New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28
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NO CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDED
YALE CHALLENGED BY PRINCETON.


ACTION or THE INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL A.
soCIATi0N-PRISCETON NOT PLEASED. -.
ino intercollegiate Football Association held pro-
acted meeting last night at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Tying 70 decide whether Yale or Princeton was en-
uued 70 tho football championship Tho meeting
was called to order by President Savage ct 7:30
O'Clock. and tho following delegates wcro presents
Prnceton-Captain Savage and c. w. Bird: Yale
Capeain Corwin. ex Captain Peters and Walter q
camp; Harvard-Captain Brooke and ex-Captsin
H. NJ Appleton; University OF Pennsylvania sfcssrs.
foung and Poscy; wesleyan-Mr. Stevens. From ~
beginning 1t looked like Q repetition Of the disputs
In 1884, whom Yale and Prince ton both claimed ths
cnamponship. and the association finally decided tha1
tnere was no championship for that year.
Wnhe the convention wac going there was &
liberal sprnklng throughout tho corridors Of undsR-
graduates and graduates Of both colleges who dh-
cusscd tho situation frankly. Charges countse-
charges and rumors Of all kinds wcre Hy ing AROUND
Tho Pr nccton men were sadly unsettled at first bl
hearing rumor that Harvarl and the University Of
pennsylvania had agreed to combine with Yale and
givc her the championship. The Yale men appeared
confident that tho cham pionship would bc awarded
to them by score of to o. and the Princeton
could not see how tho convention could do otherwise
than stand by the referees decision, that 1t
gamc and tho championship ito. Late In the even.
ing Mr.. Harris, the referee, telegram stating
that his final decision was that it no game.
The partisans of both colleges and few other In.
tcrested ones gathered in the reading room bcfors
the door Of the convention to discuss matters. Young
Beecher, Yales quarter back, chatted with his
Yale friends and gave words Of advice to the Yak
delegat whenever they appeared at the door. G. @.
Cuyler Princeton 70. member Of the football grad
uate committee. encouraged his men. Prnccton
men talked freely about the touch down which Cap
tain Corwin made against them. X. ~ Bradford.
49, said that 1t not fairly got and that Mr. Har-
ris should not have allowed it. "But," said he.
the referee dd allow II, and say that there Is
no aplca, from the referees decision, and conso-
quently the touch down must be counted for Yale.
The referee decdcd that II was no game, and again
we want TO abidc by his decision. That is Prince
toms lost on. When the ball was kicked over our
line ci.hIln Savage leli and touched i with hls
pushed him away and Corwn got the ball. As Zoe
the referee Yale says that he did not act fairly say
ing that Harris was not in Princeton when nc
there He was honlc and drove TO Princeton at 2:30
sock Ucss5 "a and played pool , until s oeScE lie bad
at the last moment, as Yale knows"
Ye c.n , & 81 the ;S ya Is that WA wan n,
Wind blew IL out OF its course, and corw.n as he
aIsr hcd hd Ve iosse c5h It d IN his arms and rushing
The convention in the meantime, however, waa
meeting to order and Captain Corw,n at once moved
that that the champIonship be AWARDED TO Yale. NJ
cro's decis.on was final and that the conl ention
could not take to itself powers that It dnl not have
and he maintained that there could be Champion
ship because both colleges had won four sanes ~, ne
Iionship must he awarded unan aOusly: each captain
of the teams in tho league signing MS name 70 .
poser and the delegates could no way out OF tho
difficulty until Mr. Bird offered to withdraw ne ne
matter to Harvard, the University Of Pennsy1vana
and Wesleyan. II Yale would also withdraw for n
that way only conld unanimous decision be rcachcn.
The Yale men agreed. aud at 0:30 O'Clock inncc.
ton and Yale withdrew At iO:30 no settlemenee
was reached and CAPTAIN ,n .nas
ship to Yale he would sign the paper giving fae
After a long discussion the DELEGATES representing
Harvard Wesleyan and the University OF PennsyNahis
at IL o'clock passed the following resolutions:
con vention the oiicIaI championship Tor ~.
Rso,vei That Yale according to points should nave "'.
Captain satisfied an anes the c,,cS%
in roundabout way capaineect Bcecher !" '"'
e cuylc said that Princeton vas not sas,s
fed with Tie ieron the Princeton men nd s9ne % q sne
ponsip 20 Yale. ie convention should so iece and en
posa psSisa pac K 90 ~a1ss % decision way
said IN conclusOn
later 10 talk over thesi,uaticn The prevailing sentiment
was that Princeton had been placed IN = fslse
BEEN BEEN o%ered o%s iS IN the % sst~ation of the public
by the trouble over the oenn, ressa .haSs ma.fs
and by m result I ss eo tos. S pp e
boom The tame Finally Captain savage, OF the team.
was authorized 20 send this challenge
oqssss EH"lS t. Se award
G hereby ssa"Fe nss s Yale a. the team Po :
Grounds at 230 Mr. Brooks of Hasrari T. act as rs'
eree' ca,,,ln Princeton 2 7ss,saii ali Team
Efforts were made 70 get the challenge ball gs, TO e
Captain co%n last nsn S but The re n. mem
se quite confident that Yale would certainly accept tho
challenge that tine game on nsH', p% s"" mo-" a"t 10
QUESTIONED sGe. would be played next saturday and
that their action would eectually silence the eriisiss
upon Printetons course which have reen hoauns
about recently,