New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
GOWN DEFEATS THE INDIANS.
ELEVEN WINS A HARD-FOUGHT
RATTLE WITH THE RED MEN.
oF ENTHUSIASM MANIFESTED BY THE
r.roPs AT MANHATTAN FIELD-soNGs
or THE coLLEGIANs-THE RESULT IN

,actacular and sensational manner at Man.
80, Field, when the Brown eleven scored a
',s,va and unexpected victory over the team
w.. tho Carlisle Indian School by score of 24
% The Indians had done some clever and
.ossf,,l playing this year against the teams Of
,,o colleges on the same field their score
,,e Yale game was l. 10 Il in favor of the Ellis.
- had scored against the ai-conquering
-",ncston eleven. and Harvard could cross their
g.. but once. Brown on the other hand. was
- .-or, being the same team that played Yale
% & Tie last year, losing her last game to
-. point on Saturday by score of 10 to Il.
". BROWN men rather expected to lose the
and said SO freely. Their supporters. who
80 with them in considerable numbers from
CAN. ,oa had little money to bet except at
~. odds and the result was that few bets were
"e what betting was done at odds Of
.hou, TO on the Indians
,,,s If the threatening weather the attend
.,os was good. great many people nave
--oyn 10 regard Thanksgiving Day as no
r.orssgiving Day at all without football
80 and Yesterday they got the desired article
pa nlenty of II. About 10000 people saw the
rare inside and outside of the grounds
CROWDS ON THE vIADUCT.
.oo,ators who are accustomed to defraud
..a management by taking advantage OF the ex-
,,,ora al opportunities offered by the viaduct and
D.odhead Hill were on hand as usual long be-
.o,o everybody else. There are no reserved seats
:. tho vaduct Deadhead Hill was even more
so,so,v nopulated than it was last Saturday.
.her the blue was struggling with the orange
.a ,,e black The holders of reserved seat cou-
,ors were late in arriving, so that there were
so,, demonstrations before the beginning of the
There were many plain admission tickets
:. rd when play was begun every seat
~. bleachers was occupied with rooter, and
49,. That time on a good working majority OF
.ha noise came from that quarter. There was
-. chat same profuseness of decoration with
oosee colors that obtained last Saturday, for the
rsason that Browns distance from New-fork
tends to reduce her popularity in this city. whhe
tho Indians are not the representatives or the
sort OF school that wins the love OF the multi
,rds as does a well-known college. But New
Workers have heard great deal about the ma
,ans this year. and the rooters on the pleachers
were out for the redskins and made their prefer
ence perfectly apparent. The rooters were
doomed TO disappointment. however. in spite OF
the direction the betting took
But Brown was by no means without her sup
ro,,ars A roodly company came up from the
city whose patron saint is Roger Willlams ana
they made a deal Of noise at every opportunity
and opportunities were many Many New
Workers. too. favored the Brown boys ana d's-
played her modest but tasteful colors IN apun-
dance. The grandstand seats did not look lone
some by any means. the mass or spectators pe-
,ne gathered in the stand directly opposite the
field. There always plenty OF women III d
,oothau audience. and yesterday no excep-
hoir rod oil
Providence college turned out to see their under
raduates win more glory on the gridiroh anu Ill
enthusiasm it was q toss-up between them and
the women.
ENTHUSIASM ON THE GRANDSTAND.
The college songs that have come to be an en-
,,vening feature Of football games were heard
yesterday. and their accents ringing OUT over
the stubborny fought field served TO turn the
muscles Of the Brown boys to steel and their
nerves 10 iron The Brown contingent started In
by informing the assembled multitude In rhyme
that they didn't care tinker's cuss for much OF
anvthne. since they were. they were. they were.
they were they were the BrOwn-bred boys,
and they furthermore expressed the ironical
oonion amply borne out by results. that
We won't DO q thing TO the Indians
b the tune OF John Browns Body"
The Indian substitutes. whose name was
legion, on the other hand. from time 10 time
walled out the advice set to the rather oisn'ai
tune OF Good Night. Ladies.
Nor. wind brownies; more wind. brownies:
More win. were going 70 soap you ''O"
Tho ,n.erest displayed in the appearance OF
the Indians was justified II was certainly
n,c,u,esoue sight to see those redskins. modern
lied and tanned as they were. in mimic combat
with the descendants Of the men whose bitterest
foes their forefathers had been. Two hundred
vearu on the Pur;tans were accustomed to spend
Thanksgiving with the musket within easy
reach even while the minister thanked Coo for
his manifold mercies and all from the hourly
fear OF the ancestors Of these redskins that
plaved football yesterday In the great metropo-
lis Of this country. that not so long ago was d
Wilderness whose gloomy forests were VlVln
with the dread Of the silent arrow and the gno-
ing noiseless shape Of the vindictiVe lhdiah'
APPEARANCE OF THE INDIANS.
The Carlisle Indians are magnificent speci-
mems Of the race .ha, once dominated the contl-
nent. Their blood is pure. The Indian STANDS
out in every feature. Most Of them are as
straight as the arrows their fathers used 70
shoot; their hair is black and straight; the Yale
blondes have no repres sentative in their number
Some OF them decidedly handsome notably
Cayou. their big hafblck. The weight Of the
Carlisle eleven fully ten pounds per man
greater than that OF their oppoI Of yester-
day. and at first this told against the lighter
team But Captain Colby soon saw that he
could not hope TO contest successfully with the
Indians in a struggl- Of brute force. and there
after he signaled for plays calling for quickness,
speed and agility; and this was how Brown won
the game
The Brown men were not only lighter than
their opponents but they went into the game
In badly damaged condition. Fultz their star
halfback, had a bad knee that forced him TO
Imp at every step. and 1t was not thought that
be would last through the game. Coombs, the
rRht guard had rlaYed the last three games