The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-11-22
ONE FLUKE FOR YALE
The Sons Of Eli Go Down Before
the Sons of Old Nassau.
PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE
University OF Pennsylvania Beats
Harvard In the Greatest Came
Ever Witnessed In tho
State-Football Day.

Manhattan Field. Nov. 21.-The hours
between and O'Clock this afternoon
must go down To posterity as memoir
able In the annals of football Two Of
the great rival factions In American
college life. Yale and Princeton, had
each selected eleven men 10 do royal
battle on the gridiron. Each did glori-
Gus work and won great honors, but
the sons of "Old Nassau" defeated
their antagonists by a score of "a to 9
amid wild cheers. The best OF all IA
Norable football grounds, the Manhat-
tan field, was taxed to its utmost ca
pacity by the eager thousands who
were willing to sit in the drizzling rain
and penetrating atmosphere for three
full hours To witness the greatest
sporting event of the year. The gates
were opened at ABOUT noon, and from
that time until long after the game
had started the crowds poured into the
enclosure from the elevated railway
trains and horse cars. The fair sex
turned out in large numbers and soeie-
" bellies dressed i'm pretty sweater cos
TUNES sat down amid their brothers,
fathers or beauX never utterIng a word
OF complaint during the long, dreary
drizzle and adding much to the beauty
AID enthusiasm of the scene The
Sreat vtaduct over One Hundred and
fifty-ffth street was crowded with
"deadheads' long before noon and
"Coogan's Roost." west of Manhattan
field closure, also contained several
thousands Of those who could not af-
ford the price of admission.
Preparatory to the appearance Of the
contestants upon the grldiron the rival
factions engaged In singing songs in
honor of the players and shouting the
various college yells. Finally there
was a momentary hush. and then. to
the northwest corner of the field. a
sound as of distant storm IL the for
est was heard, which gradually in
creased. spreading around the four
sides Of the gridiron field. until 1t at
taine1 the mighty roar of a tornado
the Yale kickers had made their ap-
Dearance. Briskly they trotted onto
the deld and tested their sturdy mus
cles in few moments OF preliminary
Practice. Princeton followed her rival
a minute or two later and was also
greeted with stirring round of ap-
plause.
1t was Just 2:l0 O'Clock when the coin
tossed by Umpire Paul Dashiel of Le-
high fell in Yale's favor. Captnln
Murphy chose the east goal. giving the
Tigers the kick of. From that mo-
ment. the two teams, as they lined up
for the scrimmage. following the ball
in it's progress up and down the field.
became the focal point towards which
$4,000 Pairs Of eyes were directed. For
the first time since 1898 and for the
fourth time since 1883 a representative
team from the Tigers college defeated
the Sons of Eli to-day. The score was
"a to 9, and when il had been added
that Yale's six points We're scored on a
fiuke, the story has been told. for never
from the beginning OF the game until
Its eri were the men from New Haven
able to cope with their sturdy antag-
onists. The Yale eleven were clearly
outplayed at every point OF footballs:
they did not kick as well. push as well
or run as well as the Tigers and in
their defensive play weakness was
their principal feature. on the other
hand, the members of the Princeton
team never for an instant stopped
playing the hard game which they
commenced. The teams lined up as
follows: