New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
Columbia Lucky to Get
Tie in Stevens Contest
Dunn's Futile Sprint Fur
nishes the Big Thrill
of the Game
By W. O. MCCLELLAN

South Field at Columbia University
will be noted chiefly for its scoreless
tie games this year.
The potential engineers from the
Stevens Institute Of Technology, Ho-
boken. N. j., invaded the grounds yes
terday with another to 0 score. As
the potential engineers. scorning all
forecasts, outplsyed the Columbians,
they are suspected Of having mined the
field.
Both sides came close to scoring In
various periods. In the frst quarter
the engineers, starting after the kick
off from their own 2o-ysrd line, rushed
the ball right up to the l-yard line Of
the Columbisns. Webb, the pile
fullback Of the Hobokenites, fumbled
the ball just as he was plunging over
the line, and Columbia recovered.
At this particular point Of the strug-
gle Stevens was SO close to scoring that
the Columbians are trembling yet Be-
fore the game it was predicted that the
Blue and White would wipe tho turf Of
South Field with the potential en-
gineers, but before il was over the lads
from the Heights were beginning TO
consider themselves lucky with getting
away with a tie.
In the second period Columbia all
but scored a touchdown on an inter
cepted forward pass. IL was q long
hurl from the Stevens quarter and it
went sailing over broken field, when
Dunn got underneath 1t and scooped it
neatly under his arm. Just one Stew
ems tackler stood between him and the
touchdown. Three Columbia men fell
upon this one, but instead Of merely
thrusting him out of the way they
tackled him and twisted his nose In the
turf.
Touchdown Not Allowed
Dunn sped on, running behind the
Stevens line and placing the ball direct
ly behind the goal posts. The CO.
lumbians went mad with Joy. They
were following the ball and for the
moment they forgot the little old book
OF rules. The touchdown, of course,
was not allowed. But that sprint of
Dunn's furnished one Of the big thrills
of the afternoon.
Again Columbia almost registered
on q kick from placement on the AS
yard line. Cochran attempted this
spectacular feat, and for q moment II
seemed that he had succeeded. The
ball went high enough TO clear the
cross bar, but the officials ruled that
it missed an inch Of being between
the goal posts.
Before the game the Columbians
were wagering conservative sums at
three TO one. The Engineers, they be
lieved, were too light TO break that
Columbian line. Cochran's kickoff
went over the line, and the Engineers
started from the 20-yard line TO make
a mathemstically correct procession
right up the field.
In spurts Of from three TO ten yards
they bored through the Columbia line,
for the most part using a fake kick
formation. Webb and Goodale carried
the ball for the greater part of the
time. The Wanted Columbia line, over
towering the Engineers, seems to break
as though the ssppers and miners OF
the Technology Institute were placing
explosives under il.
Stevens Band Plays
The Stevens band began to blare
triumphantly, and the beauty and
chivalry of Hoboken. N. j., began TO
sit up and take considerable interest.
The beauty Of Hoboken, n. J., by the
way, is numerous and noticeable. The
Engineers came right a. ong. piling the
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