Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-23
Saturday Adds the Cap sheaf to Yale's
Shock of Misfortunes.
HAIL PRINCtToNs TIGERS AS KINGS
Western Foot Rail Followers Moving
to Eliminate the Rowdy Features
that nnvc Held Bnck
the Game.

! tens of thousand of collegans throughout
| the country, who we're anXiously await
ing the result of the game on Manhattan
Field. Whatever the dark, blue may have
seen in by-gone days, 1t has seen little to
cheer it for a year past. Everything seems
to have gone wrong at New Haven this
year, and each defeat has been a little
more thorough than its immediate pred
! ecessor, the climax being reached on Sat
urday last when the Jersey Tigers gave
| the Ellis the most severe trouncng they
| have had in many day.
The present year has seen a rapid de-
| cline of Yale stock in more than one
branch of athletic sport. 1t was hard
blow to have the Jersey men come right
| up to New Haven last spring
and there win the deciding game in
the base mall series. 1t was humiliating
| to Yale pride to have an unknown and un-
| honored crew of oarsmen from western
| university come down and lead the yale
freshmen by ten good lengths IN short
the unmerciful defeat at Henley of what
was undoubtedly the best crew ever turned
| out from New Haven was Il source of grief
to the Ellis There was but one game of
| Importance on the Yale foot ball schedule
this fall, and when that was lost, and by
such decisive score, there was no balm
in Gilead for the weurers of the blue.
without commenting or deprecating the
fact, it may be stated In passing that more
college men in the United States rejoiced
at the result of Saturdays big game than
would have eXuted at Sale's victory. If
one wants to make n test of this let him
put the query to any group of collegians
he may meet and call for show of hands.
Yale has stood upon high pedestal for
years and rather. held aloof from all the
members of the college world to whom it
could not dictate athletic policies and more
detailed matters. 1t is small wonder then
that there is general rejoicing over the re-
suit of Yale's only big game. In view of
the better showing made by Harvard
against Princeton, and in view of Pennsyl-
vanias victory over Harvard, it is perfectly
fair to conclude that there would have been
two more defeats for the New Haven lads
had these teams been met What the Car
Isle Indians would have done to Yale in
another game with the officials not all from
New Haven and not all partisans, is n mere
matter of conjecture, but sutfceth 1t to
say that the mighty has fallen.
Princeton uis entitled to great credit for
its splendid Victories over both Harvard and
Yale and it, would seem as though the Jer-
seymen should be voted first place in the
mythical ch4mpi2nshp race, Pennsylvania
which easily takes second place, would
have given Princeton a hard game any
time durir- the season, and especially with
improved most rapidly and their victory
over Harvard was by clean, hard foot ball
Whatever may have been said of the rough
tactics of the Phlladelphans and their tend
ency to deviate from the straight and mar
row path that the amateur should walk
in in the past athletics at Pennsylvania
ern university. When men like Brooke and
Williams, both bona fide students, are kept
off the foot balls eleven because they have
played too long. the Tigers argument that
they cannot meet the, ,Quakers because their
teams are not fairly made up falls rather
fiat: Yale has, received many a tumble
knowing it's haughtiness has laughed with
tiendish glee. 1t may be that the proud
son from Yale's unenviabie position of to-
day. ...l.
Cornell meets Pennsylvania in the last
big game of the east this year on Thanks
giving day in Philadelphi9, but i is doubt
to do more than to hold the mighty Quakers
down to two or three touchdowns. The
safety-the first big game that has been
so decided in years-but Thursdays con-
fct will not be narrowed down to such a
fine point.
with Princeton first. Pennsylvania a close
poor fourth, the question arises what team
may be placed in the fifth position in this
are 'eOa host host of ciamants The Carlisle In
dians. Lafayette, Cornell. Williams. Brown,
Michiean and Dartmouth Al these, at
least must be considered, and Ii would be
a wiseacre indeed who would undertake to
draw a prize out Of the lottery, Public
to the Indians. The treatment of this team
at the hands of the foot ball public and
and generous throughout the season, and
1t is well that IT has been The red men
deserve everything they obtained. and
a decision that they did not get; Their ad;,
vance has been the marvel of the foot ball
ure to watch them steadily forge to the
front. With the return Of number of this
WITH WITH good eiVs coaching % IS it not % possible that hat
the Indians shall next year sweep every
thing before them and come out at the end
of the season as the true champions of the |
great intercollegiate game? Prnceton'S |
victory is popular one but its popularity
would be comcomtant with a victory of the !
red men.
Leaving the brawny and neet-footcd |
youths at Carlisle to sustain the reputation |
Of the west among our fine eastern teams |
students of our western state university |
teams are accomplishing on the grdiron |
giving day game to be played in this city |
between the clevens representing the Uni !
pennant remain on this side of the Missouri
river, or will Iowa take 1t to Its eastern |
night Of Thanksgying, day, when every
thing will be settled and the athletic season
of 96 will be thing of the past
AS far as records go the two teams seem !
to be very evenly matched. Both teams |
have made good showings. but in the race
for the pennant Iowa has slight advan-
tage.
fowa's season consists or seven games.
They have played six and have only one |
n success orifshlpTc according as they win |
or lose thiss4astjgame. Iowa has lost but |
once and tlttn to the strong team of Chi |
cago universltysby the creditable score of |
TO o. on Chicagois own grounds October 10. |
Their record is al follows:
october 2, Iowa against Drake university, |
$40
October 1O,atowa against Chicago univer-
sty 0-6. J.! lFE
October 26,3Iowa against Kansas univer-
November i. iowa against Missouri uni
No,vem6er li,HIIpwa against Grlnnell uni
November 81, Iowa against Des Moines
university, 3is0l1
Iowa is not trying to play too many games. |
tion and they have had few accidents.
Nebraska iNqs not been so fortunate. They |
substitutes Md they have one more game |
yet before I{hey meet Iowa. They play |
Wesleyan again today at Lincoln, so 1t is |
still uncertain i'm what condition Nebraska
will be when they line up Thanksgiving
day. The people Of Omaha are Interested
in seeing them put their best team in the
field -
Whatever else we may see in this city on
Thursday we may rest assured that we
shall see a game OF foot ball conducted In
a sportsmanlike manner. 1t may be n hard
struggle Both teams have much at stake
The pennant of the Western intercollegiate
aggnsiation 1pDpu1a ha |