The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21
RETURN OF H BIG CROWD
PRINCETON sHoUrERs SCARCE, AND
OH SO SAD.

OH SO SAD.
tho Defeated Team went 20 the Murray Hill,
where what MAD Been Pianned a. . VIC
torious Tnsaust was Eaten In Doierni
s-ilenos-scenes at tho Railway station.
with blue ribbons waving VIGOROUSLY and
orange and black decorations still bravely show
ing. though In defeat, the great crowd that went
mp TO the Yale Princeton game from this city
poured out of tho returning trains last night.
There was q mighty change OF spirit from tho
morning, for then tho wearers OF the Tiger col
ors had been jubilant, while q spirit which
ut best was dubious animated tho men who
sported the blue. With sad and subdued spirits
tho Nassau supporters plodded out into the city.
while the sons Of Eli, with what little voice
they had left, cheered their alma mater and the
sturdy warriors who had won q glorious triumph
for hor.
About $3.50 tho first Of tho special trains
pulled into the station, and before the cchoing
building had ceased TO sound with the rolling Of
the train the Yale cheer was ringing through
tho place. A great wave Of blue swept over
tho platform. II thoro wero any Princeton
people on that train their disposition was
Of that retiring nature which kept them
In the background. A waiting crowd at the end
OF the receiving platform answered the Yale
cheers in kind and there was q sort of q love
feast then and there. They grabbed each other
around the neck and executed dances in
dicativo Of high-pressure Joy. Women.
br'ght;eyed and red-cheekod with excitement,
waved flags and ribbons and hoarsely
Squeaked their jubilatiop. In one place a dozen
young mon and girls decorated with all manner
OF blue emblems formed a circle, hands around,
and proceeded to o celebration of tho ancient
and solemn rite of the Mulberry Bush. with an
astonished station attendant as the bush.
Hardly had that crowd drifted out into the
ptrcets than q second train was pouring it's hun.
dreds into the station. In the van of this crowd
ran o little, round, butter-ballo of o Yale maiden.
who was pointed for an elderly gentleman in q
silk hat, waiting on the platform. Before she
got within twenty-five yards of him she began
to Shrek:
Wasn't 1t grandi Wasn't It grandI'
Then, putting on an extra burst Of speed, she
dived into him like q prizo half back bucking
The centre. Tho elderly gentleman's silk hat
fell and rolled. The elderly gentleman himself
almost went over under the force Of the attack.
and he gasped for breath, which, whom he had
recovered 1t, he made use Of By feebly Growing:
"Yalei Valet Yale -
Instantly the crowd gathered around the pair.
"Hurrah for Popi" shouted an irreverent on.
shusiast.
"hooray for Maudiei" supplemented an
other.
Whats. your class, sir T., demanded q youth
with his hat swathed in blue.
Pretty near It., said the elderly mar as he
Led the Yale len maiden .Ia away toward a waiting
Three cheers for the class Of 1901" a man
called, and the hoarse voices again rasped out
from the tired and sore but still willing threats.
Meantime the Princetonians were quietly
bition to stay and celebrate. The least misera.
%itS 81 o sas 1o' a Ms' S s sell y s%Sle;m asiF Who 'U Sian't
know, when he left the train. which side
seem to Know Anything else mATf Two helpful ICON com .
panions were striving, to guide his hayward
I policenPan w sneire ne I sSs ot, Hwsy with fSs afsee IS 70 q
Say. Of man. F you love me-hic-ten me
YALE said the officer briefly. Break
Tha'sh wha.hic.they tot me up there n 1
TYouldn' hliey e it. Bee bcttin' four to.hio,one.
""Y&iiei Yale. Yale," came the cheers of the
crowd, 9s Il in answer; and as they died away
the ls, Whole 81 place lSs p wins ftied with Mb6 the S,c sssnt0 fhnt
he never would have believed it il NOTICE and
agentleman. whose word was law. hadnt told
On one Of the later trains there arrived a
yards and yards OF blue ribbon. No sooner had
she stepped upon tho platform than a shout
Get q truck! Take her down in ~state!"
the so pist % 7 efilR ited th g S yoans W s5ns1; r npO IT q iH'
and hauled her triumphnntly down. while the
ssr ere Iii, d,v E1nIs,. to ob siv S,ne fr rosei E,9ss"ETGbi Ip frsid
which bore the Princeton team was n moving
mausoleum of monumental misery. The players
where a dinner which had been intended rs a
triumphal dinner was prepared. and ate in sad.
and others to the theatre. 1t was a bitter home
coming for them. The last of the crowd from
o ahs ssn on e syesy IN np aSSns r FL SsIoGt' was rr SIIss 3
with the returned spectators. whose appetites
had been whetted by the long day in the keen
Tho departure in the morning was accom-
plished with very little confusion, considering
ven express. was full. and the first contingent.
crowded into twelve coaches, started on the
The crowd was so dense that they filled the
! sidewalk out to the curb. making q passage into
see,i Sat of tSe r Seos. an hMiRiEsS' Of eIeat 4 co ssSona
pulled out, with n score OF undergraduates from
Princeton hanging on the rear platform.
Othor special trains were despatched as fol,
iioTs ,car aG'i ioo: ST. t eseiSo 'I Isflo a' cars ;'4 iop:s ESQ
chartered eGers ! d0 By tho P fTS sm9 Cub. P aso tiof fsts
10:4O: ten parlor cars. chartered by the Prince
sections. each mado up Of twelve coaches, and
the i1:Ol. ten coaches. was made up as a supple
m IN asdit aSG.1 TO- the he o above sn q l special dSn Consisting
Mt lO:45. All OF the trains. barring accidents
were expected to cover the distance in 1 hour
and As minutes.
The railroad officials, expecting an unusua
crowd, made elaborate preparations to get the
people aboard the trains with tho least possible
delay! Four doors leading from the waiting
room were used as exits to the trains. and an nd
ditional booth for selling tickets was erected neal
the Madison avenue end. Notwithstanding al
wishes. ran across the inner bridge of the sta
ton and dropped on tho roofs of the cars anC
from there to the platforms before Sergeant
Ryan and Officer Fitchen. who were stationed
there, could stop the rush.
Fully 6.000 people passed through the gate
that led to the various trains. Forty policemen
undcr Capt. Delaney were on duty. but ther,
was no tronble for the police, as the crowd han
EAsY FOR VEST POINT.
Cadets Defeat the brown University Team b,