THERE are several circumstances in connection with the foot-ball game of last Saturday which deserve notice. The police arrangements were the worst we have ever seen at any match game in Cambridge; many rowdies and other persons without tickets entered the grounds and took seats before play had begun, and the scene at the end of the first half of the game, when the "muckers," unrestrained in the least degree by the police, rushed in and covered the grounds, was highly discreditable to all those who had the management of the game. The view of the ladies on the lower benches was obstructed for some time, and general discomfort resulted to all who had tickets. We do not believe that the trouble was wholly due to the police, who have hitherto done their part in a satisfactory manner; but the officers of the Foot-Ball Club are rather to blame for not having given the police proper and explicit orders, and for not having seen to it themselves that their orders were properly executed.
As far as the arrangements for receiving the Princeton Team are concerned, they are above criticism, from the fact that there were none at all, - many of our visitors being allowed to get their lunch and find the ball-field as best they might. The game itself was one of the poorest which our team has yet played, a fact in a great measure due, as we may safely say, to an ill-judged and improper favoritism on the part of the Captain in selecting the team. When the honor of the University is interested in a game, as it was in that of last Saturday, it is the duty of the Captain to select the players for their superior skill, and for that reason alone. We refer our readers to another column for a full account of the game.
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