The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-02
The Game Was Played in the Rain and On
aMuddy Field-Ths Conte" fres
from siugging.

t tHV 80 and slush two inches deep anu "
,n1rtng rain and air Loaded WIN COZ
monia chill that DVp pc au me time |
a. leaned upou the fences al uIe ofter
o. o,..t battle was fought. SooH atteI
Inc opening of the gates OIL M"i ~ AZ
IicId "A nue and steady ram saI a. a. 80
ariy a small portion Of the STANDS were
oIly !" - became a question for most
stockholders Of sitting III lhe ram , "a I'm
- home Umbrellas were optheu up
and the crowd concluded 10 siI IL o"''
xrpr Down THE ATrNDANcE.
nh. attendance was probably 5000 less
.bsn A. would have been on a lalr udS
t'iftccn thousand seats were sold by me
management and while many oi uiG 5ni
1,ero NOT occupied there was no hnahC'dl
=. an them Admission tickets en-
tjilinr the holders TO standing room were
trintcd TO the number OF H'D. 'HIS
about 400 OF these were sofa. go -.
Nearly 1000 Of the Cranks arIlNcu AZ
hour before the time for the game 10 DC
called and crouching under ln,I u .L
hrellas saluted the dreary heI4 Nm tor
cheers that were worthy OF "a 1I'sn te,
dav. II was about hali-paSl VIZ"
the crush began and the eieValcu r6' toT,
never able TO accommodate inc I'm 60
mis- great game, submitted all dllht "
rho usual rib-crushing jams ana NeAa
tirus DELAYS until finally they hau uulnp
I'd the great swarm OF huulaill.S o. to
one Hundred and Flfty-ll ti-S.IceC &c
tt0n where after threading their pelllou'
80 between champing horses ana heaVy-
VIZ i "a co1rbes tbey emerged from the
Iandemonium OF horns ana ScHS anu nae
Vendors and began 10 MI up tne S'd a. ,to
Tho Princeton men had blocked III Wy
Grand stand 400 seats for the rooterS anu
these we're all filled by a quarter 1 70
o'clock. and the spirited songs OF Clu
Nassau" and rocket cheers for Prince
ton evoked a storm of answering yels
al over the field for Yale. ale SUP
psrters we've more numerous man tIli ~.
TOMS. and were so scattered mat theS
Delted the field.
oN "bEAD-HKAp BLUFF,
Looking down on The tumultuous scene
as from seats in the clouds, were one ~
tV.o tboussud shiverinE enthusiasts VINO
bad Datronized the student scheme ana
paid "a dollar each Tor seat on Dead
head Bluff" as the viaduct when con
meets the one Hundred and Fifty-nlth-
etreet elevated station with washington
Heights and the blun with western END
overIo kinC the field from the SoutheasJ
corner has i'm former years been called.
These faithful devotees Of the sport stood
on their dizzy height half "A dozen deep,
and the individuals who stood nearest the
brink of the bluff and we're not allowed 10
mt No umbrellas were so pushed by the
eager crowd behind them, that they had
about as much difficulty 10 hold their pc
sitlons as ala the long-haired coIeslahs
who contested each inch or the srouHd'
All this was nothing, though LOT they
were Americans looking at game Vi
foot-b9u The north side Of the held
WIS lined with the Yale and Princeton
coaches, with their usual prodigah'y on
college ColOrs and deafening yells. 1ale
had twelve and Princeton four.
Superintendent of Police Byrnes was de-
termiued that If an army OF blue-coats
could protect the populace, they were TO
Ie ON hand Fully 80 Of these pompous
officers If the law were IN and about the
feld, and Inspector Conln saw 10 1T that
they did their duty. Those ON the slde
lines had minute instructions IS 10 What
a general game was. and were carefully
instructed that If a repetition OF the slug
ging 50 widely condemned IN the spring
Held match should be begun 10 put q stop
% the game tat once.
cLrAS GAME.
This order was not needed, however, for
there never was a cleaner game OF loot
ball played than was played on Man
haitian Field to-day. Inc playing AT
times was hard. even desperate. Two
Yale men. Murphy and Ihorne, ana one
Princeton man. Cochran, had 10 be re
tired fr1 m the field on account OF IN
iuries but all three went into the game
I'm bad condition, and received Their
bruises to-day as much from their own as
from their opponents knocks.
IL was just five minutes after cIoch
when the CAPTAINS came tOSttneT anu
the coin was tossed. Nale's luck was
with her. and the choice was hers' enc
took the west goal, with the slahIlhS
rain To- her back. Princeton therefore
took the ball and the great game began.
PriacetOns confidence was IN her new
system Of interference. II was a very
nrettv spectacle. but it was worthless
before Yales agile forwards. only once
OF twice Ia the whole game ana II WORK
al all. so that though 10 was tired re-
ueatcdlv il was hard TO tell from the
side lines wherein it's much lauded quail
ties for ground gaining were thouShl 10
lie The formation was ms
THAT PRINCETON NrEEFERFNcE
The whole team. except Riggs and
Ward RANGED themselves in group nVt
wards back of the line. Ward, instead
OF playing his usual position at quarter
back. moved up and made a pun az
playInE guard. AS the signal was given
Brown. Holly and Wheeler ran around
and blocked off The forwards on one
side of the line. while the rest Of the
team formed a running interference
ahead OF the ball, which was snapped
bv RIGGS 20 Trenchard. instead of Ward
and delivered by him to one OF the backs
me trouble with II was that three men
who ran ahead 20 block of the for
wards. were fooled by the willy Hinkey
who lodged around them and tackled
the runner behind his own Interior
II the other end were tried then the
giant Beard or Butterworth simply ami
bilsfed the interference OF Princeton
light weight backs and got the man be-
fore ne had skirted the ends yard
With this her greatest ground OF con
fdence destroyed, PRINCETON WIS NOT IL
Neither Cochran nor Bonnard coulc
bepin 10 Kick with the mighty Butter
worm and when il came TO hitting the
line ali the backs Princeton had, com
bined could not drive such hot ones as
Butterworth made to-day.
r1rrrrRwoRrH's GRFAT GAME.
10 nlaved the game Of his life Some
NJ HE end runs and some or his me
r,prces In which he shot over the whole
PRINCETON team as they kneIt 10 stoI
him. and used their slippery PACKS as
tohoggan slide 10 advance the pan pc
hind them, were something thdt WI.
20 down for generations In the Annals
OF foot ball. Princeton pdChe Hiau i
good plunges at times, but none OF tnel
plays were great and the ridiculous
furnbling which they served up 10 IN,
weary public was certainly not worthy
OF the great game they were playing
,Yale's line too. out-Classed Princeton
In every particular. save one or TWO
TWO EARLY ToUoHpowss.
Wheeler began the game by kicking OF
20 Yales twenty-yard line. Two min
,,tes later Butterworth was over the line
,sith the pigskin, and Hickok kicked ar
casv goal Score--Yale, g; Princeton, o.
Wheeler kicked OF again. and after
ave minutes OF sharp play Brown, OF
princeton. was Knocked out. and the
game had to stop until the doctors
sponged him of. Five minutes later an
other touchdown by Bltterworth anc
goal by Hickok made the score ~ t'
For the third time Wheeler made
che onening kick. Cochran, Princeton's
IN hack xss injured In the chest and