The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-14
SINCE 1883 YALE WON EIGHTEEN
 GAMES AND THE TIGERS EIGHT
Big Gridiron Battle Today Marks the Formal Opening of Palmer
 Stadium

New York, Nov. 1.-The football teams of Princeton and Yale univer- sities play their annual game sat Princeton this afternoon, and some records are expected to be broken be- fore the contest closes. Several i'm teresting codncidents mark this par t1cular meeting of the elevens. To begin with it is the fortieth annual game between the universities the series having been started in 1878 and continued without a break. During this long stretch of years not a single dispute of sufficient importance to threaten the athletic relations of the two Varsity rivals has developed. As if in celebration of this splendid spir- it of sportsmanship, Yale will, as the opponent of Princeton, figure promi- nent1y in the formal opening of the Palmer Memorial stadium, the Tigers new football amphitheatre.
 This huge structure, second only in size to the new Yale Bowl" with it's seating capacity for Al, 1000 spectators, will permit the Princeton managem ent to accommodate a. larger gathering of football followers than has heretofore witnessed any one game between these two university teams. Accord ing to the statements of Treasurer George R. Murray, the Palmer Stad- ium will be filled this afternoon and as a. result the gross gate receipts will aggregate $80.0o0. This sum is con siderasbIy in excess of any previous game receipts and as 1t is divided equally between the athletic associa- far toward meeting the expenses in- cured by various sport teams which annually lost money, such as the crews and crack teams.
 The fact stands out that Princeton football is celebrated for developing
 
 eration. The names of the PoeA, Riggs. and others have won places in the Orange and Black honor roll and hardly a game is played which does not produce some sensational player or play It Is this feature as well as the traditions which surround the se- ries that makes the annual Princeton Yale game one of the football events of the year. Going back over the rcords 1t is seen that each season the teams have met in ineteresting games regardless of the almost constant changes in the rules.
 When Princeton and Yale lined up in the initial game of the series in 1873 the contest was played under the Rules Of 1s7s,,' which were a modification of the association code. Three years later the .Itercol1egiate Rules were adopted. but ss arbitrary addition was made to the effect that goals only should count ag in previous seasons. Tn 18S2 the rules were amended so that two safeties equaHed touchdown and 8 year later the point scoring system, now in vogue, was first used. Previous to that year Yale had won two games Princeton awo and four were ties. Since 1883 Yale has won eighteen games; Prince ton eight, and five had ended in tie contests. During these comparative ly modern years of the game Yale has scored SIS points to Princetons 18O. The preponderance of points in favor of the Blue is due to the fact that most of Yale's victories have been dosIl,le figure ones. Tn sixteen out of eighteen victories Yale scored in double figures. the largest score being