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Fact and Rumor.

Wesleyan was defeated by Yale on Thursday by a score of 61 to 0, and Princeton beat the University of Pennsylvania by a score of 57 to 0, thus winning the inter-collegiate championship.

The last number of the Yale Lit. quotes three poems from the Advocate The Williams Fortnight and the Advocate share the honor among the college papers, of having the greatest number of their verses copied by exchanges.

Harvard was represented at the game by a small but enthusiastic band of men who cheered lustily for Princeton, even in the extreme moments of despair. Such a delicate act of courtesy and good will is highly appreciated by Princeton.

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Yale's play was almost entirely negative, wasting time, interfering with the ball, every rusher seizing and holding a man, all with the one purpose of meeting our splendid system of offensive play. They played a dogged, sullen, grovelling game, not for the sake of the sport, but solely to win. The discipline was perfect. There was little offensive play.

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It is stated by a Yale man that Capt. Peters attended the Princeton-Columbia game with a false moustache and blue glasses in order to witness the Princeton play. He was recognized, however. This is a serious change, and we hope it is untrue. - Princetonian.

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