New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-21
PRINCETON WON 1T.
,,,r THE TIGERS HAD TO PLAY A TOUGH
GAME.

CORNELL SHOWED GREAT STRENGTH AND
SCORED A ToucHDowN-THE JER-
sEYMEN MADE TWO
Tho football season can be said to be started In
-, IN the ne!ghborhood. for three games OF
co. man average interest played yesterday.
nxnca,on and Cornell disportng upon the velvety
,r a, Manhattan Field; the University OF Penn
,yon,a and the Crescents measuring strength at
Ts,arn Park and Yale and Orange playing at
n.arge Princeton by the score Of y to T..
III pennsylvania with weak team mad close
-. prooklvn Yale seldom does things by halves
I'D the former college champions put in their best
AN and showed under the Orange champions
=, uas almos; an ideal fall afternoon. but the
- sbone too brightly. and !. was little too warm
49, football 1t was the sort OF weather the fair
s,rsrs Of the game enjoy. and the pretty girls
od ont In goody numbers. the handsome women
=, ravishing toilets in the grandstands making a
,.,ure well worth seeing.
Pua,battan Field in splendid shape the turf
IL inst right for a football scramble. Looking
:, the field and the surroundings an impartial OBJ
er could not understand why the Yale and
p,,rceton management ever thought OF going TO
ooa out-of-the-way place 70 play their annual
contest ..
Tho game OF the day played at Manhattan
,.,.,d In the presence OF probably 1000. While
.,ohably $500 or 1900 people paid from 81 to 81
oh 70 get into the magic circle nearly as many
ore witnessed the contest from the lofty heights
~ the viaduct and from Coogan Hill win
N cents admission to some parts OF the grounds
u,onv Of those outside spectators would have
lid n have witnessed the game. In these times
~ financial depression 81 looks like a steep price
% nav to witness football game.
LIVELY FROM START TO FINISH.
~, game itself was snappy. invigorating
,o,tIe from start TO finish. and while the lusty
CONS OF Cornell beaten by the score OF l.
"a 4 they left the field by no means disgraced.
ast wear the Tigers this game by 40 to o.
hut the Cornell team of last year is entirely
dnerent from the Cornell team Of 1894. Princeton
mon were wagering money that the Tigers
would make at least "a points, and when they
found few Cornell takers at this rate they oHered
.ven money that the Reds would not score
Burr Mcintosh was one Of Princetons loudest
shouters and he had $500, or said he hao' 10
wager. In the first haf. with the ball only
,hree Yards from Princetons goal. Mcintosh offered
% bet any part OF 5000 that Cornell would not
score Nobody took the bet. and when Ali was
pushed over for touchdown an instant later
the Cornell substitutes and followers looked sheep-
ism. and shouted to Mcintosh: You're lucky. ola
man." Then they would walk around using 'he
right foot to kick the left
While Cornell a much lighter team the
collegians from up the State made an exceleht
showing. Cornell is not as strong IN the centre
of the line as Princeton but her tackles, ends ana
backs play football from start 10 iiisii' o''' 10 "
good fulback while Taussg is n little demon at
end. and as tackle Wyckof showed up well ior
man.
The Princeton team is not yet ION edge. and
nobody knows this better than "Scotty McMas-
ters the trainer. On the game yesterday the
Tigers could not hope TO cope with either Harvard
Yale or the University of Pennsylvania. The cham
pions however. will improve with more practice;
Their work Yesterday slow and uncertain, and
the men became 'winded' rather easily TWO
five m halves
was about all the time the two teams cared 10
play in such weather
There was a little smuggling when Cornell made
her touchdown, but a whole, there was less
rough work than usual which is emphasized by
field The new rules seem to help the game, fol
there is more open play and consequently more
interesting features for the onlookers. Princeton
made her gains through charging the centre
The teams lined up follows: