New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-29
THE BIG GAME BEGINS.

The Princeton men grouped themselves around
Captain Poe. who held the egg-shaped ball in his
hand All the backs came up to the rush-line,
too What was Princeton going TO do, the crowd
wondered The Yale men spread themselves over
the field Like Brer" Rabbit, they did not
saw much but they did a heap of thinking. The
New-IIaven rusherS bent over, eager 10 get away
Mcbride was as uneasy as cat McClung. with
his blue skull. cap drawn down over his head. had
the appearance OF cool and ancient mariner
who had seen many whale 1uie ana expected
10 see another before long. ParSOn' Stagg, AT
his end of the line had forgotten everything
except the man in front of HIM. Captain Gin
watched the ball, gave orders, ana swayed MS
big form anXiously. In the Princeton me C0l-
way and Janeway were big and cheerful. Poe
was alert Ames was jaunty and smiling, Chan
ming serious and slippery. Donnelly WHY ana ann
Gus to keep his fists quiet Nearly every man was
barehcaded Poe made dash, his big friends
circied around him, keeping him IN the middle OF
a maze OF revolving yellow streaks Gale sprans
into the breach, and at the end OF ten yalds zoe
WAS on the ground with a mass OF yellow ana blue
PLAYERS on top of him III tangled heap. Inc
cheers for Princeton walked up big Cowan lie
caught the inspiration Of the moment and the ball
and plunged into the Yale rushers with ltle Chan-
ming as sort Of tender. Cowan gained ground,
and the hopes of Princeton went up like her SKY
rocket cheer. Could the Yale men hold the rush
ers the Harvard men could not? was the question:
Still the Jersey men massed together agaln, and
Claiming the slippery half-back, twisted through
the Yale men TO lale's twenty-hve-yard line,
where he stopped squrming with ton of kicking
humanity Gu top OF the spot where he was sup
posed to be. He was stopped by some expert fish
erman in the Yale crowd, who caught him by the
clothing. Claiming did not care to part with
that.
YALE TAKES A TURN.
1t was Yale's ball. but the PRINCETON men were
iubllant and happy over the way they had forced
Yale back. As the Princeton men unfastened
themselves from the tange. the grins their faces
could be across the field in spite of the CRIME.
Every player had daubed himself with mud and
the two teams made one think Of negro minstrcls
dressed in dirty meal sacks New that it was
Yale's turn. Ames retired down the field. Mcbride
canght the bail from Wurtemburg, and gave it "A
sbarn side kick over the heads of his Frncet on
friends as they charged down on him. Ames
caught il and returned IL with quick shot from
IL foot, as the Yale men sprang at him. and the
ball dropped in fales twenty-five yarI Line INTO
both teams were breaking through equally well,
and Ames and Mcbride were worthy OF each other ;
Skill In puntng Yale lined up. ana captain Ulii
ga-io6ed his bulky form ten wards onward for
Vale Gill was the Yale Cowan: and when he
went down he swept almost as much mud as CoWan
aid before he gave up the ball. Yale lost the ball
here and y Prncet@Sns great for seH rush Ss
The big fellow fairly wrenched ten yarus away
from Yale, and when he went 10 EARN SEM up q
geyser of mud and water. The pantln& players
oniclxly took their places and Captain 1lil gave
short and quick orders, as he saw that he was
hack on the twenty-hve-yard line once more
The Princeton half-backs came up 10 me ruSIis
line. and Ames advanced little Just N lrohI ol
for mighty effort 10 get through the Prince,
ton line The big rushers pushed at one
another in a way that would e manG
an INEXPERIENCED man extremely weary. onnp
went the ball from Poe 20 Ames ana CRASH Weho
the rush lines as they came together Ames hsd
plenty of time to pick goal but he missed ms
try. Yaies strained nerves were relieved. aiio
frantic cheers fer Yale poured out from her sup