The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-22
BLUE ABOVE THE CRIMSON.

BLUE AbURE lHE CkIMNUNs
FIRST GREAT FOOTBALL STRUGGLE or
THE YEAR rs OYER, AND YALE WINS
| Twenty-Five Thousand Persons at the aaus
| The Combined Skill or Yais's Teas
| Overbaianeed the Weight and I.diviassl
Excellence OF Harvard's Men-HeasIasssr
| and Bliss score Touch Downs, ana mon
| One McClung Kicked the Goal-The wis
| ners Greeted with Tremendous Enthuss.
ssm-Tho Score 10 20 In Yaie's Favor.
sPR1NaF1ELp. Nov. 21.-Yalo won the game,
and 25.000 persons saw her do It. The score
was 10 too, The first touch down was made
in tho first half In less than four minutes Of
play. while tho second touch down was
| scored in the second half. after forty-flve
minutes Of play. Capt. McClune OF Yale
failed for goal from the first touch down. but
was successful in his try the second time.
This tells part Of the story, OF tho great game
between Yale and Harvard on the fed Of
Hampden Park this afternoon. but IL Is { MY
! small part. to be sure.
The spectators came from every direction
| and all distances. up to over 1000 miles An
old Princeton football man came here
| from Colorado. and neglected everything
! else to get here on time. He Joined
| the Princeton contingent and yelled for
| Yale. Special trains from New York
| and Boston began emptyine loads Of persons
| into the city by IL o'clock this morning. and
they kent coming until 1 o'clock In the after
noon. All OF the neighboring towns furnished
| their share Of the throng which walled up and
| down Main street until 1890 o'clock. About
1000 men went to Hampton Park early to got
| oh Sa 80 a. 49,, la -
| the top rows. The stands were oil newly
made and formed perfect amphitheatro
| about the field Of play. The stand on the west
| side OF the field was reserved for Yale and that
| on the east for Harvard. The penalty Of going
| on the wrong side was to stand large amount
| Of guying.
At 1890 o'clock the bulk Of the crowd was
standing in solid line from the Glendomer
Hotel to the grounds Everybody seemed TO
| plan to get on the grounds bv o'clock. but no
one hurried. 80 there was no confusion. and
persons found seats as easily as they do at
circus.
Entrances was effected through gates at the
southeast corner Of the field. Here the stream
OF humanity was divided. some turning to the
left to 60 to the Yale side Of the field and others
going up straight on the Harvard side.
bunch OF high-spirited college boys sat
near the entrance and had great sport calling
the attention Of persons wearing blue ribbons
or carrying blue flags to the fact that
that portion Of tho seating space was only for
Harvard's supporters. Whenever they saw .
blue badge they yelled out in chorus: Say.
you're on the wrong side. Seer" On the way
to the ground. lot OF Yale men were sing.
ing. "Whoopity. whoopity. hob. Yale is ON the
top! Whoopity. whoopity. whoop. Harvard's
in the SOUP"
This song was taken up generally by Yale
men. but dropped on the field. The frog
chorus Of Aristophocles was sung with throat
splitting force % both sides OF the grounds.
but the regular college yells predominated.
AS every college athlete of renown was dis
covered the signal was announced for sdmis,
ing and appreciative cheers Ha. Hs" Corbtns
Yale's old centre rush. received a fine welcome
by the enthusiastic men on the Yale side.
So did Charley Gill. George Adee. waltse
Camp. and others Harvard cheered ]. p.
Lee. tho lucky half back. who scored the first
touch down against Yale last year: Capt Per.
kins Of last years winning Varsity crews
Kelton. q crew man. and Arthur Cumnock. the
captain OF last years football eleven. The
Harvard professors also came in for cheers -
they took their places to see the game.
Princeton cheered Yale and Yale sent back
cordial shout to Princeton. The yelling was
very spasmodio up to ! AS o'clock. Yale seemed
colleges. for she made the most noise. and
seemed to run things generally Harvard was
hopeful but not over-confldent. She has run
up against old Yale too many times to have
her head turned by her victory Of IL to 9 last
year.
In the betting Harvard went up peg this
morning. Last night the odds were to 4 on
YAH. and this morning they we're to s. What
induced Yale men to allow odds Of z to Just
before the game is mystery. but Yale money
seemed to go begging at to s. Old Yale
players were confident OF victory. and this may
have Influenced betting some.
The weather was all that could be desired
all day by every one except the players. The
thermometer registered about 80 degrees.
which was too warm for the athletes. but just
right for spectators. 1t was cloudy all
tho morning. The sun burst out from
behind u bank OF gray at o'clock. just as
Gov. Russell OF Massachusetts,. wearing high
hat above his younC-looking face. sat down in
the midst Of Harvard contingent and big
noise was made in his honor.
Thousands OF ladies were scattered over all
the stands. They wore hats suggesting their
hopes and carried flags to tell OF their feelings.
One man created an uproar by walking past
~ osy %ssssis by sssT essSy sss =
Kept 1890 s s
when eompstely surrqanded ,tks fIsid:
and nd proved r an excellent thing: TSe scene Be-:
came comparatively quiet At l;So O'clock a1d
n te o. blue e r nfs S1d
blanket. broke a spell Of inactivity;
There was no wind. and. as the minutes
everywhere became most Impressive. Il
was the, calm before the tremendous
sight oil, q Harvard sweater, covering Har-
ward ath Iete. who was coming out from tho
the captain Of the Harvard eleven. and behind
him were all the Harvard players, They trotted
over twenty Of them We're r out on the feId roll
ing over three irresponsible footballsL Harvard
simply went mad with, Joy. She had much
was OF the most animated crimson hue seen
in many q day. It Is d ubtlnl u there was