New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-27
YALE CHAMPION AGAIN.
PRINCETON MEN SHUT OUT.
A MAGNIFICENT GAME OF FOOTBALL ON MAN
HAITIAN FIELD.
FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE THE GAME-rm
RAIN THE ONLY DRAwBAcK-1NE KICKING
BIZ HOMANs-MCoRMIcKs FINE GOAL
FROM THE FIELD-THE MEN IN
BLUE SCORE 10 POINTS.

FROM THE HELD-THE MEN IN
BLUE SCORE 10 POINTS.
The tiger is ferocious beast, but when h
meets foe who combines the strength and en-
duranee of the grizzly bear, the feetness Of the
greyhound, and the wies and misdom - the
serpent, his valor counts for little. In the pres
ence of such @ crowd of spectators as has per-
haps never before been seen at an athletic con-
test on Manhattan Island and amid enthusiasm
that found expression in a roar like that OF
mighty battle, Yale beat Princeton at football
on Manhattan Field yesterday afternoon The
rushes of the men from New-Haven were simply
irresistible. Princeton again and again made up
lost ground by magnificent punts, but Yale WORKED
its way toward the opposite goal with vigor
and force that knew such word as fail. Dur
ing the first half, while Yale's superiority was
manifest, the Princeton men gave an admirable,
splendid account Of themselves but in the second
part of the contest it was merely question OF
how often the men in blue should score.
THE WEATHER DID ITS WORST.
Football, fortunately is a sport which Is played
rain shine. Still it is thousand pities that the
weather should have been so unfavorable, so ag-
gressively at odds with the hopes Of so many thou
sands people, as it was yesterday. Even thoughts
Of an insufficient water supply, compensated In
exceedingly small measure for the drenching which
SO many football enthusiasts received, and for
the damper which was put on the enjoyment OF
the sport Still, it was a game and sight thas
would repay any discomfort short Of actual suffer-
ing, and few were in state of mind TO say after
the contest that they were sorry they had gone.
The worst of the weather was that pleasant
day had been expeced Late on wednesday
night the stars shOne out bright promise for
fair weather on the day following The Weather
Bureau, which surely would not make its wish
the parent Of its prediction, sent out word that
continuation Of Wednesdays pleasing atmos-
pherie conditions was likely. Early yesterday
morning the sky was bit overcast. but the air
was so chilled and the breeze so raw that
it seemed impossible that rain should
fall in few hours. Trusting to these appear
ances, most people, indeed nearly all of those
who started for the scene of the conflict early.
went to Manhattan Field unprovided with shelter
against the rain. Those who came late took
warning from the Skies which had grown gloomy.
and brought umbrellas and macintoshes
A few drops of rain fell before o'clock. Still
the spectators hoped and trusted that passing
shower would be the extent of the rain. The
heavens did brighten little for time, and play
was begun under a comparatively fair sky. When
the stalwart lines had been formed, and the game
was really opened rain and everything else foreign
TO the match were forgotten. In the middle OF tho
first half, however, drops began to descend.
Hardly even passing notice was taken OF them
of first, but soon the downpour gathered strength
The rain increased In volume until it became
heavy shower, which lasted all the rest Of tho
game and was still pouring down when the
spectators gathered about their Thanksgiving
boards and congratulated themselves over the
vic.ory or bemoaned the defeat of their favorite
eleven.
GATHERING OF THE BIG CROWDS.
The Thanksgiving Day game Of football is to
New-York City what the great Derby at EPSON
Downs is to London. The people make field
day of it. 1t seemed that the last group Of col
lege men had hardly finished cheering in the
streets on Wednesday night ere the hustle Of
preparation for going to Manhattan Field began.
The gates were thrown open at 10 80 o'clock.
three hours and half before the time for
beginning play Madison Square Garden was
alive with college men bearing and wearing their
brilliant colors soon after 0 o'clock. Coaches,
tally-hoes and other vehicles, decorated in blue
or orange and black began to fill Broadway and
Fifth Avenue between Twenty-third and Twenty
fifth sts half an hour later.
The Yale team spent the night at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and the wearers of the blue made
the place and the sidewalk and street in front Of it
in front of the Hoffman House and in Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ffth SITS. The eleven from
Old Nassau stayed at the Murray Hill Hotel,
and it's corridors and lobbies were thronged with
men who displayed the orange and black
THEY BROUGHT THEIR LUNCHEoNs WITH THEM.
BY 10 o'clock the procession of coaches, dog
CARTS tally-hoes and other .conveyances begaa to
move up Fifth-ave. and through Central
Park. When the van of the line reached Man.
haitian Field, the unrcseryed seats already had
many occupants. About all the parties in vehi-
cIcs brought their luncheSns with them, and lit
tie parcels of sandwiches helped while away the
minutes of waiting on the stands AS each coach
rolled on the field it was loudly cheered by the
men who wore the colors which the occupants
displayed The Excelsior Club, of Brooklyn,
was represented by Henry c. Du Val
and other members, who came on coach gorgeous
in it's blue bunting. The New-YOrk Athletic
Club also sent a delegation of sympathizers with
Yale on O tally-ho. There were Princeton coaches
in plenty, too, with pretty girls wearing great
yellow crysanthemums, and waving orange ana
black flags
Harvard. Cornell, Columbia, Wesleyan and other
colleges also had students and graduates on the
stands who sympathized with one side or tns
other The Yale mascot, big bulldog, was theres
of course. lie wore his blue blanket and tugged
at his chain as he led his owner around the
field. Yale men cheered him heartily, while some
Of the Princeton men said "Pshaw, he's going
to be JONAH because they didn't take him across
the field between the goals
THE CRUSH ON THE ELEVATED ROADS.
The elevated road facilities Of New-York City
are by no means all that could be desired, even
in the ordinary morning and afternoon crush, ana
Yesterday they were overwhelmed by tide Of
people almost as Pharaohs hosts were by the
waters of the Red Sea. For four or hve hours
in the morning and early afternoon every up
town train on the Sixth and Ninth Avenue roads