New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-10
TUF ylIE-PRTNCETON CAME.

After prolonged discussion and negotiation u
has been agreed that tho lale-Prncc'oh 'oo'
hall game shall be played this year on pe''"
hor | at Manhattan Field. The change oi oa''
will doubtless disappoint many thousands W
norsons who have come TO think in recent years
that attendance on an exciting physical contest
Is the best possible use to which the AFTERNOON
Of the Thanksgiving holiday can ne put anu
who will now be likely to feel thai th'E h'N'
been deprived of privilege closely rcSenhii"S
q rioht Rut on the other hand there AWAY"
have hccn rational objections to that date i"r
tho came i'm addition to those urged ny de'"u'
norsons who regret that the religious character
- tho outurnn festival has been largely lost
Tho Thanksgiving Day game. for example, mas
seriously intcrfcrcd with domestic reunions ana
festivities even in the experience of many VII"
have confessed It's superior attractions ny 'l'H
nrcsoncc These are probably not majority
If all who take an interest in the matter, pn'
they have strong arguments as wei rs ie''I"SH
NJ, thcir side of the case As TO the demand oI
Yale for change of date, 1t was en'ireiy re'
eonablc that the Ncw-IIavcn team should re-
fusc to meet their Harvard and Princeton an
taconists wear after year with an interval oI
only four DAYS between these two chief games
Of the football season. The strain was too great
and the risk Of disabling accidents too serious
10 be cheerfully accepted forever
The announcement that the Yalc-Prlncc'oh
game Is 10 be played in New York VIII DOUBT
less he generally satisfactory TO devotecs of the
sport outside of college circles Certainly II me
game is to be played in this immediate vicinity
Manhattan Field presents great advantages
over the Berkeley oval We venture To say
i.ip., .aps Ia l..
dissent that Ncw-York is not the best place for
n physical contest between colleges located ei>'
where We have already expressed thc oPn
ion that college sports ought To be hcid Oh '"'
home grounds Of one If the competitors, al least
rs general rule TO the choice of Sprlhsh'id
for the Harvard Yale game there Is nttle "pJ''-
tion for the place i small ana conveniently
siiuatcd and the sentiment when "NrrWn'lm
irclv predcminatcS there on the occasion OF me
annual football contest H., rs II ought Id De III
such times college sentiment he game re-
mains dlkinciiycly a college event In Spring
field. Here il is a great popular spectacle
scarcely diSlineuishablc ~ recent years. IN re-
spect 10 the character and temper Of the con
course from a horscrIce or professional base
ball game II * not the province OF = c'iir-"
10 provide the public with great shows. amt
college sports arr open 10 grave objections "h'h
the choice II place is dictated primarily by a
calculation Of profits.
In our opinion the Yale. Princcion gam" ought
TO be- played alternately In Princeton ana New
Haven II would then attract almost exclusive
". A. the Springfield game does. as>cmbAs'N
OF such Il character ~ would preserve lis own
peculiar quality Is college event. rs fr'' ~
possible from vulgar and dcmoranzins mani
fesiaiions ana tendencies.