We are sorry not to be able to extend our sincere congratulations to Yale upon her success in winning the foot-ball championship for another year. If, however, the conduct of her team and the sentiment of her press can be taken as a criterion, Yale cares little for the respect and, consequently, still less for the congratulations of defeated rivals. When a team plays a foul, unfair game deliberately and intentionally, we consider that we have just cause for complaint. But when the college which such a team represents upholds such conduct, and the college press has the audacity, not only to praise in vainglorious terms the conduct of its players, but also to speak of "defeating Harvard and Princeton at the same time in Harvard's own back-yard," thereby insinuating that the referee worked against Yale in favor of Harvard, when, as every body knows, it was for Princeton's advantage to have Yale win, it seems that insult has been added to injury. Not content, however, to let matters rest here, the Yale News felt itself called upon to uphold the tone of its college by directly insulting the captain of our team, covertly charging him with connivance with Princeton to cheat Yale. What grounds the News had for making so serious a charge, we have no means of knowing. Probably, however, they claim the right to gratuitously insult, as their players claim the right to play off-side and foul. We are forced to admit that the action of the eleven and the college press has been charmingly consistent and equally contemptible. Their bluff game has won them the championship but has lost them the respect and esteem of their opponents. If they are contented with such a state of affairs it is to be regretted, since such a frame of mind will augur badly for the future of inter-collegiate sports in general, and particularly of foot-ball.