Princeton has defeated Yale on Yale's own grounds in a game that must, to say the least, have been intensely exciting. Our congratulations to Princeton are quite in order, and are heartily given. We believe that Princeton deserves her victory, both for her great energy and perseverance and skill in play, and for her extreme courtesy in the prolonged discussions with Yale over the time and the place of the game. So far as we can see, every concession that was made, was made by Princeton; Yale held out to the last with an apparently inexcusable obstinacy. While Princeton sought to have the game contested under the fairest circumstances possible, Yale at least seemed to be striving to place her opponent at every possible disadvantage. In the disputes, Yale came out the proud victor, and should have credit for her perseverance and success; but in the game itself, Princeton is the victor, and her victory is all the more glorious because it was won against real odds. Who can deny that the first are often last, and the last first?
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