The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21
YALE'y Big TRIUMPH.
She Beats Princeton in q
Spirited Football Game.
SCORE 6 TO 0 IN ELpS FAVOR,
Freshman Dudley Makes the Only
Touchdown in the Contest.

Cnduninder Kicks the Goal with Precision-
Little Quarter hack DE sauIles Again Dis.
tingui-hes Hims-lr-His Dashe- Down the
Field Cause wild Punts
ing n Feature Until ne IL Forced to Retire
The Tigers Lose Their Captain In the Secs
snd Halr-TheIr Limo Unable TO Withstand
tho Biue's OnsisuEht-Many Opportunities
Lost Through Nervousness and Mumng.
New HAVEN. Nov. 2O.-Eleven Yalo heroes
won one of the most sensational football games
on record here this afternoon. Regarded as inc
ferior by experts everywhere. by their own fol-
lowers, and by the great crowd in general that
saw the game, this wonderful band Of kickers
demons "ated the uncertainty OF the greatest Of
American pastimes by defeating PrinCeton's
Wanted Tigers by 9 points to o. Two months ago
Sale's football prospects were about as dim az
they ever could be. Princeton's crushing triumph
OF a year ago was enough to break tho old Yale
spirit. and when Frank Butterworth took hold
Of q green lot Of material there were misgivingn
on the part of many old graduates and coachess
who believed 1t would be impossible to mould a
winner out Of an unknown quantity.
But there is such q thing as Yale pluck and
Yale endurance, and both OF these qualities were
called upon in the emergency. with the result
that, in spite Of the most serious obstacles, In
tho shape of injuries to the players, faculty con-
ditions, discouraging games with tho Indians,
Brown. West Point. and Chicago. and a draw
with Harvard. the Blue is magnihcently tri-
umphant tonight.
Such football as this remarkable eleven played
this afternoon is seldom seen. 1t consisted
principally OF physical strength that was perfec-
tion and q determination to win In the face Of
what seemed terrible odds. With the Tigers re-
puted to be in their best trim. with their
crack end rushers. half backs and punteru
in splendid fettle and the prestige of victory,
1t seemed impossible for Yale to triumph,
and only those who were carried away with
enthusiasm could figure out such q happy event.
But the game had not been under way five min
utes when football sharps realized that the Yale
men were doing a hundred per cent. better work
than they did at Cambridge last Saturday.
Their physique seemed even better than TN that
OCCASION, when not q sin lie Yale player was
hurt, and this was eventually proved. for the
Blue mon went through to.day's contest. too,
without 80 much as having one Of their number
limp of the battlefield when it was over.
When the first half was at an end Yale's play.
ing had convinced every body but Princeton par.
tisans that there was trouble In store for tho
Tigers. Stnl it was difficult to believe that
Princeton would be defeated, and q brace on the
part Of the Jerseymen was universally looked
for. Even Yale supporters did not dare to hope
for victory, but were praying for a draw, so that
when. in the second half, Dudley, the freshman
half back. was shot over the Tigers line for q
touchdown, which brought with 1t a goal and
victory. there was a burst of feeling that will
never be forgotten by those who witnessed 1t.