New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
GOOD FEELING AT THE HARvARD-PRINCE-
TON GANE-YALE's IMPROVEMENT

The Princeton Harvard game was more or less
of surprise not only to Harvard men and the
general public but to Princeton men and Prince
ton PLAYERS and yet 10 any one who watched
the game II was evident that circumstances be-
ing such as they we're. the result was fair
representation Of the relative strength OF the
two teams But before we discuss the game al
all. It's most important feature should nave fair
mention The most important feature is the
fact that the Princeton-1arvard game OF 1879
will stand out for many day as credit to In
tereollegiate football and proof that football is
not in itself a vicious, unnecessarily rough
or an ungentlemany game. Throughout the
whole afternoon no man was warned by either
of the two umpires nor was any one OF the play
ers disqualified. Hardly a penalty was given
either side for even such slight matters as on
side play. and the best Of feeling prevailed
through the entire game When Lea, the Prince
ton captain, was obliged to leave the field De-
cause he had PLAYED himself to a standstill' he
was cheered again and again from the Harvard
side Of the field and the same thing was re-
heated when Arthur Brewer the Harvard cap
lain had 70 60 for the same reason. As the crown
walked across the Princeton campus. the fFlhce-
ton contingent cheered Harvard men ana mar
ward men cheered Princeton. 1t was not S"o"'
piece of diplomacy. in view OF the recent ia" N'''
Yale troubles 1t was general ana u''Ne'sa
feeling on the part of the undergraduates Oh oo'n
colleges 10 let the victory nave no opportunity u
separating them again. This is the best feature
of this first important game of the season ana IL
IL is to be a suggestion Of what is 10 come ia'ei
this wear then the season of 1895 will be a whoie-
some one for football and its frlends. Nti'hri
faculties, graduates, general pubic nor heNs.
papers could find anything to complain OF eXceps
one fact or rather one supposed fact Eight or
ten men left the field during the game, anu 'le
average person who knew nothing OF the iacts
surmised that eight or ten men were InJuieu
This was not 80. The facts were these Both on
the Princeton and the Harvard teams there
We're men who We're not In the pink OF conditoil
who little stale. Or a little oVertralheu, OF
who were not considered from strictly Just
trainers point of view capable of going through
an entire game. This year and In THIS game
lew principle adopted, which is TO the credit
Of the two colleges. 1t was not SO many years
ago that If man We're taken off the field be-
cause he was merely tired, but without any
serious injury, the opponents raised great
ru,npus and charged that the captain OF the
team was trying 10 work In "a fresh man. inns
wear the reverse principle was adopted. All but
one or two of the could easily have gone on
a little longer. and none was or necessity taken
off Each one had 10 be practically forced OH
The feld-he anxious TO go on playing.
But as the physicians saw man playing stale
or weakening in any way, or as they saw ne mad
reached the limit of the time which they had
judged befors the game he was able 10 play With
out straining himself, they deliberately walked
on the field and took him off, whether he would
or no And that of itself saved many an injury,
no doubt. and made the game what IL was-a
garne free from accident, for the time when men
ar. Injured Is when they have become SO phys
jcaly exhausted that they cannot protect them
se,ses when they fall. That time was not al
loS ed to arrive in a single case on saturday at
Princeton All this, however. is merely one point
In good game