The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-27
YALE BEATS PRINCETON.
THE SCORE 10 TOO AFTER A HARD
FOUGHT GAME.

An Enormous Crowd Out to See the
Contest and $4,000 Taken in at the
Gate-Not Point Scored by Either
Side for Forty-five Minutes.
MANHATTAN FIELD, N. Y, Nov. Co.
The blue floats over the metropolis and the
orange and black is trailing low. Yale beat
Princeton in the athletic event of the year
for the foot ball championship by 10 to O.
Thirty-seven thousand people, who paid
about $50, 900 admission, witnessed the con-
test, and every one got his moneys worth.
1t was magnificent game. and Yale's in
vincible team bad to do the hardest
playing of which it was capable. In
the first forty-five minutes play
neither side could score, and when the first
half ended with blanks for each side Prince
tons supporters cheered wildly. but it was
short-lived, for in the second half Yale
went in desperately and won by sheer
weight and force, her older men standing
the racket better than Princeton's greener
hands.
A LIVELY SCENE.
The scene was such as can be witnessed
only at a hotly fought contest. Blue and
orange and black flags fioated everywhere.
and men and women wore the college
colors, while some had almost entire cos
tunes of hue resembling the university
colors. A number of tally-hos loaded
with horn tooters drove into the grounds
and with 1t all it was the liveliest and most
animated spectacle of the year, while
the blare and noise which greeted every
good play was enough to rattle windows
blocks away. College cries and songs were
omnipresent and irrepressible. The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan, Trinity.
and few OF Harvard men cheered for Yale,
while Rutgers, Swarthmore and several
Pennsylvania colleges answered them on the
side of Old Nassau. The grounds were wet
aud soggy and rain fell occasionally, but
the crowd never bulged. Brooks Of Har
ward was referee, and Coffin OF Wesleyan
umpire.
OPENING OF THE CONTEST.
Play opened with Princeton having the
ball, and for forty-fve minutes the ball
was up and down the field. through in
Princeton's territory more frequently. Nc.
Chung, Yale's captain aud one of her backs,
made some fine daring rushes but hard
tackles by Princeton men, especially Vim
cent, new man, who played magnifi-
Gently, cut short some of these.
Bliss and Mccormick also made good runs.
but between those runs would come failures
on which Princeton would gain the ball.
Flint and Poe did the running for Prince
ton, but old Nassaus reliance in hard straits
was full back Homans He knew his busi>
ness, and each time made fine punts that
sent the ball twenty-five to fifty yards down
the field, from which Yale
would have to work It back.
Big Heffelfnger tried rushing for Yale.
but Riggs held him In. Mccormick punted
for Yale but was not Homaus' equal, and
moreover fumbled several times aud got no
opportunity to kick on other occasions In
this way the first half went goose egg to
each side.
PRINCETON ovER-CoNFIDENT.
Princeton was over-confdent when the
second half began and Yale desperate.
Yale formed with big Heffellnger in front
and with mighty rushes pierced Princeton's
center steadily, and with onslaughts on the
rush line made touch down, securing four,
the goal being missed. After the ball again
got in play at Prlnceton's 25-yard line Nc
Clung made a run past Princeton's
right end to the 3-yard line and
quickly another touch down was forced
Homans was again punting, but the wet
field and ball prevented his doing good
work. One of the surprises of the game
came next, when the ball was snapped back
to Mccormick by Yale, and he from the
3O-yard line added 5 to the score. making it
l3, by kicking goal from the field. Prince
ton made fine rally, but the ball finally
went 10 the Yales.
THE STAR PLAY OF THE GAME,
1t was passed pack 20 Bliss and he made
the star play Of the game. Hetfelhnger ran
by his side and by fine interference and his
tremendous strength kept off Flint. Poe,
homans and King from the running half
back, who went seventy yards and scored a
touch down, from which McClung kicked a
goal, the game ending 10 tc 0.