The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
COLUMBIA IMPROyES AND DIS
POSES or UNION, 50 TO O.

Harvard and Princeton strike stiiT Oppssi'
tiOu and Win by Small scOrea-fale
Ovsewhelms vermont-Quakers Beat
LAhlgh-wes Point in Better Form
Stirprises are Feature Of every football
season, but none the less surprises when they
come. There were two yesterday. Harvard
and Princeton being involved. Each OF
these teams was held down to almost the
smallest possible score. Harvard beating the
University of Maine. Q to 0. and Princeton
squeezing out S to o victory over GEORGE
town. Yale simply smothered the univer-
sity Of Vermont. the score being ~ 70 u
Columbia too had a one-sided game, beating
Union. SO to o. while Pennsylvania TOOK the
fast Lehigh teams measure. 10 to O. West
Point braced up and beat Tufts. II to Q. only
two points less than Yale made against TUFTS
last Wednesday. Cornell won from Roches-
ter. II to 0; Lafayette from gettysburg. II TO u
and Brown from Wesleyan. II too
COLUMBIA. SO: UNION. 0.
In the football game between the Columbia
and Union College teams at the Polo Grounds
Yesterday afternoon times were rev when
the Columbia men could not gain their dis
lance, and as they had the ball nearly all tho
time they rddled the Union defence to the
extent Of winning by the score Of 3StoO There
We u... 80, - .ha haoL. Going
- ~. ~ IL h.rdsr-Nthnmob thew did not
~ W. nv -. ~ lac, ;nch determinedly
n n."t s.0 s,.h. h.vs'ond tho esven nlayinr
ts.~.h.. hott.r An Enforcement was noted
on the ends Of, the line with room for more
In speed in getting down tho field under
Kicks The Union men made numerous sharp
tackles. having lots OF opportunity for so
doing. but seemed to be suffering from lack
pron,insnt among columbia's forces was
Met.enthsin a wiry aggressive. alert. blond
headed hack who played his first regular
Snme for the Blue and white Metzenthein
SoiIoved the hall closely. stuck to his inter-
ference well and did not stop going until he
had annexed every possible inch OF ground.
He made the spectacular play OF the game
when he gathered the oval in after mufred
punt and rushed It over the goal line. Both
sides showed weakness in handling the ball.
,.h;ox ,sc,, as,r ~ ,..s assv onnos;tion would
N m ~ .'' psnsttiss sor holding
S z9 Tsa' hous s.ns inflicted nsr enes
onSolpmhia
laS6E the first touchdown. The touchdown
came in nm ,,nusual, wav. Patton kicked
of for Union to columbia's is-yard line.
and COLUMBIA smashed her way soalward
from four to ten yards ut a clip. Using a
.ahoem sna Ane orullary oaoAne.u in lna'Ion'
the local players waoed through thelr over
matched opponents until the ball was five
wards from the desired destination. Here Franz
hsch ,.on ~ hnt r,irnhIad whlis going thro;,gh
the orunblins Union wall The ball rolled
over the goal line The Union men were so
backward In falling on the ball that Franz
h.oh 'ra,,o.., ~, 4, ,or +. to,chdnwr Iones
pfcn1pogulncoo On ~ ioi 'ouenuo"h' 'ones
kicked the goal. and incidentally not goal
kick was missed In the game
'oon 49, Wy ~ ~. sne M
on anoeher- tumble out could not gain ana
Patton punted to Columbias 35-yard line.
,Frambach caught. but dropped the ball when
t.cLIad t,sso,,alv ard o,r.tsod ninr.a I.
.a w Ss,. ~ Ill. ~. '1srS ~.
Patton fell back for punt. the Columbia
forwards got through on him. and his hurried
punt was good for only ten yards. Then
s,a,,,r,h;, rr.ha<, tho hail more tho, hal,
tns .ensIn % .aT n4'a 20 10 ~ , .ne
ausance in.iuuirS ,,eh uI,aad a th 'e. paua
run ~ SonSS, Ssn piuHfeu tne csnIre
IoI sne ma. th yha, "a any nio t?ucm1owni
Soium1ia mao S tns , nu 'ds On ~. uion to.yara
me %neh 'he h"ii siueu' 'ho score oeihs
RisSop kicked of for Columbia in the second