The evening times., 1895-10-30

The Columbian College.and Central High
School boys gave an Interesting exhibi-
ton of good foot ball at National Park yes
tcr'iay afternoon. and there was a fairly
good audience Present TO see and enjoy il.
! Despite their many supporters the High
| School lads were doomed 10 meet defeat.
! They put up a good game ami showed that
I they are apable of doing much better after
/ a littfe more practice, but the line of the
Varsity team proved too strong for them
and at the close OF the game the score stood
10 To in favor of the Columbias.
The game was more in the nature of u
| practice affair than a downright fight
| for blood. and the High Schooiers kept a
| diiiGent watch for weak spots in the line,
so that they can be strengthened for the
next contest.
strongest team. and it will be formidable
one for the local teams if they cunfinue
To play with the snap and vim that eharac-
terized yesterdays game.
The college team was made up of Harlan,
who put up very fair game at center
and gives promise of great things: Cum
mings. right guard: Pollard. left guard:
Shaw, right tackle: Shuster left tackle;
Cobdrd, right end; Parsons. left end; Beard,
right halfi3ck: Hills. left halfback: Weaver,
fullback: Eeall. quarterback
The line-ap Of the High School was Rar-
rard. center; Richmond. right guard: KIM
mel, lcft guard: Smith, right tn ckh.: Shutter.
left tackle; Underwood, right end; Max
well. left end: TindalI, right halr-back:
Taylor, left half-back: Oyster full-hack.
and Jolly, quarterback.
The High School lads play was good in
t3ckiing, but weak in Interference while
the Coinnlbias' strength lay in tacklin.
the center. They average a much heavier
team than their opponents and were much
successful ri
In The last five minutes OF play in the
last half Tinddll did some good PLAYING,
being given thc last chance To pull the
Centrals cut of il bad fix. Smith made "A
lead for him AMI he dug throu.. but it
was no use, and the Coumbias held them
down until the referees whistle sounded
for the game to close.
A meeting of the Columbian University
men was held yesterday afternoon. ae-
cnrding to the announcement made in The
Times, Tor The purpose OF organizing
varsity football team, and the interest
and enthusiasm shown in the movement
was even greater than was anticlpated
There were about sixty students present.
football talent from almost
every big college in the country. and the
outlook for the proposed new team is
most encouraging.
At this meeting the scheme of the
cussed from end to end. There was hut
Dnc sentiment. and that was that no stone
should be left un;Urned to put the movement
IN firm footing.
BY the time all of those who wanted
10 talk had their say. il was too late to go
III with tic organization, and another meet.
ng was arranged to complete matters,
which viii be held Tomorrow
As yet it is too early to say W no will he
he guiding spirits when the team has
)een named but any OF dozen men in
he university would make good officials.
md competent and energetic ones will
'e chosen.
Little Taussig, right end on Cornell. IS
! star kicker In more ways than one. saysa
'oston paper In the Harvard game last
his protests were so numerous
nd unwarranted that Ma NewaI had
0 tell him to "play football
The athletic club teams are no longer IN
e sneered at by the big college eIeyens
! A A.. Orange A. c., Crescent A. c. and
h1cago A A. are putting up pretty stiff
anne OF football. and a college eleven mas
o cinch when il lines up against one Of
hem.