New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
THE BLUE VICTORIOUS.
YALE DEFEATS PENNSYLVANIA TEAM.
A GREAT CROWD SEES THE GAME-rHE scoRE
To

syvana yesterday afternoon at Manhattan fl1d Dy
a score Of 2s TO o. 1t was their annual championship
game In the series Of the intercollegiate Football AS
ISOLATION and the Pennsylvania team had beaten
Trinceton's eleven Just week before In cio'e
game great interest was centred in tie result OF YES
terday's match. The Harvard football tam and n
number OF the Princeton team were interested spec
tators, and watched every movement OF the ihe
players with critical cagerness There We're 'co
large delegations OF students from Philadelphia am
New-lIaven, and few from Princeton ana O''"
bridge. These, with the thousands OF football en-
thusiasts Of New-York and Brooklyn both men an"
women made up one Of the lrSest crowds WI n
has been or viii he seen NJ a football match this sea
SON On the sldc-lines nearly If not All OF
Yales celebrated coaches. making mental notes OF IN
play, while exCapian Clmnock and captain irn ,o4u
ID the Harvard team and captain King OF the rro'
eleven also stood on the side-llnes ana SiAeu
up Yales play On a steamer chair al 'he o'he'
side Of the field with his injured ankle vel bhiio
aged up sat sanford the big guard u Tue Inv
team, who recently disabled
Yale the game, and the result "'' NJ
doubt after the first ten minutes OF pay o"' '"o
strength OF the Pennsylvania team sho"u Nv. w
upderestnated because they failed to score ana iaio
made - many points. Their players were ho' o'V
cla,,ed, as they have been 50 many years oy '"eV
bIuelegrcd opponents, and much credit Is due 70
/ a.. coach HaItwcu, m oI Yale player l)f 'hcii
cod sho,r;nc For their strong play In the second
Iov alone the Pcrnsy lvanan students nave goou rc'
.a 10 feel proud Of their eleven, Tor they ho' Only
ted Yale down six points, but also CAME WIN"
I've Yards Of scoring. Not since her defeat by ir-
,d nj Springfield in 1890, two years ag1, rave any
NJ her opponents scored single point against i"i1
,eam but her coaches and sympathizers heiu Iho.'
hreatb for a few moments at one point In YESTERDAY
game and with good reason, 100, ioF II the" S'
inevitable that Pennsylvania wcnid score "e"i"s'
their opponents and thus break the remarDie rVou,
fha nd of second
s an yale,s forty-yard line, when Pennsylvania De
ean a series of rushes through the centre WIFI ''e
aid OF a Wedge which they formea ny '"'s
all of their rushcrs and packs at Wv
centre and pushing down the feh inns movement
uroysd almost successful, partly because 'e Fe"nS'
vsDia players were heavier than their opponents "u
partly because Yelc dared not mass all her men al
Tho centre fearing that a runner might emerge from
behind the wedge and around one Oh 'heir ciN'
with the ball Each time, SIS the progress VI '.ie
wedge was stopped by the fallen opponents !. "ou'
open at the point, and Thayer, Win u'e O'h "'uV'
his arm fcl hesdOng over the heap ol P'os""V
novers md gained few yards before he was stopped
Hoa,.r and nearer TO Yalc's goal went the Pennsyl
yon,an force, and when they had reached laleS
s,gbtyord line and stlll kept the ball it seemed GER
tain that they would score. They tried the centre
again with no gain. \ second attempt was h'ue "u'
vnb n like result and pennsylvania was lining up
10 permit Thayer to try for goal from the held "hch
he would probably have Kicked as the ball was just
In front of Yae's goal posts, when Umpire Harris
pave the ball to Yale for holding In the line by
one of the Pennsylvania players. While sill IN thl'
tlcklish position the ball passed 10 c. d. Bliss,
who tried the left end but he was well tchleu ana
the ball was brought down on the 1vc-yard me-
Yale then resorted to kicking to get out OF the
close position she in and the ball was p'S'u u
Butterworth for a punt. PennsyNahlas men "e'c
down ON him quickly, however, and the KICK was
Onward line but fumbled and Winter fell on the ball
With Thayers tumble Pennsylvania last chance OF
scoring had disappeared for Yale rushed the BAN Out
quickly to centre of the field, where 1t was wheh
time called.
Pennsylvana's r,lsh-line much the heavier OF
the two and In the centre superior strength was
continually apparent At the ends, however lales
players were much efficient Hickey, especially
doing fine work. lie seldom failed to dodge the half
backs in getting down the field TO block KICK
and was always conveniently near when
his opponents fumbled. The play of both quarter
backs was good, that OF Mccormick being a little
surer and lis signals apparently better understood
Laurie Bliss IS undoubtedly one of the finest running
balfbacks In the country to-day, and his Work -
usual was fine. For the other SIDE Camp did the
better work and gained more ground though far H.
fcrlor 10 Bliss An interesting feature OF the game
was the frequent exchange Of punts between ThayeT
md ButterwOrth. Tho former kicked fully far rs
his antagonist but HIS catching and tacling were
not nearly % fine. Buttcrworth lodged and ran
well and many times made long gains after catch
ing before he was tackled Tayer too, gained much
ground, though generally behind wedge, In which
PLAY he almost invariably carried tho ba,l.
Yale scored twenty-five points in the first half two
Of the touchdowns being made by long and brlliar.
runs BY Laurie Bliss. The other two were made by
Wallis and c. d. Bliss short runs Butterworth
dcked three of the goals, only missing one IaleS
goal was threatened the only time the ball APP
preached 1t punt by Thayer. which Iutter
worth caught on the ffteenyard line On the line
up l.. Bliss ran the length Of the field distance OF
nnetyfve yards aided BY spleidid interference. and
scored a touchdown. lie also made another brilliant
run OF forty yards for touchdown. Another
feature OF the first half long ran BY Hinckey.
lie caught of Thayer punts on the bound and with
the assistance of gocd interference ran sixty yards
before he tackled at PeDnsylvania's twenty yard
line Time for the first half was called Immediately
after this play
The intermission gave the Yale supporters little
time TO consider the game played by the New-llaven
men. II they had any tricks which they expect
to use against Harvard and Princeton they were care
h,l not TO disclose them Yesterday to the watchfu
captains Of these two teams. Their play was of the
simplest character and consisted chiefly Of runs around
the ends and between the tackles and ends. They
did not attempt the centre at all, owing to the
superior weight against them. AS was expected, their
team work and Interference clever and almost
machine Ike In its effectiveness.
In the second half the feature Of Yales play was
the long and brilliant Of c. D. Bliss, who slipped
around the left end, and, with his hand Nc
Cormicks shoulder ran seventy yards for another
touchdown Pennsylvania team braced consider
ably after this and forced the playing for some time
Their pay so much bcttor in the second half than
In The first that Yale only secured six points, and the
Harvard and Princeton players who looked on began
again TO figure their chances OF success against Yale
with much more confidence.
William NJ Irvine, Of Princeton. acted al referee
and Tracy II. Harris the umpire The two teams
Nned I'D as follows at 40 p. m, twenty minutes be-
fore the time advertised for the game TO begin:
Yale Positions. Univ " Penn.
unckcy Lett end SlnInols
Left Tao Mickey
NJ Left guard DIVER