Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-03
IN POURING RAIN
Yale and Princeton Battle for
Foot Ball Supremacy.
The Play Was Hot and Rough and
Yale Won 20 to 0.
Police Surrounded the Gridiron and Warned
Players Against SIusging.

n the opposing camps of Yale and
Princeton, got out o. bed BY candle-iight
Saturday morning. The hour was eight
20 be sure ana daylight was abroad, but
dense and sog9y cloud screen shut it out
from this town. The pave was glistening
with unctious and typical mud. The
oozc, that grows between atmospheric
chill and flush, wetted the stone and brick
of the buildings Roofs and awnings
dripped and dripped and left over night
lamps blinked and blinked with yellow
halos. 1T may be cold and it may be
warmer" CALCULATED Coach Rhodes of Yale
rs be lifted shade at the Plaza quarters
while the team was dressing for breakfast
In either case this heavy weather may
lear" he added. Let US pray" began
big Thorne as he pulled a sweater over his
head, and then added as his face appeared
through the collar THAT it may be clear
and dry and hard"
Meantime after nine hours sleep, the
Princeton lads over at the Murray Hill
we're getting astir, and they Were not so
severely disappointed with the prospects
of heavy field beneath the game today.
1t was generally believed that Princeton
was better mud team than Yale. They
have at nome turf that is slippery and
clinging when wet, while Yale is more ac-
,ustomed to a sandy quick drying bot
ON Thus it was that Captain Hinckey
If Yale at the Ioutset objected to playing
on Manhattan field. He preferred Berkeley
oval, which lies higher and is of different
soil.
The glory of crisp air and bright skies
vas. however, longed for by both teams.
out the heavy, dead sky prevailed through
ut tho morning, and thousands hoped
md hoped for comfortable conditions later
The Tigers Wanted Odds.
The incoming witnesses of tho contest
N the main made directly for the grounds
Ut Fifteenth street and Eight avenue,
while the college partisans drlftcd to the
quarters of their champions to cheer and
Tell and pass on The betting as a feature
was during the morning almost absent.
The Princeton men felt that their team
lad a chance of winning in about the pro
portion of to and were willing to haz
lrd at those odds. Yale, on the other
hand, urged that Princeton should bet
las nearly the same team as the one that
lefeated Yale last year and they felt that
,dds should not be asked of Yale adher-
nts. In this view of the matter Yale
men got together and agreed that they
hould combine to bet only on even terms.
Princeton, however, pointed to the fact
hat in the IS years during which Yale
md Princeton have played. Yale has won
IA times and Princeton only 4, and there
ore, Yale should give odds in the betting.
The crowds, observing from the morn
ny papers that the gates Of the grounds
would be opened at - o'clock instead of
2:3O, early started the wave in that direc-
ion, and trains and carriages filled with
oily people were by II o'clock on their
way nOrthward.
At 1890 p. H. there began q slow fall of
ain on the grounds where Yale and
Princeton were to play at football The
lrops came straight down and had a
sharp emphasis that indicated that sleet
night follow. A half hour before the
game began the gates at Manhattan field
we're thrown open and a few hundred then
waiting were admitted. Soon after The
,pening of the gates Princeton decke d
ally-ho rolled upon the grounds. Soon
anne two others. but they were covered
With the blue of Yale. Then little later
ollowed two more blue coaches, and
inally another Princeton tower on wheels.
they all lined up at the rear of the so
special private boxes of the north side OF
he field. These private boxes, which oc
;upied the choicest position for the view
ng of the game being within ID feet Of
he grdiron, were entirely uncovered and
without Protection From the storm.
At one end of the field and almost under
he elevated railroad station grand stand
\, divided in five sections Of reserved
,eats, was without shelter. The same was
rue of the vis-a-vis stand at the west
nd of the field Skirting the southeast
corner of the field and sweeping along the
southern side were the permanent grand
stands, with solid orchestra chairs and
good solid roof Those who held tickets
% these stands were they who smiled de-
spite the weather, and the only ones who
could.
Around the gridiron and just within
its boundary fence policemen under com
mand of Inspector Conlin were stationed
at every ten feet of space. They early be-
came bedraggled and before the game,
fairly well soaked with rain. The first
comers upon the grounds saw yellow
blotohes of sawdust at the soft spots in
the field When the storm began. how
ever, attendants started a procession OF
sacks filled with sawdust and they were
rapidly scattered over the sections where
the forwards and backs should stand a;
The lire up in the center of the field.
Soon after l o'clock three more coaches
loaded with Yale men and decked out
with blue drove out on to the reservation
for the coaches. 1t was early apparent
that the tinhorn was to be more in evi-
dence than was the case at Spring
field Each coach load was provided with
big throaty hoy,s, while little ones and
assorted. mediums were scattered all over
the stands and field.
Meanwhile, the people at home were not
hurrying out in the rain. Within % min
utes of time there were only scattered
clumps of umbrellas in the open stands,
and these We're hooting and pounding
their feet until there was dull roar of
heels, pierced with the staccato screams Of
tin horns The occupants Of these exposed
places were shivering in the deadly chill