New-York tribune., 1908-02-06
YALE BEATS COLUMBIA
Breaks Tie for Second Place IN
Rough Basketball Game.


played IN the Columbia gymnasium IN many d ua'
Yale's five defeated the Columbia team last night
by the score OF Is TO g. Holding and slugging
marked the contest from start 10 finish. ana just
before the end of the second half Mehtzer OF Co.
Iurnbia and Murphy. of Yale, were ordered Oft the
floor. Both played hard game, but haie
appeared TO be the aggresscr in the rough work
The contest settled any chance Columbia had to
win the intercollegiate championship BY winning
Yale broke the tie for second place and forced Co
lurnbia down a peg
Much of the roughness might have been avoided
II Randall, the referee had asserted his a7''"0~
fly. Time and again he called fouls on Colun-
bia when the Yale players were at fault. md
at other times he would penalize both sides
by calling double fouls. Early In the game Muir
ply and Meltzer began TO mix it up" Finally
in the second half Melitzer resented of Muir
phys throws and started fight They sep
arated by their team mates and ordered of the
floor by the referee. When Neither got to the
bench Il was seen that his right skinned
from shoulder TO wrist caused by the fail that he
got when Murphy tripped him
Randall seemed TO favor Yale. end gave decisions
that TO the most impartial observer unfair
When the ball would get down near the Yale goal
he would either call foul Columbia or rule
that The bail was out Of bounds. At one time in
particular Noyes the Yale captain, struck Meltzer
fairly on the jaw, but :he offence was unnoced by
Randall Ryan and Wiley, the opposing centres.
were 'scrappins' from whistle TO whistle but no
fouls were called on either man.
The play. aside from the roughness was fast
and the ball was kept going up and down the floor
Yale scored first foul by Ryan but Columbia
evened the score VIXEN Kiendl Gagged the ball on a
free try. This the only time that the teams
We're on even terms. for Yale quickly drew away.
and at the end of the first half had scored 10 points
TO Colunbia's 6.
Cusllman played brilliant game and scored two
baskets in rapid succession. He outplayed Cerus-
ST. the Columbia guard, at every turn and made
number OF good trys. MeIitzer and KimbIe the
Columbia forward line. worked the ball several
times right down TO the Yale goal, but some mis-
throw would lose the ball, and Noyes would take il
right back 10 Cushman
The team work. OF the Columbia five was ragged
and the individual playing OF Neither was about
the only thing that saved the local team from a
more crushing defeat About the middle OF the
first period Kiendl threw the ball with one hand
from the middle OF the floor and made nice goad,
one OF the two field goals that the New Workers.
made, the other being credited Melitzer. KendTs
goal brought Columbia within point OF tieng
the score. but Noyes and Murphy quickly scored
for Yale md dashed the Blue and Whites hopes
for the lead
Wiley opened the second half by fouling Ryan
out Noyes missed the try Both teams vera
Tor blood and the holding became so general that
only two baskets were made from tie field during
the entire period. Van Week replaced Wren at
1lsht forward IN the Yale lineup and added more
-uei TO the flames. Shooting fouls became the
regular tnlng and several double fouls called
cerusst was taken out OF the Columbia team and
his place given to Schnepp- Schnepp and Cushulan
had lively tussls under the Columbia goal but
Schnepp got the ball away from the Yale man and
WORKING II down the court, made good shot at
goal By this time Yale had lead Of about six
points and was playing for time The Columbia
men were bewildered and failed to make even the
easiest goals when they managed to get the ball
Time was taken out twice for Kimbel to tighten I'D
ms Knee brace which was cutting cash in his
thigh
Murphy and Metzer had their little set-to about
I'VE minutes before time was called and their
places were taken by Carrisan and Mahon. As the
game was ending hiendl converted two fouls into
points for Columbia Yale nade six points in this
half while the New Torkers managed to score only
on three fouls
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