New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
ca He'd at 40 D. m Yale had the ball In the centre
OF the field The line up and score follow:
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR is DUE.
COMMENT on THE TEsr PLAYERS WORK AND
HOW TIEY DID 1T.


HOW TIEY DID 1T.
at WAS simply another case OF Yale pluck, dash
and determinations" said the critic land while |
vas NOT exactly prepared for the result. | cannot
cav that am wholly surprised. Nobody has any
right TO be surprised at anything that fa.e may do
on the field of sports.
And now that the game is a thing OF the past.
why should not the result have been what IT was!
The two teams have played just twenty times during
the last twenty years and Yale has won fifteen
times In all that time Princeton has won just
four games while the battle one year resulted IN a
draw Yale had the prestige OF victory ara mat
means much. Yale general thing has al the
luck that she Is entitled TO- ana she certainty ""u
her full share to-day.
The result shows how little credence can be placed
in the tales Of woe about crippled players which
emanate from New-Iiaven each year on the eve OF
a great football struggle. The alleged crippes come
TO strength and life If by magic and list OF sup
posed hospital patients goes on the Held ana pays
football az Only in perfect physical condition
can play II.
The friends Of the Tigers much put out at the
result but the fault with the Princeton team should
have been discovered long before this. Prince
toms line which was supposed to be so strong was
a dcplorabe disappont ment. Yale was credited
with having the best set OF backs in the country,
but IL was thought In quarters that the extra
weight in that Princeton line would be able TO hod
them I'm check.
Princeton's line held together in grand style for
fifteen minutes. and thcn-wen. ii did not hold TO-
gcthcr so well. This weakness garingly con-
splcuous just after Yale had made her first touch
down Az soon as Bass made thar ong run and
had placed the pigskin behind the Tigers goal line
the Tigers tail went between its legs and the caudal
appeudage was not ghtenel out again until the
second half was well under way. The Yale men
broke through and blocked kicks in entirely too
easy manner when the difference in the weight In
the two lines is considered
The remark was heard every hand that If the
Tigers had played with the same dash and vigor as
displayed by the men from New-liaven the result
might have been different Rosengarten did most
Of the ground gaining for Princeton, and while he
made ground he fumbcl frequently, and II was
a costly tumble by him in the first half that
Enabled Bass to make hf;y-nve-yard run and
score the first touchdown for Yale. Those that
follow modern football know what importance is
attached to the scoring OF the first touchdown; for
in the game to-day It often means Victory. II the
teams are at ali evenly matched.
Captain Lea ~ the New-Jerscy team. deserves a
great deal OF credit for the manner in which he
stuck To his task. Badly injured az he was. with
a shoulder so wrenched that the pain must have
been terrible ne continued 10 fight through three
fourths OF the game. and left the scrimmage only
after his physician had pleaded with him time and
time again.
That Yale made comparatively Few plays toward
Lea's end may mean more than some people think.
Knowing that the TIGER captain was Injured. II IL
barely possible that Yale purposely directed her at
tack In another direction Ii may not after all