New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-28
FOOTBALL MEN GO AWAY
HOW THE ELEvENs SPENT THE DAY.
ECHOES OF THE GREAT MATCH ON THANKS
GIVING DAY.

GIVING DAY.
Tho college men who had come to the ei'y 10 seo
the great game of football on Thanksgiving LAY "e'o
s present in the streets and hotels In large numbers
Yesterday morning. Most Of them stli wore the,r
an. rihhons of bue or orange and black, and their
conversation dwen on the match and Its outcome
The man who lived in this neighbcrlng States went
home for the most part to spend DAY or TWO VIII"
their families before returning TO coi'egc'
The students on the two elevens enloyeu ha'"
earned nights rest at their hotels, the fae h'e,
saving at the Fifth Avenue and the Princeton players az
tho Murray Hin The teams broke training on
THURSDAY night and Yesterday they scattered In various
dirctIons some of the men going to Princeton or New
Haven. others remaining In this city and the rest
going 10 their homes to spend what was LETT Oh inc
Thanksgiving holidays.
rho management Of the vast throng which went to
the game is deserving unstined praise Az no o'her
great football contest in this neghborhood have the
arrangements been so perfect. The handling OF
crowd of 10000 people, foctng from every direetion
all eager 10 secure good seats all quick 10 push anu
elbow and joste requires the coolest Judgment ,ho
finest Skill the most caiefu preparations ana inc
executive ability and decision to put Into encct
promptly and unerringly the carefully conceived ar
rangements. 1t remarkable thing 10 see ths'
great army OF people guided through the gates, lnto
the inclosure to the stands and to their seats with
no confusion, no disorder and no unsecmiy has'e "
,rowtng IL was noted and commented upon by
veteran football lovers who had seen dozens and scores
of games that there was no display OF illfeeng OF
ugly temper and that one heard no complaint nor
grumbling Indeed, an apprecative and Srateiui
throng despite the many discomfOrts OF the unkind
weather. spoke often Of the very remarkable arrange
ments which had been promised but hardly expectou
by those who had many times In previous yoafs
been disappointed. All the credit for this dehenuu
condition Of affairs freely given by the Mammalian
Club officers to Captain Cornell, and The 1rouho
wishes to add its commentator to tho many
praises and thanks of The biggest crowd ever
seen at a football game in this country. surely
there can be no doubt now as to whcre
all future contests Of this Kind should be held
And now looking back at the game, after the hrst
hot flush OF enthusiasm has cooled, ana aio"ed umo
and thought for further consideration Of the gnme
ITSELF there interesting football quesuohs 70
be touched upon Yale and Princeton played entirely
different games. one offensive; the other was
defensive Yale fought at a charge, and Princeton
struggled 10 throw back the encmy's fierce PUSHES
Yale sacrificed temporary advantages TO Keep the Dali
In her possession. Princeton, In pure despeiauoh'
Kicked the ball again and again into foreign territory
land Homanss kicking magnificent, While faie
inexorably forced 1t back in short PUSHES, ana then
fought superbly 10 break down Prnceton's defence
Yales was a rushlne game, a rushing, driving, IT.
resstible aggression And there was where Princeton
went down OF what was 1t to punt the ball into
Yales territory when 1t to come back In the
midst of that cyclonic eleven from NewHaVeh'
defensive play never won football game When Yale
made a charge and was stopped she had not lost
ANYTHING But even II Princeton succeeded In beatins
her enemy back six times and failed the seventh she
had lost everything. Not for one moment In the
whole game had Princeton the slightest chance OF
winning 1t was only postponement OF the inevitable
The wonder OF the whole thing is that Yale did not
score in the first half Her failure TO rush the ball
across the line earlier In the game can be attrDuted
only to her imperfect execution of marveously fine
system The teamwork and the rushline were SO
perfect in their conception that repeated plumbers ana
slips could not destroy their value. IL one man
Numbered the rest Of the team were able to save him
from disaster Wherever the ball was there were Yale
men Wherever the Yale carried the ball he
was surrounded by the blue. Yale men opened the
way for him, Yale men lent him their strength III MS
fleet bursts of rushing and IL he lost the ball Yale
men saved it for him. That is why Yale won, ana
that Is why a weaker team than the one which wore
the blue could have won from stronger one than
came from Prnoston 1t skill and system against
Drawn. Princeton made a gallant hght. Her
men were plucky and courageous, but they
could not match Yale's system. The plan OF
campaign mapped out by wise heads in New.Haven
was an advance over all previous ideas In football
Yale this year was master Of the football art and won
on nothing but merit
1t is gratifying to all lovers Of this nob. game that
as it approaches nearly to scientific perfection
there is less roughness IN the play There has been so
much silly nonsence written anG talked about the
brutality Of the modern gam, that II Is wen 70 re
mind people who believe In ms t c% tn ns a%otber
thrOats fanced their fists as mere PHI; drivers 10
pound against mems faces Indeed me most sensve
not have given one gasp during the nv whole esg game 9;
There was no er rd T there no WAS mo- foU
play II was royalty good game of football, and
nothing and nothing less.