New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03
AFTER THE BIG GA ME.
THE FOOTBALL SIEGE RAISED FROM THE
CITY.
GENERAL SATISFACTION WITH THE CLEAN-CuT'
sPORTsMANLIKE CHARACTER OF THE CON
TEsT-ROwDYIsM NOT TRACEABLE
YEARS TEA Ms.


The football siege has at last been raised from
the city and only a few scattered remnants are
left 10 bear witness to last Saturdays battle The
banners OF blue and the standards or orange ana
black which hutte:ed so gayly and braveiy TWO
DAYS ago have all been furled and lowered. and
the hosts which isferousy invaded the city. ana
incidentally conquered 1t. have returned 70 their
educational sronshods TO acquire fresh strength
for next years onslaught Old Father knicker-
booker with all his assumption OF sternness and re-
serve secretly welcomes these young men, whose
lively whole-soued presence brings back genial
memories OF his college days. and there Is re-
greet well as relief in the sigh he heaves on ineif
departure.
The colegan who remained In town either 10
celebrate the victory Of his team or drown the
memory of it's defeat awoke yesterday morning
with vague that something was internally
wrong The bright. glad evening had suddenly
changed to a bleak empty morning, and the fact
that his allowance had disappeared as mysterousiy
as his appetite did materially add TO his happi-
Some several hundred undergraduates awoke yes
terday morning with a sudden realization that there
were other things besides football to demand their
attention and In majority of cases they hcroicaly
hurried back TO them with all possible haste. the
fac, that "cuts" count double after the game may
have had something to do with this cOmmeniabe
promptness
LITTLE MONEY EXCHANGED.
There was comparatively little money won or lost
the game. Princeton men were willing 10 en-
courage their team vocally, but they showed
marked reluctance in financially showing faith In
this war-crv of 'Oh me, my. how We viii beat
old Ell Several bets OF 10 TO 100 and :, 70 :"
we're made that Yale woIld not score, but on the
final result OF the game little money was wagered.
1t has. by the way. been disastrous year TO the
wasered at odds o, 10 mp Pn ,ne Afier
,,lo.;o fba mon
trieve their losses by placing money on harvard III
it's contest with the same university. ..nar,s,,
and ruffanly conduct which have characterized for
mer football days and have brought the game INTO
such ill-repue proves that an outside element Was
in great degree responsible for the hitherto uf-
seemly demonstrations The fact that no, one col
refreshing and agreeable contrast TO last year Inc
arrested who said they were college students we're
two young men who. II was subsequently learned
were clerks in a New-Jersey shoe store
The absence OF the slightest evidence OF any
brutality roughness on the field was also the
had been most Injurious to the sport. In Satur
retire ral and their injuries were slight ana were in
no sense due to any infringement OF the rules.
captain and coach said to Tribune reporter.
was hard and sharp and was football from , be-
play and the contest demonstrated to 2j.11 people
that football can be made as clear sno ana Tree
George A. Adee rejoiced quite as much over The
character OF the game and the elimination OF Inc
Springfield features as In the victory OF his col
lege team. 1t was magnificent game. he SAID
brutality Ii proves concusively that football
can be played under the present rules and stu be
a manly sport
| DEFEAT MANFULLy BORNE.
| Princeton men have learned in past years how
| to accept defeat at the hands OF Yale and they
bear their disappointment and losses In a manly
and sportsmanlike manner They acknowledge
that they were defeated simply because their
team not the equal of It's adversary
The elation which comes to team with the
! knowledge OF a hard-carned victory Is tempered
with a certain feeling OF sadness Many OF the
ball battle. break training with the knowledge that
their s a DAYS y ar are s of ana ne ha1 e
Jacket every stain and latter OF which tells soIre
as the dearly acquired diploma, and in these scien-
tine football days Is about as diflicul, TO obtain
gether problematica. Those who win not return
f Hckok R'' Murphy. Adee Bn,terworth and Arm
spSa THIS gy en SB 0S the eneep PHI s to end
tackle. Back of the line Thorne. Jerrems Dewitt
The selection Of a captain rests between Murphy,
Louis Hinkey Thorne and Jerrems 1t Is the gem gen,
be the choice The Yale Goa ches held a conference
at the Plaza Hotel Yesterday afternoon but no
Any challenge, which Yale may receive from
ha s Ss refused to play the
Quakers previously.
Most OF the yale players returned 10 NeW-HhNcn
las, evening. and those who remained over VIII
start early train this morning. In order 10
| reach college in time for the forenoon classes
Prnceton's outlook for next season Is more
| encouraging In regard to the number or ola
| players who will return: Although Trenchard
Brown. Wheeler. Morse Taylor. Holly and Ward
| will have completed their college course next
| spring there Is strong probability that the first
| four named will return for post graduate course
| The question OF next years commander will not
be determined for seY'ai weeks. Lea Is the fore
most candidate for the place and Will probably
! be the selection OF the team. Cochran Poe. riggs
| Barnard. Rosengarten. Church. Smith. johnson.
Armstrong Reier Burt and Noorhis will also
| be available for the 95 team
The Tigers broke camp at the Murray Hill
Hotel Immediately after the dinner, and those who
| did not spend Sunday with their friends went to
| Princeton yesterday afternoon.