Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-22

course. I am no Judge. FootbaII nns
changed great deal since played il.
We used to think i'm those days that IL
we broke a mans nose we were doing
well, and we tackled "A runner with no
higher ambition than To stop him tenn
porarily. We expected him To go again
some time. ! have fallen behind the
age.
am glad 10 hear that there is still
a chance that Harvard and Princeton
may play. The Tigers have presented
eleven thousabd alternative PROPOSE
tions 10 Harvtrd's managing commit
tee and thus I'd only ten thousand five
hundred excuse have been prepared in
reply. IL the committees inventive
powers give oA, we may have little
good sport, rs I'VE used to before com
mittees of this kind were devised, and
the representatives of the two colleges
may get chance To exercise some
thing besides their jaws
AS to the Princeton team. there is
much uncertainty. Slugsby. the wicked
est desperate that ever shed blood. is
In the theological seminary. II his
studies in Divinity will not permit him
to play football. the loss of life among
Princeton's opponents this fall will be
materially decreased. Several other
good football men are i'm the seminary.
but they will play for the sake of
killing the University of Pennsyl-
vanias eleven.
Vincent. the great end rush, is said
to be in good form this year. He viii
play in all important games Apropos
il may be predicted that the men from
the iron foundry in which he held some
sort of a position will again visit New
York % cheer their old comrade. and
their clothes. their language and their
general behavior both sober and
otherwise) will again be carefully
written mp by the New York papers
as an illustration of the deneanor of
the student class in the general and
the Princeton man IN particular.
And this reminds me that the great
est part of the whole exhibition is the
marvellous gathering at one of the
great games. shall never for
get the assemblage at the last
Yaie-Princeton game in New York.
The number of persons present was 50
vast that when they shivered. as they
did nearly all the time. the vibration of
the earth could be felt in Connecticut.
do not pretend 10 understand why
watching a football game Is 80 much
colder then anything else in the world
I once stood a. one OF half dozen sur
viving relatives Of very rich man.
and heard his will Rad. which gave
his all 10 the board Of foreign missions.
and | should know something about
the cold spots in this mortal life; but |
certainly never experienced more
biting chill than that ON Manhattan
field where. clsl in four sweaters
and almost everything else that ! pos
s,.s>. | watched Yale make touch
down In four minutes.
But the game il not all Of it. There
Is the wonderful and inspiring collsc-
tion of all the old fellows In the ho-
tells on the previous night Al. how
delight Ia hustle through the crowd
with a bunch Of KEYS and bridge
ticket in my pocket, and play that
am looking for somebody who will bet
a thousand dollars. even. ON Yale.
meet no end Of men whom used to
know when was very little poorer
ihsn they were. They ask me hos I
am getting along. aud | say first
rate" so many times tina, by midnight
I fairly believe IL myself
Then go back % the fat imagining
all the way that its a mansion on Fifth
avenue. and that dozens Of nv class
mates are making IL their home while
they're in the city To see the game.
entertain them. la fancy. with open
handed liberali;y Ilend some Of them
money They accept i with trars Of
gratitude and then we open another
bottle ~ this point in The vision
generally reach my real residence Ny
wife opens The door She has at up
for me 7 stare al her. She should 30
gorgeous with silks and blazing with
diamonds. II was thu saw her in
the dream. - ! came slong the street.
! stink into chair. ard slowly re-
member that II isn't a. az AT Nothing
az ali that was real excep; the wine
Well. Hovdy, savs Ns1tfe. gently
did ron sce al your Old friends7
Yes. rns dear. I reply siih nsr SC
cssstorned honesty. and I ss~ ruesf e
them double towards ths last 81 Il