New-York tribune., 1879-11-17
OUT DOOR SPORTS.
HARVARD BEATEN BY PRINCETON.


An EXCITING GAME or FOOTBALL AT HOBOKEN.
A well-contested and interesting game of foot.
ball resulted Saturday victory for Princeton
over Harvard by one goal The two teams of fifteen
men from each college met on st. Georges Cricket
Grounds and afforded entertainment for largs
number Of cOllegians and their friends. With the
exception of a stiff wind which blew lengthwise Of
the field from the south. the weather well
adapted for football kicking. The wind was 80
strong, however. that 1t patent that only by
the merest chance Of fortunate droD-kick could
a goal be won by the side kicking against II. To-
ward 3 o'clock the college boys began to arrive in
large numbers Princeton representatives being
largely in the majority. The orange and black Of
Princeton and the crimson OF Harvard were the
colors worn by the partisans. The rival teams rOde
from New-York on the TOP OF several
coaches and were met by their friends with
cheers. There were present many private car
riages and one coach containing ladies dressed
in charming Autumnal toilets. IL was estimated
that there were nearly 5000 present who watched
the game The two teams took their positions soon
after o'clock Princeton having won the toss and
having taken the southern end OF the ied in order
to have the advantage OF the wind The players
were ~ follows:
Princeton-Forwards. Bradford. McDemott, Dew
ereaux BrOthern Ballard lcaptainl, loney. Peace
Bryan hali-backs, Wilmington, Lee, McNair and
Farr; backs, Horton, Duncan ana CUTS; umpire,
Harvard-Forwards, Morse, Manning,w. Cushing,
Tebbets, l.. Cushing. Warren. Howe. Thatcher and
=.
Houston and Cabot backs, Leatherbee and Shat
tuck umpire. W. seamans. ~.
Mr. Camp of Yale, acted as referee. The game
was played under the revised Rugby rules. In two
innings Of forty-ive minutes each, with short rest
between them. Warren kicked the ball OIL for har-
vard and soon the fierce struggle had been forced
near Harvard's goal. Before ten minutes had passed
II was evident that Princeton was playing very
strong game exceling Harvard particularly IN pass
ing the Oali to the hali-backs for pass or free
Kick after it had been heldD Harvard was
thrown ON the defensive, and was Obliged 10 touch
down. for safety several times. The Gushing
brothers and Morse did splendid work for the Grim
son BOYS, while McNair was the man who was most
feared among the Princetons. Ten minutes before
the time Of the first game was exhausted, McNan
cot fine drop-kick and sent the ball bet ween llar-
Yards goal posts. This counted goal ann the
wearcrs Of the orange ana black were VIA WIN eA-
cltemcnt During the remaining ten minutes the tar-
wards forced the fight on their opponents ground,
and time aud again a touchdown WIN tne poss'-
bihty of a goal seemed imminent lrlncel0n was
forced to make two tOuch-downs Dehnd ther
goal for safety. -.
was "A repetition the scenes OF the hrst. Harvard
had The wind IN her favor Dut her men played
somewhat loosely, and without that c9oiness
aud system that always characterized the enoils VI
Princeton when its side was IN an emergency.
Durlug the early part Of the game Harvard forced
the PLAYING near PrncetOn's goal, and once insor
missed goal by fine drop-kck only Dy 1907.
Ii was "A great disappointment 10 award buJ
still the fight wagcd hOtly from one sidc OF tho
field 10 the other. Princeton evidently content
with heI goal and putting forth all her strength 70
keep the bail at the Harvard end of the field. Ing
second game resulted i'm nothing iOr eliher size ana
prinreton was declared the winner OF the match
by a goal. The teams cheeTed each other. and
the Princeton athletes were carried around tue
field by their enthusiastic comrades no
coache. were soon flied with colleeians, and tho
streets of HobOkcn rang with the cheers winch tho
Harvard, Princeton and Columbia men gave each
other. The best OF feeling prevailed throughout
the march.
1t Hamilton Park IN New-Uayen, on saturday,
about 800 persons We're present to witness thelist
match game OF football between the Yale College
team and Rutgers College Club. CAPTAIN HarinG
II the Rutgers team, having won the toss, chose
against lard wind they SEEMED to have lttls
difficulty in scoring touch-lowus and goals. Their
playlng was alsOa decided improvement upon thor
nIsvIn, i'm the game with the Haggards Las, week.
The Rutgers boys made several gOOn PLAYS and
kicks but were unable 10 cope WITH the strong PLAY
of The Yale Club. Yale wOa easily, having scored
hve goals and three touch-dowus TO nothing for
their opponents.