The morning times., 1896-11-22
Sons Of Eli Fought Desperately Against
Princeton.
THEY DREW FIRST BLOOD
In the Second Half, However, the
Wearers Of the Orange and Black
Had Things Their Own Way
Yale Men Hurt-45,OOO People
Saw the Game.

! New York, Nov. 81. "Princetonr'
"frincetonI' "Prineeton!" and with a
mighty shout that grew in volume and
roiieu like the ti0Jsam ana letsam on the
edge of the Incoming. tide, the thousands
! who lined the fence around Manhattan
| Field sent the slogan UP to the thousands
| on the stands and from thence through the
murky atmosphere, the battle cry reach. I'd
! the tens or tho usands who lined the yiaduct
| overlooking ala waving, gorgeous vel
| low hue-the Yale Princeton game of '36
| vas over and the Drawn and muscle of
| historic Nassau had trampled the mighty
| traditions of Old Eli in the dust
| II was a glorious combat, fought hand
| tn hand and eye to eye, and Princeton came
out triumphant, to enter the third decade
| Of her struggles with her friendly enemy,
by the score OF "a points to g.
IT. was sweeping victory. but the van
quislied fought hard and died game. In
vain ain did Murphy, benjanin, and iine battle
until nature gave way, and they were re-
luctanuy forced off the field.
! In vain did those who took their places
m,[h u sne gallant 1rsa Tenlnah5 mp push and heave
| all tie efforts of the gall ant sons Of Ely
To counteract the battering ram that was
being hurled at their line Were set at
naught. Their defense went down like
ninepins before the assaults OF the con-
| querins heroes.
| Once and only once did the oil IL familiar
blue OF Yale wave trunphantly alone
! over The Tray. Seven minutes after Baird
| had started hoStilities, the Yale warriors
had the ball on Princeton's stwcnty-five-yard
line. But despite the uragement or
| their followers the Ellis had to surrender
possession after unavailing efforts to
pierce tile phalanx in front OF them
| Baird fell back for q punt out of da nger
bue Une waV,nfai Rodgers was on uaIni ana
blocked the kick Inc ball rolled behind
| m. goal line. lnere was rush IN botn
| sides. confused mass OF arms and legs.
| BhS' nai fati'n on tne.Dail and drawn fIrst
| blood Tor Yale.
inrn ,ne wearers OF the blue had their
chance M mob! the res pOufie1 To the call
| Though oatnumbered nearly two To me by
| the bearers of orange cOprS, th.y mad. ~ In
| volume OF enthusiasm for lack of numbers
IL was their IasU CiiiIice. Spurrcd ON by
the score or t-J. the Tigers rushed To the
attack with a flerceness that overturned
AN "isfa1les. The rnignty weIgnu II their
| rush line broke down fale's defense
OVER THE LINE.
! Yard by yard, the Ellis fighting manfuIly
| every foot, the torrent bore down on the
| devoted citadel. The ball was brought
| almost Oh the Yale goal line, and then with
a mighty heave Baird and Kelly We're sent
| through for touchdowns. Baird easily
achieved the ma jor points, nd the first half
| the Tigers.
| 1t was shortly before the half ended that
| the first and only star run Of the game was
made. Yale was forced tu kick on the third
down, and Hinckey punted To Princeton's
|
curacy Baird caught the slippery leather,
but almost before he had time to move he
| was tackled
| nhi tu,. rnceton fuIlhack Eept his head
| aad deftly passed the oval back to On ,rter-
| DaCk SnntH. Like ~ snake SMITH made
| his tOrtuuus course through the opposition,
lis striped comrades yuarding his way.
| Right tnrough the whuie y ale team went
| the Tiger quarter andthe chrysanthentitns
We're everywhere in evidence. Nearer and
nearer tie 20. lac a'I.t ANA there was no
nna n from tn st "a hiG.
| hut the Nemesis intthe shape of Benja-
| Min, faie's speedy iGsiIha.k, WAS behind
| The agonized rGoters on he. stand asked
! Themselves IL Smith had speed sufficient to
&@c stride hs By sifae whs the
Yale ,ilan gained and at hast, twelve yards
| from the coveted line, Ee :ned Tor smith
| and iota Wen, down tug"tEer.
In the second half the. Tigers fairly
| overwhelmed the Ellis, and three touch
downs Were made, Iiilldcbrand, Barnard
and Wheeler being responsible for the
! scores Baird ought 10 have kicked all
three goals, but missed badly and when
| to ales g.
1t was dull prospect that awaited the
football enthusiasts when they rose this
| morning. Heavy clouds, surcharged with
ram, hung like pail over the city, and
quickly show ed their mission. BY IL
o'clock there was "A steady drlZzlc, and
little signs of clearing off.
$4,000 PEOPLE SAW THE GAME.
The portals of Manhattan Field opened at
IL O'Clock. First IN Were lovers of the
game content to stand for two hours in
dalnpness and mud for which privilege they
had paid 81 apiece. The arstOcratic hold.
ers OF reserved seats had no need of such
early arrival But Just before the game was
called the stands filled as If by magic. Bare
| sections became suddenly converted into
panoramas of yellow and blue with the Vel.
| low pretiUmnating.
| There was one section of the ground
however, where he Grange ard black had
to take a back seat to the blue, and this
wa~in the inciosure reserved for caches
Here for two mortal hours before the
game band of heroes distributed over
seven coaches draped i'll blue nobly lore
he brunt OF the fray. From these seven
coaches came the poetical efforts, the
composition of which cost the student
poc's aEd Song writers much thought for
| the last two weeks
-Four Princeton coach loads resprnded
nnbiv to the challenge, but were ont
numbered. '"'
The seating at Manhattan Field is 13,5oo
| persons. There were not LOCO vacant
seats. Fully 5000 more had standing
room, ma KING the mum ber inside the
gates over 10000, not counting zoo occu-
! pants OF press seats.
On the viaducI and speedway hill there
were at least 5000, bringing the total
os arb people p who saw Baird, of Princeton,
when the game opened, 40 1000
THE KICK OFF.
| oS u tHe ale team Came on
sne lleia ana minute later Princeton s
Tigers followed. Yale won the toss and
| ton I he kick off
At 2:12 Baird kicked off, but sent the
.e,,hnf ~ out ui Lounds at the five yard line
and 1T was brought back for a second
attempt.
inns time Hlnckey caught II and returned
IL TO Smith at the center The oval was
linen passed to Baird for a punt which
Murphy blocked Bass fell on the hall
and on the next lineup Yale was given
five yards for off-sde play,
Ben1amin Tried twice to gain through
Hiilebrand, but failed Hine tried RIGHT
end for a gain, but the ball went to Prince.
ton on downs. i
After some kicking Ibetween the backs
BenJamln was sent ipast Armstrong for a
run OF Twenty-Five yards. Yale then got
five yards for off-side play, and on the
reference. 80 -oi III
The ball was on Prihceton's twentr.five
yard line Fincke fumbled and the leather
Went 10 Princeton.a Baird tried to punt
out, Du6 Chadwick broke through and block.
ed The Dall rolled back behind Princeton's
goal line, and Bass fell on it, giving Yale a
touchdown. Hine kicked the goal, making
the score: Princeton,"0; Yale, 6.
| MORE
After an interchange Of punts Hinckey
fifteen yards, but giving it to Princeton
The Tigers then gave up the kicking game
and depended for their gains on Straight
forward rushes. Barnard, Kelley. Baird
and Church, by series of short gains, sue
cCede0 In bringing thai hal within r., -