New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19
A GREAT TIE GAME.

History has a way of repeating itself IN the
happening Of the unexpected. Beyond doup'
II was the unexpected that happened yesterday
on Soldiers Field at Cambridge. where a recoru
Of O 10 was made by the Yale and Harvard
eleyens In one Of the stiffest games OF footoaH
ever played The score says that neither won
bnt If has to be acknowledged by the most I'M
waveriug partisan Of Harvard that Yale gained
envabe renown by not merely preventing her
redoubtable rival from crossing her goal line
hut retaining an indsputable advantage OF po-
sition during by far the larger part Of the siren
uous second half There have been many sur
nrjses on the gridiron this year, but that when
yesterday supplied is the greatest OF them All
through the season Harvard has been playing IN
impressive style, and in the judgment OF ever!
expert. at least outside of the lnnermost 'aie
circle. was destined to win her most important
game almost as easily as she won II AT New
Haven last year. Her team was cmeny COM
nosed Of veterans. and her substitutes were the
envy Of the rest of the college footDaH world
They were all declared on the highest authority
TO have been trained to the minute, to be IN SUI
perb physical condition and to be possessed by
that elation of spirit which exults IN CONNECT
and commonly presages victory. They We're
playing on their own grounds. with all harVaru
looking on and necessarily supplying the moral
stimulant that counts for much In the ardent
rivalry of college sport.
Yale began the season with scarcely the nu-
cleus of an eleven, and as time went on there
was Increasing doubt If such new materlal DE-
there was TO work with was capable OF pelhg
moulded into a creditabe form. But 1t has been
evident. and especially Of late, that an lndonlta
BILE purpose had been developed at New-Haven
ond that whatever II was possible to do with
eagar novices would be done. Moreover since
Columbia's startling victory the Yale team mas
been known to be rapidly and steadily lmproV-
ing. and nobody believed that 1t would fall 10
put plenty of ginger In evidence yesterday yet
there were the Harvard record, and many 1acts
which often tell more than the record ana the
odds on last years winner fairly expressed the
wellnigh universal expectation But as 1t
turned out last years standard was not the one
TO 90 by The experience of two years ago Is
the experience which has been repeated, ana
with extraordinary accuracy. Then, as "heh
the teams lined up yesterday harvard was
overwhelmingly the favorite, While Yale was
deemed scarcely fit even TO play In such 1ast
company; and then likewise the score was 10 w.
VIII the analogy be carried out 10 the emo :
That is the question which everybody has Deen
asking since the last whistle blew yesterday
afternoon on Soldiers Field. 1t will be an
swered next Saturday at New-Haven, but IN the
mean time it is not improbable that condolences
already established will cause many shiver or
apprehension to creep down the Tigers spine
! The score alone excepted, everything was sat
isfactory to everybody at Cambridge yesterday.
The game was played, as intercollegiate games
ought If possible to be always played on the
home grounds of one Of the competitors 1t was
fair and honorable contest in which nobody
was seriously hurt and the true spirit of mutual
respect and generous rivalry prevailed and
such, no doubt, Will be the game between Yale
and Princeton next Saturday, however it re-
suits. 1t is an obvious and an exceedingly graf
flying fact that the moral as well as the phys
ical standard Of college sports is steadily rising.