St. Paul daily globe., 1891-11-26
KICKING COLLECIANS,
The Yale-Princeton Struggle
Today the Athletic Event
OF a Century.
Victorious Blue and Radiant
Orange and Black Will
Battle Hard.
Both Teams in Fine Fettle,
and No Odds Given by
Either Side.
Pennsylvania Defeats Wes.
leyan, and Lehigh Also a
Victor.

New YORK. Nov. 25-TEatthc forth
coming Yale-Prnceton football game
scheduled ior tomorrow viii prove one
of the most Important intercollegiate
athletic events Of the century there is
no question. No meeting OF recent
years. professional or otherwise, has
aroused mere general enthusiasm.
Every seat oh tie grand stand
was disposed of before sundOWn yeSter-
day. and late comeIS had to give up"
to the spectators, of whom there was
4 little army around Madison square
last night. ordinary seats brought as
high as so 4 pair The hotels to-
night presented an unusual appear
ance. Lines Of orange and black
and blue ribbons gaily battered
over the desks and were distributed
throughout the corridors. Street meT-
chants did thriving business in tri-
cOlored roses. bows and pins and oddly
designed badges, while rnthusastics-
freshmen, s0phs. juniors, and seniors.
too for that matter crow ded the lob
bies
Radiant in SILK Hats
from which streamed their college
cOl0rs. Cthers wore hamdkcTchiefs OF
hue that left 10 doubt Of their sym
pathieS. and some spOrtCd hobby little
caps. threads of which were encircled
by CO!OrCd braided cords and taSSplS.
The Fifth Avenue hotel, where the
varsity boys Of New Haven made
their headquarters. was crowded by an
eager, eXpectant thrOng, all anxious 10
catch Il glimpse of the famous eleven
that tomorrow Will work to add one
more to seven championship games
q f.. lai p(
however. did not give them much Op-
pOrtunity. lie insisted that his men
should rest and denied them last night
10 all cOmeTS.
Almost everybody about The hotel
''SpOrted the blue" Occasionally "a
wasp" as he Jersey boys are some
times called. had The temertY TO
put in an appearance. and
when he did the boys would whoop
things up in a great shape for him.
At the Hoffman house the TWO teams
and their friends were about equally Ill
vided. and the orange and black and
the blue mingled narmGni0uSly. Al
the Brunswick ana Victoria the blues
seemed 10 Ce in the majority.
The Princeton Eleven
were quartcred at the Murray Hill ho-
tel. They arrived about s o'clock. in
charge of Trainer McMas.ers. who. like
Capt. McClUng. insisted on his men TAX
ing all The rest they could get. Early
in the evening everything was Yale,
but after The Princeton boys were
sized up Yale Cock went
down. Al 6 O'Clock the odds
were in favor of the New
Haven boys. but before 10 O'Clock the
betting-if there were any bets made
was even. The admirers of the Prince
ton players are very confident that the
team VIII put up 4 great game, and that
If they can withstand 4ale'S first
mighty rush they whI win vic
tory through their great skill in
playing defensive game, their
splendid endurance. and the ack-
nOwledged ability of HOmans TO drop
the pig-Skin between Yale's goal posts.
The players have steadily developed
from the very firsi. SO that now ali the
new men are playing good football, and
the Old men-Warreu. Riggs. King and
HOmanS-are doing all that could
be asked of them. Poe. one
of the half-backs, has special
skill in running arOnnd and dCdging
through Il broken field. Flint, The other,
is plungtr: he goes right at the line
with head down and usually carries the
ball three TO FIVE yards in his rush.
Agile and Active,
Nincert. tie left ead. is ds agile and
active &s ear. is a clean tackle. and
has what might be called a gift for the
game Harold and Holly. the tackles.
both new men, are heavy. powerful
men. and may be expected to do some
firSt-casS work in breaking ihc line and
tackling and carrying the Dali. Wheeler
the new guard, is big. powerful man.
capable of playing Il fine game, but he
has been rather lazy Till tine past few
weeks and mag not play the game he
should. SYmmeS. the center, has de-
veloped Wonderfully within the month
and it is confidently expected that he
will OutclasS Sanford.
The four remaining players. Warren.
Riggs. King and Homans, are all Old
men whose style of playing is familiar
10 all Interested in football. With this
team Princeton expects 10 show the
public WE.t training can do for mex
nerienced men and to surprise Yale.
The great trouble with the Princeton
players is that they are all green men.
and they have an innate fear of players
with regulations like the Yale men. so
that If their rivals succeeded in plant
ing the ball Gehind The line during the
first feW minutes. they will become dis
cOuragcd and Will not play the game as
they can.
Jersey Boys Confident.
There srcms TO be tonight a feeling
OF quiet confidence among tie boys from
JerSes. which quiet demranor was re-
garded by he Yale men with some dis
quietudc. The Princeton men un-
dOubtelly great deal stronger than
was eeueIaiiy believed aud late
tonight the New Haven team were
not the favorites in the betting
by long odds. 1t is believed that up
wards OF 4o.u00 people will visit tie
game. Beginning with the inler-col-
leglate association in 1871. Princeton
has held the championship seven Times
and Yale = like number III the Prince
ton-Yalc games Princeton has made
the largest score five times and
Yale xix times; in three of
the games no score was made
by either team. On account of IarYard's
great pretentiOns this year it may be OF
interest 10 recall the fact that since 1871
Princeton and Harvard have met on the
foot ball field eleven times. OF these
games Princeton won eight and Harvard
two. and one game was draw The
championship has always lain between
Princeton and Yale