The morning call., 1894-12-02
IN OLD NEW YORK.
1t Is a Bad Year for
Tigers.
THE Draw MEN OF YALE
Win on the Gridiron Without a
Struggle.
BREAK THE PRIDE OF PRINCETON
They Played in the Rain and the
Crowd Looked On From I'm.
der Umbrellas.

NEW YORK. Dec. lin spite of the rain
and cold Manhattan Field was crowded, as
1t usually is when there is football game
between Yale AMI Princeton, and $4,000
people within and without the grounds saw
the Princeton's colors dragged in the
mud and snow for a score of a to o. 1t
was miserable day, cold and raw. Prince
ton was outplayed from the beginning TO
the end, and rarely was the ball in Yale's
territory, and then only for a few seconds,
when IL was either rushed out of danger
or was punted far down the field by But
terworth. The rest of seven days had done
wonders for the Yale men, and they went
to the game as though The Harvard game
had been month away instead Of only a
week. Their Improvement was remark
able, and especially in the case of Butter
worth, for he bucked the line with all his
old-time vigor aud his punting was as good
as at any time in his career, in spite of the
fact that the ball was slippery and hard to
hold. Little fumbling was seen on the
Yale side and the men were generally sure
catchers. On the other hand, Princeton
did not seem to be able to do anything with
the ball when they had it. Time and ime
again Butterworth's pupts were missed by
Poe, and once his tumble resulted in a
touchdown.
The team which lined up against Yale
was not for an instant 10 be compared
with that eff year ago. and Yale did bet
ter. This tells the whole story. AS there
were only about $1,000 seats for double
that number who wanted to see the game,
hn hi g.
great In half an hour after the gates
had been thrown open the best standing
room had all Deen taken, and the later
corners had to take their places on the out
side of a fringe of humanity which lined
the whole field. At o'clock rain began
TO come down In such torrents th at in the
uncovered seats it was impossible to sit
down except in a pool of water, and look
ing at the stand from left field il seemed
like great mass of mushrooms. Every
body who could hoisted an umbrella, and
as eighteen inches of room had been al
lotted each occupant of seat, it was man
ifestly impossible for all to put up um-
brellas.
Down the field there was a sextupe
fringe of umbrellas. Up on the bluffs
overlooking the grounds was a mass of
umbrellas, and on the big vIaduct, which
Is great place to view game from a dis
lance, were great many more UNI brellas.
Under such circumstances it was not sur
prising that the enthusiasm which was
all ready to be sprung on every play was
dampened, and the cheers and shouts were
by no means equal to those of former
years.
Soon after the opening Princeton
decked tallyho rolled upon the grounds.
After it came two others, but they were
covered wiki the blue of Yale. Then a
little later followed Two more Yale coaches
and another Princeton tower on wheels.
They all lined up at the rear of the fifty
special private boxes on the north side of
the field. These private boxes. which oc-
cupied the choicest position for the view
ing of the game. being within Is feet of
the gridron, were entirely uncovered and
without protection from the storm.
At one end Of the field and almost under
the elevated railroad station grand stand
A, divided into five sections of reserved
seats. was without shelter. The same was
true of the viS-a-vs stand of the west end
of the field. Skirting the southeast corner
Of the field and sweeping along the south
ern side were the permanent grand stands,
with orchestra chairs and good solid roofs
Those who held tickets to these stands
wore smiles despite the weather, and were
the only ones who could. A heavy fringe
of men, four and five deep, hung upon the
fence and the press and coachers' quar-
ers. Around the west end of the grounds
swept the rocks of Carmansvilie Heights,
and on these rocks seats had been plac ed
as might be for rental at 80 cents each
Around the gridiron and just within its
boundary fence policemen under command
of Inspector Conlin were stationed at
every ten feet of space. They early be-
came draggled. and before the game began
were fairly soaked with rain.
The first corners upon the grounds saw
yellow bloches of sawdust in the soft
spots of the field. When the storm began
attendants started procession of sacks
filed with sawdust. and they were rapidly
scattered over the section where the for
wards and backs would stand at center.
The Yale team arrived at about 1 80
P. NJ and went to dress in the clubhouse,
while Princeton arrived soon after and
went to the polo grounds retring-rooms
The teams came on the field amid good
solid roars at 2:03. 1t was just 2:OS when
the men faced each other for the decisive
contest Of the year in this order:
Yale. Position Princeton
+. A. Hinkey (Capt). Left end .,,...,.., brown
A. II. Beard. tackle..,.......H Holly
j. A. McCrea. Left guard .....,. Wheelork
StIllman .............. Center ............H iggs
Hickok ..."....... fright guard ......... Rhodes
Right tackle. Taylor
l. Hinkey ...,......... Right end ..Trenchard
Adee .................. Quarter back Ward
Thorne...............Left half back ......... Poe
Jerrems. Right half back Rosengarten
Butterworth ..........Full back Cochran
Yale won the toss and Princeton took
the ball. Inspector Conlin gave them a
talk before they began playing, saying he
expected that they would refrain from
rough playing.