New-York tribune., 1921-11-25
Webster Stars as Columbia
Cohorts Bo,p to Colgate, 21-l4
Captain of Upstate Team
Scores 3 Touchdowns
i'm Contest at South Field

Vending zig-zag, puzzling course
holding his feet remarkable we'll on
the rain-soaked gridiron of South
Field, Captain Bob Webster Of Col
gate twice made dashcs for more than
fifty yards across the Blue and White
goal line and single handed brought
victory to the Maroon. The final
score was Il to Ia.
Webster, who comes from White
Plains, played his last game for Col
gate in the Thanksgiving Day strug-
gle against the Morningsde Heights
team and gave an exhibition Of broken
field running that has not been bet
tered on the Columbia field this
season.
Webster needed little interference.
He reversed his field, changed his pace
puzzlingly warded off tacklers with
well-delivercd straight arm thrusts
and once clear, sped madly across the
chalk marks until he had scored The
Maroon captain caught a pass from
Sanford directly after the start Of the
second quarter and ran thirty-five
yards for touchdown; so, unassisted,
he accounted for eighteen Of his
teams twenty-one points. His scoring
runs covered a distance of 140 yards.
Without its irresistible captain, the
upstate eleven might have had diff
ficulty in outscoring Buck O'Neill's
outfit. The Blue and White offensive
brought forth eleven first downs TO
Colgate's five and on straight football
the Hamilton team did not come
within Columbia's thirty-yard line
Only twice did O'Connor, the Maroon
quarterback, fail to order a punt when
his mates could not gain the required
distance.
Welch Misses Placement Kick
In the third period Welch tried a
placement goal from the thirty seven
yard line on the fourth down, but the
boot, while high enough, went trifle
wide Of the cross bar. Another time
forward pass was attempted ON the
fourth down, but failed.
Despite the extremely unfavorable
conditions and the early hour at
which the game was started. more than
1000 rooters assembled to watch the
teams play the final game Of their
season. Incidentally, today's contest
was the first time that Colgate and
Columbia had met on the football field.
The field was muddy and heavy and
the ball was mud-coated, but there
were remarkably few fumbles and the
players held their feet we'll. At tho
start of the final quarter heavy rain
began to fall and the men were soaked
when the game ended.
Columbia played a hard, fast game,
put the attack was spasmodic and
lacked the punch to carry the team a
considerable distance down the field.
koppisch, who had recovered from his
injury received in the Ohio University
game, starred until he was forced to
retire in the third quarter. Both Of
Columbia's touchdowns followed un-
fortunate breaks for Coach Hunting
toms team.
De Stefano Makes First Down
The first came soon after the start
Of the game, when Burtt caught a
short punt and carried back deep into
Colgate territory. Koppisch went
around left end for seven yards and
De Stefano made it first down on the
four-yard line. Offside was CALLED
against Columbia and five yards were
lost.
On the second play after the penalty,
however, koppisch went off center and
left tackle for the first touchdown Of
the game. Webster, who did not start
he evened up the score at the begin
ming of the second period when he
caught forward pass and ran thirty
five yards for score.
After the kickoff De Stefano was
forced to kick, and in the first play
following the lineup Hermann fun
bled and Galloway recovered for Column
bia on Colgate's thirty Vineyard line.
Steady. plunging by Moszczensli, aided
BY short forward pass, De stefano to
koppisch, and TN otfside penalty,
tance, and De Stefano plunged off
tackle for the score Rurtt kirkod coaJ