Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-11-30
WILL BE A CLOSE GAME.

WILL BE CLOSE GAME.
The Prospect OF a Closer and More
Exciting Game Than Usual Be
tween the Representatives of Yale
and Old Nassau-Princeton Full of
Conhdence-How Each Team VIII
Line Up-Big Premium on Tickets
Efforts TO Preserve Good Order.
To-dsy's great game will practically end
the interest in the football season for this |
year. 1t promises to be fully as interesting |
q game az that of last Ssturdsyat Spring |
field. While Yale is naturally the favor
lite, Princeton's adherents claim that their |
team has chance to win and are willing |
to back up their opinion with money.
Yale has q strength born of the conf
dencs gained in winning a game like that
of last Saturday, that counts for every
thing in football game. Yale's strength
has been fully tested so that whatever weak
points there may have been in the team
the coaches have had ample opportunity to
patch up to their entire satisfaction.
OF course, Prinoston's main hope lies in
the fact that her team shut out Pennsylva-
mia without scoring, while Pennsylvania
scored against Yale by good, hard football
playing. The Tigers, too, think that they
have learned Yale's system of play suff-
GENTLY to put up defense that will stop
the Yale men when they least expect 1t.
They also have great deal of confidence
in the ability of King, Morse and Ward to
make ground against Yale, and place much
confidence in the defense of Wheeler, Ballet
and Taylor. But the Tigers haven't man
like Butterworth to punt and back the line,
and she has reason to feel a trif1e nervous
over 1t, too.
The meeting between Trenchard and
Hinkey will be especially interesting. Last
| year there were rumors of pitched battle
between them but they kept we'll apart
| during the game. Hinkey, since the game
| with Pennsylvania when be reosived such
| a hammering from Osgood, has been play
| ing very inoffensively, though never for a
moment losing his effectiveness as a mag
ni6cent end rusher. Trenchard can play
nearly as fast as the Yale captain and
/ there Ia a chance of rather a sensational
interchange Of courtesies between them,
| providing the game is close and exciting.
1t will be interesting to compare Yale's
center trio, McCrea, Stillman and Hickok,
with PrincetoE's big three, Wheeler, Ballet
and Taylor. From present appearances
they are evenly matched and should fight
great battls. Princeton's tackles, Holly
and Lee, have had more experience than
Murphy and Beard of Yale, but the latter
played such beautiful game against Har-
| yard that Princeton's pair will have their
hands full.
Phil King is the best quarter back play
ing football. He will be matched against
young Adee, who is not far behind him in
point of speed, agility and eand. Ward
and Morse are equsled by Thorne and Arm
strong, while Butterworth lays away over
Allen or whoever may play full back for
Princeton.
Yale's team play may excel Prirceton's,
and if such Is the case football men say
Yale will win. To cay the least, the stzug-
gle promises to be bitter one. with enough
ferceness in it to please every one of the
thousands of spectators who will be on
hand when the referee blows his whistle.
The Yale team went down to New York
| on the $3.50 O'Clock train yesterday, arriv.
ing there at $50, and Immediately taking
| up their quarters at the Fifth avenue hotel
as usual. A large crowd assembled IL
front of the New Haven house and cheereC
them when they left. A large number Of
their fellow students accompanied thu
players. The Princeton team with it,
crowd of followers arrived somswhat lstel
and took up their quarters at the Murray
| Hill hotel.
The buildings on the Yale campus wer,
!; as dark as Erebus last night, as the Thanks
giving recess began at o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and nearly all the collegians lef
town Immediately.
The subcommittee on tickets of tn,
University Athletic club reported yester
day that large number of tickets on al
stands had been sent to colleges not direct
ly interested in tho result of the game.
So that across Manhattan field will no
only be heard the isis! Booml Ahln O
Princeton and the triple "Rsha" of Yale
but the cries Of Cornell, Pennsylvania, Har
ward, Brown, Trinity, Columbia, Lehigh
Lafayette, Union, Rutgers and Stevens al
| we'll.
The only disagreeable feature in connec
ton with the game thus far developed i
In the matter of the tickets. The commit
/ tee which had this matter in charge lay tn
| blame of the exorbitant prices now beint
asked entirely upon the college men. They
say that the tickets now being resold a
prices varying from $40 TO SIS are not thos
which were allotted to Tyson and the othe
ticket vendors, but these which were pu
on sale at Princeton.
Be 1t eaid, however, to the glory of thu
collegemen that there are numbers of then
who, finding themselves with more ticket
than they absolutely needed have returned
} the extra ones to the committee to be re
sold at reasonable figure
The field and stands have been put il
excellent condition. A high, we'll bracet
fence has been erected oil the way around
the gridiron. Inside this fence no one bu
the actual contestants, the referee and tn
umpire will be admitted.
The substitutes, coaches and field attend
ants of the two teams will be located OF
1 he 10rkh OH do nf he Ga11 II, fr0n oS h.
| field boxes. Behind the latter will be tn
| space for coaches. The newspaper stand
will be located on the eouth eide of thu
} field.
The teams will line up at Manhattan
field to-day as follows: