The times., 1897-11-26

The game began at 2.43 q CLOCK snarp,
with the bali in Columbians possession,
g. Lewis placed the ball in position, and
Sent IL sailing down the field for forty
yards, TO K. Lewis, who brought ii back
ten yards. The first play tried was
double pass, by which Humphrey gained
four yards around right end. *. Lewis was
sent through right tackle for four more
yards and Hooker went through the same
hole for three yards, which gain was i'm
mediately duplicated by Dyer. r. Lewis
was then tackled by Tndau for a loss of
two yards. Saunders was sent through
left guard for two yards, and Taussig
around right end, for five yards, and
Dickinson added two more. The bail,
which was now on c. a. C.'s 46-yard
line, was given to Columbian for off-Side
play by Wells.
Weaver. was first sent around the right
end for five yards, and Tindall was showed
through the line for a gain OF seven. Il.
Lewis followed with four more yards,
and Tindall was tackled ono yard behind
the line by Saunders. G. Lewis bucked
the line finely FOR ten yards, and two more
gains OF three yards each by Weaver and
6. Lewis brought the bali within twenty
yards OF goal, when {. A. c. secured
the oval on tumble.
Dyer Kicked the ban to midfeld, where
Jolly picked it up on found and made
an excellent run OF fifteen yards before
being downed. On the next play McGowan
broke through the line and tackled Tindan
four yards behind the line and then Lewis
kicked the pigskin thirty yards 20 Hum
nhrey, who was downed in his tracks on
G. A. C.s 25-yard line. Dyer i'm
mediately returned the compliment with u
kick or forty yards TO Jolly, who ran five
yards forward. Kicks We're again ex-
changed, Lewis kicking thirty-fiye yards
and Dyer punting twenty Yards On this
play the c. a. c. forwards tackled Lewis,
who caught the BAN too som, and on
free kick the latter sent the oval thirty five
yards TO c. a. C.'s 15-yard line, where
Humphrey caught it and ran lack ten
yards. Here the first long play ofthe game
was made, when L. Lewis ran through right
center for twenty-five yards and was only
stopped by magnificent tackle by q.
Lewis.
On an attempted trick kick the ban was
blocked, and, going foul, varsity secured
it. Meigs then gained ten yards on
double pass ana Weaver lost four yards on
six yards around his left end and a KICK
Of thirty yards by Lewis was returned for
the same distance, tie ball bounding over
the foul line, and after a lot chase and
scrimna ge was picked up by Underwood
K. Lewis bucked center for eight Yards
and fumbled, but Wells fell on the ban.
Dyer then lodged four men Cor gain OF
ten yards around 'yarsity's left end. The
bah was fumbled by r. Lewis and recoy-
cred by Curtiss ON Columban's l5-yard
line. Wells advanced -four yards and Hcoker
bucked the line for two more. Here the
| ball was again fnmHled b. r. Lewis and
regained by Curtiss. Dyer next took the
oval TO the 4-yard line. but tie wonderful
rally made by Columbian hete prevented
touchdown.
On the next play Cummings tackled
Hooker for a loss OF tnrec yards, and
varsity got the ball on downs after hold
ing R. Lewis and Curtiss for no gains.
On the first lineup Weaver ran around
the right end for twenty yards. Godging
three men. G. Lewis punted for forty
yards to Humphrey, who DROPPED It. ana
| Cummings got it, 6 Lewis went through
| center for eight yards and Tindan for
seven more, when he lost il in a tcrfm-
| mage. Jolly gathered it in and ran over
the goal line, but was called back for
| going foul. G. Lewis then made the best
| play Of the game by running thirt y-fiye
| yards around left end behind fine inter
! ference by Louchs and Cummings. Tin
dali was sent forward for eight yards
and Lewis for two more. Weaver gained
| two yards and then one yard, when tine
| was called with the ball half a yard from
goal.
The second half began with a kick Of
thirty-five yards by Dyer, but as several
! c. a. c. players crossed the center line
| before the bah was kicked, the two teams
were lined up in mid field and Columbian
| given the bali. Beard made two yards
| and TIndalI seven. VARSITY lost the
| ball, but regained it after a loss of twenty
| yards. G. Lewis advanced eight yards
and lost the oval on a tumble. C. A. C.
| fumbled, but regained and Dyer punted
twenty-five yards, G. Lewis returning five.
Gains of two, eight, five, five, and five,
respectively, by Weaver, Lewis, TindalI,
Weaver, and Lewis. on this last play the
ball was lost to d yer on tumble.
| Watson now made two gains of thirty
and ten yards. Lewis Iostone and Saunders
| SGluEh bnO' tSCl hIIhCG Twenty i've
yard out of bounds, and Curtiss got it,
| The ball then went over to Columbian on
account of holding in the Iine. G. Lewis
kicked thirty-five yards, the ball bounding
| from Dyer to Curtiss. r. Lewis gained
three, Dyer seven, Watson three, and
Taussig four yards, respectively, Meigs
then tackled Dyer three yards behind
! the line, and later kicked the leather egg
for ten yards out of bounds, CurtiSs again
| securing it. Watson lost three yards,
and K. Lewis was showed back ward by
Meigs and &. Lewis and downed for a
| loss of sixteen yards. After a loss of
three more yards, Watson made five, and
| Columbian got the ball on downs. Beard
gained two yards and G. Lewis punted
| thirty-five. Successive short gains by
| Watson, MeGowan, Dickinson, Wells and
Lewis advanced the ball twenty yards,
| when varsity got it on tumble. Tindall
made three, and then the ball was thrown
low to G. Lewis for kick. which proved
| unsuccessful.
The ball now went to c. A. c. on downs.
| and in three gains OF three, three and eight
yards a touchdown was made by Watson
| two minutes before time was called. DYER
| missed a difficult goal. After this g. Lewis
kicked off thirty yards to Watson, who re-
turned fifteen and made three and five
more, while Saunders gained two and Dick
inson made the last play, with a gain OF
eight yards.
Columbian. Position. c. A. C.
Meigs right end ... .Curtiss
Louchs ......right tackle 49,. MCGOWAN
Cummings right guard ..... Saunders
Pasehal, Harlan. center .... Underwood
Palmer, Paschal left guard . Dickinson
McRoberts 49,. .lefttackle :. :. Wells (capt !