New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-27
AFTER THE FOOTBALL FIGHT.
cHEssBoARD TACTICS OF LITTLE USE
AGAINST YALE.
NEw.HAvEN MEN LOST A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN
lots OF CAMBRIDGE MoNEy-A POSI-
BILE EXPLANATION OF HARvARDs
DEFEATS.

The remainder q the local OF football enthusiasts
who went TO Springfield Saturday and heipeu 10 aNe
I'D the remarkable assemblage at the Yale arVu se
at Hampden Park returned to the city yesterday pretty
veil tired out but still full enthusiasm over the scenes
they had witnessed The crowd itself was wen uSseu'
we'll behaved thoroughly representative ol Tue ''
class OF Americas business and social life Ihere was
no disorder crowdlng pushing and the only complaints
heard were insignificant details the prhc'pai one
being on subject Of score cards
Now that the game is over and Yale mas as"'" o'e'-
come what appeared be heavy odds the question arises
bv Yale should prove unconquerable football Har-
ward has won only game from Yale In seventeen
years. and yet the Crimson has been the faVo'ite IN
many of battles. The Harvard money larry
swamped Springfield Saturday, and pets u" ii"l'"'u
in the open and Hampden Park were ohereu
ut material Odds yet Yale money was forthcoming
to them.
The Harvard sympathzers naturally 1ubhant at
saving 1t does look as II such ehnus'suo
support and confidence deserving OF pe''er re-
ward such odds is PROOF that 'he
Yale team and coaches were not oohldeh' '''' '"e'
would win. Yale followers unquesonaby missed the
chance Of their life in betting way
To those well versed physical culture the result VIII
not SURPRISE for these were the people wo' afe'
the first half played. confident tha Yale
vou,d win The two teams were almost exactly the
same weight yet the Harvard men appeared 10 average
several pounds than their more yonthui rivals
That ghness Of skin. clear eye and hungry look which
characterize every perfectly trained athlete We're missing
IN the Harvard eleven Hnkey's might have been
compared a pack of hungry wolves. and waters ana
his men 10 overfed irish settlers There was not that
slap bang" get there. ELL. spirit in the Harvard
forces which is nearly always conspicuous trait in
Yalss play.
There must be something radically in Harvard's
training system of play. change Of trainers
might do Harvards athletic interests world of good.
and could certainly harm. Deland's chessboard
tricks theories OF well but they soon
lose effectiveness vanish into thin Deland is
an enthusiast battlefield but
date he adapt his theories foot
ball with any astonishing Of Had Harvard
worked strategic team and chess tricks less
the result might have been different
Still. Yales victory nobly and Hnkey and
his men deserve the plaudts bestowed upon them.
Butterworth particularly. again covered himself with
glory he did in the Pennsylvania lie allowed
himself be used battering-ram when Yale made
her fghtfu rushes up the field where she scored her
only touchdown in the second half The line work OF
stllman, McCrea and Hickok also far above gem
sra expectations. Ii looks II Princeton would
have a hard time scoring against Yale Thanks
giving Day at Manhattan Field.
army Of Spectators who infested the streets in
Most OF these spectators from New-York, and
every Of them well supplied with choice seats
which they demanded exorbitant rates. II might he
Interesting how these managed o secure
% many tickets while the management unable o
supply the public demand.
The Astoria Columbus football elevens played an
Interesting game Astoria yesterday the team
winning by 20 TO 8.
The Hamilton Institute and Conlon School elevens will
play Morris to-day. Both have done
good work this
Harvards leather suits not likely to be extensively
copied The leather heavy. and in mud and water
the suits would not do at ALL