New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
YALE HUMBLES COLUMBIA.
KCORES ALMOST At WILL.
Touchdons after Touchdosrr Made
j wiM Uncarying Monotony.

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1ssesrday BY rolling up the phenomenal Gor
ka>se dayuD score Of b3 to against the Columbia
hl~ven. which had the misfortune to be opposed
- the Nsw-HAvsn aggregation. Probably ten
thousand spectators went up to American
uDasus ParK to the game and If they ex-
Daoks6 a hard fought contest. as many did. they
were vastly disappointed for the truth is that
IL vas not . contest In any true sense OF the
WORD
Probably no Columbia eleven was ever more
eoupIsteiy outplaysd than the one which faced
Hsle yesterday. From whistle to whistle there
was never the ghost of chance that Columbia
Ar0uId score She did not once get nearer than
kpriy yards TO the goal Of the Blue, and she was
nt4sx1y helpless to make any impression upon
ahe defence which the Yale line offered to her
kAezae attack
II was seldom that the Morningside athletes
had . chance to attack the Yale defence, to be
sure Nineteen out of every twenty minutes
they were being torn up and rolled over and
pushed aside while the Yale rushers and backs
carried the pigskin across their goal for a total
Of no less than nine touchdowns-yes, that was
The number from which veeder Hutchinson
and Wiley kicked eight goals.
COLUMBIA WEAK IN OFFENCE.
The Disparity between the two teams appears
Ill the more plainly when 1t is said that in all
able to advance the ball by rushing something
less than ten yards. Collins made a run OF some
thirty yards. to be sure. but that was when he
caught q punt Whenever Columbia got pos
session of the ball it was a case Of two futile
efforts to advance and then punt on the third
down. Yale, on the other hand, seldom failed
TO gain her distance and did little punting, ex-
cent toward the end of the second half, when
# became almost a matter of indifference to her
whether she scored any more or not.
Il is difficult TO explain the almost complete
collapse of the Columbia eleven except on the
theory that they have been harried by over
much i'll luck and worn out by overmuch drill.
They played yesterday as If they had, every man
of them gone stale. There was a notable alb
sence of life snap and the fighting quality that
wins games.
Only once did there come just spark of
the divine athletic fire. That solitary flash
was seen in the first half. after Yale had scored
once and had fought her way steadily down the
neld TO Colunbia's two yard line. Here Veeder
let the ball slip from his grasp. Finn saving it
for the Blue. But the momentary check seemed
10 give the Columbia forwards courage. and on
the next brush they got their backs up and held
like a stonewall. with the result that Bigelow
was hurled back for a less, and the triumphant
Blue wave was shattered only a yard from a,
touchdown.
CoLUMBIA'S ONE CHANCE TO CHEER.
This feat OF arms stirred the Columbia rooters
up TO heights of frenzied enthusiasm, but it was
about their only chance. for the effort seemed to
have taken all the fight that Morley's pupils had
left Column bias rush line is considerably heavier
than ysle's this season. contrary TO last year. so
hat the ease with which Yale waded her way
sereneIy down the field cannot be attributed to
her superiority in weight. The fact is. that ale
paA1sd first class football. Possibly IT would be
,afZ- Nf alt1,s0fa aia
closely. The team was obviously at the lowest
ebb OF its strength and form-certainly FAR IN
ferior to the eleven that Princeton beat the
week before by the score of II to o.
After the first few minutes of play IL was
plain that there was going TO be some scoring
done of uncommon proportions. and at the end
of the match Yale had piled up total which has
not been reached this season by any OF the big
four Al the same time. the Blue kept its own
goal inviolate Columbia never getting near
enough to be dangerous. The first touchdown
came within five minutes after play had started,
and they kept coming along at the rate of one
every five minutes or so the rest OF the after
noon. 49,
and several OF her players had TO be retired
from the game this account, 1t was clear
that the Yale warriors were in the best of spirits
and condition for they played with the snap and
vim that always characterize the movements
OF athletes trained fine enough. but not too fine.
Captain Sheylin brought small army in his
squad and gave most of them chance to show
what they could do.
More, Finn. Veeder and Jones comprised the
backfield quartet at first Later on stevenson.
Linn Levine. Rcome and Wiley all got a
chance In the backheld. Captain Shevlin HIM
self who was easily the star of the game.
1,layed the match out, but at the other wing po-
sition he tried Gates, Congdon and Reid in sue
cession. Bfglow and Forbes appeared in the po-
Hogan and Bloon1er and Bglow gave way in
.rrn TO Peyton and Turner In fact there were
so many changes that all of them could not be
voted The presence of the subs did not seem
20 make much difference in the efficiency of the
tenn for the score in the second half almost
eYuaJlec that made in the first.
a.Ide from Shevlin, who was all over the field,
.rd made a ninety-nve yard run which the ref
ca yy,,,chinson deserve most mention. Each of
them PLAYED first class football ran the plays of
rra rx,jIv and each made a quarterback run of
thi-Fv rards Jones straining HIS ankle so that it
vas thought advisable TO take him OUT
CROWD ENJOYS OPEN PLAY.
II was an interested crowd that saw the game.
ae.n;te the ones.dedness of the affair Both the
main stands were nearly filed, and there was a
large population on Rubber Neck HILL just
outside the fence while number of apple trees
just beyond were heavily laden with human
fruit Possibly the comparatively open charac-
ter Of the plav factor in the pubic inter-
than Yale used last year, more running anu
stfatght plurGing by the backs, with the result
that the ranUuyres the field were decidedly
more Visible than they were in most games OF
There not the usual volume of cheering.
The CcluYr bia con tiDgent, though numerous ana
loyal, not quite equal 10 the task of cheer
ing madiy for q team that gave Them so iiltie
To cheer for while the Yale adherents soon grew
eo accustomed to success as TO be rather bored
nv II The consequence was that Il was rather
= ouiet afternoon, for one on which an inter
eel{eefats contest OF Guch magnitude was being