Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-27
.YALE'S GREAT DAY
Princeton's Tigers Weakened
in the Second Half.
THE FINEST GAME IN YEARS.
Neither Side Scored in the First Half but
Yale Won 10 to O.

The Match With essed by a Wildly Enthu-
siastic Crowd of Nearly Forty Thousand
People, Who Didn't Mind the Rain a
Bi.-SIagnificent Work of Some of the
NIen-Much Dissatisfaction Expressed
With The NIanaGement.-Other Games.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Poor Princeton
The tigers - ad mirers are very sore at
her defeat yesterday by the score of 10
to in the great championship game
with Yale, but force q disconsolate
smls now and then, and ebly murmur:
Look out for us next year" Yale
deserved her triumph, won it fairly and
wears it modestly. Her team was per-
feet in action, her interference q treat
to enjoy, her tackling forceful and
effective.
Football has become remarkable in
st1tution in this town. That it is
great attraction for at least one day in
| the year may be believed when it is OBJ
| served that elderly and staid men and
women sat on damp and rough boards
| from 10 O'Clock in the morning till ?
O'Clock in the afternoon in orIer to see
the beginning of the game.
The gates were not open till 10
| O'Clock, but by that time great crowds
| of persons had gathered about the diff
ferent entrances. By II o'clock a great
crowd had gathered in the grounds and
eve moment it was augmented by
| fresh arrivals. By noon all the free
| seats were occupied and the grand tand
! had become fairly we'll filled. A half
hour later it began to rain but the peo-
pie kept coming just as fast as ever. By
l 30 every available space about the field
was occupied
Hha si,rl, iv0 hn ND in,
extreme. On every hand were the
waving colors of different colleges and
| these, added to the brilliant costumes Of
| the women, made bright and aniamt-
| ing picture.
| There were fully 1000 persons pres
| ent when tho Yale team, at 2 o'clock,
| filed out of the club house and CAME
| onto the field. They were followed i'm
metiately by the black and orange
striped young men of Princeton. A
wild deluge of shouting and blowing of
| horns and waving Of flags occurred a
| minute later when the two teams lined
up in the middle OF the gridiron.
Then as each man bent forward with
his hands on his knees and gazed hard at
| his opposite, the noise suddenly stopped,
and every one of those more than 81
| 600 wild men and women was as still as
a statue, and every one of those eyes
| was focused ON one little spot where
the ball was. The game was about to
begin. The teams lined as follows:
| Left Ind. Hinkcy.
Left Tackle, " G. Winter
| Lett Gu I'D, W. W. Hefrelfinger.
| Centre, p. j. Still man.
| Right Guard, S. N. Morrison.
Right Tackle, Z. W. Mills.
Eignt ind, A, Hartwell.
ny hit Haif-back, L. 7. Eliss.
Left Haif-back, i. L. McClung.
| PRINCETON.
| Right end, r. II. Warren.
Right tacile A. F. Harold.
| Center, J. G. Symmes,
Left guard, A. T. heelcr.
f tsf' ead Il 4 X,b F.; Holly.
Quarter back, P. King.
LETT half back, j. v, Flint.
| Fuli-back. 8. Homals, jr.
Then the game began. Princeton won
the toss and tried the ancient ''V'' trick
with slim success. Yale's center seemed
invulnerable. Heffelfnger, Sanford and
Morrison were a trio of giants that
could not be moved. Then Princeton
changed tactics. She depended upon
Romans great punting ability. and
! time and again when the boys from
Nassau were in the very jaws of defeat
his brilliant work would put the team
ou5 of danger and relegate the battle to
| 1ale'S held.
1t was something new to Yale. She
mi 2ht shetter the center of Prin ceton.
anil daring McClung and the agile Bliss
mi ght make their famous end rushes
with success, but every time the danger
seemed nost imminent Romans
was on n.'.i The rushers, too, backed
him super v, and in this was displayed
the only real team work of Prince ton.
When he punted they were right with
thaAh hal IL -
the blue legged boys impossible.
For half an hour the battle waged
warm, with the advantage hardly in ia
vor of either team. Yale's admirers
were silent. Her substitutes on the
coaching lines and her friends said lit
tie. They were confronted by the big
gest kind of q condition. Their theory
at fault. Fifteen minutes only re-
manned of the first half, and they were
as far from scoring as ever McClung
was becoming desperate. He lined his
men up and they set to work with grim
determination.
They apparently went in to wipe up
the earth, or that portion of it between
them and the goal posts, with the boys
from Princeton. They ran brilliantly,
employed all the art of masters of the
game, fought and struggled as they
never before were called upon to do
Back they would drive the striped
stocking athletes, back to the very
verge, but Romans was always on
hand, and with phenomenal kick
would send the ball ts center again.
Faster and faster they few-too fast
for Yale, for the time keepers called the
first half when the ball was still far
from the goal and neither team had
scored Yale was downcast and Prince
tons friends were ecstatic They car
ried the eleven off the fl Id in triumph
and it was with difficulty that the police
could keep the crowd out of the room
where many hands were caring for them.
But if the crowd could not get into the
room it could still cheer, AMI a thou
sand men who swarmed about the cot
tage roared their congratulations.
The respite for the players was brief.
They were out in 15 minutes and at
work again. Yale had the ball and the
logged determination with which she
carried 1T through Princeton's territory
was rich treat to all who admire
pluck, backed up by bone and muscle
and hearts that knew no failure.