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Show IT WAS TALE'S DAY. Columbia's Football Eleven Defeated by Yale. NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-Outclasscd in overy department of tho game, Columbians football eleven was defeated by Yalo at American League park today, 3-1 to 0. In their five contests this was Yalo's most decisive victory. It was Yalo's day from tho start, and after the first half it became be-came merely a question of the score, not ot the result. mIn kne nr3t half Columbia held Yale to 12 to 0. and showed at intervals good football foot-ball form In tho second period tho gnrno was a rout for tho local eleven. Yale's players Jamming their way through the whole Columbia eleven for big gains. Columbia's reverse In tho second half was duo largely to her lack of substitutes, when thoflrst 'Varsity men wero retired Columbia was compelled to put In substitutes, substi-tutes, who showed poorly In tho effort to stom Ynlo'a attack. Columbia's best bit of work was shown at the start of tho game, when Metsenthln caught Roraback's kick-off and. eluding nine of the Yale eleven, rushed seventy yards down the field before Hoyt caught him and prevented Columbia's quarterback quarter-back from scoring a touchdown that for n moment looked certain. Later in the period Columbia again had hopes of a tally, when Metzenthln, on a quartorback run, and Duell, on a delayed pass, mndo sixty yards between them. Tho ball was then thirty yards from a tally, but again it was recovered by Yale on downs. During tho period Columbia mode her flvo yards on four downs by line plunges only twice, and twico her eleven repeated this performance In the second period. Yale was never hcld on downs. Columbia received many more penalties than Yalo for off-sldo play, holding and Interference with the ball. About 10,000 persons were present. Capt. Stangland of Columbia was seriously seri-ously hurt In tho first few minutes of piny and was forced to leave tho game. His absence seriously crippled Columbia. |