New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-22
PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE,
LAMAR's BRILLIANT RUN TO GOAL

means so cheerful tonight as IL might be- Although
this years Princeton football has all along been
recognized as especially srong yet Yale rather counted
upon victory, and after coming s. II
triumph tho home eleven and their frienda
| were not prepared for the brilliant
play which turned the tsblesand brought them sudden
unexpected defeat Every outside circumstances Of
fortune with Yale She had tnken advantage Of the
decision OF the Princeton faculty which practically
fined the choice Of time for the to this partculsl
afternoon to require the Jersey boys TO here ana
! play her on her grounds The refusal Of the Yale
mon to play New York commented on severely By
the Princeton undergraduates In their ride over from
NewJersey None of their eleven had even so much 90
seen the Yale grounds Every foot OF was unfamiliar.
| They surrounded by an unfriendly atmosphere
All the inspiration Of applause aud appreciation was
showered upon Yale The disadvantages were obvious,
and in speaking Of them the Princeton men were dis
posed to alude Yales refusal to upon neutral
ground as ungenerous, not to say unsportsmanlike.
yet the gam had ~ be played, or the question OK
supremacy disputed. Neither eleven had yet sur
fered defeat Prhcetons credit stood higher, because
her team had beaten other teams more seriously than
Yales team had. Yae's treatment OF the Wesieysns
had not been nearly go severe Prnceton's and the
presen game was eagerly looked forward 10 q, per.
| manent establishment of the Jersey boys title o
the COLLEGIATE championship Then there was another
particular reason which urged the Princeton men 70
concede almost any terms Yale might demand. The
faculty was tired OF seeing PrncetODs name In the
newspapers as having rough and uumannerly lot OK
men, The faculty gave that this game was to de-
eide the fate football for Princeton and that II there
was any misconduct not only on tho field Dnt Dy any
of their students New.Haven, 1t would result In tho
abolition OF the game This decision put the men on
their metal and they determined TO defeat faa
and maintain their personal regulations as wel
The Princeton arrived here at about noon. Moth
| ing in tho way OF a reception was accord
ed them and the streets but slightly decorated
I'm their honor Here and there the orange Of Princeton
mingled with the blue OF Yale, and the New-HaVen girls
wore plentiful supply Orauge'coored hoWer IN cou
spicuous places. The Princeton rushers were DeChmp
captain Hodge, Irvine, Cowan Cook Harris ana AdamA.
| r. Hodge was quarterback Lamar and Ioer were
balfbacks and Savage was fu-back They were all in
excellent condition except Savage He had not recoy
cred from the spraned ankle from which he mas oeen
suffering for several months The Yale rushers were
Wallace, Corwin, Carter, Hainlin' Lux woodruff
and Peters captain. Beecher was the qdarter-oack,
| Wotkinson and Bull the half-backs. and Burke tho
! fullbaek The teams we're well matched. Neither
IN skill nor strength had Princeton such an advantage
IA warranted the heavy odds saiL to have been Oesea
| In its favor
| M umpires BY common consent Waiter Camp, Yale
acted az referee At least 5000 people crowded
the grounds Princeton represented Oy ABOUT oV'
shouters $50 OF whom were undergraduates hafVsr"
WIS seuted by about 300 men, who shouted Justify
for Princeton Columbia who had 100 men present. also
favored the jersey The Wesleyan to the num-
| her ~ about seventy-hve stood by their New-Hayen
| friends In all the Princeton men may have had
| 1000 friends the grounds WHO tno mihsiea
| shouts yeils AMI horn-shrieks OF 1000 people
souuded for the spraon OF the nome team Princeton
won tho kick off, hut did improve nsr opportunity
a. she might nave Yale soon got tho ball AM NAT
nson kicked It way down into tue Jersey boys llne.
Iamar caught il and sent 1t nyin naok Watkns9n WIS
ready and forced 1t down 70 Bull, wh9 started Win
st ana LOT 'hS Vent N''i; back to watknsan. who
gave Of his pretty long LOW meGS ihto uTa III S
northeast OF the Held where no, no Irit
hnepe "Stg orhpE We'll toward Prnceton's goal At LIST
Beecher got it and passed IL 10 WatklnsOn' VINO tnsa
oyer tne Jersey goal scoring the rst count OF ave
points. In "a few minutes more which were ekndu'ted
BY taS Hss had R mott UsS At all Bec6er
ana Watkinson Yale. hal won suostintlh victories
The T1 FI Te aa Of e rt Ss showed one Of hugs
either Princeton was going TO get oad ~ @ ,h
purpose studying her opponents and tne grouna 5n'
however rne rush-line OF their alyersaries Tas
emily stronger aud more skllin than theirs. vat
H'CR While l' Lamsr savage DE Camp ToIor hal
realized popular expectation the team however Sas ~
nn ,Ie1ns 'dsprted. Lamar swadded up TO his meek.
walked eisuTey the field IN the interim aud com.
ing into gang ot Princeton bacsers, saa ". we " 70.
wore a serene smile aud bnstlef around among nls men
giving hls instructions with confident AIR. 49,. a..
| Prnccton n team playing for Lamar. livery maa-
The sr. third OF the half occapted with cae
ful spsrring and clever but irntess scrimases ne.e
passed the baIi back TO Matksol wa2 "a ran pace so m
Two and whirling about male gooi kcK 70 o.e, . %
canght fairly and maniP9atsd 80 as r 70 Su, S a a. cr
iamsrs hands. Lamar made q gGoi run; oo ouoIs at
mt + dd not S,S s Sc BALI PseTs
sa.nd 30 Bull this time who made hLe run working
L inside Prncetons twenty yIrn mhe so,, ss Sns sn
and he made one his dangerous long low Kicks the one
Yale performance which seemed ca TO IS EcE into
field De Camp s0i R Il 2nd Mo RasnfeS %as promp
Harris who kicked downs n gave the ball q Yale sgan
Watkinson baZSed It and MADE ShC,h1 m & ., pa @ ctc5
nS il kicked 1t good seventy feet TO buil WHO mades
iaT n was now near Yales twenty yard line and
rho neat heavy work began. Lamar got the oail sna
worked rlfe nearer the goal 3 f psers o, W ony
To lose it to Lamar again inee "eu1 iv toot 10 near
& hae I ~ and With long low paraiyzng kick he sent
away pack into Prncetons line Ihs play wac % %stsv,e
nv Toer and eaiuo bS Brecher who lost to Lamar Inc
Princeton srayS aD 6e Opposing rSshsfs
Ie an eel TOler got 1t aud sent II hyn over inc
neiH n 10 nH scrmmascs took place nnt within ten
minutes Of close OF the game anu princeton h"a h's
Iaasr n et that It must be now or never and IN
reply Prncetons cheers all along a9e atD e " Waasoo
gave the ball another OF his terrible low cks a. h ,
Yale %ap & oHs Ike shS snd snG caught i as
wrapped his arm around ~ ana ra I rr,SIi1g ON the
Behind Sem rfsfi NTH sndh yes Yale rushed on the
little Prncetonian. He twlsled apa pb~ o the turf
mem n acw s off off several OTHER adventgroas blnes He was
335 feet away from tine TSn the entire Yale
swudeht o nj the Whole crowd Of spectators ye,ihs
Ht MS nreIs .Ssasm Al last got clear Ol the fhe
nn m and flew down where no made &
non % Iodre was ntrusted TO cohpele tno ctotr ~
i9u; tns hall over the goal Two more POINTS wcro
sddd to Princetons score aad the cna9m a. IA sc
was won In more minutes Slen' III Sciini'H''"'
| game done
AM WESLEYAN TO PLAY ON THURSDAY.
What nromises to be an interesting football
nm. will be played at the Polo Grounds on Thanks
r,vIne Day between the Yale and Wesleyan CSllsye
B'rna9s The latter athletes are doing good WORK IN
, games and the blue or Yale VIII nave
.eit ripne hard to be front at tho eud The teams
| vii he made up follows:
VIII posf,ion Weslsydn.
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