The 1890 season
118 games on file. The AP poll didn’t exist yet. Harvard claims the national title. Share
Scoreboards
Consensus All-Americans
- EFrank Hallowell, Harvard
- ERalph Warren, Princeton
- OTMarshall Newell, Harvard
- OTWilliam Rhodes, Yale
- OGPudge Heffelfinger, Yale
- OGJesse Riggs, Princeton
- CJohn Cranston, Harvard
- QBDudley Dean, Harvard
- RBLee McClung, Yale
- RBJohn J. Corbett, Harvard
- FBSheppard Homans Jr., Princeton
Players picked by enough of the major selectors to count as consensus, shown in bold in Wikipedia’s 1890 All-America article.
From the newspapers
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A GRAND-STAND FALLS. TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE IN DANGER. SEVERAL INJURED 1T THE YALE-PRINCEToN FOOTBALL GAME-LUCKILY no ONE is KILLED-IT WAS A TEMPORARY FOOTBALL GAME-LUCKILY no ONE is KILLED-IT WAS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE. The serious part of yesterdays football game between the Yale and Princeton elevens, at Fast ern Park, Brooklyn, occurred when one Of the temporary stands tumbled down. Fortunately nobody was killed, but nearly 1000 people were badly shaken up, and nearly fifty of that number were painfully injured. II was a miracle that nobody was killed The stand was temporary affair, erected early In the week. but it was rather finsy structure when the number Of peopie it was expected to accommodate is taken into consideration. A permit for the erection of the stand was granted by Buildings Commissioner Platt on Tuesday. The stand was movable one, and was taken TO Brooklyn from Philadelphia to supply the additional need for seats at the great match. 1t was constructed Of iron supports and planks for seats. JUMPING on THE STRUCTURE. 1t is supposed that the jumping up and down Of the few hundreds upon one end caused raclSing motion. which broke the seats from the fas;enings. Persons who saw the broken timbers say that they were not sound. Buildings Com inquire into the failure of Inspector Vaudeville to report upon the condition of the structure. The gates had hardly been opened when the crowd began TO rush into the grounds, and by noon most of the available free seats were Occupied The temporary structure was just south OF the left field blcacherics” and offered adj vantageOus position from which to the game At l2:1O the rev stand was we’ll crowded with men women and young girls and boys. Sud IDENTIFY the whole north end gave way with terrible crash and roar, carrying most Of the renaming seats with it. Only the southern part of the structure remained upright. The shouts Of the men and screams of the women were not wholly drowned by the crash. IMPRISONED IN THE wRECKAGE. Women aud children were imprisoned under the wreckage, while the more fortunate crawled out of the ruins with fear and horror on their faces. The crowd in the other parts of the grounds dashed 10 the rescne, and willing hands were soon working hard to extricate the unfortinnate sufferers. 1t required nearly half an hour to lift the Imprisoned out and carry them away. A score of women and yOunG girls were carried out fainting. The scene coming amid the cheers and songs and the din of trumpets of the students made striking contrast 1t effectively silenced the crowd and it was nearly an hour before the noise was resumed The stand belonged to the Wagner brothers, the owners of the Philadelphia Brotherhood base ball club. II is portable affair, and was moved TO this city last week. Employees of the Wagner brothers put the stand in position. saying that It was thoroughly safe. and that it had held large crowds at the baseball games at Philadelphia last summer. The manager Of Eastern Park, however, deemed it advisable TO add few braces here and there and did 50. When examined after the crash yesterday some of the timbers seemed decayed and in anything but good condition. The iron work seemed rather fragile for such struct. ure. SOME OF THE INJURED. The injured according to Ambulance Surgeon Parker of St. Marys Hospital, were: f. b. Pennington. twenty years old, OF NO. 3oS Clnton-st., Brooklyn; fracture of the leg. lie was taken home. d. S. Dunning twenty-tliTee years old, OF Prince ton confusion of the leg sent away in cab. John Aquillar, eighteen years old. of Peekskill, sprained leg Taken to st. Mary’s Hospital. Perrine Barney, fifteen years old. of PeeksEill. spraincd lanee. Taken to St. Mary’s Hospital H. w. Fuller twenty y-three years DID, of Bayonne, n. J student in Rutgers College, scalp wound; George 4. Johnson twenty-five years old, Hotel NOrnandia \. Y, conclusion Of the spine. taken to st. Marys Hospital: o James McGlove, thirteen years DID, 40. loo Stone-ave. confusion Of the leg Taken home. d. Turner, twenty-five years old, student In Troy Polytechnic Institute, fracture OF the arm. Put in cab and went to his home on Staten Island. ,,, Others who were injured were: Charles Wilson, twenty three years old, of No. 06 Bowery, New York, bruise of the leg; A. Wiel, twenty-three wears old, No. 326 East One-hundred and, ,thirteenth-st., New-YorlS, fracture of the colarbone, East Thirty -eighth-st., New-iork, sprained leg. Young Aquilar and Barney, who were taken to ST. Marys Hospital We’re met by Major Watkins. the head Of the seke aH tary We’re oa no a carriage and taken to the Grand Central Station and then to Pcekslill. Neither of them was much hurt. Barney is a son OF the proprietor of the Barney Car Works. in Virginia Mr. johnson is the most seriously injured No one was allowed to see him last night. lie Is IN no immediate danger, however ..,. Others who were injured went away without assistance from any of the ambulance surgeons. BOUND TO SEE THE GAME. After the crash well-dressed man, probably fifty years old, crawled out of the wreck In rather battered condition. His silk hat was smashed down over his ears. his face was bruised and bleeding, his clothing torn, while he grasped the remnants of an ebony cane in his hands. His friends advised him to 90 home, but he shook his head as he said No. my boy is going TO play. and | must see him. Ny cane is broken. my hat smashed and my backbone twisted, but L am The crowd respectfully made way for the man as he hobbled painfully into position III the front row CHANCE AVERTS Il BIG DISASTER.