St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
The intercollegiate Foot Ball
Championship Won by
Yellow and Black.
Twenty-Five Thousand Per-
sons Witness the Final
Game Of the Series.
Upwards Of Five Thousand
Others Refused Admission
to the Grounds.
A Desperate Battle for Blood
Fought in the
Mud.

NEW Ofsh, NON. co. L Ois tilOuSduu
people yelled themselves hOarse when
the Princetod foot ball team scored the
first touchdown in their great game
with Yale on the grounds of the
Berkeley Oval to-day. They cheered
again when this touchdown resulted in
goal and when Princeton, before the
game closed, secured another touch
down, the people simply went wild
with enthusiasm. There were also about
$1,000 people on the field who did not
applaud these incidents. They were
the supporters of Yale, and they were
in the majority Dy nearly 5000. 1t was
with feelings of bitter disappointment
that they saw their favorite team beaten
by Princeton by ten points to nothing
in the final and most eventful foot ball
game of the year. At least 10000 per-
sons applied for admission to the
grounds between IL and 2:30 O'Clock,
and many of them had to be turned
away. Those who secured admission
wALI.oPED KNEE DEEP IN MUD.
The heavy rain of the previous day
left its impression on the grounds, and
made them unpleasant for spectators
Mud was no detriment. however, for en-
thusiasm and excitement had reached
boiling point. Thousands of horns
were footed throughout the game, aud
all kinds of unllarmoniovs instruments
capable of producing noise were utll-
lied. The small boys who secured ad-
mission, not content with points of
vantage in the grounds, climbed the
trees. until nearly every branch in the
place grOanpd under load of human
fir light. More persons paid for admis-
sion to the grand stands than could be
accommodated with seats, and they had
to take their chances with the bowling.
screaming mob that surrounded the
ropes on all sides. Hundreds of vehi-
cleS we're brought into the grounds at
a cost of s. to s. each, and many of the
occupants of these never witnessed the
least part of the game. SO great was the
thrOng Extending along the east side
of the field there is line of rocks and
old tree Stumps, and here the great bulk
of the spectators sat or stood. Girls and
women were numerous, and accUmpan
led by their brothers or escorts they
cheefrd Just as lnstily as their male
companions. The
BLUE FLAGS OF YALE
were f1aunted on every opportunity or
preteXt, and in point of numbers they
downed the yellow. Harvard students
were on the ground in full force and al
most all of them yelled for Yale and
wore the blue. Although the field and
approaches thereto were saturated with
mud. the players ground was not in
such bad condition. 1t had been kept
i'm good condition previous to the rain,
and after the game in the morning it
was repOinted ana strewn with shaw
ings. The New York Central Il Hudson
River railroad furnished most OF the ac-
cOmmOdations for the transport of
passengers; the Northern railroad
also carried many, aud severa
reached the grounds by means OF
vehicles. The reporters had to sit on
planks just inside the ropes. The usual
college cries were indulged in. and dur
ing the time the spectators were await
ing the appearance of the players the
conglomeration of noises was almost
overpowering. The day had dawned
brightly and the weather was every
{ ing that could be desired. At 2:2O
clock the Yale team came on the field
and were greeted with deafening VOL
ley of shouts and tin horn footing. They
immediately began to roll themselves in
the mud and hug the ball. The Prince
ton boys followed their example two
minutes later and after little pre-
liminary practice. the teams took up
their positions. Yale won the toss and
played the first half with the wind and
sun slightly in their favor. The play