Evening journal., 1889-11-29
PRINCETON DOWNS YALE.
Yellow Defeats Blue in the
intercollegiate Contest.
PRINCETON 10, YALE THE SCORE.


Twenty Thousand Enthusiastic Spectators
Witness tho Great Game at BerIiey
ovaI-YaIe Played Calamity But Could
Not Win.
NFw York, Nov 90 The deciding game
for the intercollegiate football championship
was played by Princeton and Yale at Berke-
" Oval yesterday afternoon, and was won
by Princeton. There were over 10000 peo-
pie ON the grounds and the greatest excite
ment prevailed throughout the contest. On
all sides were bright hags and banners OF
Sariegated colors. The colleagians had con-
gregatcd IN force and kept up a continual
yelling, cheering and tooting tin horns
Rich with Orange and Black.
The men on coaches had the best Of il
They lined up in Long row with the Prince
ton coaches toward the east end The class
q 'ss had the prettiest coach, rich with or
ange and black, with Ernest Carter, the cap
tain Of the glee club; Peters the class poet,
and Jim Hancock the quarterback OF the
~ team, it. The Ivy club, which is Prince
toms swell society, was well represented.
Ihe blue Was There in Force.
The Yale men were aisow well equipped
with coaches Col Stanford had a coach os
his own covered with girls, Col. Beecher
had drag draped in blue, and Billy Bull,
The great fulbacs; Waiter Camp. Ray
Tompkins and all tho other old Yale relia-
bles were on tally-hos
Brooks, Of Harvard, was the umpire, and
Sake Of the present Harvard team referee
MAJ F.I... a.
tense interest Brilliant plays followed each
other in rapid succession, and the crowd
vented its admiration ia ear splitting yells
and shouts
Princeton Begins the Game.
The fine plays were not confined e. a few
mon, as on other occasions it has been the
case Every player did good work, aud me
few that We're disqualified for foul work, it
is safe 70 assume, forgot themselves ia the
heat and excitement OF the game Those
who We're unfortunate enough TO be taken OH
the field were Rhodes, OF Yale, and Jones,
| who played center rush for Princeton in place
of George, who injured his ankle in the early
part Of the game Princeton won the toss
and had the ball az the start beginning the
shme with ths "Nr trick In the first half
Ames made several sensational rams, at one
time covering the lengtn of tns field, ana re-
/ quriug the entire Yale teain to down him.
Gowau, Mcbride, Gill and HtT6ltnger also
played brilliantly. The hall closed, neither
side having scored
"Ames Got the Rest 81 IT.
Professors Osborne and Marquand. Of
Princeton, showed their interest Ia the game.
by driving up IN 4 hg six horse coach laden
with ladies Philadelphia sent d large con
tingent Of Pennsylvania sympathizers with
I fafia
colleges were all represented I.ehch sent
hisy men, who choered for Princeton, and
hundreds of Columbia boys encouraged the
Jerseyitas by singing song entitled tAmes
kicked, Trafford Ricked; Ames got the best
Of itr
Temprsts or Cheers
The field was Ia about as bad condition as
IL possibly could be The mud was two
inches thick ia every place and as slippery
as a CREASED floor Workman were busy
for an hour before the game began ia bring
wheel-barrow loads OF sawdusl aud spread
ing Il over the worst places. 1t did not inn
prove IL much, but it made II less slippery
for the time being. Amid perfect hurri-
cane Of cheers and bugle blasts the Yale
team came upon the field at .;l9 Scarcely
had they got into practice when another
tempest Of cheers rent the air, and Prince
TOMS proud boys gamboled upon the fold
Ames, Of Princeton, and Stagg and GIL, OF
Yale, were the recipients Of the most
turnultuous applause. There were hundreds
Of Harvard men present, and it was OBJ
served that they all checred Tor Yale.
Ames Kicks Goal.
At the commencement Of the second half
Yale had the ball and Gill gained ten yards
with the wedge, Hanson snapped the ball
and Mcbride made thirty yard punt. Ames
caught 1t, and was tackled by Stagg and
Hnrtwell. McClung then got chance at
the ball, and went at the end for ten yards
with three Princeton men on his back. Then
followed the hottest kind Of playing for
fifteen minutes, when Warren succeeded in
making touch down for Princeton, from
which Ames kicked goal The score now
stood six points to nothing for Princeton.
Princeton 10, Yale o.
Both teams when they lined up again
played with new life. Mcbride tried for tho
goal from the field but tailed It seemed
as though the game was an over but the
shouting. Still the Yale men played dcs-
perately, and at one time had the ball well
into Princeton's territory, but Capt Poe
and his men were fighting as they never
fought before and playing all round tho
New Haven boys. Finally the ball was
4
scored a touchdown just before time was
called The final score was Princeton 10,
Yale O.
Personnel of the EIevens.
The names Of the players and their re-
spective positions arc given below.
PRlNckTuN YALE.
Warren. .... ...... Right end ........ HartwelI
Cash u. ........ Right tackle ....... Rhodes
Riggs ............... Right guard. ......,. Newell
George. .... ....... Center. ............ Hanson
Janeway ......... Left guard HetIelhngcr
Cowan ............ Left tackle. .......... Gill
Donnelly ......... Left end ........... Stagg
Poe e................Q Quarterback. .Wurtemburg
Claiming .......... .halfback ........... Harvey
Black. .............. Haifback .......... McClung
Ames .............. Fullback. Mcbride
Touchdown by Warren .......................
| Goal kicked by Ames ....... ..+.............. 2
Touchdown by Cowan n....,.................