Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
YALE AND PRINCETON
The Great Foot Ball Game of the
Year Being Played.
THOUSANDS ARE In MANHATTAN FIELD
New Haven Soon Scored, but They
Were Quickly Tied.
HARVARD AT PHILADELPHIA

NEW YORK, November 21.-The outloo,,
thls morning, so far as the weather ,,os
oohcerhed' was anything but propitious for
good day for the Princeton foo.
pall game. Since early morning a cola
sieet and drzzling rain fell. and tho sky
was overcast with lowering clouds wbic,,
threatened a downpour at any mon,a,,
Ihere was light northeasterly wind blou,-
ing. The college boys who were IN fry
tneir prowess on the ,,ridiron this afternoon
were not In the least depressed Inv the
gloomy aspect Inside and OUTSIDE. of the
Murray Hill and Plaza Hotels. where the
princeton and Yale teams were stoppiu-
respectively, there were hundreds of their
cohorts and brother collegians assembled
ne cries and slogans of both colleges were
necessarily shouted and echoed in the vi
cin:ty of each hostelry. and pandemonium
would be quiet retreat sompared with the
sruesome yells and cat calls se.rni,gIy
never ending in the neighborhood of Cen
tral Park Plaza and the Grand Central
depot. - ''
FrOfuse Display of Colors.
fale's blue and Princeton's orange and
black were generously distributed thr.urb
out the city. In every nook and corner Of
the big Office buildings down town. in the
elevators, public, municipal and federal
offices, structures. street cars, elevated nail
road trains and every other mode of con-
veyance the colors of the padded gladia-
tors were lavishly displayed. Ninety out OF
every hundred of New York's population.
which has been considerably Increased ty
visitors who wish TO see the supreme eff
fort for the honors this afternoon. smoke
n h,,r.
ming around the ends" and the thous ,nd
and one possibilities of the uncertain game
of chasing the pigskin"
captain Cochran felt confident HAT his
team OF Tigers" would more than eclipse
tier big successes during the season and
this morning he declared his picked nine
and their substitutes fit as fiddles"
Equally confident was the frrepressible
this morning that the Bulldogs of New
haven would rut up the game of their
llses, Nv, ana squelch the snapping Tigers
without the proyerbial Yale luck"
Plenty of Yale Money.
Yale norey was well in evidence all
through tie forenoon, and there was SO
much Of 1t that the 'cinch' betters who
were rl1nging recklessly on Princeton's
chances at odds of 10 to on even had TO
shorten this price. and by noontime seyera,
even money bets were registered The pre-
street division, which is looked on as a bet.
ting thermometer, were 100 to 30 at
o clock
Bulls and bears on the street took diff
ferent views of the situation. and they fire.
quently changed places, as many ali OK
was found to be the short side while
the bruins frequently took the long end.
AS the day advsnc the weat her became
worse and worse. and in the language OF
one Sridiron enthusiast it was too mean 10
coin suitable adjective TO qualify what
klEd OF man the weather clerk was
Despite the Efforts of the committee of
arrangements, the Spectators managed in
some way to gobble a big lot of paste
boards. and the much-wanted tickets were
rapidly bought up at prices which ecipsed
all the most saI guine anticipati tions of the
gentlemen who lined the sidewalks in the
vicinity of Manhattan field.
Thronging to the Field.
Long before II o'clock. although thu
game was scheduled to begin at >. the
l. roads and Broadway cable cars which
land passengers close TO the gates of Man
haitian field, were crowded 10 suffocaiion.
and there was continuous jam at the
different entrances. BY / o'clock q close
estimate of all who gathered within and
without the inclosure and the neighborins
vantage points exceeded 10000.
The tickets which had fallen into the
hdnuS OF SPECTATORS early in the week
and which had been held until today i'm
the hope of getting greatly advanced prices,
were sold at the gates for face value
Yale supporters were very much more in
evidence than those of Princeton. Twenty.
four coaches, taily-hos. drags and 'busses
were lined on the north side of the field.
Two-thirds of them were filed with Yale
shouters and the rain did not seem TO have
any effect on their cheering and singing.
That noted cry, the frog chorus of ''Aris-
tophanes, was heard continually on all
sides, answered by Princeton with "Oh,
my, oh, my; how Wen do up old Eli.
The Tigers were evidently reserying their
lungs for later period of the game
The day furnished a perfect example OF
the inconvenience and great personal dis.
comfort which people willing to bear
on occasions. Women who had never in
their lives before sat in a irZZling rain
and an atmosphere which penetrated TO
the very marrow now sat aid chatted and
helped their brothers out with their added
enthusiasm.
The great viaduct and Coogans Roost
were crowded long before the grand stands
received their thousands, and one look
ed up at the closely packed mass OF hu-
manity he could not help think what the
consequence would be should that iron
railing give way.
No sooner had the collegians assembled
than they began their shouting. Yell
answered yell, and many cornets and other
wind instruments added to The general din.
The Line-Up.
The lineup was as follows: