New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21
COLUMBIA BEATS
n. Y. U. AFTER A
BITTER BATTLE
Miller Wins for Blue and
White by Drop Kick
from B-Yard Line.
SEVEN THOUSAND SEE
A SEESAW STRUGGLE
Violet Team First TO Score. but
Then Tide Turns-Both Teams
Keyed to High Pitch.

Howard Miller was name TO con-
jure with on Morningside Heights yes
terday afternoon, for Miller, standing
on his own 4s-yard line. with exactly
thirty-tiye seconds remaining 70 play,
drop. kicked goal that brought VIC
tory for Columbia and defeat for New
York University. This goal was the
climax to a game that was as wildly
exciting and replete with thrills as
the final score Of 10 to 10 would indi-
cate.
It was not alone Miller's goal from
almost the midheld chalkmark that
forced the n. Y. L. eleven back after
it had fought its way to even terms
with Columbia. but il was his superb
play from whistle to whistle that
brought him we'll deserved glory and
triumph for his team. In the first
half, with less than five seconds to go,
he kicked field goal from his 33-yard
line. and his open field running and
fearless tackling, combined with his
keen generalship as quarterback OF the
Columbia eleven, made him stand out
head and shoulders above all others
Oh South Field.
Columbia won the game BY scoring
I two touchdowns, two goals from the
: field and one goal from touchdown,
while the composition Of two touch
downs, one goal therefrom and field
goal. kicked by Howard Cam, made
, up the New York University total Of
! points. But mere recital of figures
does not give any conception of che
evenness with which the two teams
waged battle
Thrill Piled Upon Thrill.
Thrill piled upon thrill as the score
seesswed and the ball went I'D and
down the field with the rapidity Of a
giant shuttle, holding attention fasci-
mated. New York University was the
first to tally, but it seemed only a
minute until the tide of battle turned
against the Violet. and Columbia went
ahead, by a single point, to be sure,
but nevertheless in the lead Then
fortune turned back to its first love,
and there was a shout that rent the
! skies as Cam, the hero of the n. Y. U.
undergraduates, drop-kicked field
goal. that once again put the eleven
from University Heights in a COM
handing position.
But it was not for long. because Just
as the first half was running out. Miller
made the first of his drop kicks. Even
while the ball was in the air the whis
tie blew and the half ended. but the
plgskin, swaying ever so slightly, drift
ed between the uprlghts.
SO the teams began the second half
And to the host from across the Hsr.
lem 1t appeared as if New York's sun
mad set, because Columbia. unfolding
an attack that brooked no opposition.
swept down the field for touchdown
ana what seemed TO be an insuperable
advantage. But it was not to be. and
once more the y. Y. L. wave surped
forward, and touchdown and goal
tied the score again.
ihen II was that Miller, a loosely
punt stripping, suggesting the student
fhther than the athlete by his nom
chaIance, Jumped into the breach again.
ne dashed down the field for half its
length, lodging through tacklers and
picking holes with keenness suoces-
tlce of the football instinct. And hsv.
ing advanced the bal! within STRIKING
distance, he essayed field goal. Once
he tried-and failed. But the Gods
were with Columbia, and a Columbia
n--.Cleveland on the ball far
the Blue and White. Then. with the
watch ticking away the seconds. and
only thirty-five left. Miller lifted the
Pan over the bar from his own 4s-yard
I line and the victory was Columbia :.
Morningside Heights breathed a real
: football atmosphere long before time
lor me game was near. Crowds of
alumni and undergraduates. with the
supporters of each faction bedecked
III the rival colors, the light blue and
white of Columbia. and the violet Of
New York University, swept all before
them in their invasion of the Columbia
grounds. In a thrice the all too mad
equate stands of South Field were
damned unit! they fairly creaked under
the mass of humanity, and the over
flow was pushed eight and ten feet
deep along the east aud west ends of
the field. In all il was estimated that
close to seven thousand persons were
or hand when the whistle blew.
That the rivalry-and it was rivalry
OF the most friendly kind did not end
with the Undergraduates and the alum
nj was shown by the fact that Chan
cellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown. of New
York University, sat in box on the
s.delines adjoining one occupied By DR..
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