New-York tribune., 1899-11-25
FOOTBALL.
yALE.PRINcEToN GAME TO-DAY
,,, rvrs TURNED ON THE ANNUAL
-rp,-cc1E AT NEW w-HAvEN-A GREAT
cpoD,D FxPECTED-YALE THE
FAVORITE

- ..,,ar,ent has been aroused In COL
,sciate and athletic circles by the di1a anna thIs
princeton football game. which VIII oe P'' P - or
afternoon at New-H Haven. Whie theie - - 20
49, other games of considerable lihpo'
Is ,eyt week vet the Yale-Prnceton st'ue-
Io todav is without question the climax a"u a..
,,rorne contest Of the year, ana h.eie9' -
,a, o,1d ordinarily be at fever heat, Is III
creased tenfold by the tie game wnIcn i-"'
and Yale played at Cambridge last SAUL .root
vaIo,e eeld which will be the scene ol INC -
- -. A., accommodates about twenty 'hou
, orIo and II is safe TO say that every scat
of that number will be hIed Win sHo9 80
thusiasts when the play begins AT p III n - 80
number OF special trains VIII De Iui. - ao,e
VII 70 New-Haven this morning laiee @ ue
- 80 students will start early from Prlhce'on'
- .Atr numbers will be swelled here oy DIS
~rou.ds from the Princeton and Yale clubs IN Ne"
york and from all the other people VINO Ia' 'e''
fau IN be present at a great footoall s"uee A.,
yale and Princeton old time Toes upon w
ridiron and have met on the striped heIu 4oi |
snodos or more So far the number OF Wv
,orias won goes Yale has the better recolu' ~
princeton has always proved a inos' eenx- ,t
foe and one hard to beat, ana III recent -
r,are have won their full share OF victory. l"
i.e.ie ~, Tersev men overwhelmed Yale by
80 running up into the twentles Inc HeA
- va1e won In a sensational game by score Vi
6 70 O. Last year the Tigers turned INC
again and made the same score against fale
,rha rca SON that Yale men tne stIu66IV NO-N"'
has unprecedented interest g because the conaltons
ore 50 precisely similar 10 those that preValeo III
-eo7 Then "a now II was the case that Yale hao
heen defeated in the previous season Dy fliHoo'o'
whose winning eleven remained almost ln'ao' III
1897 as now Yale started out with a ot Oh green
~ material and showed such weakness IN the
early season that Harvard was named as an easy
winner for the game be played at Cambridge
Then as now Yale took magnificent Yale prace
md tied the game with Harvard. The sequence
I'm 1897 was Yale victory over princeton AT
Nrevuavcn VIII this same sequence be followed
out this year? That IS the problem whose oecidihs
the twesty thousand people will watch with Da'eo
breath to-day.
Inasuuch as Yales brace against Harvard last
Saturday was even more surprising than the one
she took in 1897 Yale men believe that their team
will win this afternoon. So confident, In fact, DO
they feel that they giving odds on the New
Haven eleven Five to has been a common wager.
and the day before yesterday a bet recorded
at the New-York Stock Exchange Of 800 to $50. 1t
is difficult TO say how the record Of the teams
warrant such strong odds Yale The newspapers
have been filed with a large and interesting va
riety Of hard luck stories from Princeton all the
week But no one doubts that these have been
forth deliberately for the purpose or lnnuenc-
q feeling of overconhdence in the Yale team. 1t is
safe TO say that Princeton will come 10 the scratch
strongest kind Of football People who have
watched the game closely throughout TINS season son
: another lie game to-day. IT should be borne in
mind however. that Yale and Princeton seldom
play a draw Either side wins or the other
and the chances greatly in favor of the game
this afternoon resulting declsivey. The Princeton
men believe that Yale cannot score on their eleven
by straight football for the reason that the Prince
ton team has shown such strong defence all the
wear They believe. moreover, that Yales line car
8 be penetrated. for 1t was only on her own goa
line that Yale showed her wonderful defence this
wear The men in blue. the other hand believe
;bat NcBride's punting is going TO be grea
factor IN the game to-day They believe their meT
are in better condition and Will play far more dash
ing football than Princeton. In a word. they arr
confident OF their ability 10 gain victory. -
The record of the games since 1871 between faI
and Princeton is as follows:
is77-Te.
Is7s-Princeton. 1 goal: Yale. o. =. ....,
ls79-Tie princeton championship by defestin
iss0NTie OPrnceton winning championship.
lssi-Tie princeton winning championship py oeieat
ing Harvard. -
IsS3--Yale. 6: Princeton. o. -, r
ISS4-Game unfinished mo championship a"hoed)
isSS-Game diminished (no championship awarded.
JSs7-Yale. Y: Princeton o.
lsss-Yale. 10. Princeton. Q.
iss9-Prnceton 10: Yale, 0.
ls90-Ysle. 80: Princeton. O.
1sei--Yaie. 10: Princeton, o.
1s92-Yale, -: Princeton, O.
1s93-Prnceton 8; Yale, o.
1s94-Yaie. "a; Princeton, O.
ls95--Ysle. 20: Princeton, 10.
1s96-Prnceton. "a; Yale, g.
1s87-Yale. 6: Princeton, o.
lS9S-Prnceton 9; Yale. o.