Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-25
GAME OF THE YEAR
Yale and Princeton Kick for
Fame Tomorrow.
GREAT STRUGGLE ANTICIPATED.
Forty Thousand People Expected to See
the Match at Manhattan Field.

AaAeS FIuSAed with Last Saturday.
Victory, Very Confi.leat- Betting Light,
Tut In Yale's Favor-Gcod Wealth Q,
Free for by Thousands of College
Men,
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-To- borrow af-
teroon on Manhattan Field the varsity
| football elevens of Yale and Princeto
| will play the final game of the season
| for the intercollegiate football cham
pionship. In the matter of public in
terest this is the most important game
of the football season. If tomorrow is
favorable day, the crowd of spectators
will probably be over 40, 900, the largest
| that has ever witness sd a football game
| in this country.
No matter which side wins, the strug-
| gle for the championship promises to be
| hard one. Last year it was a one
sided contest. Princeton worked devel-
| oping team until she turned out the
champions of 1889, and then fell fiat.
Last year she hal no material in col
leSe to work into strong eleven, and
was swamped by Yale as a result. OF
the two colleges, Princeton and Har-
ward, Princeton has always been the
stronger opponent of Yale on account of
her knowledge of the game, and with
good material at hand this year there is
no reasonable ground for supposing that
Princeton will not give Yale hard
game tomorrow
OF the Princeton team, Warren the cap
tain, is I; Lawrenceville graduate. This
is his third year at Princeton. Before
| entering college Warren had tablis he
his reputation on his preparatory schoo
team, of which he was captain. In his
freshmen year he began work by try ing
for his class team. His work soon
caused "Snake" Ames, then captain of
the Princeton eleven, to invite the
smooth faced youth to take place at
right end on the scrub team. Warren
filed his position so admirably that
Anles had no cause for regret when
circumstances celled for new man
and Warren was placed on the var
sity team. He played in the Harry ard
game, but it was in the memorable bat
tie of 80 on the Berkeley Oval that the
freshman distinguished himself Aided
by Donnelly's splendid interference he
dropped on the ball when Mcbride
muffed it. Princeton thus scored four
points and Warren had established his
reputation. Last year he was on the
sick list nearly all the season, but
played in the Yale game. He was not
in form, however, and did not sdistin-
guish himself. After Riggs resigned
the captalncy of the eleven Warren was
chosen Warren plays on the right
end.
Next to Warren plays Harorl, the
right tackler. Harold is a powe Il
man. When running he remin' 3ne
somewhat of Cowan, although n b the
equal of that man as a player. Harold
has played for three years on the Frank
lin and Marshall team, and was consid-
cred one of their best men.
Symmes, the centre rusher of the
team, is a powerful looking fellow. His
broad back and shoulders, his big head,
and his expansive smile making him
one or the most interesting men on the
team.
Wheeler, left guard, is one OF the
most powerful men on the rush line.
He is considered to be as strong as
Riggs. Wheeler has played on the ST.
Paul's school team, where he prepared
for college.
Riggs at right guard is the giant of
the rush line. He is the maustay of
the team and the man on whom Capt.
Warren most relies to break Yale's
rushes. Riggs is of football family.
Two or three older brothers have gradu
ated from Princeton, and were promi-
nent football players. At present there
are four me m bers of the family in col
lege. Three of them play on the scrub
team and sometimes on the varsity.
Riggs has played right guard on the
varsity eleven since he entered college
in 1888. Riggs is not only a plucky
man, but he is a tricky man, and few can
get the best of him.
Princeton has two crack men in
Holly and Vincent at left tackle AMI left
end respectively. Holly is Shortledge
Academy man. He entered Princeton
this year as a freshman. One day while
walking across the campus he was no
t1ced by one of the men who were out in
quest of new material. He was asked if
he ever played football. He replied that
he had played little, and further said
that he intended playing at least for the
scrub team. His youthful appearance
scarcely justified any hope of making
the varsity. But one days practice was
sufficient to convince Warren that Holly
had in him the making of a varsity
man. He was placed at guard, then at
tackle, and has held the latter position
ever SINCE He is not over heavy, but is
very strong
Behind the line Princeton is strong.
With King at quarter back, Flint and
Poe for half backs and Romans at full
back, the ball ought to be advanced
more times than it is forced back by
Yale. King is 'heady' player. He
is cool and follows the ball closely.
Flint and Poe are ground gamers, and
Romans is IL good kicker. Princeton
also has good line of substitutes, a
fact which speaks we'll for the future of
her game.
Yale will probably put the same IA
miliar men in the field that played
against Harvard at Springfield last Sat-
urday. These men are, Hinckey, left
eud; Winters, left tackle; Heffeltinger,
lett guard; Sanford, ceqtre; Morrison,
righU guard; Wallis, right tackle; Hart
well, right end; Barbour, quarter back;
l.. Bliss, left half back; Capt. McClung,
right half back, and Mccormick, full
back.
The betting OH the game is light.
StudentS and sporting men offer 5 to 3
on 4a!s LIT find few takers. There is
one M 20 offers So, 900 to 81, 600 on
Yale Il mot get his money covered.
Fer small aflounts he coald find many
takers.
The C"ur M lrtial Suspended.