The evening world., 1905-11-20

small boys become the closest or
u friends, filled with respect for each
other, after indulGing IN a hard fght,
College men are only grown-up boys,
after all Perhaps that Is why foot
bail has brought Yale and Princeton
into such close relations,
II is within the memory OF most OF
ns that a Princeton man never referred
TO Yale man in terms Of respect, and
q Yale man never spoke Of Prince
fonians but as "muckers," Only few
vass ago there was feeling between
these two old colleges more bitter than
that between the North and the South
sn the days Of the civil war Every
student IN one regarded every student
IN the other as deep-dyed scoundrel,
infested with all tine meanness that
ean find place in a human being.
Tut Saturday ] saw at New Haven
ID one Of the most inspiring sights Il
has ever been my good fortune
10 see,
Nos the eamel That was good
enough, for It was fought out hard
and cleaniy to the last s'oond Of play,
But the real spectacle OF the day came
afterward
The last whistle blew Down into
die field piled the Yale students, Jump
ing over seats, scrambling over the
Fences, rushing for places in the COL
ANN that fell in behind the Yale band
All aft moon these Yale rooters had
sung their college football songs in
Friendly derision, trying to drown out
tho sound OF Princetons defiance that
rolled across from the opposite bleach
ers.
Now, dancing in column that
swayed across the grliiron from slda N
side Ike huge snake, they clrcled the
neld' shouting their college yells, sing.
ing The Undertaken song.
"More work for the undertaken
Another lob for the casketmaker.
IN uhe local cemetery they are very
very very ''
BUSY on brand new grave.
No hope for Princeton"
II was dizzy sight-thousands Of
Yale men deHriously reelIDg and
dancing from eide to side IN that
great snake dance.
AT last the swaying column ..r
neaaed by the perspirlng band. steadlad
''Sen and came marching down ha-
tween the goal posts. Zach man as no
passed uAier the crossbar threw hi. |
hat over It, in imitation of the hail !
sA'i'flg over for goal, For ten nln,,as
q sohd loop Of hats and caps OF avery |
snape and color flowed over that bsr
1Hsre was no time for the celebrators
70 set back their own headgear. Hand.
sS.a.. 10 !nto the air and came down |
BMn grasping the first hat thar faii |
witnin reach, Hundreds OF cans chang.
90 hands or heads, as the column |
stssdlly marched, silent now, down tba |
neld 10 the Princeton rooters' stand |
Mhere every Princeton rooter still sst |
waiting the final scene,
A ND here was the sight I spoke n,
"A All those thousands OF Yale mar
marched quietly to their places, untiI a,
last they stood in great sern,-clrc,a
twenty deep. before the section whers
Frincetons colors still waved.
There was great silence. Then the
Yale yell leaders, out In front, gav. the
EgnH Instantly, In a deep roar, went |
tap tho Yales
'Brakakekex-coa oax-coax,
BrekakekeX-cO -cOax-cOaX
Hoo.rah HoO-rah
Hullaballoo, Yale"
And then:
''Rah, rah, rah!
Rah, rah, rah
Ran, rah, rah.
Princeton!
Princeton,
Princeton"
As the last sounds died out the Prince.
Non rooters rose as one man, lifted
lshetr thousand hats together and roared
hack to the waiting sons OF Oh Eli;
"Rah, rah, rah!
~ Ran, rah, rah,
Ran rah rah
Yale Yale, Yalew
Then Yale and Princeton cheered 10.
klgether and the ceremony was over
THIS new friendly feeling between
i Yale and Princeton Is the direct