St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-24
READY FOR The FRAY.
Yale and Princeton Football
Teams Arrive Safely in
New York.
Blue and Orange in Pleasant
Rivalry in All Public
Resorts.
Comparisons Of the Men Who
Will Play Each Posi-
tiOn.
II Yale Wins 1t Will Be by the
Hardest Kind Of
Work.

Hardest Kind Of
Work.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The pride of
Yale ani Princeton universities are to-
night tucked snugIy under the coverets
of the Fifth Avenue and Murray Hill
hotels respectively, and Father Knick-
erbocker is nursing carefully the bit of
! printed pasIeboard WhereWith to feast
his eyes upon the struggle of the NOR
row. Blue neckwear and orange chryS-
anthemums are in pleasant rivalry to-
night at all the places of public resort,
for each train from the wildS of Jersey
OF the Nutmeg state has dumped its
representatives of the blue and orange,
''chock" full of shout for their respect
i've champions. The ladies, too, are in
the swim, and corsage, neck and head
gear are decked with the cOlorS Of their
chosen college. They are all "rooters,"
and will form part of the 10000 or more
of their kind who will gather at Man
haitian field to witness the fray"
Everybody knows there is but one
fray on Thanksgiving day-that on the
football field between Yale and Prince
ton 'varSites. Yale and Princeton have
played sixteen games of football to-
gether, of which ale has won nine and
Princeton six. One match, that of 1877,
resulted in tie. The teams meet to-
morrow under conditions when have
no precedent in the history of
These Annual Matches
Hitherto, with two exceptions, each
team has been up to Thanksgiving day
an undefeated one. and these two eX
ceptions were bO,h occasioned by a Har-
ward victory.
This year Princeton has been defeated
by the University of Pennsylvania,
which, previous to the present season,
has never been seriously considered in
the struggle for the championship; and
Yale reaches THANKSGIVING day for the
second year i'll succession without a
point having been scored against her by
any Of her rivals. At their quarters in
this city the athletes are as closely
watched and as carefully cared for as so
many pieces of costly SevreS ware. And
in way these brobdignagianS of the
turf are as fine as Sevres. They Will
stand a great deal rOugher handling,
though, and they are almost warranted
not to break.
When Yales representatives climbed
| aboard the 3 o'clock train from New
! Haven this afternoon the usual demon
strations of enthusiasm accompanied
| their departure. Each of the individual
members OF the team, the captain. the
manager. the coacherS and the eleven
| as whole, ,swere included in the ap-
- 4 nh, al,
| given for "a clean record for the sea-
| son." a sentiment which was greeted
with laundering response. A similar
| demonstration was made by Princeton
| when the 40 train rolled out Of the
| depot. and the Tigers could ask for no
| better Send-Of.
A Comparison
of the two teams may be made as fol
lows: Yale has had to show her full
strength to her rival in the game with
| Haryard-Of that there is no doubt,
whatever statements may be made to the
| contrary. Princeton must aSSuredly
| have gained some advantage from see
| ing her opponents play III closely con-
| tested game, but this advantage is more
than Offset by The experience which the
Yale men acquired at Springfield. This
| experience was particularly valuable to
| Yale in that she had several green men
OH her team and the lesson they learned
from the Harvard game makes them
! almost veterans for thursdays contest.
Between the value of watching such
game as that at Springfield and playing
in it there can be no comparison: and If
Princeton rests her hope in the knowl-
edge of Yale's play acquired in watch
ing the Harvard game, her chances for
! victory are indeed slim,
AS team the \ ale men are in as good
a condition as can be desired. The only
| weak spot in the entire eleven is Laurie
Bliss weak knee, and this is improving
wonderfully since the Harvard game.
| He is likely to be able to play the whole
game unless the unexpected occurs.
At the beginning of the season
Princeton was playing well. 1t is true
that she was to great extent playing a
"one-man" game, with King for the
man, but there was
ASnap About the Work
! that augured well for the development
| of an eleven worthy of Princeton's
| former football reputation. As the
| season wore on Prlnceton's team i'm
proved, the interference was good, the
defense exceedingly strong. and the
center work equal to anything seen
/ y.
Then the men began to overestimate
for perfection. Accidents added to the
harm already done by oyerconidence.
until crippled team found itself facing
! an opponent whose power it underesti-
mated, and disaster followed. Princeton
has only played one game since its de-
feat at Mannheim, and that against
Orange, and the score against that team
(23 TO o. undoubtedly convinced the
| PrincetonianS that thorough reform
was urgently needed. Since that time
Princeton has done more playing and
less talking. The management wisely
Cancelled the game with Cornell and de-
voted itself to nursing the Injured play
ers and giving the able-bOdied ones the
best of coaching and practice. The re-
suit of this reformation will be doubt
less visible tomorrow.
Princeton, as has been said, had early
in the season good material for first
! class eleven. This material has been
we'll handled by Harris, Poe, Motfatt,
Biggs, Donnelly and other c0achers for
the last three weeks; the injured men
have recovered, and all OVer-confidence
has vanished.
Yale will Play
the same men which represented her
at Springfield. Hinkey, Yale's star left
end, will find that he has real football
| PLAYER to deal with in Trenchard, whose
| work is not unlike that of his opponent.
This man is a sure tackle, who pays
strict attention to business and never
fuses with his adversary. OF the new
men on Princeton's team, Trenchard is
easily the best. He works hard. and is
in every play to the oest possible adj
vantage. ElnKey found his match in
! B.@-noWel, and Trenchard Is apt to give
him quite as much trouble.
1 Winter and Harrold nave faced each