Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-04
PRINCETON WAS NOT IN IT.
Yale Wins Back the Football
Championship.
SCORE: YALE, 80; PRINCETON, 0
A Stand Collapses and In
jures Many People.



played and the dark blue of Yale oats
proudly from the highest pinnacle of the
collegiate pole of honor Brooklyn the
scene of the struggle, was turned upside
down with excitement from carly morning
until darkness settled upon the city and
the last of the college men had crossed the
bridge. Princeton was showed under, and
her gayly-culprcd flags which tlonted so
proudly ON the curly morning breeze,
drooped lower and lower as the afternoon
waned and the points accumulated on the
wrong side. a cipher was the mark which
\ Princeton left behind 10 remind the Brook
L lynites of her visit, while Yale, with ~
d points to her credit for the afternoon
work, went on her way noisily iubiant
a Never was there finer weather for loot
ball, and a sight of the crowd was enough
to make even the usually unaisturbcd New
Workers open their eyes and mouths with
astonishment. The day dawned cold and
cloudy, and the air was filled with flying
flakes of snow, hut the furry was soon
over The sky cleared the sun came ont
and the principal avenues rumbled with
the noise of the rapidly travelling coaches.
The orange and black mingled promiscu-
ously with the blue and hastened side by
side to the scene where the college giants
were to do battle.
The managers of the grounds threw open
the gates shortly before II o'clock, and
long before that hour 5000 or 1000 were
waiting for admittance The struggle to
get in was something indescrbable, Hats
4 were torn, eye glasses smashed, buttons
4 disappeared and high hats were used as
b foot. balls. The police after awhile man
aged to restore something like order, and
soon the bare boards Of the five big stands
K were black with people AS soon as the
boys got in the college flags were hoiSted in
prominent places. The Yale boys crowded
e the west end Of the place and covered
the turret of the grand stand at that corner
with bunting of deep blue. Princeton's ad-
mrers filled the other side of the grounds
and made their tllrret Respondent with
sunset hnes. The carriages took he south
end of the field and colurs mingled prunis
cuously. by noon almost every available
spot in the place with the exception Of the
Nboxes i'll the grand stand and some of the
= choicest reserved seats, was filled The
crowd was estimated at 10000.
IN Promptly at l.50 p. m, there was wild
waving Of orange and black flags, and
"Hurrah hurrah hurrah Princeton =
rang out upon the air. In II wild rush the
Princeton team came upon the field, King
apd Homans playing with the ball in an
Imaginary tackle. Five minutes later u
Nv was heard so deep and sonorous that
resembled the roar of the ocean. Yale's
n eleven appeared, and the police woke up
cpd cleared the space marked out in huge
oNNalk lines five yards apart. At exactly =
Slock, almost before the spectators were
pWlare of it, the ball was put in play and
Tho great struggle was begun; Excitement
wuf at its height and flags danced up and
dokn as Princeton, with the ball in hand,
opened the game with the v trick.
The orange and black had the best of it
for five minutes and then Yale went to
work. Ten minutes later Mctlung made
touchdown and kicked goal, and yells
greeted the work. From the first 1t was
seen that Yales' rush line was too strong
for Princeton. II was like a battering
ram. Poe and King did great work, and
Homans also but the star of the day was
McClung His work was something re.
markable. His head was bandaged and
his long hair got So. rumpled in the strug
4 gle that he looked like wild Indian as
he ran through the Princeton tackle line
with the ball hugged close 10 his breast,
He made the first three touchdowns for
Yale.
Hetfelfnger was another brilliant
worker His rtlshes We're phenomenal
and at one point he ran five yards with
that number of Princeton men elinging to
. his back. In consequence of Yae's super
ior rush line the game was rather one
sided, and most Of the play was around
Princeton's goal. There was no wind and
B neither had an advantage over he other
4 on the field in point of position. Aotwith
standing the immense odds against them
the Princeton team worked with will,
u and never lost hope up to the last punt had
been been made and time was called
FL FALL or 4 CROWDED STAND.
A terrible accident occurred on the
grounds few minutes after - o'clock.
The big free stand on the eastern side, fur
thest from the grand stand, suddenly col
lapsed at l2.iO carrying down with il its
entire load of human beings The crash
came without amy warning whatever and
At the time the long rows Of hlcachcrs were
closely packed with Spectators assembled
tn witness the football game. Il is esti-
mated there were more than 1000 people
in the structure at the time. \ scene of
indescribable confusion aud panic followed
the crash, which was heard IN uli parts of
the grounds
The occupants were mostly men great
majority Of them students from Yale and
Princeton, but there were also many
women in the crowd. They all lay in a
confused and struggling mass upon the
ground Many of them were completely
buried under the wrerkdge III planiss and
two joists, of which the riGkety structure
was built. The screams and shrcks and
groans which came from the unfnrt inutes
were heartrerding to hear. Many tainted
away from the injuries which they re-
ceved.
In an instant there was a general rush
for that part Of the iielu aud Il score Of
policemen We're soon engaged in Pulling
the manned and MutnleSI from the wreck.
Others lent their assistance and within fen
minutes the whole place had been cleared.
AT first il was feared that some might have
Dceil klllttlt btlt lllis leNF proved 10 ne li-
founded. Many persons, however, We're
very severely hurt, and broken limbs and
bruised heads and bodies were numerous.
The only ladies who were hurt were two
Brooklyn women one of whom haG her
foot crushed and the other her ies bruised.
Some Of those who were buried beneath
the wreekagc, and who were taken oltt I'M
conscious, afterwards rccpTcred and de
clined 10 be treated They went ON the
field again and.found other places to view
the game. The lowest estimate puts the
number Of peppd injured at 80, while
others place il is high as dQ or more
The stand was evidently ina most unsafe
Fl condition, for the broken timbeEs showed
That many OF them were nearly rotted i'll
two, while the whole structure was the
most itimsy affair imaginable. When it
began to I'LL I'M with spectators the lolsts
were heard TO crack and strain and many
who started to find seats gave il up as 4
4 dangerous job. Several persons stationed
Z themselves near the entrance Of the stand
Y before the accident occurred and warned |
people not to 10 up as it was unsafe. Ii |
was reported that bets were made quite
early, at odds of five to one, that the
stand would so down before the game was
over.
Thegreatest Indignation prevailed among
the people in the grounds against the man
agement of Eastern Park and the blame
was all.put upon those officers Every one
claimed that very superficial examina-
tion of the structure would have shown
that it was utterly insufficient to support
such crowd as would surely occupy it,