Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-02
PRINCETON BOYS OUTCLASSED.
lhey Were EeYef IN II at Any Time
After The Opening
WEATHER CONDITIONS HORRIBLE.
rhors Wa Mud Upderfoot ana Rain All
upd-Butterworth Plays
superbiy.


great metropolis this morning when the
thousands who had gathered from al
Quarters until they had filed every ho'ei
in the city to the point OF congest'o",
rose from their crowded apartments anu
looked out upon the dreary prospect Va
n drizzling rain-storm. Dunn 'he i~r'O"'
weather wizard, tried TO allny theT ie"''
nv giving forth q prophecy WHOM was
read with eager eyes In every MORNING
paper. He said tho drizzle ""S i'eA'.
for snow. and II the pretence was nv
turned into the real article by thel'ihe '"e
.,,r xaa high. tho rain would cease, out
Alas. the prediction was not Uue' iO' -
was in mud and slush two inches oeep'
and n pouring rain. and In air ioaueu WIN
rnsumon,a.chiu that 5000 people stood'
.a, or leaned upon the fences al t'e
60 ~. great battle was fought
Soon after the opening OF the sates Ut
Manhattan Field fine ana steaNs ,ha
set in. AS only n small portion Vi sIo
..a,ds were covered. II became questi"h
g let stockholders Of sitting In inc
~, or Going home. Umbrellas were
s..a,o5 IN. and the crowd concluded 10
~, !, out The attendance was propaDiy
go ,sss ,han Il would have been on
60 dav. Fifteen thousand seats were
Ia nv the management, and. while many
~ them were not occupied 'here ~"s
no financial loss on them. Auiliioa.o y-.
,ictets entitl,ng holders 10 standing room
80 ,r,nted 10 the number OF 1900
Cniv about 1000 OF these were sold.
cRANKs ON HAND EARLY.
Nearly 1000 OF the cranks arrived an
fo
s. called md. crouchine under their
,mbrellas' saluted the drefey heid Win
ohn,rs that were worthy OF brighter
dav 7, was about ! 80 when the crush
began. and the elevated ROADS never aoio
40 accommodate the crowd TOT thls erea,
,.ore submitted all alike TO the usual
rih-crushing Jams and vexatious delays,
until finally they had dumped the eIea.
swarm Of humanity at the loo'h-stIee'
station, where. after threading 'neh P,
yous way between champing horses anu
hoa,y.ubeeled coaches. they emerged
from the pandemonium Of horns ana
LID and fag-venders and began 10 HI
M the stands A.
The Princeton men had blocked In the
,,ropdstand 400 seats for their rooters'
and these were all filed by 1a5. and the
splrited songs OF "Old Nassau anu
racket cheers for Princeton evoked
storm Of answering yelis all over the
6eId for Yale. Yales supporters were
more numerous than Princetohs, anu
were SO scattered that they beited the
field.
HEAD-BLUFF"-ERS'
Looking down on the tumultuous scene
ss from seats in the clouds were one or
two thousand shiverlng enthusiasts VINO
had patronized the student-scheme, ana
maid a dollar each for a seat on dead
bead bluff." as the viaduct which con-
meets the 1E,th-street elevated station
with Washington Heights. and the bluH
with the western end, overlooking uie
field from the southwest corner mas IN
Torner wears been called. These faithful
devotees Of the sport stood on their ul]Iy
height half a dozen deep. ana the lhui-
yiduals who stood nearest the prlhh vi
the BLUM and were not allowed 10 put
I'm umbrellas were so pushed by the
eager crowd behind them that they had
about rs much difficulty in holding their
nosItions as did the long-haired collegians
Who contested each inch OF the ground
All this was nothing. though. Tor they
were Americans looking at game OF
foot ball. -
Tho north side OF the field was lined
with the Yale and Princeton coacnes'
with their accustomed prodigality OF col
legp COlOrS ana urhlc!lhB SSAS' NNAAN
had twelve and Princeton four
Superintendent-of-P Police Byrnes was
determined that If an army Of blue
coats could protect the populace. they
wore 10 be on hand. Fully go OF these
pompous officers OF the law were in and
about the field, and Inspector Conlin saw
20 Il that they did their duty. Those on
the side-lnes had minute instructions as
90 what a general game was, ana were
carefully instructed that if repetition
OF the smuggling 70 widely condemned IN
the Springfield match should be begun
they should put Il stop to the game at
once This order was not needed. now
ever, for there never was cleaner game
OF football played than was played on
Manhattan Field to-day. The playing nj
times was hard. even desperate. TWO
Yale men, Murphy and Thorne. ana one
Princeton man, Cochran, had TO be re-
tired from the field on account or injuries.
but all three went into the game in bad
condition and received their bruises to-
day as much from their own as from
their opponents knocks.
THE GAME.
II was Just FIVE minutes after O'Clock
when the captains came together ana the
coin was tossed. Yale's luck was with
her, and the choice was hers. She took
her back. Princeton. therefore. took the
ball and the great game began.
Princeton's confidence was in her new
system Of interference. 1t was very
pretty spectacle. but 1t was worthless be-
fore Yale's agile forwards. Only once or
twice in the whole game did II work at
all. so that, though 1t was tried repeated
". Il was hard TO tell from the side-ilnes
wherein its much-lauded qualities Tor
a. hf 10
formation was this:
The whole team. except Riggs and
Ward, ranged themselves In group five
yards back OF the line. Ward. instead OF
playing his usual position at quarterback,
moved up and made blum at playing
guard. AS the signal was given Brown
Holly and Wheeler ran around and block
ed of the forwards on one side or the
line, while the rest OF tho team formed q
running interference ahead OF the ball,
which was snapped by Riggs TO Trench
ard instead Of Ward. and delivered by him
20 one Of the backs. The trouble with IT
was that the three men who ran ahead
90 block off the forwards were fooled by
the willy Hinkey. who lodged around
them and tackled the runner behind his
own interference.
IL the other end were tried. then the
giant Beard or Butterworth simply ami
hilated the interference OF Princeton's
lightweight backs and got the man before
he had skirted the ends yard.
PRINCETON NOT IN 1T.
With this, her greatest ground OF conf
dence, destroyed. Princeton was not in
the same class with Yale to-day.
Neither Cochran nor Barnard could be-
gin 20 kick with the mighty Butterworth.
and when II came TO hitting the line, all
the backs Princeton had combined could
not drive such hot ones as Butterworth
made to-day. lie played the game of his
NE. Some OF his end-runs and some OF
his line plunges In which he shot over
the whole Princeton team as they knelt
10 stop him, and used their slippery backs
as a toboggan-slide 10 advance the ball
behind them. were something that will
20 down for generations In the annals OF
football
Pnnceton's backs made good plunges a.
umes. bai none OF her plays were great.
ana 'he ridiculous fumbling which her
Nam served up TO the weary public was
certainly not worthy OF the great game
the was playing. Yaie's line. too, out
elassed Princeton In every particular save
one or two.
wheeler began the game by kicking OF
W ,ales 1lyard line. Two minutes later
Butterworth was over the line with The
Cl<,l.