New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-08
CORNELL TIE VICTOR.
COLUMBIA BEATEN IN \ ONE SIDED
CONTEST
lack OF JUDGMENT SHOWN BY THE Ne"
YORK CITY TEAM-FINE lNTFRt Elk
r.cr nr 1THAcAN pLAYERs.

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YORK CITY TEAM-FINE INTEf'f Elk
rXcE OF ITHAcAN PLAYERS.
cor,ou % Columbia. o. There is the story Of
the game AT Manhattan Fiell yesterday. mere
,,.are ~ excuses - DO offered for the defeat OF
tho Ncw-York CITY team and no praise TOO
great 70 bo given 90 Tie victors. Il any VinH'ca-
,,on were needed for placing Cornell In the ranks
~ the leading football universities Of the cou"
try II could amply have been found yesterday
In defence. in attack in handling KICKS ana id
general accuracy ~ play. Cornell proved herseN
N he apparently The equal Of any institution IN
America.
Columbia's game was plucNy. but showed 'a'N
~ headwork For the first ten minutes OF play
the city players held their own. but the INJURY q"
Wilson the quarterback. and the substitution
of Uolff seemed To- bring forth anything save
bad results. Cornells policy was TO save her
men: Colrrnhia's TO hammer them 10 pieces
against an Irresistible line Time after time the
backs were sent at guard. tackle and centre
only 70 hear the referees whistle blow for the
fourth down. and 10 wait for Starbuck, CorneWs
>ulback. 10 kick the ball still further into Column
bias territory CoumDia's men were practically
used ND in the first half and though IL cannot
be said that smaller score would have resulted
from a more open and kicking game. IL can.
nevertheless. he stated that the men Of New
York City would have had more strength 10
withstand the fierce onslaught Of the Ithaca
players in the second half II bad tactics had not
prevailed.
COLUMBIAS GREATEST WEAKNESS.
The weakest point Of Coumbia's defence was
apparent in the work Of the backs They hit
the line hard but ran high and. except in
4ha ,7c aci ~ q
though little Taussig was responsible for cutting
of several apparent touchdowns This weak
ness was especially shown. however. in the
handling of kicks. Not once. but often. the
Columbia men would wait for the bail 10 bounce
instead Of making use Of ample opportunity
70 take II the run; play which often re-
suited in tumble and gave an opportunity
10 the Cornell ends and tackles to fall on the
ball. On the other hand. Starbuck Walbrdge
and Young were always whore they We're most
needed They took the ball on kicks clearly.
interference formed Ike clockwork, and follow
ing their comrades with good Judgment the
ball was almost invariably carried back for
good gains.
Wabridge was the planet Of Cornells team.
with Starbuck as a brilliant satellite The
former was responsible for many good gains
through centre and tackle. and two sensational
runs. one between end and tackle and one
around the end for forty-hve and forty yards
respectively. brought the crowd 20 its feet
ITHACA TEAM WELL TRAINED
The men from Ithaca appeared to be in ex-
cellent condition. Not one OF them was seri-
ously hurt. and no changes We're made until
toward the end % the game while on the other
nand the Columbia players seemed 70 SOW
the effect Of the fierce struggle AT the outset.
1t head work. not strength. that won the
game.
No such crowd has been seen on Manhattan
Field since the days when Yale and Princeton
held their THANKSGIVING Day struggle on thst
ground Between twenty and twenty-five thou
sand people witnessed Yesterdays contest
but only one-half Of that number went
through the formality Of paving for the privilege
While there were ton thousand within the field
there was equally that number If not more on
! the Viaduct the Speedway and Coogans Blur
who saw the battle II Is unfortunate for Coz
iumbia and for the other teams playing in this
city that some provision cannot be made b,
share Of the receipts I'm proportion 10 the mum
Der of people who witness he contests
SAMPLE OF FREEDMAN RULE
The MANAGEMENT Of the crowd dld credit &c
the Intellectual capacity Of ANDY" Freedman
end the policemen in charge seemed 20 know
their business as well as he di1 Whom The
game began fully two-thris Of the spectator
on the side lines had no business 90 zoe there. an,
their presence and refusal 20 SIT down I'm orde
TO allow those inside tho fence 90 see the gam
drew a we'll deserved chorus = Misses. IT, th
last fifteen minutes Of The game the police 70
whom We're intrusteG The guardianship ~ th
north stand CONSIDERABLY went t. Sleep. and th
majority % the spectators IN that fairly wei
filed section jumped the fence and overran The
field That called 2 halt in the game. for Pau
Dashieu the umpire who had been repeatedly
urging those on the side lines 10 stand back. re
fused TO allow the game 70 20 on until every
spectator inside the fences had retired 10
proper distance. This was n hardship on those