Lehigh at Pennsylvania

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  St. Paul daily globe, Minnesota, November 26, 1891, page 27

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  KICKING COLLECIANS, The Yale-Princeton Struggle Today the Athletic Event OF a Century. Victorious Blue and Radiant Orange and Black Will Battle Hard. Both Teams in Fine Fettle, and No Odds Given by Either Side. Pennsylvania Defeats Wes. leyan, and Lehigh Also a Victor. New YORK. Nov. 25-TEatthc forth coming Yale-Prnceton football game scheduled ior tomorrow viii prove one of the most Important intercollegiate athletic events Of the century there is no question. No meeting OF recent years. professional or otherwise, has aroused mere general enthusiasm. Every seat oh tie grand stand was disposed of before sundOWn yeSterday. and late comeIS had to give up” to the spectators, of whom there was 4 little army around Madison square last night. ordinary seats brought as high as so 4 pair The hotels tonight presented an unusual appear ance. Lines Of orange and black and blue ribbons gaily battered over the desks and were distributed throughout the corridors. Street meTchants did thriving business in tricOlored roses. bows and pins and oddly designed badges, while rnthusasticsfreshmen, s0phs. juniors, and seniors. too for that matter crow ded the lob bies Radiant in SILK Hats from which streamed their college cOl0rs. Cthers wore hamdkcTchiefs OF hue that left 10 doubt Of their sym pathieS. and some spOrtCd hobby little caps. threads of which were encircled by CO!OrCd braided cords and taSSplS. The Fifth Avenue hotel, where the varsity boys Of New Haven made their headquarters. was crowded by an eager, eXpectant thrOng, all anxious 10 catch Il glimpse of the famous eleven that tomorrow Will work to add one more to seven championship games q f.. lai p( however. did not give them much OppOrtunity. lie insisted that his men should rest and denied them last night 10 all cOmeTS. Almost everybody about The hotel ‘‘SpOrted the blue” Occasionally “a wasp” as he Jersey boys are some times called. had The temertY TO put in an appearance. and when he did the boys would whoop things up in a great shape for him. At the Hoffman house the TWO teams and their friends were about equally Ill vided. and the orange and black and the blue mingled narmGni0uSly. Al the Brunswick ana Victoria the blues seemed 10 Ce in the majority. The Princeton Eleven were quartcred at the Murray Hill hotel. They arrived about s o’clock. in charge of Trainer McMas.ers. who. like Capt. McClUng. insisted on his men TAX ing all The rest they could get. Early in the evening everything was Yale, but after The Princeton boys were sized up Yale Cock went down. Al 6 O’Clock the odds were in favor of the New Haven boys. but before 10 O’Clock the betting-if there were any bets made was even. The admirers of the Prince ton players are very confident that the team VIII put up 4 great game, and that If they can withstand 4ale’S first mighty rush they whI win vic tory through their great skill in playing defensive game, their splendid endurance. and the acknOwledged ability of HOmans TO drop the pig-Skin between Yale’s goal posts. The players have steadily developed from the very firsi. SO that now ali the new men are playing good football, and the Old men-Warreu. Riggs. King and HOmanS-are doing all that could be asked of them. Poe. one of the half-backs, has special skill in running arOnnd and dCdging through Il broken field. Flint, The other, is plungtr: he goes right at the line with head down and usually carries the ball three TO FIVE yards in his rush. Agile and Active, Nincert. tie left ead. is ds agile and active &s ear. is a clean tackle. and has what might be called a gift for the game Harold and Holly. the tackles. both new men, are heavy. powerful men. and may be expected to do some firSt-casS work in breaking ihc line and tackling and carrying the Dali. Wheeler the new guard, is big. powerful man. capable of playing Il fine game, but he has been rather lazy Till tine past few weeks and mag not play the game he should. SYmmeS. the center, has developed Wonderfully within the month and it is confidently expected that he will OutclasS Sanford. The four remaining players. Warren. Riggs. King and Homans, are all Old men whose style of playing is familiar 10 all Interested in football. With this team Princeton expects 10 show the public WE.t training can do for mex nerienced men and to surprise Yale. The great trouble with the Princeton players is that they are all green men. and they have an innate fear of players with regulations like the Yale men. so that If their rivals succeeded in plant ing the ball Gehind The line during the first feW minutes. they will become dis cOuragcd and Will not play the game as they can. Jersey Boys Confident. There srcms TO be tonight a feeling OF quiet confidence among tie boys from JerSes. which quiet demranor was regarded by he Yale men with some dis quietudc. The Princeton men undOubtelly great deal stronger than was eeueIaiiy believed aud late tonight the New Haven team were not the favorites in the betting by long odds. 1t is believed that up wards OF 4o.u00 people will visit tie game. Beginning with the inler-colleglate association in 1871. Princeton has held the championship seven Times and Yale = like number III the Prince ton-Yalc games Princeton has made the largest score five times and Yale xix times; in three of the games no score was made by either team. On account of IarYard’s great pretentiOns this year it may be OF interest 10 recall the fact that since 1871 Princeton and Harvard have met on the foot ball field eleven times. OF these games Princeton won eight and Harvard two. and one game was draw The championship has always lain between Princeton and Yale

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Pennsylvania leads 45–⁠12 in 57 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.