The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-17
Cornell 24-CoIumbia 0

New York, Nov. 16-Cornell "a, Co
lumbia 0. These figures speak for them
selves and tell the downfall of Column
bias football team this afternoon, on
the Polo Grounds, where the Morning
side Heights men We're altogether out
generated and outplayed by the sturdy
players by Cornell University Coach
Starbuck outwitted Coach Sanford, and
every play and every gain made by the
IthacanS seemed to surprise and be-
wilder the Columbia University team.
Smarting under its defeat by the
| Syracuse University team a week ago,
Columbia put her best team in the
field for today's game, sending all her
strongest players into the lineup with
one exception, and that one was Har-
old Weekes, who is deemed almost a
| team in himself Bruce, Smith, King
| den, Berrien Morley, Shaw and
Lancon were all there and did their best
| but Weekes, disabled because of an in
| jured knee, had to lie beside the side
! lines, while time and time again he
saw opportunities when his famous
hurdling might have served to score for
his university.
! For the first half the game was a
fairly well balanced one, Columbia hold
| ing her own for the greater part of the
time. 1t was a see-Saw contest until
one of Columbia's players made a bad
tumble, and Brewster brought the ball
to Columbias five yard line. There
Van Hoevenberg made a flying tackle.
Purcell then made three yards through
the centre and was downed by Morley.
Hunt, after an attempt at a tackles
back play, was pushed over the lineup
for a touchdown. When the ball was
brought out it was at difficult angle
for kicking a goal, but Coffin was equal
m ha clio
was the only scoring done in the first
half, which ended with the ball on Cor
nells so yard line.
Neither side made any change in the
lineup when the game was resumed in
the second half until after 10 minutes
play. Then Berrien went to quarter and
Willard took his place at fullback. This
was a weak move on Columbias part,
for Schoelkopf easily threw off Willard
who attempted to tackle him, scoring
a touchdown after run Of SIS yards. He
planted the ball squarely behind the
goal posts, and Coffin kicked goal,
making the score Cornell II, Columbia
0.
A few minutes later Schoelkopf, after
a brilliant bit of playing, scored anoth
er touchdown for Cornell, and the
ball having been kicked out by Brews-
ter at an awkward angle, Coffin Sc
cured it and kicked still another goal,
adding six more to the score Toward
the close of the game darkness fell upon
the field, and it was almost impossible
to see the players. The ball was on
Cornell's 10 yard line, and it looked as
If Columbia might have a chance of
avoiding an utter defeat, when the
Ithacans fooled their opponents on
delayed pass. Brewster, holding the
pigskin, got around the right end and
was well up the field before the local
players saw through the trick. He had
a clear lead of six or seven yards. but
as he crossed the goal line for
touchdown, Berrien and Willard were
at his heels They were unable to pre-
a touchdown and Coffin kicked
making the total score, Cornell "A,
mbia 0.
The Cornell team played as one man,
and at every stage of the game they
proved themselves to be the superiors
of Columbia's team.
Following is the lineup and summa-
CoRNELL-24 O-CoLUMBIA
Taussig, /. e. ]. E., A. Boyesen
Lueder, l. t ]. t., Kindgen
Warner, ]. g. ]. g., Lancon
Kent, c. C., Shaw
Hunt, T. e. 7. g., Mcclellan
Smith, r. t. r. t, Bruce
Tydeman, T. 3. r. e. Van Hoevenberg
Brewster, q. b. q. b..CWillard) Berrien
Purcell l. h. b. !. h. b.. Smith
Coffin. r. h. b. T. h. b., Morley
Schoelkopf (Torrey) f. b.
f. b., CBerrien) Willard
Touchdowns. Schoelkopf 2. Hunt,
Brewster. Goals kicked, Coffin 4. Time
of halves, IS minutes. Referee, Jane
way, Princeton. Umpire, Upton of
Harvard. Linesmen. Stevenson, Column