The chief event of interest in the athletic world, now that the Harvard Yale game is a thing of the past, is the annual Yale-Princeton game which will be played in New York tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. For the benefit of the large number of Harvard men who will probably witness the game, it may be stated that Manhattan Field, where the battle will be fought is at One hundred and fifty-fifth Street, and Eighth Avenue, the northern terminus of the Sixth Ave. and Ninth Ave. elevated roads. There are nine entrances to the grounds, and they will all be indicated by large numbers on the day of the game. The entrances for holders of admission tickets are numbered 1, 2 and 3, and are at the northwest corner of One Hundred and Fifty-fifth St. and Eighth Ave. Ticket offices will be at these gates for the sale of admission tickets. Entrance No. 4 will be in One Hundred and Fifty-fifth St., and the people who have grand stand tickets will enter there. No. 5 will be the second gate in One Hundred and Fifty-fifth St., and is for the holders of Stand D seats. Admission ticket holders may also enter there. No. 6, the carriage entrance to hitching posts is the last gate in One Hundred and Fifty-fifth St., the one nearest the bluff on the west of the field. Entrance No. 7 and No. 8, in One Hundred and Fifty-seventh St., will also be for holders of admission tickets, and at No. 7 there will be a ticket office. Tallyhos, coaches and carriages entitled to field stalls will use gate No. 9, at the southwest corner of One Hundred and Fifty-seventh St. and Eighth Ave. The gates will open on Thursday at 10.30 a. m. The game will be called at 2 p. m., and the officers warn the public to purchase tickets only at the club theatre box office, at Tyson's Theatre ticket office, at the Hoffman House and at A. G. Spaulding & Brother's, as there is some fear that counterfeit tickets may be issued, as at the Springfield game last Saturday.
The elevens of both Princeton and Yale seem to be in first class condition. Princeton played her last practice game yesterday and after some forty minutes of ordinary play, spectators were excluded from the grounds and the gates locked while the men practiced the tricks they will use in the game tomorrow. This afternoon the team will leave in a special car for New York. Princeton men seem to think their team will give Yale a harder rub than she had last Saturday.
The Yale foot ball team took its last practice day before yesterday, and yesterday was content merely to take a run of two miles, followed by a bath in the gymnasium. According to all accounts, the Yale eleven is in excellent condition and thoroughly rested from the game of last Saturday. The eleven which will face Princeton will be identical with that which played Harvard Saturday. The two teams which will line up, then, will be as follows:
YALE. PRINCETON.
Hinckey, 146 rushers Warren, 152
Winter, 174 rushers Harold, 171 1-2
Heffelfinger, 200 rushers Riggs, 189 1-2
Sanford, 190 rushers Symmes, 201
Morrison, 184 rushers Wheeler, 188
Wallis, 172 rushers Holly, 180
Hartwell, 170 rushers Vincent, 155
Barbour, 148 q. back King, 154
L. Bliss, 150 half backs Flint. 178 1-2
McClung, 155 half backs Poe. 140
McCormick, 149 f. back Homans, 150 1-2
The two teams average the same in the rush line and are evenly matched in the centre, the average for the two lines being 176 1-2 lbs. and for the centre 192. Princeton has a slight advantage in the average for the team as a whole - Yale averaging 167 lbs., Princeton 169 1-2 lbs.
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