Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-01

scientifically throughout and would Ger.
tainly have scored had il not been for the
poor play of Hall. On two occasions he
spoiled Princeton's chances Once by foul
interference and again through n fumbc,
when the tigers had the ball within ten
yards of Gale's goal. Had Hall done his
work well, Yale would not have had the
pleasure of sending Princeton home with u
goose egg.
THE IMMENSE CROWD.
The only thing to spoil to-day's sport
was the wind. 1t was a little too strong
for football, but when the immense crowd
of 10000 people in Manhattan Field saw
Princeton win the toss, give the ball to
Yale and choose the favorable side of the
field, they were satisfied, and it made mat
tiers more even. Betting was 5 to | III favor
of Yale before the teams appeared, but
after the toss the odds fell To 3 to and,
strange to say. there were but few Prince.
ton takers at that.
As early as o'clock this morning the
trains of the Sixth and Ninth Avenue |.
roads were filled with people bound for
the game. The gates we're not opened
until II o'clock, but for an hour before the
streets in the vicinity of the grounds were
filled with bowling mob of college boys.
The dark blue of Yale, the light blue of
Columbia, the crimson of Harvard. the
orange and black of Princeton and the
camelian and white OF Cornell all were
there, and those who welded the flags
loudly demanded admittance.
RUSH FOR SEATS.
When the gates were opened what rush
there was! AT the admission gate il looked
Iike a Donnybrook fair. Hats, canes,
coats and flags, to say nothing of buttons
and chrysanthemums, were broken and
torn, but the boys did not mind 1t at all.
They were used to it. All they wanted
was to get in, and they got in, but not
until they had been subjected to the by no
means gentle caress of dozen blue coats,
who handled the mob with consumnate
skill. In squads of tens and twenties the
crowd emntied itself into the grounds, and
made straightway for the best positions
along the fences about the PLAYING field
Inside of half an hour the front places
were tilledand an hour later the boys stood
four deep, keeping themselves warm by
frequent nips at suspicious-looking bottles
and by the stamping of feet, keeping time
with footing horns and shouting them
selves hoarse over the arrival of each
tally-ho. ..
ALMOST A PANIC.
There was nearly panic in the grand
stand before the game began. Somebody
dropped a lighted match which fired some
paper. There was a lively blaze, which
caused Gsome excitement. 1t was quickly
eXtinguished by water procured from a
neighboring restaurant.
YALE's FIRST GOAL.
The players arrived on the grounds
shortly before O'Clock, and before the
spectators had finished greeting them the
ball was put in play. Men were talking to
each other, commenting upon the appear.
ance of the men, ladies were still persuing
the conversation begun half IN huur be-
fore when suddenly shout from the
thousands on and around the fields was
heard. Something had happened. But
what? Only one minute and tifty-seven
seconds had elapsed and surely nothing
startling could have taken place. But it
had. Yale had scored touchdown and
Butterworth was preparing to kick goal
II was an event that astounded the crowd
but when il had learned what had hup.
pened-that Yale by II clever trick had
started Off in the face of the wind, with Il
score-its applause was dcufcning.
Two trials had been made and the ball
advanced IL yards into Princeton terri
tory. Mccormick motioned to Laurie
Bliss and in another instant Yale's captain
had snapped the ball to Laurie, and that
man, with the ball safe in his arms, started
at breakneck speed for the goal. He ran
around the right end and before the Prince.
toms players could recover from their sur
prise Bliss was burying the ball and But.
vi WYNN "ho ENttiiB W hlGhs 1lttll-
way had guarded the end we'll, and Pop
Bliss, Butterworth and Hinkey had assisted
to good effect. ButterwOrth kicked the
goal, and while six points were being
posted to Gale's credit on the score board
the air was dariened with Yale blue. Dur
ing the rest Of this half Yale acted on the
defensive, but kept the ball well into
Princeton's territory. The half ended
with no further scoring. the ball being on
Princeton's jO-yard line Poe having just
caught clever punt of Buttrrworth's.
rRINcEToNs TOUCHDOWN.
During the 10 minutes rest between the
halves Heillehnger, Rhodes, Harvey Cor
Din, Beechcr, McClung and Gill, famous
for their work for Yale III the font bail
field took occasion to tell all their friends
that Yale was going to put up a big sur
prise in the second half What the sur
prise was nobody ever knew, us Princeton
was on her mettlc and forced the play
from the start After 10 minutes pInv
Yale got the ball into Princeton's territory
and 10 minutes later Stillman scored Il
touchdown for the blue, not through any
brilliant play, but simply because lie hap.
pened to be within 10 yards OF goal in time
to follow M a punted bail. Stillman Was
wildly cheered by the Yale men, however,
for his good Judgment. Buttcrworth kicked
the goal and Yale had II points TO her
credit, while a dismal cipher marked the
( efforts of Princeton.
FINAL EFFORTS TO SCORE.
After the touchdown Princeton took the
ball from centre and Kept it in Yale's
ground for nearly thirty minutes. Three
times they had the ball within 10 yards of
y goal, but on each occasion they failed to
score. On the last trial Yale got the bali
and it was rapidly pushed to the centre
and into Princeton's territory. Then mat.
ters grew hot. 1t looked rs though Yale
might score again at any time. -Four
times did Pop" Bliss run, but thrice he
gained naught and once but three yards
Butterworth forced the bail. but to no
Effect. Princeton's interference was slipurh
and the ball, when the time was called
\ remained on Princeton's 15-yard line
The teams were as follows:
lAE PRINCETON.
Nv Name Position Weight Height Age
nhhuolpH' 's's LEY ellu ,..',.......lhl blU "
Lea. Left tackle. .........l72 soy Is