New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-27


yole won tine toss and played from the grand
stand end Of the ground Yale starte, lle eIIin ~
drlhbng the ball to NdtkluS0n' VINO tuckiIs a
comfortably under his arm made a me rum Diihs-
ing the game INTO WcSieydnS ground. beecuci,
YaIe's ouartcr-back, then made some pretty play
and passed the bail to NdtklnsOn. These TWO hcPI
The tou mass ng backward aud forward, al the
time getting peai er the Wesleyan goal till " athn-
SON with a free Kick made goai, anna great en-
thusiasm from Yales supporters, the game haNins
been in progress little NOR" than ten minutes after
taking centre WaikIn>On got the Dall lu" sCu,V
out on a rum but the NesleyanN si"utlY tlcNleH
him. and for While aNcTttd the uuTt''Icu'o CN IL
Brechpr. WHO made bimSelt conspicuous as one "l
the snlrtpst dodgers and runner. ever seen on tue
Polo Grounds then seized the ball ana starter on
his career toward the Wesleyan goal Tut was
checked by Pike Beechcr continued TO pass Tue
bail to WakinsOn. who attempted Tree hIoh iO
po1l unIC !nissIn NJ tine posts by Il narrow lnarGln
After Two or three lively ScrlnudGeS beechci
adroitly passed the ball to WatklnNou who klckeH
another goal for Yale, thus raising IIe scoc 70 v
uolnts TO nothing. by this tine 1t BEGAN evident
that while Yale was playing poor gai!e Ile " eS-
leyans were dong II iserablv. The N's,ty" ans W.T."
naturally nervous ut meeting such doughty PidHtiS'
and they seemed to have lost all heart Inc 40
sence OF HamlIn, one of Their strongest u'
not tend TO improve then "pllItS' ClaiAc. on' w.. y"
II cir halt-backs naturally nervous man, got ti
on his nose early in the game ana win inc Di'3"
streaming dow ais face presented sorry spec'"cie
rbe people stamped to keep themselves warm nn"
the game went meTTly on. Blaine made me run
but b q hurry Peters, OF Yale who III ms ragged
Jacket ard covered with mud looked more Nke "a
tramp than any thlng else, bore down on tt uh'o L
mate WESLEYAN and down he went. tish for the
Wesley ans mate some pretty play alter TINS. nut all
the Wesrvans attempts to carry the game MO
Yule's ,,urtlOn of the ground were ei"ctulIiy
stopped by the Big IwG," AZ the crowd soon bcgan
To call Be-rher and Watkinson. Beecher made
touch down from which WatkInson kicked g"ai
and Yale's score stood at ii to o. PIKE tTied nara
TO retrieve the ls,iccess of his side, but nhtWih-
standing his pucky edO,ts his colleague id'e' 10
back him MP Peters got tho ball. and by sheer
force OF weight pushed his form through III" RANKS
OF his opponents and secured a touchdown from
which MatkinsOn kicked goal II lie score at Inc
call of time stood - to o, in favor OF lale.
IL was plain that WESLEYAN Stood not the silghtest
chance against Yale. The Weslevans. however:
were recently defeated by Princeton by score OF
7G to 0. and 1t was Iae's aubit ION TO exceed tHls
score Ths Wesleyans were Just as anxious th4t
they shouldn't and IN the second half OF the game
PLAYED strictly the defensive lale plaNed
better than in the first half and had hardly starred
before Wallace making good run, scored q touch
down. but WatkIusOns Judgment Tor wonder was
at fault and he missed the goal. his made faie ;
score 20 to q. WatkinsOn made the next touch
down from which he kicked the goal here was
then lively scIimmage near the goal, hnt Bnli,
drawing himself along the ground by inches got
the bali on the line another touchdown and goal
for Yale being the result . be " Big Two " Beecher
and WatKlnsOn still did the chief work for le.
The former passed the b all to WatkInsOn, who by
free kick scored another goal for Yale the score
then standing at 10 The same pair followed TINS mp
BY similar play, Beecher max Jig tourh-down ana
WatkinsOn kicking the goal Peters got the next
touchdown and WatklnsOn the goal and the game
was wound up by Beecher making touchdown
and Watkinson kicking the goal. The game thus
resulted in an helming victory Tor ale by ol
points to o.