Morning journal and courier., 1888-04-30

Princetonss victory-Some RemInis. cences-A Close Call For the Crimson "A Championship Game at the Field -MOre Lectures to Come-GeneraA NeWs. The Rev. Dr. w. NJ. Taylor of New York | occupied the college pulpit yesterday. In the evening he addressed the general religious meeting in Dwight Hall. Prof. Harper had a good attendance at his lecture on stThe Book of Jonah" in Dwight Hall yesterday afternoon.
 Princeton defeated Yale in the first cham pionship game on Saturday as forecast in the COURIER several days previous to the game.
 Prof. Wier lectures on "Expression" to- morrow afternoon at the Art school.
 The president and Mrs. Dwight hold their monthly reception to the university for the month of May at Dwight Hall tomorrow evening.
 The special honor theses and the Townsend prize essays must be handed in tomorrow. F Tomorrow evening the Mathematical club will be favored with an exhibition by Captain Charles H. Townshend of double-refecting | circle and will listen to paper by Prot New | ton on the use of the stereograph1c projection | of the sphere in the discussion of meteor paths.
 Edmund Kirke o. R. Gilmore) lectures be- | fore the Kent club Wednesday evening on tsThe poor whites of the South" On the | same evening MT. D. A. Walker reads paper ! before the Semitic club on "Asshurbanipal." :" Wednesday afternoon the Trinity nine will \ visit this city and give the Yale team some l needed practice at the Field.
 There is blood on the moon. big crowd | will visit the Field next Saturday to witness \ the opening game in this city of the cham pionship series. The Princeton team, yictors | in Saturdays game, will come to town pre- pared to increase their lead in the race for the psnnant, while the supporters of the blue \ will set their teeth and seek vengeance fer \ their recent defeat.
 Edwards much praised nine went to Williamstown Saturday and defeated Will Hams 5 to 4. It was close call for the crimson.
 Yale's defeat at Princeton has rendered the Harvard youths very happy as well ns ! overjoyed the Jerseymen. Certainly the cut look is not very promising for Yale, bnt 1t Ii not the spirit of the Yale boys to give uI ' the ship at the first sign of disaster and aI interesting fight for the coveted pennant is as I sured. Defeat is an excellent teacher, and the press warnings have hitherto failed tt arouse the Yale team to do it's best, Satur days lesson certainly ought to do so. Xal' has material enough to win, therefore th' college looks for an improvement. Satur days disaster with it's score of to recall the season of two years ago. It will be re membered that the season then opened bao | ly for the blue and the crimson, but especial. so for the former. The first days games re | suited in Yale's defeat by Amherst and liar vard's by Princeton. It looked at the star as though the tiger was bound to be the sue cessful team, but soon her hopes were shat tered by that 9 to game at rinceton Il
 nhe1,cMinsJe was the victor and the oyer
 Haven a few daypf the Jersey lads in Ne1 NJ,
 nan ,a ov.;tinc came T1y. Then came tha
 citv when the score was 6 to 5, fEa m tnl | Vale side. And that season wnlcn a' n. e1
 thrsstened dire disaster for the blue was Ill
 ;sba6 bv that grand old victory for Y ale
 Ta-tfora in the play off of the tie. Can u
 rresent team profit by the example or el T kerand brace" given it by the team or tN
 years ago? What say Captain Stagg al \ his mena
 Yale was defeated in her first champic
 ship game by Princeton on the latte
 4Eannds Saturday, although shs, s, agntpPata[ afg1ntP \
 Stagg were batted hard, but Yales errc
 were costly and gave Princeton the lead.
 Bride was at one time declared out for int,
 fering with the Princeton short stop, al
 but for this foolish proceeding Yale wou
 have won the game. The weak portions
 the Yale team had but few chances and t
 stronger part did the work. It seemed
 though Yale must surely win in the eigh
 inning, with a man on third and another
 second, but sharp fielding by their opponel
 put out the next two men at the bat. T
 game was well played by Yale and
 chances for the psnnant are considered bet
 than they were few days ego. Princet
 men were wild with joy over the result an, - large celebration was indulgod in.