New-York tribune., 1919-11-22

Blue and White
Battles Violet
On the Cridiron
Record Crowd Expected to
Attend Contest Between
Local Colleges To- day

While the Yale Harvard battle al
Cambridge this afternoon is attracting
the interest Of the sporting world in
general the annual local classic be-
tween Columbia and N. Y. University
has aroused the local followers of the
gridiron game to a high pitch of ex-
citement. Although neither of the
elevens has displayed championship
ability, the natural rivalry that is at
tached to this contest promises game
we'll worth witnessing. All tickets for
the struggle were sold early in the
week, and the interest in the game is
unprecedented.
Both the Blue and White and the
Violet have had more or less rough
s!cddlng IN the earlier contests, but a
victory over the long standing rival
would alleviate any sorrow felt over the
previous losses. The teams on enter
ing the game seem to be fairly evenly
matched. Columbia started off rather
we'll defeating Amherst and giving
Wl''lams hard battle. but then suf-
tered slump, losing to Stevens and
tying Union. In last Saturdays con-
test with Wesleyan, however, the Blue
Teams Evenly Matched
N. Y. H., on the other hand.
started off poorly, then showed q great
Improvement, swamping Trinity, but
fe'l before Stevens last Saturday. On
comparative scores, which count for
nothing this year, the teams seem to be
evenly matched. The Violet has a
rather weak line and a powerful back
io1 w 10 No, Il a.
line that proved impregnable in the
earlier games, but rather weak of
fensively
loomed mp more seriously this past
week with the loss of Charlie Shaw
the only brilliant back that Columbia
possessed. The game then, seems to
resolve itself into the question of
whether the Columbia line will be
STRONGER defensivelv than the Violet
back field is offensively
At Columbia Coach Fred Dawson has
been making serious effort to round
his eleven into shape the last week
with the assistance of several former
stars OF the gridiron He has made sew
eral experiments with the idea of
strengthening bis backfe'd, with rcir
success: Fppelbaum is the only man
who VIII start the game who has beer
a trst strng man all season. Ecclcs
VII be at quarter again in pace OF
Quig,ey. Mosczienski will start at one
of the halves. with either Tom Farrell,
new man IN the back field or John
stone at the other half A sight change
has also been made in the line, Scovil
Beng shifted to q guard position. re-
piaclng Hlnch. while Modarel fills in
at Scovi S tackle. This e even is in tor
form and has been p aging with a new
spirit. All of the men and the coaches
expressed themselves as confident of
victory on the eve of the battle
New York Lineup Shifted
Coach Gargan sent his men through
their hnal work out yesterday after
noon on Ohio fed which consisted of
light signal dri l. He has made several
changes in the lineup since the Stevens
game that would appear to have
Strengthened the team. Jack Adams
will be back at his old position at left
end, for the first time since the Union
game. Jackson has replaced Gil'oon at
quarterback and Cohen has supp.anted
Tyne at full
On the line Horrigan has been
shttcd from tackle to his old guard
posltion with Martindale going in at
tackle. The Violet, too, has an abun
dance OF confidence previous to the
game, promising a hot old battle on
south Field this afternoon. The game
wi start at o'clock.
To-day's game will be the rubber
contest between the two teams, each
having defeated the other twice. In
1915, due to Howard Millers drop
ticking. Columbia was able to win by
10 to l6. In 1916 and 1917 the Violet
was the victor by the respective
scores OF II to 0 and 9 to 7. and last
years struggle between the S. A. T. C.
elevens went to Columbia.
The teams will line up as follows.
COLUMBIA = l.