The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-16
PRINCETON PRACTICE
TIE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAX
READY FOR THE FRAY.

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in College Life-Hopes and Fears Of
the Players and Their Friends -
Sketches Of the Men
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PRINCETON. y. J.. Nov. l5.-Only eTent@
Of great importance, u thsse November
days. serve 20 prevent the Princeton Uni
yerEity Football Team, y zen al home IRON
beginning pracifos daily . fs" minutes
after noon and continuing i, until AZ least
2o'cIock. For the day of the great Thanks
giving nstca with Yale. 70 be Played this
year on the Ess.sn Park grounds, IL
BrooklyD. j. fest approaching, and even the
match games played during the fall with
o.her College and athletic club teams. exci.-
ing and glorious though they may b IN
themselves, are chiefly regarded as merely
preparatory 70 the eliminating contest Of
the season. in which championship honors
are to be he'd az lost. II sometimes hap
pens, though, that there is that in Princeton
sufficiently attractive q draw even the
crack foot all players away from their
practice. Inat Is what hsppsned on GER
tain day this week. The attraction was
relocated brass band attached % travel
lng ''Uncle Toms Cabin" troup which hsd
iust struck the quaint Old jersey u1iyer-
MY town for a two nights stand. Down
the long village street which stretches n
front u the college grounds came the uni
formed musicians, playing martial airs,
and accompanied by attendants leading
trick donkey. a Shetlaud pony and three
savags-looking bloodhounds. They halted
In front Of one Of the broad, open gate1eys
and began a midday advertising concert.
Il still lacked a few mimi g If noon. and
not many cJliegiaos were 70 be seen out Of
doors, the majority Of the auditors being
toTnspeople, who stood on tie business
side Of the street. Suddenly, 10 a distance,
& swarm of students emerged from recita-
ton hall. They heard the music, saw the
bright red coats, and bore down on the
performers with rush and 1hOOp.
minute later 200 stroug-lunged students,
including nearly all the members Of the
football team, were taking q voclferous part
la the proceedings Of the hour.
AT THK FOOTBALL FIELD.
How their cheers rose and fell in great,
solid waves at every passage and every must
cal eccentricity that took their fancy
What prolonged "Ahsm there we're vbea
the corDst soloist essayed for their especial
delectation a little twist. which he, no
doubt, considered particularly delicate and
touching How they singled out the col
ored man with the brass drum as the star
performer Of the aggregation and fairly
drowned his own music ashley yelled at
him repeated assurances Of their most dis
hnguished confederation And still they
were not entirely satisfied with this IN
looked-for free show, for as their cheers
arose again, this time IN steady, continuous
volume. they gradUally-no one could tell
just how-assumed ineligible shape, and
moment later the boys were chanting in
mighty chorus:
Eva Eva; we want Eva
''fopsy. Topsy; bring out Topsy!'
But neither Of the two young ladies was
produced, although the appeal for them
was long and earnest. The band tried TO
comfort the lusty petitioners with an oper-
ATTIC selection. IL wouldn't do. Instru-
mental music sank into insignifcence, and
the ears Of the performers were deafened by
the force Of the demand contained 10 the
next section Of the impromptu but not in
harmonious chant:
Give Us, give us, give US Annie Room
ey|
Poor little Annie She had been laid of
rest as tired-out summer girl, and the lead
er seemed determined not To resurrect her.
By this time one of the big bloodhounds was
adding 70 the interest Of the occasion by
Juggling fraDticaliy at his leash aud barking
turlousIy. IL seemed 20 the leader high
time for his men to move Off, aud move of
they did.
Needless 70 say that two-thirds OF that
crowd Of college men, football players aud
oil, moved with them. Needless 70 say that
when the musicians, still playing, attempted
% turn q corner, two squares away, they
were confronted by q solid mass Of their
vig rOus admirers and forced to march
back y their original hating place, the col
oTed member u the band laughing 50 con-
vulsively at the oddly Of the whole affair
that he seemed ready 70 tumble over the big
bass drum he was pounding. Needless 10
say that, as a compromise, Mise Annie
Rooney did come out from her retirement
and then, after a final cheer, the MONDAY
show was at an end. 1t was going on to
O'clock and the football men hastened to
their practice play.
HOW TO GET TO THE FIELD
They were driven there in q carryall at
almost gallop, for it was getting very late /:
but let US 20 more lesurely on foot, for it
VIII give them time to get into their athletic
suits, and the way, too, is pleasanter
Across the wide village street we 20. into
the college grounds through one of the
always wIde-open gateways, and then saun.
ter along broad well-kept path, with spa
rious lawns Uttered now with fallen leaves.
tell, bare trees and stately uncovered
u.
Make a turn now 10 the left and don't forget
10 forsake tie path and take a cut across
the famous campus. with its wealth Of
historic associations and it's old revolu-
tionary cannon planted upright in the ten
ter Of the ground. IL is here chat every
Princeton victory for generations past has
been celebrated Mt night with roaring
bonfire, the flames oftentimes rising to a
level with tho topmost twigs of the tall
surrounding trees. College halls and
dormitories for the 800 students are all
around US now, and there, a stones throw
10 the left. is the fine old building which
was once the temporary military home of
Gen. George Washington, and is now di-
Vided into lecture rooms, dormitories aud a
museum. Tne campus crossed, we take a
path again and soon pass from the college
grounds TO quiet and narrow country road.
a walk OF less than a quarter of a mile
brings us to the pretty arched gateway of
tn VARSITY grounds" as the boys call the
fenced inclosure devoted to their outdoor
athletic sports. Pass in and make your way
TO the empty grand stand, where you may
select any one of multitude of eligible
ceats from which to take your observations.
II you look over in the direction of the rail.
way station you will obtain an excellent
view OF the handsome home that was built
about three years ago for the venerable
President McCosh.
cinder pedestrian track three laps to
tbe mile, marks the outer edges of toe
Varsity grounds field, and on the track
just now Splinter aud walker are in
fraiuinu Alreadythe foot hall plavaro ara