundred yard
sprinters when he was in IS. at Princeton,
was one of the most excited of the c. A. c.
rooters and he created a good deal of amuse-
mont before the game began by embracing
Frank Butterworth in the most brotherly sort
OF way.
Ex-coNGREssMAS BUrTERwoRrH.
One of The most interested spectators today
was ex-Congress man Butterworth, who is more
than little bit proud of his sons prowess as a
full back. 1t has been whispered even that
his interest in the welfare of the worlds
fair ID LEES than his interest in
well fought foot ball game and strange stories
are told of the excitement he showed at the
big game in New York when Frank showed that
be was a full back from away back.
When the ball was put in play at the star; of
the game Capt. King of the Columbia
eleven had won the toss and took the
ball, \. NJ. c. A. taking the goal
at the grand stand end Of the
field The game began with the trick with
Bergen in possession OF the leather. good
gain wac made. but in the scrimmage
Davis was thrown heavily 20 the rocky
ground. He lay stin for awhile as
the fortunes Of war waged over him and II was
thought that the subsequent proceedings would
interest him 10 more. but in q few minutes he
was able TO go on with the fun.
FIELD ARRANGEMENTS BAD.
The field arrangements were execrable. An
effort was made to keep the crowd back Of the
lines where everybody could have had good
view Of the game, but the crowd surged out to
the lines INTO the space that was supposed to
be reserved Tor the substitute PLAYERS, the Off
GERS Of tie two teams and the press. and polite
requests that the crowd move back we're re-
ceived in anything but a polite wav. squad
Of police would have been a great relief.
This was the last game for this season. bat
something better will have to be done next