New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
Mcbride and Mcbride failed to back up his

Mcbride and Mcbride failed to back up his
mate.
on the whole. then, despite her hard neree
attack. that won many yard through inc
Princeton cohorts. and despite defence tna'
stood like stone wall one short yard from ner
menaced goal. Yale did not show that quick,
snappy, solid team work that usually oharao-
terizes her play At centre the Rev. Mr.. Cutten
was slow IN snapping the ball back. and Captain
Chamberlain failed to keep his men on the jump
They let too much time elapse between plays
consulted together too much. and did not seem
sure enough of themselves.
SOME INDIVIDUAL STARS.
1yhsra oil did such aggressive and effective
work it is hard to pick out individual stars
among the Princeton eleven. But Captain Hiile-
brand certainly played the game of his life. lie
was everywhere-down the field as quickly as
the ends and sure to be at the bottom or the
hean The Princeton end men were also fas''
and II was Poes Ions run that won the victory!
The Tiger backs did about 100 per cent pe''ei
than was expected OF them. Boih AFres a'u
Wheeler punted well. and all the backs hahoieu
kicks in first-cass shape. The centre men were
aggressive 10 a fault. and three times were
penalized five yards for ofside play. The weak
est point in the Orange and Black line was uee'
who PLAYED opposite Captain Chamberlain Inc
Yale leader handled him rather easily anu
again and again opened up holes through wnch
the Vale backs came gallopng for substantial
gains.
throughout the whole struggle Princeton
PLAYED with a confidence that was strengthened
by her being on her own gridiron. AT the END OF
the first half with the score u TO against theih
the Yale players still talked rather confidently
of victory on the ground that the one touch
down had been distinctly fiuke. Hales peIei
in her ability to win was made stronger by the
dashing manner in which her team started on
the second half, and the serious aspect OF mat
ters did not become clear TO the New-HaVen
lads until they were. in the second haii, Iorceo
on the defensive. Toward the last the Tigers
yigor grew apace but Yale. though losing hope
OF victory stood up manfully and made one or
those famous Yale stands in front or her own
goal in the last few moments or play.
A PERFECT DAY FOR THE GAME
To-day was ideal football weather and the
air had Just enough briskness about it 10 en-
liven the players But under foot the gridiron
was not as firm as 1t sholld be. The hard ram
Of Thursday had soaked into the ground. and
despite copious sprnkngs Of sawdust, the TURF
was rather slippery. This condition seemed 10
affect the Yale men particularly. III was
typical football crowd and every train that
rolled into Princeton brought its cheering num-
dreds of blue-rbboned and orange hammered
cheerers. Rather TO the surprise of the man.
ayers there were some vacant seats on the
grandstands and the number OF spectators
could not have been more than fifteen thousand
But il seemed as If there were thirty thousand
throats on the field when Poe made his great
run though IL is quite certain that almost hait
the assemblage was maintaining depressing ST.
lence about that time.
All the old heroes Of the gridiron were there
Moratt Cook. Ballet, Church. Kelly, Baird ana
Romans. of Princeton; Walter Camp. Beecher
the Hinkeys ButterwOrth. Thorne and McCoT-
mick of Yale. And Harvard was there TO ge'
some pointers for the game next saturday
Head Coach Forbes sat on the side lines Win
sober countenance and with him were Dud
Dean Lewis Bert" Waters and Professor hol-
lis not TO mention DAILY. the Crimson quarter
back and HaughtOn, tackle. on the eleVeh.
Harvard was plainly anxious for a Yale victory
1t was Just before o'clock that ringing
shout from the orange bank on the east an
nounced that the Princeton gladiators were
coming hut the Yale players did not trot on the
field until ten minutes later. Then the cheers
broke out afresh. and the tuneful youngsters
from New-HaVen started IN an Ola Eli hTmn.
Yale won the toss. gave Princeton the ball ana
south goal and then the teams lined up IKE