New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-28
PRINCETON'S WATERLOO.
UTTERLY ROUTED BY YALE,
THE SCORE IS THIRrY-Two TO NOTHING.
FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS CROWD TO EASTERN
PARK TO WITNESS THE GREAT TRIUMPH OF
THE wEARERs OF THE BLUE-BETwEEy
TWENTY AND THIRTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE SEE THE GAME-FEAT-
JRES OF THE PLAYING
uREs OF THE PLAYING.

PEOPLE SEE THE GAME-FEAT-
uREs OF THE PLAYING.
YALE young and old, set up mighty song yesterday
at inc close of the tiger hunt At Eastern Park: There's
Balm IN Gead.' There balm In Gilead for Yale
which Dr. Rhodes OF the Yale football team. provided
for the wearers Of the blue who black after tho
iarvard-iale game For Dr. Rhodes not only charmed
away the recollectons of Springfield. but he wiped
out the memory OF the Berkeley OVAL and embalmcd
the tiger this time which last year feasted on Yalc's
sporsmen IL was the reverse OF the old story that
flashed over the country before sundown yesterday.
III was Tiger In Billy Rhodes not Billy In TIgcr'
and the multitude OF people who saw the game and
ciecrcd themselves hoarse Yale, Princeton, Harvard,
Columbia. Or whoever they were, frankly conceded
that Dr. Rhodes put in square bill for thirty-two
distinct operations on the tiger
The Prince Of Orange hung ont his flag yesterday.
but IL was the black side that waved. There's balm in
Glead for old YALE for the blue Is champion Of the
Intercollegiate Football Association for ls0O and has
beaten Princeton by the terrific score of 81 to o. II
was to be feared that poes raven croaked
too loudly before the game had fairly opened, when
he was asked whether Princeton would rally after her
first desperate squirt at the outset. That was fne
playing, and when Princeton worked the ball down to
iales tcn-yad line in the first ten minutes Of the
game IL seemed as II there would be a close and in
terestlng game But Yale was only measuring the
ger and after that charged him down the field to his
lair and smotc him there for the rest of the game
Princeton simply "was not in it,, Yet in Justice to
the pucky captain OF the orange and black. IL must
De remembered that after many and accidents
he was able to place team in the field TO meet probably
the best team that Yale ever produced. But the
Princeton ri,shers could do nothing against Yac's
stone wall. while the Yale chargers "playcd horse"
with the Princeton rushers. Yet McClung won the
individual glory of the game, for no haIf-back has
played the game In this city in recent years that he
did. He equalled the bcs. work that Ames did hero
last year, although he had an inferior team t. play
against But he made four touchdowns against
Princet h. a record Of which no other Yale man can
boast.
POINTS MADE IN EACH HALF.
Sixteen points were scored in the first halt. and
sixteen in the last. The excitement over at the
end OF the first half when Yale men glosted whils
other people began to leave the field. Aside from ex-
citement at the opening OF the game there not
much else Of general interest except the collapse OF
Of the stands several people injured through
the ineihciency Of the who put up the stand.
and the accident dampened the spirits Of the spectators
Conservative estimates place the number Of people al
the game between $4,000 and 10000 But this
nexcusable mishap may prevent them from desiring
to another Of college football these grounds
The management Of the game was. on the whole.
fairly credtabc. The immense crowd seated or
in place when the game opened The breaking down
of the stand apparently tie fault Of the
ayers who seemed to exert all efforts to accommodate
and handle the crowd with safety and comfort to te
Some people invaded the space reserved for the repre-
sentatives OF the press and excited the crowd and
police by standing when they should have sat down.
The police severe in two Instances, but -
a rule, they did the best they could.
The great army Of college people who catch the
excitement Of college athletic contests mp and
moving early yesterday to the scene Of action. The
air tinged with the blue and the orange and
black the great throngs poured through the city
the Bridge, invaded Brooklyn and swept like
rising tide into Eastern Park. They came BY the
railroads. horsccars drags and coaches, and afoOt
Coaches, drags and tayhos decorated with the blue
the orange and black colors wound through tho
thoroughfares and quiet side streets in glitterins
procession freighted with jubilant college boys and
pretty girls who woke the echoes OF the church bells
with the cheers and footing horns. In an almost
endless procession they inundated the big inclosure.
and when it p. m the sight was
that OF coliseum of the nineteenth century, rehectng
the changes and tnts of q panoramic spectacle.
But the blIe toned the view, for the occasion was
the rising OF the Jordan for Yale. The grand stand
at the north Of the field packed with 5000 people.
The Yale took of its turrets for their castle,
and hung out their banner and Princeton men held
the fort in the other Two tiers OF humanity rose
between the turrets and bllow Of blue surged to tho
right Of the stand opposite Yale on the east side
were the Princeton students by the stand that
collapsed as suddenly a. their hopes. Their banner
was raised here there all the field, they
were not masscd we'll as the Yale men. The crm-
son of Harvard and the coIOrs Of other colleges were
represented and there brilliant shower OF colors
when a few minutes before p NJ, the Princeton
tigers came running the field. IL thundercd
Yale a moment later, when the Yale players ap-
peared
HOW THE MEN PLAYED.
At Q p. M. without much loss Of time, the two
teams lined up for the contest. Princeton had the
Kickoff the south end OF the field. and the wind.
" A. Brooks Hary ard, s7 the referee. and 5. V.
Collin OF Wesleyan, the umpire The elevens played
as follows:
YALE PRINCETON.
uartvel left end Furness. right enc
W,lis - lert tackle IoN right tackle
ie Finger left guard ;iSSs.. right guard
i..F- ..ccntre Synucs centre
= Mo isol right qua d Thom left guard
~ odrs right tackle Speer left tackle
srn, nv y ght end Warren left end
pab ur quarter hack Poe. quarter back
IT. lung half hack King ........... o.. . half back
iiaryev half back Spicer half back
r. Morrison - full bae < ll0mans full hack
Princeton massed for "v.' the men resting their
hands each Others shoulders. with King the sturdy