New-York tribune., 1899-11-25
VALE IN GOOD TRIM FOR THE FRA1'
rrp PLAYERS IN PERFECT sHAPE-PREP-
ARATIoNs FOR THE GREAT sTfuD'LN
1T W-HANEN.

,,o. r.o,,er Conn. Nov "a (specaD.-A short
-, ,h,s afternoon for less than ten minutes
,osod the seasons practice The varsity scoieu
,brao times on the scrubs and showeo Hei0e "
,ockirq mower while the second eieVeh' us'"e
come ~ Princetons formations. In when .hey ha'
been carefully drilled. were unable TO gam a. "I,
rroc,, nractjsed kicking goals from touchuo"i'
and deliqhted the spectators by repeatedly sehu-
,,, tho bau over from difficult angles. Sharpe "ieu
aron kicking from the field. but his attempts "eie
blocked in nearly every instance. making II w
dent that he will be OF little use In this oepai 'e
to-morrow After the practice the suosu'uteS w.
a ho,hre OF their shin guards and other harness
and dane ed around in the swirling smoke
three rou5ing cheers were given for Oap'aiii w
12rde and the lively undergraduates slowly left the
field - ,h,s
Every man will go into Tomorrow game P"ES
icaIv ft because the light work or the iasl "eeN
has prevented any from becoming al al nne
or overtrained. The greatest praise lot l'ailo'
"Jin," Robinson is heard all sides. ana ne MN
lie ,s ,1eaeed with the excellent condition of his
charges .,
The hard luck stories from Princeton are greatly
discounted by the coaches and players ana every
man expects to have TO tackle his match to-i"o,
row Head Coach Rodgers is quiet but cohiuen'
while Captain Mcbride is grmly determined ne
will he the star Of the Yale team and 1t is conii-
IDENTIFY expected that his punts will be hgner ana
even longer than a week ago, while his END rusheIs'
through added experience. VIII be aDle 10 'ach'o
with much more surety. Yale hopes by superio'
play in the rest Of the line TO onset frlhcetoi
advantage at ends. Behind the line the blue
should have a distinct advantage with TWO hearS
evenly matched sets Of backs. while the lgers hd'c
still TO find first class running mate Tor Mi McooFd;
AS whole Yale's team Is a hnlsheu PIouuoSot PIouI .,
OF the hands OF the countrys best experts, syV
viii take a wonderfully strong aggregation TO ~ ~,
umph over IL. II announced to-Ihsnt 5na, 5tia
for the first time in Yales history ner presiqTS,ho
would be present at a great football game, me
managers offered him and his friends conlpnngIlo
tary seats in the middle stand but 10 the surPrIse
of all acting upon his democratic principles; fres-
ident Hadley refused the offer. saying that ne Was
unwilling to receive any preference over QUIZ.
graduates Accordingly he applied by the reguIdI
means and his seats were allotted with the oIHer
alumni. . - .ho .,,oc
The battle between the managers ana the spec
ulators was decided in favor Of the former, when
this morning a large number OF end stand TICKETS
were placed on public sale. together with some
side stand tickets which had been returned Inc
speculators who recently We're offering end seats
al 8 are now glad 10 get rid OF them at lhelr
face value The Ian ge crowd which Will witness
the game Is not expected before tomorrow morn,
ing The advance guard arrived this evening, ana
already the hotels have filled all their spare rooms
Tho Princeton team will arrive here soon after u
o'clock and will go directly to the field, where
everything is in readiness TO begin the great con-
test at the appointed hour. . . ..
Following are the statistics in regard TO the
roakellp Of the Yale team: