New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07
Connecticut Team Fairly
Defeated Despite Its
Strong Defence.
COCHRANE SUFFERS
DISLOCATED ANKLE
Blue and White Shows Improve.
ment, Although Many Regulars
Are Out of Lineup.

over the Connecticut sgXies on South
Field yesterday by score OF II TO o.
IL was a rough snd-tumble game, Win
Columbia doing most OF the tumbling.
There was no lack Of hard. keen foot
ball, however. and Columbia, despite
the fact that most OF the regulars
watched the game from the side lines.
played so aggressively that the Agg.es
were outgeneralled and outplayed from
whistle TO whistle
Columbia made good use Of the for
ward pass. although one OF the plays
was turned into boomerang In the
third period. when Mccarthy, the giant
Axgies halfback. intercepted a pass and
ran ff,y-one Yards through an open
field for Il touchdown. Foundations for
both Of Columbia's touchdovns and lts
field goal were started. however, By
brilliant use Of the forward pass.
Simonds shot across the line for
touchdown for Columbia in the open
ing period. and Cochrane sliced through
the Aggies' line for another in the see
ond quarter Simonds kicked goals for
each touchdown. Columbia scored for
the last time in the fourth period.
when, being foiled in an attempt 20
hammer it's way across the line for an
other touchdown. Miller fell back and
drop-kcked "A field goal from the Ag-
gies' 23-yard line.
IL was victory tina. may prove cost
~ 20 Columbia, for in the third period
BAL Cochrane, the dsshing halfbsck,
who had done all the puntlng for the
Blue and White, had his ankle dislo-
Gated and probably broken in fierce
tackle deep in his own territory. He
was the only Columbia man seriously
hurt, but his addition TO the crippled
squad limits the number of available
backs 10 fewer than half dozen.
With Healey. Littauer and Mansbach
out Of the lineup the Columbia eleven
lacked the punch which characterized
its play In the first two games Of the
year, and the team, although II played
better defensively than in either OF
the preceding contests, had a weaker
attack. II smashed its way through the
Aggies for only four first downs, and
had IL not been for the spectacular use
of the forward pass would have been
hard pressed TO work the ball within
scoring distance of the Aggies' line.
Once in the danger zone, however,
| Columbia's straight football carried
enough Of 3 punch 70 knock out the
1 yards needed for touchdown. The
! Morningside Heights team was held for
/ downs only once, and that was when
a penalty set the eleven back after the
necessary ground had been gained.
There was big falling of In the
size of the crowd in comparison with
the throngs that attended the earlier
games on South Field. Neither stand
was we'll filled, and not more than
! half Of the boxes had occupants. DR..
/ Nicholas Murray Butler. Columba's
president, was there, however, and
rooted as enthusiastically as the most
excited undergraduate when Columbia
made its first touchdown.
Although there was no mistaking the
/ fact that the dearth of regulars in the
d Columbia ranks robbed the eleven OF
/ much needed punch, there was also
ample proof that the team played bet
/ ter football than in the game with
| Stevens.
Chief among the surprises Of the day
was the steady work of Captain
! Smonds. He hit the line hard. and al
: though he was little slow In picking
/ his openings he knitted his way through
/ the Aggies for several substantial
/ gains. Buermeyer was greatly improved
| at right end and he was always down
/ the field right under the punts. His
! tackling was q little of color, but II
was much better than he showed in the
| Election Day game.
/ Calder, on tho other end Of the line.
didn't get much of a chance 70 shine.
/ although he pulled in a forward pass
after an Aggie bad juggled the ball and
ran twenty yards before being downed
on the Aggies' three-ysrd line.
Miller was all through the game for
the Blue and White. His generalship
was of the best and his amazing open
field running more than Offset the
slight advantage which James, OF the
Aggies, had over Cochrane and Simonds
On seven forward passes tried by Co.
J lumbia three were completed for total
gain Of ninety-three yards, three were
Incomplete and one was snatched By
Mccarthy and converted into the
AQgies' only touchdown. The Connect
, cut team used the forward pass as a
threat often, but tried the play itself
only a half dozen times, and never
made il work, four falling incomplete
and Columbia intercepting two.
Columbia lost a chance 10 score In
! the first FIVE minutes OF play. The set
back was only momentary, however, be-
cause after James had punted out OF
danger Columbia advanced the ball
from the Aggies' 40-yard line 20 the 10.
I yard mark on q spectacular forward
pass from Simonds 70 Miller. Simonds
then smashed through for the ten
yards needed for q touchdown.
Late in the second period Miller In
tercepted a forward pass on his own
/ 35-yard line and ran il back sixteen
yards. Simonds got a couple OF yards
and then uncorked long high pass 10
! Calder, which Renehsn just touched
but couldn't hold Calder grabbed the
| ball before il struck the ground and
raced of to the Aggies' 3-yard line be
/ fore being tackled. Cochrsne sliced
/ OF tackle for . touchdown on the
third play and Smonds kicked the
goal.
The Aggies scored in the third period
when Mccarthy intercepted one OF
simonds' passes on the Aggies' 49-ysrd
line and ran through clear field for
TOUCHDOWN.
Columbia, on a pass from SimondS 20
Miller, carried the ball TO the Aggies
5-yard line in the last period. but when
Monroe was thrown for a loss, Miller
! fell back 20 his 23-yard line and kicked
goal for the last score OF the game
/ Columbia az. Position. - Agsies a..
talder ........s.....sl~ E.......t....-.. iafns'
| Donaldson ...........I. T................. 70,
Kennedy .............L Gu. Newnarssi
Ifo"n ..'s.'ss.'''..s. ........s.-..... Persk,
/ WILDER ..............R. T.......-...... Milief
Huermeysr ..........R E............... Davi.
! Nller ....ss........s.g ~. ...........- Nenehs'
simonds .............L II. p.......... Murdoch
I NOchraEa IA. Anderson