The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-25
TIE BLUE WINS.
The Yellow Colors of Princeton
Go Down.
BULL DOGS AND TIGERS BATTLE.
The Great Football Game Between Yale and
Princeton Won by the Former with
Score OF II 20 0.

New YoRK, Nov. PA battle of bull
dogs and tigers. quick flashes Of Prince
toms yellow. fierce gleames Of Yales blue,
grip of sharp tackling claws, CLINT of set
teeth, and over all the horse laundering of
an army OF msniacs. This was the scene
at the great annual football game, the con-
testanus being Yale's eleven against that
Of Princeton. After a fierce battle Yale
won by score Of u to 0. The largest and
most enthusiastic crowd ever seen on q
ball field was In attendance.
The weather was perfect, clear and cold
Students IRON hundred colleges took pos
session of the city and went up aud down
the streets Haunting college colors, blow
ing fish horns, shouting college yeils, guy
ing rivals. Though the game was not set
down TO begin till 2 p. M, coaches gaily
decorated with college colors, filed with
hilarious students and young ladies accom-
pauying them, began TO appear on Broad
way and Fifth avenue headed toward the
grounds. BY IL 80 the lower part of the
city was deserted and the upper part
thronged by gay crowds rushing towards
the goal of the day.
The teams managed to enter the grounds
ana get TO their dressing rooms without
being seen, and so much bottled up enthu-
AT ? .. 70. the teams came on the field
hid after preliminary practice tossed for
position. Princeton won and took the
west goal, with the wind strongly in her
layor. Yale had the ball The teams then
lined up and the fun commenced. at 2:05
Ysle went to work without delay and
inside of four minutes secured a touch
down from which the goal was kicked
Yale followed wild with excitement, score
Yale 6, Princeton nothing. Princeton
Ieemed pRralyzed by Ysle's sharp play.
Fow il is Princeton's ozll and by wedge
lnd punt puts IL TO Yale's fifteen yard line
Yale rallies, and despite desperate defen-
sive tactics by Princeton, regsins twenty
yards, then loses the bsll and it is landed
on Yale's twenty-five yard line. Yale is
Dc the defensive. but Princeton plays a
5ucking game and puts the ball on
Yale's fifteen yard line again.
Two attempts by Princeton at
goal from the field fail and its Yale's ball
on her twenty yard line. Yaie makes g
hard fight and the bali is again in the
center. Princeton rallies and WORKS the
bah TO Yale's thirty yard line. Yale makes
4 hard fight ana the ball is again in tn g
center. Princeton's rush line wes broken
Ind the ball as again in PriDcetCn's terri
sorry. Up 10 the fifteen yard line it goes
then the tide WIS stemmed and 1t goes
back to the center in Yale's hands, but is
forced up to the Princeton twenty yard
line.
Princeton forces the ball back to center,
but Yale gets il aud after worrying back
ana forth, succeeded ia reaching Prince
TOMS forty yard line. Two or three
men have been hurt but con-
hHpe 10 play. Princeton tries four
and carries the sphere into Yale's
ierritory, finally reaching the forty-yard
line, but cannot hold the advantage. Now
t)rir4rnfnpfe hall 80 no lima
Princeton finally reaches Ys.e's ten-yard
line, but Yale rallies aud forces its oppo-
neats back to Princetouis thirty-ysrd line
when time was called for the first half
without further score than Yale's touch
a0wn and goal, Princeton's tine play was
the cause of general surprise, especially
strong in lacking and blocking, Yale W as
much Of the time on the defensive aud
Sale's fumbling was very noticeable which
was attributed 10 cold.
The second half opened with Princeton's
ball and il was soon forced TO Yale's thirty
yard line, but Yale rallied and soon had the
bali in Princeton territory. Baurio Bliss
Of Yale MADE a fine run of twenty-five
yards, but was saVagely tackled and went
down with badly sprsined knee, but con-
Enues TO play. Now Ysle's bali was Oh
Princeton's twenty live yard line, Prince
ton gets II back TO the thirty five yard line
and Il worked back to the centre and
hpsiiy into Hale's territory, but does not
stay there.
Yale forced it back gradually, when
Bliss caught the ball ana gained fifteen
yards. l5utterworth carried it fifteen
mere, while Wallis, Yale right tackle, car
riad it five yards further. Princeton took
the ball on The forty yard line and forced 1t
10 the Yale fifty yard line. Here they
tussied FOX some time, until Romans
made disastrous kick and the
ball struck StillmAn and bounded
across the white line Of PIincetou's goal.
Princeton's quarter back missed il and
Stillman made touch down ard glory
enough for the rest OF his life. Butter
worth kicked and the goal was made Just
twenty-five minutes after the h..lf was
called. Score-Yaie u, Princeton o Dur
Ing the remaining half nothing was scored.
although Princeton fought Lac tigers.
They forced the ball in Yaie's territory
End ma1e her act violently or the de-
fcnsive. Trenchsrd, the Princeton's right
q as slightly hurt, bat did not give up.
The taoies were turned and Princeton
was compelled to connne their efforts 10
keeping Yale from scoring again and sue
ceeded. When time was called the ball
mas left at Princeton's tee yard linz Yale
had won. With a swift tidal wave OF
Ie,U00 people rolling In upon them, the
bruised and battered tigers massed them
selves in q yellow and black punch and
lifted up their voices in q hoarse yell for
Yale. Ten feet away, the victors, equally
bruised and bleeding, piped up in series
Of sharp aud shriu bsr1s for Princeton.