New-York tribune., 1919-11-28

and forged ahead for eight yards. Here
Mosczienski gathered up the ball and
tore through the Brown line, as a rock
through brown paper, across the last
white line. Kennedy kicked the goal.
Then Brown settled down to fighting.
The Providence team realized that it
had utterly underestimated Columbia
They had come for a romp and they
were up against fight that would call
for all that was in them. Their chance
came when Columbia tried q forward
pass in Brown territory. Coulter in
tercepted and Brown had the ball
Williams, the negro end Of Brown,
| flashed around Columbia's end like
dark streak for eighteen yards. Then
Brown started one Of those long and
spectacular passes.
Armstrong made an accurate throw
of twenty yards to Albright who
rushed through scattered field for
twenty yards more. This brought the
ball to within ominously short reach of
| the Columbia line. And there Colum-
! bia made a stand that will rank with
any Of the football performances made
by Columbia teams in the past when
Columbia was ranked with the football
great
Everything that Brown had was
hurled at that Blue and White line.
once, twice, three times, until the ball
was within four feet Of the last line
1t seemed that the fourth try must go
over when all Of the superbly organized
hrawn of Brown wus hurled at Colum-
bia: But the Blue and White line
yielded not an inch Columbia got the
hall on downs and punted out to safety.
Game Gets Rough
There was plenty OF hard rough
J play through all of this, and now and
! then a bit of slugging. Albright was
caught right in the act of using his
fists and was ruled out for roughing,
while the Brown team was penalzed
half the distance to its goal line. Some
of the young Bruins were 50 exaspcr-
nted that they could not control their
fists. | would also report that the
Columbians were quite willing to meet
item at this game when they tried it.
1t was far from a gentle game.
In the third period few paid much
attention to the play by which Referee
Langford was at first inclined to allow
the safety TO Brown and the two
points which would have won the
game. With the refusal of the score
board keeper to record the ruling that
afterward was reversed. there was no
chance for demonstration during the
game.
Columbia continued to outplay Brown
through this period. One OF the most
brilliant plays of this period was a
pass from Eccles to Weinstcin, who
ran for twenty-five wards and all but
stood between him and second touch
down. Eccles was roughly handled by
Brown tacklers during this period
and told them so in language that in
vlted q little post-game roughing which
.-ccles seemed to desire considerably
1t was in the heat of the game. Colum
bia was keyed to fighting from the
start.
In the start of the fourth period
Weinsten tried q drop kick from the
forty yard line, but failed. Then
from the twcntyyard line began the
. march of Brown. 1t came like the
march of Columbia in the first period
Armstrong plunging and Fox and Will,
iams, the fleet negro end. dashing
around the ends Columbia seemed tC
be tiring but was fighting hard.
. Columbia Braces Again
The impetus of the rejuvenatec
Brown machine brought it almost te
the last white line but one. Here Co.
: lumbia made another stand tha
seemed firm enough to hold off ths
last charges. Twice the Brown back;
plunged for gains of inches. Their
Columbia pressed back the entire
Brown machine for a loss. Brown hac
; to use strategy on the last chance.
The ball came back to Fox and Nc
Sweeney darted through an opening be
, tween end and tackle. Fox passed thu
, ball just over the hands of the Colum
bin forwards and McSwecney got i
) behind the Columbia goal line just in.
side the end zone. Armstrong kicked
, the goal and the score was tied
Everything taken into consideration
the achievement of Columbia yeste rdaS
is one of the most remarkable of the
remarkable season. 1t is a great thing
for great game, and, coming as il
+ did at the time when Columbia haC
a planned to go in for football again, i
: will give considerable impetus to the
n movement to put the college back int
r a real place on the tercollegate grid
iron.
: Also the spirit that moved the Co
!. lumblan was fine. There had been con
: erlng that comes with the absolute
earncstness and enthusiasm of Young
= sters of the football age in the earl,
t season handling of the Columbia foot
o ball team The team that fought will
t. Brown achieved bigger victory il
i. their determination to pull togethe
q for their coach and their college thar
q they did when they fought the for
/, mldable Brown team to Il tie.
X The ten thousand or so who saw tn
G game at South Field to- day saw abou
s as interesting and dramatic a game n
:. was staged on any gridiron this season
a When the under dog comes from unde
G the heap and fights the upper dog to
standstill it always makes u sportin,
d drama
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