Harvard at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 18, 1888, page 1

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  TRIUMPHANT PRINCETON. DEFEATING HARVARD AT FOOTBALL BY A SCORE OF 10 TO O. A spLENpIpLycoNT STRUGGLE AND PERFECT DAY FOR THE spoRT-ovER 5000 SPECTATORS PREsENT-HARvARD PLUCKY, BUT oUTPLAYED-Two MEN DIsoUALi- FLED FOR SLUGGING,” BUT THE GAME A FAIR ONE . rpr TELEGRAPH TO THH rRrBUHE.t Princeton. N j. Nov. lis DR.. Francis l.. Patton princeton,s mascotf Must DIR. Timothy Dwight. Yale,s mascot give way TO a newer mascot Accord Ing TO the precedents established by Dr. Dwight on mascoism-for Yale kept winning athletic victories after no become hor president, until she has Tor gotten how It seems 10 be beaten-Prlnce on should continue TO the point OF winning the pennant the lead in football which she captured so handsomely today when she defeated Harvards fine football team by a Of eighteen to six. 1t was clean, splendid handsome victory for the orange and black Harvard gets but little consola ton out Of this defeat. Princeton outplayed her at all points during tho first half OF the game, and scored twice During the second half both sides scored each making six points, Hafward, perhaps, playing the better game. II the game had been played a different ground tho Harvard men, and Yale men, too. think that the result might have been different certainly they believe that the would have been closer. On the question Of grounds Harvard men can talk about mud. They believe that the spirit OF the mighty Edwards didn’t care a copper about sand in which 10 plant his mighty heel. No, Edwards wanted mud to-day, because he knew that his young giants could churn mud into soup for Harvard with greater than thoy could churn sand. lie knew that his young had sand; give his young men mud Therefore there was mud, and plenty OF IL; and to this the Harvard men attribute their defeat. Joe Sears Porter and Lee their backs, they say. slipped around in the Shiny clayey, slippery, oozy mud like girls on roller skates. But the Princeton men, they add, used to playing in the mud, and therefore had the advantage at the start There is some justice in Harvard’s claims Eugene Richards. an old Yale football captain, said that in his opinion Harvard would have given Princeton hard and doubtful struggle had tho game been played dry grounds. But Princct0ns stock is booming and the Yao men who dropped money Harvard returned homo to look out for their own fences Princeton’s weight and superior team work. and the fine running and kicking of Ames the day for tho New-Jersey college. “JocD sears’s kicking and the rushing of Porter Cumnock, Davis, Cranson and Victor Harding, the features of Harvards play Ing. Tho scheme now is TO have Princeton and Yale meet Thanksgiving Day the Polo Grounds. Yale will appear there and claim the game II Harvard does not turn UP. Princeton Will be on hand and then 1t will be seen who is the mascot. GREAT DAY FOR A GREAT GAME. There could not have been better day for a college football match than to-day proved to be. The sun was clear and strong enough 10 tone November’s sharp weather down 10 crisp october air. A light wind was blowing, Just hard enough TO bother Harvard at the outset but not with enough severity to trouble the spectators. Alleged special trains brought army of people to town. train Of ten cars came from New-York City, and another still, late enough TO delay the arrival OF Eugene L. Richards, the umpire. But the majority Of the spectators arrived in time. Of stu dents mot every incoming train, and the Princeton cheer brisk from the start The great crowd swarmed the sacred college campus Ike an army OF ants, and descended upon the enclosure where the game played Ike the hosts of Egypt. Princeton students, glorious in their zebra caps, sweaters and streamers, and respondent in topcoats SILK hats, tremendous overcoats and hugo canes. nasscd themselves against the line the north side Of the field. Here they to yell” They did m. the field hundreds of people in the grand stand, while droves Of fronzicd students raced up and down in front Of the stand. One young man re- Oiced at first in tho possession OF crimson sweater instead Of a walstcoat. So many covered their hats with yellow and black, with crimson. that the stand looked like kaleidoscope view. Nearly 5000 persons saw the game Walter c. Camp strolled out on the field about 80 p. M, and then few country policemen began to drive the big crowd back Of the ropes which enclosed the parallclogram. A little opening made at the east end Of the field and the Princeton men began to howl like dcrvishes. Two or three nice little fciiows came out and began to gambol around the field. One C0wan, who weighs about 200 pounds; another Janeway, also 200 pound baby, playfully named House, Cook is an in tcrestng child who tips the scales at $50. George is mild infant, who Is big enough TO claim 17j pounds. Dick” Hodge, who belongs to Prince toms perennial Hodge family was there, ready for his fifth or sixth game with Harvard. Princeton’s rush line must average about 10 pounds. -Four or five hundred Harvard set up a Wig orous choer when their favortes the field The difference between the teams obvious to the greenest freshman on the grounds. Harvards rush ers were solid stocky men but what could they do against “houses,’ two three a little taller than the restl The quickly came Harvard had the east end Of the field, with the sun and wind against her. But she had the kickoff The men were arranged as follows:

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.