Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-27
Yale News.

First Football Game of the Season-Yal' vs. Wesleyan.
 Yesterday about three hundred persona
 went to Hamilton Park to see the first foot
 ball game of the year between Yale and
 Wesleyan teams. Although so early in the
 season. both teams played sharply and many
 brilliant plays were made. Yale won the toss and chose the north goal. At 3:45 Wes-
 leyan sent she ball flying up towards the Yale goal, only to see it quickly returned. Then followed number of short runs and scrimmages, emerging from which Terry ran
 skillfully through the opposing line of rush
 CTS and forced the ball close to Wesleyan's
 goal, where, however. he was obliged to give it up to Bertron, who made the first touch-
 down for Yale in four minutes. The ball
 was quickly brought out and the first goal of the year kicked by Richards. After the kicking off, the oval went back and forth between the two teams, gradually, however, working toward the Wesleyan goal, until representative of the latter by brilliant run carried it again to the center of the field. Terry, however, was equal to the occasion, and long kick sent it flying hack. Soon after Young made 8 fine run. and being tackled passed to Terry, who secured the second touchdown for Yale. The ball was punted out and Richards made an unsuccess- fuI try at goal owing to the position of the ball, which was on the side of the field at some distance from the posts. Wesleyan here made her first safety. Fine runs by Bertron and Terry and try at goal by Rich ards, in two minutes, forced 8 second from the visitors. Wesleyan here assumed the offensive, and breaking through the rush line of their opponents, rushed toward the latters -G.~ AI-A. . kl-- play was again sent up to the crimson goal, where Terry made another touchdown for Yale. The ball was sent out only to be car- ried back by Clarke, who made touchdown. Here ensued a general tumbling and pushing with little result. except two safeties by Wesleyan, until Richards by skillful kick from the field sent the ball between the posts 8 second time. The play during the next few minutes was exciting and resulted in ad- ding two goals to Yale's score, one from touchdown and one from the field. In the second inning the sides changed goals and Lang kicked of for Yale, Wesleyan making safety within three some minutes near the goal of the visitors, the sixth touchdown for the home team, from which Richards kicked the ball to goal. In the scrimmage which followed Beattys, captainsof the Wesleyan team, was slightly bruised and his place was taken by a substitute, Gordy. After play was re stunned magnificent kick by Terry again sent the oval between the goal posts and in short time the same player by brilliant run se- cured a touchdown from which the seventh goal was kicked. In scrimmage which fol- lowed Bertron, much to the surprise of the Wesleyan men, easily slipped through their line and touched the ball down directly be- hind the goal posts. Richards kicked the goal. Tompkins securing the bali made fine run, but being tackled passed to Terry, who touched down, from which Richards kicked the ninth and last goal for Yale. One or two brilliant runs followed, but nothing was added to the score. The laurels were won by Terry, while Richards and Bertron are well deserving of praise. The return game will be played in Middletown on Saturday. The teams were composed of the following men:
 Wesleyan-Back, Scott; half backs, Terry, Beattys; quarter sbaok, Upham; rushers, Bannister, Smith, Blaine. Burdick, Wilcox, Abbott.
 Yale-Baek, Richards; half back, Terry, Clarke; quarter back, Twombly; rushers, Tompkins, Hyndman, Bertron, Lang, Cox, Young, Jennings.
 Referee-C. P Phelps, Yale 's4
 Judges-Wesleyan, Gordy; Yale, Camp.