New-York tribune., 1901-11-10
SYRACUSE THE VICTOR.
LITTLE FELLOWS FROM UP THE STATE
PLAY AGGRESSIVELY AND DE-
FEAT COLUMBIA.

eleven from Syracuse played aggressvcly through
out and although much lighter In weight tlai lie
local players exciting battle by the score OF
= to g. The victory clean cut and decisive anu
was gained through straight football Of the best
sort Only in the game did Coiu1npia IaAe
the ball on downs while Syracuse accomplished
this three times. The Syracuse eleven aVeraeeu LOO
hounds while Columbia must have been close ~
twenty pounds heavier, man for man.
It was g spirited contest from whistle 10 "iis''
and had any such contest been anticipated INC "'
tendance would have been twice as large as II was
Probably fifteen hundred spectators were In 'e oiu
baseball Enclosure while several hundred more
viewed the battle from the top Of Coosah Dun,
II was cold the little valley, and those WHO ii0
the forethought to bring along winter coa'S az
vraps were happier and much more coiiloi 'ao'
-han those who didn't. While Columbia was With-
ont the services of Kindgen Bruce ana SHll'h' 'e
team at least compared favorably with 'ne oie
which trounced Pennsylvania on the previous 0a'U-
day. -
Tho +rouhle with the Columbia players ano
coaches appeared TO be overconfdence- Inc ioeai
plavers entered the gridiron determined 10 P,
fust hard enough win. but TO take no ciSioe' "
injury wishing to keep the players In sooo snaPe
for the Cornell game next Saturday AiieS
-pere half frightened out of their wits when tie
first half had ended and the Syracuse team hou
lead Of to O. The fright which followed o'et
confidence so closely was not overcome SANFORD
the coach was said have been so sure Oh tHe
result that he went TO Ithaca 10 see the O0iiie''
team play. ,.
In the first half OF the game the little coIl'iiis
Of Syracuse syrnpathizers cheered their players III
cessantly while the Columbia students IN tHe
Stands did not seem think it necessary 10 man
q roise and encourage their friends on the helu-
But at the end Of the first half there was a WIZ
scurryirg Of Columbia singers to get toeel.lei
and encourage the boys as one OF those carry is
q blue and white flag explained 1here was pc!
or noise after that and while .Columba! roleu
out Ike q thunder clap. the spitefu little SFIa-
cuset" came back defantly, II not nusicdliS' to-
every veil for Columbia The young men rom up
the stare made up in force and volume what they
lacked in harmony. ,
Neitber eleven was guilty of deliberate rough
nlsv and the game fought and won on Cream
football tactics. Columbia seemed $40" aI-u -
certain In her movements Morley ana "eehs
doing work which showed brilliantly "heh eotn
zaared to the efforts of the other Coiuiiioi I-e-
7yeekes hurdled the line with even more success
and briniancy than usual, while Morieg pui'--e
WAS excellent and his tacklng deaoiE- ohlS oi-o
man was injured severely enough 10 eoiitt - -
to 1eave the feld-Moore-and MS absence "AS
s.,-e,.lv felt Angel was replaced by Nhltweil ioi
Columbia In the second half Brane. "Ho su0
caaded Moore attracted Coumoias attack iroAA
the time he was substituted ~,
considering the light weight OF the syracuse ilie
-, go, held its own surprisingly we'll Behind
.ba line Syracuse has a splendid ground gamer IN
J2roun vino did most Of the line punglng. Eacn
team was peaIga M the 1e first than in the half
II was SO dark the end OF the game lAa' 'iAo
HOW THE GAME WAS WON
~,.,-ar, p,.,ad off for Syracuse at 2:45 p and
1veekes CAPTURED the ball and carried it back M
teen yards before he was downed by the Syracuse
,.cElers Columbia tried push back her Hthe
but muscular opponents. but found she could nor
pn,lse the solid Syracuse line. Then Weekes hur-
died for gain Of about three yards. Syracuse was
meeting Columbia's rushes finely ana IN Iae IIss @
brought into use several times. Duel went around
the right end for four yards On the next hneup
axr.z
An instant later Syracuse was penallzed again, Ils
the syracuse men needed. and thereafter they
played football it should BE PLAYED SonulDsa Sa
vail Weekes and Duell making most OF the gains:
Inec{eS lre and some OF the Columbia in the
stands began TO wonder: Columbia hao moved , .he
fellows made a piucky stand and compelled co,
5 s6Hes 0 give WHAT P the the eod os On DO IN line bucE
and she did it well that gloom began 70 sesrre
Brown "a and Henderson each made tve yards, and
then Brown skrted Coumbias left end for fftsen cen
tackle. Brown and Morris between them, carried
the ball back TO the centre OF the @ feoe vrac,ss
received ten yards. Syracuse got ten yards again
T ds paGS aaGS oNe as ia forced To Co
1Urnbia r1shes by Weekes. Berrien and HueL car
3ied the ball back her 4oyard line when she lost
on th. next lineup Brown made a splendid run
"a clear field before him for touchdown Morleys
e lively Ws actsa bact after he had
twenty-five yards. Henderson went around Ine
right end for five yards, and the ball was only
dozen yards from the Columbia goal line Then
fSe ss eTa a BPoW snd each
went AGAINST the Columbia & line and s1 mace ses snort f6
the the first touchdown thirty-Ve minutes after the
whistle blew, but after about fifteen minutes OF
actual PLAYING time Boland missed seq wnat ough. s
peTiod te hat ending with tie bali in possession
OF Columbia the Syracuse bo-yaro line
COLUMBIA TIES THE SCORE.
Syracuse was satisfied with her team. and die
mot make any change in the second half. WhitweE
supplanted Angel Columbia 1t was at this
point that the Columbia undergraduates realized
that their team had something better than Penn
sylvanta before them, and they made an attempt
at concerted cheering something they had not
done before Morley kicked of, and Morris ran
back the ball twenty yards After one attempt
Syracuse kicked the ball sailing to Columbias 10
yard line. Then Columbia put her best foot for
ward and tried TO batter down the Syracuse de-
fence. Syracuse however. sent her men into the
gained only a little each rush. In a scr1mmage
near ColuTnbta's 8oyard lire Moore. the big syra-
cuse guard, was knocked and had to be carried
the field, his head hanging limp his breast.
The loss was felt Immediately. for Moore had been
tearing up the Columbia defence IL it had been
made of tissue paper. Brane, VINO took Mooreis
Eyracuse he'd Columbia for downs for the third
time Syracuse tried twice to gain, once through
pack and McTris furabied the ban on the Syracuse
an instant seemed denoralized
tumble % Sast ta Sasay sSay DOWN for s eSu6s
defence suceessfullyy. really for the first time
ss yeY Tine he hit the Ina The Coembs
students were yelling rip EN- up Tear 'em upi'
the t gallant little fellows from syTcuss wers being
her goal line syrssuss was guilty Of offsde play,
and Columbia received four yards, with only q