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Many a Gridiron Hero Was Thankful Yesterday That Season's Work Was Done ' - Columbia Ends Season In a Blaze of Glory Blue and White Eleven Beats Wesleyan Before a Big Crowd. MILLER AGAIN USES TOE WITH EFFECT Morningside Heights Quarter* back Drop-Kicks Four Goals Against Connecticut Team. Columbia sv. ept th rough th? Wee* layan eleven for s football ?victory yae* tarday, crowning a season ??t success with a triumph that will g<> down in Columbia annal-?. It aras s ?.Time in which Columbia showed superlative football ability, and the dofeal of the Weeleyan team was > .-? score of 1R lid in* dicst- . liiasmu? h as 1 cd th? end of a series of victo ? irred bj a aingle setback. Morn ngs^d? Height! was delirious with joy last night as hundreds of Coluinbia undorgradu ates and alumni paraded tiie ?streets. It wa? a fitting ?conclusion to s foot ball season, Columbia's Dial in ten years, which, begun with much trepida tion by the Blue and White, has ended in a glowing saecei * Although the Columbia victory yes terday was gained largely by the su-; perior work of the Blue ami White ?leVTli | ? im, too much glory can? ut be showered on Howard Miller, the sterling quarterback, who burst into sudden fam?- la ? -m ? k by defeating Neu York University in the last half minute of h wildly fought game with a long range Acid go? Miller' work yeaterday consisted of drop licking, four goals from the Held, sendini ' lambia into a commanding pe ??hen a touchdown was forced the Weeleyan goal : ne to clinch the victory, Miller Ri?u*re? Rooters. Miller stirred up the Columbia roo? er. wher; he ?Irop kicked B goal in the period and pul Wesleyan, which bad outrusheil the Blue and White eleven, at an -initial disadvantage.? When he duplicated the feat in the s-oi'iil period the excitement in the Columbia stands Kiew no bounds Than he added a third in the third period mil made h fourth in the leet ?ad . ? he had wos ? place Ii Columbia's hall ol football fame thai la shared ??nl> by Harold Week.es, that doughty hero of ago. Bui Miller sh??ne not alone as a kicker extraordin?r) of field goals. He ran through broken I ?Ida with the speed and nroop of a giant bawk bat? tling to its stronghold. Although he, failed tu gam by smashing at the line, b?' made a total gain of IM yards In running back Wesleyan kick-offs: and punts. His longest ' m *.?a?. a 35*yard daeh in th? first half, but in addition 'n th'.? be made three flights of twenty ynrda or more and his average gain. each tun?" he Lot the ball ?rai more than lifteen yards. Colombia hasl a versatility of attack that aras shown to wonderful advantage opening half. Outweighed ten iMiund.*. to the man right through the line, Miller found that his back? could tram next to nothing by plunging, and, he resorted to an open game t lia' Wesleyan back into defeat. On four forward each timed ' and executed with minute exactnes-, the Blue and White gained seventy*flve yards. And then with the ball close j enough to the Wesleyan goal line to; permit of an aerial attack, Millar launched his drop kicks. Out of three j tries la this halt he was successful ; twice. But in the second half Columbia ! played aga.r,-*' a WesleyUB team that; had loat its tight, and in every branch Columbia outmatched the eleven from I Connecticut Where Weeleyan had I held the advantage in rushing in the. ?pening period the tide wai running ist as strongly for Columbia, and in I 'dition the Hluc and White was using ' . open plays with telling effect. r.ve times, Colambia ?rorkod trie ball to the threshold of the Wesleyan goal ' line in the last session and only twice ?lid it fail to register. Miller missing a chalice for a tu-Id goal on each of the two occasions. The other three times saw the Colun ia attack successful, once for a toua^/>wn and twice for acores from ?hop In all. Miller had ?even tries al ?? Wesleyan goal. A greater outpou. ? than has ever ?t tended a univerait, function of any i kind on Morning ts thronged Moi.ro? (_1.ii. ?r? ?.rollI ?hauing clothe?- and you share at orce. Ue sell m our L[/?.uin Sbops Gaarsnteed %2T> CloU.es at $15? and agree to refund your money if you <ie< ide you haven't served $10? Fair enough' Monroe Clothes ? 42d St. & Broadway 2d FW - Fulton St. 4 Broadway r_l_ -, L1? Conr* St., Brooklyn. *>*? riKWM.R ?,S|> _4VB ?I?, AT s?>*?l|N II H WI.?.. PIONEER Fireproof Storage Warehouses 37 tO ?>?'. I I M III -II \\ I 1'1'IJM. Vf 1,1 S ?l-*???. Holiday Soccer Games Results -. ? -, i . Of? : i > iUi I . Btllssid i .- ? I li ?. I ?loi,!, lair . ?r? Whtl BasM. U -A South Field and showed how wholly inad?quate were the -mail stands along the north and south sides of the Every ava-lai.le inch of -<pace in tandl vas taken long before gam? time, and when the whiatle bloo the endi of the Held erere jammed erith spectator* who had t> -, ? j cram tO gel even an occa 1 the play as the game . ..-d. Bul ror all the jamming and cram mine the crowd kept ita temper and did not la'-k in the picturesque. The light blue and white "f Colombia wa?. thi dominant color tooe of the Booth I ? i the C< imbia i heering section. We-.eyaii ?a' e?i defiance from Ihe north stand, b il the Colambi crowd by force of number* swamped the red "and Mac?. <.t" th? College o. the * oonectieut, iorward Tasses Effective. Wesleyan'? superior ability in rush? ing the ball in the first, half was offset by Columbia's gains on forward pasi-e and in running back kicks. Wesleyan made Ave first downs by rushing in this half, to none for Columbia, and gained 107 yard?. against Colombia' 42. On forward passes, however, Co lumbia got 76 yard?, as acainst Wes leyan'fl IT, and Miller'? superiority in running back kicks gave Columbia an advantage of tweoty-eevea yards in this, too. the respective figures being 77 and 60. In the second half, Columbia's do fence tightened like a drum-head and Wesleyan gained only thirty-nine yarda ami tore Rial downs, while tho ?fine and Whit* back? made ill yards and four first downs We-?cyan did not gain nn inch by rushing Ihe ball m the whole tmnl quarter, and every j an forward pass la the last half , . while I "lumbia gain?-d sixty three yards on three auecessfol passes Columbia ran hack Wesleyan kicks 69 yards, B* again-l 66. In all. Columbia advanced the ball by rushing, forward passing and running back kicks, 457 yarda, as against Wealeyan'a 178 yards, i football battle, the gam* WOI cleaner and harder played than has been 'he case with any of the other contesta on Morningside Heights thii fall. Roth teams had indomitable rourage. but Wesleyan seemed to spend all its energ] In the first half, while Colombie fought with the ever-io ? g strength of the victor in the closing peiiod. Tho tackling was clean, the interference of high order, and the play as a whole WOI of strict ly high C Wesleyan, with an eleven that is ropu'ed the best it has had in year., and with the aggro?: lveness and sang froid under lire that come only after '??i:;.- experience, ?roa confident per? haps overconfident that it would have little difficulty in checking the vie to! ious inarch of ihe Columbia eleven. de pile the fact that Meetjen, the ? and highly spectacular half back, eras not able to play. Bui U wu? a Colombia team that was playing b1 the top of Its game which raced the Wesleyan eleven. Columbia fought with the kind ol?nn it that never knows an end, ami Wesleyan, after having it* hand forced in the first two period-, was rolled back in the final half, hopelessly bootl n. Miller* l.e.-n generalship in training' over th? Wesleyan line when he found that h< could not j-ain through it WSU '""? Outstanding feature of the early min?te* of the contest; and the other the highl* developed defenaive ? 'he i olombia line. Although in! ground grudgincly n Wei : ?evil's end of the field, it would not an inch when the battle ?a ? waged down toward the Colum- ? !>ia goal. In the first half, when Weslevan ripped off tir?t down after fir = t dow.i in a seemingly unending serie.:, th* Blue and White line found itself and held like adaman?, taking the ball on ! itl own 30-yard mark. That was the hirrh tide of the Wesleyan advance in1 'he fir-t half. In the second half pen altie* and a five-yard run bv Stookey : brought Wealeyan down to Columbia's ; 23-yard line, but Miller intercepted a forward pass and saved the day. The Column;:. forwar<| charged in and clean.-d m. their ground in wonder ful ?tyli. ;.: -ame progressed \ wesleyan found an ever Increasing ticulty to gain through the Hlue and White line. Brown covered himaelfwith glory by his play ;.t centre and Ken .r<i. and Cleveland on his right gave him sble support. Ken? nedy smeared play after play -ingle handed, while Ilealev played his u^uai Stirring game. . I.ittauer Shows Power. I- Bros .n M- ronnlag at'ack that Co? lumbia diselo < d ? ehii f areaknc and not until Litto?r jumped into the battle late in 'lie second <]uarter did nek on straight plays at the line carry a punch. Picking up from three to a dozen yard* Bl a plonge was child's play t.. Littauer and hi? coming seemed to fir?- Monslmeh and Miller to greater deeds although, tiiey had played well enough while lloaro* vvas at full? back. As a secondary line of defence the Columbia backs were right up to their game, and only twice did ,i WSS Icyan iuhht break through for a iirst ociara on one plonge, .-" eapably did the backs support theil forwards. Captain S mond ' '. fed by far the heel game of ri career Hingeley, th? Wesleyan captain, who i from eentre te 'ullback when Crafts went out. proved a sterlin player both in carrying the ball an backing up his line. He fought witl unrestrained vigor to bring victory t bis team, but neitber be nor Mark thaler nor Harmon, the other back' could make way against the I'oluni bians. In punting, however, Harmoi and Hingeley outshone the Columbii kickers, hut Miller's wonderful work ii running back punt- more than offse tin-- t light advantage. Columbia made its Ural score afte' Kennedy bad grabbed a Wesley;.:* pa? on a wide upon formation and n tv.ent , flve*yard forward pass from Simonds t< Miller had put the ball within Btrikini distnnce. Miller tried a field goal fron the tbirty-four-yard line but, the kiel was just a trifls wide. Harmon had t? punt after Wesleyan put the ball in pla? because the Columbia line WOUldn give an inch and Miller brought th? ball back to Wesleyan's twenty-five yard line. Three tries at the line didn't get an inch and then Miller booted th? ball over the bar from the thirty-yarf 111!". Columbia got the ball on downs or its own iO-yar?! line early in the sec ond period, and two forward passe with naif a dosen linenlays brought r to Wesleyan'- :tri-yard line. Miller fe] bask to his 12-yard line, and to th' delight ot' the Columbia honle kickes a beaut i tul goal Columbia turned a Weeleyan forwnrr pass into a boomerang when the sec ond half began, intercepting the bal on Wesleyan's ?.Vyard mark. Millei rauclit a pass from Simorisls that wh< good tor twenty-five yards, and Mans bach made five more on a plunge. Mon roe made it first down on Weeleyan'l 7-yard line, but there Wesleyan bracee .?s' .I Miller resorted to his toe again kicking a goal from the l.Vyard mark. Columbia hail the ball on Weeleyan'i 14-yard line as the fourth ?juarter be gan, and Miller assayed another goal This failed, but he had another chanct a moment later when Littaoer'l power? ful plunging carried the ball to Wes? leyan's 80-yard mark. Miller's goal thi*- time was kicked from the :'._-yar?l mark. Columbis scored its touchdown just after Miller bad trie?! a kick that Wal blocked. The ball rolled over the line and Healey fell on it, but the referee Would not allow the touchdown, alleg? ing that it had s. ruck a Columbia player after being kickesl. There '???:> n long dispute and it ended when Wee? leyan put 'hi- ball into play on the -pot at which Miller triesl hII kick. .lu-t a^ th?- excitement was dying down Miller ran Hingelcy's pun? Emcs twenty-five yard-, and on a -cries of plunges by Donoho and Littaaer Col? umbia carried the ball over the line for a touchdown. It took the two big Columbia backs only six plays t?i plough through for tirtv-seven yarda The line up follow-: ?Ida (18). rosis n W?leyi .i. I. .I?. T . WI .u <;. .?'. Ii I. and . R, ''. . .R. T. i Buermeyer .I'. V.. Miller .?J r:. :?? .l. I!, rt .Mai Tu..ii : v ,,,.. .,. ... i: n r.Mi Monroe .I B. .: 1 - teemta ??;. M. M. Wi. ? ?? 1 = v. .- .0 o o <;<?tls from fl-i : Ulli? 1 ,? ..,.,. ,, I suer (or Mon rot : i ' sttnsbt-h. ? : RutrtDeyer, \ *:. l? w.-. I i I .?. . for I?-- a)?!? ' I I'alr ' ? Ctldsr. 1. -?? - eran n.. . (Uni S I foi Harm. ? i ? > K-?.-T. V ' - M I V ? . ? \ II?- v. Ian i a n. iii s . i ?. H Tins f pei ? Figures That Show How Columbia Beat Wesleyan I ir-at Half. Seron*' Half. ( oluinbia. Wralevan. Columbia. Wesleyan. (?round gained bv ru?*hin?x . II l*W '**? " (.round lout by rushing. * " First dosant h v ru*hing . I ?'? I ursird pa-ses attempt? si . I ? ' Forward paooei? successful . I I ?' (wound k- i is. <| on forward passes_ 7.'? 1^ ??*? Forward pauses incomplete. 0 2 ?? , ?? Forward passes intercepted . 0 <i * - I'unla . a 1 I .1 Average distance punted .;tl II '?'>' ??? Kun back of punts and kick-off?. 77 .Ml "?', *??' I n m 1.1?-. . -j ? I I Fumbles rrr??\rred . ?? I 1 II Kail lost on fumbles . j ?? 0 I (.round lost on tumble? . a Id 10 h Pena Hie* . ?, , | I (.round lost <?n penalties. ??-, j-, M || Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life^ By BRIGGS T*eJportli?ht ?yGrantlan? Wee Kontball* i? divided into Hvs (?rand Divisions, Kadern, Western, 1'acific Coast, South Atlantic and Southern. Fach of these divisions is entitled to an all-star pick upon which more or less succulent food the football fan may feed. Hut picking the eleven best from all five divisions where no man can even see all the best in one calls for the same powers that put Zeus upon Olympus. From a Tiger Fullback. A former Princeton fullback sends this All-Eastern selection in for casual inspection : First team. Mi?.em?. Pena. State. Oilman, llar\ Bid., .. .-|is are, Dart mouth . Position. Second team. .?vnd.Oliphant, Army .Tackle.Schult*., Washington and Las .Ouard.Way. *?*??? Peek, Pit! burgh.Centre.Cool, ('ornell White, Bj raeu t.(iuard.Schlachter. Bysacase Abel, Col?gate.Tackle.Weebeeker, w. ami .1. Soucy, Harvard.End.Lambertaa, Princeton Harret?. Cornell..... .(Quarter.Williamson. Pitt* burgh Hastings, Pittsburgh .Halfback.Taiman, Rutgers Williamson, Syraesst.Halfback.King. Harvard Mahan. Harvard.Fullback.Dri?jgs, Princeton The Yale Slump. Several years ago Yale has! as many as seven men upon a leading All Aniencan selection. Now it !?= more than possible that she will not have even one upon an All Eaatcrn. Clint Hlack, the lug -ophomore guaid, was one of the best forwards of the year, bu* through injuries he was only able to work through two games. Tie Way wa- a good tackle, but there were others much better. Wilson's play was too inconsistent. Baseball Literature. Has the art of ?vrititig baseball developed or rctograded. Here is an ac? count of a game written back in 189f?, jest twenty seasons ago: "The glass arm toy soldiers of this town were fed to the pigs yesterday by the cailaverous Indian grave robbers from Omaha. Our flabby, one-legged RaubenS Stood around with gaping eyeballs like a hen on a hot nail. Hickey bad mole SI rors than 'Copin's Financial School' and led the rheumatic proee-3 Mo.i to the morgue. They couldn't hit a brick wagon with a pickaxe and ran like pallbearers at a funeral. The geezers stood aroun?! and whistled ?OI help and ware BO weak they couldn't lift a glass of beer if it was all foam. Everything v.:?.. yellow, rocky and whangbasted like stig tossed full of doodle gammou. The Omahogs were bad enough, but the Quincy Hrown Sox had t!i?>ir Hal sewed up until they couldn't hold s crazy quilt unies? it -vas tied ?,.l their necks. Roa.-t the scare-eyed crocodiles anyhow." rt nay have been a few better football players in the Fast than Tai? man snd Nash, of Rutgers, bal hardly enough to form a suitable standing army for coas? defence One Reason. Deal Sir: Why don't Yule and Princeton insist upon a Letter schedule arrangement With Harvard? Haughton's eleven has all the best of it by meet? ing Princeton and Yale two weeks apart with an easy game sandwiched in to ie-t up the regalera. Yale has to play two hard games in a row and so doei Princeton. This leave? Princeton lagged out for Yale, and it leaves Yale worn down for Harvard. I think this accounts each year for the poor showing Princeton makes against Yaie and the unutterable showing Yale makes against Ha? va? si. Why doesn't Yale insist upon a shifting schedule where Harvard meets Yale ami Priaceteu in turn and where the Tiger and the Hulldog every .?..i ;:? ? that WOCk'l rest? (iHSERYER. Yah certainly has no kick. Three years ago Princeton took the matter of a new scheduie arrangement up with Harvard. Haughton readily agreed. , But Yale rcfued to m?ke any changes. So if the present schedule arrange? ment is unfair, Princeton and Harvard are certsinly not to blame. The trouble isn't that Yale doein't develop any good football instructors, 1 it that she tarns over the best o"es to other institutions. 'Ihe so-called Big Elevens no longer have any complaint coming that ??all i eellofi i. gaal Is to furnish good practice games If things continue the complaint will -.con come from the smaller colleges ocr thi lack of good practice secured from the Big League of football. Coach Debts, of Washington University, hasn't lost a game in ten years. If variety is the spice of life he muit lesd one of the most drab existences i on record. (ii.iy the entry wiio loies his ihsre of stsrti ?oak.? in the true thrill and joy of ariaaing one? in a while. Panning Tom Sbevlia seems to be a popular indoor and outdoor pastime, bal th?' Minnesota ?Slepete put over three upsets out of four ?tarts, which Is : oil l,.!te, average than meet of those who are roasting him ha-.e along Bgls rction of th? -r existence MERCERSBURG WINS TITLE Finishes First in Intersrholastic Na tional 'Cross-Country Race. Philadelphia, Nov. 16. Mercersburf Academy, of Mercersburg, to-day wot the 'cross-country run for the inter scholastic championship of America ; Ba M- Shields, of Mercersburg finished first, in the record time of H minutes I!? seconds, for th? ?four and one-half rrile course through , Fairmount Park. The previous record 'was -1 minute.. 57 seconds, made by John Gallagher, of Philadelphia, in I tog Allen Swede. Philadelphia Central High, was second, and P.obiniion, Kvan der Child* High. New York, third. Their time was also better than Gal? lagher's. Ifereerebarg -cored 41 points; Buf? falo Teeh. .'.?: Certral High, Philadel? phia, 76; Newark, N. .1., High, h5; Phil sdelphie High, 126; Northeast M.-nual, ; Philadelphia, F*K. COOPER WINS 100 MILE AUTO RACE Beats Out Oldfield on Track at San Francisco Fair. San Francisco. Nov. 25. Karl Cooper won the 100-mile dirt track automo? bile race at the Panama-l'acific Ex position to-day, making the distance in 1 hour 4X minutes and 61 seconds. The prize was a $5,000 pur.se. Parney oldfield led until the i*Hfh lap, when Cooper forged ahead to a victorious finish. The racerg finished in the following order: Cooper, Old field, Cliff Durant and Ted Tetzlaff. Detroit Schoolboys Win. Detroit, N ?v. 26. The football eleven of Detroit (entrai High School defeat? ed Oak Park. 111., High School here to? day by a score of 37 to 7. The local team as a result of the victory claims the Weetern ioterscaolostie football , championship. It won every game played this season. ARMY AND NAVY PLAN INVASION OFNEWYORK Service Football Teams Have Final Practice on Home Fields. West Point, N. Y. Nov. 25. xj,. Army eleven had its final hard practice this morning for the big game with th? Navy in New York on Saturday. The squad will have one more light drill on the Polo Grounds to-morrow after? noon at .1 o'clock, the idea being to gst a tine on the light? and shadows in the Brush Stadium. The line-up include?) Redflold right end; Captain Weyand right tackle; Meacham right guard; McKwan centre; O'Hare left guard; Jones left tackle, and Neyland, left end. Gerhardt piloted the 'varsity at quarter. Oliphant ?a? ,. right half, with Ford at left and Coffin at fullback. ? Bverythiog in the Army's repertoire of plays was run through several times and the finishing touches w r. imported und??r th.- watchful eye of Charlea Daly, head coach, and hi? BseiatOOta, Oil. phant displayed good form in hi* goal from placement drill. The Arm?, team, will, r tubs! I ,'<??, coaches and trainer?, will lea?.? here to morow morning for New York. They are due to arrive at the Grand Central Station at 10:16 and will walk to the Hotel Astor, which will be Army head? quarters. Dinner on the roof of the hotel ? ?|l be followed by departure In the early afternoon for the Polo Grounds via the Sixth Avenue "I," line. The team will go to the Hippodrome on Saturday night after the game and return home on Sunday. Two special train? will take the battalion of cadets and followers of the Army team to New York on Satur? day morning. Captain Daniel I. Sultan, !'. S. A., is in charge of the football party. n. t ? ? | Annapolis, Md.. Nov. 25. A demon? stration which exceeded any ever g;?en a Navy team starting on it? journey to the field of a servie* battle preceded the deoortor* of the football ?ejood f.vr New York this morning. It ha-? been the custom for the midshipmen to drag the returning players from the depot lo the academy, but to-day the players were carried from Bancroft Hall to th? 'buses and then these were dragged bv the midshipmen, at double time, through the streets of Annapolis, a distance of about a mile. "Fight" is the watchword of th* struggle this year, mid as the midship? men trotted through the street- th#y chanted in time to their step?: "F'ghf, tight, fight like h 1." The last practice of the season at Annapolis took place this morning, be i-i-ning at H, aiiii Boperinte Isol F.berle was one of the few spectators. The midshipmen did not put on football togs, but ran through all of their plajs with vim and exactness. The team was arranged as it will go into the gams on Saturday, as follows: Loft end, Von Heimbcrg; left tackle. Ward: left guard, Kercher: centre, Goodstem; right guard, Smith: righl tackle, Cri I? man; right end, Johnson; quarterback, i raig: left halfback. 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