The sun., 1899-12-01
INDIANS In GREAT FORM.
TBEY CRUSH COLUSBIA,s 'TARsIrY,
SCORE <5 TO o.

some Long End Rups, Especially by
senecs-Hudson's Superb Drop Kicking
and wsokss's Fine TscklinG Features.
Twenty-Five thousand people saw the Column
bIa University football eleven suffer q crushing
defeat at the hands OF the Carlisle Indians
Yesterday afternoon at Columbia Field. the
nnal SCORE being 45 10 o. Nobody looked for
such a walkover. for Colum bias team had
been pronounced At end the prophets who are
prei,y well tired out from their attempts to
propnosticate this season had informed the
public that close game would be the result OF
the conflict. The Indians however. furnished
Zig surprise. They played the game Of their
lives. and as the critics watched them the
o,lnion was freely expressed that had they put
VI such an aggressive attack against Prince
,nn three weeks ago there might have been
different story to tell
Coach Warner. who has drilled tho Indians
all this season. brought bis men here In superb
condition and thoroughly schooled In method
Of assault that was practically an innovation.
The play was tried by Cornell against Penn
sylyana year before last, but II was not per-
trrt,i at that time. so that II remained for
Warner to improve upon It and teach the In
JIans how to use IL with remarkable results.
The centre rush before putting the ball In play
was turned practically into an end. The left
shifted over to commingle with the right wing
aud this formation provided such an insur-
mountabe piece OF interference that whoever
took the ball had little trouble In circing the
opposing end.
Every time this play was attem pied the GEN.
Ter rush. being at the end. had six men lined
NJ at either his left or right as the case
happened TO DO. Close behind them were
two ot the three running backs 80 that the
ouy players left to handle the ball after 1t
v,- snapped back were the quarter back
AMI the runner. Columbia's left wing was
completely boxed by this method OF attack
In the first half 1t was impossible to break
ur the Interference, so that before the inter-
n ssion. Seneca had succeeded In making
end runs OF twenty ave. thirty-nve. forty.
i,rty.Avc and nity-Hve yards.
In vain Columbia tried to break up this play.
hut il Was inyincibs. Miller and Metoxen also
made ong runs In the 6rst half. while In the
sec nj Seneca made one clean dash OF thirty
fye yarls. Miller and Johnson made forty each
nUd Roberts the su bstltute quarter back who
toE Hudson's place toward the close OF the
game made two startling runs OF twenty and
twenty-five yards respectively. The Indians
Interference was the principal reason why
Columbia was so badly beaten. Sanford's
men. Though strong and game. were simply
led man who outweighed them and played
ia..cr football at every stage Of the game.
/ linc hucking the Indians also introduced
several novel plays which were aided materi-
ais by pronounced holding In the rush line
The Columbia men complained repeatedly that
they were held and pulled aside by the Indians
II order to open up holes for the backs. There
was no doubt tina. holding was going on. for
tn" reason that on several occasions one OF
the inIian backs was shot through q big gap
aid ran well down the ileld with hardly CO.
lmhia man following. This was due to the
lagr that the Columbia forwards were either
IA | Iow ty their opponents by out-and-out
tacEling methods or they were held in q tight
grasp. Eut there were few penalties inflicted.
although the rule breaking was constantly
noted rom the side lines.
There Ia no excuse for Columbas defeat as
the team was outclassed In every respect The
kick 'ng was weaker than ever bafore. some OF
Wilson's attempts being pitiful In the extre me.
The test runting done by Columbia was tina,
accomplished by Morley who. however. was
no. permitted to take care OF this department
exclusively Columbas rush line stood the
hammering with commendable pluck. Hud.
son and Seneca were the star players on the
Carlisle eleven. Senecas magnificent run,
worked the crowd up to such a pitch that ht
the game was over.
Hudson's drop-kicking was a splendid exhi
hilton OF skill. He kicked one goal from the
Held in the first half from the 20-yard line
This was after he had missed a trial In raggeC
form. But later on he showed the multtud,
that all the reports about his marvellous ablitI
a. drop-kicker have been based upon facts
He made a third atte m pt from the 40. yard line
AMI missed one OF the posts by yard, the bal
being a triie low and might not have gone
over the cross bar. His fourth goal trial wa
from the 25-yard line and the ball sailed ovel
the top OF one OF the posts so close that q
looked like goal. but It was not allowed
This was not the only demonstration OF Hud
cons skl for after Ave OF the seven touch
downs. made by the Indians he took the bal
out in front Of the posts and drop-kicked foul
goals. having nobody to hold the ball on tn,
ground for him as Is the usual custom.
Hudson handled punts beautifully. mad,
some fine runs. after catches. and also got int
almost all the plays His big rush limo helc
Columb 80 we'll that Hudson only made
couple Of iumbles and at that recovered th'
ball himself each time. His passing was &C
curate and he ran the team with superb judg
ment In fact the Indians showed better head
work than In any previous game played bl
them here They picked out without making
team and proceeded to hammer them with
merciess vigor. Big Wheelock did not hav,
10 punt great deal. but whenever he did kici
tho ball into the air It was for tremendou
gains. a. Columb bia had nobody to cope will
him in this respect
The defence OF the Indians was powerful. s,
much so that the heavy line buckers. Laren
don, Weekes and Morley were up against II
Coumb bias best gains were made on double
passes and trick plays. The nearest they 20
10 the Indians goal line was the 20-yard mark
AMI that was reached during the nrst halt
Morley landed the ball there after a sharp rul
OF twenty-five yards, which was the longes
hit nj consecutive ground gaining made by an
Columbia man during the battle. On the mex
Play. however. Morley lost the ball on fumbl
and thereby prevented Columbia from MAXIM
aiurther attack that might have resulted In
touchdown. Again In this half Columbia 20
to the Indians 35-yard line. while In the sec
ond half the best they could do was the 27-yar
line. from which Wilson tried to kick goa
with poor success.
The one man on the Columbia team who's