Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-25
THE DAYS BIG GAME.
Columbia's Team Battles With All
Washington Star Players
CHRISTMAS DAY FOOTBALL MATgH.
Disappointment at the Absence Of
King and Butteworth.
BEGINNING OF THE GAME.

The annual foot ball game between the
Columbia Athletic Club and q team repre-
senting All-Washington has come to be as
much OF an institution as is the Thanks
giving day game between G. A. c. and
Georgetown College.
This year. as usual, the game was played
on the base ball grounds at the head Of
18th street. and drew together quite q large
crowd of foot ball enthusiasts. This year
foot ball In Washington has been very for
tunate in the matter Of weather. For the
great Thanksgiving day game. when Co
lumbia pulled on the championship by a
comfortable score. both weather and
grounds were in perfect condition. The
same state of affairs prevailed today. The
whitewashed gridiron was as smooth as a
base ball diamond. The ground was soft
and springy. and was a much more desir-
able place to tumble and roll over than 1t
would have been If the earth had been
frozen into hard clods. 1t was q warm
afternoon. almost balmy; from the point of
view of the players 1t would have been
more pleasant If it had been colder. For
the audience however. 1t was just about as
pleasant as 1t could be. and they were in
just the right humor, after the happy
morning OF a home Christmas. to see a
rafting good game.
to begin, but as soon as the gates were
opened. an hour or more before that time,
the people began filing into the grounds In
little groups. 1t could hardly be said that
there was as much interest taken in the
game as was the case on Thanksgiving.
when c. A. C. battled for the championship
with their old-time rivals from George
town. The team that was opposed to c. A.
G. today was something of a patchwork,
made up as 1t was Of various welllknown
local players who have played on college
and athletic club teams this fall. While
there were any number of players of in
dividual ability yet they lacked the advan-
tage that comes from team play and prac-
tice together. There was less in the way Of
playing. This IL Of itself a griev-
Gus drawback this year more than ever be-
FORE when team and mass plays are relied
upon for practically all efforts to advance
the ball.
Stars Absent.
The team that lined up against the CO.
lumbia boys was not altogether the team
that the crowd expected to see play. for
Phil King of Princeton. and Butterworth Of
Yale, were not on hand, and these were the
two star attractions booked for the All
team. The management come
In for some rather harsh criticism for hav
ing advertised again and again that these
two famous champions would appear, even
after 1t was known that they would not
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above all others. Ii on the southern trip of
the Princeton Glee and Banjo clubs and
Is in New Orleans today. The composition
Of the All Washington team was not
players were on the ground ready for the
fray. Even the newspaper men were not
furnished with the lists Of the two teams
until just before time was called.
The Teams.
The two teams as they lined up were as
Columbia-wisner, right end; Wells, right
tackle; A. Johnson, right guard; Gapen,
center; Davis. left guard; r. Johnson, left
tackle; Maupin, left end; Veazey, right
half; McRoberts. left half; Lefton. quarter;
All Washington-Taussig. right end: W.
right tackle; Tallmadge. right
guard; Kavanaugh. center; Lindgren, left
guard; ]. s. Church. left tackle; Harder.
half; BookwaltSr. quarter; Bayley. full
back.
The Preliminaries.
There were three Annapolis players on
the team, and this drew a large crowd of
boys from the Naval Academy, in uniform
and bedecked with big rosettes Of blue and
gold. Cornell and other colleges were also
in the audience. and made
things lively with their cheers. An or
cheStra from the Columbia AtnletlC Slup
was on hand, each man with one pipe from
an organ, and they made lots of trouble
during the game. There were between 700
and 5000 people on the grounds when the
game began.
Ordway captained the All-washington
team and Wells did like service for Co.
umbia.
The umpire was Jack Rainier and referee
vas Mr.. 2. .. Wagonhurst formerly of
Princeton.
The Game by Plays.
At 2:15 Columbia won the toss and took
the ball, making several yards on the
trick. BY a kick and several rushes they
carried the ball up the field rapidly to with
n 20 yards of the Washington goal line.
Here they lost the ball on four downs
and Washington began the work of making
up ground. Columbia got the ball on a
tumble and by good rush line play brought
he ball near to the goal Washington got
he ball and Ordway made a pretty run
around the end for ten yards. Then the
ball was kicked to the center Of the field.
Here there was some delay and considera-
Die kicking because of dissatisfaction on
he part of the Washington team with
Rainier's umpiring, but play was resumed
lfter some parley.
Narrow Escape.
At 2:3O o'clock the ball was within a foot
Of Washington goal, Columbia lost the ball,
and Ordway made a pretty run for thirty
i've yards.
Nothing to Nothing.
Then by a run of Ordway and good rush
inc work Washington carried the ball to
within five yards Of Columbia's line. WASH
ngton would probably have scored on the
,ext play, but time was called for the first
half, with the ball in Columbia's possession.
Neither side had scored.
Coal supply and Population.
From the Edinburg Review.
1t Is quite true that the temperate re-