New-York tribune., 1899-10-15

rho ,oo.nou sar,e AT Manhattan Field ended a.
D. m yesterday. and the closing scenes w. %
particularly exciting. \ fist hEht was WIN I'm
c,,ltv ayerted The contest was between the Prince
ton and Columbia university teams. and while
halves Of only Is minutes each were played the nNe
thousand spectators seemed to be satisfied. mo
Tigers won by score Of Il TO O. The genera op'.'-
,on ~ the EXPERTS was that Columbia did fairly
Vel for team recently organized D'' '""'
Princeton did show anything IKE the sre"s'n
,xpecte6 The fact that some Of the lrlhc''o"
regulars did not play explains possibly why the
men from Ncw-.ersey played as they I'D
Everybody who has ever seen game OF Ioo'ou''
as PLAYED bv robust college students knows that the
sport Is not q parlor pastime. II requires 'ohs"-
erahlc muscle and nerve 10 become proficient IN tho
game and the student who possesses nei'heI OF '"7
qualities VIII save hts reputation and MS ph!sV"'
comfort by choosing some other held sport IN "h'ch
10 become proficient. While the players seIoo"
strike ono another with the clcnched fist. It is not
irfrequen in the of the battle FOR one Of the
arrnOr-clad warriors 20 "lft' an opponent win the
lower part - the palm under the chin with enough
force 10 send the said opponent into the air on
sta--s@eiug expedition.
The playing in the greater part of the game
yesterday was not unusually rough. although sew
eral of the substitutes on the side lines called on
side,' nearly every time tie opposing FORCES were
lined up against each other Toward the close OF
the second haf lifte Poe. - Princeton. ana Neid-
Nnger or Columbia. who were playing opposite
each other on the ends nearest the grandsiand
were seen to be particularly Interested IN each
Other The hall was near thu centre or the helH
and in possession of the Columbia warriors. Ned-
jncor seemed 10 'Nft' little Poe under the chin 10
such On extent that Poe resented g. As the ha!
svcpt toward the centre OF the field these two
PLAYERS edged toward tho side line nearest 'Ne
viaduct. When near the side line where the SUD-
stitute PLAYERS and reporters were sprawed on the
damp ground a Princeton man on the side Inc
lurched forward. with the result that Neidlinger
was tripped As he toppled and fell the full weight
OF Poe went UP into the air and landed squareY on
the UNPROTECTED head and shoulders OF Neidinger'
Poe had evened up accounts
TRIPPED 4 COLUMBIA MAN.
Tho man who had tripped the Columbia man.
whether Intentionally or not. was Palmer Of the
Princeton team In the fraction Of second Palmer
was surrounded by a dozen Columbia substitutes
and n free feht seemed 10 be imminent Lynch
him" yelled several Of the excited onlookers VINO
had seen what had taken place. II looked ior an
instant as if Palmer would he roughly handed
Then G Foster Sanford. the head coach Of the
Columbia team rushed up and grabbed Palmer ny
the shoulder and shook him roughly. Severa OF
the Columbia subs" rubbing their cenched
fists into Pamer's face but as iar as cou'u "e
seen he was not struck Burr Mcintosh rushed up
20 save the wearer Of the orange and black he
grabbed Sanford lv the arm. but Sanford swunr
his arm around viciously and told him 70 keel
away Little Poe. seeing that there was Nou"'e o."
the side ne jumped into the fray. ana al 'Ne
members of both teams were about 70 90 inc sa''o
thing when the whistle of the referee blew ana the
earra x,as over for the day. It one Of those
enonfaueous outbursts likely 70 happen IN any
sport when the players and onlookers are "o'ho1
up to a particularly high pitch OF excitement II
was unfortunate. and nobody Will regret the occur
renee more than the players OF the TWO teams
Poe came out OF the fray with two Jumps Oh ms
head and A few cuts from which the crimson oozeu
slightly. .
Whue all this was happening Paul Dashed had
his hands full IN restraining the eXcnei members
of both teams from engaging in a pitched bate
witch All would have regretted afterward. and
which would have brought down upon the sport ihe
condemnation Of those who now ho.1 II IN mono
100 high esteem. Putting II mildly. the game came
1y.,hiu hairs breath OF ending IN an out and out
is, fshr Il was astonishing how soon at'er 'he
PLAYERS had smothered their warl'ke feelings 'ha'
,b4, disappeared from the gridron, going TO their
dressing rooms and leaving the supporters OF 'he
Two teams 10 carry on wordy discussion as 10
which IN the wrong
PRINCETON SUPPORTERS DISAPPOINTED
All things taken into consideration. the sup
.porters Of the orange and black must have eX-
1srt-rce0 4 decided Disappointment at the show
ing made By the Tigers With all due excuse ioI
a. team parity made up Of substitutes, IL must De
borne I'm mind that Princeton had for opponents d
ret Of green players from Columbia Which mas h''
had a representation on the football held ior
long term OF years. Princeton has been at work
nov, for nearly a month under the careful eye and
the experienced training Of corps OF coaches
who In point of number have not been e4u~"eu
tfor many years. Many ~ the players were mem
her, Of the Princeton varsity last year and the
wear before aud must hc looked upon as veterans
That such Il team was not able 10 inake a deter
.howing against columbia yesterday VII De con
striIei ly - majority Of non-partisan football en-
thuriasts as ifoinriEs ,rr . Tine. 0el''' "7
Princeton was really lac kng IN almost every
MAS, of the game. Tho defemre was weak In.s
wa fully niouf IL our "Irn o.|i'"'a o. & 9e'vre' fr
occasions pushed iae i.triS 'e 1 " i1i ~, sf,e,