The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
COFUuBTI 'THRSITY DEFEATS an
HERsT COLLEGE, SCDRE rs TO o.

hbhNf t'bLb"Ep QUINN ~ 4" -"
Yale Disposea of Wisconsin in . Hard hat
tl--Hnrvard Blank. Brown-Lnfay.tto
Adds to the Quakers Distress-TiRers
smother Cndets-Other Gridiron Battles.
with Coach Sanford in New Haven watching
Yales play In ant cipntion Of tho visit OF the
Blues here next Satu day. the Co um bia Var
atty eleven did not play with the usual snap at
times, 'urInR the game with Amherst yester-
day at Manhattan Field. Still the Massachu-
sets players were vanuuished by n score Of IL
to In halves Of fifteen minutes ench. Poss'-
bly, alter Columbia had swept down the field
fora touth dowu after the first kick on. the
local men thought they had an easy task and
for that reason did not overeIsrt Themselves.
But before tho first half was over Columbia
founi that Amherst had pretty husky eleven.
oven though II was handicapped somewhat a.
20 weight.
On the second half. however. Sanfords men
nwoke and with terrific line hitting they toro
their opponents to pieces.
But for the superb playing OF Quarterback
Swift OF Amher-t. Columbia would have won
by a larger score. Swift is a lightwe' Rht in
build. but giant In point OF effective tncklng
md punting. On several occasions he nailed
the lodging Columbia backs when he alone
stood between them and Amhsrsts goal line.
Had he been unable to stop these partic-
ular dashes nothing could have prevented
them from being turned into touchdowns
Columbia lost other chances to score ny
fun bling. which came in the nature OF sur
PRISE to those who saw the almost per ect
handling Of the ball in the game with New York
University on Wednesday. clarendon was par
tcularly at faul' In this line. and after the first
hair he was replaced by Denman. who was a
big Improvement. Norman was triad at full
hack for Columbia. 1t he ing his first appearance
In a regular game. His punting was fair and
his ground gaining effective when he was first
usci In the second half he was hurt and that
let in Jones. whose kicking was better than
ANYTHING yet accomplished by Columbia.
Far and away the star Of tho game was Co.
lumhia's great half back Morley. His running
was irresistible and he kent his feet with won-
der'ul skill. Once no took the bail from the
kick off on Columhia's l5.yard limo and went
through the whole Amherst team. the field be-
ing broken IN. He fell "a he crossed the middle
az tho field. and little Swift was upon him be-
fore he could resume his journey. Morley had
covered thirty vnrie which was tho hest run OF
the day. One OF his eyes was cut open and was
sercd ur. after which Morley continued. Will
son played finely ut quarter back. and it was
chiefly through his efforts that Columbia
hraced ~ in tho second half
To'nmbaa rush Iue was powerful In defence
when It became absolutely necessary to stop
Amb.rst'- advance. Wright was ston-wa
Mt centre and his tackIInG was fierce. Miller
md IonCGcre were reasonably effective at
guard. the latter rIayIng with his left hand en-
cascd in a plaster cast. Smyth was hurt early in
the fray and gave way to Bruce. thus weaken
ing the position Of right tackle Just q little lit.
Coumbia's ends could have hspn faster in get
ting down under punts GIlchrst was nm i'm
provsment over Neidlinger in the second half
in this respect.
Amhrrst's best playing was done in the FIRST
half. al Columbia had scored. At one time
lie New Englnnders did 80 well that it looked
Ike anybody game. Full back IIcrrick was
pmrelIed to retire early. though. with a
twisted neck. ard that in itself was draw
back to Amherst success Half backs Royce
AMI Wiggin made consl !srable ground. he ped
along by hotll guards. but Inter when Columbia
hracei they coui do very lit g. Balantine.
left end. amused the siie-line observers with
his mcthed OF keeping Amherst on the jump
He slarp-d the men On the back and mel
dentally gave two or three OF them playful
kick.
JeUei cpnt'nnay. but the funniest Part Of it
al wtI that Billantine did very little himself.
ha ID. H MT up a hard agSressiv. "a ar GU
mont in spite o. play n: opposite the vigorous
1t was perfect day Tor football Fully 1000
pc sons ood on the VIA vet and along IN"
- S" sTSu The n4r 99" q Dn
Swi klcSlng on Tor Amh~r~t Columbia had
mn TS Ssnn f h. to c sn IL.
RS rN ami Tas "1wp"I ." H%nm ias
,a"kles. viii, n. result that the c2lumGs
over TO- the first rouchd pwn n, r flve minutes
" actual play and clarendon kicked an easy
After the second kick on. Morley made fine
run to hih 4o-yari line. Then Laren-
dol lie haI traH.iIsd tw"n t' yards arr at III
Sp"ed when Swit, threw him hard. Two more
Ing, as A!nhersr got the ban on Iarsndon's
iumb":, Juggling L,y bo' h teams followed un-
into Columbius territory. RI" locals made
another concerted rush and NO ked the leather
got in another fatal tumble. Then Amhcrst's
backs made gains aud in the last Ave minutes
the Ha dn bI En chalk * n2 ns
Morley kick,d on for Columbia in the second
max" grounl Columbia got the bal on a punt.
M"r-y Inh DeGm1n how ed T yer n"ir opno
crossed the line, Morley goa 9 ! md the score
GGnsl2 to A. soon a. Amherst kicked of
the oval swiftly back 10 Amher-t's ;en.ysrd
line. where Norman was injured Jones, coming
Morley EoaI"d beau ifu v and tho fgur.s wers
1Stoo, which remained unchanged to the end.
summary:
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Slu witch Loft end md ,rrun
Nj r. guard vsrn4%
WI tcntr". La y 1 /
Long ere, RI st guard. ....,...., Burke
f I'm E-ht tackle. 49,, cilad f1Fa
Nr'diinger 1000. p..h.o,, p.u,.
BilChrIst ..... ''' " S' ''N
Wso! Quarter hack...........,., Swift
lar ndon ..... ,,,,.,,h,.h w..
lIennIun. $3.50 80 ''N /"
Nor ev,........I pi,b, hal, h.ck w,crin
Herman. '@'sN' ''' ~ ''''''''' ''NA'"
Norman. ,.-..,.l Full h,rL ....., .Hcrick
Jon ''''- "'t O"'A' '''' Clark
Score-Columhia. Is; Amherst q. Touchdown
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