Wesleyan (CT) at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 27, 1885, page 8

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  AN EASY VICTORY FOR YALE. oNE.sIDED CONTEST WITH WESLEYAN ,uE FOOTBALL GAMES At THE POLO GROUNDS NOT auE FOOTBALL GAMES At THE PoLo GROUNDS MOI so LIVELY As USUAL An essertal item with New Workers IN tne IT,, ,I’s tiv,t:os associated with thanksgiving Day - 80 “a. annual football match at the FoIo Hrouhu ,G rot II the turkey should he tough or TIRE pUduins III oulte to his liking, tho average citizeh can S.1i maintain his cquanmity by journey ln3 @ ‘t witnessing the pick OF teams OF muscular GOliee’oo 49, f,r thr supremacy in football. princeton mas met Yale ana Yale has met PIihce’oh so ltsu larIy that the annual contest became az S In N,Iy York But this year the faculty Pl i’HCG tnn ,t.uDed IN with stern mien, aud imposed suth restrictions that 1t became lnpOsslDe 10 piaH Wy time-honured game. and New-lorA feared ~ wonri lose its net THANKSGIVING amusement HoWeNci, IN Mace of Yale meeting Princeton, match was arranged between the former an the mesrS In University. the two teams standlhg respl G.no ~ second aud third the list Tor tho lntercoicgiate football championship. A.. -, +bo The change had no incOnsderable effect on tie attendance yesterday not more tan 1,uVJ puo’ assembling on the grounds There were tne’ ue”‘i nun her of stages luIen with college me- NH” WI deavnrcd 60 keep themselves warm by snouIns hl1 f by cheering their favorlte teams IN . ,n,n had de- Tie afternoons amusement, tine laie lneIi nav t IN cdedly Tho best o. IT, helr pa tih ~ ~ co,n force and their stentOrlan nan All p ob nI.telv drnwned the somewhat ice1le hah-Iah- Wesl,vanr’. The grand stand Though not D! any means lied to suOcatioD, cOntahsl Il la Bo iia Der Of pretty girls TIE grfay i”‘g Tbs major MR. wire the dark blue cOlols OF iale ne lhuJuI Pui tnn of the remainder had apparently forgotten lhat tie Weslevans iad taken the place OF frihceton III the contest ad the orange ana DacK Tbers Jersey BOYS. conspicuous mere WIZ Several private “lour-in-hands “ on the gfonnu TIE occupants ri one were happy III the pVSScsSG IN NJ n dark blue banner which was 1ale III silver letters which they did not forget TO wave o h, ;ossrssinn of hansoms probably had the hes, time OF all for with the horses heat up to the ropes aud the windows closed. they mad an mmo no strnc Ell view Of all that was gong on anu hiole ST., ,yare com ,ortahly warn 4 cold and bitter Mind swept the grounds, producing red noses ana cold feet aud hdnis. Columbia College sent up q bip con iugent the Yale men were III force ana Oh Pr1ncetouI1ns there was Il fair Spin. king. n was DO o’clock when the rival teams took the field. the people chcercd the Yale men shouted blew horribly on theiI atroci”uS Instruments anu the contest began The teams and their respective ,,Iac a. follows:

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Yale leads 46–⁠0 in 46 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.