New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
INTEREST IN THE GAME,
THE GREAT DEVELOPMENT SHOWN IN THE
RECENT CONTEST.

NEOINl OOAN lA'is
The intense interest aroused by the great Yale
Princeton football game at the Berkeley Oval
on Thanksgiving Day and the immense gathering
Of people attracted by it illustrate the popularity
NJ the game of college football. And 1t is seen
that the held the game has on It's admirers 10
almost MANIA nearly equal, perhaps, 30 the
craze that baseball has created among lis college
supporters In round numbers $4,000 people
saw this game The day was raw, the grounds
were muddy, and the crowd was so immense that
many people were put to great inconvenience IN
reaching and leaving the Oval Yet they sat the
game out, enjoyed it greatly, and often gave vent
TO bursts of enthusiasm over the fine plays.
The rise in popularity Of football in this country
and it's steady development into a scientific sport,
typify the disposition Of the American people
to appreciate a good thing and make use of il.
The large majority of the colleges and preparatory
schools in this country placed football teams in
the field this season. Many of the colleges and
schools supported class and second" teams also.
Numerous athletic associations, made up largely
of college graduates, entered excellent teams
against the college elevens and against one
another The prediction cannot be made with
any certainty of fulflmqSt, but some enthusiasts
hint at the ultimate establishment Of professional
teams on the same basis as the professional base
ball mines. The science of the sport
has reached such a high plane of
development at the larger colleges,
the men are trained to such fine condition of
hardness and endurance. that the players are
not injured as often they were when the
game was in a crude condition. 1t will be
interesting 10 study the next development of the
sport
THE ELEVENs CoMPAREn
The Princeton and Yale elevens, Of whom
pictures are shown here, are examples of sturdy,
pluclxy, brainy American college athletes They
are fine products of splendid systems. The Prince
ton is the better team 1t won the championship
of the Intercollegiate Football Association, defeat
ing Yale by score of ten 10 nothing Harvard by
forty-one points TO fifteen, and the Wesleyan
and University of Pennsylvania elevens by large
scores. Princeton put into the field probably the
strongest rush bne that ever played in this
country, and a full-back, X. l.. Amcs, who PLAYED
the most remarkable game ever seen here and
probably in the country. Yale made a team
tlrt was good example of what magnificent
system could do with material not up to Yale's
standard She lacked the towers of strength who
won her the championship in 1887 and 1ssS
But the men played splendid game a0oinst
Princeton At one time they seemed 10 inlay
AS well as if the six points against them lad
been their own. Warren, the Princeton freshman
had imm ortaized himself at Old Nassau by making
a touchdown. Mcbride, Yaic's fullback hal
fumbled a ball kicked over the line and Warren
got il. Mcbride should not be charged with
losing the game, however, because his
sharp kicking saved Yale from being beaten
worse than she was.
DISCIPLINE AND TRAINING
II is not generally known how much gcr,ire
brains are put into the training of football
team and preparing it for championship matches
The active training is done in the fall Of corrse
but the planning goes on throughout the vear
During the last summer Captains Gill and Cun,
nock-the Harvard captain-thought ont now
schemes for their battles. Yale captains bave
long worked ahead, and that is one OF the secre,s
of Yale's athletic success. Princeton is never
far behind her rivals in this respect Sometime.
her men practise during the spring term Prince
ton does not support crew, and can therefore
devote little more time 10 football than Harvard
or Yale But, then. she does not have So many
men TO draw from Harvard or Yale Still
he fact that the men in "A smaller college know
one another better than in large institution must
be taken into consideration.
| This year the football interests Of Princeton