Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-29
GREAT FOOTBALL GATHERING
Princeton and Yale Were the Con-
tending Sides

Princeton and Yale We're the Con-
tending Sides
NEW YORK. Nov. %. - About
IS, 900 people witnessed the football
game on the Berkeley grounds this
afternoon between Princeton and
Yale. OF these ten Thousand cheered
the very brilliant playing made by
Princeton, while the others support
cd Yale. lt was with a feeling Of
bitter disappointment that the latter,
who were in the majority about
5000, saw their favorites beaten by
Princeton by ten points. Ii was the
most eventful football game of the
year. So great was the crowd that
fully 5000 were turned away who
were unable TO secure admission.
Those who gained entrance wal
lowed knee deep in mud. The
heavy rain of the previous day left
its impress on the grounds and made
them unpleasant for the spectators.
Mud was no detriment, how
ever, for the enthusiasm and |
excitement had reached n boil |
ing point. y thousand horns /
We're footed throughout the game.
Hundreds OF vehicles were brought
into the grounds at a cost Of 81 to
- each, and many of the occupants
Of these never witnessed the least
part Of the game, so great was the
throng. Girls and women were
numerous and cheered as Justify n
their male companions. The blue
flags Of Yale were Haunted at every
and in point of num-
bers they drowned the yellow. Har-
ward students were on the ground
in fun force and almost all Of them
YELLED FOR YALE.
The day downed brightly and the
was everything that could I
be desired. At $50 O'Clock the
Yale team came on the field and
were greeted with 4 deafening vol
ey Of shouts and tiu-horn footing.
They Immediately began to roll
themselves in the mud with the 1
,all. The Princeton boys followed 4.
md after bit Of preliminary prac-
ice the teams took up their posi-
ions.
Princeton had the strongest rush
r., but before the game was old
heir best man, George, had his
nee-cap broken and the tendons Of
is ankle broken. His injury was "
ute serious. An ambulance was fl
llled and he was taken TO the Muir
~ Hill Hotel. AIcLung was so p'
ably hurt that lac had 10 leave the III
ED. Rhodes, Of Yale, was ruled -
I for n foul. AInes, Prime ctOn's n
ll-lack, carried Off the laurels for n
SMART PLAY. -
The first half Of the game was n n
.speTatc struggle, with fortunes N
Ictuating, and ended with neither
lie having scored. 1t was in this
III Of the game that George and
chung were injured, and Gill, Of
he was also badly hurt, having =
: right ankle sprainod, but re-
med the game after short
{. The second half began with
rife playing, and the contest
was more bitter than in
: first. Yale made desperate ef-
Is TO penetrate the Princeton line, III
with poor success. After Prince
had scored six, both sides Of the
e came up again and played
nler than ever. Yale was des- A
ate. The ball was well down II
Yale field at i:3l, when the
wd began to move out on the 2O
Il. The hall then rushed in
ncetOn's field. Ames sent il
X to the Yale enl. 1t was then BIZ.
I hack 10 center again. 1t went Int
of bounds and Yale got it. NJ,
ncetOn was fighting rs she never W.
Sht before. The hall rushed TO
e's end Of the field, and Cowan
TED a touchdown. Time was at "
point called. Yale 0, Prince n,
10. UT