The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-24
YALE And PRINCETON
The Great Annual Thanksgiving
Football Game.
ODDS ABE IN FAVOR OF YALE.
Fifty Thousand People VIII Crowd and Crush
Themselves to Witness the Game
Gay with College ColorA
ODDS ABE IN FAVOR OF YALE.

New YoRK, Nov. 23-Fifty thousand
people will crowd and crush themselves
into Manhattan field tomorrow to witness
the great annual THANKSGIVING game be-
tween the Yale and Princeton football
teams. Never in the history of the game
IN this country has there Ueen such de-
mard for tickets. Every seat on the grand
stand was sold week ago, and an extra
squad Of police will, as usual, be necessary
to keep the great cheering crowd in check.
All the eastern colleges have representa-
tiyes in tbs city today, ana their colors
make all the public places as radiant as a
rainbow. The odds are altogether in favor
Of Yale, and the betting is conferred on the
proposition: Will Princeton score or nett
Since its defeat by Pennsylvania there has
been little hope that the yellow would
secure even a single goal against the blue,
and Yale's wonderful list of victories las
simply strengthened this field.
The captains of the opposing teams are:
Vance Mccormick for I ale and Pail King
for Princeton. Mccormick received mis-
early football education at AndOVer, where
he hlled the position of quarter back and
entered Yale in 1891. Ae captained his
Freshman team, and attracted so much
attention by mis- good work at half that in
1872 he became strong candidate for the
varsity. II is needless to say lie made IL,
for ali college men well remember his play
ing last year III the Harvard game at Spring
field and the one with Princeton in New
York on Thanksgiving Day. he was play
ing in, to him, an unusual place. at full
back, but his line Ducking was one Of the
features of both games.
Ia ia mi oh ho IL
weighing 100, and not over ) feet o inches
in height, and when he hit the opening
rush line he generally made an impression.
1t was said that ne could not kick a goal,
and Y ale has tndustriously spread the re-
port that she mad full back who could not
drop goal from the field even if ne was
right under it, but il is worthy OF note that
the one time Yale was in position to try
for the i've points, the ball went back 10
Mccormick for 3 try at goal, and he made
It, Last winter he was elected TO succeed
McCluDg, who had been graduated, and
this autumn, when play began, found him
at quarter instead of full back. The games
he has played so far have shown the wis
dom of this move. Behind the snap back
he is able to talk TO his men and keep them
up 10 their work as ne could not do from
his old position.
Phil King is a natural born athlete, and
is making Que of the best captains Prince
ton has ever mad. Particularly this year
he is the right man in the right place, for
the Princeton football candidates have
needed the past two years q captain with
sharp stick constantly in motion. King
made his first appearance in Princeton
football in 1889, when ne played quarter
back on his class team. In 1890 he sue
ceeded in making the varsity, and all who
saw that slaughter of the innOcents at
Eastern park will remember the great
work he did at half back. He proved that
day that his bones were made Of q stronger
substance than those of the average foot
ball player, and that he had plenty Of sand.
His line bucking was 3 great exhibition
and sorry one, since his line could make
no hole for him, and it was something OF
the nature of butting ones head against
stone wall
Last year Princeton lost e great half
back by putting him at quarter; neverthe-
less his work in that position was very
fine, especially mis- continued stirring up Of
the men, his interference and his tsckhng.
This year be has come back to the old Pc
sition at half, and in the games he has
played showed all the old-time brilliancy Of
ground gaining He is fast and hard man
to tackle, as well as being a hard tackler.
The game today it is believed will be q
close and exciting one.