New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-18
TRIUMPHANT PRINCETON.
DEFEATING HARVARD AT FOOTBALL BY A
SCORE OF 10 TO O.
A spLENpIpLycoNT STRUGGLE AND
PERFECT DAY FOR THE spoRT-ovER 5000
SPECTATORS PREsENT-HARvARD PLUCKY,
BUT oUTPLAYED-Two MEN DIsoUALi-
FLED FOR SLUGGING," BUT THE
GAME A FAIR ONE
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Princeton. N j. Nov. lis DR.. Francis l.. Patton
princeton,s mascotf Must DIR. Timothy Dwight.
Yale,s mascot give way TO a newer mascot Accord
Ing TO the precedents established by Dr. Dwight on
mascoism-for Yale kept winning athletic victories
after no become hor president, until she has Tor
gotten how It seems 10 be beaten-Prlnce on should
continue TO the point OF winning the pennant the
lead in football which she captured so handsomely
today when she defeated Harvards fine football
team by a Of eighteen to six.
1t was clean, splendid handsome victory for the
orange and black Harvard gets but little consola
ton out Of this defeat. Princeton outplayed her at
all points during tho first half OF the
game, and scored twice During the second
half both sides scored each making six points, Haf-
ward, perhaps, playing the better game. II the game
had been played a different ground tho Harvard
men, and Yale men, too. think that the result might
have been different certainly they believe that the
would have been closer.
On the question Of grounds Harvard men can talk
about mud. They believe that the spirit OF the
mighty Edwards didn't care a copper about sand in
which 10 plant his mighty heel. No, Edwards wanted
mud to-day, because he knew that his young giants
could churn mud into soup for Harvard with greater
than thoy could churn sand. lie knew that his
young had sand; give his young men mud
Therefore there was mud, and plenty OF IL; and to
this the Harvard men attribute their defeat. Joe
Sears Porter and Lee their backs, they say. slipped
around in the Shiny clayey, slippery, oozy mud like
girls on roller skates. But the Princeton men, they
add, used to playing in the mud, and therefore
had the advantage at the start
There is some justice in Harvard's claims Eugene
Richards. an old Yale football captain, said that in
his opinion Harvard would have given Princeton
hard and doubtful struggle had tho game been played
dry grounds. But Princct0ns stock is booming
and the Yao men who dropped money Harvard
returned homo to look out for their own fences
Princeton's weight and superior team work. and the
fine running and kicking of Ames the day for
tho New-Jersey college. "JocD sears's kicking and
the rushing of Porter Cumnock, Davis, Cranson and
Victor Harding, the features of Harvards play
Ing.
Tho scheme now is TO have Princeton and Yale
meet Thanksgiving Day the Polo Grounds.
Yale will appear there and claim the game II Harvard
does not turn UP. Princeton Will be on hand and
then 1t will be seen who is the mascot.
GREAT DAY FOR A GREAT GAME.
There could not have been better day for a
college football match than to-day proved to be.
The sun was clear and strong enough 10 tone Novem-
ber's sharp weather down 10 crisp october air.
A light wind was blowing, Just hard enough TO
bother Harvard at the outset but not with enough
severity to trouble the spectators. Alleged special
trains brought army of people to town. train
Of ten cars came from New-York City, and another
still, late enough TO delay the arrival OF
Eugene L. Richards, the umpire. But the majority
Of the spectators arrived in time. Of stu
dents mot every incoming train, and the Princeton
cheer brisk from the start The great crowd
swarmed the sacred college campus Ike an
army OF ants, and descended upon the enclosure
where the game played Ike the hosts of Egypt.
Princeton students, glorious in their zebra caps,
sweaters and streamers, and respondent in topcoats
SILK hats, tremendous overcoats and hugo canes.
nasscd themselves against the line the north side
Of the field. Here they to yell" They did
m.
the field hundreds of people in the grand stand,
while droves Of fronzicd students raced up and
down in front Of the stand. One young man re-
Oiced at first in tho possession OF crimson sweater
instead Of a walstcoat. So many covered their hats
with yellow and black, with crimson. that the
stand looked like kaleidoscope view. Nearly
5000 persons saw the game
Walter c. Camp strolled out on the field about
80 p. M, and then few country policemen began
to drive the big crowd back Of the ropes which
enclosed the parallclogram. A little opening
made at the east end Of the field and the Princeton
men began to howl like dcrvishes. Two or three
nice little fciiows came out and began to gambol
around the field. One C0wan, who weighs about
200 pounds; another Janeway, also 200 pound
baby, playfully named House, Cook is an in
tcrestng child who tips the scales at $50. George
is mild infant, who Is big enough TO claim 17j
pounds. Dick" Hodge, who belongs to Prince
toms perennial Hodge family was there, ready for
his fifth or sixth game with Harvard. Princeton's
rush line must average about 10 pounds.
-Four or five hundred Harvard set up a Wig
orous choer when their favortes the field
The difference between the teams obvious to the
greenest freshman on the grounds. Harvards rush
ers were solid stocky men but what could they
do against "houses,' two three a little
taller than the restl The quickly came
Harvard had the east end Of the field, with the sun
and wind against her. But she had the kickoff
The men were arranged as follows: