The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-11-22
YALE VS.. PRINCETON.
E. E. BENTLEY Humorously Describes
Great Football Game of Last
SATURDAY.


Saturday.
had the pleasure yesterday OF be-
ing in New Haven, Conn.,, and witness
ing the great football game between
the Yale and Princetown college
teams. Score twelve to nothing in
favor OF Yale. 1t was the grandest
spectacle ever witnessed, or expect
to witness, unless l should have the
pleasure Of seeing the Owosso High
school playing game when the crowd
did not rush in and break up the in.
reference. l will give you some idea
of the excitement of attending such a
game.
Just imagine twenty-five thousand
college professors, graduates and
scholars Of the two colleges and others
both old and young, all assembled in
an enclosure with seats arranged in
the style Of an amphitheatre. Each
college sympathizer with his college
colors, arrayed on one end and one
side of the grounds, and the other col
lege smpathizers on the other end and
side, each side trying to see which can
make the most noise in urging their
gladiators on to victory. Often when
good game is made by one OF the
teams, one half the vast audience will
rise in their seats, shouting and sing
ing their college songs and waving
their colOrs, while the other side has
nothing to say except to keep mum
and wait until their turn comes, which
it often does shortly after, and then
they try to Guido the other sides de-
monstration. Each side is captained
by twelve or fifteen young men with
megaphones, who act as leaders in
keeping time for their demonstra-
tionS.
or course there are on either side
any amount of physicians and attend
ants who are called in every few min
utes to administer to some poor unfor-
tunate fellow who has met his op-
ponent and gotten the worst OF 1T by
having his nose broken, or his skull
cracked, or part Of his leg taken off;
but these are considered minor mat
tiers so long as their captain will allow
him to continue in the game. In most
cases the player is allowed to stay in
the game until his neck is broken or
he has lost the whole of one leg, or one
arm is laying on the ground, and the
stump that is left is too short for use
in the game. In such cases his cap
tain orders him to retire and he is
obliged To do SO. At the same time he
is protesting and fighting, his assist
ants claiming he is all right to con-
tinue IN the game. Such is college
football blood.
And who can blame them? When
ten thousand Of their friends and best
girls are cheering them on to victory;
and to have to retire at such time!
And perhaps after the game is over
and his side has woo, the substitute
secures his best girl and takes her out
to dinner and the theatre. One thing
is very noticeable in football games,
and that is the old college professor
and eX-graduates can make as much
noise as the young students and are
interested equally as much in seeing
their team win, and who can blame
one for sitting on seat for three
hours with the thermometer at thirty,
watching such gladiators fighting for
their college? / have heard it re-
ported that some of the college stud
ents have been known to frequent
places where liquor is sold and that in
some instances they have imbibed toe
freely. This, of course, is after the
game is over and no doubt they were
laboriug under more or less excitement
from the physical strain while playing
in the game. Yours sincerely,
e. e. BENTLEY.