New-York tribune., 1917-10-21
Miller and Shal0 Feature
Clever Victory Ouer Union
Blue and White Eleven Takes
Aerial Exercise Out
of Opponents
By Louis Lee Arms

afternoon. Military planes scurrled
mile-high through the air, dropping
Liberty Loan bombs" on Harlem as
they flew; Howard Mller's talented toe
twice lifted the ball over the white
crossbar for field goals, forward
passes whistled through the air now
and again, and finally the Union Col
lege eleven blew largely upward.
As a result Of this panorama OF
aeronautics. the Columbia University
eleven emerged victor in its first real
game of the season by the convincing
score Of 21 to 0. Columbia students,
who have long and nobly strained their
lymphatic glands cheering losing games
had something to yell about yesterday
The game was a good one, and dis
appointing only in the fact that Union
looked like bold, bad warrior, only TO
prove almost as harmless as the htch-
en- cat. The upstaters started of with
a series of line smashes and short end
drives that carried the ball sixty yards
downfield. Then Columbia held for
downs, finally worked the ball into po.
sition, and Miller, from the 3o-yard
line. hoisted drop kick over the bars
for the first score of the game.
Miller's Toe Working Fine
That was at the beginning Of the
second period, and before this quarter
was done Farer had intercepted for
ward pass and hiked forty yards down
the field before he was stopped. Miller,
standing on Unions 40-yard line, again
booted a beautiful field goal, and Co
!umbia was breezing out in front, 6
to 0.
Those two field goals and the fact
that Columbia had previously turned
back four vicious line plunges with the
ball in the shadow of her goal took
the starch out of Union, and she played
a perfunctory and at times an actually
ignorant game. This reached its cul-
mination when the entire Union team
stood idly by and let Rosen fall on the
ball when Cochran booted it over the
line after Houlahan's touchdown: IL
was perhaps the softest touchdown
made on any gridiron this season, ana
the lack of knowledge that made 1t pos
sible was ineXcusable IN a college
trained eleven. ~
The prettiest play Of the0fternoon
happened after Miller had sent his
first drop kick whirling over the cross
bar. In accepting delayed pass Hou-
lahan fumbled the ball, dropped 1t, and,
Lefkowitz. scooting in from the end,
took the ball on the bound and set sail
for Columbias goal, escorted by rear
guard composed of the entire Union
backfeld.
Shaw Saves Columbia
Miller and Canapary, who tried 70
break through the interference, were
spilled and LefkOwitz. with the ball
tucked under his arm, galloped over
the chalk lines a full fifteen yards
ahead of the broken field. Then Shaw,
Columbia's long-legged fullback and
star quarter miller, started weaving ms
way through the parade Of blue and
crimson sweaters. His long legs were
working like a pair of editorial shears
as he passed Lefkowitz's interference.
As Columbia's 20-yard line spun under
Lefkowitz's feet Shaw was scant hye
yards back of the upstater. On the
10-yard line he made his tackle and IL
was faultless. Lefkowitz was thrown
so hard he was unable TO continue the
game.
That looked like the break" against
Columbia, but Unions heavy backs, al
though they worked the ball up TO the
2-yard line, failed in the final test
when Wittner massed play at centre.
Houlahan, standing ten yards behind
his own goal line, lined out a sixty
ward punt that really was the turning
point in the game.
Columbia, with a rather light back
field. was at first unable 10 puncture
Unions lines, and resOrted 70 long
lateral runs and passes, with the domi-
nant idea of working the ball into posi-
tion that Miller might take pot shot
at the crossbar. As the afternoon
wore on Unions line lost deal Of its
stamina. and Shaw. Houlahan and the
135-pound Canapary tore through IL
for consistent gains.
Columbia made its final score IN the
fourth period. when Hay made bad
pass TO Moynihan from kick forma-
tion. The ball rolled behind Unions
goal. where Movnihan recovered IT, but
he could not bring il back, though ne
tried valiantly.
Metcalf's team is green one and al
the outset its attack was uncertain
As the afternoon wore on and "Howdy
Blue and White gained poise and con-
fdence and played with cohesion ana
power. This was particularly true
after Unions muddle- Drained spectacle
of allowing kickoff to run free be-
hind her own goal line until Colum-
bia man fell on II.
Columbia Backs Gain Power
In the first two quarters Columbia S
ipht backs pierced the Union defence
TO. first down on only one occasion,
but in the second half, having found
herself and gained confidence in her
own ability, the Blue and White backs
made first down eleven times, six in
the third period and five in the ulti
mate quarter.
The forward pass had rather sad
afternoon of it. Five times on kick
formations Union essayed TO hurl the
ball over more ground than she could
successfully travel, but each time a
hlne-clad warrior leaped into the all
and pulled down the ball. Columbia
efforts at the tossing game were as
futile Houlahan poised behind his
lires three times with the ball in his
hand only to find that the man TO re-
oeive his pass was surrounded by a
delegation from Schenectady.
Taking Yesterdays game as cri-
terion, Columbia this season Will rely
on a sturdy line TO protect IT'S Meet
backfeld in a variety OF lateral runs
and masses and now and then open
holes for the long-legged Shaw, an eX-
ceptionslly fast man IN footbsIl uni,
form. Its defence is tenacious and
sbifty. with an unfortunate habit OF
tackling high.
Flushing Still Leads
Another signal victory Of the Eras-
mus Hall High School soccer team this