Princeton at Yale

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  Morning journal and courier, New Haven [Conn.], November 24, 1887, page 2 (results column)

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  BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. The Great Game in New York To-Day “A Close Contest May BE Expected Comparative Strength of the Teams. The teams from Yale and Harvard meet on the Polo grounds in New York at two o’clock this afternoon to settle the question concerning the football championship. Each team has defeated Princeton, Pennsylvania and Wesleyan, and in the games with the first mentioned each made the same score, 10 points to 0. The two elevens are SO even ~ matched that prediction of the result at this writing would hardly be possible. The wearers of the crimson have been doing some fine work in football this fall and are an enemy to be respected at least Their rush line is a triae heavier than Yale’s, but is not as quick or skillful, while their backs are all careful players. They are crippled somewhat to be sure by the loss of Holden, their cap tain, but the man filing his place is very competent player. They play strong win ming game and are fine runners but are weak in kicking, Sears being the only man on the team who pretends to kick. Yale on the other hand not only plays a strong rushing game, but is also very skillful at kicking and if the weather is good she will doubtless keep the ball in the air good portion of the time. This will trouble the Harvard team as they will rely solely on their rushing tactics Yale will play her regular team entire. Wood ruff is still lame somewhat and Gill has three painful boils on his neck, while the whole team is little stiff, due to the exposure in the Princeton game. Mr.. Cook, formerly of Princeton ‘S9 and who was chosen captain of this years Princeton eleven, but who did not return to college, will referee the game and either Baker or Riggs of Princeton will act as umpire Yale longs for good weather to-day SO that Bull, her full back may get in some of his fine kicking. Under favorable conditons he can drop goal from the field with ease. May the best team win. Captain Holden expects to witness the game He is i’m proving rapidly. Last evenings New York Post says of the game to-day: Thursday will be great day in the history of football in this city. The game in the morning at the Polo grounds will be called at ten O’Clock, when Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania will face each other to decide which shall take last place in the college race. The teams are evenly matched, and the game will be very interesting. The e1evens will play as follows: Responsibilities, Wells, Heath, Fish, Floy, Eaton, Glenn and Mcdonald; quarter back, Beatty; half backs, Hamlin and Man Observation-Disclosures, Mill, Dewey, Tunis, Scholl, Bowser, Spaeth and Zeigler; quarter back, McCance; ha1f-backs, Hulme and Gala day; full-back, Graham. ‘fThe afternoon game will begin at o’clock and if theaNeather is fair the biggest crowd be seen. Harvard and Yale have each won three games Dy the following scores Harvard vs.. Princeton, 12 to 0; vs.. Wesleyan, 10 to o; vs.. University of Pennsylvania, A to O. Yale’s scores against the same team were 10 to O, 68 to 4 and so to O. Thus Harvard has played so far without having a single point scored against her, while Wesleyan succeeded in getting a touchdown from Yale. At pres emit Yale is the choice for winner but her friends may be disappointed. Harvard’s rush tactics are better than Yale’s, but Yale’s team is com win she will do SO by reason of superior weight. Her team is certainly the best she has ever put in the field and the strain on both elevens will be intense. The men will be placed as follows: Harvard–Rushers, Cumnock, Woodman, Wood, Markoe, Traf- Harding; half backs, Boyden and Porter; full back, Sears Yale-Rushers, Wallace, Gill, Carter, Corbin, Woodruff, Cross, Pratt; quarterback, Beecher half backs, Graves ’88 and Graves 81; full back, Bull If Sears is unable to- play, and it seems probable, SAKE will play in his place” Yale In Expected to win. NEW York, Nov. 23.-Great interest is manifested in tomorrow afternoons football match between Yale and Harvard on the Polo grounds. College students from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Wesleyan, Williams, Am herst, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia have engaged all the tally-hos in the vicinity to take them to the grounds and will turn out in force to give encouragement | to their respective favorites. It is estimated | that fully fifteen Thousand persons will wit | ness the game and the impression here is that | Yale will win if her team is not weakened by | the withdrawal of the two Graves, the half | backs The game will be called at 2 p. m. | The Wesleyan and University of Pennsylvamia teams play in the morning at 10 o’clock on the same grounds Wesleyan is expected | to win. 1

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 113 since this game.