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PRINCETON, Oct. 1s.-Manseer Mum has not
yet heard from Yale regarding Dec. 8 as to her
ultinnatum, and 10 lie beginning TO be considered
here as q great bluff on Yale's part 10 induce
the Tigers to relinquIsh their position. II has
had Just the opposite effect however, for every
hour the sentiment is growing stronger here
that Dec. lie the very latest that Princeton
shall meet che New Haven men this year. The
Thought Of having no game with Yale
causes considerable gloom, for IL puts
the champion team In the peculiar
situation Of being able 10 get no great
games except Pennyslvenia, though they
have offered the most favorable terms they
could both TO Yale and Harvard. Should the
Yale game be called OF, Princeton's season
would end before her men had begun the practice
Of the finer points of the game, and football for
her would be farce this year. STILL In spite Of
this the men here are determined to stand their
ground to the last They believe that the inter
est Of the alumni in the Thanksgiving game is
too great for Yale TO persist in her position, even
to declating the game of. A..
which represents the feeling of the undergradu-
ates Of the university, prints the following
editorial to-day:
THE resolutions adopted by committee Of
Princeton alumni In regard to the annual foot
ball game, declaring that the efforts Of Yale to
nenee and assurance not to be tolerated for a
single instant by Princeton are too absurd to he
WOtlng OI nOtlCe.. but Ine etatptneHIA on tHo
same subject which appeared in last Tuesdays
Prthc'tOhtdn are presumably well-constdered
expression OF Princeton's side OF the case, and
as such demand reply. In answer to tho first
point which the Princetonidn brings up In favor
Of It's position that the game is fixture in the
contemporary TO the wording of the constitution
OF the American Football Association, now COM
posed OF Yale and Princeton: II provides that
the two leading colleges OF the preceding year
shall play In or near New York no reference
Thanksgiving Day has hitherto been agreed on
by mutual consent, there Is no reason why, at
the c1pyenisnce OF one Of the parties the date
ence to the I'rincet0ndns second point that
the day is a holiday and most convenient for
alumni and undergraduates 1t should be added
that II is also a holiday and most convenient
for the worst element of the population OF
orange and black ribbon arrested In the evening
for disorderly conduct is put down as Yale or
or In the theatres after the game have thrown
year by year more and more discredit upon the
OF b %ha Ss I'm aG sae opd .
an extent that. even IL the Yale football manage
me-, meh t.o consented to play on Thanksgiving Day
before seeming too great II strain for Yale to
play Harvard and Princeton within the same
there has always been a. strong feeling
against the unfairn.Ss Of the arrange.
mean to 'V attribute oar defeat !" tbs lis
cause or TO question the undoubte,l fact that
fully evident that tie strain upon the sndur
the men in charge o. our football interests are
these two hard :gamcs. The feeling at Yale is
strongly in favor OF playing Princeton. but we
in saying that Thanksgiving Day as the date Of
the game Is absolutely gu, Of the question"
made by Yale will be the announcement that
the the faculty haze AYE prohibited the THANKSGIVING
games discontinued that day. but are holding
back. hoping that The matter will arrange itself
without their interference.
Yale's denial that an ultimatum has been
sent to Princeton 10 based upon purely techni:
communication has been delivered TO Manager
Mum OF the Tigers. 1t can be said that he has
been indirectly informed OF Iale,,s determine
ton not to play before Dec. 3. IL was lales
way Of king ut the matter at the lntercolle-
gate Associations meeting last week, but since
vsers have decided to bluff princeton ut to the the
end. Princeton. If she Is sensible. will also take
9fIs in hS BY # hess to ssms
for sr2T ast p psso a9 e we'll s
fined; and IL Capt. Trenchard makes any con-
pssa Yas is xea IN t her Sc
to avoid meeting on Thanksgiving Day. 1t
makes no difference how many excuses are Of
Tered for iales peculiar attitude in this matter,
the fact remains that everybody outside OF
Yale adherents believes that Capt. Hinkey and
his men are afraid Of the Tigers. and want to do
everything to avoid another defeat. That Yale |
should show the white feather now after her
countless triumphs In all branches OF sport Is |
that will not be forgotten by lovers
OF fair play.
c. $. Mackenzie. captain OF last years Prince
ton nine, who Is at present coaching tho eleven, |
outlined Princeton's idea OF the situation to a |
Sun reporter yesterday He said that the
caCulty would not allow Trcnchard's |
team to play later than Dec. |, and that IL Yale
held ont for Dec 3, there would be no game He |
showed that Yale's policy was to file various OBJ |
jections TO the old arrangements, and that soon |
she would drop all OF them excepting the date, |
and then argue that she had made more con- |
ressions than Princeton. Mackenzie was EN- |
phauc In declaring that Princeton could not be |
bulldoZed.
This constant wrangling among the big col |
eye football elevens is not only unspOrtsman-
lie, but is disgusting to all lovers of the game.
! here is only one remedy, which meets with |
favor almost everywhere. A triple league, COM |
posed OF Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. would |
stop all chickering's and serve to run the games
With some sort OF system. George A. Adee, |
fale's chief mentor on athletic and aquatic |
sports. said the other day that triple league
should be organized after this season and that
Yale would enter II gladly. II Harvard and
Princeton had game on this fall the chances
IRE all this trouble between Yale and the Tigers
would have been avoided.