Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16

OF great importance, in these November
DAYS, serve to prevent the Princeton
University Foot Ball Team, when at
home, from beginning practice daily
few minutes after noon and continuing
il until at least 2 o'clock. For the day
OF the great Thanksgiving match with
Yale. TO bo played this year on the
Eastern Park grounds, in Brook
lyn, is fnst approaching, and even
the match games played during
tho fall with other college and atm
letic club teams, exciting and glorious
Though they may he in themselves. are
chiefly regarded as merely preparatory
10 the eliminating contest OF the season.
in which championship honors are to be
held or lost. 1t sometimes happens,
though. that there is that In Princeton
sufficiently attractive to draw even the
crack foot ball players away from their
practice. That is what happened on
n certain day this week. The at
traction was relocated brass band
attached to n travelling " Uncle
Toms CABIN" troupe which had Just
struck the quaint old Jersey Univer-
sity town for q two nights stand. Down
the long village street which stretches IN
front OF the college-grounds came the
uniformed musicians, playing martial
airs. and accompanied by attendants
leading trick donkey, a Shetland-poDy,
and three savage-looking blood-hounds.
They halted in front OF one OF the
broad, open gateways and began a
midday advertising concert III sui
lacked few minutes OF noon'
and not many collegians were to
he seen out of doors, the majority OF
the auditors being townspeople, who
stood on the business side of tho street.
Suddenly, in the distance, swarm OF
students emerged from the recitation
hall. They heard the music, saw the
bright red coats, and bore down on the
performers with rush and whoop.
minute later two hundred strong-lunged
students, including nearly all the mem
bers OF the football team, were taking
syociferous part in theproceedlngs oithe
hour.
MUSICAL ENTHUSIASM.
How their cheers rose and fell in great
solid waves at every passage and every
musical eccentricity that took their fan
cv What prolonged Cabs there
were when the cornet soloist essayed for
their especial delectation little TWIST
which he, no doubt, considered partlcu-
larry delicate and touching How
they singled ont the colored man
with the bass-drum as the star per-
former OF the aggregation and far
Nv drowned his own music as they
yelled ut him repeated assurances
of their most distinguished consldera-
ton And still they were not entirely
satisfied with this unlOoked-for free show,
for as their cheers arose again, this time
in steady. continuous volume, they grad
uallv-no one could tell Just how-as-
snmed Ineligible shape, and moment
later the boys were chanting IN mighty
chorus:
Eva. Eva; we want Eva!
"TopSy, Topsy; bring out Iopsy!"
But neither of the two young ladies
was produced. although the appeal Tor
them was long and earnest. The band
tried TO comfort the lusty petitioners with
an operate selection. 1t wouldn't DO.
Instrumental music, sank into lnsignf-
cance and the ears Of the performers
were deafened by the force of the de
mand contained in the next section OF
the impromptu but not inharmomous
chant.
"Giye us, give us, give rs Annie
Rooney -
Poor little Annie She had been laid
Of rest as tired out summer girl and
the leader seemed determined not to
resurrect her. BY this time one OF the
bip blood hounds was adding to the in
terest of the occasion Ivy tugging fran
ticaIly at his leash and barking furiously.
II seemed TO the leader high time for his
men to move oil, and move oil they did.
Needless to say that two thirds OF that
crowd Of college men, football players,
and all. moved of with them. Needless
10 saw that when the musicians, still
playing, attempted to turn corner TWO
squares away, they were confronted by Q
solid mass OF their vigorous admirers and
forced to march back to their Original
halting.place, the colored member o.
the band laughing so convulSyely az Tue
oddly OF the whole affair that he seem
ed ready TO tumble over the big bass
drum he WAS pounding. Needless to say
that as compromise Miss Annie
Rooney did come out from her retire
ment. aud then, after o final cheer, thu
poon-day show was at an end. 1t wa
going on TO / o'clock and the football
men fastened 10 their practice play.
They were driven there in carryal
ut almost gallop, for it was getting