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

oround Of coaches. Men. too. were percneu iAo
crows in the trees that surround the Oval ie was
= crowd conservative of the American colieeo,
rood lool,ing welldressed. good-natureo. wei-orc'
and keen TO appreciate the situation. ENois ,e"
-,,rrtss after the crowd was fairly seated d
oolIese man would rise. flap his arms ike rooS,'i
III ut. "Now. fellows three cheers ior
m M And the cheers: "Hooray hooray
-, Tioer 4, Siss SIS boom! ahl Princeton
A.,D.sS mn the feelings of the Yale men, VINO
r.nled with their sharp Kan! ran ran
Yaa.ale!p Columbia cheered imparuaily II ray
-, b,ravl C-o.lu-m.bi-a" Leh1gh con-
10y h.r orv and Dartmouth confused the
r,sdIrv with her yell: Wah. who, wah! wan
- yabr IA did, Dartmouth! wah, who, wab =
tIarvard cheered for Yale. and the University
NJ Pennsylvania for Princeton.
princeton men sang pleasing songs hike All
Oh. Harvard men are weeping; Harvard's IN the
cold. cold ground" which they afterward appreo
nth excellent effect TO Yale. One Of the verses
Down the ball fed
Hear that mournfu whoop;
All the Harvard men are weeping
We in the cold. cold SOUP
A piercing cornet accompanied The frlhce'o"
men AMI rang out clearly above the DIN that '"e
Yale men made with tin horns, that soundeu nN'
concert by immense frog CHoiUS
CHEERS FOR THE TWO TEAMS.
At2:l5 n m a wave Of excitement sweep o'oi
the crowd followed instantly by mag
burst of cheers, punctuated with the ooo',ns y.
horns The Yale eleven were coming out OF 'n.'i
Quarters. The line of people rose ana lcii HNe
an enormous billow sparkling WIN spoU' ~
and orange The Yale men were soma rci, ',',,"
,boncb not the equals of Beechers or NoioiN
,oams They wore big white Jerseys ana ooe
skin knickerbockers. Wurtemoerg INC "e
ouartcr- back. quick as a fash passed the pah 10
one of his men, who slipped IT up as il IL "eV
baseball Those Yale men had oeen carei"ia
trained An instant later the Princeton p"Se'.
swarmed into the field and pandemonluh Vi
ohoors and noise arose Yales buglers ceverly
paraphrased Yales Greek cheer rihsins CrV
Tootv, toot, foot! foot. toot! toot toot' Inc
field was soon a scene Of sturdy athieps hioAi"e
and passing leather spheres or trying Spr'nU w
the muddy ground. Unfortunately perhaps i'%
yoIo tbo field was as muddy the Princeton
men could have wished. The big fellows silpP''
opd slammed around unsteadily while the Prince
ton men soon got used TO It, Inc prac'lce rrS,or
only q few moments, when ex-Captain Billy
Brooks. of Harvard. the referee, ana D. A. o'Ae'
one Of IIarvard's half-backs, the UMPIRE took
PLAYERS clustering around them. MI bfoohs
wore a cap of orange and black, the colors OF his
famous sophomore Glass at Harvard. when sen'
him and several Of his classmates TO whip a veteran
Yale crew at New-London. Wurtemoergs cle
bratcd mascot, if he had it, was hardly recOgli~
able.
THE FLEvENS IN POSITION
At $50 the elevens began to line m. ana uhe
crowd grew frantic with excitement. inspector
Ccllin had about / 80 policemen with him. ana
they managed to exclude an army OF amateur
journalists from the field The regular mem
hers of the press sat on dry boards OUTSIDE 'hc
ropcs. As the teams took their POSITIONS every
body had good opportunity to compare the men.
The weight seemed TO be slightly IN FAVOR OF
Princeton. hut the real difference in average, as
far as could be estimated. was one pound Sew
eral of Princetons men doomed up, towers o.
strength. Cowan. like pillar of fire. begging the
pardon of his tow head lie weighs ! ga pounds
Janeway playfully called House" 2O4. Hanson
a bald-healed man, who tips the scales at 1913
mounds was the patriarch. Heffe Finger, who
weighs 40 pounds, lowered up ABOVE
his friends Behind the lines both elev-
rms had men about the same size