Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-26
THE FOOTBALL CAME:

Much Enthusiasm in New York over the Yale-Princeton COntest-The Betting Even-The Tigers Full of Tricks.
 NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-No meeting of. re- | cent years has aroused more general enthu- siasm than theYale-Princeton football game scheduled here for tomorrow. Every seat
 on the grand stand was disposed of before
 sundown and the late corners had to give up to the speculators, of whom there was little army around Madison square tonight. Ordinary tickets brought as high as $10 a pair. The hotels tonight presented an unusual appearance. Lines of orange and black and blue ribbons huttered over the desks and were distributed throughout the corridors. Street merchants did thriving
 business in ike-colored rosettes, bows, pins and oddly designed badges, while en- thusiastic freshmen, sophs, juniors and seniors crowded the lobbies, radiant in silk hats from which streamed their col lege colors. Others wore kerchiefs of their favorite hues, and some sported knobby little canes, the heads of which were en- oircled with colored braided cords and tas- sells.
 The Fifth avenue hotel, where the varsity boys of New Haven made their headquarters, was filled with an eager throng, all anxious to catch glimpse of the famous Yale eleven. Captain Me Clung, however, insisted that his men should rest and denied them to all corners Almost everybody about the hotel "sported the blue," and whenever Jersey boy sp- peAred the blues whooped things up in great shape.
 The Princeton eleven were quartered at the Murray Hill hotel. They arrived about o'clock in charge of Trainer McMssters, who insists on his men taking all the rest they could get. Early in the evening every thing was Yale, but after the Princeton young men arrived and were "sized up" Yale stock went down. At 6 o'clock the odds were in favor of the New Haven boys, but before 10 o'clock the betting was eveu The Princeton team, it is said, will be found to be as full of tricks as shad is of bones. That the game will be hotly con- tested is certain.
 The Princeton men undoubtedly are great deal stronger than was generally be- lieved. It is believed over 10000 people will witness the game.
 TRICKS PRACTIcED BY THE TIGERS.
 PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 25.-The foot ball eleven took light exercise to-day, practicing tricks for to-morrow's game and running. The Princeton team left for New York at o'clock. The members of the team are confident they will give Yale all she wants to do, and expect to win if they succeed in keeping Yale from scoring during the first quarter hour. They say their team has immense endurance, plays great defensive game and has the best fullback ip the country in Romans If he has fair chance at Yale's goal anywhere within forty yards of it, it is more than likely that the pigskin will drop between the posts. The great trouble with the Princeton players is that they are all green men and naturally fear players with regulations like the Yale men. If the Yale men succeed in planting the ball behind the line during the first few minutes it is feared that the Princeton men will become discouraged. In line Princeton has a slight advantage in weight, while behind the line Yale is decidedly ahead. Princeton has score of 391 points to her opponents o this season, while Yale has scored 467 points to her opponents o. Princeton's largest score for the season is 79, five points greater than Yale's best score. A large crowd of students left here to-day for New York.