The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-22
BEST FOOTBALL
EVER PLAYED
Princeton and Pennsylvania Win Prom
Yale and Harvard.
LOSERS CLEARLY oUTCLAssED
Yale Scored on a Fluke, While Harvard
Played Pluckily Against Pennsyl-
vania's Bigger Team.

At Philadelphia
University Of Pennsylvania, ........ 8
Harvard ...,".. ...... ..,."....."
At Yew York
Princeton ....,... ...........,..'... "a
Yale ......... .......,...,....--.,... D
Philadelphia, November Z.--Beaten.
battered. shattered. but not disgraced.
This is but the preface TO the story Of
one Of the grandest battles ever wit
messed on the football grldiron. Cruel
fate seemed to follow Harvard. but even
In the face OF the most discOuraging
circumstances they never faltered, their
only thoughts apparently being pros
pectlve-in fact, almost certain defeat,
for their lines were fast becoming
weakened by the terrible battering OF
the heavy men OF old Pennsylvania,
and the pangs Of defeat which would
come TO them should their efforts fail.
Every man played as though his life
depended on the result Of the game.
There was a reason which comes only
with thorough teaching. Each was try
ing 10 help the other. Harvard's de-
fensive work for time was superb.
but the awful battering their line. re-
ceived from the heavyweights on the
Pennsylvania team began to tell be-
fore the first half was finished and
many delays were occasioned by Grim
son warriors being stretched upon the
grass. For a time the faithful" who
were urging their acknowledged team
on to greater efforts. seemed to falter.
but the cheer was taken up by the red
and blue followers Thousands Of
Pennsylvanians shouted for their GRIM
son rivals not because they hoped to
see them win the contest, but because
OF the plucl<y tight they were putting
up in the face OF overwhelming odds
The crimson eleven had gone into bat
tie with some of their best mea in a
crippled condition. They had fought
their fight In the early stages Of the
game. and now they were slowly but
surely being driven back. The line
would hold for two or possibly three
downs. and then the red and blue
would gain their distance and 1t was
but a repetition of the previous disas-
ter Harvard's line stood the battering
ram process OF Pennsylvania for the
first half and II was in this half that
the crimsons made their only touch
down. But in the second half the
physical condition of the red and blue
commenced to assert itself, and one by
one were the Harvard cripples carried
from the field. The Pennsylvania team
as a whole deserve universal praise and
but little censure. Every player was a
star and it was hearty cooperation
which made Pennsylvania's onslaught
upon the crimson lines damaging and
their defense so remarkable.
YALE-PRINCEToN GAME.
New York. November 21.-The hours
between and this afternoon must
go down to posterity as memorable in
the annals Of football. Two of the great
rival factions in American college life.
Yale and Princeton, had each selected
eleven men to do royal battle on the
gridiron. Each did glorious work and
won great honors, but the sons of old
Nassau defeated their antagonists by
a score of "a to 6, amid wild cheering
The best of all football grounds, Man
haitian field, was taxed to its utmost
capacity by 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 open
ed at about noon and from that time
till long after the game had started
crowds poured into the enclosure from
the elevated railroad trains and horse
cars The fair sex turned out in large
numbers; society bellies dressed in pref
ty sweater costumes sat beside their
brothers, fathers or beaux, never ut
tering word of complaint during the
long weary drizzle and adding much to
the beauty and enthusiasm of the scene.
At the appearance of the contestants
upon the gridiron the rival factions en-
gagged in singing songs in honor of the
players and shouting various college
yells, Captain Murphy chose the east
goal, giving the Tigers the kickoff.
From that moment the two teams, as
they lined up for the scrimmage, fol-
lowing the ball in its progress up and
down the field. became the focal point
towards which $4,000 pairs of eyes were
directed. For the first time since '9S
and for the fourth time since 'SS, a rep
team from the Tigers col
lege defeated the sons of Eli today.
The score was "a to G. and when II has
been added that Yale's six points were
scored on fluke, the story has been
told for never from the beginning of
the game until its end were the men
from New Haven able TO cope with
their sturdy antagonists. The Yale
eleven was clearly out-played at every
point Of football on the other hand,
the Princeton team never for an in
slant stopped playing the hard game
with which they commenced.