The sun., 1916-12-03
FORDHAM Is BEST
OF LOCALELEVENS
Maroon Team Only One Of New
York Collegiate Squads to
Show Power.

Win only n defeat registered
sKa!ns, them. and that by Georgetown.
the team which hung up the scoring rec
ord Of the season. Fordham stands out
a. the only successful football eleven
which styles New York Its ZONE city,
New York University has n valid claim
to some recognition. with five victories.
one tie and two defeats. but Cola nbia IL
wiling 20 hide It's head and hide its time.
Stevens began the season inausplciously.
hu; finished with n vim which placed II
In the category OF the mighty.
Fcrdham had one OF its best teams.
one which compiled 1s5 points and al
lowed only 10 to be scored against il.
and that by Georgetown. During the
season II successfully met Lafayette.
Maryland state, SusquehAnna. Holy
Cross. Gallaudet and viilanova. A
%scoreless tie was the result OF the Lafay-
cite game. but 1t was the first contest
Of the season and fought without a great
deal Of preparation by the Fordham stall
warts.
Dempsey was one of the outstanding
Nars Of the Fordham Aggregation. He
Vas a fine punter. a line smasne Of mag
hitude and capable OF handling his emo
Of the battle In workmanlike
Fordham turned out numerous other
players who earned glory for the Maroon.
Haverford Game Violet's lest.
Probably the best effort OF New York
University was the I to ! tie game with
Haverford, the unbeaten Pennsylvania
college team. Haverford has downed
several mighty opponents this season.
among them Swarthmore, the c~onqueror
OF Pennsylvania. n to be held even
BY the Violet brings a lot of glory to the
Bronx institution. The contes; which
was most pleasing to New York Cniver-
s'y students was with Columbia. and II
was the cause OF rejoicing ecaus New
York University drubbed its local rivals
BY 6 TO 0 after a bitterly played affair.
Capt. Bernstein. who will be lost to
y. y. L, by graduation, was a powerful
factor In the backfeld. Not fiashy but
consistent In whatever he did. Bernstein
carried the chief burden Of the team on
ms shoulders. 1t was unfortunate for
me Violet that Bernstein was continually
bothered by a weak knee which kept
MN on the sidelines the greater part or
last year as well as this.
Howard Cam Is looked upon by n. Y.
T. as the best player on the team. but
Cam has radical faults which make him
second at least to Capt. Bernstein. Cam
ga splendid kicker n n clever open
held runner once the opportunity is pro-
Nded. but he was slow finding these
opportunities. Mckenzie. Ted Cam.
sokolower and "A few others deserve
especial mention on the seasons work.
Reversal At CoIsnbia.
Enthused by the great record of
Columbia during 1915, the students OF
,he Morningside Heights institution were
HOt nAn inD utnah IA ANEAroAI n . M
the Blue and White aggregation this
season. Columbia won only one game
out OF eight played and scored In only
TWO OF the lot. 1t was defeated by APP
parently weak teams and failed to break
tie with others which have no claims
70 any great laurels on the 1916 grid
The best effort Of Columbia was
sga!nst Swarthmore, which was held 10
with Wesleyan, which won by 40 to y.
A. times Columbia gave promise Of de-
veloping power but for the most part
the season was Just one setback after
another.
There was not a player who o out
~ Columbia. Capt. Healy might have
oeen relied upon to brace up the poor
enorts OF the others had not he been
seriously injured. The absence OF Nil.
et' the quarterback OF 1913. who kicked
numerous goals from the neld. cut down
the efficiency Of Columbia to a minus
quantity and really left Columbia help
less.
Almost every player on the squad who
save any promise OF doing anything
worth while was Knocked Out by injuries
rrohably no team In the country suffered
= much In this respect as did Columbia
me prospects are none too bright TO