Votume VI. No. 9, .
NEW HAVEN, CONN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1896. ;
Price Ten Cents.
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YALE WAS OUTPLAYED,
The Story of Princeton’s Great Vic=
tory on Manhattan Field.
There was said to be a way to kill
the Tiger. Yule found that way. It
didn’t kill. The score of last Satur-
day’s incident on Manhattan Field,
Yale 6, Princeton 24, shows that it is
well to have more than one way, if
possible.
This year it was not possible. That
is all one can say about it. Prince-
ton overwhelmed Yale’ by a general su-
periority, having other instruments
at hand when what was supposed to
be her best weapon was parried and
turned back on her. EEN
From early in the season it was
heralded abroad that of two elevens,
supposed to well offset each other ‘in
most respects, that one would pre-
vail which had the man who could
punt best. Forseeing this, Yale’s
coaches and players ‘united their work
on the one point and before the game
on Manhattan Fielé had been five
beyond
‘minutes under way they showed they
had succeeded. Before another five
minutes was up, they had showed they
had scored a success in this line even
their hopes. Yale had not
only broken the Princeton defense and
stopped Baird, but in this very
achievement had scored. Besides that,
in this ten minutes,-and indeed, in all
the rest of: the play, it -was: clearly
shown that the work of the great
Princeton full-back was offset by the
‘skill acquired by the Yale end rusher,
whose natural equipment was not in
this line. This is why Hinkey of Yale
is given such praise by every specta-
tor of the football battle in New York.
This is why Yale was so delirious in
her joy when her first and -only score
was made. | ge |
This, too, is what made the rest of
the game and the drubbing given to
Yale all the harder to bear. To pass
a known danger only to meet a great-
er; to exchange ajparent victory
for a thorough defeat, is not pleas-
ant. .
Conner, _
Hine.
Hartwell. Thorne.
Camp.
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Hefflefinger.
Mills.
McFarland. VanEvery.
fee ie Ely.
Knapp. Tompkins
THE UNIVERSITY ELEVEN WITH COACHES, AT THE FINAL PRACTICE, —
_.. [From a photograph by Corbin.]
There are lots. of: things that might
have been otherwise; that might have
affected the score. There always are.
There is no harm in talking about
them and speculating as to their ef-
fect, but there is business enough in
hand in considering what actually was
and what made the real score.
Of these things, greatest of all was
the perfect system and the splendid
spirit of the Princeton eleven. The
men who are responsible for the game
played. by Princeton last Saturday
are worthy of all praise and they do
not find the least of their admirers
Among the supporters of the eleven
which they so. signally vanquished.
Failing to succeed and éven seeming
for a time to lose the contest in a
kicking game, they resorted with even
more energy to the straightest and
simplest form of a rushing game. The
feature of it was an interference so
perfectly formed, so accurately timed,
so comprehensive, as to prevail, when-
ver tried, with “rarest exceptions.
This too, against .an eleven fighting
et a gn an
harder and harder as the hope of vic-
tory for them grew more remote and
even when crushing defeat was cer-
tain. oe ies
It was great football, even when
Yale’s eleven was worst overthrown
and the attack of Cochran’s men
leading most plainly
touchdowns.
to successive
That Princeton play
alone was worth the watching, even
to a Yale man, whose pride had no
fall so long as the players who wore
blue were fighting their hardest.
There was plenty of sand in the de-
fense. It is not an easy thing for a
Yale team with crushing defeat in
sight to improve its play, but the last
fifteen minutes of the contest saw
better work by the light Yale line
against Princeton’s attack and more
frequent gains in offensive line plays.
Of the misty day and the muddy
field the Weekly’s readers must know
well already. Of the appearance of
the grounds, it is only necessary
to recall other of these great games,
and then fill up every place from the