New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-11
BADLY BATTERED
COLUMBIA TEAM
IN GAME TODAY
Injuries Mar Chances of Heights
Boys Against Swarth-
more Eleven

The football eleven Of Swarthmore
College, conqueror Of Lafayette, Penn
sylvania, Franklin and Marshall,
Ursinus and Johns Hopkins, will meet
the crippled and battered team Of Co.
lumbia University at South Field this
afternoon.
At Ohio Field. on University
Heights, New York University will
face the eleven from Colby College,
while Stevens Institute of Technology
will give battle to the Connecticut Ag-
gies at Castle Point Field at Hoboken.
These are the three tidbits offered to
local football enthusiasts who, Tor one
reason or another, will be unable TO
attend the battle between the Tiger and
John Harvard, or the Yale and Brown
game.
Squad Demoralized
Columbia faces the game with
Svarthmore with no great feeling or
confidence. Injuries have reduced the
SQUAD to a point where Metcallf has
10 handle the men with gloves, for
fear of adding to the casualty list.
First one man and then another was
cut down. and it is small wonder, then,
that only one game has been won.
No coach can well expect TO develop
team work when he is forced to work
with a different combination every
other day or so.
The team that will take the field
this afternoon is not the best that
could he marshalled from the Blue and
White forces were every man IN the
hest condition. But il is the best team
that can be built from the material at
hand. The loss of Healy at this time
is staggering. He braced the entire
left side of the line, and more often
than not beat his ends down the field
under punts.
With another man at left tackle,
an additional burden will be thrown on
Kennedy. the end, who is not any too
robust at his best. Nollmer, who may
plav left tackle. did fairly well against
Williams. but he showed plainly that
he has much to learn about inside foot
ball.
Jimmy Cleveland will start the game
AT right tackle, in all probability, with
Raegner at guard. II is possible that
Bud WILDER will be at tackle for a
while, and Sterling Van de Water VIII
probably get into the game at guard:
The backfield will be composed OF
McCabe, Dunn, !. T. Rosen and Hege-
man.
Hard Fighting Team
Those who have seen Swarthmore
in action declare il to be swift, hard
sighting team, we'll grounded in foot
ball. and possessed Of powerful, YER
satile attack. Smith, the left end, is
one OF the speediest in the East, and
he has reputation as deadly tack
Ter. Ridpath, the centre, is another
who stands out by his work; while
Fndicott. tackle, is ranked with
the best by some critics. Bush, the
fullback. is better man than Sam
Webb. the Stevens fullback, and Co
lumbia still shudders at the mere men
ton Of that name.
Swarthmore will probably take the
field against Columbia as follows;
Smith. left end; McGovern, left tackle;
Wilson, left guard; Ridpath, centre;
stow. right guard; Endicott, right
tackle: DIN, right end; Johnson, quar-
terback; Baker, right halfback; MI
chael. left halfback, and Bush, full
back.
Captain RUDE Bernstein will lead his
team against the Colby eleven this
afternoon, or so IL was announced by
Dick Eustis last night. at any rate.
His foot has healed nicely, and he ex-
poets TO remain in the game through
out. He will be needed, too, for Col
by will take the field inspired by the
confidence gained in holding the Hsr-
ward team to ten points early in the
season. The Maine team is reported
70 be in excellent condition, and
primed for hard game.
New York will take the field as fol-
lows: Carroll, left end; Hoffman, left
tackle; Ponterey, left guard; Elias,
centre; House. right guard; Sokolower,
right tackle; Egsn. right end; Mac
Kenzie, quarterback; Weinheimer,
right halfbsck; Teddie Cam, left half
back; Bernstein, fullback.