COLUMBIA A. C. GAME Our boys had time to rest over Sunday, and felt refreshed and invigorated for Monday's game at Washington. They expected a tight game and a hard fought battle, but had they had any ink ling of the treatment they were about to receive they would not have gone into the game with as light a heart. From beginning to end it was a miserable burlesque on fair and honest sport. It was a slugging match all the way through, but that paled to insignificance beside the rank dis honesty with which our boys were cheated out of their victory. All hands concede that though our men were lighter, they played . far superior football, and it was only through the bare-faced cheating cf Referee Lee that the game was not ours. He is a member of the C. A. C. and is a disgrace to that organization. 'I here is never any credit or satisfaction in winning a game hy such downright dishonesty, and the Athletic club should see to it that Mr. Lee be not allowed in the future to occupy such a responsible position as he cannot fail to work harm to their good rep•i tat ion. In the first half Brown made a long punt, and Wolf breaking through got the ball on a fumble by Shields the opposing full-back, scoring a touchdown. Atherton kicked the goal. This should by rights have been the only scoring done on either side during the game, and Umpire Mur phy so gave it as his opinion, but • Referee Lee conducted the game by the high-banded methods of'a free-booter. His memory of the number of .downs was phenomenal. It is stated that the Columbia boys had at least 15 downs between two five yard lines without four downs b2.ing called on them. This was rank in every sense of the word, but it was nothing to the work at the end of the game. The second half was to have lasted thirty minutes, but its actual duration was fully an hour. Every little opportunity was seized to take off time so that the game might be prolonged into the darkness, and under its cover THE FREE LANCE. stolen from the rightful winners. This was kept up till darkness, and then the C. A. C. Subs, who had been hanging along the side lines, ran in and joined the team, pushing the ball across the line and scoring a touchdown and goal. Dozens of outsiders and the Umpire declare that time was already up when the down was made, but Referee Lee would not allow it and proceeded to to the crowning dishonesty of the game. Wlien the teams lined up he yelled, "Thirty seconds to play" and although down after down occurred for fully fifteen minutes, time was not called until the C. A. C. had again walked across the line. "Twenty seconds to play"—"Ten seconds lo play" at intervals of five minutes and then at last "Three seconds to play;" but our men had walked off the field in disgust, and there was no one against them when they touched the ball down in darkness so thick that the men could hardly dis tinguish each other. We might allow the first six points, but never the last six; and, though the score as sent out from Washington was x 2-6 in favor of C. A. C. all fair minded people and lovers of foot ball will give it to us 60. And so we will always record it P. S. C. White Dowler Wolfe Fisher Dunmore Harris... At herton Haley, Fay B.own Touchdown, Wolfe. Goal from touchdown, Atherton. . Umpire, Murphy, Georgetown. Referee, Ralph Lee of C. A. C. This game was to have been played on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 6 th, but when the bo)s from Al legheny arrived they found the vilest kind of weather and agreed to postpone the game ti!l Monday. They were quartered by the different POSITIONS. .right end.. right tackle right guard. centre lett guard.. left tackle.. left end.... ...quarter.... right halt... left half.;.. lull WESTERN UNIVERSITY GAME C. A. C. Roberts. Welle. D'cicinson. Schwartz. Rainer. Tolinson. Wilson. Lefton. Medway. liazelion. Shields.
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