The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-17
sAyAoE nUsHrns AND TAcxLEha
TIE Football Men OF Vale and Princeton as
They Appear Prepared for Combat.


Iithsrc Is any ono In this world who has not
heard OF Princeton and Yale and OF their loot
ball teams-this seems improbable. yet we
must remember that somo parts OF tho world
are still sunk in the shadows OF ignorance
what. think YOU would be his sensations ut
sight OF the large and terrifying pictures OF
these football teams with which the city Is so
generously plastored Just ut PRESENT. 1hero
are something like twoscore oil faces ana
forms in ench picture. and. ms We KNOW 'heS
are the representative young mon oil inc
neriod. OF cultured families. and themselves
in process OF an elaborate education.
Yet see now these young men In the picture.
Thoir own mothers would hardly know them.
md. indeed. no ono who saw thom IN citizens
clothes esrortins the loNeliness ~ the land
about their campuscs at commencement.
vnuld recocnige them. At such peaceful
tines they are frank intelligent. progresses
inr.lookinC young men. looking incapable OF
any more bloody feat than shooting deer in
tho Alirondacks. But here the last remnant
OF good nature and reacefuness has disap-
pcared. and savage expressions. Claring
srowls OF hate and rage. square settings OF
tho shoulders MS for the desperate onset of
the ,gladiat"rial combat. anrcar instead,
In their bearing Is all the pride. pomr. and
circum stance Of glorious" football. Now foot
that has been banishel from civilized warfare
since the hand-to-hnnd combat ceased. This
ia ths arrangement of the, clothing and tho
hs inspired with terror. Looking at these
pictures, one realizes IN. force Of this met rod.
rend cred nisshanen. by rough. padded gar.
meats. not smoothly drawn down. hut tumblsi
aud unused and stained .ith tho sol! Of many
outabovs these s;alSart frames. Hare is q
gloomy locking youth with concentrated
eh "s Rshca atsr Il. sear 81 Hee
mr. nl.I i. licro is a face that smiles a bit.
!. cat ria ring with mouse has more Of good
Itatnss IN IT,. Anoth err face shows that the
tech ars C,i'.ed and every muscle j. strained
against this Goliath?
And hen look at tho hair! Civilized man Is
lair and combs It down. YET tile hair 81 these
men Is notified and tossed as was never the
s. :. al' PH.!? ss r0 s tho ns
harbarie tossing II locks 10 inspire the foe
With With terror ant inciden;aily' to protect tho
Think what mus. have been the sensations
OF the peaceful rhnt9gIanher when these
ill.,. III. their faces, Tcro no %"ait gnoi:
was getting ready th"v grouped themselves.
laughing. Joking. suyinE one another When
everything was IL order the photographer
stood hv with, his little. rubber ''snne-a-r in
men, It will only take second. Look pleas
ant. but don't smile"
Don't smile. Good heavens! How his blood
must have irozen How his face must have
bIanched, Smiles vanished Even pleasant
looks Disappeared. All traces Of nineteen con
turtles OF Christianity and charity and loving
Kindness departed. 10 each face rose, look
Of dendliest hate and discrimination. Each eve
Rlared. each Jaw clinched. and the muscles
stood out under the jackets: II thsy had been
SO many hloodhounds anil the camera anil
photographer poor hunted slaves. the scene
could not have been more terrible.
Dear. dear. how dreadful these BOYS are. anil
what u great thing a photograph Is. Think
you. II spotted Tail. the fury OF the Sioux.
could have sent his picture in full war paint
and murdsrous smile into tho camp or his
enemies. would any ono Of them have dared to
como against him!