New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-03
COLUMBIA WINS
FROII STEVENS
BY SMALL SCORE
Game Thrilling and Spec
tacular, but Lacking in
Real Football.

south leln yect'fAhy. ~ game nat
was thrilling and spectacular. but lack.
ing in real football, the fejuyenatsd
Morningside Heights team trilmphed
over the Technology eleven by a score
of 10 10 6.
feeling its oats and was expecting A
sweeping victory, but errors ~ com MS.
sion robbed the Blue and White VI
chance t. keep a clean slate and errors
Of omission, especially on the defence,
prevented Columbia from presenting a
smoothly joined machine in opposition
% the weak though at times Sashy
Stevens attack.
Columbia made It's points in the last
three periods Of the game. II scored
+ touchdown in the second period after
march down the gridiron from midaed
I that showed a well moulded offence.
/ The second touchdown was reg stertt
/ in the third period, when a blocked
punt gave Columbia the ball right on
/ the edge Of the 81. vens line. Il was
question Of only a play or two 20 pu, !.
| over. and aptain Smonds addea a
point with a goal from touchdown. TIE
/ last tally came in the early minutes Of
/ the final quarter. when Webb, the giant
/ Stevens fullbGck, was thrown beini
/ his own line for safety after he had
fumbled and recovered a poor pass
from Middleton.
The first touchdown 20 mar the Co
| lumbia slate was chalked up By Stevens
late in the last period. following tumble
by Miller. the Columbia quarterback on
his own 45-yard line. Stevens reroy-
cred the ball, and Webb's dsshing
thrusts off tackle, combined with Two
costly penalties, paved the way FOR he
/ Stevens score.
Enthusiasm ran riot on South Field.
and crowd of more than xix thousand
TANNED the stands and lined the east
and west ends of the field rows and
rows deep. The picture was striking
one when the opposing elevens, C0lum-
bia clad in dark blue and Stevens in
flaming scarlet, trotted on the field.
with the huge gray dome Of the low
Library standing out IN bold relief
against the clear northern sky.
Columbia was disappointed in not
having as guests Governor Whitman
and Mayor Mitchell, but there was pen-
~ of officialdom on hand, with Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president o.
Columbia, and President Alexander :.
Humphreys, of Stevens, in a box, TO-
gether with host of Columbia's most
distinguished alumni. The south stands
were filled with Columbia undergradu-
ates, and there were so many Of them
that they swarmed over to the north
side of the field and invaded the Stew
ems sections.
Captain Simonds, who played his first
game for Columbia, was outpunted BY
Webb, of Stevens, although he got his
kicks off better. In running with the
ball Simonds did not show as impress
sively as his work in practice had made
Columbia followers expect him to. II
was plainly evident, however, that he
was saving his sore leg. This, too, may
have accounted for his mediocre punt
ing. ,
The Columbia ends. Reeder and
Buermeyer, and the tackles, Healey and
WILDER, outplayed their Stevens oppon.
ents on the offensive and their work
was of brilliant order Throughout
Buermeyer in particular proved his
worth in the second half when he sho.
in like a flash on Webb, blocked one OF
his kicks and never losing his STRIDE
sprinted forward and fell on the ball
Healey's tackling was of high order
and WILDER was quick 10 diagnose a
PLAY in the making and was one OF the
few shining stars on the Blue and
White defen e. Reeder although ne
did not star was consistent and never
let himself get fooled.
The one outstanding feature OF the
game was the failure of the Co.umon
defence in the last period when stevens
made its touchdown after having
swept down from midfeld without
serious opposition.
On the defence the forwards played
a ward or more back from the line o.
scrimmage and waited for the attack
TO form before attempting TO smash
through and break il up. IL was =
defence based on watchful waiting
and it did not work.
Columbias attack seemed 20 be 50
far In advance OF its defence that "
was hard to reconcile the fact na'
they were both part OF the same team
Simonds and Healey worked series
of well-conceived and perfectly exc
cuted forward passes for big gains
and Miller was a star In running oaes
punts and skrting the ends. Donono
got away for couple of long runs
one for thirty-fve yards.
II was Miler's dashing return OF
punt early in the first quarter tnss
gave Columbia its first chance. u,
caught the ball on his own 80 ysra
line and was not stopped until he hae
advanced to Stevens IS yard line. =
forward pass from Simonds 20 Mille'
netted Columbia 80 yards, and Donoho
Monroe and Smonds got a FIRST down
O Stevens 3 yard line. Here II was
that Columbia lacked a punch and wa
held for downs.
Miller. however, was undaunted ane
he carried Webb's punt back 70 MO
field again, alt, ugh the Stevens ena'
closed in on him fast. Littauer zoos
his place in the lineup az this POM
and with his coming, Columbia s~ep
through Stevens, four, five and eign'
wards at a time for a touchdown.
Columbia's second touchdown wa
not long il coming in the third period
Stevens was unable 20 advance the osi
an inch and Webb fell back Tor
punt. Buermeyer and WILDER brok'
through, the former blocking the pun
and then falling on the ball on w
Stevens yard line. Donoho maa.
only two yards at left end. Miller go'
one yard and then Littauer, on t"'
straight line bucks, got over Tor
score. q,
Miller fumbled Webb's punt AZ MO
field in the last period and Hopkins re
covered for Stevens Then u was ths
Webb tore through Columbia's paper
defence. Some one on the Columo''
bench blundered al the Blue acc
White was penalzed for having tweN'
men on the field while the ball Wal
in play. That brought the leather =
Columbia's % yard line and 1t TOO.
Stevens only seven plays 70 carry
across the goal line. Webb made th'
touchdown, but he failed to kick IN
goal
Columbia Qs). Position Stevens W,
Ree6er ...............L Z. ........... hoIps,es
HealcN .............t L. II. ........... .loN.,.. ~