Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-06

eleven. and the most insignificant games
Of early October are commented upon
with as much interest rs the closing
games of tho football season. Or the
great trio-Yale, Princeton, and Har-
vard-the latter seems to hold the adyan-
tage over her ancient rivals :. IN fact, q
comparison of the scores made by Yale and
Harvard against the minor colleges seem
, to predict an overwhelming victory for the
crimson, and many wagers have already
been laid that Yale will have 10 be con-
tented with third place in the intercolie-
giate struggle. Such result Is perhaps
desirable, as il would be likely TO bring
| about a meeting between Harvard and
Princeton. and such game would be very
popular, as the two colleges have not met
on the football field since 80, when the
1 crimson was crushed on her own grounds
| by the score or to Is. To those VINO
have never witnessed IL, 1t is hard 10
! imagine what an immense amount OF ex-
] citement and enthusiasm Princeton ] ale
game arouses in New York. For DAYS be-
| fore the game the city IS in teverish
! anxiety as 10 the outcome. and Thanks
giying-Day finds a struggling, painting
crowd literally fighting their way TO the
grounds.
THOUSANDS WEAR TIE coLons.
| The field itself presents a gala appear
ance. OF tho $4,000 or 10000 spectators u
would bo hard TO find one who has not
some bow. flag. or ribbon by which he sig
nifies his allegiance to his fayorlte college,,
and the whole ampbitheatre seems 10 be
mass OF orange and black or blue. Huge,
| numbering tallyhos. decked out IN Their
| favorite cOIors, surround the inner circle
| of the field and the benches OF the grand
| stands and bleachers are covered with
| pretty girls gayIy dressed in college colors.
| Long Before the game dogs. their tails
| decked out with streamers OF blue or
| orange ribbon, chase each other across
| the field, and 1t seems that they, too, snare
| the popular excitement of the hour.
| The barking and cheering OF the rival
\ colleges increases every moment IN
| nose and volume, and when at last the
| teams trot out into the field pandemonium
| reigns supreme. The practice over, the
| shouting stops momentarily and the teams
| lineup amid death-like silence, but as the
| V crouches and springs forward on the
run only TO be broken by the opposing
line the shouting is enough to Kill the
birds in the air.
So thegame goes on. The sun goes down
and out IN the dusk the two lines are CRAP
ping in the death-struggle. The field grows
darker and darker and as the game comes
| 70 an end the yIctors are carried around on
the shoulders of their college-men, while
the vanquished walk off in silence and
alone. The news of the victory and defeat
is flashed over the wires and the result II
announced from Portland 10 the Golden
Gate. Such is college football OF to-day
PAST RECORDS.
College football began IN the later six.
ties. Ia 80 Rutgers and Princeton played
two games, Rutgers taking the hrst and
| Princeton the second In '73 Princeton
I IL .11k AnY. hn first
result was victory for the New Jersey
college. In rs Harvard defeated Yale, but
| the following year Yale turned the tables
by beating both Harvard and, Princeton.
In III the result was tie, but in rs Prince
ton and Yale defeated Harvard. and
Princeton won the deciding game
| Princeton retained the championship
in 10 and 80. but in 'Sl the Prince
ton-Yale and Princeton Harvard game:
resulted in ties. while the Iae-Haryard
game. resulting IN Yale's favor, made hei
the virtual champion, and 1882 and 1885,
we're Yale wears; 1884 resulted in tie be
tween Princeton and Yale, although
Princeton should have won the game by
the score of nine TO six. In 1885 Harvard
was not a member of the association, and
IN the Yale-Princeton game at New Haven
the contest looked to be surely
Yale's up TO the last few minutes
Wneu 1Hlle DhutE, IEluCttOu obhl
halt back, lodged by the Yale rushers and
carrying the ball the whole length OF the
field, placed it behind the Yale goal and
the game was called with the score 6 10
in Princeton's favor; 1886 saw another
Princeton Yale tie. but in 1887 Princeton
dropped back into third position, Yale
beating Harvard for the championship
1883 was another Yale year, Princeton
taking second place. and the year 1885
proved to be the most exciting one
in the annals Of the game. Har
ward was beaten by Princeton and Yale
withdrew from the league and Princeton;
victory over Yale on Ihanksgiving-Da Day
will go down to posteritv as the greatest
game on record. The following year Har.
ward defeated Yale, but in 1891 Yale beat
both Harvard and Princeton. This year
Yale seems weak. and, although early IN
the season, Princeton appears to be the
favorite The Tigers have been out OF
luck for two years; 1t is time they won
and 1t would be a popular victory.
| 4. B. NJ.
MANCHESTER. Va, November 5th.