St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-27
MIGHTY MEN OF YALE.
The Honored Blue Flag Goes
Aloft for Another Grand
Victory.
Princeton Played Nobly and
With Matchless Courage
Fought.
But the Unbeatable GladiatoPS
in Blue Would Not Be
Denied.
Forty Thousand Enthusiasts
Sit Out the Game in a
Heavy Rain.

MANHATTAN FIELD, Y. Y, Nov. 20.
The greatest atheletic event Of the
year is over. Yale and princeton have
fought their battle for supremacy on
the football field, and long will it be re-
membered by the thousands who saw
one of the finest games ever played in
this country. For weeks the generals
OF the two little armies of eleven men
were drilling their forces for tOday'S
work. The struggle was one of the
events in the sporting world which
lovers of sport have faith in.
1t was a fight on its merits. The best
team won, and the better who lost will
pay over his cash knowing that he had
an honest run for his money. The
gates were not opened until 10 O'Clock,
but by that time great throngs of per-
sons had gathered about the different
entrances. When the gates were
opened there was rush that would
have done credit to the mem bers of
either eleven.
BY IL O'Clock great throng had gath
cred in the grounds, and every moment
it was augmented by fresh arrivals. All
manner Of vehicles began to arrive at
that hour. TallyhOs, crowded with
Shouting Students,
were to be seen on every thOrOughfare
leading to the grounds. They were
draped in blue and draped in orange
and black, but whichever color it was,
the noise was just the same. Many
were the ways in which the students
chose to show their preference. AS was
to be expected, the free stands filed up
first. From every row of seats fiuttered
orange and black flags and blue flags.
1t was difficult to tell which color was
the more prevalent.
The wearing OF flowers appeared to be
the mode of expressing preference on
the part of the women who were pres
ent. and they formed no incOnsiderable
portion of the immense thrOng. Some,
so there would be no mistake as to how
their sympathies went. wore blue cos
tunes, while others. and particularly a
beVy of handsome brunettes, wore Strik-
ing costumes of orange and black.
By noon the grand stand began to fill
up. The first person to take seat iii
that portion was q handsome young
woman who wore an immense yellow
chrysahthemum. She occupied a seat
ir ropt. and when the Princeton boys
saw her they howled aloud and for
Il ndg time. The managers had
prded themselves on one thing,
in which they were disappointed after
ward. They had said that the grounds
shed water like sand. This was far from
being true. The rain of last Monday
had left more marks than could be COW
cred up by the little sawdust on hand.
Turf in Bad Condition.
The gameeOf Yesterday between WeS-
leyan and University of Pennsylvania
had left the turf in a badly cut up con-
ditOn, which the rain that fell early in
the afternoon did not help in the least.
At O'Clock steady stream of human
ity flowed in upon the stand. Pretty
much all the other available space had
been taken by that time.
The Yale flag was hOiSted on the
northern end of the grounds. whereat
there was much hurrahing and blowing
of horns. 1t was repeated when tiger
skin representing Princeton was hung
out in front of the upper balcony of the
main stand. Up TO that time there was
a preponderance of Princeton colorS
about the grounds. but the adherentS of
Yale kept coming in at the gates in
whole groves, and the stand SOON be-
came moving mass of blue.
Yale and Princeton were not the only
delegations from every other college
within a radius of $50 miles from New
York. ana they all cheered for one side
or the other on the slightest prOvOca-
ton. University of Pennsylvania, IVES
leyan, Trinity, Columbia and a small
bunch of Harvard men cheered for
Yale. and among Princeton'S hackers
were Rutgers, SwarthmOre and num-
Der vi pennsylvania colleges.
1t did really seem as if this crowd
would yell itself out before the game
began. There was not still moment
from IL o'clock till 2 o'clock. BY 80
o'clock every available space about the
field and every seat on the different
stands was occupied.
Horns and EFaIIOOs.
In the long line of tallyhos stood
students waving the different colors and
blowing long and particularly vilainous
sounding horns. The college cries and
college songs arose on every side. The
rain had ceased entirely before that
time and everyone was happy. 1t was
estimated that there were $4,000 persons
on the grounds fifteen minutes before
the hour set for the game to begin.
But more kept arriving constantly;
not by dozens or scores, but by hun
dreds. Fully $1,000 persons were in at
tendance before the game was called.
1t was estimated that the sum paid for
admission to see the game would reach
$4,000. At last, after the crowd had
waited hours the Yale team at o'clock
filed out Of the club house, jumped over
the fence and came on the field. 1t was
a signal for renewed shouting, but the
crowd had yelled SO much that there
was really very little difference in the
total noise. McCIung was first. closely
followed 10y Hartwell, and all had their
sweaters on.
They had scarcely got to the middle
of the field and tossed the ball around
for minute when Stumpy King vaulted
over the fence and led the black and
orange-striped young men into the
arena. Princeton made more noise than
Yale on this occasion, and did not grow
tired so soon. With the large number
of substitutes, there were about fifty
men on the field.