New-York tribune., 1901-11-08
his dense body Of

mates had prepared for him; This dense body Of
tn its course was stayed by the fourteen sopho-
AT this % time. 70 while t the front of the freshman
phalanx vas resisting the assaults OF the sopho,
mores fankins party OF the enemy ranged around
diverted part Of the freshman body into Individual
managed to break into the freshman ranks and
hurl the defence in every direction A. this poin,
captain threw the ball skyward toward Trinity
again seized ana fo9sh over it, The crowd de-
clared the game draw. the upper classmen sup
porting this contention
SONGS OF TRIUMPH.
Whenever the sophomores won and they usually
Gid. they Immediately celebrated their triumph by
printing and singing at the Fence Song of the
Ball though frequently victory was claimed by
both sides, and alternate rfgnaroles were printed
by each side which full of personalities. and
which lent peculiar excitement to the winter
term. The freshman ditty went usually by the
of .Arbter.' and often work of poetic
art -.
usual In 1851 the freshman class Of 81 chalIengea
and the old time custom of an nterclass football
game which had reigned for nearly nan d eeii''i''
During the sixties there was football at Yale,
there was regular period of football kicking
the green In the fall term but it was not football.
q rons W"f ha off the on senorS @ induge noada The
ha IS s ifd ssnng in Of the
House and it was the game to KICK the ] pan over over
sons of this usage the elm tree began show signs
of wear and the town authorities put an end to the
But this kicking practice developed some great eat
Champion kicker of IS actually put the pigskn
the State House roof This meant kick OF sons sons
to-day duplicate It would be reckoned something @ OF
ano% oTSd The kick IN Tde ieSSs asy
The balls of those days would seem oddities titles now ~
artsS Tp IN color and p4oeo9sy thick and last
%
match between Harvard and Yale in 1876 was PLAYED
the oval shaped article needed 1t was not until
1850 that Yale football was finally ordered from from
images of some ferocity between the city officials
and the students.
FIGHT WITH FIREMEN.
I'm 1sn occurred the great riot the green.
brought about by football game 1t so happened
at that time that iremen of the city hold
ing annual trial of skill on the same afternoon
with the annual freshman-sophomore game II was
water over Centre Church spre, and their hose un-
fortunately laid across the student playground
The students trampled on the hose at critical mo
ments. and instead of getting enough power 20
they could hardly reach the portico Orders TO de-
sist laughed by the students and finally the
aton Of the city descended on the students ,,,
p9nrea rca IN nonnf IFH W wed r
sulting in the of the football-the only one
dignity brought a fiercer conflict than ever. dur
ing which three students were arrested by the po,
the police courts. where n great riot occurred.
In the evening the students assembled in Hfgh-st
and stormed the engine house-now the college
penter's shop-SmaShed the engine and scattered
. the iremens implements over the college yard
Nothing came of the investigation though the town
and college upset for months after.
In 1870 the first regular modern football match
played at Yale between the Sophomores ana
the juniors. This game was held at Hamilton
Park. lage inclosure mile from the college
where matches were played for years afterward-
The game played by association rules. and was
scientific for the times. though running with the
ball allowed. In 1872 Yale played Columbia in
twenty players. and Yale won by a score of three
goals. Later, when English influence the Ameri-
can game began 10 be felt the sides reduced
fifteen each. and for several seasons this
the rule with college teams
I'm spite of the different form of play. and the
greater chances for roughness. do not remember
serious injuries in those
days than there now. There was much slug
gng.' but il more open than II is now, and the
spirit OF game better. Bad injuries, making
II necessary for to be taken off the field.
rare during the seventies. though. | have
said they numerous enough when the TWO
lower classes used play together