The Portland daily press., 1897-11-22
YALE WON.
The Blue Victorious and the Crimson
Vanquished.

Pennsylvania Triumphed Over Harvard
Yale Boys Downed the Tigers of
Prin ceton.
New Haven, Conn, November 2o.-Tbe
afternoon at Yale field was full of excite
ment and situations that made the blood
tingle from the start to the finish of the
great battle. From IL O'Clock the hour
at which the various entrances were
opened for the purpose until 4.40 the pic
lures presented wore full of deep interest.
As the hour for calling of the game ap-
preached, the weather. which had been
SO inauspicious during the morning
hours, showed signs of improvement an
with the coming of the vast throngs or
people, the disagreeable features of the
day abated. The cold north wind died
down to an extent which caused it to be
almost no factor in the contest and the
predictions of the forenoon departed.
The grand stands filled slower than was
anticipated, but at l. .45 both of the mann
moth side stands were filled to their ut
most capacity. The south stand was also
fully occupied and in the north stand all
but one block of about q hundred seats
were claimed. The empty section was
monument to the thwarted purse of spec
ulators who were left with the purchased
tickets on their hands.
The arrangements for the handling of
the crowds were perfect, the police SER
x;oa leo cfo
the latter part of the game when Yales
sympathizers in their frenzied enthusiasm
were unable to remain in their seats and
crowded into the passageways and in
some instances over the fence to the side
lines. The college boys exuberance,
kept in restraint last night and this
morning, gradually warmed up with the
advent of The crowds at the field and
when all of the 5000 spectators had been
seated and the arrival OF the contestants
was at hand, the pentup volume of sound
broke loose with the defiant cheers and
yells of the opposing factions. 1t was
picturesque scene, the spectator gazed
upon as his eyes swept around the great
enolosure-such an one as is to be found
only with great football game. The
high tiers Of seats that framed the field,
lined of i'll straight white boundaries An
dicatingH the fatal limits to which the
ball could be kicked or carried, were filed
with bright array of happy and enthu-
siastic but expectant and anxious people.
In the east stand were gathered most of
the Yale rooters and there was hardly a
dash Of any color but blue visible there.
Blue ribbons, sashes and silk flags were
conspicuous everywhere and the usual
displays that approach the fantastic Ewere
in evidence. Across the field in the
west stand Princeton's s cohorts were con-
gregated and the alternating stripes of
tawny yellow and the contrasting black
were even more brilliant than the blue
against the blacker of black coats and
wraps. In the centre sections of this
stand almost every spectator carried
Princeton flag and as they waved, now
slowly and in time with the incessant
songs of the boys and then madly as a
brilliant play started the cheers, they
made the eye sparkle and the pulse quick
en-. In the north and south stands blue
predominated as was to be expected.
The gridiron was in wonderful condi-
tion. The turf which had been prepared
from the snow and rain by force of
workers was firm and hard and gave the
players a good footing. The two elevens
were few minutes late in making their
appearance upon the battle ground.
Both teams, however, had reached their
quarters at the field at 1.30 and remained
In seclusion until shortly after 2 O'Clock,
when, having received their last instruc-
tions from the coachers, they left their
dressing rooms, and trotted through the
gates into the arena. In trice pandem-
onium reigned. Yale's supporters were
vastly in the majority and the snappy
chorus from the Greek of Aristophanes
rounded with the three time three for
Yale, threatened to drown the defiant
and ripping "Tiger siss- boom -ah'' of
Princeton.
The latter contingent, however, was
massed and by means of systematic lead
ing succeeded in tearing the air wide
open as often as occasion required. The
members of the two elevens tumbled
about the gridiron for three or four min
utes.
Meanwhile Captains Rodgers of Yale
and Cochran of Princeton were sum-
moned to the centre of the field by Ref
cree Langford and the coin was tossed.
Yale luck this time went astray and
Princeton's loomed up. The Princeton
captain hesitated not a minute and caused
wild yell Of JOY by significantly lifting
his hand into the air and pointing to the
u orth goal. 1t meant that the Tigers
were to battle for the first thirty five
minutes with the wind at their backs.
Captain Rodgers and his colleagues
quickly took their positions defending
the south goal. There came the thrilling
ming of such contest. The excitement
was intense as the referee inquired:
Ready Yale2" Ready PrincetonP"
Both captains giving an affirmative an
swer, the whistle was blown and the long
awaited struggle WAS on.
Chamberlin, Yale's right tackle, care
fully placed, the ball in position and
kicked it off to Princeton's twenty five
yard line. 1t was Princeton's bali and
the men from Old Nashua burst forth
into song, which had for its theme an
assured victory over Yale. Contrary to
the expectations of thousands of speota-
tors the boys in blue gave indications at
the very outset that they were to be in
at the finish, even though defeat might
be their lot. Yale presented a team,
which, as far as physical capacity was
concerned was nearly as powerful as 1T
was possible for eleven men to be and
right there trial showed q superiority
over the players from New Jersey. Every
man was capable of playing the tercest
kind of football to the end of the game.
Princeton, on the other hand, had four
men who were crippled. The Yale team
also proved to be one which could play
faster football as the game progressed,