The sun., 1897-11-23
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Short and Pithy Pointers From
the Turf.
BRIEF TOPICS OF THE DAY
A Resume Of the Latest DOings In
Athletics, Indoor and Field
Sports That are
Legitimate.
FOOT BELL.

them. Princeton scored $40 and had G
scored against them. Harvard scored
1873 and had 20 scored against them.
Brown scored 1853 and had l4S scored
against them, and the Indians scored 200
points and had s6 points scored against
them.
With Princeton beaten and Pcnnsyl-
vania victorious over Harvard, critical
enthusiasts are trying to figure out which
is the stronger eleven this season.
"Pcnnsy" or Yale. Possibly there will
BE more persons to proclaim the Quakers
champions than those who will lay claim
to the title for the Blues. The principal
reason for this is that Yale played only a
draw with Harvard in a game which the
Crimsons should have won on ly for poor
judgment. Pennsylvania won easily
from the Cambridge men, who, it is con-
ceded, played better football than against
Yale. This is all very well, perhaps,
when it is not taken into consideration
that Yale played Harvard away from
home and a week before the Blues were
supposed to be in the pink of condition.
On the other hand, Harvard played
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, where over
10000 psrsons "rooted'' for the Quakers.
If Pennsylvania had played at Cam
bridge, and Harvard had met Yale at
New Haven there might have been such
results as to convince the impartial pub
lie that Yale and Pennsylvania are
pretty evenly matched. The uncertainty
of the game, as shown at New Haven on
Saturday, is another point to be con-
sidered, so that it seems impossible to
draw definite conclusions. If Pennsyl-
vania instead of Princeton could have
met Yale last Saturday under the same
conditions that existed then, it is safe to
say that the game would have. been just
as close, for in form the Quakers have all
along been considered about in the same
class with the Tigers.
Yale has retrieved her singing defeat
of last year and regained her position in
the college world as the foremost ex-
ponant of modern football 1t has been
accomplished under the most trying cir.
cumstances and the merits of her system
have been tested as never before.
The game had not progressed ten
minutes before every Princeton follower
in that great crowd realized that the
Tigers were not going to experience tho
overwhelming victory that was antici.
pated. The Yale defense proved almost
impregnable, and the only question was,
could it hold ont? 1t not only did this,
but with the exception of u few minutes
in the second half, when Kelly made
some good gains, it grew stronger and
the Tiger backs were thrown on almost
every attack. After the first half Prince
tons supporters expected that their
] :,
on the contrary, it was the Blue that
showed up strong.
Football, perhaps more than any other
sport, is affected by playing the contest
on home grounds. The Yale players
knew every blade Of grass through eight
weeks Of hard practice. De Saullcs knew
instinctivcly the position of his teamwth-
out counting 5-yard lines. Each PLAYER
could recount Il bookful of incidents that
happened here and there. This famili-
arity was OF great benefit to Yale and Il
decided disadvantage to Princeton. 1t
may not be logic, but it is a fact that the
home ground favors the home team.
Princeton's play under these circum-
stances was a rare exhibition of nerve
and pluck.
There is a never-givc-up spirit in Old
Nassau that makes her opponents her
friends. That last rally, when beaten,
bruised and tired she simply swept the
Yale team back for full thirty yards, was
the kind OF grit that elcctriiics. Prince
lost the game, but won the admiration of
10000 persons.
The Pennsylvania eleven will wind up
the season on next Thursday at Philadcl-
phia with the Cornell men. The latter
have had good rest and they are train
ed particularly for this game, they may
put up a better game than the experts
look for The Quakcrs may be ovcr-con-
fident, as they look upon the contest as
easy for them, Il fault that has worked
injury to other big clevcns before. The
other games of Importance on that day
will be played at Cincinnati and Chicago.
The Carlisle Indians wind up their sea-
son at Cincinnati, and the New Jersey A.
G. will meet the Chicago A. G. at Chica-
go. The Jerseymen leave here to-mor-
row for the West.
No Varsity privileges will be taken
from the men who represented old
Nassau at New Haven. No censlre will
ne given them when they return to
Princeton; but they will be received with
open arms by the university and cheer
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