The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
Blue Wins the Day on
the New Haven
Gridiron.
SCORE: PRINCETON O,
YALE 8.
StaIWart Sons of Old Eli Play
a Most Magnificent
Game.
OLD NASSAU'S MEN ARE
OUTPLAYED.
Eighteen Thousand Spectators Wit
ness Ore of thu Greatest of
Eco ball Battles.
Special Dispatch TO THE CALL.

game ever seen. The victory for the blue
vas as fair as it was com Dete and as bril-
liant as it was surprising. Except in
kicking, YaIe's stalwart men ontpIayed
the Tigers in every department OF the
game. Little BairI OF Princeton out
punted Mcbride in almost every exchange
Of kicks, but in no other respect did the
Jersey men demonstrate a superiority.
Certainly more than two-thirds OF the
1S 600 spec a ors that gathered about the
arena this afternoon expactei to see ale
da'eated. 1t was believed that the eleven
OF Old Nassau would present a line as
form BILE % Yale as granite wall, while
the heavr- weights in the Princeton center
were counted on 10 brush the Yale fo~-
wards a tide at Will when the offensive
play demanded II. 1t was expected that
the swift runners behind he Tigers lins
would circle Yale ends and plow through
her tackles repeatedly, while 1ale's light
backs were not Looked upon as likely to
pass Cochran and Craig. Man for man and
round for pourd, the elevens had been
conn ared on paper, and the prophets
could 'e only Princeton victory.
But the football generals had retkoned
without their host. The game of week
ago apparently was but excellent training
for the Els. The injuries of the Prince
ton men doubtless had much 10 do with
their defeat. If they had been in perfect
condition, the teams would probab have
played each other TO standstil. The
absence of Kelly from tbs Jersey ranks i'll
the first half was also felt.
The pilgrimage to the grounds began
early. When the contestants appeared on
the field, the high tiers of seats that
framed the field were filled with expectant
and anxious peoI lie. In the east stand
were gathered most of the Yale "rooters,"
and there was hardly dasn OF color but
blue siple.
Across the field the Princeton cohorts
were congregated and the alternating
stripes of yellow and the contrasting black
were even more brilliant than the blue on
the oppos t side.
In the center section of this stand al
most ev ry spectator carried Princeton
flag, and as they waved, now in lime uh
the ince ssant songs OF the Jersey boys
and the quickly, madly as brilliant play
started tie cheers, they made the eyes
sparkle and the pulse quicken. In the
north and south stands blue predomi-
mated.
The gridiron was in wonderfully good
condition. The two eleyens were few
minutes in making their appearance, but
when they trotied through he gates into
the arena pandemonium Ieigned. The
mem bers of the two elevens Iumb e |
about the gridiron for three or four mlu-
utes. Then the coin was tossed. Prince
ton won, and chose the north goal, with
the wind a their backs; the whistle was
blown and the struggle was on.
1t was Yale's fate to kickoff. Cham
berlain started the game at 2:0S O clock by
kicking off 10 Baird. who immediately re-
turned TO Yae's 35.yard line. Mcbride
kicked on the first down and it was
Prin ceton's ball in The center of the field.
Reiter tried right tackle and Barnard lett
end, and neither could gain, but Wheeler
made seven yards on mass play on the
right end. Two more downs were tried
and the bail went TO Yale for holding.
Yale then tried few rushes but found
Princeton line fully as strong as Har-
wards, SO Mcbride was forced 10 kick.
For time the battle surged back and
forth in the center of the field none of the
running packs being able to make the
necessary distance, and beth Baird and
Mcbride punting on the third down.
Finding that the hailbacks were king
no i'm preston on Yale Bairi made three
attempts TO kick goal from the field,
starting the first from the 35.yard line
and all three were miserable failures. =
After that the Yale line vas never in
danger during the first half Baird, how
ever, showed his wonderful kicking bility
by placing some magnificent punts down
the field, TWO OF them being for over sixty
yards.
A few minutes before time was called
De Saulles made his first sensational run
of the day. carrying the ball back after a
kick for twenty-five yards through the
entire Princeton Team. There were some
injuries during the half, but no one left
the field.
When the teams lined up for the second
hall it was seen that Lathrop had taken
Cochran's 3 p. ace a right end, and Prince
ton ended the game without her captain.
Ihe puntlng began again with even
greater fierceness. Each team would try
couple OF runs anu then would come a
kick and for few minutes the oall
seem in the air most of the time. Yale,
however, was apparently playing with
far greater confidence. and when at
last Wheeler caught one of Nc
Brides punts on Princeton's five
yard line and instead OF making
u fair catch put the ball to Baird, the
lattor was pushed over the line for u SEEM
ing safely and the crowd went crazy.
on the first down kicked out of danger.
Then came a seli,s of llays which in
the end won the game for Yale. Hard
rushes into the Princeton line by the Yale
backs BEGAN to tell on the Princeton team,
First, Relter went out and Kelly took his
place. although, strange enough, he had
been kent on the side lines w. to this
time. Then Baird was injured. and soon.
showing himself to be unfit for play, was
led from the field weeping, Burke taking
his place.
This weakening of the Princeton team
put additional life into Yale. From the
30-yard line Mcbride tore through The
center for three yards, Benjamin added
four more and Dudley carried the ball by
marvellous run to Princetons 12-yard
line.
On the next rush Captain Rodger put
the bali on the six-yard line. Princslon
was too eager and Edwards intertered
with the ball, and Yale got five yards for
the cff-side play. This put the ball within
twelve inches OF the goal, from which
point Dudley easily went over The line
for the first and only touchdown. Cad.
wallader kicked goal without trouble.
TO be sure, Yale did not score another
point, but the Princeton team saw some
of the most marvellous rushes of the sea-
son when DE- Saulies, catching the ball