New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
GAY CROWD SEES GAME.
Cheering, Singing and Color Dis
play Not the Least Features.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

IBy Telegraph to The Trbune
Princeton N. J., Nov. 17.-There nothing
but football thought of or talked Of in Princeton
, to-day from the moment the undergraduates
| rubbed their eyes and realized that this was the
day so long anticipated for the Tigers to go on
the field with high hopes and supreme conf
! dence of defeating their dearest foe. Six de-
feats in seven years have ranked deep, but this
was forgotten for the time in great expectations.
which later turned into blasted hopes
, when Princeton was lucky to a tie. Long
before noon the specials from New York and
Philadelphia began to arrive and the hundreds
which tumbled out OF the trains took possession
OF the little town and gave it the appearance OF
q Donnybrook Fair Those who came early
wandered about the college grounds and tried
TO get something to eat Gn which most failed)
before starting for the field. Those who came
on the later trains took up the pilgrimage to the
neid at once, and many were struggling IN
when the game was we'll under way.
Hundreds Of automobiles chugged and footed
their way into town, loaded down with pretty
girls and flying the colors of Yale or Princeton
There were so many cars Of ell kinds and de-
scription, such q profusion of chrysanthemums
and violets. and such host of pretty girls that
the question of one young woman seemed hard
to answer when she asked: What is t1nis-an
or a football gamer
The tradesmen, alive TO the occasion. had
their shops well decorated with orange and
black and blue. and the inevitable takers
hawked their winning colors' about in strdent
tones and did a thriving business, as few there
We're who were not gayly bedecked in blue
orange and black Some carried flags others
wore streamers or bands about their arms or
hats, and not few made themselves conspicu-
Gus by adopting adj forms of decoration, as If
carried away by the enthusiasm of the moment.
The Princeton girls wore huge yellow chrysan-
themums the Yale girls punches of vio-
lets, and altogether there a perfect riot
Of color.
THE PARADE TO THE FIELD.
he da To faI5
was a happy, care-free tlrong. Old grads
fraternZed with young and beardless freshmen
and lived over again for few hours at least
| their younger days. Business was behind them,
and they were there TO take the same keen in
terest in the game that they did when they were
freshmen 1t was a crowd characteristic OF
college gatherings. Once seen. 1t Is never for
gotten. as it leaves indelible impress on the
mind. In that throng men from almost
every walk in life, and almost every one
had with him his mother, or his wife, or his
sister, or his cousin, his aunt, or his best
GIRL mayhap 1t mattered not. however. what
the age or what the profession, for every last
one Of them was there with football on the
brain and willing, nay, anxious, to lend his
voice to cheer on his respective team and make
all the noise possible.
The early comers to the field found their seats
got out lunchboxes and made themselves COM
Portable inside and out while watching the
others troop in in what appeared TO be a never
ending stream. Some were impatient for the
| amuse and entertain while awaiting the first
blast OF the referees whistle and the first clash
of the rival teams. Slowly at first, then faster
and faster, as the time for hostilties to begin
approached, the stands filled UP, until at 2
| O'Clock they were fairly over1owing The at
tendance was limited only by the seating capac-
| ity of the stands which rose tier above tier on
! all four sides of the field, and not OF those
! 2S,000 or more persons who sat looking down on
that chalk marked gridiron would have missed
| being there for many times the price of admis-
= a wa Ia n m In
stances.
| Princeton had the east stand, usual and
| the loyal followers OF Old Nassau packed 1t TO
! overfiowing The Yale cohorts crowded into
| the west stand and shouted back defiance on
| every opportunity There were bands in each
stand 10 lead the singing, but once the under
| graduates got warmed up the bands for
gotten because they could hardly be heard
! above the din. There was an exchange of
| courtesies while the crowd was gathering be-
tween the rival camps Yale oheered Prince
| ton and Princeton cheered Yale. 1t Is q time
| honored custom, and 1t always pleases.
| There plenty Of singing, too. which was
not the least striking feature Of the game,
| Tiger, Tiger, Nassau Hall, what you goin' ter
| do when you git that ball?" was one Of the re-
frains from the Yale stand, and the Princeton
rooters were quick to answer with ballad
| which told about the fierce and awe-inspring
| habits Of the tiger and what 1t would DO to the
| Yale bulldog. More work for the undertaken"
| the Yale men chanted, to which the Princeton
undergraduates replied with: "Nassau's walls
| will echo with the Princeton Tigers roar" and
| the inspiring strains of "Old Nassau"
The real tumult the real noise did not break
| loose however until the teams came running
on the field for few moments preliminary drill
| and warming up. Then bedlam broke loose and
the leather lunged cheer leaders had little diff
| Guilty in getting full response to their calls
| for another locomotive" another 'brex-elx-
| co-axe' or ''Boola, Boola."
| The Yale warriors came tumbling out first
| led by Captain Morse and this a signal
| for q wild demonstration from the Yale stand.
| Every on his feet with a spontaneous
| outburst that defed any regulation cheer, while
| the Blue seemed everywhere. The Yale cheer
had hardly died away. however, before the
| stands changed If by magic from a
! brilliant blue TO q profusiOn of orange and
black and Princeton men one man to
greet their sturdy eleven. And such din as
broke loose must have been heard in far off
| New Haven. 1t lasted for full two minutes,
| and showed how dear that particular band
| OF men the heart of every Princeton man.
| When quiet restored the preliminaries to
the struggle began While the rival elevens
| were running through few formations and
| the punters were sending the ball booming
| down the field, Captain Morse Of Yale and Cap
! tain Dillon of Princeton stood near the centre
| OF the field with the officials while the coin was
| tossed. Captain Morse guessed the turn, idly
| picked UP piece OF straw and let II fall again
to gauge the wind and promptly chose to de-
fend the north goal with light air behind
him.