The sun., 1905-11-19
now THE BiTTLE WiGED.


NEW lIAVES, Nov Is Banked on -four
sides Of tie wei grouinrd gridron nt ,
O'Clock sat IT," greatest gathering Of io0t'
hall enthusiasts THAT ever saw u battle on
Yale Field For two hours IT," stream OF
humanity bad been piIing through III" wide
portals. flied With huhhing enthusiasm and
confident hor". Tie Nalo crowd was on
,nand brgh,, and early with a roGmcntai
band which played popular airs incos-
sanity and provided accomnanimcnt- Tor
the songs that rang through th" air all the
afternoon From the low seats on the edge
Cf the field to a point sixty lect above the
ground the Yale men and the Val" girls
covered the vast structures in snCh man
ner that there was nothing TO he seen from
the Princeton side Of tine field but a sen OF
faces and waving, hutCrinr mass OF blue
silk.
Around to each eud Of the field behind
the goal posts this blue forest extended
without interruption and around the other
eide of tie big ampni,h"atre was similar
picture with an orange and hack back
ground. Such songs and cheers H. went
ap from the Vale and Princeton cohorts
never were heard before. 1t was con
stan tumble OF sound that made the wekln
ring and sent thousands away from the
scene Of action with aching lungs and sore
throats. Yet a real football enthusiast
could not he expected TO enjoy himself
without giving vent to his feelings in n
vocal way.
uUtl. ut vi rSICtANs.
With n band from the PENNSYLVANIA Ma.
tional Guard blarng from the Tiger horde,
and the Yale musicians doing their level
l,oir rt,s spIl II mighty f,Inpr
went up Mt o:oS o'clocL '@hen Capt She, lin,
hugging new yellow ball, led the Yale
Warriors ont into public view.
Lithe of limb and trained to The hour,
these young giants sprnted TO midicla
twenty-five strong. and then. peel!ns OIL
their gray blankets. ihev INDUCED in the
time honored practice OF passing the ball
from one to another. Two minutes latcr
deafening roar from Old Nassau greeted
the appearance OF Capt, Cooney'- players.
With marked confidence thoy Skipped
across the chalk lines, followed by a hey
of coaches and the usual rctinue OF handlers
and bottle carriers.
With the great battl" imminent the
enthusiasm broke out anew but soon the
cheers and the songs wore replaced with
silence as the officials uaoe ready to start
the teams on their journey. lmp,re "r7nn,
who did not disclose his identity until lie
removed a white fedora lat and neat
fitting tan Overco0t, calico the Princeton
men about him and talked 20 them in such
O vehement manner that hUnurrA~ a~Ned
the question "Who is hci'
Z Wren shook his head from side to side
and then up and down, and then from side
to side again until il seemed A. il he meant
to shake it of. He went through ges-
lures with his hands and elbows that would
have made a professional boxer blush,
and then receiving mods OF approval
from the. attentive Jersey men, he retired
TO another part of the hcld. wher" ht went
through the same stunt with the NalA mon.
CooNEY CALLS THE TURN.
why, he is tie head coach of both teams,
remarked a lovely Primo, ton girl who had
watched Wrenn's manLpuNres through
pair of opera glasses. . He's telling them
hoth what to DO" But her escort only
frowned as he heard the quiet laughs on
either hand. and Il moment later Mrenn
removed his hat and. coat and stood re-
splendcnt in a gray sweater and head
of hail. that had been conbtu to nicely,
Referee MCCIaC.:cn. iii II Pennsylvania
sweater, displaying lair Of well rounded
calves cncased in blue stockings, stood
like d statue in the middle Of the gridIron
until the umpire had finished his grafton,
and then the two captains were called to
the centre of the battle ground. where Il
coin was Tipped IN tn" air and Cooney
calel tn" turn. Princeton thereby won
the tos. ana Cooncy, no ling a straw aott,
seeking in vain to discover which way
the wind was blowing, decided to defend
the north goal, giving the ball to Yale to be
kicked of.
Biglow, Yale's trim tackle, stopped down
and made a tee Of dirt exactly in the centre
nf the field, from which the leather oval
,tas TO he booted into the enemy'S territory.
Not an eye missed Ihis little undertaking,
and when tho ball had been placed with the
proper poISr tho referee soundnd his whis ls
o. signal to hcgiu.
THE nATThE Is or
l,n before Biglow coulG kic}, the ball
Il r1ll,d gently lrou tie top Of tho tee and
Rgain the time killing proceeding was re
nentcd Then, when all vas ready, Biglow
put his heavy foot under the ball and sent it
hir ling throughthe air tardown toward the
Princeton goalpOsts, where QuRrerbBck ,
Dillon stood waiting with outstrptch 'd arms
Dillon caught the bail. tucked it under his
arm and had started DaC, under full head ,
way when Erwin doomed ny in hi, path
and threw him over backward with great
force.
Dillon had covered sixteen yards before
he was downed. and when Daub had gained
five mora in plunge through the left wing
Yale pTofited by penalty of fifteen yards
for holding. which placed the ball on Prince
ton's l2-yard mark. 4 punt was inevitable,
and bard lifted the ball with quicknpss and
precision TO Veeder. who was downed in his
tracks by Brasher or the A5-yard line.
The officials got their wires crossed on
(, his play, for after the ball had been called
hack, rresumabl, for holding, tho rla tr-
were orderpd To retu RI to the riace where
Veeder bad been thrown. " was Irince-
tons hall on . ruling by Umpire Nrenn,
and arter two short gains by Mccormick.
lSard puntcd on the third-doSyn. This time
Gates secured the hall, huI before he could
move Il leg Tooker had pinned him TO Nale's
30 yard line.
YALE BEGINS HFR Alta, H., ,..
Then Yale began the attack which Prince
ton all along expected, With Tripp the
right guard, behind the line to make holes
boih eeder and aorse were driven first
through one wing and then through the
other for irrcSistiIl" gains. Nale's attack
was lightning pcrE onitied.
The advance was continued left and
right and until Yale had advanced the
ball to PrinCetons 10 gard line. where
time was taken out for Il moment to allow