Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-03

Captain McClung has given his men some
termined effort must be made at the outset
TO break through Princeton's line. Riggs
has been holding big Heffelinger safely and
Princeton has been tackling well, too. 1t
is Iale's ball. and with mighty effort she
wedges through Princeton's line for five
yards.
THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN.
After five minutes more of desperate
fighting Yale advances two yards, and
then with great hurrah the ball is
snapped back to Mccormick, while the
rush line fights Princeton down and
makes the opening through which Nc
Cormick makes tho first touchdown. Bed.
lnm is let loose. Yale flags, umbrellas and
ribbons are flying high on every side to
the dcaicning cheers of n wall of human
beings on the north, echoed to the south
ern payilian, and back and forth. Even
the ministerial Stagg is observed to swing
high his cane and shout Justify for his
favorites. The hubbub subsidies us Me
Clung fails to kick goal. The score now
is Yale, 4; Princeton, o.
YALE swEEPIHG 10 VICTORY.
The ball has been in play IL minutes of
the second half, and Yale has never lost it.
IL is brought back to the 25-yard line
tIltS lnt lTltk anu
makes five yards heldway before Flint
goes to grass Princeton makes five yards
through the centre, and her followers howl
their enthusiastic acknowledgements
Princeton returns to the attack with vigor
and Flint is rushed past Ialc's line two
yards, while little Johnnie Poe, another
baltimore player, makes a circuit around
Iale's left end for three yards 1t is u bad
omen for the orange and black. Yale goes
IN tnrEaaI IaaVsa ars,N 1
lirst onslaught the Princeton warriors
recede five yards. The crafty McClung
sticks around Princeton's right end and
before Princeton can corral him he is
within three yards of Princeton's goal. In
twinkling Winter is through Prnceton's S
centre and makes another touchdown,
while Yale's enthusiasm breaks forth
again. The cheering increases in volume,
aud Yale men sing their song while
McClnng tries FOR goal again. lie fails to
kick ii, but the score is Yale, s. Prince
ton, 0.
M'coRMICK's GREAT KICK.
McClung is guided past Prnceton's right
end for five yards. Bliss tries to repeat the
operation, but fails signally. Yale gets five
yards for off side play. Bliss and Morrison
try the ends again, but are downed with
out gains. Now Iieileliinger makes Il
feint as ii to rush, but the ball has been
snapped back to Mccormick, who makes
one of the prettiest plays of the day. From
the thirty-yard line he kicks Il goal from
the field. 1t takes Princeton by surprise.
Her tigers stand in open mouthed astonish-
ment at the bold and clever performance
of Yales full back. The rain comes down
in torrents, but the storm cannot quench
the enthusiasm that manifests itself on
every side. The score is now Yale, ID;
Princeton, 0.
RUN OF SEVENTY YARDS.
much rope, and proceeds to complete
Princeton's discontinue. McCllng runs
five yards around Princeton's left end,
Yale's interference is beautiful so every
body says, and but for Kings fine tackling
Iale's runs would play havoc with Prince.
ton. Only a few minutes are left for play,
and all Princeton is roofing for just one
little touchdown. But Mccormick runs
ten yards around the end Princeton being
unable to hold him. Now comes the star
play of the game. The fair and long
haired Bliss is detailed to pass the enemy's
lines. The ball is passed to him while the
Yale rushers fight down their adversarie'
on every hand. Heffeliinger is his guide
and Flint, Poe and Homans, who come al
him, are tloored in quick succession. But
the doughty King is yet in the foreground
Heiiellinger sees him. King jumps al
Bliss, but lIeifellinger wards him off as ht
would a child AS King goes sprawlinp
and the last Princeton sentinel is passed
the crowd lets itself loose again. The
cheering is at its height. Bliss has rur
seventy yards, three-quarters of the length
of the field and is safely past Princeton's
goal line. McClung easily kicks goal
and the score is: Yale, 10 Princeton, U.
WILD SCENES AT TIE ESD.
It is Princeton's ball in the centre of tn,
field. On the Nv" Poe advances sever
yards, Flint goes through the centre fol
eight yards. Flint tries his hand and Pot
also, but neither advances, and time j.
called with the ball slightly in Yalc's terri
tory Yells break forth from thousand.
athletes. Hurrah for football